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Going Back to School
Article about the negative emotions children may experience when it is time to return to school in the fall. Includes information about what teachers may talk about on the first day of school, starting middle school, and tips to help avoid some worries on the first day back. From KidsHealth. New Findings Could Lead To Vaccine For Severe Malaria
The most severe form of malaria hits pregnant women and children the hardest. A joint study between Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Makerere University in Uganda has now produced some important findings on how the malaria parasite conceals itself in the placenta. Penn Study Shows Liver Receptor Key To Diet-dependent Differences In B
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that a molecule found in liver cells is an important link in explaining the relationship among diet, lipid levels in blood, and atherosclerosis. The research team surmises that drugs targeted at the liver may one day help lower elevated lipids and battle cardiovascular disease. Answers @Ace
Animated videos accompany directions for dozens of home projects and tasks, such as building a picnic table or determining size requirements for an air conditioner. The National Retail Hardware Association's Everyday Project Library presents additional projects such as repairing faucets and valves. Includes answers to frequently asked hardware and home improvement questions and a glossary of tools and products. Dartmouth Study Reveals Flaws In Screening For TB; Cases In 3rd World
New findings from a Dartmouth Medical School collaboration in Tanzania may alter assumptions about the diagnosis of tuberculosis in HIV-infected people, and prompt a major change in way TB testing is routinely done in the developing world. No Benefit To Increasing Dose Intensity Of Chemotherapy In Osteosarcom
A dose-intensive regimen of the chemotherapy drugs cisplatin and doxorubicin offered no clinical benefit over standard doses of the chemotherapy drugs in patients with a bone cancer called osteosarcoma, according to results from a randomized trial in the Jan. 17 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Although the dose-intensive regimen killed tumor cells better than the standard regimen after surgery, survival rates were similar in both groups. Chemical Summer
It’s a bumper summer special issue over on Reactive Reports, with an interview with Chemistry Central OA advocate Bryan Vickery and a stash of breaking chemistry storiesReactive Profile—Bryan Vickery, Chemistry CentralBryan Vickery did his BSc and PhD in electrochemistry at Liverpool University, England, but eschewed damaged jeans and fume cupboards for the world of electronic [...] [Scary] Pregnant woman says 'maternal instinct' helped her kill attack
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. - A pregnant woman who killed her attacker said a maternal instinct helped her fight off the woman who investigators believe was after her unborn child."I do believe that I fought harder because it was for my child,"Sarah Brady told ABC's "Good Morning America"in interviews aired Sunday and Monday. "It is a maternal instinct to protect your child to the very end."Katherine Smith, 22, died Thursday after luring Brady to her apartment to pick up a package supposedly delivered to the wrong address. When Smith pulled out a knife and attacked the pregnant woman, Brady fought back, striking Smith on the head with an ash tray and stabbing her three times with her own knife, police said. Brady, 26, said she didn't know Smith before the two met at Smith's apartment and can't be certain why Smith wanted to kill her."I really am not sure what was going through her mind,"Brady told ABC. "The only thing I thought was that she was going to kill me and my child and that is the only thing that ran through my mind." UNC Scientists Develop Promising New Assay For Studying Cancer-causing
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and colleagues have developed a new microscopic assay that, for the first time, allows them to see DNA breaks in chromosomes in living cells following damage to those complex, gene-filled structures. UC Riverside Researchers Discover Model Organism For Studying Viruses
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have discovered that a simple worm, called C. elegans, makes an excellent experimental host for studying some of the most virulent viruses that infect humans. UC Riverside researchers have developed a strain of the worm in which an animal virus could replicate, allowing them to map the delicate dance of action and reaction between virus and host.
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