Scientists from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana have found that people employed in chimpanzee-focused research and tourism in a park in western Uganda are exchanging gastrointestinal bacteria — specifically Escherichia coli — with local chimpanzee populations. And some of the E. coli strains migrating to chimps are resistant to antibiotics used by humans in Uganda.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded multi-year, multi-million dollar grants to The Case Clinical Trials Unit centered at University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC), for expanded research options in HIV treatment development and pioneering advances of the Microbicides Trials Network.
Recognition of emotional facial expressions (EFEs) is a key form of non-verbal communication that is lacking among alcoholics. New findings show continuing EFE decoding deficits among alcoholics even after three months of abstinence.
African scientists will soon begin training at Emory University as part of a unique partnership between Emory and the Republic of South Africa. The South Africa Drug Discovery Training Program will address the rising dangers of diseases that unduly affect developing countries.
Eli Lilly and Company announced the launch of the first insulin pen with memory, HumaPen(R) MEMOIR(TM), to help simplify the daily management of diabetes.
Binghamton University Professor Gary D. James is hoping his new book will take the stress out of researching stress.
Age-related eye diseases, their treatment, and the latest research to find cures will take center stage at the 2007 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting to be held at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., May 6-10, 2007.
Expanding waistlines, unsightly bulges: people will gladly remove excess body fat to improve their looks. But unwanted fat also contains stem cells with the potential to repair defects and heal injuries in the body.
New England Journal of Medicine today publishes results of largest ever study completed investigating the effect of treatment on mortality and morbidity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
The Cricket World Cup (Cup) will be held in several Caribbean nations (Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda, St Lucia, St Vincent & Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago, and Guyana) March 4?April 28, 2007.