Women donating their eggs for use in fertility clinics are typically financially compensated for the time and discomfort involved in the procedure. However, guidelines established by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 2005 state that women who donate their eggs for use in stem cell research should not be compensated, although the procedures they undergo are the same. In the October 7th issue of Cell Stem Cell, researchers at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) and the Department of Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University argue that this lack of compensation ...

Two decades after the Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect, people with disabilities continue to face difficulties meeting major social needs, including obtaining appropriate access to health care facilities and services. In an article in the October issue of Health Affairs, Lisa Iezzoni, MD, director of the Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital, analyzes available information on disparities affecting people with disabilities and highlights barriers that continue to restrict their access to health services. "A lot of attention ...

A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine may lead to a way to prevent the progression, or induce the regression, of lung injury that results from use of the anti-cancer chemotherapy drug Bleomycin. Pulmonary fibrosis caused by this drug, as well as Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) from unknown causes, affect nearly five million people worldwide. No therapy is known to improve the health or survival of patients. Their research shows that the RSK-C/EBP-Beta phosphorylation pathway may contribute to the development of lung injury ...

STANFORD, Calif. — Carefully tracking the rate of response of human lung tumors during the first weeks of treatment can predict which cancers will undergo sustained regression, suggests a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The finding was made after scientists gained a new insight into therapies that target cancer-causing genes: They are successful not because they cause cell death directly, but instead because they slow the rate of tumor cell division. In other words, squelching messages promoting rampant cell growth allows already ...

Halle/Saale and Berlin. Scientists present the largest distribution data compilation ever on butterflies of an entire continent. The Germany based Society for the Conservation of Butterflies and Moths GfS ("Gesellschaft für Schmetterlingsschutz"), the German Nature Conservation Association NABU ("Naturschutzbund Deutschland") and the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) are delighted to announce the publication of the „Distribution Atlas of Butterflies in Europe". The atlas was initiated by Otakar Kudrna and is a result of the joint efforts of a team of authors, ...

Conditions like atherosclerosis and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) -- the most common cause of blindness among the elderly in western societies -- are strongly linked to increased oxidative stress, the process in which proteins, lipids and DNA damaged by oxygen free radicals and related cellular waste accumulate, prompting an inflammatory response from the body's innate immune system that results in chronic disease. In the October 6, 2011 issue of Nature, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, as part of an international collaborative ...

Treating women with early stage breast cancer with a combination of chemotherapy and the molecularly targeted drug Herceptin significantly increases survival in patients with a specific genetic mutation that results in very aggressive disease, a researcher with UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center reported Wednesday. The study also found that a regimen without the drug Adriamycin, an anthracycline commonly used as a mainstay to treat breast cancer but one that, especially when paired with Herceptin, can cause permanent heart damage, was comparable to a regimen ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- New evidence supports the theory that comets delivered a significant portion of Earth's oceans, which scientists believe formed about 8 million years after the planet itself. The findings, which involve a University of Michigan astronomer, are published Oct. 5 online in Nature. "Life would not exist on Earth without liquid water, and so the questions of how and when the oceans got here is a fundamental one," said U-M astronomy professor Ted Bergin, "It's a big puzzle and these new findings are an important piece." Bergin is a co-investigator on ...

A large study of the daughters of women who had been given DES, the first synthetic form of estrogen, during pregnancy has found that exposure to the drug while in the womb (in utero) is associated with many reproductive problems and an increased risk of certain cancers and pre-cancerous conditions. The results of this analysis, conducted by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and collaborators across the country, were published Oct. 6, 2011, in the New England Journal of Medicine. Beginning in 1940, diethylstilbestrol, ...

Dr. Abraham Azzouz, Detroit, MI dentist, is pleased to offer patients unique services to meet their every dental need when possible. Grand River Family Dentistry offers patients services including emergency dental appointments, extended office hours, welcomes new patients and walk-ins in a convenient location. "I want my patients to receive the best care available, and that can be seen through our exceptional services. By offering services such as emergency dental appointments and extended office hours, I am happy to be able to offer dental care whenever patients ...

Supernovas -- stars in the process of exploding -- open a window onto the history of the elements of Earth's periodic table as well as the history of the universe. All of those heavier than oxygen were formed in nuclear reactions that occurred during these explosions. The most ancient explosions, far enough away that their light is reaching us only now, can be difficult to spot. A project spearheaded by Tel Aviv University researchers has uncovered a record-breaking number of supernovas in the Subaru Deep Field, a patch of sky the size of a full moon. Out of the 150 supernovas ...

Drs. Yung and Jelinek, experienced dentists in Warrenton, urges patients to take charge of their smiles this October for National Dental Hygiene Month. Every October, Drs. Yung and Jelinek join dental professionals across the country to promote the importance of dental hygiene and the connection between a healthy, balanced diet, and good oral health. "Occasionally eating candy is ok as long as you follow it up by brushing your teeth. Problems arise when patients allow the sugar from candy to stay on their teeth over time, which then can attack the tooth enamel. ...

MIAMI BEACH, FL (October 5, 2011)––Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the United States, as well as the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in this population. Many of these patients undergo surgical removal of their prostate, followed by radiation therapy applied to their prostate bed — the space where the prostate was once situated. The most common technique of post-prostatectomy radiation is Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), in which radiation beams closely conform to the area of interest while sparing normal adjacent healthy ...

