Public release date: 17-Nov-2011[ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Nalini Padmanabhanpadmanabhannm@niaid.nih.gov301-402-1663NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases New class of compounds would target earliest stages of infection Researchers have discovered a group of chemical compounds that might one day be developed into drugs that can treat malaria infection in both the liver and [...]
The largest study to investigate the tolerability of the breast cancer drug tamoxifen in male breast cancer patients has shown that men stop taking their prescribed therapy early because of problems with side effects caused by the drug. The authors of the research paper, published today in the cancer journal Annals of Oncology [1], looked [...]
RODERWOLDE, Netherlands ? How far does a mosquito fly? Harry Boerema wants to know. Boerema lives near a drainage project, where Dutch authorities are dredging a huge meter-deep (3-foot) basin in the northern rural landscape to head off flood waters and protect towns and villages from disaster. The project threatens to inflict hordes of mosquitoes [...]
The weak economy has taken a big bite out of the Wilderness Society, which last week laid off 17% of its staff. Headquartered in Washington, the organization is one of the nation’s most venerable land preservation groups and has been a major force behind the creation and expansion of the federal wilderness system. After increasing [...]
This undated photo provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows Jean McIntosh, 32. McIntosh is a fourth person charged following the discovery of four malnourished mentally disabled adults chained to a boiler in a locked northeast Philadelphia basement room that was too small for an adult to stand up straight and also reeked of waste [...]