	30 September 2008 Partial pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide predict successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation - a prospective observational study The prognosis among patients who suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is poor
	30 September 2008 Questions on Mediterranean spotted fever a century after its discovery Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF) was first described in 1910. Twenty years later, it was
	30 September 2008 Coating improves electrical stimulation therapy used for Parkinson's, depression, chronic pain Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have designed a way to improve electrical stimulation of
	30 September 2008 How do Lactobacilli treat Helicobacter pylori-related diseases? Some studies have demonstrated H. pylori stimulates the release of interleukin-8
	30 September 2008 Johns Hopkins researchers suppress 'hunger hormone' Johns Hopkins scientists report success in significantly suppressing levels of the "hunger hormone"
	30 September 2008 Sole use of impaired limb improves recovery in spinal cord injury A new study finds that following minor spinal cord injury, rats that had to use impaired limbs
	30 September 2008 Variant of vitamin D receptor gene linked to melanoma risk A new analysis indicates an association between a gene involved in vitamin D metabolism and
	30 September 2008 Wireless sensor that can detect chemical activity in the brain Deep brain stimulation (DBS) consortium including Mayo Clinic physicians, scientists and
	30 September 2008 Bushmeat ban would have dire effects Blanket bans on hunting bushmeat in Africa are "bound to fail" and could be harmful to
	30 September 2008 Gene chips unmask cryptic diseases Microarrays are an early genomic success story — the technology is already being used in
	30 September 2008 Naturally occurring bacteria help keep the immune system in check Could avoiding diabetes be a matter of guts? The findings, published online today by Nature, are
	30 September 2008 Retinal transplants see fleeting success Retina transplants could potentially save the sight of millions. It was six months
	30 September 2008 Crows seem to be able to use causal reasoning Crows seem to be able to use causal reasoning to solve a problem, a feat previously
	30 September 2008 Invention: Heart-repair pump Growing numbers of people are waiting for heart transplants. And engineers are developing
	30 September 2008 Embryonic stem cells might help reduce transplantation rejection Researchers have shown that immune-defense cells influenced by embryonic stem cell-derived cells
	30 September 2008 Bovine mastitis: Could a vaccine be on the way? It is the most common infectious disease in farmed animals. Around one million cases
	30 September 2008 Can science improve man's best friend? If you could design the perfect dog, what would it look like? Tall, short, fluffy, wiry, black,
	30 September 2008 Dogs and cats can live in perfect harmony in the home, if introduced the right way Thinking about adopting a perky little puppy as a friend for your fluffy cat, but worried that
	30 September 2008 Gaining a better understanding of kidney diseases By introducing a genetic switch in mice it is possible to increase or decrease the production
	30 September 2008 Genetic profile reveals susceptibility to cleft palate These are devastating conditions that cause tremendous social isolation, and also are
	30 September 2008 Hotline to the cowshed A wireless measuring system, consisting of sensors and transmission units, helps to keep
	30 September 2008 How memories are made and recalled What makes a memory? Single cells in the brain, for one thing. For the first time, scientists
	30 September 2008 Killing bacteria isn't enough to restore immune function after infection A bacterial molecule that initially signals to animals that they have been invaded must be
	30 September 2008 Many cancer patients receive insufficient pain management therapy Pain is one of the most common symptoms of cancer patients, yet many of them do not receive
	30 September 2008 New oral drug shrinks lung cancers before surgery Pazopanib, a new oral angiogenesis inhibitor, has demonstrated interesting activity in
	30 September 2008 Purifying parasites from host cells with light Researchers have developed a clever method to purify parasitic organisms from their host
	30 September 2008 Viruses collectively decide bacterial cell's fate A new study suggests that bacteria-infecting viruses – called phages – can make collective
	30 September 2008 Why some primates, but not humans, can live with immunodeficiency viruses and not progress to AIDS Key differences in immune system signaling and the production of specific immune
	30 September 2008 Zebra finches vary immune response according to age, sex and costs Is it always good to respond maximally when pathogens or disease strike, or should
	30 September 2008 How much is that Baldie in the window? The Aztecs worshipped them, breeders charge upward of $1000 for them, and they just plain freak
