In choice tests using live prey as well as dead prey mounted in a life-like posture on cork discs, we found an East African jumping spider, Evarcha culicivora, to choose blood-fed female mosquitoe

A unique Mayo Clinic collaboration has revived the healing wisdom of Pacific Island cultures by testing a therapeutic plant extract described in a 17th century Dutch herbal text for its anti-bacte

A research team at UT Southwestern Medical Center has for the first time identified several genes whose expression is lost in four of the most common solid human cancers - lung, breast, prostate a

A family cluster infection of bird flu has been identified in Garbiya, about 55 miles north of Cairo, Egypt, say officials from the World Health Organization (WHO). Two infected people had been s

Boys and girls who have better motor abilities are more physically active and less likely to be sedentary than children with poorer coordination, research conducted with children between the ages

Botox the popular anti- wrinkle treatment, can also ease writer’s cramp, suggests a small study published ahead of print in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

Exelixis, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXEL) today announced the initiation of a Phase II clinical trial of XL880 in patients with gastric cancer. As previously announced, a Phase II trial of XL880 in patien

Researchers at the Food Technology Plant Special Research Centre (CeRPTA) have for the first time developed a completely gluten-free bread that is of a much higher quality than products currently

Our everyday environments are full of airborne particles that are harmful to varying degrees when inhaled. Particularly damaging to our cellular DNA are the particles from the underground system i

Next 15th and 16th December world renowned scientists and experts in the field of Systems Biology from Europe and United States will join in Barcelona at the 5th Annual Symposium of the Centre for

Paget disease is a bone disease that results in enlarged bones and causes bone pain, arthritis, deformities, and fractures. It mostly affects individuals over the age of 40 and has a hereditary co

Despite the fact that the people of India constitute more than one-sixth of the world's entire population, they have been underrepresented in studies related to genetic diseases. And with the grow

Neuroblastoma tumors have been successfully treated in the lab with genetically modified cells that sought out and activated a chemotherapy drug placed directly at the cancer cells, according

The financial burden related to prostate cancer management over five years is substantial and sustained, according to a new study. Published in the February 1, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-

Botox' the popular anti- wrinkle treatment, can also ease writer's cramp, suggests a small study published ahead of print in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

Patients who have low to moderate blood alcohol levels may be less likely to die after arriving at the hospital with a traumatic brain injury than those with no alcohol in their bloodstream, accor

A paper that authors are calling a home run study on the spread of disease is published in this week’s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).The

Weill Cornell Medical College has announced a vital gift of $15 million from Helen and Robert Appel to establish the Appel Institute for Alzheimer's Research at the Medical College. The Appel Ins

Congress next year likely will consider Medicare reforms, prescription drug safety issues and efforts to cover the uninsured, with both parties working to lay claim to what they expect will be p

Remuda Ranch, the nation's leading and largest inpatient treatment center for women and girls with eating disorders, believes the modeling industry's use of overly thin models may be increas

Eight cases of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin (PVL)-positive community-associated MRSA have been identified among individuals in a hospital and their close household contacts in the West Midlands reg

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq and SWX: BMRN) today announced positive results from the pivotal Phase 3 extension study of Phenoptin (sapropterin hydrochloride), an investigational oral

Canada’s New Government is one step closer to finalizing compensation to individuals infected with hepatitis C from the blood system prior to January 1, 1986, and after July 1, 1990.The

Although action on issues such as the fight against HIV/AIDS and malaria worldwide requires institutions, the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tu

In line with its strategy of cooperation on a world basis COST has always been open to cooperate with the scientific communities of non-COST countries on the basis of mutual benefits. In this fram

Scientists from Germany and the UK have discovered how pathogens such as Salmonella respond quickly to stress in its bacterial membrane or skin, giving insight into how the bacterium is able to

The British public is unaware of the multitude of poisonous chemicals found in cigarette smoke - according to a survey carried out for Cancer Research UK.Smoke from cigarettes contains so

A new study conducted by academics at Exeter University will for the first time challenge claims made by companies and governments that we should alter our diet according to our genetic make-up. T

Senator Tim Johnson's brain started to bleed because of an Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM), a condition shared by approximately 300,000 Americans, most of whom don't know they have the condition.

Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered that women treated for ovarian cancer are at increased risk of a rapid and potentially fatal recurrence if their tumor cells have high levels of a binding