Starve.Org White Noise Usenet Archive: "PhysOrg Newsletter Thursday, Jan 15"

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Here is the latest news from PhysOrg.com:

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MEASURING QUANTUM INFORMATION WITHOUT DESTROYING IT
http://www.physorg.com/news151237167.html
MIDLIFE COFFEE AND TEA DRINKING AND THE RISK OF LATE-LIFE DEMENTIA
http://www.physorg.com/news151225794.html
RESEARCHERS DISCOVER A PROTEIN THAT AMPLIFIES CELL DEATH
http://www.physorg.com/news151226507.html
COOLING THE PLANET WITH CROPS
http://www.physorg.com/news151243486.html
THE FUTURE IS 3-D LIQUID CRYSTALS
http://www.physorg.com/news151250341.html
NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T: SCIENTISTS UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY OF CAMOUFLAGE
http://www.physorg.com/news151250657.html
ANCIENT ROCK'S MAGNETIC FIELD SHOWS THAT MOON ONCE HAD A DYNAMO IN ITS CORE
http://www.physorg.com/news151251106.html
FISH GUTS EXPLAIN MARINE CARBON CYCLE MYSTERY
http://www.physorg.com/news151251557.html
DUST AROUND A PRIMITIVE STAR SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON UNIVERSE'S ORIGINS
http://www.physorg.com/news151251695.html
NEXT GENERATION CLOAKING DEVICE DEMONSTRATED
http://www.physorg.com/news151251853.html

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Latest News On SPACE and EARTH SCIENCE:
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ALASKA PLANS TO SUE OVER BELUGA WHALE PROTECTION, January 15
(AP) -- The state will sue over increased federal protections for beluga whales in Cook Inlet, officials announced Wednesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151222079.html

ASTRONOMERS FROM PRINCETON AND JAPAN UNITE TO EXPLORE THE UNIVERSE, NEAR AND FAR, January 15
Scientists from Princeton University and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) have agreed to collaborate over the next 10 years, using new instrumentation on the Hawaii-based Subaru Telescope to peer into hidden corners of the nearby universe and ferret out secrets from its distant past.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151226672.html

SENATE APPROVES WILDERNESS EXPANSION IN 9 STATES, January 15
(AP) -- The Senate has approved a bill setting aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as protected wilderness.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151249144.html

SPACE MISSION FOR WORMS, January 15
(PhysOrg.com) -- Worms from The University of Nottingham should be checking in for a flight onboard the Space Shuttle later this year — to help researchers investigate the effect of zero gravity on the body's muscle development and physiology. Researchers are also hoping to get primary school children involved in the project.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151254532.html

SOCIALIZING ON MARS, January 15
(PhysOrg.com) -- After five groundbreaking years exploring the Red Planet, the communications engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory pretty much know what they are getting when another downlink from Spirit or Opportunity arrives. They know that with a typical transmission comes about 10 megabits of engineering data, another 4 megabits of science data, and around 26 megabits of images. They also realize that after the information is amassed and analyzed by the rovers' science teams that the most unique, scientifically exciting of that compiled data will be released via peer-reviewed papers, articles, science briefings and press releases.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151259758.html

PRAIRIE SOIL ORGANIC MATTER SHOWN TO BE RESILIENT UNDER INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE, January 15
(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study has confirmed that although there was a large reduction of organic carbon and total nitrogen pools when prairies were first cultivated and drained, there has been no consistent pattern in these organic matter pools during the period of synthetic fertilizer use, that is, from 1957-2002.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151261782.html

NASA TO FLY UNMANNED DRONE FOR SCIENCE RESEARCH, January 15
(AP) -- There will be a powerful new scientific eye in the sky come summer. NASA and Northrop Grumman on Thursday unveiled two unmanned drones that will be used for atmospheric research. One of the two Global Hawks, a version of the Air Force's top-of-the-line unmanned spy plane, will be outfitted with science instruments this spring and conduct its first earth science mission in June for NASA.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151262138.html

BIOFUEL CARBON FOOTPRINT NOT AS BIG AS FEARED, RESEARCH SAYS, January 15
Publications ranging from the journal Science to Time magazine have blasted biofuels for significantly contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, calling into question the environmental benefits of making fuel from plant material. But a new analysis by Michigan State University scientists says these dire predictions are based on a set of assumptions that may not be correct.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151257863.html

