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Memo to ER Docs: Send Young Victims of Violence for One-on-One Counseling; Mentoring Youths, Counseling Parents Can Reduce Youth Violence, Researchers Say.
November 2, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study of 113 children and teens physically victimized by peers concludes that one-on-one mentoring about how to safely avoid conflict and diffuse threats...

Anti-VEGF Drugs for Retinal Diseases Could Have Serious Side Effects, Scientists Caution.
November 3, 2008... Byline: Schepens Eye Research Institute BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute have found that reducing the levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which is best known as a...

Tackling a Hard-to-Treat Childhood Cancer by Targeting Epigenetic Changes; Blocking a Histone-Modifying Enzyme May Calm Down Gene Expression Driving Some Leukemias.
November 3, 2008... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, Nov. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A very difficult-to-treat child leukemia may benefit from the discovery of a small but potent epigenetic change that launches the cancer - but could potentially be...

Noted Hopkins Scientist Says Research Indicates Need for Effective HPV Vaccine for Women and Men and a Simple HPV Screening Test.
November 3, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A call to explore a broader use of HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccines and the validation of a simple oral screening test for HPV-caused oral cancers are...

Seasonal Affective Disorder May Be Linked to Genetic Mutation, Study Suggests.
November 3, 2008... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- With the days shortening toward winter, many people will begin to experience the winter blahs. For some, the effect can be devastating. About 6 percent...

Diagnosis of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Predicts High Risk and High Rate of Further Infection in Teenagers; Writing a Prescription and Cursory Follow-Up Won't Help, Researchers Warn.
November 3, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study among Baltimore inner-city teenage girls treated for pelvic inflammatory disease shows they are highly vulnerable to subsequent sexually transmitted...

Women Have More Diverse Hand Bacteria Than Men, According to University of Colorado at Boulder Study.
November 3, 2008... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BALTIMORE, Nov. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new University of Colorado at Boulder study indicates that not only do human hands harbor far higher numbers of bacteria species than previously believed,...

Penn Scientists Show How Body Determines Optimal Amount of Germ-Fighting B Cells; Implications for Transplantation Science, Autoimmune Disease.
November 3, 2008... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine can now explain how the body determines whether there are enough mature B-cells in...

Native Birds Might Restock Poultry Industry's Genetic Stock.
November 4, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- As concerns such as avian flu, animal welfare and consumer preferences impact the poultry industry, the reduced genetic diversity of commercial bird breeds...

Penn Scientists Map Molecular Regulation of Fat-Cell Genetics; Implications for Treating Diabetes, Obesity, and Heart Disease.
November 4, 2008... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- A research team led by Mitchell Lazar, MD, PhD, Director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at the University of Pennsylvania...

Electron Pairs Precede High-Temperature Superconductivity; New Method Exploring 'Energy Gap' Shows Electron Pairs Exist Before Superconductivity Sets In.
November 5, 2008... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Nov. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Like astronomers tweaking images to gain a more detailed glimpse of distant stars, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National...

Proteomics Study Yields Clues as to How Tuberculosis Might Be Thwarting the Immune System.
November 5, 2008... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- A link between the immune system and the self-cleaning system by which biological cells rid themselves of obsolete or toxic parts may one day yield...

Silencing Growth Inhibitors Could Help Recovery From Brain Injury; Small-Molecule Drugs Could Spark Neuron Regeneration.
November 6, 2008... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, Nov. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Silencing natural growth inhibitors may make it possible to regenerate nerves damaged by brain or spinal cord injury, finds a study from Children's Hospital Boston...

Zoologists: Sea Snakes Seek Out Freshwater to Slake Thirst.
November 6, 2008... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Nov. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sea snakes may slither in saltwater, but they sip the sweet stuff. So concludes a University of Florida zoologist in a paper appearing this month in the...

Sunlight Has More Powerful Influence on Ocean Circulation and Climate Than Do North American Ice Sheets, Say Scientists.
November 6, 2008... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study reported in today's issue of Nature disputes a longstanding picture of how ice sheets influence ocean circulation during glacial...

Study Finds Many Motorists Don't See Need to Heed Speed Limits.
November 7, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research suggests U.S. motorists are growing increasingly cynical about the relevance of speed limits, and a new study indicates many motorists are more likely to...

Quintet of Proteins Forms New, Early-Warning Blood Test: Before Heart Attack Strikes.
November 9, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of Johns Hopkins biochemists has identified a mixed bag of five key proteins out of thousands secreted into blood draining from the heart's blood...

