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International Study Finds Ways to Maximize Effective Responses After Terrorism Incidents.
April 1, 2007

Study Identifies Multiple Genetic Risk Factors for Prostate Cancer.
April 1, 2007

Airline Performance Declines; Hawaiian Airlines Takes Top Spot.
April 2, 2007

Dark Matter/Big Bang Mysteries May Have Been Solved Last Week at a London Cosmology Conference.
April 2, 2007

Pension Research Projects Announced by Rotman School's International Centre for Pension Management.
April 2, 2007

Engineers Create 'Optical Cloaking' Design for Invisibility.
April 2, 2007

University of California, Santa Barbara's Sedgwick Reserve Featured in International Journal.
April 2, 2007

Joslin Diabetes Center-Led Study Indicates Insulin Receptors Play Critical Role in Promoting Islet Growth to Overcome Insulin Resistance; Findings May Lead to Treatments That Enhance Beta Cell Growth.
April 2, 2007

University of Colorado Study Shows Intensive Therapy Helps in Battle Against Bipolar Disorder.(Clinical report)
April 2, 2007

Penn Study Points to New Direction for Pancreas Cell Regeneration; Implications for Diabetes, Other Pancreatic Disorders.
April 3, 2007

RAND Study Finds Religiosity Can Be Important Tool in Preventing Spread of HIV-AIDS.
April 3, 2007

Foundation Giving Continued Double-Digit Growth in 2006; Establishment of New Foundations, Pharmaceutical Foundations Contributed to Higher Level of Giving.
April 3, 2007

NASA Finds Arctic Replenished Very Little Thick Sea Ice in 2005.
April 3, 2007

Teaching Tool Plays on Chemistry Between Students, Gaming.
April 3, 2007

Anguish Over Iraq Shakes Public's Faith in Military Solutions; Vast Majority Reject Possible Military Responses to Iran; Survey Suggests Americans Nearing Crisis of Confidence in U.S. Foreign Policy.
April 3, 2007

Report on Mentoring for New Principals Suggests the Days of 'Sink Or Swim' Must End if School Leaders Are to Succeed for Kids in Increasingly Tough Jobs.
April 4, 2007

Researchers at Penn Study New Airway Bypass Treatment to Help Emphysema Sufferers Breathe Easier.
April 4, 2007

Myths About Manhood Keep Teen Boys From Sexual Health Care.(Clinical report)
April 4, 2007

RAND Study Finds Class Actions Against Insurers Rose Prior to Recent Reforms and Many Cases Occurred Outside Public View.
April 4, 2007

Go With the Flow: Penn Researchers Show How Nanocylinders Deliver Medicine Better Than Nanospheres.
April 5, 2007

Need Oxygen? Cells Know How to Spend and Save.
April 5, 2007

Statins Linked to Lower Risk of Infection; Markedly Lower Frequency of Sepsis in Dialysis Patients Observed.
April 5, 2007

Johns Hopkins University Nursing News and Research Briefs: April 2007.
April 6, 2007

How Do the Rules of Immunity Change During Chronic Infections? Study Finds an Altered Immune Response to Viruses Like HIV and Hepatitis C.
April 9, 2007

New Book Considers Hold of Hip Hop on Young Black Women; Tracy Sharpley-Whiting of Vanderbilt Pens 'Pimps Up, Ho's Down'.
April 9, 2007

RAND Study Finds People Who Are Severly Overweight Are Fastest Increasing Group of Obese Americans.
April 9, 2007

'Fusion' Protein Found by Johns Hopkins Researchers; Without It, Muscle Cells 'Refuse to Fuse'.
April 10, 2007

Genes Set Scene for Metastasis.
April 11, 2007

Protein Fragments Sequenced in 68-Million-Year-Old Tyrannosaurus Rex; Sequences Are Oldest Ever to Be Reported; Results Support Controversial Theory That Dinosaurs, Birds Are Evolutionarily Related.
April 12, 2007

Quantum Secrets of Photosynthesis Revealed.
April 12, 2007

University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Part of International Consortium Successful in Deciphering Rhesus Macaque Monkey Genome; Findings Enhance Value of Rhesus in Medicine, Enable New Genetic Studies.
April 12, 2007

Church Events a Growing Boon to Local Economies, Study Finds.
April 12, 2007

New Research Sheds Light on Cancer Tumor Survival During Radiation Therapy.
April 13, 2007

Novel Antigen-Cloning Technique May Boost Efforts to Develop a Melanoma Vaccine; Experimental Vaccines Against Other Cancers and Infectious Diseases May Also Benefit.
April 14, 2007... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, April 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- In recent years, researchers have worked to develop a number of vaccines to help the immune system fight tumors. Cancer vaccines are not intended to prevent cancer;...

Researchers Use Smallest Pipette to Reveal Freezing 'Dance' of Nanoscale Drops.
April 16, 2007... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., April 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using what is thought to be the world's smallest pipette, two researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have shown that...

Strong Marriage Helps Couples Deal With Temperamental Baby.
April 16, 2007... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Couples with infants who are particularly fussy or difficult typically do just fine as parents - as long as they have a strong marital relationship. A new...

Johns Hopkins Begins Aggressive Screening for 'Superbugs' in Children; Safety Study Triggered Decision to Go Beyond Standard Monitoring and Testing Schedules.
April 16, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, April 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Infection control and critical care experts at The Johns Hopkins Hospital have ordered testing for the two most common hospital superbugs for every child...

