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FluLog: Automated Contact Tracing Tool Developed by National University of Singapore Engineering Researcher.
July 1, 2009... Byline: National University of Singapore SINGAPORE, July 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Contact tracing identifies those in danger of contracting infectious diseases and plays an important role in limiting the effects of pandemics. It is currently...

Predicting the Return of Prostate Cancer: New Johns Hopkins Study Betters the Odds of Success.
July 1, 2009... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, July 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cancer experts at Johns Hopkins say a study tracking 774 prostate cancer patients for a median of eight years has shown that a three-way combination of...

Scientists: Salamanders, Regenerative Wonders, Heal Like Mammals, People.
July 1, 2009... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., July 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The salamander is a superhero of regeneration, able to replace lost limbs, damaged lungs, sliced spinal cord -- even bits of lopped-off brain. But it turns...

Alzheimer's Research Yields Potential Drug Target.
July 1, 2009... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at UC Santa Barbara and several other institutions have found laboratory evidence that a cluster of peptides may be the toxic...

Study Links Migraine Headaches to Reduced Academic Performance.
July 2, 2009... Byline: University of Colorado Denver DENVER, July 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Suffering from migraine headaches as an adolescent leads to lower high school grades and decreases in the likelihood of graduating high school and the likelihood of...

Research Reveals What Drives Lung Cancer's Spread.
July 2, 2009... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, July 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) reveals the genetic underpinnings of what causes lung cancer to quickly...

Bioethicists Lead Call for Public Debates on Future Uses of Stem Cells: Science Is Running Ahead of Public Debate and Guidelines to Grapple With Use of Stem Cell-Derived Eggs and Sperm.
July 2, 2009... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, July 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- More than 40 scientists, bioethicists, lawyers and science journal editors are calling on their colleagues, policy makers and the public to begin developing...

Virtual Competence Is Vital in the Workplace: Online Communication Tools, Such as Facebook, Develop Important Work Skills.
July 2, 2009... Byline: Richard Ivey School of Business LONDON, Ontario, July 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- When the Ontario government banned thousands of its employees from using the social networking site Facebook during work a couple of years ago, opponents...

DNA Variations Linked to Brain Tumors.
July 5, 2009... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., July 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) (http://www.ucsf.edu/) have found a connection between DNA alterations on human...

Researchers Find Genetic Key to Breast Cancer's Ability to Survive and Spread.
July 6, 2009... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) sheds light on a genetic function that gives breast cancer cells the...

University of Colorado at Boulder, NASA Test New 'Space Internet' Protocols on International Space Station.
July 6, 2009... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Colorado at Boulder is working with NASA to develop a new communications technology now being tested on the International Space Station,...

Scientists Are Learning More About Big Birds From Feathers.
July 6, 2009... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Catching adult eagles for research purposes is no easy task, but a Purdue University researcher has found a way around the problem, and, in the process, gathered...

Purdue Researchers Create Prostate Cancer 'Homing Device' for Drug Delivery.
July 6, 2009... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new prostate cancer "homing device" could improve detection and allow for the first targeted treatment of the disease. A team of Purdue University...

University of Colorado at Boulder Study Finds Brain's Immune System May Cause Chronic Seizures.
July 6, 2009... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chronic seizures caused by traumatic head injuries may result from chemicals released by the brain's immune system attempting to repair the injured site,...

New Internet Intervention Gives Insomnia Patients a Better Night's Sleep; University of Virginia Health System Study Finds Nearly Three-Fourths of Patients Reported Notable Sustained Improvements in Sleep.(Clinical report)
July 6, 2009... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- The estimated one-third of adults who suffer from insomnia could soon find effective treatment without ever leaving their homes. Researchers at...

Lotteries: From Big Bucks to Bankruptcy; Vanderbilt Research Looks at the Financial Consequences of Winning the Lottery.
July 7, 2009... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- In this tough economy, the allure of buying lottery tickets seems like a pretty enticing way to erase financial problems. But new research from Vanderbilt Law...

Protein Can Help Cells or Cause Cancer, Purdue Researcher Finds.
July 7, 2009... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Purdue University scientist has discovered a key process in cell growth that can lead to the formation of tumors. Xiaoqi Liu, an assistant professor of...

Johns Hopkins Leads First 16-Patient, Multicenter 'Domino Donor' Kidney Transplant; Johns Hopkins Vice President One of the Donors.
July 7, 2009... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Surgical teams at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City and Henry Ford Hospital...

Wrong Dose of Heart Meds Too Frequent in Children; Infants Experience Errors Most Often.
July 7, 2009... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Infants and young children treated with heart drugs get the wrong dose or end up on the wrong end of medication errors more often than older children,...

New NASA Satellite Survey Reveals Dramatic Arctic Sea Ice Thinning.
July 7, 2009... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Arctic sea ice thinned dramatically between the winters of 2004 and 2008, with thin seasonal ice replacing thick older ice as the dominant type for the first...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: A Comprehensive Review of Addiction to Prescription Painkillers Among Patients and Physicians.
July 7, 2009... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chemical dependency and recovery in patients and physicians are closely examined in a series of articles and editorials in the July 2009 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings....

Most Managers Are Logical Sloths, Says New Rotman Research.
July 8, 2009... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, July 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Strategic managers, lacking training in how to build their own situational models and reasoning strategies as opposed to "implementing" blueprints and recipes, tend...

LSU Health Sciences Center Research Helps Link Schizophrenia to Specific DNA Region; Same Region on Chromosome as Immune Function.
July 8, 2009... Byline: LSU Health Sciences Center NEW ORLEANS, July 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time, an international group of researchers has found genetic evidence linking schizophrenia to a specific region of DNA - on chromosome 6. This is...

Stanford Engineers Demonstrate Light Emission Compatible With Silicon Chips; Advance Could Be Key Step to Making Computer Chips More Efficient, Faster.
July 8, 2009... Byline: Stanford School of Engineering STANFORD, Calif., July 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Silicon computer chips depend on metal wiring that is fast becoming a source of delay and wasted power. Many engineers would rather use light to transmit...