RESEARCHER GIVES FIRST-EVER ESTIMATE OF WORLDWIDE FISH BIOMASS AND IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE, January 15
Are there really plenty of fish in the sea? University of British Columbia fisheries researcher Villy Christensen gives the first-ever estimate of total fish biomass in our oceans: Two billion tonnes.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151251277.html

ANCIENT ROCK'S MAGNETIC FIELD SHOWS THAT MOON ONCE HAD A DYNAMO IN ITS CORE, January 15
(PhysOrg.com) -- The collection of rocks that the Apollo astronauts brought back from the moon carried with it a riddle that has puzzled scientists since the early 1970s: What produced the magnetization found in many of those rocks?
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151251106.html

FISH GUTS EXPLAIN MARINE CARBON CYCLE MYSTERY, January 15
Research published today reveals the major influence of fish on maintaining the delicate pH balance of our oceans, vital for the health of coral reefs and other marine life.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151251557.html

DUST AROUND A PRIMITIVE STAR SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON UNIVERSE'S ORIGINS, January 15
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell-led team of astronomers has observed dust forming around a dying star in a nearby galaxy, giving a glimpse into the early universe and enlivening a debate about the origins of all cosmic dust.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151251695.html

NEW STUDY RESOLVES MYSTERY OF HOW MASSIVE STARS FORM, January 15
(PhysOrg.com) -- Theorists have long wondered how massive stars--up to 120 times the mass of the Sun--can form without blowing away the clouds of gas and dust that feed their growth. But the problem turns out to be less mysterious than it once seemed. A study published this week by Science shows how the growth of a massive star can proceed despite outward-flowing radiation pressure that exceeds the gravitational force pulling material inward.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151252308.html

MARTIAN METHANE REVEALS THE RED PLANET IS NOT A DEAD PLANET, January 15
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mars today is a world of cold and lonely deserts, apparently without life of any kind, at least on the surface. Worse still, it looks like Mars has been cold and dry for billions of years, with an atmosphere so thin, any liquid water on the surface quickly boils away while the sun's ultraviolet radiation scorches the ground.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151253201.html

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SPIN-POLARIZED ELECTRONS ON DEMAND, January 15
Many hopes are pinned on spintronics. In the future it could replace electronics, which in the race to produce increasingly rapid computer components, must at sometime reach its limits. Different from electronics, where whole electrons are moved (the digital "one" means "an electron is present on the component", zero means "no electron present"), here it is a matter of manipulating a certain property of the electron, its spin. For this reason, components are needed in which electrons can be injected successively, and one must be able to manipulate the spin of the single electrons, e.g. with the aid of magnetic fields. Both are possible with a single electron pump, as scientists of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) have, together with colleagues from Latvia, now shown. They will present their results in the current issue of Applied Physics Letters.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151234998.html

THE FUTURE IS 3-D LIQUID CRYSTALS, January 15
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Tim Wilkinson from the Department's Photonics Research Group, University of Cambridge, has made an exciting breakthrough, he has combined liquid crystals with vertically grown carbon nanotubes to create a reconfigurable three-dimensional liquid crystal device structure.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151250341.html

NEXT GENERATION CLOAKING DEVICE DEMONSTRATED, January 15
A device that can bestow invisibility to an object by "cloaking" it from visual light is closer to reality. After being the first to demonstrate the feasibility of such a device by constructing a prototype in 2006, a team of Duke University engineers has produced a new type of cloaking device, which is significantly more sophisticated at cloaking in a broad range of frequencies.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151251853.html

MEASURING QUANTUM INFORMATION WITHOUT DESTROYING IT, January 15
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the Holy Grails - so to speak - of science involves building quantum computers that can perform, with accuracy, the computations too advanced and too large for classical computers. While we remain years from this goal, breakthroughs are made regularly that make the reality of quantum computing a little more tangible. One such advancement is a recent demonstration of a quantum non-demolition sum gate, at the University of Tokyo.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151237167.html

