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Structures of Important Plant Viruses Determined; Findings May Lead to New Ways to Protect Crops and Make Other Useful Products.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Flexible filamentous viruses make up a large fraction of known plant viruses and are responsible for more than half the viral damage to crop plants throughout...

Research About Plant Viruses Could Lead to New Ways to Improve Crop Yields.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- An interdisciplinary group of scientists has obtained the first detailed information about the structure of the most destructive group of plant viruses known:...

Researchers Use Nanoparticles to Deliver Treatment for Brain, Spinal Cord Injuries.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University researchers have developed a method of using nanoparticles to deliver treatments to injured brain and spinal cord cells. A team led by...

First Genomics Breeding Program to Benefit Poultry Industry.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first breeding program in the world to use an entire animal genome is beginning under the direction of university scientists and two of the largest...

Arctic Sea Ice Hits Second-Lowest Extent and Likely Record-Low Volume, According to University of Colorado Assessment.
October 2, 2008... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Arctic sea ice extent during the 2008 melt season dropped to the second-lowest level since satellite measurements began in 1979, reaching the lowest point...

Report Suggests Changes in Way U.S. Conducts Military Interventions.(Report)
October 2, 2008... Byline: RAND Corporation SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- In preparing for possible future military interventions, the United States needs to shift substantial resources to the Department of State and U.S. Agency for...

Structure of Mre11 Protein Bound to DNA: First Glimpse of a Key DNA Repair Protein at Work.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Repairing breaks in the two strands of the DNA double helix is critical for avoiding cancer. In humans and other organisms, a molecular machine...

Financial Crisis Taxing on Families, Relationships.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Wall Street's financial woes can affect relationships - both financial and romantic - of people of all ages and incomes, says a Purdue University sociologist. ...

Discovery of Natural Compounds That Could Slow Blood Vessel Growth; Johns Hopkins Researchers Discover Candidates for Fighting Disease.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using computer models and live cell experiments, biomedical engineers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have discovered more than 100 human...

Wellesley Professor Leads Seven-College Study of Today's Students; Results Will Change Current and Future College Experience.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Wellesley College WELLESLEY, Mass., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- This fall, a group of 36 college juniors from seven New England colleges will once again have the power to make life better for thousands of students following in...

More Research Needed to Make Good on Biofuel Promise, Experts Say.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- While cellulosic biofuels derived from grasses, crop residues and inedible plant parts have real potential to be more efficient and environmentally friendly than...

RAND Issues Comprehensive Study on Traffic Congestion in Urban Los Angeles; Suggests Ways to Improve Traffic.
October 3, 2008... Byline: RAND Corporation SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The RAND Corporation today released a study that offers a comprehensive look at Los Angeles traffic, debunking common myths about the metropolitan region's traffic...

Overweight Men Face Higher Risk of Dying of Prostate Cancer; Mortality Rate Increases With Weight and Insulin Levels: Harvard and McGill Researchers.
October 5, 2008... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Prostate cancer patients who are overweight and have elevated insulin levels are much more likely to die of the cancer than other patients, say researchers at Harvard...

LSU Health Sciences Center Awarded Patent for Compound Inhibiting Cancer and Other Diseases.
October 6, 2008... Byline: LSU Health Sciences Center NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. Eugene Woltering, the James D. Rives Professor of Surgery and Neurosciences at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine, and Dr. Conrad...

Burst Appendix or Stomach Flu? Hopkins Children's Experts Say Doctors and Parents Can Sort Out Symptoms With a Checklist.
October 6, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A young child arrives at the emergency room after several days of abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea and is sent home with a diagnosis of viral gastritis...

Diagnosing and Treating Infections: Top Challenge for Neurologists.
October 6, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- In what is believed to be the first formal "census" of neurological diseases and their impact, Johns Hopkins researchers have found that brain and nervous...

Study Examines Effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests and Suggests Screening May Be Stopped at Age 75.
October 6, 2008... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- New findings from a Decision Analysis for the US Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) suggest that routine colorectal cancer screenings can be...

Finding Your Voice Helps Strengthen Relationships, Says Wellesley Researcher Sally Theran.
October 7, 2008... Byline: Wellesley College WELLESLEY, Mass., Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Why do people have difficulty speaking their minds? Psychologist Sally Theran, who teaches at Wellesley College, researches this problem, called "level of voice" - a...

Get Moving: Johns Hopkins Research Shows Early Mobility Better Than Bed Rest for ICU Patients.
October 7, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A critical care specialist at Johns Hopkins who has reviewed recent studies of intensive care unit (ICU) patients and data from The Johns Hopkins Hospital...

