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Puzzle baffled scientists for centuries - why some birds appear to be half male and half female solved

A puzzle that has baffled scientists for centuries - why some birds appear to be male on one side of the body and female on the other - has been solved by researchers.

15 Mar 2010

Discovery may yield new strategies for blocking malaria transmission

Scientists studying the Anopheles gambiae mosquito - the main vector of malaria - have found that when the mosquito takes a blood meal, that act triggers two enzymes to form a network of crisscrossing proteins around the ingested blood.

15 Mar 2010

Parliamentarian ruling complicates Democrats' plans

The Democrats' plan for passing the health overhaul has been waylaid by the Senate parliamentarian, who ruled President Obama must first sign into law the Senate-passed health bill before the senators could consider separate legislation that would alter it on behalf of House members, The Hill reports.

15 Mar 2010

New findings shed light on how genetic damage to muscle cell proteins can lead to nemaline myopathy

New findings that shed light on how genetic damage to muscle cell proteins can lead to the development of the rare muscle-wasting disease, nemaline myopathy, are reported today (15 March) in the Biochemical Journal.

15 Mar 2010

Groups take to streets, airwaves for health overhaul endgame

"With the health care debate headed toward a showdown on Capitol Hill, the battle is being joined locally at street rallies, in television ads and through phone banks. Members of Congress, particularly Democratic moderates such as Rep. Bob Etheridge, are facing stepped-up lobbying efforts as President Barack Obama makes a final push for passage of a bill aimed to change the health care system. At the same time, conservative critics are waging a last effort to derail the bill" (Christensen, 3/12).

15 Mar 2010

New findings may help develop potential therapies for lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and cancer

Medical Research Council (MRC) scientists at the University of Leicester have made a new advance in understanding how the body fights certain types of cancer and other disease such as Lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.

15 Mar 2010

New study questions the safety of football turf; warrants further research

According to a study presented today at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), rates for Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries and eversion ankle sprains (where the foot twists outward) are significantly higher in the National Football League (NFL) games played on FieldTurf, an artificial playing surface, as compared to natural grass.

15 Mar 2010

SafeMinds: Government refusal to compensate vaccine-injured children casts doubt on the integrity of national immunization program

Autism and mercury advocacy organization SafeMinds regrets today's ruling by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims against three families who argued that vaccines which contained the mercury-based preservative thimerosal contributed to their child's autism.

15 Mar 2010

New PEGylated Polylysine dendrimers: Benefits patients with cancer, HIV and lymphatic conditions

Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science researchers, in collaboration with the biotechnology company Starpharma Holdings Ltd have developed a new method to deliver medications that may benefit thousands of patients with particular types of cancer, HIV and lymphatic conditions world-wide.

15 Mar 2010

Nanoparticles provide a targeted version of photothermal therapy for cancer

In a lecture he delivered in 1906, the German physician Paul Ehrlich coined the term Zuberkugel, or "magic bullet," as shorthand for a highly targeted medical treatment.

15 Mar 2010

Painful periods at early age doubles risk of endometriosis

Queensland Institute of Medical Research scientists have identified a new link between strong period pain experienced in adolescence and early adulthood and the risk of endometriosis.

15 Mar 2010

Pelosi: A 'climactic health care vote' as early as next week

Politico: During a Friday meeting with Democratic members, Pelosi told lawmakers to "clear their schedules for next weekend." She also promised "to stay in session until the landmark vote, people present said afterwards."

15 Mar 2010

Insurance fraud booms during recession; Short-term health policies should be selected with caution

"The sour economy is producing a bumper crop of cash-strapped consumers, business owners and shady agents who're fueling a wave of insurance fraud that's keeping regulators and law enforcement officials busy from coast to coast," McClatchy reports.

15 Mar 2010

Combination therapy does not reduce cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes patients

Lowering blood pressure to normal levels - below currently recommended levels - did not significantly reduce the combined risk of fatal or nonfatal cardiovascular disease events in adults with type 2 diabetes who were at especially high risk for cardiovascular disease events, according to new results from the landmark Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) clinical trial.

15 Mar 2010

Medtronic commences clinical evaluation of CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve system

Moving to expand the evidence base for the future of structural heart disease therapy, Medtronic, Inc., today announced the start of the first of several new initiatives in a robust international clinical program for its CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve system, a minimally-invasive alternative to open-heart surgery for aortic valve replacement.

15 Mar 2010

Obese type 2 diabetics carry mitochondrial proteins that reduce response to physical exercise

Diet and aerobic exercise are highly effective for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, but not for obese subjects that have developed the disease when very young. A study at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine and Trinity College in Dublin demonstrates that obese subjects between 18 and 25 years of age carry mitochondrial proteins and genes that work abnormally and that these anomalies contribute to generating insulin resistance and a reduced response to physical exercise.

15 Mar 2010

Keystone Symposia receives NIH grant for diversity initiatives

Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology is pleased to announce receipt of a $1.37 million, five-year MARC (Minority Access to Research Careers) Ancillary Training Activities grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

15 Mar 2010

Health bill update: Pelosi counting votes, Scott Brown lambastes Dems

News outlets reported that Democrats seeking to pass a health bill next week got a boost from a Cabinet official, a key senator and the Catholic Health Association, while newly-elected Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., attacked the Democrats' plans.

15 Mar 2010

Two controlled environmental variables to preclinical mice tests can reduce costly false positives: Study

For decades, the traditional practice in animal testing has been standardization, but a study involving Purdue University has shown that adding as few as two controlled environmental variables to preclinical mice tests can greatly reduce costly false positives, the number of animals needed for testing and the cost of pharmaceutical trials.

15 Mar 2010

Discovery of MiR-451 molecule may serve as a biomarker for brain tumor

Cancer cells in rapidly growing brain tumors must adjust to periods of low energy or die. When energy levels are high, tumor cells grow and proliferate. When levels are low, the cells grow less and migrate more.

15 Mar 2010

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Puzzle baffled scientists for centuries - why some birds appear to be half male and half female solved

Discovery may yield new strategies for blocking malaria transmission

Parliamentarian ruling complicates Democrats' plans

New findings shed light on how genetic damage to muscle cell proteins can lead to nemaline myopathy

Groups take to streets, airwaves for health overhaul endgame

New findings may help develop potential therapies for lupus, rheumatoid arthritis and cancer

New study questions the safety of football turf; warrants further research

SafeMinds: Government refusal to compensate vaccine-injured children casts doubt on the integrity of national immunization program

New PEGylated Polylysine dendrimers: Benefits patients with cancer, HIV and lymphatic conditions

Nanoparticles provide a targeted version of photothermal therapy for cancer

Painful periods at early age doubles risk of endometriosis

Pelosi: A 'climactic health care vote' as early as next week

Insurance fraud booms during recession; Short-term health policies should be selected with caution

Combination therapy does not reduce cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes patients

Medtronic commences clinical evaluation of CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve system

Obese type 2 diabetics carry mitochondrial proteins that reduce response to physical exercise

Keystone Symposia receives NIH grant for diversity initiatives

Health bill update: Pelosi counting votes, Scott Brown lambastes Dems

Two controlled environmental variables to preclinical mice tests can reduce costly false positives: Study

Discovery of MiR-451 molecule may serve as a biomarker for brain tumor

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