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Simulated CPR Shows That Most People Do Not Push Hard Enough.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- New findings show that the majority of people untrained in how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and even many trained emergency personnel, do not push...

Math That Powers Spam Filters Used to Understand How Brain Learns to Move Our Muscles.
June 1, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Md., June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of biomedical engineers has developed a computer model that makes use of more or less predictable "guesstimates" of human muscle movements to...

VEGF Trap Shows Activity in Patients With Advanced Ovarian Cancer.
June 2, 2007... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center CHICAGO, June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Preliminary results of a randomized, international Phase II trial of VEGF Trap (aflibercept) show activity in patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian...

Treatment for Early Prostate Cancer Associated With Type of Specialist Seen.
June 3, 2007... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center CHICAGO, June 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study analyzing men with localized prostate cancer shows that the specialty of the physician they see can influence the type of therapy they...

McGill University Health Centre-Led International Reseach Team Identifies Gene Responsible for Blindness in Infants and Children.
June 3, 2007... Byline: McGill University Health Centre MONTREAL, June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A McGill University Health Centre-led study identifies a gene responsible for Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), the most common cause of congenital blindness in...

Diagnosing Skin Cancers With Light, Not Scalpels.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- In an early step toward nonsurgical screening for malignant skin cancers, Duke University chemists have demonstrated a laser-based system that can capture three-dimensional...

RAND Study Says Hurricane Katrina Response Shows Need to Tailor Some National Guard Units for Disaster Work.
June 4, 2007... Byline: RAND Corporation SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The U.S. Army should change the way it plans for domestic emergencies -- both natural disasters and terrorist attacks -- to better support state and local first...

How Sneaky HIV Escapes Cells.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Like hobos on a train, HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, uses a pre-existing transport system to leave one infected cell and infect new ones, Hopkins...

Bush Is Biggest Joke for TV Comics; Study: In 2006 President Was Target of Most Jokes Ever.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Center for Media & Public Affairs WASHINGTON, June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Comedians on TV talk shows cracked 1,213 jokes about President Bush last year, his largest annual joke total since he took office, according to a study by...

Origins of Nervous System Found in Genes of Sea Sponge, Report Scientists at University of California, Santa Barbara.
June 5, 2007... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered significant clues to the evolutionary origins of the nervous...

State of California Fails to Tax Big Alcohol for Underage Drinking; Marin Institute Data Predicts Dramatic Drop in Youth Consumption if European-Style Alcohol Tax Rates Are Applied in California.
June 5, 2007... Byline: Marin Institute SAN RAFAEL, Calif., June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Big Alcohol corporations are grossly under-taxed for alcopops contributing to the underage drinking epidemic. Marin Institute released preliminary data today showing...

Study Shows Big Power of Small RNAs, Not Just Proteins, in Halting Cancer; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Finds Cancer Gene Pathway Triggers Micro RNAs to Suppress Tumors.
June 6, 2007... Byline: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., June 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) researchers led by Lin He, Xingyue He, and Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Investigator (HHMI) Greg Hannon...

Loss of Stem Cells Correlates With Premature Aging in Animal Study; Penn Researchers Find Implications for Aging, Cancer Research.
June 6, 2007... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, June 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute of the University of Pennsylvania have found that deleting a gene important in embryo...

'Push-Button' Climate Modeling Now Available.
June 6, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A tool used by scientists to create climate models is about to become easier to use and available to a much wider audience. A new Web-enhanced version of the...

GOP Position on Gay Troops at Odds With Expert Military Opinion; Palm Center Details Record of Military Experts Who Favor Repeal During Wartime.
June 7, 2007... Byline: Michael D. Palm Center SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- As White House hopefuls are pressed for greater detail on their platforms, GOP candidates are having increasing trouble reconciling their past positions on...

High School Counselors Say Debt Worries Affect College Choices; Survey: Student Loans Support Access but Present Challenges to Families.
June 7, 2007... Byline: National Assn. for College Admission Counseling ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- According to our nation's high school counselors, worries about the risks of student loans influence families' decisions about whether...