Sexual and Contraceptive Behaviors of Teen and Young Adult Men: New Study Paints Troubling Portrait.
October 7, 2008... Byline: Child Trends, Inc. WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Young adult men between the ages of 20 to 24 are less likely to use condoms than teen males, and very few young men, including teens, seek out reproductive health...

Scripps Research Team Solves Structure of 'Beneficial' Virus; Researchers Seek to Understand, and Improve, Virus That Can Infect Lung Cancer Cells.
October 8, 2008... Byline: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, Calif., Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have, for the first time, solved the structure of a virus that can infect specific cancer cells. This new...

New Research Center Will Free Chemistry From Earth's Bonds.
October 8, 2008... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new research center combining the tools of chemistry and astronomy will use the unique laboratory of interstellar space to free the study of basic...

Scientists Engineer Superconducting Thin Films; One Step Closer to Fabrication of Useful Devices Such as Superconductive Transistors.
October 8, 2008... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- One major goal on the path toward making useful superconducting devices has been engineering materials that act as superconductors at the nanoscale - the realm...

Children with Cystic Fibrosis Not Well Covered By Guidelines for Vitamin D Needs; Johns Hopkins Children's Experts Call for Higher Doses to Address Deficiencies.
October 9, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Existing recommendations for treating vitamin D deficiency in children with cystic fibrosis (CF) are too low to cover the serious need, leaving most at high...

Steroid Treatment Offers No Benefit in Preemies, Johns Hopkins Children's Study Suggests.
October 9, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Results of a multicenter study led by Johns Hopkins Children's Center challenge the longstanding practice of treating premature babies with hydrocortisone,...

Mouse Studies Suggest Daily Dose of Ginkgo May Prevent Brain Cell Damage After a Stroke.
October 9, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Working with genetically engineered mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that daily doses of a standardized extract from the leaves of the ginkgo...

Bold Traveler's Journey Toward the Center of the Earth; At 2.8 Kilometers Down, a One-of-a-kind Microorganism Lives All Alone.
October 9, 2008... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first ecosystem ever found having only a single biological species has been discovered 2.8 kilometers (1.74 miles) beneath the surface of the...

Does Sex Sell? Lawrence University Study Says Cleavage Isn't Product Persuasive, But Could Lead to Job Offer.
October 9, 2008... Byline: Lawrence University APPLETON, Wis., Oct. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Do women who employ sex appeal really have a competitive advantage when it comes to selling products? Popular belief has long held that they do. But a study by a...

Researchers Discover Baldness Gene: 1 in 7 Men at Risk; Scientists at McGill, King's College and GlaxoSmithKline Solve Mystery of Male Pattern Baldness.
October 12, 2008... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at McGill University, King's College London and GlaxoSmithKline Inc. have identified two genetic variants in caucasians that together produce an astounding...

Research Confirms It: Noxious Gas Stove Emissions Worsen Asthma Symptoms in Young Children; Researchers Say Doctors Should Ask Caregivers About Home Heating Sources.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins scientists report that high levels of a noxious gas from stoves can be added to the list of indoor pollutants that aggravate asthma symptoms...

Carnegie Mellon International Autism Symposium to Feature Groundbreaking Research, Oct. 17-18.
October 13, 2008... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today's autism research draws on a variety of scientific disciplines, from genetics to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to neural development. At the...

Dark Matter Battle for Nobel Prize: Roles of Harvard, University of Chicago.
October 14, 2008... Byline: The Drexler Foundation LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif., Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Many Americans working in the fields of astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology were hoping that research astronomer Vera Rubin of the Carnegie...

Florida's 'Worm Grunters' Collect Bait Worms by Inadvertently Imitating Mole Sounds.
October 14, 2008... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- When biologist Ken Catania heard about the peculiar practice of worm grunting practiced in the Apalachicola National Forest in the Florida Panhandle, one of his...

Girls Who Start Puberty Early Are Less Able to Cope With Stress.
October 14, 2008... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Girls who enter puberty early may be less able to cope with being bullied or rejected by other students than their female classmates who mature later, a new...

More Flexible Method Floated to Produce Biofuels, Electricity.
October 14, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers are proposing a new "flexible" approach to producing alternative fuels, hydrogen and electricity from municipal solid wastes, agricultural wastes,...

New Report Cites Benefits of Green Planning to California Businesses.(Report)
October 14, 2008... Byline: Well Network VISTA, Calif., Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new report, "A California Green Plan: Making the Case for Business," finds that overlapping environmental regulations and agencies are hampering the state's business...

