“Wash away my troubles, wash away my pain,” goes the song. Is there such a…
Month: October 2011
Sprint to sell iPhone with unlimited data service (Reuters)
Reuters – Sprint Nextel plans to offer customers who buy the Apple Inc iPhone its…
US not taking basic step to prevent toxoplasmosis in newborns, researcher contends
North American babies who acquire toxoplasmosis infections in the womb show much higher rates of…
Scientists determine alternative insecticide dramatically reduces malaria transmission
Indoor spraying with the insecticide bendiocarb has dramatically decreased malaria transmission in many parts of…
New regimen frees kidney-transplant patients from dependency on immunosuppresant drugs
Researchers have developed a novel protocol that allows kidney-transplant recipients to jettison their indispensable immune-suppressing…
Colossal aggregations of giant alien freshwater fish as a potential biogeochemical hotspot
Many different types of animals come together to form vast groups — insect swarms, mammal…
‘Escaped’ genetically engineered canola growing outside of established cultivation regions across North Dakota
A new study reports that genetically engineered canola endowed with herbicide resistance have been found…
Progression of lung fibrosis blocked in mouse model
A new study may lead to a way to prevent the progression, or induce the…
Survival increases in early stage breast cancer after treatment with herceptin and chemo, study finds
Treating women with early stage breast cancer with a combination of chemotherapy and the molecularly…
Women exposed to synthetic estrogen diethylstilbestrol (DES) in the womb face increased cancer risk, study finds
A study of daughters of women given diethylstilbestrol, synthetic estrogen, during pregnancy has found that…