Myth-Busting, Major Research on Chinese Americans: Release, Briefing.
November 10, 2008... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Maryland will hold a media briefing to release surprising economic, educational and related findings from the most comprehensive...

Engineered Killer T-Cell Recognizes HIV-1's Lethal Molecular Disguises; Implications for Developing New Treatments for AIDS.
November 10, 2008... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and colleagues in the United Kingdom have engineered T cells able to recognize...

Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Research News, Fall 2008.
November 10, 2008... Byline: School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following are news tips from Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON). - - - - Best Practices Can Help Prevent Transmission of...

Johns Hopkins Genetics Press Briefings: American Society of Human Genetics 58th Annual Meeting, Nov. 11-15, Philadelphia.
November 11, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is a list of Johns Hopkins press briefings at the American Society of Human Genetics 58th Annual Meeting, Nov. 11 - 15 in Philadelphia. -...

LSU Health Sciences Center Public Health Contributes to Estimate of HPV-Related Cancers.
November 11, 2008... Byline: LSU Health Sciences Center NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Professor Vivien Chen, PhD,. Associate Professor Xiao Cheng Wu, MD, PhD and Assistant Professor Edward Peters, DMD, SM, ScD, at LSU Health Sciences Center New...

Scientists Map Steps to Block Key Enzyme Action in Heart Failure; S-Nitrosylation of Cysteine 181 Mimics Action of Viagra-Like Drugs, Which Have Been Shown to Rescue Failing Hearts.
November 11, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Taking a cue from the way drugs like Viagra put the biological brakes on a key enzyme involved in heart failure, scientists at Johns Hopkins have mapped out...

Heart Association Call for Routine Screening of Heart Patients for Depression Is Premature, Johns Hopkins Expert Says; Decision Was Difficult, But in the Best Interests of Patients, He Says.
November 11, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Johns Hopkins cardiologist well known for his studies on the links between depression and heart attack says there is not nearly enough evidence yet to...

Screening Heart Patients for Depression Not Effective: McGill, Johns Hopkins Study; American Heart Association Call for Routine Screening 'Premature,' Scientists Say.
November 11, 2008... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a study to be published in the Nov. 12 special edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers at McGill University, Johns Hopkins...

Estrogen, Testosterone May Affect Atherosclerosis; Doctors May Eventually Check Sex Hormones to Assess Heart Disease Risk, Researcher Says.
November 11, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Naturally produced sex hormones may influence the risk and progression of atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, Johns Hopkins researchers report in...

Purdue Researcher Invents Molecule That Stops SARS.
November 11, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Purdue University researcher has created a compound that prevents replication of the virus that causes SARS and could lead to a treatment for the disease. ...

Joyful Music May Promote Heart Health, According to University of Maryland School of Medicine Study; Research Team Concludes Cardiovascular Benefits of Music Are Similar to Those Found in Their Previous Study of Laughter.
November 11, 2008... Byline: University of Maryland Medical System BALTIMORE, Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Listening to your favorite music may be good for your cardiovascular system. Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore...

Major Study of Chinese Americans Debunks 'Model Minority' Myth; University of Maryland Research Most Comprehensive Profile to Date.
November 12, 2008... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chinese Americans, one of the most highly educated groups in the nation, are confronted by a "glass ceiling," unable to realize full occupational...

Stem Cells With Potential to Regenerate Injured Liver Tissue Identified by Penn Researchers.
November 12, 2008... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- A novel protein marker has been found that identifies rare adult liver stem cells, whose ability to regenerate injured liver tissue has the...

The Next Step in Health Care: Telemedicine Researchers Broadcast Live Surgery Using Internet2.
November 12, 2008... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Imagine a scenario where doctors from different hospitals can collaborate on a surgery without having to actually be in the operating room. What if...

Study a Step Toward Disease-Resistant Crops, Sustainability.
November 12, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- A five-year study that could help increase disease resistance, stress tolerance and plant yields is under way at Purdue University. The $4 million project...

More Is Better: Evidence Mounts That There Is Safety in Numbers for Community Hospitals Performing Emergency Angioplasty; Study Shows 83 or More Emergency Procedures Annually Is Best for Surviving Heart Attack.
November 12, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Heart experts at Johns Hopkins have evidence that life-saving coronary angioplasty at community hospitals is safer when physicians and hospital staff have...

Hope for Treating Relapse to Methamphetamine Abuse; Vigabatrin Shown to Block Reinstatement of Drug-Seeking Behavior.
November 13, 2008... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory suggests that vigabatrin (a.k.a. gamma vinyl-GABA, or GVG) blocks...

