Study Shows How Antibiotic Sets Up Road Block To Kill Bacteria

ScienceDaily (Oct. 25, 2008) — Scientists have taken a critical step toward the development of new and more effective antibacterial drugs by identifying exactly how a specific antibiotic sets up a road block that halts bacterial growth

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Birth Of White Rhino After Artificial Insemination With Frozen Sperm

ScienceDaily (Oct. 25, 2008) — A world-first: researchers announce the birth of a white rhino after artificial insemination with frozen sperm. The rhino baby, a male, was born at 4:57am in the Budapest Zoo on the 22nd of October 2008. In June 2007, scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin artificially inseminated his mother, the rhino cow Lulu, with frozen bull semen.

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Rapid HIV Testing In The ER Boosts Diagnoses, Screening

One in every 50 people screened for a suspected sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the Emergency Department at Henry Ford Hospital was found to be infected with HIV using a rapid blood sample screening test.

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