Full year of treatment helps infants and children with toxoplasmosis
...e rationale for screening for toxoplasmosis was as compelling as the rationale for detection of genetic diseases for which screening is now mandated in many states....Diabetes hits 275 Australians each day as pandemic spreads
...0 cases of obesity occurring each day, we now have compelling proof that Australia's diabetes epidemic is in full flight." Professor Zimmet said. In addition to measuring the development of new cases, the follow-up study showed that during the last 5 years: People's waistlines increased on average by 2.1 cm a...Art of Science exhibit opens at Princeton
...ts at Princeton. "Much of the work that we find so compelling may be likened to 'found art," said Adam Finkelstein, associate professor of computer science and one of the exhibit organizers. "Researchers create images or other artifacts in the pursuit of math, science and engineering, and often they turn out to...Ghrelin: A player in diabetes but not obesity?
... of Medicine, wrote, "Overall, the studies provide compelling evidence that ghrelin has unique dual effects on glucose homeostasis (the balance between glucose and insulin), at least in a genetic model. Ghrelin antagonism (or blocking) may be a new approach for treating type 2 diabetes by improving insulin secr...Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute sign agreement...
...ector of VBI, remarked: "This agreement reflects a compelling need for new ways to tackle the global threat of infectious diseases. It also represents what we see as a highly innovative framework for new partnerships in the public health arena." He added: "By signing this agreement, we are creating an enabling ...Even at small scales, the big decisions are made at the water cooler
... modeling efforts, two possibilities emerged, both compelling to a limited degree. In one, the scientists imagined each cell as belonging to a number of "teams" whose full membership never appeared at once. "Just as you might sit down to dinner with whatever members of your team happened to show up at the same ...'Word-vision' brain area confirmed
..." He concluded that "The single case studyprovides compelling evidence that the VWFA plays a causal role in the chain of neural events that underlie normal reading."...Stronger evidence found linking Epstein-Barr virus and risk of multiple sclerosis
...e results of this and the previous studies provide compelling evidence that infection with EBV is a risk factor in the development of MS," said Alberto Ascherio, senior author of the study and Associate Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health. Although there is strong evidenc...Controversial findings help explain evolution of life
...ust by itself, does not have that stability." In a compelling experiment, OSU scientists probed the fate of nucleic acid bases after laser irradiation in the ultraviolet range. They found that the molecules which react extraordinarily fast to ultraviolet light insults could by themselves spend 20-300 nanoseco...First clinical results reported for Sangamo's ZFP therapeutic
...ry difficult for patients to maintain. There is a compelling need to explore new approaches, such as SB-509, for their ability to protect and restore nerve function. The anecdotal reports of improvement in symptoms are very encouraging. It is also significant that future efficacy studies of SB-509, including...New fossils fill the evolutionary gap between fish and land animals
...rkable new fossil species that represents the most compelling evidence yet of an intermediate stage between fish and early limbed animals. The new species has a skull, neck, ribs, and parts of a fin that resemble the earliest limbed animals, called tetrapods. But the creature also has fins and scales like a fis...Newly found species fills evolutionary gap between fish and land animals
...on Ellesmere Island in Arctic Canada, are the most compelling examples yet of an animal that was at the cusp of the fish-tetrapod transition. The new find is described in two related research articles highlighted on the cover of the April 6, 2006, issue of Nature. "Tiktaalik blurs the boundary between fish and ...New Arctic fossils fill evolutionary gap between fish and limbed animals
...ls (tetrapods). The new find, however, is the most compelling evidence yet of an animal that was on the verge of the transition from water to land. "The find is a dream come true," said Daeschler, the Academy's curator of vertebrate biology. "We knew that the rocks on Ellesmere Island offered a glimpse into the...Researchers identify new childhood-onset epilepsy disorder and its genetic cause
...ical electrical activity. The present findings are compelling evidence for such roles, and open new directions for epilepsy and autism research beyond the index population," said Dr. Kevin Strauss, a pediatrician at the CSC. According to Dr. Holmes Morton, co-founder and medical director of the CSC, "The ident...Biodiversity conservation may help reduce the impacts of natural disasters UNU
..., with contributions from UNU experts, which gives compelling evidence of our dependence on healthy and diverse ecosystems for basic needs such as clean water, food, and air. "The MA findings show that the increasing pressures on biodiversity and ecosystem services pose a major barrier to achieving the Millenni...New evidence suggests statins could prove useful in treating MS
...d Stanford University Medical Center are reporting compelling new evidence that the cholesterol-lowering drug atorvastatin could prove an effective therapy for preventing the progression of, and reversing the severity of, multiple sclerosis (MS). In the March 16 on-line edition of The Journal of Clinical Invest...Gene influences antidepressant response
...ould," McMahon said. "The new findings help make a compelling case for a key role of the serotonin 2A receptor in the mechanism of antidepressant action." Also participating in the study were: A. John Rush and Madhukar Trivedi, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Gonzalo Laje, NIMH; Dennis Charney...To avoid doing more harm than good, land trusts must consider market forces when acquiring property
...n in a responsible manner. These results provide a compelling demonstration of the need for land trusts to become more economically savvy in their operations."...Media alert: New study finds dairy is not associated with weight gain
...te to extra weight gain, dozens of studies provide compelling evidence that consuming 3 servings a day of milk, cheese and yogurt as part of a reduced-calorie weight loss plan may help adults achieve better results than just cutting calories with little or no dairy, according to Greg Miller, PhD, executive vice...Companies license real-time pathogen detection technology developed at Kent State, NEOUCOM
...a shining example of the power of partnerships and compelling proof of the key role public universities play in addressing public needs," said Kent State President Carol A. Cartwright, Ph.D. "In this case, the public good will be served by technology that both safeguards the health of individuals, families and ...