Web Shopping Only Holiday Retailing Bright Spot, Purdue Expert Says.
November 13, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Despite anticipated weak holiday retail sales overall, Internet holiday shopping is expected to increase at least 10 percent, said a Purdue University retail...

To Widen Path to Outer Space, University of Florida Engineers Build Small Satellite.
November 13, 2008... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Nov. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's not much bigger than a softball and weighs just 2 pounds. But the "pico satellite" being designed and built in a University of Florida aerospace...

LSU Health Sciences Center Research Identifies Key Contributor to Alzheimer's Disease Process.
November 13, 2008... Byline: LSU Health Sciences Center NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Walter J. Lukiw, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Ophthalmology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, is the lead author of a paper identifying,...

Unhappy People Watch TV, Happy People Read/Socialize, Says Study; Channeling Unhappiness, in Good and Bad Economic Times.
November 14, 2008... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study by sociologists at the University of Maryland concludes that unhappy people watch more TV, while people who describe themselves as...

Drug-Related Preference in Cocaine Addiction Extends to Images.
November 17, 2008... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- When given a choice between viewing pictures of cocaine and a variety of other images, cocaine addicted individuals, as compared to healthy, non-addicted...

'Insight' Deficit May Explain Denial in Drug Addiction; Researchers Explore Role of Mental-Illness Hallmark at Neuroscience Symposium.
November 17, 2008... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Drug abusers are often characterized as being in "denial" - not recognizing the severity of their disorder. Although "denial" is often considered to be a form...

'Enlightened' Atoms Stage Nano-Riot Against Uniformity; Harnessing This Behavior Could Lead to Cooler Computer Chips, Better Bio-Sensors.
November 17, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- When atoms in a crystal are struck by laser light, their electrons, excited by the light, typically begin moving back and forth together in a regular pattern,...

Black Masculinity Explored in New Issue of AmeriQuests.
November 18, 2008... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The intricacies of being a black male in America are explored in the new issue of AmeriQuests, the interdisciplinary e-journal based at Vanderbilt University....

RAND Study Finds Weight Loss Surgery May Help Obese Women Avoid Pregnancy-Related Health Complications.
November 18, 2008... Byline: RAND Corporation SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Obese women who have weight loss surgery before becoming pregnant have a lower risk of pregnancy-related health problems and their children are less likely to be...

Two New Compounds Show Promise for Eliminating Breast Cancer.
November 19, 2008... Byline: University of Central Florida ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two new compounds created by a University of Central Florida professor show early promise for destroying breast cancer tumors. Associate Professor James...

Carnegie Mellon Developing Automated Systems to Enable Precision Farming of Apples, Oranges.
November 19, 2008... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Nov. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two groups of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute have received a total of $10 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

Inspired by the 'Invisible Woman' of the Fantastic Four, Scientists Conjured New Idea for Invisibility Cloak.
November 21, 2008... Byline: National University of Singapore SINGAPORE, Nov. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two physicists may have found an easier way to make things invisible. Cloaking devices, which are a form of advanced stealth technology, are used to render...

Timing Is Everything When it Comes to Childhood Asthma.
November 21, 2008... Byline: Vanderbilt Medical Center NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Children who are born four months before the peak of cold and flu season have a greater risk of developing childhood asthma than children born at any other...

Bipolar Disorder Genes, Pathways Identified by Indiana University Neuroscientists.
November 21, 2008... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Neuroscientists at the Indiana University School of Medicine have created the first comprehensive map of genes likely to be involved in bipolar...

Potassium Loss From Blood Pressure Drugs May Explain Higher Risk of Adult Diabetes.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that a drop in blood potassium levels caused by diuretics commonly prescribed for high blood pressure could be the...

Milagro Detects Cosmic Ray Hot Spots; Second Recent Study Indicating High-Energy Particle Acceleration 'Near' Earth.
November 24, 2008... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The University of Maryland-led Milagro collaboration, comprised of scientists from 16 institutions across the United States, has discovered two...

Physicists Receive Patent for Improved Cancer Therapy Device; New Design Would Deliver More Precise Radiation Doses at Lower Cost.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Nov. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Four physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have been awarded U.S. Patent No. 7,432,516 B2 for the design of a...

Form and Function: Penn Scientists Discover Cells Reorganize Shape to Fit the Situation; Understanding How Internal Cell Skeleton Changes May One Day Explain Certain Diseases.
November 24, 2008... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Flip open any biology textbook and you're bound to see a complicated diagram of the inner workings of a cell, with its internal scaffolding, the...

