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Johns Hopkins University Nursing News and Research Briefs: Summer, 2007.
August 1, 2007... Byline: School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following are news tips from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. - - - - PRIOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS THE MAJOR RISK FACTOR FOR...

Penn Researchers Discover Pathway That Eliminates Genetic Defects in Red Blood Cells; Implications for Treating Common Genetic Blood Disorder.
August 1, 2007... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered a unique molecular pathway that detects and selectively eliminates...

Purdue 'Milestone' a Step Toward Advanced Sensors, Communications.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Engineers at Purdue University have shown how to finely control the spectral properties of ultrafast light pulses, a step toward creating advanced sensors, more...

Does This Child Have Appendicitis? Watch Out for Key Signs; Johns Hopkins-Led Research Offers Checklist.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A 5-year-old with abdominal pain, nausea and fever may have appendicitis or any of a number of other problems. But how does the child's doctor decide whether...

Medical Residents Score Poorly in Diagnosing and Managing Tuberculosis.
August 1, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- When quizzed about their knowledge in diagnosing tuberculosis and deciding on the best treatment, medical residents in Baltimore and Philadelphia get almost...

Research Spotlights TV Portrayal of Organ Donations, Spurs Advocates.
August 2, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University research about how organ donation is portrayed on television has inspired a Hollywood advocacy group. Susan Morgan, associate professor of...

Berkeley Lab's Ultraclean Combustion Technology for Electricity Generation Fires Up in Hydrogen Tests.
August 2, 2007... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- An experimental gas turbine simulator equipped with an ultralow-emissions combustion technology called LSI has been tested successfully using pure...

Talking Both Quickly and Slowly Best Way to Teach Language; Colgate Professor's Study on Language Published in Journal.
August 2, 2007... Byline: Colgate University HAMILTON, N.Y., Aug. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Is it better to talk more measuredly to people learning a new tongue, or to chat with them at a faster pace that mimics everyday conversation? That question has...

Many Heart Attack Patients Still Not Receiving Emergency Clot-Busting Treatment, Study Finds; Use of Emergency Angioplasty Has Risen Dramatically in Last Decade, But 10 Percent of Patients Still Go Without Crucial Care.
August 3, 2007... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Far more of today's heart attack patients receive emergency angioplasty treatment or clot-busting drugs to re-open their clogged heart arteries...

Electrical Implant Steadies Balance Disorder in Animals; Tests in Chinchillas Show Promise for Treating Long-Term Unsteadiness, Blurry Vision.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Hearing and balance experts at Johns Hopkins report successful testing in animals of an electrical device that partly restores a damaged or impaired sense of...

University of Central Florida Research Links Protein, Stem Cells and Potential Alzheimer's Treatment.
August 6, 2007... Byline: University of Central Florida ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of scientists led by professor Kiminobu Sugaya at the University of Central Florida may have found a new way to treat Alzheimer's disease. The...

Where Broken DNA Is Repaired.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ionizing radiation, toxic chemicals, and other agents continually damage the body's DNA, threatening life and health: unrepaired DNA can lead to...

It's Time to Look at Health Risks in a New Light, Authors Say; Researchers Believe Many Patients Get Incomplete View of Medical Test Benefits.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- How solid is the link between high cholesterol and heart disease? Do regular screening tests for breast and prostate cancer lead to far fewer deaths from these...

Experimental Handheld Monitor Can Detect Subtle Brain Injury Immediately After Concussion.
August 6, 2007... Byline: NYU Medical Center NEW YORK, Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at NYU School of Medicine have developed a handheld device that can detect subtle brain damage immediately after concussion. The sophisticated yet...

Prehistoric Earthquakes Signal Reliable Seismic Activity for San Andreas Fault; Stronger Buildings Through Seismology.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Seismological Society of America EL CERRITO, Calif., Aug. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Seismological Society of America today released the following news tips. - - - - PAST IS PROLOGUE -- SOUTHERN SAN ANDREAS FAULT RELIABLY...

