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HIV Confirmatory Test Can Also Estimate Recent Infections
A test commonly used to confirm HIV infection can also be used to calculate how many recent infections have occurred in a population, according to a new study. Diagnosing recent HIV infection usually involves special testing to detect antibodies produced early on in the course of infection. The researchers showed that analyzing data already available from an antibody test routinely used to confirm HIV infection in Switzerland can accurately estimate the proportion of people who became infected within the previous 12 months. Nosespray Vaccine Using Aloe Vera Has Exciting Potential, Researcher S
Researchers are participating in developing a medicine that is worth sneezing about: a treatment for influenza that forms a jelly when sprayed into the nose. Tissue Stiffness Drives Tumor Formation
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown that tumor formation is generated by a complex interaction of both mechanical as well as chemical signals, and the resulting tissue stiffening induces molecular signals that promote the cancerous behavior of cells. Force, growth, and tumor behavior are inextricably linked and this enhanced understanding of the necessary fusion of these factors may lead to the development of new tumor therapies or targets. Study Shows Long-term Benefits Of Psychotherapy For PTSD Among Youths
A study in the December 2005 American Journal of Psychiatry spotlights benefits of psychotherapy for children and adolescents after a natural disaster. The study examined response by treated and untreated children following the 1988 Spitak earthquake, and has a lesson for responders to this year's string of natural disasters. Cultic City And FortressUnearthed In Southern Turkey
New excavations in southern Turkey have revealed the remains of a massive bastion fortification dating to the Hittite Imperial Period (ca. 1300 BC). Sirkeli Höyük, one of the largest settlement mounds in Cilicia during the Bronze- and Iron Ages, was already known to archaeologists and historians because of two Hittite rock reliefs located at the site. Using Computerized Sense Of Touch Over Long Distances: Haptics For Ind
Firstly, what is "Haptics"? This term means "of or relating to the sense of touch."Haptic technology, or haptics, refers to the technology that connects the user to a computerized system via the sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations and/or motions to the user. Musician In The Mirror: New Study Shows Brain Rapidly Forms Link Betwe
A new imaging study shows that when we learn a new action with associated sounds, the brain quickly makes links between regions responsible for performing the action and those associated with the sound. Scientists Develop 'Clever' Artificial Hand
Scientists have developed a new ultra-light limb that can mimic the movement in a real hand better than any currently available. The new hand, called the 'Southampton Remedi-Hand', can be connected to muscles in the arm via a small processing unit and is controlled by small contractions of the muscles which move the wrist. Metallic BO
“The smell of iron upon contact with skin is ironically a type of human body odour,” explains Dietmar Glindemann. “That we are smelling the metal itself is actually an illusion.”Many people notice a peculiar “metallic” smell when handling iron objects, such as tools, utensils, door handles, railings, firearms, coins, and other objects. But, iron untouched [...] [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying...
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