	30 September 2008 Geriatric patients receive significant benefit from cochlear implantation Despite previous inconclusive research, geriatric patients do experience significant quality of
	30 September 2008 The ethics of rodent control Because western societies generally see animals as objects of moral concern, demands have been
	16 September 2008 The relationship between inflammation and new bone formation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis Spinal inflammation as detected by magnetic resonance imaging and new bone formation as
	16 September 2008 Chandelier cells unveil human cognition What is it that distinguishes humans from other mammals? The answer to this question
	16 September 2008 Changes in urine could lead to BSE test for live animals Researchers have demonstrated that protein levels in urine samples can indicate both the presence
	16 September 2008 Even without dementia, mental skills decline years before death A new study shows that older people's mental skills start declining years before death
	16 September 2008 Monitoring immune responses in disease A recent study (doi:10.1016/j.clim.2008.06.009) published in Clinical Immunology, the official
	16 September 2008 Old sheep raising the population growth Populations of wild animals face the challenge of surviving in a changing climate. Researchers at
	16 September 2008 Researchers offer first direct proof of how osteoarthritis destroys cartilage A team of orthopaedic researchers has found definitive, genetic proof of how the most
	16 September 2008 Researchers create insulin-producing cells from adult pancreatic cells Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have converted adult pancreatic cells into
	16 September 2008 Caution needed in clinical trials, scientists urge Could RNAi therapy have damaging side-effects in the eye? An experimental therapy to treat the
	16 September 2008 Test tube experiments may help identify the most hazardous prion proteins Mixing up normal and infectious prions in test tubes can generate entirely new forms of
	16 September 2008 Benefits of data sharing for Academic Health Centers The benefits of data sharing and reuse have been widely reported. We summarize them here
	16 September 2008 Wolves would rather eat salmon Although most people imagine wolves chasing deer and other hoofed animals, new research suggests
	16 September 2008 Black-footed ferrets sired by dead males via frozen sperm Two black-footed ferrets at the Smithsonian's National Zoo have each given birth to a kit that
	16 September 2008 Bone that blends into tendons created by engineers Engineers at Georgia Tech have used skin cells to create artificial bones that mimic the
	16 September 2008 Bonobos have greater linguistic skills than previously thought What happens when linguistic tools used to analyze human language are applied to a conversation

	16 September 2008 DNA shows that last woolly mammoths had North American roots In a surprising reversal of conventional wisdom, a DNA-based study has revealed that the
	16 September 2008 Ebola cell-invasion strategy uncovered University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered a key biochemical
	16 September 2008 Hearing restoration may be possible with cochlear repair after transplant of human cord blood cells According to an Italian research team publishing their findings in the current issue of
	16 September 2008 Hearing specialist craft first professional guidelines for earwax The age-old advice to routinely clean out earwax is discouraged under the first published
	16 September 2008 Improving piglet survival Neonatal mortality in pigs is a major welfare and economic concern. It is one of the issues
	16 September 2008 Incidence of intestinal parasite Coccidium is increasing in broilers Coccidia are single-celled intestinal parasites that currently represent one of the
	16 September 2008 Monkeys enjoy giving to others Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have shown capuchin
	16 September 2008 Promising method for reducing MRSA infections in hospitals Doctors at the University of Virginia (AVA) Health System have significantly reduced MRSA
	16 September 2008 Researchers create animal model of chronic stress In an effort to better understand how chronic stress affects the human body, researchers at
	16 September 2008 Scientists develop new computational method to investigate origin of life Scientists at Penn State have developed a new computational method that they say will help them to
	16 September 2008 Subliminal learning demonstrated in human brain Although the idea that instrumental learning can occur subconsciously has been around for
	16 September 2008 B-vitamin deficiency may cause vascular cognitive impairment A deficiency of B-vitamins may cause vascular cognitive impairment, according to a new
	16 September 2008 Cancer's unwelcome return Why do some cancers relapse years after treatment? The question has frustrated scientists
	16 September 2008 Hope for hearing loss? A cure for hearing loss could be closer, now that a team of scientists has produced key ear
	16 September 2008 Atomic structure of the mammalian 'Fatty Acid Factory' determined Mammalian fatty acid synthase is one of the most complex molecular synthetic machines in