Experiment Suggests Limitations to Carbon Dioxide 'Tree Banking'.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Duke University SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- While 10 years of bathing North Carolina pine tree stands with extra carbon dioxide did allow the trees to grow more tissue, only those pines receiving the most water...

Penn Researchers Discover How Key Protein Stops Inflammation.
August 7, 2007... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine recently identified how a regulatory protein called Bcl-3 helps to control the...

Study Shows What Makes College Buddies Lifelong Friends.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- College students who want to be rich with lifelong friends need to invest time and seek out opportunities to develop their interests now, says a Purdue University...

Report Suggests More Modest Role for International Monetary Fund.
August 8, 2007... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, Aug. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the International Monetary Fund seeks to redefine itself, it should reconsider its quest to reassert its financial influence and recognize that a more modest,...

Penn Researchers Discover Novel Pathway for Increasing 'Good' Cholesterol; New Target for Controlling HDL Cholesterol.
August 8, 2007... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that a group of liver enzymes called proprotein convertases (PCs)...

Federal Health Panel Ignores Evidence of Risk From Food-Packaging Chemical.
August 8, 2007... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A federal panel charged with assessing the reproductive health risks of a plastics chemical known to be widespread in packaged foods ignored research from...

University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Part of Landmark Hemophilia Study; Infusions Prevent Joint Disease in Young Boys With Hemophilia A.
August 8, 2007... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center AURORA, Colo., Aug. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- According to a new landmark study being published in tomorrow's issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, infusions of clotting factor...

Black Talk Radio Down on Dems and GOP: Study Finds Criticism of Parties and Black Voters.
August 10, 2007... Byline: Center for Media & Public Affairs WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sen. Barack Obama's presidential candidacy illustrates the importance of talk radio among black Americans. To help predict how this medium may influence the...

Penn Study Finds Pro-Death Proteins Required to Regulate Healthy Immune Function.
August 10, 2007... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that proteins known to promote cell death are also necessary for the...

New Technology Has Dramatic Chip-Cooling Potential for Future Computers.
August 13, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have demonstrated a new technology using tiny "ionic wind engines" that might dramatically improve computer chip cooling, possibly addressing a...

Beyond Batteries: Storing Power in a Sheet of Paper; Researchers Turn Everyday Paper Into Resilient, Rechargeable Energy Storage Device.
August 13, 2007... Byline: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y., Aug. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper....

Penn Researchers Find Diabetes Drug Kills Some Cancer Cells.
August 14, 2007... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that a commonly prescribed diabetes drug kills tumor cells that lack a...

New Imaging Detectors Could Take Snapshots From Deep Space; Rochester Institute of Technology-University of Rochester Team to Develop Radiation-Hardy Detectors.
August 14, 2007... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Snapshots from space may someday confirm the presence of lakes and oceans on Europa - one of Jupiter's moons - and on other planetary bodies. Imaging...

Psychology Tips From UC Davis: Great Movies; Gratitude and Health; Toddler Introspection; Marital Violence.(Movie review)
August 14, 2007... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Aug. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following are psychology news tips from UC Davis. - - - - WHAT MAKES A GREAT MOVIE? A film that wins critical acclaim is likely to be an...

'Western' Diet Linked to Increased Risk of Colon Cancer Recurrence.
August 14, 2007... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Aug. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Colon cancer patients who eat a diet high in red meat, fatty products, refined grains, and desserts -- a so-called "Western diet" -- may be increasing their chance...

Specializing Can Mean Bigger Sales, According to Stanford Business School Research.
August 15, 2007... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Aug. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Succeeding in any market requires being noticed by relevant customer audiences and showing them that what you're putting out there has appeal. But...

Low Levels of Key Protein May Indicate Pancreatic Cancer Risk.
August 15, 2007... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Aug. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A protein that dwindles in response to obesity and a sedentary lifestyle may one day help doctors predict which people are at increased risk for pancreatic cancer,...

Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover New Diagnostic Test for Detecting Infection in Prosthetic Joints; Prosthetic Surface Is Now Tested; Less Accurate Conventional Tests Only Culture Surrounding Tissue.
August 15, 2007... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Aug. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of Mayo Clinic researchers has discovered a new, more accurate diagnostic test to detect infection of prosthetic joints, potentially leading to better treatment...

New Joslin Research Identifies Sirtuin Protein Instrumental in Fat Production and Metabolism; Finding May Lead to New Drugs to Combat Obesity, Reduce Diabetes Incidence.
August 15, 2007... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, Aug. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new Joslin Diabetes Center-led study has identified a protein found in fat cells that may play a major role in how fat is produced and stored, offering a new target for...

Whiplash May Produce Delayed Jaw Pain; American Dental Association Journal Study Follows Car-Crash Victims.
August 16, 2007... Byline: American Dental Association CHICAGO, Aug. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- One in three people exposed to whiplash trauma is at risk of developing delayed TMJ symptoms that may require treatment, according to research published in the...

Penn Researchers Discover New Mechanism for Viral Replication.
August 16, 2007... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a new strategy that Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV)...

Significant National Computing Resources Allocated for Advanced Earthquake Research.
August 16, 2007... Byline: Southern California Earthquake Center LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Southern California Earthquake Center today released the following media advisory. - - - - SUMMARY: - The National Science Foundation...

New Initiative Prepares to Give Families Better College Consumer Information; U-CAN Web Site Will Provide Free Access to Concise, Consumer-Friendly Information on Hundreds of Private Institutions.
August 16, 2007... Byline: National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities today released the following media advisory. - - - - ...

New Clues to Mechanism for 'Colossal Resistance' Effects; Understanding Could Lead to Lower-Power, Increased-Memory Data-Storage Devices.
August 17, 2007... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Aug. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory shed new light on some materials' ability to dramatically change their...

Finding That One-in-a-Billion That Could Lead to Disease; Cell Machinery Sniffs Out Gene Damage by Trying on DNA for Size.
August 19, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Errors in the genetic code can give rise to cancer and a host of other diseases, but finding these errors can be more difficult than looking for the...

University of Colorado at Boulder Archaeology Team Discovers First Ancient Manioc Fields in Americas.
August 20, 2007... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A University of Colorado at Boulder team excavating an ancient Maya village in El Salvador buried by a volcanic eruption 1,400 years ago has discovered an...

Working Toward New Energy With Electrochemistry.
August 20, 2007... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory BOSTON, Aug. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- In an effort to develop alternative energy sources such as fuel cells and solar fuel from "artificial" photosynthesis, scientists at the U.S. Department of...

Rocket-Powered Mechanical Arm Could Revolutionize Prosthetics.
August 20, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Combine a mechanical arm with a miniature rocket motor: The result is a prosthetic device that is the closest thing yet to a bionic arm. A prototype of this...

New Finding Bubbles to Surface, Challenging Old View.
August 20, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chemical engineers have discovered a fundamental flaw in the conventional view of how liquids form bubbles that grow and turn into vapors, which takes place in...

Finding on Memory Could Lead to New Treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
August 20, 2007... Byline: McLean Hospital BELMONT, Mass., Aug. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The neurotransmitter norepinephrine is known to play a key role in emotional memory and experiments at the cellular level being reported by researchers at...

Natural Chemical Found in Broccoli Helps Combat Skin Blistering Disease.
August 20, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins scientists have found yet another reason why you should listen to your mother when she tells you to eat your vegetables. Sulforaphane, a...

Scientists Create Their Own Web 2.0 Network with NanoHUB.
August 21, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Teenagers may not have heard about it, but there's a Web 2.0 site that's a hit with scientists and engineers. nanoHUB.org, a so-called science gateway for...

Challenges Remain in Reintroducing American Chestnut.
August 21, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have developed a breed of American chestnut that is resistant to the fungal blight that decimated its population in the early 1900s. But the...

