Euroscience Open Forum 2006 launches call for proposals
...he Stifterverband fr die Deutsche Wissenschaft and other German science-funding organisations. In its work ESOF2006 is supported by a number of committees. The Steering Committee is chaired by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Heckl, General Director of the Deutsches Museum in Munich,. Host of the conference is Wissensc...Helping answer needs by developing specialists in autism
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...time until the patient needs more hormone therapy, other treatments or lives old enough to die from other causes." "Most prostate cancer vaccines currently are tested on men whose cancers are growing and no...Prostate cancer screening practices examined
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.... Cheshire Jr., M.D., from the Mayo Clinic, on the other hand, contend that these embryos aren't a technologic fix. Instead, they say, novel methods of creating embryos have simply rephrased the questions that society must ask. "It is essential to examine which biologic attributes should define embryonic h...Neuronal death and processing of Tau protein in Alzheimer's disease
...lational modifications of tau protein occurring in other tauopathies (such as AD), including aberrant prote...uronal cell death) is present in AD, as well as in other neurodegenerative diseases. In a previous study, the authors showed that tau is a substrate for the ...Study of obese diabetics explains why low-carb diets produce fast results
...measurements of calorie intake and expenditure. In other studies of the Atkins diet, subjects were at home ...s of low-carbohydrate diets are not known. Whether other types of diets would have a similar impact also remains to be investigated. Other research project...Malt liquor beers, and the people who drink them, are different
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...inous area almost 1000 metres above sea level; the other two are located on the plains. But the principal l...pressure were higher among the mountain residents, other 'protective' factors must be at play. They point out that living at moderately high altitude produc...Obesity among African-American stroke survivors increases risk factors for recurrent stroke
...rtension, dyslipidemia (high cholesterol levels or other lipid level problems), stroke, coronary artery disease and decreased life expectancy. Sean Ruland, D.O., of the University of Illinois at Chicago, and colleagues analyzed data from African-American patients enrolled in a study of treatment for preve...Newly discovered pathway might help in design of cancer drugs
... of DNA that is often more deadly to the cell than other types of damage," said Greenberg. "That's how many anti-tumor medications -- medications such as mitomycin c -- work: They kill off tumors by linking up with the cancer cells' DNA and sticking its genetic code together so it dies. Our discovery take...AACC and The Endocrine Society partner to promote patient education
...t's why we include literally thousands of links to other credible web sites like The Hormone Foundation." ...ct of an editorial collaboration among AACC and 13 other laboratory associations in the United States and Canada, Lab Tests Online reflects the latest thinki...HIV-1 spread through six transmission lines in the UK
...tudy shows a faster doubling time in 2003 than the other five. Current surveillance data shows a recent increase in infections amongst homosexual men in the UK, which may partly have come through this chain. Dr Deenan Pillay of UCL's Centre for Virology says: "Our study suggests that the HIV-1 subtype B ep...ESMO Scientific & Educational Conference (ESEC)
...-of-the-art oncology for various tumor types Some other special features New and updated ESMO Minimum C...mportant advances in cancer treatment presented at other cancer conferences. Scheduled Press Conference Friday, 3 June 2005, 13:00-14:00 Topics to be confir...Sleeping Through the Night: Children's sleep expert advises parents
...es tips on how to deal with changes in routine and other common obstacles to a good night's sleep. She also discusses strategies for parents to improve their own sleep, highlighting common adult sleep disorders. This completely revised edition of Sleeping Through the Night also presents updated advice fro...