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Shaking Out The Family Tree: Rice Domestiction Confirmed Genetically
Biologists from Washington University in St. Louis and their collaborators from Taiwan have examined the DNA sequence family tree of rice varieties and have determined that the crop was domesticated independently at least twice in various Asian locales. Shrinkage Of Prostate Led To Overestimation Of Cancer Risk In Trial, N
Reanalysis of data from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial of a chemopreventive agent for prostate cancer shows that the excess prevalence of high-grade prostate cancer in the drug-treated group may be attributable to shrinkage of the prostate at the time of biopsy. From Clinical Cancer Research: Rethinking Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine T
Ongoing therapeutic cancer vaccine trials have yet to show evidence of vaccines spurring a patient's immune system to shrink tumors -- yet patients who receive these vaccines in trials tend to live longer and respond better to subsequent treatment. In the July 1 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, a team of National Cancer Institute researchers asks a fundamental question: are we looking at cancer vaccine trials the wrong way? Patients Treated With Respect More Likely To Follow Medical Advice
Attention doctors: Want patients to follow your advice? Treat them with dignity, a Johns Hopkins study has found.In a national survey of more than 5,000 Americans, those who said they were treated with dignity during their last medical encounter were more likely to report higher levels of satisfaction with their care, adhere to therapy and get preventive services. Solar Satellite's First Images Show Sun's Super-hot Atmosphere
NASA's twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatories (STEREO) sent back their first images of the sun this week and with them a view into the sun's mounting activity. NASA Flying Wing Model Soars In Historic Wind Tunnel
Ask anyone what an airplane looks like and most will tell you a tube with wings. NASA researchers are trying to expand that image. They're testing a design for a flying wing, called a blended wing body. Technicians have installed a five-percent scale model of a blended wing body in the Langley Full-Scale Tunnel at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. During tests in the tunnel's huge 30X60 foot test section, pilots "flew"the 12-foot wingspan, 80-pound model. Gene's Role In Type 1 Diabetes Discovered
Researchers have identified an enzyme thought to be an important instigator of the inner-body conflict that causes type 1 diabetes. A chronic condition that affects nearly three million American children and adults, type 1 diabetes is more severe than type 2. DenverPost.com: JonBenet Ramsey Case
News stories and background about the case involving the death of JonBenet Ramsey, who in December 1996 (at age 6) was found dead in her Boulder, Colorado, home. Features a timeline of the case, current and archived news stories, photos, video clips, and other features. From the Denver Post. Risk Of Preterm Birth Appears To Vary By Season; Women Who Conceive In
Women who become pregnant in spring are more vulnerable to preterm birth than those who conceive in other seasons, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh. Results of perhaps the largest study of such seasonal variation in preterm birth, or birth prior to 37 weeks gestation, are being presented at the 27th annual meeting of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, being held Feb. 5-10 at the Hilton San Francisco and Towers in California. Promote Use Of Drugs To Prevent AIDS Infection, Researchers Urge
A truly colossal health problem, acquired immune deficiency syndrome will not go away -- at least no time soon. The virus that leads to AIDS, human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, caused an odd illness that was a complete medical mystery only about 25 years ago. Now, HIV infects more than 40 million people around the globe, and each day, some 14,000 more people pick up that infection, studies have shown.
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