Sensitive Laser Instrument Could Aid Search for Life on Mars.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Idaho National Laboratory IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Minuscule traces of cells can be detected in a mineral likely present on Mars, a new study shows. The results, obtained using a technique developed at the...

CACM Reports: Should the U.S. Ban Paperless Electronic Voting Machines? David Dill and Daniel Castro Debate How to Improve E-Voting Systems.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW YORK, Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the October issue of Communications of the ACM (CACM), Stanford University Professor David L. Dill says it will be impossible to determine whether the...

ACM Experts See Opportunities and Risks for E-Voting; Technology Leaders Stress Need to Build Trust in Computer-Based Voting Systems.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the 2008 election nears, electronic voting experts from ACM will be monitoring the reliability of voting equipment, including new systems deployed in...

Scientists Propose the Creation of a New Type of Seed Bank, Will Help Understanding of Evolution and Climate Change.
October 15, 2008... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- While an international seed bank in a Norwegian island has been gathering news about its agricultural collection, a group of U.S....

Bottled Water Lobby's Misinformation Campaign: International Bottled Water Association Claims Tests Show No Contaminants, but Test Results Nowhere to Be Found.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Yesterday, the lobby group for the bottled water industry used untruths, misleading statements and claims that were outright wrong in its attempt to dispel a...

Duke Innovations Improve Accuracy of MRI as Internal 'Thermometer'.
October 16, 2008... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Duke University chemists say they have developed a new way to measure temperature changes inside the body with unprecedented precision by correcting a subtle error in the...

New Research Field Promises Radical Advances in Optical Technologies.
October 16, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new research field called transformation optics may usher in a host of radical advances including a cloak of invisibility and ultra-powerful microscopes and...

Early Exposure to Drugs, Alcohol Creates Lifetime of Health Risk; Carnegie Mellon Professor Co-Authors New Study on Teen Drinking, Drug Abuse.
October 16, 2008... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Oct. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- People who begin drinking and using marijuana regularly prior to their 15th birthday face a higher risk of early pregnancy, school failure, substance dependence,...

Swamping Bad Cells With Good in ALS Animal Models Helps Sustain Breathing, Johns Hopkins Study Shows; Targeted Cell Delivery to Cervical Spinal Cord is Promising Strategy to Slow Loss of Motor Neurons in ALS.(Report)
October 19, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a disease like ALS - one that's always fatal and that has a long history of research-resistant biology - finding a proof of principle in animal models...

Johns Hopkins Researchers Detect Sweet Cacophany While Listening to Cellular Cross-Talk; Sugar Plays Key Role in How Cells Work.
October 20, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins scientists were dubious in the early 1980s when they stumbled on small sugar molecules lurking in the centers of cells; not only were they not...

Researchers Explore Anesthesia-Related Maternal Mortality; University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine Professor Leads Study.
October 20, 2008... Byline: University of Colorado Denver AURORA, Colo., Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study on the use of anesthesia during childbirth indicates a relative low risk to the mother's health, but monitoring should remain a top priority....

Study Debunks Myth That Early Immigrants Were Quick to Assimilate English.
October 20, 2008... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Joseph Salmons has always been struck by the pervasiveness of the argument. In his visits across Wisconsin, in many newspaper letters to the editor, and...

Engineering Nanoparticles for Maximum Strength.
October 20, 2008... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Because they are riddled with defects, bulk crystalline materials never achieve their ideal strength; nanocrystals, on the other hand, are so...

Study: Wildlife Need More Complex Travel Plans.
October 20, 2008... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new University of California, Davis study says that people trying to help nature by designing corridors for wildlife need to think more naturally. ...

Current Mass Extinction Spurs Major Study of Which Plants to Save.
October 20, 2008... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Earth is in the midst of the sixth mass extinction of both plants and animals, with nearly 50 percent of all species disappearing,...

Moore Foundation Awards RIT $2.8 Million to Develop 'Noiseless' Detector; Don Figer Leads Effort to Build Detector for the Thirty Meter Telescope.
October 21, 2008... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation recently awarded Rochester Institute of Technology $2.8 million to design, develop and build a zero-noise...

Studies: Construction Jargon May Put New, Hispanic Workers at Risk.(Clinical report)
October 21, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Specialized language used in the safety training for construction workers may not be understood by those new to the job or Hispanic workers, possibly putting...