Using Life's Building Blocks to Control Nanoparticle Assembly.
August 22, 2007... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory BOSTON, Aug. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using DNA, the molecule that carries life's genetic instructions, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory are studying how...

Vitamin E's Lack of Heart Benefit Linked to Dosage.
August 22, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- The reported failure of vitamin E to prevent heart attacks may be due to underdosing, according to a new study by investigators at Vanderbilt University...

Folate Mystery Finally Solved.
August 22, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Some biochemical processes, especially those in bacteria, have been so well studied it's assumed that no discoveries are left to be made. Not so, it turns...

Study Finds Blocking Angiogenesis Signaling From Inside a Cell May Lead to Serious Health Problems in Long Term; Study's 'Extremely Surprising' Outcome May Result in More Caution in Use of Cancer Drugs That Block Development of New Blood Supply.
August 23, 2007... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Angiogenesis inhibitors that block a tumor's development of an independent blood supply have been touted as effective cancer fighters that result in fewer side effects than...

America's Working Poor: Too Many Work Hard But Can't Get Ahead; Social Services Journal Families in Society Examines Families Mired in Poverty.
August 23, 2007... Byline: Alliance for Children and Families MILWAUKEE, Aug. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many low-income working individuals and families increasingly confront significant challenges in their ability to remain economically self-sufficient. A...

Zinc Transporter Protein Structure Deciphered; Implications for Understanding Seizures, Type-2 Diabetes, Environmental Remediation.
August 23, 2007... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Aug. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have deciphered the atomic-level structure of a cell-membrane protein that...

Symbolic Concessions May Facilitate Peace in Middle East.
August 23, 2007... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, Aug. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Symbolic concessions such as an apology could lead to successful negotiations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict according to a recent study by prominent...

Study Links Non-Stick Chemicals to Low Birth Weight.
August 23, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Babies exposed to chemicals used in non-stick cookware and other consumer products while in their mother's womb were born at a significantly lower body...

Building a Better New Orleans: Hope Needs Help; New Report Shows That, Despite Some Successes, Katrina's Most Vulnerable Victims Still Need Help.(Report)
August 24, 2007... Byline: PolicyLink OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is coming back - but not for everyone. Though nonprofits and community groups have helped some poor and vulnerable...

When Is a Stem Cell Not Really a Stem Cell?
August 26, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Working with embryonic mouse brains, a team of Johns Hopkins scientists seems to have discovered an almost-too-easy way to distinguish between "true"...

Building a Better New Orleans: Hope Needs Help; New Report Shows That, Despite Some Successes, Katrina's Most Vulnerable Victims Still Need Help.(Report)
August 27, 2007... Byline: PolicyLink OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is coming back - but not for everyone. Though nonprofits and community groups have helped some poor and vulnerable...

Despite Grumbling, Most Americans Say They Are Happy at Work.
August 27, 2007... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Aug. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Although some people may spend part of the Labor Day weekend complaining about their bosses or about job burnout, most Americans are satisfied with their jobs, a new...

Over $1 Billion Given for Gulf Coast Hurricane Recovery, Foundation Center Report Shows.
August 27, 2007... Byline: The Foundation Center NEW YORK, Aug. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- U.S. foundations and corporations have committed more than $1 billion in cash and in-kind giving for relief, recovery, and rebuilding in the aftermath of hurricanes...

Strategic Spot Trading Benefits Supply Chains, According to Stanford Business School Research.
August 27, 2007... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Aug. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Supply chains -- the string of players involved in making goods from the procurement of raw materials to the consumer end product -- have...

Your Auditor's Other Clients Can Affect Your Stock Price, According to Stanford Business School Research.
August 27, 2007... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., Aug. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- When we think of financial audits we often think of them as stand-alone reports. But research shows that the reliability of the financial reports...

Engineers Perfecting Hydrogen-Generating Technology.
August 27, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Purdue University have further developed a technology that could represent a pollution-free energy source for a range of potential applications,...