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Latest News On NANOTECHNOLOGY:
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A FANTASTIC VOYAGE BROUGHT TO LIFE, January 15
Ever since the 1966 Hollywood movie, doctors have imagined a real-life Fantastic Voyage -- a medical vehicle shrunk small enough to "submarine" in and fix faulty cells in the body. Thanks to new research by Tel Aviv University scientists, that reality may be only three years away.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151256253.html

NEW NANOPARTICLE TO HELP RESEARCHERS STUDY ANGIOGENESIS, January 15
(PhysOrg.com) -- Adah Almutairi, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California, San Diego, is first author of a paper recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS.) The work of Almutairi and her former colleagues at UC Berkeley, along with researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine, describes a novel synthetic nanoparticle developed for noninvasive imaging of angiogenesis.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151260231.html

EASY ASSEMBLY OF ELECTRONIC BIOLOGICAL CHIPS, January 15
(PhysOrg.com) -- A handheld, ultra-portable device that can recognize and immediately report on a wide variety of environmental or medical compounds may eventually be possible, using a method that incorporates a mixture of biologically tagged nanowires onto integrated circuit chips, according to Penn State researchers.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151252040.html

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Latest News On GENERAL SCIENCE:
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FREE-RANGE CHICKENS ARE MORE PRONE TO DISEASE, January 15
Chickens kept in litter-based housing systems, including free-range chickens, are more prone to disease than chickens kept in cages, according to a study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151225332.html

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' PAPER PUBLISHED IN PRESTIGIOUS COLLEGE MATH JOURNAL, January 15
A paper written by four students from High Technology High School in Lincroft, New Jersey, entitled Ethanol: Not All It Seems To Be has been published in the January 2009 issue of The Mathematical Association of America's College Mathematics Journal.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151241766.html

PASSIONS HEATING UP OVER NEW JERSEY RIVER DOLPHINS, January 15
(AP) -- Temperatures are plunging, but emotions are heating up over whether the last five dolphins who had taken up residence in two New Jersey rivers will be able to survive the winter.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151221873.html

GOVERNMENT MAKES DECISION ON GRAY WOLF PROTECTION, January 15
(AP) -- The Bush administration on Wednesday announced plans to remove gray wolves in the western Great Lakes and northern Rocky Mountains regions from the federal endangered species list.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151221933.html

SURPRISING FIND: MEDIEVAL CHINA WAS RELIGIOUS MELTING POT, January 15
(PhysOrg.com) -- Though it has gained a reputation for being closed off to the outside world, new research shows China has a long history of multiculturalism that extends back to the dynastic era.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151256453.html

NEW FAMILY OF ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS UNCOVERED, January 15
As bacteria resistant to commonly used antibiotics continue to increase in number, scientists keep searching for new sources of drugs. In this week's JBC, one potential new bactericide has been found in the tiny freshwater animal Hydra.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151261559.html

PLANT LIFE NOT A VILLAIN IN METHANE EMISSIONS DEBATE, January 14
(PhysOrg.com) -- A comprehensive investigation of plant emissions led by University of South Australia molecular biologist Dr Ellen Nisbet has put pay to the assertion that plants are producing and releasing large quantities of methane into the environment.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151176747.html

NOVEL FORENSIC TECHNIQUE TO BE APPLIED TO DECADE-OLD MURDER PROBE, January 15
(PhysOrg.com) -- A pioneering forensic scientist at Northamptonshire Police and the University of Leicester is being called on by US force officers to tackle a decade-old murder case.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151228343.html

NEW PIECE IN THE JIGSAW PUZZLE OF HUMAN ORIGINS, January 15
In an article in today's Nature, Uppsala researcher Martin Brazeau describes the skull and jaws of a fish that lived about 410 million years ago. The study may give important clues to the origin of jawed vertebrates, and thus ultimately our own evolution.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151235468.html

NEW GENETIC MODEL PREDICTS PLANT FLOWERING IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS, January 15
It has been known for some time that plants respond to environmental cues that guide their flowering. Chief among these signals are light, temperature and vernalization, when flowering is promoted by prolonged exposure to cold temperatures.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151251480.html

MODELING GENOMIC EROSION, January 15
(PhysOrg.com) -- Even though scientists have successfully sequenced the human genome, they still lack a clear picture of exactly how coding and non-coding DNA sequences function together, or how genomes evolve over time. This has been particularly problematic for scientists who use genetic similarities to characterize evolutionary divergence. Historically, the processes of genetic evolution and genome degradation have been difficult to study due to technological limitations and lack of accurate historical records for species.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151260626.html