University of Colorado at Boulder Study Shows Diversity Decreases Chances of Parasitic Disease.
October 21, 2008... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new University of Colorado at Boulder study showing that American toads who pal around with gray tree frogs reduce their chances of parasitic infections...

UC Santa Barbara Researchers Develop Cross-Protective Vaccine.
October 21, 2008... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Doctors have always hoped that scientists might one day create a vaccination that would treat a broad spectrum of maladies. They could only...

Secret Lives of Catalysts Revealed: New Window Into Nanoscale Chemistry Could Help Improve Pollution Control, Fuel Cell Technologies.
October 21, 2008... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The first-ever glimpse of nanoscale catalysts in action could lead to improved pollution control and fuel cell technologies. Scientists from the...

Serendipitous Observations Reveal Rare Event in Life of Distant Quasar.
October 21, 2008... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- A bit of serendipity has given astronomers a surprise view of a never-before-observed event in the birth of a galaxy. University of Florida and University...

Research Helps Fuel Revolution in Sustainable Viticulture.
October 21, 2008... Byline: University of California Division of Agriculture OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Winegrapes are one of California's signature agricultural products, bringing some $52 billion in revenue and 20 million tourists to the...

Sudden Cardiac Death Number One Risk for Patients on Dialysis; Inflammation, Malnutrition Identified as Key Risk Factors.
October 22, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a 10-year study of more than a thousand kidney failure patients, sudden cardiac death emerged as the number one cause of death for patients on dialysis,...

UC Santa Barbara Study Finds Physical Strength, Fighting Ability Revealed in Human Faces.
October 22, 2008... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- For our ancestors, misjudging the physical strength of a would-be opponent might have resulted in painful - and potentially deadly -...

A Toolkit for Silicon-Based Quantum Computing.
October 22, 2008... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Bit" is a contraction of "binary digit," but unlike a classical bit, which is plain-vanilla binary with a value of either 0 or 1, a quantum bit,...

Muslim Americans in Step With American Public on Political Engagement, Social Issues.
October 23, 2008... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Misperceptions about Islam and Muslims have been a centerpiece of the 2008 presidential campaign, with Democratic candidate Barack Obama issuing repeated denials that he...

Johns Hopkins University Chemist Devises Self Assembling 'Organic Wires'.
October 23, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Oct. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- From pacemakers constructed of materials that so closely mimic human tissues that a patient's body can't discern the difference to devices that bypass injured spinal...

CU-Boulder Researcher Finds Link Between Physical and Interpersonal Warmth.
October 23, 2008... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Do people trust others more when they experience physical warmth? That's the theory of CU-Boulder Assistant Professor Lawrence E. Williams, who says...

Scientists Store and Retrieve Data Inside an Atom.
October 23, 2008... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Another step towards quantum computing - the Holy Grail of data processing and storage - was achieved when an international team of scientists...

How We See Objects in Depth: The Brain's Code for 3-D Structure.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of Johns Hopkins neuroscientists has discovered patterns of brain activity that may underlie our remarkable ability to see and understand the...

Earthworm Activity Can Alter Forests' Carbon-Carrying Capabilities.
October 27, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Earthworms can change the chemical nature of the carbon in North American forest litter and soils, potentially affecting the amount of carbon stored in forests,...

New Research From Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center May Hold Key to New Technologies That Can Sniff Out Disease; Researchers Identify Brain Cells That Modify Function, Filter Out Odors.
October 28, 2008... Byline: University of Colorado Denver AURORA, Colo., Oct. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- New chemosensory basic science research at the Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine has uncovered...

Penn Researchers Find Key to Sonic Hedgehog Control of Brain Development.
October 28, 2008... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine researchers have discovered how the expression of the Sonic hedgehog gene is regulated during brain...

Study Rules Out Inbreeding as Cause of Amphibian Deformities.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Although research has linked inbreeding with elevated rates of deformity in a wide variety of animals, a new study finds it plays no part in the high incidence...

Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Study Shows Brain Functions Same Way Awake or Asleep.
October 28, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins researchers have found strong evidence supporting the view that the sleeping mind functions the same as the waking mind - a discovery that...

Drinking Milk to Ease Milk Allergy? Hopkins Children's Oral Immunotherapy Study Shows Promise, But Do Not Try This at Home.(Clinical report)
October 29, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Giving children with milk allergies increasingly higher doses of milk over time may ease, and even help them completely overcome, their allergic reactions,...

Small Islands Given Short Shrift in Assembling Archaeological Record.
October 30, 2008... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Small islands dwarf large ones in archaeological importance, says a University of Florida researcher, who found that people who settled the Caribbean before...