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Autoimmune Diseases
First mouse model for auto-inflammatory diseases reveals role for innate immunity
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have developed the first mouse model for auto-inflammatory diseases, disorders that involve the over-activation of the body's innate, primitive immune system. Their study, published early on-line in Cell Immunity on June 4, suggests that the innate – not adaptive – immune system drives auto-inflammatory diseases.
Jun 7, 2009 - 4:06:31 AM
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Obesity does not worsen asthma, but may reduce response to medications
Being overweight or obese does not make asthma worse in patients with mild and moderate forms of the disease, according to a study by National Jewish Health researchers, although it may reduce the response to medications.
Jun 3, 2009 - 4:00:00 AM
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Indiana U. research at the American College of Sports Medicine conference
Note: Information about the high-speed accelerometers study presented on Saturday is embargoed until the time of the 10:30 a.m. PDT presentation. Information about the other studies is not embargoed
May 30, 2009 - 4:00:00 AM
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New vaccine strategy might offer protection against pandemic influenza strains
A novel vaccine strategy using virus-like particles (VLPs) could provide stronger and longer-lasting influenza vaccines with a significantly shorter development and production time than current ones, allowing public health authorities to react more quickly in the event of a potential pandemic.
May 18, 2009 - 4:00:00 AM
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New procedure alleviates symptoms in people with severe asthma
A new drug-free treatment for asthma has been shown to be effective in an international study of patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma. The results showed statistically significant improvements in quality of life and reductions in asthma attacks and emergency room visits for patients who underwent the treatment.
May 18, 2009 - 4:00:00 AM
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Alzheimer's, asthma, cancer, malaria and TB focus of new Singapore grants
Over 50 research grants totaling $24 million in U.S. dollars have been awarded to Singapore universities, research institutes and hospitals to fund studies related to asthma and other immune system disorders, infectious diseases, aging and cancer.
Apr 28, 2009 - 4:00:00 AM
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Novel lung cancer vaccine shows promise in fighting early-stage lung cancer
CHICAGO - An experimental vaccine that triggers the patient's immune system to identify and attack specific tumor cells is showing new promise for the treatment of early lung cancer. Thoracic surgeons at Rush University Medical Center are researching the vaccine called MAGE-A3 Antigen-Specific Cancer Immunotherapeutic, which is designed to kill cancer cells without harming normal cells. Rush is one of only five hospitals in Illinois offering the vaccine.
Apr 6, 2009 - 4:00:00 AM
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Environment plays role in complex heart defect
A congenital heart disease that often leads to death in newborns is significantly more common during the summer, leading researchers to believe that the environment, and not just genes that affect the heart, may play a role in causing mini-epidemics of this disease.
Mar 30, 2009 - 4:00:00 AM
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Autoimmune Diseases
NF-κB mediated bioluminescence- sensitive and early indicator in auto-immune diseases
Current research describes a new method to track the development of autoimmune diseases before the onset of symptoms.
Mar 25, 2009 - 4:06:56 PM
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Biotech company cofounded by BIDMC scientists targets natural killer T-cells
BOSTON -- NKT Therapeutics, Inc., a Newton-based biotechnology company cofounded by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) researchers Steven Balk, MD, PhD, and Mark Exley, PhD, has announced that it has closed an $8M Series A venture financing co-led by venture capital firms SV Life Sciences (SVLS) and MedImmune Ventures.
Mar 19, 2009 - 4:00:00 AM
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Studies show children can complete treatment for peanut allergies and achieve long-term tolerance
DURHAM, NC -- A carefully administered daily dose of peanuts has been so successful as a therapy for peanut allergies that a select group of children is now off treatment and eating peanuts daily, report doctors at Duke University Medical Center and Arkansas Children's Hospital.
Mar 15, 2009 - 4:00:00 AM
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African-Americans aware and accepting, but often do not receive, the HPV vaccine
CAREFREE, A.Z. - Although only 25 percent of eligible African-American adolescents have received the HPV vaccine, a new survey presented at the American Association for Cancer Research conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities, suggests they have a positive view of the treatment and might respond to more education.
Feb 4, 2009 - 5:00:00 AM
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Ireland Cancer Center researcher finds most triple-negative breast cancers express muc-1 target
CLEVELAND: Research out of the Ireland Cancer Center of University Hospitals Case Medical Center has found that the vast majority of triple negative breast cancers express the MUC-1 target. This first-of-its-kind finding, presented today at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, has paved the way for an upcoming vaccine trial for patients with early stage triple negative breast cancer that could potentially prevent recurrence of this aggressive type of breast cancer.