RESEARCHERS DISCOVER A PROTEIN THAT AMPLIFIES CELL DEATH, January 15
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified a small intracellular protein that helps cells commit suicide. The finding, reported as the "paper of the week" in the January 16th print issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, could lead to drugs for combating cancer and other diseases characterized by overproduction of cells. The research was led by the late Dennis Shields, Ph.D., a professor in Einstein's Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology for 30 years, who died unexpectedly in December.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151226507.html

COOLING THE PLANET WITH CROPS, January 15
(PhysOrg.com) -- By carefully selecting which varieties of food crops to cultivate, much of Europe and North America could be cooled by up to 1°C during the summer growing season, say researchers from the University of Bristol, UK. This is equivalent to an annual global cooling of over 0.1°C, almost 20% of the total global temperature increase since the Industrial Revolution.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151243486.html

NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T: SCIENTISTS UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY OF CAMOUFLAGE, January 15
At Hogwarts, Harry Potter uses an invisibility cloak to hide from his enemies. In nature, animals like cuttlefish and chameleons use the awe-inspiring tricks of camouflage to hide from theirs.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151250657.html

DISCOVERY BRINGS ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS A STEP CLOSER, January 15
Inexpensive solar cells, vastly improved medical imaging techniques and lighter and more flexible television screens are among the potential applications envisioned for organic electronics.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151252170.html

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REVIEW: BLOCKBUSTER'S $99 VIDEO BOX DISAPPOINTS, January 15
(AP) -- Blockbuster Inc. knows the days of the movie rental store are numbered, as video downloads over the Internet slowly start to replace DVDs.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151262219.html

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Latest News On TECHNOLOGY:
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JOBS' HIATUS THRUSTS QUIET EXEC INTO THE SPOTLIGHT, January 15
(AP) -- Steve Jobs proved his technological genius long ago. Now Tim Cook will provide some insight into whether Jobs was smart enough to groom an executive who can keep the shine on Apple even when Jobs isn't around.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151221615.html

MASS PRODUCTION MICRO-HYBRID TECHNOLOGY SET TO CUT EMISSIONS AND FUEL USE IN CARS, January 15
The EUREKA (Belgium) i-StARS project is developing a compact, fully integrated and low-cost start-stop system for cars to replace conventional alternators in mass production. This second-generation starter alternator reversible system (StARS) is intended to enable the European automotive industry to meet new EU emissions legislation and significantly reduce fuel consumption without needing to redesign the engine. Additionally, it will fulfil global demands for more energy-efficient vehicles. Market forecasts indicate some one million vehicles a year will be using these systems by 2010 with a 4% penetration rate worldwide in the automotive market for such micro-hybrid applications in 2015.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151241951.html

APPLE SHARES DOWN AFTER JOBS' REVERSAL ON HEALTH, January 15
(AP) -- Shares of Apple Inc. fell 4 percent Thursday as investors struggled to parse the latest disclosure from CEO Steve Jobs about his health and his need to go on leave until the end of June.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151242727.html

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY INTEGRATES COMBINATION OF SOLAR HEAT AND POWER TECHNOLOGY INTO ITS' NEW BUILDING, January 15
A new type of solar technology that combines solar heat and power technology has been developed at Montreal's Concordia University and is being integrated into the university's new business school. This innovative technology is a first step in the development of the next generation of buildings that not only produce energy for their own use, but generate enough power to provide it to the electricity network.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151243870.html

FCC CHAIRMAN KEVIN MARTIN TO JOIN ASPEN INSTITUTE, January 15
(AP) -- Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is leaving the agency Tuesday to join The Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan think tank.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151249204.html

NEW YAHOO CEO GETS PAY PACKAGE WORTH AT LEAST $19M, January 15
(AP) -- Yahoo is paying a $1 million salary to new CEO Carol Bartz and awarding her at least $18 million more in cash and stock during her first year in the job. Bartz also will receive 5 million stock options that could yield a huge windfall if Yahoo's slumping shares rebound.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151262444.html

