MENLO PARK, Calif. and TOKYO, Japan -- July 28, 2009 -- SRI International, an independent nonprofit research institute, and Showa Denko K.K. (SDK), a Japan-based chemical industry company in partnership with Itochu Plastics Inc.
Jul 28, 2009
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian today announced promising data from a clinical study showing patient-specific cancer vaccines derived from patients' own cancer cells and immune cells were well tolerated and resulted in impressive long-term survival rates in patients with metastatic melanoma whose disease had been minimized by other therapies.
Jul 28, 2009
WASHINGTON -- With a sustained national commitment, the United States could obtain substantial energy-efficiency improvements, new sources of energy, and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions through the accelerated deployment of existing and emerging energy technologies, according to AMERICA'S ENERGY FUTURE: TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSFORMATION, the capstone report of the America's Energy Future pro
Jul 28, 2009
BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL -- July 28, 2009 -- A study conducted by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health indicates that approximately 16 percent of public health care workers will not report for work in a pandemic flu emergency, regardless of the severity.
Jul 28, 2009
New Rochelle, NY, July 28, 2009 -- The unique association between microorganisms and their hosts, whether insects, plants, or mammals, provides a fascinating view into how microbial symbionts adapt to changing biological environments.
Jul 28, 2009
In light of health care reform measures, Rush University Medical Center has launched a study of its program to help older adults transition from hospital to home.
Jul 28, 2009
Golden, CO (July 28, 2009) -- The HealthGrades Fourth Annual Bariatric Surgery Trends in American Hospitals Study released today identifies 88 hospitals as "best" performers (five-star rated), with mortality rates, complication rates and patient lengths of stay that are dramatically lower than poorly rated hospitals.
Jul 27, 2009
Paper: Formal semantics of UML state diagram and automatic verification Based on Kripke structure Author: Yefei Zhao, Zongyuan Yang, Jinkui Xie Abstract: If UML is formalized with dynamic semantics, automatic verification can be performed for system model in the early stage of software procedure. It becomes more and more important to apply model
Jul 27, 2009
Paper: Pi-calculus based assembly mechanism of UML state diagram and Validation of model refinement Author: Yefei Zhao, Zongyuan Yang, Jinkui Xie
Jul 27, 2009
Mitochondrial diseases disrupt the power generating machinery within cells and increase a person's susceptibility to bacterial infection, particularly in the lungs or respiratory tract.
Jul 27, 2009
The mechanism used by 'Natural Killer' immune cells in the human body to distinguish between diseased cells, which they are meant to destroy, and normal cells, which they are meant to leave alone, is revealed in new detail in research published today (Tuesday 28 July) in PLoS Biology.
Jul 27, 2009
A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have solved the mystery of why some children are more susceptible to malaria infection and anemia. These novel findings suggest that some children who are exposed to Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) malaria before birth become tolerant to the malaria parasites, or their soluble products.
Jul 27, 2009
The most comprehensive analysis yet of the genome of childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML) found only a few mistakes in the genetic blueprint, suggesting the cancer arises from just a handful of missteps, according to new findings from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The research appears in the July 27 online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Jul 27, 2009
Investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), along with collaborating teams at the Cleveland Clinic and the University of Michigan, have completed the first large- scale, multi-institutional study of prostate cancer death after standard treatment to remove the prostate since PSA screening has become widely used as a method to screen for the disease.
Jul 27, 2009
