	30 June 2009 Measuring the effect of enhanced cleaning in a UK hospital: a prospective cross-over study Increasing hospital-acquired infections have generated much attention over the last decade
	30 June 2009 How accurate is patient's anatomical knowledge: A cross-sectional, questionnaire study of six patient groups and general public sample Older studies have shown that patients often do not understand the terms used
	30 June 2009 Mayo Clinic recognized for use of total artificial heart Mayo Clinic is among four international transplant centers to be recognized for
	30 June 2009 Feather growth limits size of flying birds Large birds such as the condor can take several years to replace their
	30 June 2009 Flu pandemic underway Countries prepare for the long haul in combating novel H1N1 strain. Margaret Chan, the
	30 June 2009 Patchy pig monitoring may hide flu threat Egypt has seen mass culling of pigs. Public-health experts are warning that
	30 June 2009 Swine flu origins revealed A new analysis of the current swine-origin H1N1 influenza A virus suggests that transmission
	30 June 2009 Stopping diabetes damage with vitamin C June 9th, 2009 Researchers at the Harold Hamm Oklahoma Diabetes Center have found a
	30 June 2009 Animal mating choices more complex than once thought When female tiger salamanders choose a mate, it turns out that size does
	30 June 2009 Gene therapy for hemophilia A mice Hemophilia A is an inherited bleeding disease caused by a lack of the
	30 June 2009 Genetic region for tame animals discovered: Horse whisperers, lion tamers not needed In what could be a breakthrough in animal breeding, a team of scientists from
	30 June 2009 How young mice phone home: Study gives clue to how mothers' brains screen for baby calls Emory University researchers have identified a surprising mechanism in the brains
	30 June 2009 Key target of aging regulator found Researchers at The Wistar Institute have defined a key target of an evolutionarily
	30 June 2009 Low-fat diet helps genetically predisposed animals avoid liver cancer In a study comparing two strains of mice, one susceptible to developing cancer and
	30 June 2009 Mouse experiments shed light on age effects in arthritis Older mice are more susceptible to proteoglycan-induced arthritis (PGIA)
	30 June 2009 Surgery in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is often 'too little, too late' A new study published by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reveals that
	30 June 2009 Trimming the fat boosts blood recovery after marrow transplant Seeking ways to improve blood recovery after chemotherapy or bone marrow transplant
	30 June 2009 What really prompts the dog's 'guilty look' What dog owner has not come home to a broken vase or other valuable items and a guilty-looking
	30 June 2009 A new twist on prion disease In mad cow disease, misfolded proteins called prions punch holes in the brain
	30 June 2009 DNA-like molecule replicates without help Researchers pondering the origin of life have long struggled to crack the ultimate
	30 June 2009 Gray hair signals battered DNA If you’ve ever blamed your gray hair on stress, you weren’t far from the truth
	30 June 2009 Genes edited in human stem cells Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have successfully edited the
	30 June 2009 9/11 'hero dog' is cloned five times The winner of the Golden Clone Giveaway - a competition to find the world's most
	30 June 2009 Like a hole in the head: The return of trepanation In the early 1960s, a young Russian neurophysiologist called Yuri Moskalenko
	30 June 2009 New nanoparticles could lead to end of chemotherapy Nanoparticles specially engineered by University of Central Florida Assistant Professor
	30 June 2009 Hunters are depleting lion and cougar populations Sport hunters are depleting lion and cougar populations as managers respond to
	30 June 2009 Dinosaur's digits show how birds got wings Birds are generally considered to be the living descendants of dinosaurs, yet
	30 June 2009 Humans related to orangutans, not chimps New evidence underscores the theory of human origin that suggests humans
	16 June 2009 West Nile virus as cause of fatal neurologic disease in horses, South Africa Serologic evidence suggests that West Nile virus (WNV) is widely distributed in horses in
	16 June 2009 A bad performance is better than no performance at all Canaries that hear poor songs as juveniles nevertheless sing rather normal songs as
	16 June 2009 Scientists explain how 'death receptors' designed to kill our cells may make them stronger A review article published in the FASEB Journal shows that death receptors may be prime therapeutic
	16 June 2009 New pathology tests double sensitivity to detect bile duct and pancreatic cancers Pancreatic cancer and bile duct cancer are difficult to diagnose and often fatal
	16 June 2009 New approach to prevent antibody-mediated damage in kidney transplants Early results from a Mayo Clinic research study demonstrate the effectiveness of a new approach
	16 June 2009 Draft stem cell guidelines criticised As the National Institutes of Health (NIH) begins finalizing guidelines to govern US funding of human embryonic
	16 June 2009 First pig stem cells could make 'humanised' organs Researchers at the Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology in Shanghai, China, say they are
	16 June 2009 Why cats fail to grasp string theory Now we know why cats never get bored of chasing string. A new study has found that domestic felines don't
	16 June 2009 Discoveries shed new light on how the brain processes what the eye sees Researchers at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience (CMBN) at Rutgers University in Newark have
	16 June 2009 Poultry carcasses infected with bird flu can remain infectious in municipal landfills for almost two years Amid concerns about a pandemic of swine flu, researchers from Nebraska report
	16 June 2009 Researchers have sequenced the full mouse genome for the first time Are you a man or a mouse? A new paper, published in this week's issue of PLoS Biology, explores exactly
	16 June 2009 Chicken meat: Organic acids, plant extracts and irradiation combine to beat the bacteria A mixture of some organic acids and some extracts from plants turns out to be enough to
	16 June 2009 Findings in epilepsy gene in animals may guide treatment directions for infants Researchers studying a difficult-to-treat form of childhood epilepsy called infantile spasms have

