NEW YORK — Acute kidney injury (AKI) has severe consequences, with a 25 to 80 percent risk of in-hospital death. Researchers have found a way to diagnose AKI using a urine test, enabling emergency departments to identify these high-risk patients when they first arrive at the hospital. The study will be published online on January […]
–Study highlights role of glutamine in absence of glucose in growth of B cell tumors Cancer cells have been long known to have a “sweet tooth,†using vast amounts of glucose for energy and for building blocks for cell replication.
Scientists from NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center today announced the 2011 abundance estimate for the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale population is 284 animals, almost 20 percent lower than last year’s estimate of 340. This year's estimate is the second-lowest since NOAA’s surveys began in 1993; the lowest was in 2005, when the estimate was […]
Compiled from International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Releases WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2012 – A combined Afghan and coalition security force captured two Taliban facilitators and detained a suspected insurgent in the Khugyani district of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province today, military officials reported.