Bacterial Toxin Surprises Scientists
...tly what's going on to make sure we're not dealing with some massive hallucination," said Dr. Finkelstein. It may eventually be possible to take advantage of this large protein movement as a transport device for the delivery of drugs into human cells, Dr. Finkelstein...Mutate Or Die: New Polymerase Gives Desperate Yeast An Option
... the damaged site is the leastfavored mechanism of dealing with DNA damage, but from the cell's perspective, it's better to replicate damaged DNA andsurvive than to not replicate and die," says Christopher Lawrence, professor of biophysics. Working with Lawrence on theproject, funded by the National Institut...Enzymes Targeted As Key To Understanding Drug Interactions
...hift in our knowedge in the late 1980s. Instead of dealing with pairs of drugs, we began to focus on the four or five enzymes that metabolize most drugs. If the patient is taking two drugs that are metabolized by the same enzyme, there can be an interaction." Funded by grants from the National Institutes of...Ozone 'Chat Room' Provides Real-Time Air-Quality Research
... analysis. There are two other OTAG subgroups, one dealing with policy, the other with computer modeling. Both use information and data gathered by the air quality workgroup. "The beauty of the OTAG operation is that we can establish a virtual community of interacting people without having to be at a speci...New Mechanism To Explain Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Identified
...hat may somedaylead to new clinical approaches for dealing with exposure to this deadly gas. The scientists report their findings, which challenge the textbook definition ofCO toxicity, in the September issue of Chemical Research in Toxicology. Each year, carbon monoxide leads the list of causes of ...NIDR Supports Total Genome Studies Of Major Oral Pathogens
...athogen, Porphrymonas gingivalis. Similarprojects dealing with other oral microorganisms are anticipated in the nearfuture.......mprovingthe outcome of diabetic pregnancies and in dealing with an epidemic increase inobesity and non-insulin-dependent diabetes that has been documented among thePima Indians of Arizona, Australian aboriginals and other human populations. ThePima, whose diet changed when they were put on a reservation at t...Guidelines For Next Generation Of Environmental Policy
...onstantly evolve. So, too,must our strategies for dealing with them," says Ms. Chertow, an industrialenvironmental management expert on the faculty of the Yale School of Forestryand Environmental Studies (F&ES). While the first generation of environmental reform targeted bigbusiness, the next gener...Virginia Tech Engineers Help Mother Nature Clean Up
...atmentsand the results are monitored. Well, we are dealing with a naturalsystem too, and we are poking holes in the ground, and we havelimited access to knowledge about what is going on down there." He adds that "poplar trees have provento be efficient in agricultural areas. For example, chemical fertiliz..."Genes, Vitamins, Homocyst(e)ine And Cardiovascular Diseases"
...steine is illustratedby the number of publications dealing with that subject. Figure 1 shows therate of publications listed in MedLine under Homocysteine/blood since 1966. Itindicates that the annual rate of publications has increased about 168-fold inthe last 31 years. If such a trend continues, would ho...Studies Underscore Link Between Nutrition And Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers
...rbesman reviewed findings of scientific literature dealing with therelationship between nutrition and these nonmelanoma cancers here today (Feb.27, 1998) at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology anddiscussed the role of nutritional factors in treating patients at risk. The majorit...The Environmental Consequences Of Increasing Food Production
...ssion of March 17.In addition, two ad hoc meetings dealing with agriculture and global change willbe held in March 16 and 17 during lunch time....3,500 Earth And Space Scientists To Report Latest Findings At Boston Meeting
...arbor's recovery experiment, and new approaches to dealing with pollutedwater sources on Cape Cod. Some of the information to be presented will be so fresh that it has notyet been collected. This is true of the Mars Global Surveyor, for example, asatellite that has only recently begun its observation...New Medication Means New Choices For Families Dealing With Alzheimers Disease
...ikely toaccept available treatment. "When dealing with this terrible disease, families are faced with manyextremely difficult decisions. One of those decisions is whether or not to treattheir ill family member with this relatively new drug, that doesn't stop thedisease, but slows the progression of ...Potential Solutions For Gulf of Mexico's "Dead Zone" Explored
...ow well these proposed ecotechnologieswill work in dealing with the hypoxia problem,” Mitsch said. “Itjust makes ecological sense to try these kinds of things.”...Deliberate Self Harm Is An Overlooked Tragedy In The Developing World
...youngsters deliberate harm seemed to be a means of dealing with a difficult situation and they did not really intend to kill themselves. The reasons for this high mortality in Sri Lanka is the high toxicity of the substances or poisons commonly used and the difficulties of treating them. Self poisoning with...New Office For Technology Development Hopes To Attract New Companies To Dallas
..."But moreimportantly, we will be more proactive in dealing with investigators, thepharmaceutical industry and outside investors to place our technologies insituations more rewarding for all. More specifically, we will be working todevelop biotech industry here in Dallas in parallel with the goals set forth i......ssion 12 Most people think of fish migration when dealing with the obstacles presented by dams. But developing ways for silver phase American eels to safely swim around dams is a critical problem for the species' survival, because they typically suffer high mortality from passing through hydroelectric turb...Animal And Human Health Symposium Scheduled At Virginia Tech
...ommoninterests of human and veterinary medicine in dealing with food safety,infectious disease, and other health issues, will be presented by theVirginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM) on Friday,Sept. 18, on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. E.coli H:157, salmo...Study Documents Attitudes About Assisted Suicide Among Patients With Lou Gehrig's Disease
...h adesire to hasten death. So how an individual is dealing with A.L.S. seems more important than the physical... are related to both who they are and how they are dealing with thedisease," said Johnston. "With physician-assisted suicide a reality in Oregon wethink more o...