	15 April 2008 Promising new nanotechnology for spinal cord injury The spinal cord injury often leads to permanent paralysis and loss of sensation below the
	15 April 2008 Bones mend faster without marrow A new study in rats suggests that the technique could kick-start rapid self-healing in
	15 April 2008 Enzyme complex could be key to new cancer treatments Penn State scientists are the first to observe in living cells a key step in the creation of
	15 April 2008 Female vets at risk of miscarriage from anesthetic gases and pesticides Female vets run twice the risk of miscarriage as a result of exposure to anaesthetic gases
	15 April 2008 Harvard researchers publish MRI images of genes in action in the living brain Biologists have just confirmed what poets have known for centuries: eyes really are
	15 April 2008 Neurons hard wired to tell left from right It's well known that the left and right sides of the brain differ in many animal species and
	15 April 2008 Self-assembled materials form mini stem cell lab Imagine having one polymer and one small molecule that instantly assemble into a
	15 April 2008 New and deadly viruses passed through sweet food and domestic animals Nipah virus is a new and deadly brain and lung disease that emerged from Singapore and Malaysia
	15 April 2008 Sequencing single molecules of DNA No need to amplify: you don't need multiple copies of bits of DNA with new sequencers
	15 April 2008 Tiny resonators might make for quick and early prion tests Prions that cause disorders such as mad cow disease are notoriously difficult to detect in
	15 April 2008 Genetic mutation is behind cystic fibrosis Coughing and spluttering is a familiar soundtrack to winter, but for people with
	15 April 2008 Location, location, location Scientists may have finally cracked a long-standing mystery about a rare genetic disorder
	15 April 2008 Mitochondrial mutations make tumors spread Cancer often strikes its final, fatal blow when a tumor spreads to other organs
	15 April 2008 New England Journal of Medicine wins peer-review court case In the second such ruling in the past month, a federal judge in Boston, Massachusetts
	15 April 2008 Are blood thinners post-op killers? Current US guidelines for the prescription of potent anticoagulants by surgeons who
	15 April 2008 Biosensing nanodevice to revolutionize health screenings One day soon a biosensing nanodevice developed by Arizona State University researcher Wayne
	15 April 2008 Chloroform provides clue to 150 year old medical puzzle One of the earliest general anaesthetics to be used by the medical profession, chloroform, has
	15 April 2008 Damaged brain can be repaired and cerebral functions restored Scientists in the Laboratoire de Neurobiologie des Processus Adaptatifs (CNRS/Université
	15 April 2008 How superbug Staphylococcus aureus resists our natural defenses Researchers at the University of Washington have uncovered how the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus
	15 April 2008 Immune system needs food to function well Researchers studying deer mice have discovered evidence to support what mothers everywhere
	15 April 2008 Micro chips could speed up detection of livestock viruses Some of the worst threats to farm workers and farm animals such as bird flu, foot-and-mouth
	15 April 2008 New drug may help rescue the aging brain As people age, their brains pay the price — inflammation goes up, levels of certain
	15 April 2008 NSAIDs: Painkillers, inflammation inhibitors, anti-cancer drugs and new de-methylating agents Researchers at the National Sun Yat-Sen University and Kaohsiung Medical University
	15 April 2008 Prebiotics: The key to healthy farm animals fewer food poisoning stomach upsets Natural sugars found in breast milk that are now included in prebiotic foods may help in the
	15 April 2008 Toward a new generation of vaccines for malaria and other diseases Researchers in Colombia, South America, describe a new strategy for designing the next
	15 April 2008 Why synthetic estrogens wreak havoc on reproductive system Researchers at Yale School of Medicine now have a clearer understanding of why synthetic
	15 April 2008 Why the flu virus is more infectious in cold winter temperatures A finding by a team of scientists at the National Institutes of Health may account for
	15 April 2008 Zoologists unlock new secrets about frog deaths New research from zoologists at Southern Illinois University Carbondale opens a
	15 April 2008 Hybrid MRI-PET scanner reveals tumors earlier and in more detail Researchers this week announced a new, faster way of imaging inside the body that could