University of Virgina Chemical Engineering Research to Appear in Prestigious Journal Science; Researchers Find New Way to Engineer Complex Systems, Creating Complex Dynamics From Simple Rhythms.
June 7, 2007... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., June 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- When signals in complex systems - like hearts and brains - go haywire, dangerous conditions, such as irregular heartbeats and epileptic seizures, can...

Study Helps Preserve Arctic Whale, Eskimo Subsistence Hunt.
June 7, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research on one of the oldest-living mammals - the bowhead whale - has helped preserve a primary food source for Eskimos in the far reaches of Alaska, and also...

Research Brightens Prospects for Using Nature's Smallest Candles in Medical Applications.
June 7, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a way, nanotubes are nature's smallest candles. These tiny tubes are constructed from carbon atoms and they are so small that it takes about 100,000 laid...

Study Finds Genetically Engineered Crops Could Play a Role in Sustainable Agriculture.
June 7, 2007... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Genetically modified (GM) crops may contribute to increased productivity in sustainable agriculture, according to a groundbreaking study...

Despite the Hoopla, Microfinance Does Little to Cure Poverty, Argues Article in Stanford Social Innovation Review.
June 8, 2007... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., June 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Faith in microfinance as a way to alleviate poverty was highlighted last year when the Nobel Peace Prize went to microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus...

Penn Researchers Find Potential New Target for Type 2 Diabetes; Implications for Treating Impaired Fat Metabolism in Obese Diabetics.
June 8, 2007... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, June 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered a potential new target for treating type 2 diabetes, according to a...

DOE Joint Genome Institute Announces 2008 Genome Sequencing Targets; Eucalyptus, Foxtail Millet, Red Algae and Novel Microbial Communities Added to Growing Bioenergy and Carbon Cycling Portfolio.
June 8, 2007... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory WALNUT CREEK, Calif., June 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Toward the goal of harnessing the power of nature through DNA sequencing, the DOE Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) has announced the latest...

Carnegie Mellon Scientists Devise Method to Increase Kidney Transplants; Computerized Matching System Could Enable National Kidney Exchange.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, June 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new computerized method for matching living kidney donors with kidney disease patients that can...

UCLA Researchers Discover Novel Signaling Pathway That May Help Maintain Immune System Balance.
June 11, 2007... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, June 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center have discovered a novel anti-inflammatory cell signaling pathway that may serve as a vital Yin-Yang mechanism to maintain the delicate...

Moderate Physical Activity Is Critical for Reducing Risk of Chronic Disease in Men and Women; Exercise Melts Intra-Abdominal Fat, a Hidden Risk for Cancer, Heart Disease, Diabetes.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center SEATTLE, June 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Getting regular, moderate-intensity exercise may be critically important for men and women who want to reduce their risk of cancer, heart disease and...

NASA Scientist Finds a New Way to the Center of the Earth.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., June 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Humans have yet to see Earth's center, as did the characters in Jules Verne's science fiction classic, "Journey to the Center of the Earth." But a new NASA...

Sexual Attitudes Differ Whether One Is in or Outside of a Relationship.
June 13, 2007... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., June 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- So long, Venus and Mars: Once they become a couple, men and women are from the same planet, a new University of Florida study finds. The study confirms that...

University of Virginia-Led Team Uncovers Important Secret in Gene Replication.
June 13, 2007... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., June 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of researchers led by University of Virginia Health System geneticists has uncovered a major secret in the mystery of how the DNA helix...

Study Questions Media Transparency: 'Do as I Say, Not as I Do'.
June 13, 2007... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., June 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Scooter Libby trial dramatically illustrated that all is not well in the Bush administration and in Washington power politics in general. But...

Penn Researchers Link Cell's Protein Recycling Systems; Implications for Treating Neurodegenerative Disorders.
June 13, 2007... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, June 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many age-related neurological diseases are associated with defective proteins accumulating in nerve cells, suggesting that the cell's normal...

Bacteria Ferry Nanoparticles Into Cells for Early Diagnosis, Treatment.(Disease/Disorder overview)
June 13, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Purdue University have shown that common bacteria can deliver a valuable cargo of "smart nanoparticles" into a cell to precisely position sensors,...

