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May 10, 2013
EPIDEMICS
New insights into Ebola infection pave the way for much-needed therapies
London, UK (SPX) May 10, 2013
The Ebola virus is among the deadliest viruses on the planet, killing up to 90% of those infected, and there are no approved vaccines or effective therapies. A study published by Cell Press on May 7th in the Biophysical Journal reveals how the most abundant protein making up the Ebola virus-viral protein 40 (VP40)-allows the virus to leave host cells and spread infection to other cells throughout the human body. The findings could lay the foundation for the development of new drugs and strategies ... read more
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US researchers develop new tool in HIV vaccine fight
US researchers have developed a new test to identify antibodies capable of fighting most strains of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, in a breakthrough that could accelerate the hunt for a vaccine. ... more
EPIDEMICS

Flu infections rising among Chinese pigs: study
Scientists said Wednesday that flu infections were rising among pigs raised for slaughter on farms in south and southeastern China, also plagued by bird flu. ... more
EPIDEMICS

Dengue epidemic hits Angola for first time
An epidemic of dengue fever has broken out in oil-rich Angola for the first time, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Wednesday. ... more
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China reports four more deaths, 129 bird flu cases
The death toll from the H7N9 bird flu outbreak in China has risen to 31, according to official figures, with four more people dying of the virus in China's eastern provinces. ... more


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Basic disinfectant could halt bird flu spread: study
Live poultry markets can act as hotbeds for H5N1 bird flu, but simple measures such as disinfecting trucks, equipment and market space could help stop the virus from spreading, researchers said Monday. ... more
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Feuding antibodies blocked HIV vaccine
US researchers said Monday that a high-profile HIV vaccine trial that was shown to work in just under a third of patients may have been hindered by feuding antibodies. ... more
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'Oil for the joints' offers hope for osteoarthritis sufferers
A team of researchers led by a Boston University Biomedical Engineer has developed a new joint lubricant that could bring longer lasting relief to millions of osteoarthritis sufferers. The new synth ... more
Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
Aalyria spacetime platform tapped for AFRL space data network trials
Atomic 6 debris shields selected for Portal Space Systems mission
China starts large scale production of T1000 carbon fiber
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Fears for man-made bird flu bug
Immunologists expressed concern Friday about the "dangerous" work of scientists in China who created a hybrid bird flu virus that can spread in the air between guinea pigs, and now lives in a lab freezer. ... more
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Rising alcohol levels give wine lovers a headache
Do those New World Cabernets and Zinfandels make your head spin? Fed up with having to stop drinking after just one glass? ... more
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China reports 27th death from H7N9 bird flu
The death toll from the H7N9 bird flu virus has risen to 27, state media said Thursday after a man died in central China's Hunan Province. ... more
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Less-used drug better treats HIV in kids: study
The antiretroviral drug efavirenz is more effective at treating children infected with HIV than the more commonly used and cheaper nevirapine, according to a study out Tuesday. ... more
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Zinc: The Perfect Material for Bioabsorbable Stents?
In 2012, more than 3 million people had stents inserted in their coronary arteries. These tiny mesh tubes prop open blood vessels healing from procedures like a balloon angioplasty, which widens art ... more
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Ancient nitrogen enzyme study illuminates early Earth conditions and life detection
Cleaner ship fuel is reducing lightning in key shipping lanes, research finds
Geoscientists use satellite to determine not the shape of water, but how water shapes land
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Jawbone buys gadget maker for 'Biggest Loser'
Fitness wristband maker Jawbone added muscle to its lineup of fitness lifestyle devices Tuesday with a deal to buy the company behind armbands that measure how many calories people are burning. ... more
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Patterned hearts
A team of bioengineers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is the first to report creating artificial heart tissue that closely mimics the functions of natural heart tissue through the use of huma ... more
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Canada, Uganda test drug to treat brain disease
Canada is funding testing in Uganda of a popular off-patent antidepressant drug to fight a fungal brain disease that claims more than half a million lives in sub-Saharan Africa every year. ... more
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Finding a sensible balance for natural hazard mitigation with mathematical models

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Brother admits defeat in tragic Bangladesh search


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Orbcomm Signs Seven New Customers In Transportation And Logistics Industry

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NIST demonstrates transfer of ultraprecise time signals over a wireless optical channel


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Chinese star calls on Asia to help end elephant slaughter

Sumatran orangutans' rainforest home under new threat

Human impacts on natural world underestimated

SPACE MEDICINE

Stress to rest
On Sunday, ESA's bedrest volunteers began lying down for their second three-week session with their heads angled below the horizontal to help research the effects of weightlessness on the human body ... more
SPACE MEDICINE

Against-the-clock rehearsal for Station immunology test
Simply getting anything into space is tough, but doing so against a strict deadline can be really stressful. Researchers in an ESA laboratory nervously checked the clock as they extracted immune cel ... more
SPACE MEDICINE

Space Weakens Human Immune System
Spending time in space could be bad for your health and the culprit could be microgravity, US military researchers said after a two-year experiment that compared human cells that went up on the spac ... more
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NASA Prepares For International Space Biology Research Mission
NASA and the Russian Institute of Biomedical Problems, Moscow, are collaborating on a space biology mission aboard an unmanned Russian biosatellite to understand better the mechanisms of how life ad ... more
24/7 Energy News Coverage
Hydrogen nuclei experiment sharpens view of quarks inside matter
Oak Ridge team plans powerful test facility for next generation fusion components
Low frequency lasers modeled to greatly boost nuclear fusion rates
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Physicists, biologists unite to expose how cancer spreads

EPIDEMICS

Chinese premier urges vigilance against bird flu

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H7N9 bird flu spreads to central China's Hunan

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Hong Kong prescribes new dose of old Chinese medicine

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Latin America threatened with cancer epidemic

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Strip China surgeon of Australian award, academics say

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China reports 24th death from new bird flu

EPIDEMICS

The microbes you inhale on the New York City subway

SPACE MEDICINE

NASA Prepares For International Space Biology Research Mission

EPIDEMICS

HIV vaccine trial ends in failure: official

Johns Hopkins Team Deploys Hundreds of Tiny Untethered Surgical Tools in First Animal Biopsies

Asia on guard as Taiwan reports first bird flu case

H7N9 bird flu: Lancet study confirms poultry as source

H7N9 flu 'one of most lethal' says WHO as spreads to Taiwan

Space experiment sheds light on immune struggles

China bird flu spreads to new province

US to test handheld scanner for fake malaria drugs

The human immune system in space

Quest for Edible Malarial Vaccine Leads to Other Potential Medical Uses for Algae

No 'sustained' human-to-human transmission of bird flu: WHO

20 dead from China bird flu: state media

Half of Tamiflu prescriptions went unused during 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic

Experts probe human-to-human spread of China bird flu

Discovery may help prevent HIV 'reservoirs' from forming

Energy efficiency could increase infection risks in hospital wards

Bed of needles

New bird flu strain seen adapting to mammals, humans

Can New Plasma-Based Biomaterials Speed Healing of Injured Tissues?

Nanosponges soak up toxins released by bacterial infections and venom

Can computer-based decision support control health care costs?

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