Dr. Rajiv Motwani, Bradenton dentist, is pleased to offer new patients the opportunity to download and print new patient forms via the practice website prior to their initial visits at West Shore Dentistry. With just the click of the mouse, patients can easily download, print and fill-out new patient forms for an expedited first visit to Dr. Motwani. "I want my patients' first visits to be easy and comfortable. This is why I have offered downloadable new patient forms to help expedite their first visit. By completing the patient forms in advance of their appointment, ...

Closures of hospital trauma centers are disproportionately affecting poor, uninsured and African American populations, and nearly a fourth of Americans are now forced to travel farther than they once did. In a new study led by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), researchers examined changes in driving time to trauma centers, which have increasingly been shuttered in recent years. They found that by 2007, 69 million Americans – nearly one in four – had to travel farther to the nearest trauma center than they traveled in 2001. Most affected by the closures ...

PASADENA, Calif.—For the first time, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), in collaboration with a team from the University of Vienna, have managed to cool a miniature mechanical object to its lowest possible energy state using laser light. The achievement paves the way for the development of exquisitely sensitive detectors as well as for quantum experiments that scientists have long dreamed of conducting. "We've taken a solid mechanical system—one made up of billions of atoms—and used optical light to put it into a state in which it behaves ...

Leading Buffalo cosmetic dentist, Dr. Robert LaCarrubba of Dr. Bob's Dental Care, is pleased to offer his patients a discounted dental plan for affordable dental care. Patients can visit the practice's website for more information on current dental plans available and to see which plan would work best for them. Dr. Bob's dental plan is a comprehensive dental plan that provides members with significant savings on dental services in all of Dr. Bob's Dental Care locations. It is an easily accessible plan that offers a complete package of reduced fees for virtually every ...

Leading Bowie Dentist, Dr. Siamak Aalemansour, announces the recent addition of online contact forms via the practice's interactive website. Patients can easily access these contact forms from the homepage Omni Dental Group's website. The contact forms were added in order to increase communication between the practice and patients more conveniently outside of office hours. Patients are encouraged to contact Dr. Siamak Aalemansour, Bowie, MD dentist, and his staff at Omni Dental Group whenever they have an interest or concern about dentistry procedure such as porcelain ...

A team at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) has studied the marriage strategies of immigrants in order to determine the nature of endogamic (between people of the same nationality) and exogamic partnerships (between people of different nationalities) in Spain. The preliminary results indicate that, unlike Spanish men, Spanish women prefer immigrants with more qualifications. "It caught our attention that human capital was more important in determining outmarriage amongst Spanish women but this is not the case in Spanish men. In other words, it seems that Spanish ...

2011 AAII Investor Conference, Las Vegas Join TechniTrader in Las Vegas for the 2011 AAII Investor Conference. There's something for everyone at the conference-from fine-tuning your strategies and mastering the latest concepts to simply learning more about investing from some of the best names in the industry. When and Where: November 10th - November 12th 2011, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (Booths 115 and 117) More information: http://www.aaii.com/conference/ http://technitrader.com/get-connected/#2011-11-10-aaii-vegasTechniTrader is a stock market educational ...

Aspiring furniture makers, bookbinders, jewelry makers, carpenters, violin makers - and those merely curious about the process of making exquisite things by hand - are invited to a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at one of the America's oldest schools of craftsmanship during a special open house at the North Bennet Street School (www.nbss.edu) in Boston's historic North End. The event is on Friday, November 4, 10am to 2pm and Saturday, November 5, 10am to 3pm. Admission is free. Visitors are invited to watch and interact with students and instructors at work ...

Thanks to a new form of trust anchor, this will be simpler and more economical in the future. Researchers will present this process at it-sa, the IT security trade fair held October 11-13 in Nuremberg (Hall 12, Stand 461). Imagine you live in Germany and want to take a few days of vacation in the French Alps. You have booked a hotel. To find it without having to thumb through road maps in hard copy, the navigation system must be retrofitted with French maps. To accomplish this, you either have to take a trip to the garage before setting out on the long journey, or you ...

New research by scientists at the University of Southampton has shown how London's trees can improve air quality by filtering out pollution particulates, which are damaging to human health. A paper published this month in the journal Landscape and Urban Planning indicates that the urban trees of the Greater London Authority (GLA) area remove somewhere between 850 and 2000 tonnes of particulate pollution (PM10) from the air every year. An important development in this research, carried out by Dr Matthew Tallis, is that the methodology allows the prediction of how much ...

Millimeter by millimeter, the polisher uses grinding stones and polishing pastes to polish the surface of a metal mold, working at a rate of some ten minutes per square centimeter. This activity is time-consuming and hence incurs a significant cost. What is more, many companies are struggling to find new recruits for such a challenging yet monotonous task. But the era of laborious hand polishing could soon be over: In collaboration with the companies Maschinenfabrik Arnold and S&F Systemtechnik, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT have developed ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University and IBM have developed a new, experimental technique to better protect sensitive information in cloud computing – without significantly affecting the system's overall performance. Under the cloud-computing paradigm, the computational power and storage of multiple computers is pooled, and can be shared by multiple users. Hypervisors are programs that create the virtual workspace that allows different operating systems to run in isolation from one another – even though each of these systems is using computing power and storage ...