Housing Market Woes Spread, Dampening Florida's Consumer Confidence.
August 28, 2007... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- The latest round of bad news in the housing market dealt a blow to consumer confidence in August, causing a three-point drop to 78, its lowest level in a year, a...

'Mighty Mice' Made Mightier.
August 28, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Johns Hopkins scientist who first showed that the absence of the protein myostatin leads to oversized muscles in mice and men has now found a second...

New Public Opinion Research of Indians, Non-Indians Reveals Wide Gaps, Mutual Desire to Increase Understanding Through Education; Most of Public Admit Knowing Little of Contemporary Indian Life; Indians Eager to Show Successes, Continuing Challenges.
August 28, 2007... Byline: Public Agenda NEW YORK, Aug. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- The nonpartisan public opinion research and citizen engagement organization Public Agenda today released a new qualitative study exploring how American Indians and non-Indians...

Rovers Begin New Observations on Changing Martian Atmosphere.
August 29, 2007... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Aug. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mars rover scientists have launched a new long-term study on the Martian atmosphere with the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer, an instrument that was originally developed...

Discovery Could Help Stop Malaria at Its Source - the Mosquito.
August 29, 2007... Byline: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y., Aug. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- As summer temperatures cool in the United States, fewer mosquitoes whir around our tiki torches. But mosquitoes swarming around nearly 40 percent of the...

Norwalk Virus: 'Cruise Ship' Illness Challenging and Costly to Hospitals, Too; Outbreaks Mostly Affect Health Care Workers.
August 29, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- A review of measures taken to address a 2004 outbreak of the highly infectious Norwalk virus at The Johns Hopkins Hospital has provided the first solid...

Most Teachers 'Highly Qualified' Under No Child Left Behind Standards, But Teacher Qualifications Lag in Many High-Poverty and High-Minority Schools.
August 29, 2007... Byline: American Institutes for Research WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Most public school teachers are "highly qualified" under the terms of the No Child Left Behind Act, but many low-income and minority students experience...

Stressed IT Workers Use Various Coping Mechanisms to Deal With Relentless Demands of Updating Their Technical Skills.
August 29, 2007... Byline: Richard Ivey School of Business LONDON, Ontario, Aug. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- The expectation on today's information technology professionals to remain technically competent constitutes a significant source of stress. A new...

New Study Pinpoints Specific Neurons Involved in Memory Formation; Findings Could Help Evaluate Treatment for Various Neurological Disorders.
August 30, 2007... Byline: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., Aug. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a remarkable new study, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have unlocked one of the secrets of how memory is formed. Working with a unique...

Advance in Effort to Fight Malaria by Tricking the Mosquito's Sense of Smell.
August 30, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- By mapping a specialized sensory organ that the malaria mosquito uses to zero in on its human prey, an international team of researchers has taken an important...

Gene Signature Spells Poor Outcome: Researchers at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Have Found a Genetic Signature for Aggressive Melanomas.
August 30, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Other than visually inspecting the disease, doctors have no genetic blueprint to classify melanomas, a lethal form of skin cancer. Tumors generally are...

Experimental Anti-Cancer Drug Made From Corn Lillies Kills Brain Tumor Stem Cells.
August 30, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- A drug that shuts down a critical cell-signaling pathway in the most common and aggressive type of adult brain cancer successfully kills cancer stem cells...

'Seen but Not Heard': Book Calls for More Advocacy by Nonprofit Organizations.
August 30, 2007... Byline: The Aspen Institute WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Despite negative perceptions of lobbying in the wake of several recent scandals, lobbying by nonprofits as part of their advocacy work is vital to a healthy democracy,...

Novel HIV Vaccine Created at The Wistar Institute Funded for Clinical Development.
August 31, 2007... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- A promising new HIV vaccine created at The Wistar Institute has received funding for clinical development aimed at moving the vaccine into human clinical trials as...

Blood-Flow Detector Software Shows Promise in Preventing Brain Damage.
August 31, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Aug. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and Cambridge University in England have designed an automated means of continuously tracking...