Dec 12, 2008 - 5:00:00 AM
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K-State researcher finds correlation between childhood obesity and asthma
MANHATTAN -- A Kansas State University graduate student has found a correlation between childhood obesity and asthma.
Dec 12, 2008 - 5:00:00 AM
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Immunology Center will continue to drive standard methods, better science
The Rochester Human Immunology Center (RHIC) has been awarded a $4 million renewal of its grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infection Disease (NIAID). The renewal enables RHIC to continue leading the field of immunology in a worldwide effort to standardize how researchers use complex technologies like flow cytometry that are central to the discovery of new treatments.
Dec 11, 2008 - 5:00:00 AM
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Immunology
Allergies could be a blessing in disguise, against cancers
Washington, Nov 12 - Sneezing, coughing and itching may just help prevent cancer affecting colon, skin, bladder, mouth, throat, uterus and cervix, lung and gastrointestinal tract, according to a new study.
Nov 15, 2008 - 2:06:24 PM
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Researchers aim to over-stress already taxed mantle cell lymphoma cells
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Cancer cells are already stressed by the fast pace they require to grow and spread and scientists believe a little more stress just may kill them.
Nov 10, 2008 - 5:00:00 AM
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New hope for HIV treatment: Cells exhausted from fighting HIV infection can be revitalized
Researchers at the University of Toronto and the University of California, San Francisco, have revealed new hope for HIV treatment with the discovery of a way to 'rescue' immune cells that are exhausted from fighting off HIV infection.
Nov 10, 2008 - 5:00:00 AM
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1918 Spanish flu records could hold the key to solving future pandemics
Ninety years after Australian scientists began their race to stop the spread of Spanish flu in Australia, University of Melbourne researchers are hoping records from the 1918 epidemic may hold the key to preventing future deadly pandemic outbreaks.
Nov 9, 2008 - 5:00:00 AM
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Pneumococcal vaccine could prevent numerous deaths, save costs during a flu pandemic, model predicts
A new predictive model shows that vaccinating infants with 7 valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7)--the current recommendation--not only saves lives and money during a normal flu season by preventing related bacterial infections; it also would prevent more than 357,000 deaths during an influenza pandemic, while saving $7 billion in costs.
Oct 28, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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First international guidelines for treatment of psoriatic arthritis
Rheumatologists, dermatologists, and patient advocates have come together to publish the first-ever international guidelines for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis, a disease that mainly affects people who have psoriasis but also some people without it.
Oct 26, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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A reversal of thinking: How women with lupus can increase chance for healthy pregnancies
In the not so distant past, women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune disease, were advised not to have children, and if they became pregnant, to have therapeutic abortions to prevent severe flares of their lupus. Research by rheumatologists at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, in patients with lupus who have had successful pregnancies is yielding insights that support a reversal of that thinking.
Oct 25, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Groundbreaking, lifesaving TB vaccine a step closer
Researchers at Aberystwyth University, following a number of years of investment by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), have licensed ground-breaking research to a non-profit product development partnership working to develop new, more effective vaccines against Tuberculosis (TB). This development will give hope that significantly better prevention and treatment of TB will be available within the next few years.
Oct 7, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Multiple disease-related research gets green light from the NIH
Saranac Lake, N.Y. - Stephen Smiley, Ph.D., a member of the scientific faculty at the Trudeau Institute, whose research could lead to new treatments for several common diseases, has been awarded a research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for nearly $2 million.
Sep 16, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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UT Medical School receives $6 million NIH grant to study scleroderma
Within five years, researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston expect to have identified the genetic clues to scleroderma, a chronic, often progressive, autoimmune disease.
Sep 10, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Survivors of 1918 flu pandemic protected with a lifetime immunity to virus
New research has discovered that infection and natural exposure to the 1918 influenza virus made survivors immune to the disease for the remaining of their lives. Antibodies produced by cells isolated from these survivors served as an effective therapy to protect mice from the highly lethal 1918 infection. The study entitled Neutralizing antibodies derived from the B cells of 1918 influenza pandemic survivors, was released for advanced online publication by the journal Nature. Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine's Department of Microbiology contributed to the research findings. An estimated 50 million people were killed by the 1918 flu pandemic worldwide.
Aug 17, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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UGA researchers win $9.2 million stem cell grant from NIH
A research group led by Stephen Dalton, professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar of Molecular Biology at the University of Georgia, has been awarded $9.2 million as part of a major new research grant by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health.
