Japan's ALOS in orbit: ESA will deliver its data to European researchers
...Observation missions and to monitor disasters on a worldwide basis JAXA having signed the International Charter on Major Disasters in February 2005. The satellite carries a payload of three instruments: the Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR), a microwave radar instrument that can acqu...Low-cost drug gaining favor for use in HIV-infected children in poor countries
...single study at the center of mounting support for worldwide use of the low-cost drug Bactrim to help HIV-infected children in poor countries. The reviewers surveyed medical literature on the preventive use of Bactrim -- one of several brand names for the generic medicine cotrimoxazole -- for children to ward ...Older drugs may be good stopgap treatment for malaria in Africa
...etting." Malaria affects 300 to 500 million people worldwide every year and is the leading cause of illness and death in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a 2000 WHO report....Internet game provides breakthrough in predicting the spread of epidemics, report scientists
...n the January 26 issue of the journal Nature. The worldwide spread of disease particularly pandemics with dis...f a new human "supervirus," and the potential of a worldwide flu pandemic, make predicting the spread of these diseases more urgent than ever. Historical pandem...St. Jude conducts first large-scale bird flu genome study
...uld mutate in a way that would allow it to cause a worldwide pandemic in humans. "These studies provide the first fundamental insight into the evolution of influenza viruses in nature--the source of all influenza viruses that affect humans, domestic animals and birds," said Robert G. Webster, Ph.D., a member...Australian of the Year award to Ian Frazer salutes important win in the war against cancer
...r could save the 250,000 lives lost to the disease worldwide each year, especially in developing countries without screening programs. She said The Cancer Council Australia was particularly supportive of the award not only because it helped to raise the profile of Professor Frazer's groundbreaking work, but a...Controlling neglected tropical diseases will boost fight against HIV, TB, and malaria
...in to integrate neglected disease control with its worldwide efforts to tackle HIV, TB, and malaria. "The neglected tropical diseases," they say, "must now join the big three to create a 21st century 'gang of four.' For too long, the public health community has been tackling each of these diseases in isolati...International Journal of Epidemiology obesity special
...entice said: "Major new initiatives by governments worldwide are needed to combat the external factors that contribute to the obesity pandemic such as the low cost of highly refined oils and carbohydrates, the encouragement towards motorized transport and the growth of sedentary forms of employment. These asp...Scientists develop potential pandemic influenza vaccine in mice
...uce enough pandemic vaccine for 1.2 billion people worldwide at high-risk. However, in the event of a pandemic, ensuring the availability of fertilised chicken eggs would be problematic since H5N1 viruses are highly virulent in poultry. An egg-based vaccine would also not be useful for stockpiling, as it woul...The long research road to a new vaccine
... Estimates range between 440,000 to 600,000 deaths worldwide every year....Ames Laboratory innovation key to a 'lead-free' Europe
...gy was patented in 1996 and more than 60 companies worldwide have licensed Ames Lab's lead-free solder, according to Ken Kirkland, executive director of the Iowa State University Research Foundation. To date, those licenses have generated royalties in excess of $5 million. ISURF holds the patents for research ...Course of bipolar disorder in youths described for the first time
...An estimated one out of 100 children and teenagers worldwide has bipolar disorder. "Bipolar disorder is a serious illness that often emerges in adolescence, yet the majority of research into the disease has been done in adults. It became clear that we needed to define how bipolar disorder presents itself in th...Journal article validates the coming of age of hair replacement surgery
... 168,000 hair transplant procedures were performed worldwide in 2004, with about half of those procedures being performed in the United States. The survey found that 40 is the average age of men and women seeking these procedures. Dr. Harris will present the SAFE System and further advancements in hair tranpla...Sydney scientists discover and license breakthrough anti-inflammatory treatment
...tis (RA) alone affects more than 21 million people worldwide and causes swelling of major joints, severe pain, and fatigue. In addition to treating RA, Professor Mackay believes their therapeutic could also be used for psoriasis, sepsis, heart attack and transplant patients. Professor John Shine FAA AO, Execu...Tumor size related to lung cancer spread
...9 men and women for lung cancer at 38 institutions worldwide between 1993 and 2004. Four hundred sixty-four patients were diagnosed with lung cancer as the result of the screening. The researchers classified the participants' lung cancers based on their type--small cell or nonsmall cell--as well as the size ...Acrux acquires rights to commercialise world's first contraceptive spray
...e drug Nestorone. Under the agreement, Acrux has a worldwide licence from the Population Council to intellectua...tial for Nestorone MDTS given the fact that annual worldwide sales of hormonal contraceptives exceed US$4 billion, and sales of transdermal contraceptive patches...Columbia receives up to $15 million from Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation
...ease--in addition to being one of the best centers worldwide for the study of motor neuron biology and SMA, it has a staff of internationally renowned doctors eager to test the latest therapeutic approaches that emerge from laboratory research, said Loren Eng, co-founder and president of the SMA Foundation. We...World's pledge to halve hunger by 2015 looks like empty promise
Almost 200 countries agreed in 1990 to cut worldwide hunger in half by 2015. That commitment is now loo...hough China has reduced its poverty levels, hunger worldwide has grown in more than half of the developing countries since 1990. In fact, the number of hungry pe...Unexpected high rates of tobacco use
... places. Dr Warren states: "Tobacco use is a major worldwide contributor to deaths from chronic diseases, and findings from the GYTS suggest current dire warnings that the annual death toll will double to 10 million by 2020 may be a conservative estimate. The true toll from tobacco use could be even greater wi...Korean breast cancer patterns reflect those of Western countries
... JAMA/Archives journals. More than 1 million women worldwide develop breast cancer every year and almost 600,000 die, according to background information in the article. Although rates of the disease in Korea remain lower than those in Western countries, the incidence of breast cancer is increasing at a more ...