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Three-in-one Virus Killer Prevents Common, Often Fatal Infections
A novel combination therapy drastically reduces the infection rate of three prevalent viruses -- and risk of death -- in transplant patients with compromised immune systems. Trivirus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), the first multivirus killer of its kind, called, controlled infections caused by three commonplace viruses -- cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and adenovirus -- with no toxicity in a phase 1 trial. Corn Plants Used To Monitor Carbon Dioxide Levels From Fossil Fuels
Scientists at UC Irvine have mapped fossil fuel air pollution in the United States by analyzing corn collected from nearly 70 locations nationwide. 'Hash' Competition Could Help Strengthen Computer Security
NIST is planning a competition to develop one or more cryptographic 'hash' algorithms to augment and revise the current Secure Hash Standard (Federal Information Processing Standard 180-2). Toward Cracking The Mystery Of Disease-fighter QS-21A
Scientists are set to publish the first detailed account of their synthesis of a remarkable molecule that improves the immune system's ability to battle disease. Called QS-21A, it has been used in more than 80 clinical trials of therapeutic vaccines against melanoma, breast cancer, small cell lung cancer, HIV and malaria. University Of Alberta Linguist Puts Words In Video-game Characters' Mo
When Wolf Wikeley exchanged a few lines of Klingon with his prospective employer during a job interview, he just knew the job was his. Wikeley's near-fluency in the language, made for the Star Trek movies, paid off when he was making a presentation to the Edmonton-based video game-design firm BioWare, which was looking for someone to develop languages for their new games. Altered Sex Hormone Levels, Higher Body Temp Affects Sleep Quality In
In an examination of potential relationships between objective sleep measures, nocturnal sex hormone levels, and the nocturnal course of body temperature of older postmenopausal women, a new study finds that altered levels of both sex hormones and gonadotropins may contribute to sleep disturbance in older postmenopausal women and confirm the results of previous studies indicating that higher body temperature is associated with poorer sleep quality. UCI Researchers Define Estrogen's Role In Limiting Heart Disease In Wo
UC Irvine School of Medicine researchers have identified how estrogen helps prevent a cardiac ailment often seen in women who have heart attacks. This research provides further evidence that hormone replacement therapy after menopause can help prevent certain forms of cardiovascular disease in women. [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." Greenland Snow Melting Hit Record High In High Places, NASA Finds
A new NASA-supported study reports that 2007 marked an overall rise in the melting trend over the entire Greenland ice sheet and, remarkably, melting in high-altitude areas was greater than ever at 150 percent more than average. In fact, the amount of snow that has melted this year over Greenland could cover the surface size of the U.S. more than twice. Accessible America Award
Details about this award recognizing U.S. cities for "their focus on disability issues and successful design of programs, services and facilities that are accessible for citizens and visitors who have disabilities."Features press releases about the competition winners and applications of entrants from past contests, both describing specific city accessibility and disability programs. From the National Organization on Disability (NOD).
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