Stress Management: Gentle stretching reduces tension

Editor's note: This article is the third in a series of four articles about stress management. Part 1 of this series was published June 10th.

Green Thumbs Up: What's eating my garden?

    Woody plants, particularly those ravaged by caterpillar infestations earlier in the season, remain a cause for concern, as the dual stress of defoliation and drought may take their toll in the years to come. Deep watering, when and where possible, is essential to ensure their longevity.  

Antigenics Presents Positive, Top Line Data From Phase I Herpes Clinical Trial

Antigenics (NASDAQ: AGEN) announced positive results with AG-707, an investigational therapeutic vaccine being developed to treat herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), the virus that causes genital herpes, in infected patients. Developed by Antigenics, the vaccine triggers a cellular immune response, stimulating both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. "I believe these data represent the first finding of their ...

Proteins Linked To Longevity Also Linked To Alzheimers

Sirtuins appear to control production of the devastating protein fragments that form plaques in the brains of Alzheimers patients.Over the past 20 years, scientists have learned that proteins called sirtuins play a vital role in longevity and stress response in organisms as diverse as humans, yeast and mice. A new paper from MIT biologists now reveals a surprising additional role for sirtuins ...

The Fight Of The Honeybee

A bee-less world wouldnt just mean the end of honey Einstein said that if the honeybee became extinct, so then would mankind.