	1 April 2008 ECG standards should be revised for elderly Researchers at Mayo Clinic suggest that the established "normal" ranges for evaluating

	1 April 2008 Bird uses 'whiskers' like a cat Seeing in the dark: 'whiskers' help these birds to sense their surroundings. Fancy feathers
	1 April 2008 Stem-cell patents confirmed An effort to overturn two contested stem-cell patents was quashed last week by the US Patent and
	1 April 2008 Chimps lead evolutionary race Humans are generally believed to be more highly 'evolved' than our chimpanzee cousins
	1 April 2008 Creature clones itself to avoid becoming fish food It's a novel escape route that makes a mockery of the status of the individual: if you run
	1 April 2008 Alligators' muscles move lungs around for sneaky maneuvers in water Without a ripple in the water, alligators dive, surface or roll sideways, even though they
	1 April 2008 Bird brains suggest how vocal learning evolved Though they perch far apart on the avian family tree, birds with the ability to learn songs
	1 April 2008 Deadly genetic disease prevented before birth in zebrafish By injecting a customized "genetic patch" into early stage fish embryos, researchers at Washington
	1 April 2008 Domestication of the donkey may have taken a long time An international group of researchers has found evidence for the earliest transport use of
	1 April 2008 Gene therapy could save kids from a lifetime of eating cornstarch A gene therapy treatment that restores a missing liver enzyme in test animals could provide
	1 April 2008 Heart-healthy yak cheese In a finding likely to get cheese lovers talking, researchers in Nepal and Canada report
	1 April 2008 Keeping the brain sharp: Stopping a receptor called 'Nogo' boosts synapses in brain New findings about a protein called the nogo receptor are offering fresh ways to think about
	1 April 2008 MRSA screening at hospital admission not linked to reduced rates of infection in surgical patients New findings do not support the recommendation for universal screening on hospital
	1 April 2008 New defense mechanism against intestinal inflammation found The body's first line of defence against pathogenic bacteria that we ingest may not
	1 April 2008 Discovery alters longstanding concept of fixed protein structure The thousands of proteins found in nature are simply strings of amino acids, assembled by
	1 April 2008 Yeast, worms and people may age by similar mechanisms Scientists at the University of Washington and other institutions have identified 25
	1 April 2008 Pain in fibromyalgia is linked to changes in brain molecule Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System have found a key linkage between
	1 April 2008 Pain receptor in brain may be linked to learning and memory Scientists have long known that the nervous system receptor known as TRPV1 can affect sensations
	1 April 2008 Survival mechanism of T lymphocytes uncovered When an individual is challenged by a virus, a bacterium or any other infectious agent, several
	1 April 2008 Transgenic mice improve their tolerance for cold temperatures Overexpressing a protein involved in the uptake of fat in muscle of mice can improve their
	1 April 2008 Therapeutic cloning shows promise for Parkinson's disease Scientists have moved a step closer toward therapeutic cloning, the strategy of using
	1 April 2008 Wired for language We humans can do all sorts of things other animals can't. Take language, for example--an
	1 April 2008 Model offers new understanding of cell signaling Looking for answers in the bright light of day, rather than the confined beam of a street
	1 April 2008 Flies and Salmonella: A bad combo in poultry houses Flies may be more than a mere nuisance. They may also spread food poisoning bacteria
	1 April 2008 Saving the planet one farm at a time There's good news on the agricultural front: Plants grown as food crops on small farms
	1 April 2008 How sperm and egg fuse into one When two become one: the mysterious process of fertilisation. Boy meets girl. Sperm meets
	1 April 2008 Several methods possible for enhancing the functioning of defibrillators in cases of heart attack A heart attack, also known as myocardial infarction or coronary thrombosis, is the most
	1 April 2008 Logging road threatens rare peat dome, tigers In an investigative report published March 26 by Eyes on the Forest, evidence shows that a
	1 April 2008 MicroRNA sets stage for human therapies Scientists have taken a big step toward developing therapies based on naturally occurring
	1 April 2008 Fossil find is oldest European yet The petite jaw suggests the oldest-found European was probably female. Spanisch


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