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An gene has been identified in fruit flies that can help oxygen-deprived cells live longer, according to an article released on October 17, 2008 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics. Oxygen-deprivation in cells, called hypoxia, occurs in many critical situations, including heart attack, stroke, and other neurological and respiratory conditions.

Mode of action of HZI natural products elucidated substances also act against bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics A group of antibiotic natural products discovered at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig points out a new mode of action against pathogenic bacteria.

Genes are not the be all and end all of carcinogenesis.

Modern nuclear techniques are giving the world's scientists and regulators better tools to fight pollution and other environmental threats - even those that may be lurking naturally at the beach or near your backyard. Many of the world's top "radioecologists" are in Morocco this week to assess a dynamic picture.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it has significantly strengthened air quality standards for lead. The agency says it is crucial to protect the health of humans, especially children. The new levels of airborne lead are now 0.15 micrograms per cubic meter of air (ug/m3). EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson said "America's air is cleaner than a generation ago.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Medicaid's growing strain on federal and state budgets is unlikely to abate over the coming decade as the cost of providing health care to the poor is expected to increase 7.9 percent annually, government actuaries reported Friday....

HONOLULU (AP) -- Hawaii is dropping the only state universal child health care program in the country just seven months after it launched....

Premier Wen Jiabao said the Chinese government was partly responsible for the tainted milk scandal that has sickened tens of ...

At the height of the corn harvest in the long muggy days of August, 10-month-old Zhang Peng began refusing to drink his milk, ...

Scott Serota, president and chief executive of The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, recently discussed its new goals.