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First Patients Implanted In Study Evaluating Deep Brain Stimulation For Depression
21:35 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
St. Jude Medical, Inc. has announced the first patient implants in a clinical study that is investigating whether deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy will help people who suffer from major depressive disorder, a severe form of depression. The patients, a 59-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man, were implanted with the St. Jude Medical Libra® Deep Brain Stimulation System, an investigational device.
Discovery Of Lyme Disease Bug Clone May Explain Disease Spread
21:35 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Scientists have discovered that a certain clone of Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochete that causes Lyme disease, appears to be the most common strain causing Lyme disease in North America and Europe, and may account for the increase in cases for the past 20 years.
Breaking The Pattern - How Motivation Plays A Role In Getting Healthy
21:35 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
People fall into a pattern. They start out with the best intentions and do well for a little while ... but then fall back into old habits. It's a classic health trap: two steps forward, three steps back. People end up feeling bad about themselves. Moreover, the two-steps-forward-three-steps-back dance ends up increasing the health problems the behavioral changes were supposed to address in the first place.
Customized 'Wimpy' Polioviruses Designed: A New Path To Vaccines?
21:35 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
A team of molecular biologists and computer scientists at Stony Brook University has designed and synthesized a new class of weakened polioviruses. They used their synthesizing method with computer software to systematically re-code the poliovirus genome. In doing so, the team is the first to demonstrate that a synthetic weakened virus can immunize an animal. These results show promise in the creation of new attenuated ('live virus') anti-viral vaccines and are reported in the journal Science.
NVIDIA Releases Beta PhysX Drivers
18:51 26-06-2008; source: www.topix.com
You'll recall last week NVIDIA announced that its 177.39 drivers would provide PhysX support on the GeForce 9800 GTX, 9800 GTX+, and GTX 260/280 cards. You'll also probably recall the big dust-up over whether or not NVIDIA was cheating in terms of optimizations for various benchmarks. Whether or not you believe that, and likely AMD / ATI will, and NVIDIA won't (and doesn't), for end users, the real question is: "where are the drivers? I want to try them."
Scientists Discover How An Injured Embryo Can Regenerate Itself
18:49 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Scientists have developed a mathematical model to describe interactions that occur within genetic networks of an embryo, answering the age-old question of how half embryos are able to maintain their tissues and organs in the correct proportions despite being smaller than a normal sized embryo. Understanding the processes that govern embryonic cell development, may lead, in the future, to scientists being able to repair injured tissues.
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