	2 September 2008 Long live the liver Humans have been trying to outrun old age for millennia, and new research might give us a
	2 September 2008 Smells like danger Scientists have pinpointed the region of the mammalian nose that detects the smell of fear
	2 September 2008 B cells can act alone in autoimmune disease B cells, the source of damaging autoantibodies, have long been thought to depend upon
	2 September 2008 New and improved test for West Nile virus in horses A new test for West Nile virus in horses that could be modified for use on humans and
	2 September 2008 Helping tumor cells not to stick so the wound during surgical removal Sometimes during surgery to remove a tumor, cells become detached from the bulk of the
	2 September 2008 How flesh-eating bacteria attack the body's immune system "Flesh-eating" or "Strep" bacteria are able to survive and spread in the body by degrading a
	2 September 2008 Key allergy gene discovered Together with colleagues from the Department of Dermatology and Allergy and the Center for
	2 September 2008 “Lost tribe” of clinician-scientists: Medical doctors who do research could be a dying breed The road from disease research to disease cure isn't usually a smooth one. One role which
	2 September 2008 Mutation found in dachshund gene may help develop therapies for humans with blindness Cone-rod dystrophies (CRDs) are a group of eye diseases caused by progressive loss of the
	2 September 2008 New report details historic mass extinction of amphibians Amphibians, reigning survivors of past mass extinctions, are sending a clear, unequivocal
	2 September 2008 Novel method quickens discovery of gene function Think researchers know all there is to know about Escherichia coli, commonly known as
	2 September 2008 Pandemic potential of H9N2 avian influenza viruses Since their introduction into land-based birds in 1988, H9N2 avian influenza A viruses have
	2 September 2008 Pathogen that causes disease in cattle also associated with Crohn's disease People with Crohn's disease (CD) are seven-fold more likely to have in their gut tissues the
	2 September 2008 Researchers halt spread of HIV with RNAi in animal model Hopes languished last September when a promising candidate HIV vaccine failed to work
	2 September 2008 Resistant prions: Can they be transmitted by environment as well as direct contact? Prions, the pathogens that cause scrapie in sheep, can survive in the ground for several years
	2 September 2008 Stress hormone found to regulate brain neurotransmission When we are subjected to a stress, our adrenal glands secrete hormones that affect our
	2 September 2008 Test vaccines show promise against parasite of cattle An effective vaccine against a parasite-borne disease called neosporosis may be a few
	2 September 2008 Tiny molecule helps control blood-vessel development The development and repair of heart tissue and blood vessels is intimately tied to a tiny piece of
	2 September 2008 Toxoplasmosis found more severe in Brazil compared to Europe Newborns in Brazil are more susceptible to toxoplasmosis than those in Europe, according to a
	2 September 2008 Twenty disease-specific stem cell lines created A set of new stem cell lines will make it possible for researchers to explore ten different genetic
	2 September 2008 Hydrogels provide scaffolding for growth of bone cells Hyaluronic hydrogels developed by Carnegie Mellon University researchers may provide a
	2 September 2008 Testosterone key to disease transmission High levels of testosterone may be a key factor in spreading disease among mice, according to
	2 September 2008 Report finds grave flaws in urology trial Staff at the Medical University of Innsbruck have been accused of misconduct. A clinical
	2 September 2008 Lethal parrot disease may be caused by horse virus A devastating parrot disease that has pushed one species to the brink of extinction might be
	2 September 2008 Stem cells stand up for themselves Adult stem cells are not pampered pushovers. O'Reilly et al. report that certain stem cells
	2 September 2008 Grazing cows tend to face the North and South Poles, claims a new study of 308 herds The ungulate’s orientation suggests that they, like migratory birds, sea turtles and monarch
	2 September 2008 Anticipation of pain enhances the nociceptive transmission and functional connectivity within pain network in rats Expectation is a very potent pain modulator in both humans and animals. There is evidence that
	2 September 2008 Why wind turbines can mean death for bats Power-generating wind turbines have long been recognized as a potentially life-threatening
	2 September 2008 Tiny cellular antennae trigger neural stem cells Yale University scientists today reported evidence suggesting that the tiny cilia found on brain
	2 September 2008 Heavy metal link to mutations, low growth and fertility among crustaceans in Sydney Harbor tributary Heavy metal pollutants are linked to genetic mutations, stunted growth and declining
	2 September 2008 Bears: Handle with care Like physicians, wildlife biologists first want to cause no harm to the animals they study


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