http://www.interndaily.com/index.html Fri, 17 MAY 2013 23:36:08 AEST Fri, 17 MAY 2013 23:36:08 AEST en-us Scientists at the University of California, Davis, detected the H1N1 (2009) virus in free-ranging northern elephant seals off the central California coast a year after the human pandemic began, according to a study published May 15, in the journal PLOS ONE. It is the first report of that flu strain in any marine mammal. "We thought we might find influenza viruses, which have been found bef]]> Fri, 17 MAY 2013 23:36:08 AEST Security vulnerabilities in sensors found in heart devices like defibrillators and pacemakers mean the devices can be tampered with, U.S. researchers said. In experiments in simulated human models, an international team of researchers including scientists at the University of Michigan and the University of South Carolina demonstrated they could "forge" an erratic heartbeat with radio fr]]> Fri, 17 MAY 2013 23:36:08 AEST There is no government strategy to fight the spread of AIDS in Russia, where the number of deaths caused by the disease continues to grow, a senior healthcare official said on Thursday. "We have no national strategy to fight against AIDS," the director of the Russian Federal Agency against AIDS, Vadim Pokrovsky, told a news conference. The rate of new HIV infections grew 12 percent in 20]]> Fri, 17 MAY 2013 23:36:08 AEST Some parts of the body, like the liver, can regenerate themselves after damage. But others, such as our nervous system, are considered either irreparable or slow to recover, leaving thousands with a lifetime of pain, limited mobility, or even paralysis. Now a team of Tel Aviv University researchers, including Dr. Shimon Rochkind of TAU's Sackler Faculty of Medicine and Tel Aviv Sourasky Me]]> Fri, 17 MAY 2013 23:36:08 AEST Alloys like bronze and steel have been transformational for centuries, yielding top-of-the-line machines necessary for industry. As scientists move toward nanotechnology, however, the focus has shifted toward creating alloys at the nanometer scale-producing materials with properties unlike their predecessors. Now, research at the University of Pittsburgh demonstrates that nanometer-scale a]]> Fri, 17 MAY 2013 23:36:08 AEST U.S. researchers say they've reprogrammed human skin cells to become embryonic stem cells capable of transforming into any other cell type in the body. Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University and the Oregon National Primate Research Center said the research holds the promise of replacing cells damaged through injury or illness to treat diseases or conditions including Parkinson]]> Fri, 17 MAY 2013 23:36:08 AEST Two Saudi health workers have contracted the deadly coronavirus from patients, marking the first evidence of transmission in a hospital setting, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. "This is the first time health care workers have been diagnosed with nCoV (novel coronavirus) infection after exposure to patients," the WHO said in a statement. The two health care workers were amon]]> Fri, 17 MAY 2013 23:36:08 AEST The virus has already killed her mother, and Kelly Gu's father lies critically ill with H7N9 bird flu in a Shanghai hospital bed - the only couple both infected in China's outbreak of the disease. As her mother lay dying Gu was urgently summoned back to Shanghai from her doctoral studies in chemistry in France, but she was too late, missing the chance to say goodbye by a day. In her fir]]> Fri, 17 MAY 2013 23:36:08 AEST Panic has gripped Saudis in the country's east, where most cases of the deadly coronavirus have been detected, witnesses said, as the death toll from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom hits 15. Scores of people have reported to the emergency services at hospitals in the city of Al-Ahsa in Eastern Province after showing even the slightest signs of a fever. "I felt the symptoms of a cold, ]]> Fri, 17 MAY 2013 23:36:08 AEST The newest public health threat in developing countries may not be a cinematic-quality emerging disease but actually a disease from animals that was identified more than 100 years ago. Virginia Tech researchers have identified leptospirosis as a significant health threat in Botswana. The world's most common disease transmitted to humans by animals, according to the World Health Organizatio]]> Fri, 17 MAY 2013 23:36:08 AEST On 31 March 2013, the Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission announced human cases of novel H7N9 influenza virus infections. A group of scientists, led by Professor Chen Hualan of the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, has investigated the origins of this novel H7N9 influenza virus and published their results in Springer's open a]]> Fri, 17 MAY 2013 23:36:08 AEST In the summer of 1968, a new strain of influenza appeared in Hong Kong. This strain, known as H3N2, spread around the globe and eventually killed an estimated 1 million people. A new study from MIT reveals that there are many strains of H3N2 circulating in birds and pigs that are genetically similar to the 1968 strain and have the potential to generate a pandemic if they leap to humans. ]]> Fri, 17 MAY 2013 23:36:08 AEST Panic gripped Saudis in the country's east on Monday, where most cases of the deadly coronavirus have been detected, witnesses said, as the death toll from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom hit 15. Scores of people have reported to the emergency services at hospitals in the city of Al-Ahsa in Eastern Province, after showing even the slightest signs of a fever. "I felt the symptoms of a ]]> Fri, 17 MAY 2013 23:36:08 AEST Scientists have long known that control mechanisms known collectively as "epigenetics" play a critical role in human development, but they did not know precisely how alterations in this extra layer of biochemical instructions in DNA contribute to development. Now, in the first comprehensive analysis of epigenetic changes that occur during development, a multi-institutional group of scienti]]> Fri, 17 MAY 2013 23:36:08 AEST Researchers at the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center have developed a new 3-D technology that for the first time allows cardiologists the ability to see the precise source of atrial fibrillation in the heart - a breakthrough for a condition that affects nearly three million Americans. This new technology that maps the electronic signals of the heart three dimens]]> Fri, 17 MAY 2013 23:36:08 AEST