Scientists Make Progress Toward Gene Therapy For HIV Infection
...r ofT-cells may prove to be a feasible approach to combating the virus." NIAID is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIAID conductsand supports research to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as HIVdisease and other sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, malaria, asthmaand ...Increase In Number Of Diesel Cars Is Counterproductive For Environmental Goals
...ead ofpetrol-driven cars is notan effective way of combating climate change", stresses Reino Abrahamsson. 15 per cent of newly registered private cars in August this year were diesels.At the beginning of thenineties, the proportion of newly registered cars that were diesels was only 1per cent. For further info...UD Valentine Science: Cell "Dating" Habits May Promise Healthier Hearts
...thatprocess, we could develop additional tools for combating a wide range of heartdiseases." PAM-1's precise activities remain a mystery, Naik emphasizes, but he planscontinued studies, in collaboration with colleagues including Patricia A.DeLeon, a UD professor of human genetics, who has been investigating an...Researchers Develop First Way To Immunize Against A Deadly Bacterium
...ly, more than two billion dollars a year are spent combating hospitalpneumonia, a condition most often contracted by patients already under intensivecare. The Pseudomonas species targeted in the research is also responsible for theuntreatable lung inflammations which devastate the lives of half a millionpeople......ative to help scientists devise new approaches for combating infectious andparasitic diseases that have a worldwide impact, particularly in developingcountries. The five-year program will support approximately 40 outstandingbiomedical researchers working outside the United States. The grants, rangingf...K-State Researchers Study Pest Resistance Management
...cticides or suffer thelosses. A current method for combating pests like these corn borer is togenetically engineer maize and other crops to produce a toxin inside the plantthat will kill them. The method is safe, with no harm to the environment and the economic return canbe enormous in years when these pest p...... a critical step in the long journey toeffectively combating septic shock. "Coming back to the first question: Howdoes the human innate immune system recognize endotoxin to mount that first,blunt immune reaction, which, if unchecked, progresses all the way to sepsisand septic shock? I think this is how it does...Plant pathologists to discuss anti-crop bioterrorism and food security, August 1999
...posium. The symposium on plant pathology's role in combating anti-crop bioterrorism andpromoting food security, will be held at the APS/CPS Annual Meeting in Montreal,Canada on Tuesday, August 10 at 2 p.m. Complimentary registration is availablefor reporters and science writers, please contact Kathleen Koegler...Protecting the rice bowl: Chromosomal mapping of the rice blast fungus
...chanisms. This knowledgeis essential not only for combating rice blast but for understandinghost-pathogen interactions in general....UF nutritionist: Better to vow to eat healthy for new year
...e 25 grams per day that appears to be effective in combating heart disease. "The research shows that 25 grams of soy protein in the diet, along with having a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet, is protective against heart disease," Bobroff said. "Soy would be just one part of an overall healthy diet. We can't ...University of New Orleans researcher develops nontoxic corrosion inhibitor
...int form) for aluminum, has other benefits besides combating rust. It is not carcinogenic. It applies easily. And that means it's more worker friendly, safer for the environment, and will help control hazardous material costs, disposal, and handling. Using his more than 40 years of experience working for and/o...Study points to U.S. as generator of greenhouse gases
... implications for the role of the United States in combating the greenhouse effect and global warming. "Some have argued that the U.S. does not need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions because we're not part of the problem," said Ronald Neilson, a professor of botany at Oregon State University and bioclimatolo...Biomedical scientists from Russia to Rio to explore biology's frontiers at HHMI in June
...llion to help scientists devise new approaches for combating infectious and parasitic diseases. The second will award $15 million for biomedical scientists in the Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The third will award $15 million to biomedical scientists in Canada and Latin Ameri...Susan Okie receives microbiology communcations award
...t opportunity to show how far medicine has come in combating pathogenic agents as well as the limits of modern science in fighting age-old scourges at the dawn of a new century," said The Washington Post Science Editor Rob Stein, who nominated her for the award. A native of Los Angeles, Okie has been reporting...Researchers zero in on first drug that may be helpful in treating common liver disease
...reat diabetes, called metformin, may be helpful in combating a common and potentially fatal liver disorder. The discovery, reported in the September issue of Nature Medicine, may lead to the development of the first drug to treat people who suffer from the condition known as fatty liver, the researchers say. ...USGS scientists warn: West Nile Virus is on the move
...(its more than just crows) and what that means for combating the virus. Discuss new field work beginning Monday, October 2, in New York and New Jersey. Find out how the USGS and the National Atlas are mapping West Nile cases to help health officials plan for handling new outbreaks. Who: Dr. Robert McLean,...From dolphins to the Giant Panda - chemistry at SeaWorld and the San Diego Zoo
... for infant pandas, which has been instrumental in combating infant mortality in the endangered species. Pandas frequently bear twins, but the mother rarely nurtures both offspring; one is often left to die. From 1964 to 1997, only 90 cubs out of 133 litters born in captivity worldwide survived their first mon...Mechanism for generating autoimmunity-suppressing cells identified
...the laboratory could one day become a strategy for combating autoimmune diseases. The research is published in the April issue of Nature Immunology. We and others showed previously that regulatory T cells suppress autoimmunity, but it was unknown how these cells were generated, says Andrew J. Caton, ...New hope for neurodegenerative disease sufferers
... adult life. "One of the ways drug companies are combating cancer is to simply block the action of specific oncogenes to kill the tumors," he adds. "So if these genes have a good function in the brain, are we also going to stop certain brain functions?" Skoulakis, an assistant professor of biology at Texas...Ohio State chemists synthesize possible new anti-tumor agent
... cells in a test tube and was effective as combating cancer in animal models. Scientists now believe azinomycin A and its sibling azinomycin B -- both produced by a type of Streptomyces soil bacteria - attack DNA...