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  2010 SEP 7 - (VerticalNews.com) -- Current study results from the report, 'Sensitivity of the quantiferon-gold in-tube assay in sputum smear positive TB cases in Indonesia,' have been published. "As part of a formal evaluation of the Quantiferon-Gold in-tube assay (QFT-IT) for latent TB infection we compared its sensitivity to the tuberculin skin test (TST) in confirmed adult TB cases in Indonesia. Smear-positive TB disease was used as a proxy gold standard for latent TB infection," scientists in Dunedin, New Zealand report ...read more

  2010 AUG 31 - (VerticalNews.com) -- Scientists discuss in 'Marine biodiversity in Japanese waters' new findings in life sciences. According to recent research from Yokosuka, Japan, "To understand marine biodiversity in Japanese waters, we have compiled information on the marine biota in Japanese waters, including the number of described species (species richness), the history of marine biology research in Japan, the state of knowledge, the number of endemic species, the number of identified but undescribed species, the number of known introduced species, and the number of taxonomic experts and identification guides, with consideration of the general ocean environmental background, such as the physical and geological settings. A total of 33,629 species have been reported to occur in Japanese waters. ...read more

  2010 AUG 31 - (VerticalNews.com) -- New research, 'Evolutionary origin and phylogeography of the diploid obligate parthenogen Artemia parthenogenetica (Branchiopoda: Anostraca),' is the subject of a report. "Understanding the evolutionary origin and the phylogeographic patterns of asexual taxa can shed light on the origin and maintenance of sexual reproduction. We assessed the geographic origin, genetic diversity, and phylogeographic history of obligate parthenogen diploid Artemia parthenogenetica populations, a widespread halophilic crustacean," scientists in Seville, Spain report ...read more