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Terminal Ambiguity: Law, Ethics And Policy In The Assisted Dying Debate, Ruth C. Stern, J. Herbie Difonzo

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

This essay examines, and rejects, several closely-held notions in the discourse on assisted suicide and euthanasia.8 The concept of a legal right to end one's life must yield to the pragmatic assessment of medical factors affecting the dying and the treatment options available to them. The legal entitlement framework has fostered a misperception that we must choose between assisted dying and a drawn-out, painful demise. Rather, this essay posits that end-of-life decisions-including, but not limited to, assisted suicide and euthanasia properly belong within the matrix of competent, compassionate medical care. Patients, aided by physicians and loved ones, can be helped …

Chironian Fall/Winter 2007, New York Medical College

The Chironian

No abstract provided.

A Group M Consensus Envelope Glycoprotein Induces Antibodies That Neutralize Subsets Of Subtype B And C Hiv-1 Primary Viruses, Hua-Xin Liao, Laura L. Sutherland, Shi-Mao Xia, Mary E. Brock, Richard M. Scearce, Stacie Vanleeuwen, S. Munir Alam, Mildred Mcadams, Eric A. Weaver, Zenaido T. Camacho, Ben-Jiang Ma, Yingying Li, Julie M. Decker, Gary J. Nabel, David C. Montefiori, Beatrice H. Hahn, Bette T. Korber, Feng Gao, Barton F. Haynes

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

HIV-1 subtype C is the most common HIV-1 group M subtype in Africa and many parts of Asia. However, to date HIV-1 vaccine candidate immunogens have not induced potent and broadly neutralizing antibodies against subtype C primary isolates. We have used a centralized gene strategy to address HIV-1 diversity, and generated a group M consensus envelope gene with shortened consensus variable loops (CON-S) for comparative studies with wildtype (WT) Env immunogens. Our results indicate that the consensus HIV-1 group M CON-S Env elicited cross-subtype neutralizing antibodies of similar or greater breadth and titer than the WT Envs tested, indicating the …

The Echo: September 28, 2007, Taylor University

2007-2008 (Volume 95)

Global climate change heats up discussion at science seminars – E-mail privacy explained – Bookstore to stay TU-run for now – Elsaharty challenges campus with Islamic perspective – Community theaters gives ministry a new play – Small talk with Masri – Phubbbbbbbs takes his throne – Office hours, 7-11: open house review – Down with the sickness – Audiences discover ‘Easter Promises’ are half-empty – Grossed out by pornography – Josh Porter’s fall TV assessment – Letters to the Editor – Going green for less – End of an era for Taylor’s bookstore – Presidential debate remix – Why should …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 119, September 28, 2007

Central Florida Future

4 senate seats are set for runoffs; In their shoes; Football fans not afraid of the dark; Faculty request 6-month written notice of termination.

National Wildlife Research Center: Research Update Summer 2007

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Wildlife Services: Vision and Strategic Goals
Spotlight on NWRC Rice Research
Blackbird Damage
History of Rice Research
NWRC Realigns Research Programs
WS Partners with Chinese Scientists to Study Role of Wildlife as Carriers of Avian Influenza
Rodent Control Collaboration at Army Training Area
NWRC Field Station Assists University of Hawaii Anthropology Department
Developing Methods & Providing Wildlife Services
EPA Registers Oral Contraceptive for Pigeons
New DRC-1339 “Take” Models Available for Use
Oregon and Washington Register a New Forest Pest Management Tool
Researchers Present Method for Permitted Take of Migratory Birds
New HPCL Analytical Method Developed for Warfarin
WS Begins Efforts …

Washington University Record, September 27, 2007

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

September 24, 2007 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, September 24, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 129, Issue 15

Draft Genome Of The Filarial Nematode Parasite Brugia Malayi, Elodie Ghedin, Shiliang Wang, David Spiro, Elisabet Caler, Qi Zhao, Jonathan Crabtree, Jonathan E. Allen, Arthur L. Delcher, David B. Guiliano, Diego Miranda-Saavedra, Samuel V. Angiuoli, Todd Creasy, Paolo Amedeo, Brian Haas, Najib M. El-Sayed, Jennifer R. Wortman, Tamara Feldblyum, Luke Tallon, Michael Schatz, Martin Shumway, Hean Koo, Steven L. Salzberg, Seth Schobel, Mihaela Pertea, Mihai Pop, Owen White, Geoffrey J. Barton, Clotilde K.S. Carlow, Michael J. Crawford, Jennifer Daub, Et Al, Steven A. Williams

Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Parasitic nematodes that cause elephantiasis and river blindness threaten hundreds of millions of people in the developing world. We have sequenced the ∼90 megabase (Mb) genome of the human filarial parasite Brugia malayi and predict ∼11,500 protein coding genes in 71 Mb of robustly assembled sequence. Comparative analysis with the free-living, model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans revealed that, despite these genes having maintained little conservation of local synteny during ∼350 million years of evolution, they largely remain in linkage on chromosomal units. More than 100 conserved operons were identified. Analysis of the predicted proteome provides evidence for adaptations of B. malayi …

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

The Hilltop 9-20-2007, Hilltop Staff

The Hilltop: 2000 - 2010

No abstract provided.