Most-at-Risk Nursing Home Residents to Be Tested for 'Superbugs'.
April 16, 2007

Change in Neuroticism Tied to Mortality Rates, Researcher Says.
April 16, 2007

Johns Hopkins Develops Pancreas Cancer Risk Model; May Help Decide Who Should Get Early Screening.
April 16, 2007

Researchers Setting up Observatories to Examine Changes Under Arctic Ice; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Team Headed to North Pole.
April 16, 2007

Stanford Business School Research: Wage Imbalance Between CEO and Workers Sends a Bad Message.
April 17, 2007

Stanford Business School Research Examines Best Way to Construct Unenforceable Contracts.
April 17, 2007

Folate Levels Low in Many Low-Income California Women.
April 17, 2007

Research Could Lead to Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease.
April 17, 2007

New Imaging Approach Promises Insights Into Multiple Sclerosis.
April 17, 2007

Penn Study on Lung-Infecting Bacterial Enzyme Suggests New Approach to Cystic Fibrosis Treatment.
April 18, 2007

New Virus Found in Stillborn Babies.
April 18, 2007

Carnegie Mellon to Unveil Internet-Controlled Robots Anyone Can Build with the Right Recipe.
April 19, 2007

Fewer Heart Patients Need Antibiotics Before Dental Procedures; American Heart Association, American Dental Association Introduce New Guidelines.
April 19, 2007

Stanford Report Outlines Common Elements of Highly Effective School Principal Training and Development Programs.
April 20, 2007

Dental X-Rays of Carotid Artery Not Enough to Estimate Stroke Risk; Data Incomplete and Inconclusive, Researchers Say.
April 20, 2007

Speeding 'Fingertip' Discovery: Twenty Years of Protein Information in One Place; New Information About Old Proteins Offers Researchers Shortcuts to Study Disease.
April 23, 2007

UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Study Examines Quality of Life After Common Treatments for Prostate Cancer.
April 23, 2007

First Demonstration of Muscle Restoration in an Animal Model of Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy; Research Has Implications for Treating Many Types of Genetic Diseases.
April 23, 2007

New Understanding of Schizophrenia Could Lead to New Treatment Approaches; Findings Tie Together Genetic Associations, White-Matter Defects, Dopamine Abnormalities and Disease Symptoms.
April 23, 2007

Buried, Residual Oil is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After a Spill; Scientists Find Crab Behavior is Altered by Polluted Sediments Below the Surface.
April 23, 2007

Pharmacists' Workload Contributes to Errors.
April 23, 2007

Professor: People Should Mull Over How Much Wine, Beer They Pour.
April 24, 2007

Revamped Experiment Could Detect Elusive Particle, Physicists Say.
April 24, 2007

You Don't Have to Be Smart to Be Rich, Study Finds.
April 24, 2007

Short Chromosomes Put Cancer Cells in Forced Rest.
April 25, 2007

Cosmologically Speaking, Diamonds May Actually Be Forever.
April 25, 2007

New Materials for Making 'Spintronic' Devices Pushing Development of Electronics Beyond Limits of Electric Charge.
April 25, 2007

Hopkins Researchers Find Better Blood Test for Prostate Cancer; EPCA-2 Testing Curtails Unnecessary Biopsies, Can Differentiate Disease That Has Spread Outside Prostate From Cancer Within Prostate, Hopkins Team Says.
April 25, 2007

Department of Energy Funds Purdue, Archer Daniels Midland Biofuels Research.
April 26, 2007

Schepens Scientists Identify Key to Integrating Transplanted Nerve Cells Into Injured Tissue; Discovery Promises to Make Retina, Spinal Cord and Other Central Nervous System Transplants Possible.
April 26, 2007

Ocean's 'Twilight Zone' Plays Important Role in Climate Change; New Study Identifies Critical Link Influencing Ocean's Ability to Store Carbon Dioxide.
April 26, 2007

Researchers 'Look Into' Plant Cells to Increase Ethanol Yields.
April 26, 2007

Ocean Varies in Ability to Sequester Atmospheric Carbon, Scientists Report.
April 26, 2007

Antidandruff Compound May Help Fight Epilepsy.
April 27, 2007

Antifungal Drug Stops Blood Vessel Growth.
April 27, 2007

Rand Study Assesses Whether Women-Owned Small Businesses are Underrepresented In Federal Contracting.
April 27, 2007

Usc Researchers Help Identify New Genetic Risk Factors For Type 2 Diabetes; Joint Landmark Study Shows At Least 10 Genetic Variants are Associated with Adult-Onset Diabetes.
April 27, 2007

Research Highlights Obstacles in Non-Profit Access to Emerging Technologies; Creates Agenda for Bridging Innovation Divide.
April 27, 2007

When Smell Cells Fail They Call in Stem Cell Reserves.
April 29, 2007

A Cherry on Top: Animal Study Suggests Tart Cherries Can Alter Factors Linked to Heart Disease and Diabetes.
April 29, 2007

Research Team Creates Interactive Map With Google Technology to Track Avian Flu Spread.
April 30, 2007

Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Type II Diabetes Are Similar at Molecular Level, UCLA and International Scientists Report.
April 30, 2007