In Nature, Proteins Sweep Up Nanoparticles.
June 14, 2007... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., June 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Here's a pollution-control tip from nature: Deep inside a flooded mine in Wisconsin, scientists from several institutions including the U.S....

Exploring Dark Matter of the Genome: Sequencing Unravels Secrets in Complex Heterochromatin of the Fruit Fly.
June 14, 2007... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., June 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Not so long ago, the difficult-to-sequence, highly repetitive, gene-poor DNA found in regions of chromosomes known as heterochromatin was called...

Colon Cancer Proteins Show Promise for Blood Test.
June 14, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Searching for less invasive screening tests for cancer, Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered proteins present in blood that accurately identify colon...

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Scientists Successfully Target Tumor Microenvironment to Stop Cancer Growth.
June 14, 2007... Byline: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., June 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) researchers led by Daniel Nolan and Assistant Professor Vivek Mittal have found that bone marrow (BM) derived...

Summer Learning Tips to Fight 'Summer Slide': Keeping Kids' Minds Sharp During Summer Break.
June 15, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, June 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- School is out for the summer, but with parents' help, informal summer learning can be "in" with kids. Simple, low-cost steps like turning off the TV and visiting the...

Stanford Business School Research: Failure to Coordinate Price and Quantity Can Mean Lost Competitive Advantage.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's a problem that plagues nearly all companies that sell goods: the dual questions of how many items to produce and how much to charge for them....

Consumer Decisions Affected by Time Pressures, According to Stanford Business School Research.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Imagine it is early January and you are just beginning to think about what to give your sweetheart for Valentine's Day. With time to spare, you...

Startup Success Tied to Management Turnover and Corporate Leadership, According to Stanford Business School Research.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Venture capitalists and other investors routinely gamble on which start-up companies warrant their investment. Complex models and detailed...

Stanford Business School Research: Even Costly Mergers Can Be Good for Some Stockholders.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- It is widely known that after a public merger is announced, the stock value of the acquiring company generally drops while that of the target firm...

A Six-Inch Tall Tree: Researchers Demonstrate Way to Control Height.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore., June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Forest scientists at Oregon State University have used genetic modification to successfully manipulate the growth in height of trees, showing that it's possible...

Everyday Text Shows That Old Persian Was Probably More Commonly Used Than Previously Thought.
June 18, 2007... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time, a text has been found in Old Persian language that shows the written language in use for practical recording and not only for royal display. The text...

Nanotube Adhesive Sticks Better Than a Gecko's Foot.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y., June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mimicking the agile gecko, with its uncanny ability to run up walls and across ceilings, has long been a goal of materials scientists. Researchers at...

Virtual Qumran Sheds New Light on Dead Sea Scrolls Discovery Site.
June 18, 2007... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The mysterious archaeological ruins located paces from where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered 60 years ago served first as a fortress before being adopted by a Jewish religious...

University of Florida Geographer: New Tools to Forecast Hurricane Rainfall Inland.
June 19, 2007... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., June 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- All eyes are on where hurricanes make landfall, but the massive storms actually cause the most deaths inland, where severe flooding often surprises residents....

Among Sharks, It No Longer Takes Two to Tango: Saint Joseph's University Expert Comments on Recent Shark News, Gives Summer Safety Tips.
June 19, 2007... Byline: Saint Joseph's University PHILADELPHIA, June 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Birds do it, bees do it, and now there is evidence that female sharks are able to do it on their own -- without the contribution of male DNA. A recent report from...

Fifty Years Later, Friedan Survey Finds Women's Roles Changed, Frustrations Remain.
June 20, 2007... Byline: Smith College NORTHAMPTON, Mass., June 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Fifty years ago Betty Friedan asked her Smith College 1942 classmates about their lives and their answers that led to her groundbreaking book "The Feminine Mystique"...

A Faster Way to Recover From Chemotherapy and Marrow Transplant: Discovery in Zebrafish Could Lead to New Ways of Boosting Patients' Blood Cells.
June 20, 2007... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, June 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston report finding a new way to increase stem cells in blood, suggesting a possible treatment to help patients who undergo...