Washington University Record, September 20, 2007

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, September 18, 2007, Daily Egyptian Staff

September 2007

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, September 18, 2007

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Climate Change, Human Health, And The Post-Cautionary Principle, Lisa Heinzerling

O'Neill Institute Papers

In this Article, I suggest two different but related ways of reframing the public discourse on climate change. First, I propose that we move further in the direction of characterizing climate change as a public health threat and not only as an environmental threat. Second, I argue that we should stop thinking of responses to climate change in terms of the precautionary principle, which counsels action even in the absence of scientific consensus about a threat. We should speak instead in terms of a ?post-cautionary? principle for a post-cautionary world, in which some very bad effects of climate change are …

Environmental Health Information Systems: More Than Just Gigabytes, Christopher R. Cook

Master of Public Health Program Student Publications

Environmental health professionals are concerned about bites. Animal bites, mosquito bites, and tick bites to name a few. But what about bytes of data? Environmental health information systems (EHIS) are often the "silent partners" in an environmental health (EH) department's daily protection of public health. By Webster's dictionary definition, a silent partner is a cohort that does not have the right to participate in an organization's management process. The purpose of this study was to encourage public health officials to make EHIS full partners in their EH departments. Through the use of five surveys, this study was designed to increase …

Unh, State, Private Industry, Nasa To Tackle Lyme Disease, David Sims

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

The Hilltop 9-12-2007, Hilltop Staff

The Hilltop: 2000 - 2010

No abstract provided.

September 10, 2007 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Characterization Of The Equine 2'-5' Oligoadenylate Synthetase 1 (Oas1) And Ribonuclease L (Rnasel) Innate Immunity Genes, Jonathan J. Rios, Andrey A. Perelygin, Maureen T. Long, Teri L. Lear, Andrey A. Zharkikh, Margo A. Brinton, David L. Adelson

Veterinary Science Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: The mammalian OAS/RNASEL pathway plays an important role in antiviral host defense. A premature stop-codon within the murine Oas1b gene results in the increased susceptibility of mice to a number of flaviviruses, including West Nile virus (WNV). Mutations in either the OAS1 or RNASEL genes may also modulate the outcome of WNV-induced disease or other viral infections in horses. Polymorphisms in the human OAS gene cluster have been previously utilized for case-control analysis of virus-induced disease in humans. No polymorphisms have yet been identified in either the equine OAS1 or RNASEL genes for use in similar case-control studies.

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Research News: 2007, No. 3, University Of Mississippi. School Of Pharmacy

Research News: Grants and Publications (2000-2014)

Grants, publications, technology transfer, special announcements

Pharmacy & Therapeutics Update: Drug Information For Health Care Professionals, Medical University Of South Carolina, Paul Bush, Kelli Garrison, Jason Cooper

Pharmacy & Therapeutics Update: Drug Information for Health Care Professionals

No abstract provided.

Reciprocal Effects Of Mir-122 On Expression Of Heme Oxygenase-1 And Hepatitis C Virus Genes In Human Hepatocytes, Ying Shan, Jianyu Zheng, Richard W. Lambrecht, Herbert L. Bonkovsky

UCHC Articles - Research

Background & Aims Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is an antioxidant defense and key cytoprotective enzyme, which is repressed by Bach1. MicroRNA-122 (miR-122) is specifically expressed and highly abundant in human liver and required for replication of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA. This study was to assess whether a specific miR-122 antagomir down-regulates HCV protein replication and up-regulates HO-1. Methods We transfected antagomir of miR-122, 2′-O-methyl-mimic miR-122, or non-specific-control antagomir (NSCA) into wild type Huh-7 cells or Huh-7 stably replicating HCV subgenomic core-NS3 (CNS3 replicon cells), or NS3-5B (9–13 replicon cells). Results Antagomir of miR-122 reduced the abundance of HCV-RNA by 64% …

Healthy You, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Healthy You

No abstract provided.

Progress Notes, Lehigh Valley Health Network

Progress Notes

No abstract provided.

Idcr: Infectious Diseases In Corrections Report (Vol. 9, No. 19, Original Version), Infectious Diseases In Corrections

Infectious Diseases in Corrections Report (IDCR)

No abstract provided.

Idcr: Infectious Diseases In Corrections Report (Vol. 9, No. 19, Accredited Version), Infectious Diseases In Corrections

Infectious Diseases in Corrections Report (IDCR)

No abstract provided.

Pharmacy & Therapeutics Update: Drug Information For Health Care Professionals, August/September 2007, Medical University Of South Carolina, Paul Bush, Kelli Garrison, Jason Cooper

Pharmacy & Therapeutics Update: Drug Information for Health Care Professionals

No abstract provided.

Avian Advice, Fall 2007, Dale Bumpers College Of Agricultural, Food, And Life Sciences (University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville). Center Of Excellence For Poultry Science, University Of Arkansas (System). Cooperative Extension Service

Avian Advice

No abstract provided.