items tagged with Medicine
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-02-07 04:30:32
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Exxon plans to keep some refinery workers living in the plants to keep them going. A small Southern grocery chain is thinking about drive-through pickup of soup and bread.
Read More About U.S. Companies Prepare For Bird Flu Pandemic...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-02-06 02:51:44
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A naturally occurring molecule saves vital immune system cells from cellular suicide during the onslaught of the AIDS virus and might help keep the body's natural defenses working in HIV-infected people, a study found.
Read More About Scientists Explore Possible New Way To Fight AIDS...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-02-06 02:42:18
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian university has agreed not to conduct stem cell research in a new medical center to be built on land bought from a Catholic college, sparking criticism the deal undermines the freedom of academic research.
Read More About Sydney University Stem Cell Ban Sparks Academic Row...
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-02-05 19:52:28
At 8 p.m. EST on Tuesday, February 6, 2007, PBS airs the two-hour NOVA television special “Forgotten Genius”—the story about the largely unknown but inspiring life of African-American chemist Percy Julian. He is widely regarded as one of the most important chemists of the twentieth century.
Read More About African-American Chemist Percy Julian Featured On PBS TV Special...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2007-02-05 03:53:36
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Her carefully cultured cells were dead and Katherine Schaefer was annoyed, but just a few minutes later, the researcher realized she had stumbled onto a potential new cancer treatment.
Read More About Lab Disaster May Lead To New Cancer Drug...
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-01-29 18:39:56
Researchers discover that covering iron-oxide nanoparticles with a special peptide allows nanoparticles to stick to blood protein clots found only on the blood-vessel walls of cancerous tumors. Once stuck to the clot, the researchers say that additional nanoparticles accumulate at the clot site, which eventually will stop blood flow and ultimately will kill the tumor.
Read More About Peptide-Covered Iron Nanoparticles Home In On Cancerous Tumors...
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-01-29 11:33:04
On Thursday, February 1, 2007, English entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, chairman of The Virgin Group Ltd, opens a bio-tech business to cold-store stem cells for parents in the form of umbilical blood from newborn children.
Read More About Branson’S New Virgin Business To Store Stem Cells...
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