Aug 4, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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String probes for devastating childhood digestive disease
A swallowed string may someday replace the invasive, uncomfortable endoscope now used to diagnose a devastating childhood disease of the esophagus.
Jul 30, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Heart researchers receive grant to study asthma
A research grant program that encourages thinking outside the box will allow a team of University of Iowa investigators to apply findings from heart research to the study of asthma.
Jul 25, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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USU researchers awarded $5.6 million NIH grant to fight deadly viruses
Researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) have been awarded a $5.6 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to develop and test vaccines and treatments for the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses.
Jun 27, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Pharmacists as educators can improve asthma outcomes
New research has shown that up to 90 per cent of people on asthma medications are using their inhalers incorrectly leading to poor asthma control, increased hospital visits and increased cost of treatment.
Jun 23, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Weizmann Institute scientists develop a new approach to treating autoimmune disease
In autoimmune diseases, the immune system turns against the body's own tissues and organs, wreaking havoc and destruction for no apparent reason. Partly because the origins of these diseases are so obscure, no effective treatment exists, and the suffering they inflict is enormous. Now Weizmann Institute scientists have developed a method that in the future may make it possible to treat autoimmune diseases effectively without necessarily knowing their exact cause. Their approach is equivalent to sending a police force to suppress a riot without seeking out the individuals who instigated the unrest.
Jun 2, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Hayfever hope
With the peak grass pollen season approaching, scientists can reveal that a daily dose of probiotic can change the immune status of people with hay fever.
Jun 2, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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New HIV browser gives researchers access to valuable data from vaccine trials
SANTA CRUZ, CA--A new HIV data browser developed by the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the nonprofit organization Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases (GSID) will give researchers access to a wealth of data collected during clinical trials of an AIDS vaccine. Although the vaccine did not succeed in preventing infections, the clinical trial generated a huge amount of valuable data for researchers studying how the virus evolves and causes new infections.
May 29, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Getting better with a little help from our 'micro' friends
PASADENA, Calif.-- A naturally occurring molecule made by symbiotic gut bacteria may offer a new type of treatment for inflammatory bowel disease, according to scientists at the California Institute of Technology.
May 28, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Suspected cause of type 1 diabetes caught 'red-handed' for the first time
May 8, 2008 -- Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis working with diabetic mice have examined in unprecedented detail the immune cells long thought to be responsible for type 1 diabetes.
May 9, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Method for fast human antibodies against flu could find broad use
Scientists have developed a new, faster way to create human monoclonal antibodies against infectious disease by tapping the immune system at the peak of its powers.
Apr 30, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Specialized white blood cells coordinate first responders to viral infection
Just as fire engines arrive quickly at the scene to save people and property, the cells that fight viruses have to reach the site of an infection promptly to mount a protective response.
Apr 24, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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A simplified method of giving rabies vaccine
A simplified economical method of giving rabies vaccine is just as effective as the expensive standard vaccine regimen at stimulating anti-rabies antibodies.
Apr 22, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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New vaccine may give long-term defense against deadly bird flu and its variant forms
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A new vaccine under development may provide protection against highly pathogenic bird flu and its evolving forms, according to researchers at Purdue University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who discovered the new preventative drug and have tested it in mice.
Apr 17, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Blood pressure enzyme can have tumor-sensing role
By increasing production of a blood pressure-regulating enzyme in mice, researchers have found they can enhance the mouse immune system's ability to sense tumor growth.
Apr 7, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Researchers uncover new genetic links to psoriasis
In the first comprehensive study of the genetic basis of psoriasis, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered seven new sites of common DNA variation that increase the risk of the troublesome skin condition. They also found that variations in one genetic region link psoriasis and a related joint disorder, psoriatic arthritis, to four autoimmune diseases: type 1 diabetes, Grave's disease, celiac disease and rheumatoid arthritis.
Apr 3, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Findings reveal how dengue virus matures, becomes infectious
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Biologists at Purdue University have determined why dengue virus particles undergo structural changes as they mature in host cells and how the changes are critical for enabling the virus to infect new host cells.
Mar 27, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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UT-ORNL and UCSD researchers find promise in HIV 'switch'
KNOXVILLE -- If the battle against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is a chess match, then new research published today gives new insight into one of the virus' most important moves.
Mar 16, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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How do infections and toxins launch a cell's self-destruct and alarm system?
Cells are coded with several programs for self-destruction. Many cells die peacefully. Others cause a ruckus on their way out.