	16 June 2009 Efforts to quickly develop swine flu vaccine Scientists around the world are accelerating their efforts to develop a vaccine against
	16 June 2009 Gene for day blindness in dachshunds found A PhD project by Anne Caroline Wiik has discovered the genetic cause of day blindness
	16 June 2009 Mosquito evolution spells trouble for Galapagos wildlife The Galapagos giant tortoise and other iconic wildlife are facing a new threat from disease
	16 June 2009 Neurological disorder in Golden Retriever dogs caused by a mutation in mitochondrial DNA Sensory ataxic neuropathy (SAN) is a recently identified neurological disorder in
	16 June 2009 New way to enhance stem cells to stimulate muscle regeneration Scientists at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and the University of Ottawa have discovered
	16 June 2009 Did the North Atlantic fisheries collapse due to fisheries-induced evolution? The Atlantic cod has, for many centuries, sustained major fisheries on both sides of the Atlantic. However
	16 June 2009 Portable device can detect viruses in minutes Imagine being able to detect in just a few minutes whether someone is infected with a virus
	16 June 2009 Regulating the sugar factory in diabetes Scientists in Sydney and Boston believe they may have identified a gene that controls
	16 June 2009 Tool-making birds: Necessity is the mother of invention for clever rooks Researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Queen Mary, University of London have found that rooks
	16 June 2009 Calling all white blood cells Anyone who has felt the sting as hydrogen peroxide foams and fizzes on a scraped knee knows
	16 June 2009 Embryonic-like cells advance toward disease treatment Two papers published this week appear to bring closer the day when embryonic-like stem cells can
	16 June 2009 Marmosets report for lab duty Marmosets whose skin glows green under ultraviolet light may take on a big role
	16 June 2009 Penguins scooped by their own poop How do you spot a penguin from space? Look for its poop. Scientists have discovered
	16 June 2009 So long aspirin, hello silver Millions of people around the world are prone to dangerous blood clots. Now researchers have
	16 June 2009 Your body is a wonderland ... of bacteria Where can you find your skin's most diverse community of bacteria? Not in a sweaty armpit or
	2 June 2009 The future of personalized cancer treatment: An entirely new direction for RNAi delivery In technology that promises to one day allow drug delivery to be tailored to an individual
	2 June 2009 Veterinarians at high risk for viral, bacterial infections from animals The recent H1N1 influenza epidemic has raised many questions about how animal
	2 June 2009 Old seasonal flu antibodies target swine flu virus Antibodies against some seasonal flu strains from prior years may be active against the
	2 June 2009 Designer antibodies derail monkey AIDS virus Researchers are reporting that a new antiviral strategy powerfully protects monkeys from
	2 June 2009 Pancreatic cancer's Achilles' heel Almost 95% of pancreatic cancer patients die within 5 years of diagnosis, and traditional
	2 June 2009 Tumors trigger cancer blues It's no surprise that a life-threatening disease such as cancer can make you depressed
	2 June 2009 Alzheimer's discovery could bring early diagnosis, treatment closer A discovery made by researchers at McGill University and the affiliated Lady Davis
	2 June 2009 Artificial skin manufactured in fully automated process Skin from a factory – this has long been the dream of pharmacologists, chemists and
	2 June 2009 Breakthrough in the treatment of bacterial meningitis It can take just hours after the symptoms appear for someone to die from bacterial
	2 June 2009 Chronic infection now clearly tied to immune-system protein The reason deadly infections like human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C
	2 June 2009 Enriched environment improves wound healing in rats Improving the environment in which rats are reared can significantly strengthen the
	2 June 2009 Even in our genome, good fences make good neighbors Our genome is a patchwork of neighborhoods that couldn't be more different: Some areas are
	2 June 2009 Komodo dragons even more deadly than thought: Combined tooth-venom arsenal key to hunting strategy A new study has shown that the effectiveness of the Komodo Dragon bite is a combination of
	2 June 2009 Molecular defect involved in hearing loss discovered Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have elucidated the action of a protein
	2 June 2009 New way of treating the flu What happens if the next big influenza mutation proves resistant to the available
	2 June 2009 Potential new way to protect kidneys threatened by insufficient blood or toxins Better treatments for acute renal failure may be possible by blocking the mitochondrial
	2 June 2009 Prevalence of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease agent in Britain remains uncertain First results from a large tissue survey in Britain of the agent that causes variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob
	2 June 2009 Primate eye evolution: Small evolutionary shifts make big impacts -- like developing night vision In the developing fetus, cell growth follows a very specific schedule. In the eye's
	2 June 2009 Progress toward artificial tissue? For modern implants and the growth of artificial tissue and organs, it is important to
	2 June 2009 Rational design of vaccines: A long but essential journey The holy grail of the defence mechanism against infectious diseases and tumours has not yet
	2 June 2009 Salmonella's sweet tooth predicts its downfall For the first time UK scientists have shown what the food poisoning bug Salmonella feeds on
	2 June 2009 Strange bird gets private beach in Indonesia A private beach is a luxury for most, but for the maleo—an endangered bird found only on the
	2 June 2009 Transplant patients have worse cancer outcomes, analysis shows After comparing two patient cancer registries—one featuring transplant patients and the other
	2 June 2009 Using 'dominance' to explain dog behavior is old hat A new study shows how the behaviour of dogs has been misunderstood for generations
	2 June 2009 Thieving whale caught on video gives rare clues about hunting strategy, sound production For decades scientists have been intrigued by the variety of sounds emitted by sperm whales
	2 June 2009 Visualizing virus replication in three dimensions Dengue fever is the most common infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes


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