Study: Donated Embryos Could Result in More Than 2,000 New Embryonic Stem Cell Lines; Up to 60 Percent of Fertility Clinic Patients Willing to Donate Remaining Embryos to Stem Cell Research.
June 20, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, June 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a survey of more than one thousand infertility patients with frozen embryos, 60 percent of patients report that they are likely to donate their embryos to stem...

Explorers to Use New Robotic Vehicles to Hunt for Life and Hydrothermal Vents on Arctic Seafloor; Researchers Will Probe Gakkel Ridge During Expedition That Begins July 1.
June 21, 2007... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., June 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists and engineers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have just completed a successful test of new robotic vehicles...

Penn Study Maps Road to Cure for Inherited Eye Diseases.
June 22, 2007... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, June 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified proteins in the rod and cones of the eye that could lead to the...

Stable Health Insurance Coverage Keeps Kids Healthier; Previously Uninsured Kids Quickly Look Like Insured Counterparts; Impact of Santa Clara County Healthy Kids Program Evaluated Over Four Years.
June 22, 2007... Byline: Full Court Press Communications LOS ALTOS, Calif., June 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- A first-of-its-kind evaluation shows that after four years of continuous health insurance coverage, children enrolled in the Healthy Kids program in...

Project Seeks to Define Role of State Public Health, Improve National Health Outcomes.
June 22, 2007... Byline: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials ARLINGTON, Va., June 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- What is the role of state public health agencies? How does it differ from that of local and federal agencies? How does state public...

Whites Underestimate Costs of Being Black, Study Finds.
June 25, 2007... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- How much do white Americans think it "costs" to be black in our society, given the problems associated with racial bias and prejudice? The answer, it appears,...

Study Estimates 15,000 Children and Adolescents Diagnosed With Type 1 Diabetes Annually; Among Youth in U.S., Whites Have Highest Incidence of Diabetes.
June 26, 2007... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center DENVER, June 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Approximately 15,000 children and adolescents in the United States are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and about 3,700 youth are diagnosed with type...

Pairing Nanoparticles With Proteins: New Ways to Tag, Engineer Molecules for Energy Conversion, Drug Delivery, Medical Imaging.
June 27, 2007... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., June 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- In groundbreaking research, scientists have demonstrated the ability to strategically attach gold nanoparticles -- particles on the order of billionths of a...

'CARS' Imaging Reveals Clues to Myelin Damage.
June 27, 2007... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have discovered that calcium ions could play a crucial role in multiple sclerosis by activating enzymes that degrade the fatty sheath that insulates...

Needle-Stick Injuries Are Common But Unreported by Surgeons in Training; Residents Risk Serious Infection, Claim They Are 'Too Busy,' or Careers Might Suffer.
June 27, 2007... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, June 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- A survey of nearly 700 surgical residents in 17 U.S. medical centers finds that more than half failed to report needle-stick injuries involving patients...

Chemists From UCLA, Italy Produce Advance That May Solve Lou Gehrig's Disease Mystery.
June 27, 2007... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, June 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chemists from UCLA and the University of Florence in Italy may have solved an important mystery about a protein that plays a key role in a particular form of amyotrophic lateral...

Bright Future for Nano-Sized Light Source.
June 28, 2007... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., June 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- A bio-friendly nano-sized light source capable of emitting coherent light across the visible spectrum, has been invented by a team of researchers...

Penn Researchers Develop New Method for Screening Drug-Resistant Forms of HIV.
June 28, 2007... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, June 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- A growing number of drug-resistant strains of HIV are a threat to the effectiveness of current treatments despite anti-HIV drug cocktails...

Anti-Gay Hate Crimes Widespread.
June 28, 2007... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., June 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nearly four in 10 gay men and about one in eight lesbians and bisexuals in the United States have been the target of violence or a property crime because...

A New Report From The Century Foundation: Socioeconomic Integration Plans Steer Clear of Supreme Court's Objections on Race, Meet Goals of Achievement and Racial Diversity.
June 29, 2007... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, June 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Communities that are committed to fostering diversity in public schools were dealt a serious blow on Thursday when, in an historic ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court...