HAWAII TAKES CLOSELY WATCHED DIGITAL TV PLUNGE, January 15
(AP) -- Hawaii residents lit up special TV help center phone lines Thursday as the state was shutting down all analog broadcast signals, more than a month before the rest of the country is scheduled to make the now-contentious switch.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151262547.html

GOOGLE CUTS RECRUITING STAFF AS HIRING SLOWS, January 15
Google said Wednesday it was cutting its recruiting staff by 100 people as it slowed hiring due to dismal economic conditions.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151220973.html

SALESFORCE EXPANDS "CLOUD COMPUTING" TO CUSTOMER SUPPORT, January 15
Cloud computing poster child Salesforce.com on Thursday expanded its Software as a Service (SaaS) model so customer service agents can tap into collective knowledge on the Internet.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151220820.html

PENNY-PINCHERS MIGHT UNITE AT FREE DATING SITE, January 15
(AP) -- In a move that may appeal to penny-pinching online daters, a new Web site from Match.com is letting users search for that special someone for free.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151221759.html

IN RACE TO PREDICT PROTEIN STRUCTURE, COMPUTERS TAKE LEAD, January 15
A flood of data is emerging from genome research, including sequence data on proteins. To help science keep pace with this flow of knowledge, computer scientists, biophysicists and biochemists across the world have been developing advanced technologies to help derive accurately and quickly the three-dimensional structure of proteins from this data.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151252682.html

HIGH-TECH SOLUTIONS EASE INAUGURAL CHALLENGES, January 15
Transportation and security officials on Inauguration Day will have a centralized, consolidated stream of traffic information and other data displayed on a single screen using software developed by the University of Maryland. The Regional Integrated Transportation Information System (RITIS) gives officials a single real-time view far more comprehensive than previously available.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151255928.html

INTEL 4Q PROFIT PLUNGES 90 PCT, MEETS FORECASTS, January 15
(AP) -- Intel Corp.'s fourth-quarter profit plunged 90 percent but still met Wall Street's subdued expectations Thursday, as the chip maker was hurt by wheezing PC sales that have crimped demand for microprocessors. Sales slumped 23 percent, in line with Intel's previous guidance.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151262378.html

JAPAN EYES RESTARTING CONTROVERSIAL 'DREAM NUCLEAR REACTOR', January 15
Japan, an economic giant with almost no natural energy resources, is eyeing restarting its "dream nuclear reactor" this year after a raft of safety scares closed the plant for more than 13 years.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151221075.html

MICROSOFT CONSIDERING 'SIGNIFICANT' JOB CUTS: WSJ, January 15
Microsoft Corp. is considering "significant" layoffs across various divisions that could be announced as early as next week, The Wall Street Journal reported late Wednesday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151221267.html

NEW WIRELESS 60 GHZ STANDARD PROMISES ULTRA-FAST APPLICATIONS, January 15
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ultra-high-speed wireless connectivity - capable of transferring 15 gigabits of data per second over short distances - has taken a significant step toward reality. A recent decision by an international standards group could help bring this technology to market soon.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151258225.html

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Latest News On MEDICINE and HEALTH:
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DEPRESSED ADOLESCENTS NOT HARMED BY BEING PART OF PLACEBO GROUP IN CLINICAL TRIAL, RESEARCHERS FIND, January 15
In a national clinical trial, adolescents with moderate to severe depression first given a placebo treatment and then an antidepressant medication alone or in combination with therapy responded just as well over the long term as participants who received active treatment throughout the study, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151225628.html

PAINTBALLS CAN CAUSE 'DEVASTATING' EYE INJURIES, January 15
Paintballs can cause severe and 'visually devastating' eye injuries, especially when used in unsupervised settings without proper eye protection, reports a study in the February issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology (www.AJO.com), published by Elsevier.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151234650.html

DOES UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AFFECT ATTITUDE TOWARD DEMENTIA?, January 15
A new study has found that in spite of their universal health care system which facilitates access to free dementia care, older adults in the United Kingdom are less willing to undergo dementia screening than their counterparts in the U.S. because the Britons perceive greater societal stigma from diagnosis of the disease than do Americans.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151240539.html

