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Background:Quasi-steady state approximation (QSSA) based on time-scale analysis is known to be an effectivemethod for simplifying metabolic reaction system, but the conventional analysis becomes time-consuming andtedious when the system is large. Although there are automatic methods, they are based on eigenvaluecalculations of the Jacobian matrix and on linear transformations, which have a high computation cost. A moreefficient estimation approach is necessary for complex systems.Results:This work derived new time-scale factor by focusing on the problem structure. By mathematicallyreasoning the balancing behavior of fast species, new time-scale criteria were derived with a simple expressionthat uses the Jacobian matrix directly.

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Background:Beta-thalassemia is a common autosomal recessive hereditary disease in the Meditertanean, Asia and African areas. Over 600 mutations have been described in the beta-globin (HBB), of which more than 200 are associated with a beta-thalassemia phenotype.Results:We used two highly-specific mutation screening methods, mismatch-specific endonuclease and denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography, to identify mutations in the HBB gene. The sensitivity and specificity of these two methods were compared. We successfully distinguished mutations in the HBB gene by the mismatch-specific endonuclease method without need for further assay.

American Airlines, the world's largest airline, and Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the world's largest breast cancer organization, announced an expanded partnership with the unveiling of two specially co-branded aircraft, an American Airlines Boeing 757 and an American Eagle Embraer 145, each incorporating the renowned vivid pink-ribbon motif.

Public health authorities, HIV and Maternal and Child Health experts concluded that it is feasible to eliminate the vertical transmission of HIV and syphilis in the Caribbean by 2015.

Enrollment is now open for the University of Pittsburgh's 2008 Mini-Medical School, a free seven-session program designed to explore contemporary health issues and medical topics and give attendees a taste of medical school without the tuition or exams. The theme of this year's fall program is, "Better Health Through Research." Presentations will begin Sept. 9 and are held from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has started providing food assistance to more than 2,000 people displaced by the escalating conflict in Georgia, where hundreds of people have been killed and thousands more have fled their homes since fighting began in the region of South Ossetia on Friday.

New figures by the Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory reveal that more than one in ten (11.6 per cent) deaths among 20 to 79-year-olds in England can be attributed to diabetes. If current trends continue, one in eight (12.2 per cent) deaths among 20 to 79-year-olds will be attributable to the condition by 2010.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has scheduled its annual North American laboratory Informatics user group meeting, Thermo Informatics World (TIW), from October 6-9, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

NATIONAL charity Cruse Bereavement Care is calling on parents, carers and professionals working with children and young people to attend their conference on childhood bereavement on Thursday September 18, 2008 at Armagh City Hotel, Northern Ireland.

ICON plc (NASDAQ: ICLR; ISIN:IE0005711209), a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, today announced that its Medical Imaging division has become the first commercial imaging core laboratory to offer Quantitative Coronary Angiographic (QCA) analysis with an integrated electronic Case Report Form (eCRF).

Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine, the Regenstrief Institute and Moi University School of Medicine are the first to report that adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) to fight human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in children who live in low income countries is as high as or higher than adherence by children living in high income countries.

A combination of chemotherapy agents that have been tested in other tumor types appears to be a promising alternative to standard treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer, according to a report in the August 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

According to an article published in the open-access journal PLoS Medicine, children with drug-resistant partial epilepsy who are enrolled in trials tend to have a greater response to placebo than adults enrolled in such trials.

Yale University scientists reported evidence suggesting that the tiny cilia found on brain cells of mammals, thought to be vestiges of a primeval past, actually play a critical role in relaying molecular signals that spur creation of neurons in an area of the brain involved in mood, learning and memory.

Most Russians favour much tougher curbs on smoking, and a substantial number want smoking in restaurants and on public transport to be banned, reveals research published ahead of print in the journal Tobacco Control. Between 1990 and 2000, cigarette consumption increased by an estimated 81% despite a declining population.

Low vitamin D levels may contribute to chronic pain among women, suggests research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. The findings are based on the blood analyses and pain scores of almost 7000 45 year old men and women from across England, Scotland and Wales, all of whom were born during one week in March 1958.