Holiday Gift Card Sales to Reach $35-40 Billion, Purdue Expert Says.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The popularity of gift cards continues to rise, with holiday sales forecast to hit $35 billion to $40 billion this year, a Purdue University retail expert says....

Having Privately and Publicly Managed Prisons in the Same State Brings Benefits; Vanderbilt Research Shows Financial and Other Value in Competition.
November 24, 2008... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- New Vanderbilt research finds that states can save a substantial amount of money if they use a shared system of both privately and publicly managed prisons. The...

Scientists Build 'Roach Motel' for Nasty Bugs of the Bacterial Variety.
November 24, 2008... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Nov. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The vacancy sign is on, but the lowlifes who check in never check out. Scientists at the University of Florida and the University of New Mexico have created...

Penn Geneticist Receives Top Award From American Society of Human Genetics.
November 24, 2008... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Haig H. Kazazian, Jr., M.D., Seymour Gray Professor of Molecular Medicine in Genetics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,...

Understanding Donor-Recipient Genetics Could Decrease Early Kidney Transplant Complications, Penn Study Suggests; Implications for Decreasing Need for Immunosuppressants.
November 25, 2008... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found an association between the genetics of donor-recipient matches in...

Carnegie Mellon Scientists Offer Explanation for 'Face Blindness'; New Research Provides Insight Into Intriguing Disorder.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Nov. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time, scientists have been able to map the disruption in neural circuitry of people suffering from congenital prosopagnosia, sometimes known as face...

Tiny Protein Provokes Healthy Bonding Between Cells; Absence of This Biological 'Spark' Linked to Cancer's Spread.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Nov. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- In human relationships, a certain "spark" often governs whether we prefer one person more than another, and critical first impressions can occur within seconds. A...

Inhaled Corticosteroids Raise Pneumonia Risk for Lung Disease Sufferers; Call Made for Physicians to Strongly Weigh Potential Harm of Commonly Used Drugs.
November 25, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Lung disease experts at Johns Hopkins are calling for physicians to show much greater caution in prescribing inhaled corticosteroid drugs for people with...

LSU Health Sciences Center's Dr. Xiao Cheng Wu Co-Authors Annual Report to the Nation on Cancer.
November 25, 2008... Byline: LSU Health Sciences Center NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Xiao Cheng Wu, M.D., MPH, Associate Professor and Assistant Director of the Louisiana Tumor Registry at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public...

Fruit Fly Discovery Generates Buzz About Brain-Damaging Disorder in Children; Investigators Propose Idea for Therapy.
November 26, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins researchers have used fruit flies to gain new insights into a brain-damaging disorder afflicting children. Their work suggests a possible...

Source of Geysers on Saturn's Moon May Be Underground Water.
November 26, 2008... Byline: University of Central Florida ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Saturn's moon Enceladus may indeed hide an underground reservoir of water. Scientists at Jet Propulsion Lab in California, the University of Colorado...

Mother of Pearl Secret Revealed.
November 26, 2008... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- In addition to its iridescent beauty, mother of pearl, or nacre, the inner lining of the shells of abalone, mussels and certain other mollusks, is...

Molecular Partnership Controls Daily Rhythms, Body Metabolism, According to Penn Study; Implications for Understanding Connection Between Metabolism and Obesity, Diabetes.
November 26, 2008... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- A research team led by Mitchell Lazar, MD, PhD, Director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at the University of Pennsylvania...

Study Supports Value of Advanced CT Scans to Check for Clogged Arteries; Catheterization Still Gold Standard, but 64-Row Scanners Now Shown Equally Useful in Diagnosis.
November 26, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Nov. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a development that researchers say is likely to quell concerns about the value of costly computed tomography (CT) scans to diagnose coronary artery...

India Terrorism by the Numbers: Statistics From Global Terrorism Database.
November 28, 2008... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- A long history of terrorism in India precedes the latest, coordinated attacks in Mumbai. The Global Terrorism Database (GTD)...

Study Unmasks How Ovarian Tumors Evade Immune System; Potential Exists for Drugs to Halt Shedding of Fatty Molecules, Stop Tumor Growth and Kill Cancer.
November 30, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at Johns Hopkins have determined how the characteristic shedding of fatty substances, or lipids, by ovarian tumors allows the cancer to evade the...

Wistar Scientists Find Key to Keeping Killer T Cells in Prime Shape for Fighting Infection, Cancer.
November 30, 2008... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Like tuning a violin to produce strong, elegant notes, researchers at The Wistar Institute have found multiple receptors on the outside of the body's killer immune...