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The development of better biotech enzymes
— 16 Mar 2011 13:40 | BiologyEnzymes are proteins that speed up chemical reactions, such as laundry detergent digesting protein stains, which are otherwise very difficult to remove. A research team led by Professor…
Standard retreatment regimen for TB is inadequate
— 16 Mar 2011 13:37 | HealthThe standard retreatment regimen for tuberculosis has low treatment response rates and is associated with poor long term outcomes in certain subgroups of patients, particularly those…
Association between industry funding and promotional pieces on menopausal hormone therapy
— 16 Mar 2011 13:34 | HealthThere may be a link between receiving industry funding for speaking, consulting, or research, and the publication of apparently promotional opinion pieces on menopausal hormone therapy.…
No link between economic growth and child undernutrition rates in India
— 9 Mar 2011 19:11 | HealthEconomic growth in India has no automatic connection to reducing undernutrition in Indian children and so further reductions in the prevalence of childhood undernutrition are likely…
IRBs could use pre-clinical data better
— 9 Mar 2011 19:08 | HealthIn this week's PLoS Medicine, Jonathan Kimmelman from McGill University in Montreal, Canada and Alex London from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA argue that ethical reviewers…
4 new species of Zombie ant fungi discovered in Brazilian rainforest
— 3 Mar 2011 13:26 | BiologyFour new Brazilian species in the genus Ophiocordyceps have been published in the online journal PLoS ONE. The fungi, named by Dr Harry Evans and Dr David Hughes, belong to a group…
Effectiveness of expanding harm reduction and antiretroviral therapy in a mixed HIV epidemic
— 2 Mar 2011 13:47 | HealthA new study from Stanford researchers published in PLoS Medicine makes the case that a combination of methadone substitution therapy and anti-retroviral treatment would have the greatest…
Intensive adherence counselling with HIV treatment improves patient outcomes
— 2 Mar 2011 12:52 | HealthIntensive adherence counselling around the time of HIV treatment initiation significantly reduces poor adherence and virologic treatment failure in sub-Saharan Africa whereas using…
Rare HIV-positive individuals shed light on how body could effectively handle infection
— 26 Feb 2011 17:57 | HealthAlthough untreated HIV infection eventually results in immunodeficiency (AIDS), a small group of people infected with the virus, called elite suppressors (0.5 percent of all HIV-infected…
Scientists create illusion of having 3 arms
— 24 Feb 2011 20:23 | TechnologyHow we experience our own bodies is a classical question in psychology and neuroscience. It has long been believed that our body image is limited by our innate body plan - in other…
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