Wednesday, April 30, 2003

12 SARS Patients Report Relapses

New York Times: "The relapses in Hong Kong are another sign of the critical need for doctors to develop a diagnostic test for the disease." By Keith Bradsher With Lawrence K. Altman
8:49:46 PM    


Chinese Turn To Herbs To Prevent SARS

AP via Yahoo: The chunks of brown bark, yellowish slivers of roots and dried light-green flower buds look more like garden mulch than medicine. But millions of Chinese believe this traditional herbal remedy 'Ba Wei,' or 'Eight Ingredients' ; offers some of the best protection against the SARS."
10:56:11 AM    


New SARS RSS Feed

Great SARS RSS Feed from our friends at BioSpace.

-Tim
10:42:16 AM    


Tissue Engineers Grow Penis - With Feeling

New Scientist: "Tissue engineers who recently demonstrated penis replacement in animals have now added a vital missing component - nerve cells."
10:36:55 AM    


Grid Computing Spreads to SARS

Wired News: "As doctors scramble to contain the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, researchers are hunting for a treatment. The latest step is a SETI@home-like distributed computing project to test the effectiveness of potential drugs against the virus." By Kristen Philipkoski.
6:44:29 AM