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Gene Find Could Lead To Healthier Food And Better BiofuelWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Nov 23, 2010 Purdue University scientists have found the last undiscovered gene responsible for the production of the amino acid phenylalanine, a discovery that could lead to processes to control the amino acid to boost plants' nutritional values and produce better biofuel feedstocks. Natalia Dudareva, a distinguished professor of horticulture, and Hiroshi Maeda, a postdoctoral researcher in Dudareva's laboratory, determined that the gene is one of 10 responsible for phenylalanine production in plants. Underst ... read more |
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  Swazi life expectancy halved by AIDS, TB: health charity Twin epidemics of AIDS and tuberculosis are ravaging Swaziland, helping to halve life expectancy to 31 years, Medecins Sans Frontieres said Thursday, warning of a health emergency. ... more | .. |
  Sonar System Inspired By Dolphins Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed a new kind of underwater sonar device that can detect objects through bubble clouds that would effectively blind standard sonar. Just ... more | .. |
 Cholera could kill 10,000 in Haiti in the next year: expert The cholera epidemic in Haiti could kill 10,000 people and cause 200,000 infections in the coming year, a doctor with the Pan-American Health Organization said on Wednesday. ... more |
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Cholera death toll in Haiti rises above 1,000 More than 1,000 people have died from cholera in Haiti and 16,800 have been hospitalized, health officials said Tuesday, as the outbreak spreads among earthquake survivors in the capital's tent cities. ... more | .. |
 Light Technology To Combat Hospital Infections A pioneering lighting system that can kill hospital superbugs - including MRSA and C.diff - has been developed by researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. The technol ... more | .. |
First cholera case detected in Dominican Republic: official A first case of cholera has been detected in the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Haiti's Preval urges calm as cholera toll soars Haitian President Rene Preval pleaded for calm as the death toll from a cholera epidemic soared over 1,100 Wednesday and more desperately ill people sought treatment in overcrowded hospitals. ... more |
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  Swamp gas blamed for deadly Mexico hotel blast A massive blast that killed five Canadian tourists and two Mexicans at a luxury beach resort appears to have been caused by gas from a nearby swamp, local authorities suggested Monday. ... more | .. |
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  Tests Show Bright Future For Gadonanotubes In Stem Cell Tracking Gadonanotubes (GNTs) developed at Rice University are beginning to show positive results in a study funded by a federal stimulus grant through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) last year. ... more | .. |
Soldiers fire on Central Africa crowd, three wounded Soldiers in the Central African Republic opened fire Sunday to disperse angry demonstrators protesting the death of a youth, wounding at least three people, witnesses said. ... more |
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S.African innovation fuels nuclear medicine safely South Africa has uncovered a new way to power vital nuclear medical technologies without using weapons-grade uranium, which could ease global worries about nuclear arms trafficking. ... more | .. |
 Clinics in Haitian slum overwhelmed by cholera cases On stretchers and wheelchairs, Haitians stricken with cholera have arrived en masse in recent days at a medical aid group's clinic in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince's largest slum. ... more |
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  Developing Rapid, Integrated Biodefense Response Capability The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to develop a new bio-defense system capable o ... more | .. |
 Storm-battered Haiti cleans up Tomas wreckage Haitians mopped up the muddy wreckage left by Hurricane Tomas Sunday, amid fears that flooding left by the killer storm will worsen a cholera epidemic that has killed more than 500 people so far. ... more | .. |
 Massera, Argentine blamed for crimes against humanity, dies One of the leading dark forces behind the crimes against humanity committed by Argentina's last dictatorship, admiral Emilio Massera, died Monday at 85, a Naval Hospital source told AFP. ... more | .. |
  35 Iraqis hurt in Baghdad church attack arrive in France Thirty-four Iraqi Christians and a Muslim guard wounded in a deadly Al-Qaeda attack on a Baghdad church just over a week ago flew in to France late Monday for admission to hospitals for treatment. ... more |
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 Indonesian volcano kills 18 in new eruption: hospital Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano killed 18 people in another huge eruption on Friday, a hospital source said, as the government widened the danger zone and ordered new evacuations. ... more | .. |
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 Holographic video takes step forward with updated display Optical scientists said Wednesday they had taken an important step nearer towards 3-D holographic video, a technology with innumerable outlets in entertainment, conferencing, telemedicine and advertising. ... more | .. |
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