MOST EFFECTIVE HEPATITIS C TREATMENT FAILS IN MAJORITY OF HISPANICS, STUDY SHOWS, January 15
The most effective treatment for hepatitis C fails in two-thirds of Hispanic patients but works for half of white patients, researchers reported Wednesday in a study that confirms ethnic disparities in the liver disease.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151249654.html

DEATH SURGE LINKED WITH MASS PRIVATISATION, January 15
As many as one million working-age men died due to the economic shock of mass privatisation policies followed by post-communist countries in the 1990s, according to a new study published in The Lancet.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151254022.html

DVD TEACHES AUTISTIC KIDS WHAT A SMILE MEANS, January 15
(AP) -- It wasn't until Jude met Jenny that the 3-year-old autistic boy understood what happy people look like. Jenny, a green tram with a human face, had a furrowed brow when her wheel buckled and she got stuck on a track. But after being rescued by friends, she smiled broadly - and that's when something clicked for little Jude Baines.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151262082.html

HOUSE VOTES HEALTH INSURANCE FOR 4M MORE CHILDREN, January 15
(AP) -- Making a down payment on President-elect Barack Obama's promise of universal health coverage, the House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to expand government-sponsored insurance to 4 million more children in working families with income too high to qualify for Medicaid.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151222006.html

ALCOHOL EXPOSURE IN THE WOMB AFFECTS 'TEENAGE' BOOZE BEHAVIOR, January 15
Rats whose mothers were fed alcohol during pregnancy are more attracted to the smell of liquor during puberty. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Behavioral and Brain Functions have shown that rats exposed during gestation find the smell of alcohol on another rat's breath during adolescence more attractive than animals with no prior fetal exposure.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151225465.html

STUDY SHOWS HOW DEFECTIVE DNA REPAIR TRIGGERS 2 NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES, January 15
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have teased apart the biological details distinguishing two related neurological diseases—ataxia telangiectasia-like disease (ATLD) and Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151226309.html

MAJOR FLU STRAIN RESISTANT TO WIDELY USED ANTIVIRAL DRUG, January 15
One of the major strains of the influenza virus this season has become resistant to Tamiflu - rendering the mainstay antiviral drug all but impotent and creating tough treatment options for patients who come down with the flu.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151249561.html

DREAM: ONE GENE REGULATES PAIN, LEARNING AND MEMORY, January 15
The DREAM-gene which is crucial in regulating pain perception seems to also influence learning and memory. This is the result of studies carried out by researchers in Seville, Spain, and Vienna, Austria. The new findings could help explain the mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease and yield a potential new therapeutic target.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151235633.html

RESEARCHERS DETAIL HOW AGING UNDERMINES BONE HEALING, January 15
Researchers have unraveled crucial details of how aging causes broken bones to heal slowly, or not at all, according to study results published today in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. The research team also successfully conducted preclinical tests on a potential new class of treatments designed to "rescue" healing capability lost to aging.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151241371.html

ALCOHOL TAXES HAVE CLEAR EFFECT ON DRINKING, January 15
With many local and national governments currently debating proposals to raise alcohol taxes, a timely new study published online today in the February edition of Addiction journal finds that the more alcoholic beverages cost, the less likely people are to drink. And when they do drink, they drink less. After analyzing 112 studies spanning nearly four decades, researchers documented a concrete association between the amount of alcohol people drink and its cost.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151242347.html

LILLY SETTLES ZYPREXA SUIT FOR $1.42 BILLION, January 15
(AP) -- Eli Lilly & Co. said Thursday it pleaded guilty to a charge that it illegally marketed the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa for an unapproved use, and will pay $1.42 billion to settle civil suits and end the criminal investigation.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151242633.html

LAWMAKER TO INVESTIGATE SOFTWARE GLITCHES AT VA, January 15
(AP) -- The chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee said Thursday he would investigate software glitches at the VA that put patient safety at risk, calling the problems a sign of a "dangerous lack of accountability."
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151242965.html

MUTANT HOST CELL PROTEIN SEQUESTERS CRITICAL HIV-1 ELEMENT, January 15
Scientists have identified a new way to inhibit a molecule that is critical for HIV pathogenesis. The research, published by Cell Press in the January 16th issue of the journal Molecular Cell, presents a target for development of antiretroviral therapeutics that are likely to complement existing therapies and provide additional protection from HIV and AIDS.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151243641.html