Mar 10, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Allergic response tied to lipid molecules in cell membrane
A team of Penn State University researchers is the first to demonstrate that lipid molecules in cell membranes participate in mammals' reactions to allergens in a living cell. The finding will help scientists better understand how allergy symptoms are triggered, and could contribute to the creation of improved drugs to treat them. The work will be reported in the 14 March issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Mar 7, 2008 - 5:00:00 AM
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Scientists successfully treat new mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease
March 6, 2008 -- Researchers trying to improve cancer immune therapy have made an unexpected find: They've produced the most accurate mouse model to date of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a cluster of conditions that afflict approximately 1.4 million Americans with abdominal pain, constipation and diarrhea.
Mar 6, 2008 - 5:00:00 AM
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Immune deficiency and balance disorder result from single gene defect
A genetic defect that causes a severe immune deficiency in humans may also produce balance disorders, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Iowa, The Jackson Laboratory and East Carolina University.
Feb 21, 2008 - 5:00:00 AM
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Gene newly linked to inherited ALS may also play role in common dementia
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have linked a mutation in a gene known as TDP-43 to an inherited form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the neurodegenerative condition often called Lou Gehrig's disease.
Feb 20, 2008 - 5:00:00 AM
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Vaccine/antibody therapy effective, milder side effects in melanoma and ovarian cancer
BOSTON--One of the shortcomings of a therapy that uses millions of identical antibodies to boost the immune system's attack on cancer cells is that many patients whose tumors recede in response to the treatment also experience serious inflammatory problems, such as severe diarrhea and rashes. In a new study, a team led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers shows that giving periodic infusions of such monoclonal antibodies to patients who have received a widely used cancer vaccine unleashes a strong immune response to tumors, with less-harsh side effects.
Feb 18, 2008 - 5:00:00 AM
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Snoring due to sleep apnea can damage brain severely
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New supplement may help slow sight loss in elderly
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Meditation may be effective for treating insomnia
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Poor sleep quality linked to increased risk of death
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Sleep helps store useful information, says study
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Study suggests obese women should not gain weight
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7 out of 10 women too embarrassed to discuss vaginal dryness
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New vaccine strategy might offer protection against pandemic influenza strains
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Mind-body programme helps women cope better with cancer
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Exposure to Cigarette Smoke Robs Kids of Antioxidants
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Obama names Indian American health researcher White House Fellow
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63 Swine Flu Cases in India
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Apollo to get 50 million loan for small-town hospitals
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Electronic nose potent new weapon against brain cancer
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Indian American helps design vaginal ring to prevent HIV transmission
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Society doing hyperactive kids a disservice
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Dr Reddy's ties up with GlaxoSmithKline
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US Senate approves sweeping tobacco legislation
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Australia confirms its first swine flu case
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Hacker demands $10 mn ransom for stolen medical records
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Care Management Reduces Suicidal Ideation in Geriatric Depression
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'Canadian excellence' strengthened by extensive adoption of open access
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New detectors for nuclear, radiological material in cargo should not be acquired until testing deficiencies fixed, cost-benefit analysis completed
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Researcher finds Girl Scout meetings provide an opportunity to increase girls' physical activity
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Iowa State University researcher looks at the future of agriculture
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NIH expands Human Microbiome Project; funds sequencing centers and disease projects
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How adolescent girls manage stress
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New agreement to link up Europe's polar research
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Snoring due to sleep apnea can damage brain severely
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Alcohol, cigarettes can cause bowel cancer
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Plasma Fractionation Centre to come up in Chennai
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Monetary perks for medics working in remote areas: Azad
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Five more cases of swine flu in India, tally 109
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Bangalore teenagers welcome court ban on tobacco
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Health minister non-committal on backing homosexuals
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Eleven new swine flu cases, total in India 104
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Four fresh swine flu cases found in India, total 93
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AIDS, alcohol abuse dip in 3 Mumbai slums after awareness drive
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India has five more swine flu cases, total stands at 73
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Youth tests positive for swine flu, first case in Chandigarh
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History, geography also seem to shape our genome
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3,000 Kerala medical students to attend inter-college meet
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Tamil Nadu seeks to control deemed universities
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Spiders which eat together, stay together and multiply
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Anna Hazare - the keeper of the earth and human conscience
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Indian American scientist wins top IMO prize
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Artificial human sperm could make men redundant: experts
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Will autopsy on Benazir's body become necessary?
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Murders in 'fit of passion' don't deserve death: Apex court
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Low literacy equals early death sentence
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