http://www.arcamax.com/technology en-us Copyright 2009 ArcaMax Publishing Inc. The researchers from Nancy-University in Lorraine, France, said long-term space flights might compromised by microbial hitchhikers, such as bacteria. That's because space travel appears to weaken the human immune system, while increasing the virulence and growth of microbes, they said. http://www.arcamax.com/technology/s-641419-690928?source=1930 The study, published in the journal PLoS Pathogens, used mathematical models to test the theory whooping cough has been on the rise due to waning immunity in vaccinated or previously exposed people. http://www.arcamax.com/technology/s-641420-687550?source=1930 The study by scientists from Boston University School of Medicine, Carney Hospital, the Cambridge Health Alliance and Tufts University School of Medicine is said to be the first of environmental hygiene aboard cruise ships. http://www.arcamax.com/technology/s-641421-961389?source=1930 Professor John Albers and colleagues at the University of Washington's Northwest Lipid Metabolism and Diabetes Research Laboratories at the University of Washington compared the effects of two statins -- simvastatin (Zocor) and pravastatin (Pravachol) on two different types of brain cells -- neurons and astrocytes, which are support cells that help repair damage. http://www.arcamax.com/technology/s-641422-190923?source=1930 http://www.arcamax.com/technology/recent