SCIENTISTS FIND NOVEL USE FOR OLD COMPOUND IN CANCER TREATMENT, January 15
The compound, α-difluoromethylornithine or DFMO, targets the activity of a specific enzyme and, even in very limited doses, is effective in protecting against the malignancy in animal models. The study was published in the January 15, 2009 issue of the journal, Cancer Research (Volume 69, Issue 2).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151249783.html

MUCIN FOUND AS BARRIER TO PANCREATIC CANCER DRUG, January 15
(PhysOrg.com) -- Current treatments for pancreatic cancer have failed to effectively manage the disease and improve the grim survival rate. A Northeastern University study found that the thick layer of mucin covering the tumor cells acts as a barrier to chemotherapy drugs, thus it is responsible for the diminished anti-tumor effect of popular treatment drugs such as 5-FU (fluorouracil).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151260469.html

HIGH RISK MEDICAL DEVICES ESCAPED CLOSE REVIEW, January 15
(AP) -- Some medical devices for sensitive uses, from certain hip joints to a type of defibrillator, have won government approval without a close scientific review, congressional investigators said Thursday.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151263565.html

GENETIC TESTING: DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW?, January 15
Once impenetrable, the individual genetic code is becoming an open book thanks to kits that scan for genes linked to scores of traits and diseases, from bladder cancer and baldness to male infertility and memory loss.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151220897.html

KELLOGG PULLS CRACKERS OVER SALMONELLA CONCERNS, January 15
(AP) -- Concerns over consumer exposure to salmonella intensified Thursday, a day after Kellogg Co. asked stores to stop selling its peanut butter sandwich crackers until the food maker can figure out if the peanut paste is contaminated.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151222136.html

'WINDOW INTO THE BRAIN' REVEALS DEADLY SECRETS OF MALARIA, January 15
Looking at the retina in the eyes of patients with cerebral malaria has provided scientists with a vital insight into why malaria infection in the brain is so deadly. In a study funded by the Wellcome Trust and Fight for Sight and published today in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, researchers in Malawi have shown for the first time in patients that the build-up of infected blood cells in the narrow blood vessels of the brain leads to a potentially lethal lack of oxygen to the brain.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151222194.html

ABNORMAL DNA REPAIR GENES MAY PREDICT PANCREATIC CANCER RISK, January 15
Abnormalities in genes that repair mistakes in DNA replication may help identify people who are at high risk of developing pancreatic cancer, a research team from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in the Jan. 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151222307.html

MODERATE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION MAY HELP SENIORS KEEP DISABILITIES AT BAY, January 15
(PhysOrg.com) -- It is well known that moderate drinking can have positive health benefits — for instance, a couple of glasses of red wine a day can be good for the heart. But if you're a senior in good health, light to moderate consumption of alcohol may also help prevent the development of physical disability.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151242445.html

UNICEF: TEEN BIRTHS 5 TIMES DEADLIER THAN IN 20S, January 15
(AP) -- Girls who give birth before the age of 15 are five times more likely to die in childbirth than women in their 20s, the U.N. said Thursday, focusing its annual children's survey on the health of their mothers.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151243052.html

RESEARCHERS DEVELOP NEW TECHNIQUE TO TAP FULL POTENTIAL OF ANTIBODY LIBRARIES, January 15
In hopes of more fully tapping the libraries' potential, a group of Scripps Research Institute scientists, led by Scripps Research President Richard A. Lerner, M.D., has for the first time developed a new screening technique that enables antibody screening against equally massive libraries of targets. This technique makes it possible to accelerate searches for new treatments against cancer and other diseases.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151250099.html

E. COLI PERSISTS AGAINST ANTIBIOTICS THROUGH HIPA-INDUCED DORMANCY, January 15
Bacteria hunker down and survive antibiotic attack when a protein flips a chemical switch that throws them into a dormant state until treatment abates, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the Jan.16 edition of Science.
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151252537.html

MIDLIFE COFFEE AND TEA DRINKING AND THE RISK OF LATE-LIFE DEMENTIA, January 15
Midlife coffee drinking can decrease the risk of dementia/Alzheimer's disease (AD) later in life. This conclusion is made in a Finnish Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging and Dementia (CAIDE) Study published in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (Volume 16:1).
Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news151225794.html

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