Monthly Archives: December 2009

Rolf Apweiler, Mathew Hahn, Scott Kahn, Jeff Augen, David Evans, and more (GenomeWeb News)

The Human Proteome Organization has elected Rolf Apweiler of the European Bioinformatics Institute as its next president. Apweiler is currently chair of HUPO’s Proteomics Standards Initiative and leads the sequence database group at EBI, where he heads the UniProt/SwissProt database.

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Discovery of new function of prion protein improves understanding of epilepsy (Science Daily)

Cellular prion protein (PrPc) plays an essential role in maintaining neurotransmitter homeostasis in the central nervous system. This discovery has been made possible by the observation that both a deficiency and an excess of the protein have a considerable effect … Continue reading

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Avicenna’s Canon Of Medicine And Modern Urology. Part IV: Normal Voiding, Dysuria, And OliguriaBladder Pain Syndrome … (Medical News Today)

UroToday.com – Abu Ali Sina, commonly referred to as Avicenna, was a Persian polymath and the foremost physician and philosopher of his time (980-1037). As noted in the Wikipedia and supported by numerous references (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicenna) 40 of his surviving 150 … Continue reading

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Personalised medicine edges closer to reality (MalaysiaNews.net)

Washington, Dec 30 (IANS) Personalised medicine to determine the best treatment and the optimal dose carrying the fewest side-effects for an individual, based on genetic makeup, has come a step closer to reality.

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Medicine and Health Care in Early Christianity [Book and Media Reviews] (Journal of the American Medical Association)

JAMA. 2009;302(24):2710-2711. Medicine and Health Care in Early Christianity is a succinct, thoughtful, well-written, and carefully argued assessment of Christian involvement with medical matters in the first 5 centuries of the common era.

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Leadership and Medicine [Book and Media Reviews] (Journal of the American Medical Association)

JAMA. 2009;302(24):2707. Anyone who sets out to address both leadership and medicine in just 240 pages deserves great credit.

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Doctor’s licence to practise medicine suspended again (Cape Breton Post)

SYDNEY — A Cape Breton doctor with a history of narcotic abuse has again had his licence to practise medicine suspended.

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All Alternative Medicine Products LLC. Presents a New Line of Natural Nutritional Supplements and Vitamins (PRWeb)

All Alternative Medicine products LLC. has announced that they have added a new line of Natural Nutritional Supplements and Vitamins on their web store. All Supplements and Vitamins are produced on FDA registered and inspected facility operating since 1977. All … Continue reading

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All Alternative Medicine Products LLC. Presents a New Line of Natural Nutritional Supplements and Vitamins (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

All Alternative Medicine products LLC. has announced that they have added a new line of Natural Nutritional Supplements and Vitamins on their web store.

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TV Review: What Darwin Never Knew [Laelaps] (ScienceBlogs)

During the past year scientists have been celebrating the work of Charles Darwin for the insight the 19th century naturalist had into how evolution works. It is truly amazing how much Darwin got right, but there was also a lot … Continue reading

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Evo-devo on NOVA [Pharyngula] (ScienceBlogs)

Don’t miss it! Tonight at 8pmET/7pm Central, NOVA is showing What Darwin Never Knew , a documentary about evo-devo. I shall be glued to my TV tonight! I just started watching it. So far, it’s a nice little history of … Continue reading

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Argentina takes DNA samples to track missing kids (AP via Yahoo! News)

The adopted son and daughter of a prominent Argentine businesswoman gave DNA samples Tuesday to help determine whether their biological parents were political prisoners killed during the country’s “dirty war,” the family’s lawyer said.

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NYC High Schoolers Find Fake Food Labeling With DNA (Scientific American)

Before you pay big money for caviar, check with two New York City high school students. Brenda Tan and Matt Cost worked with DNA barcoding experts at Rockefeller University and other researchers at the American Museum of Natural History to … Continue reading

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Cosmic Log: Teens turn into DNA detectives (MSNBC)

Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: Student sleuths use DNA analysis to find mislabeled food products and what could be a new type of cockroach in their own homes.

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Mobilizing the repair squad: Critical protein helps mend damaged DNA (Science Daily)

In order to preserve our DNA, cells have developed an intricate system for monitoring and repairing DNA damage. Yet precisely how the initial damage signal is converted into a repair response remains unclear. Researchers have now solved a crucial piece … Continue reading

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DNA Hearing for Alleged Detroit Plane Bomber Canceled (Update1) (BusinessWeek)

A court hearing over a government request to take DNA from a Nigerian man arrested in the attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines plane was canceled, said federal prosecutors, declining to provide an explanation.

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South Korean Government To Store DNA Samples Of Convicted Felons To Enhance Investigations (Bernama)

SEOUL, Dec 30 (Bernama) — The South Korean government announced Wednesday that it will create a DNA database for convicted felons in order to enhance its investigation method, China’s Xinhua news agency reported.

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Edgar Howard Jr., 87, retired chemistry professor (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Edgar Howard Jr., 87, formerly of East Norriton, professor emeritus of chemistry at Temple University and former vice president of the Norristown Area School Board, died of heart failure Thursday at Kendal-Crosslands, a retirement community in Kennett Square.

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Cardiology Takes Legal Action Against Medicare (redOrbit)

Complaint filed against HHS Secretary to Preserve Patient Access to Cardiology Care WASHINGTON, Dec.

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Cardiology Takes Legal Action Against Medicare (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)

Complaint filed against HHS Secretary to Preserve Patient Access to Cardiology Care

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