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Health :: Vaccine-producing ‘plant-factories’

A research team at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient?ficas (CSIC) has discovered a new route for the transport of proteins in plant cells, a discovery that will enable the biotechnological design of plant factories. Amongst other applications, these can be used to produce oral vaccines which, upon being ingested, will be able to immunise against diseases. Moreover, this discovery opens the door to the design of protein-manufacturing plants of great interest therapeutically and in the development of vaccine antigens.

Lung Cancer :: Survival of lung cancer patients increases by up to 92% with annual preventative CAT screenings

The survival of lung cancer patients increases by up to 92% of cases, within ten years of being diagnosed, when annual preventative low-dose radiation CAT screening is carried out. This is the conclusion of the International Early Lung Cancer Action Programme (IELCAP) in which the only Spanish-based centres taking part were the University Hospital and the Centre for Research into Applied Medicine (CIMA), both part of the University of Navarre.

Health :: Children show strong preference for those smiled on by fate

Children as young as five to seven years of age prefer lucky individuals over the less fortunate, according to new research by psychologists at Harvard University and Stanford University. This phenomenon, the researchers say, could clarify the origins of human attitudes toward differing social groups and help explain the persistence of social inequality.

ADHD :: Research, education, treatment for children with ADHD

UT Southwestern Medical Center, UT Dallas’ Center for BrainHealth and Shelton School of Dallas will join forces to conduct an innovative three-year research study aimed at helping children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and their families.

Health :: Agenda Items for the 38th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene

The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a public meeting to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items and draft U.S. positions for the 38th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH), to be held Dec. 4 – 9, in Houston, Texas.

Health :: Incentive-Based Therapy Improves Outlook For Methamphetamine Abusers

New research suggests that offering methamphetamine abusers an incentive-based behavioral therapy program called contingency management (CM ? also known as Motivational Incentives), along with psychosocial therapy is more effective than psychosocial therapy alone. The study was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, and is published in the November 2006 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.

Cancer :: Cancer screening program reduces death rates in NT Indigenous women

The very high incidence of cervical cancer in Northern Territory Indigenous women has fallen by half since the early 1990s, partly as a result of increased participation in Pap Test screening, according to new research published by the Menzies School of Health Research (MSHR) and the NT Department of Health and Community Services (DHCS).

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