Scientists Bridge Gap In Cell Communication
...by which cells send and receive messages, the find promises a rational basis for the future treatment of some diseases and, more immediately, gives science a new grasp of a process that triggers decisive events in cells. Studying a well-known signaling protein called MAD, UW-Madison geneticist Allen ...New, Environmentally Friendly Technique For Separating Liquids Invented At UNC-CH
...uid chemicals from one another -- a technique that promises to cut release oftoxic substances into the environment -- has been developed by chemists at theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and colleagues. "Liquid-liquid separations are an important process in manymanufacturing industries -- ...Researchers Improve Treatment Of Industrial Waste
... the University of Toronto's Pulp and Paper Centre promises a cheaper and more energy-efficient method to clean up industrial emissions. Professor Grant Allen of the department of chemical engineering and applied chemistry and a team of researchers have devised a process that treats waste air and w...Rare Mutation Find May Offer Clues To Treating Osteoporosis
...comes a life-threatening medical emergency, and it promises tobecome a greater problem nationally as baby boomers age. "Bones of people with TDO, however, are so dense they fracture onlyrarely," he said. "Affected people are born with kinky, curly hair, and theirchief health problem is that they devel...Change In HIV May Precipitate AIDS
...fimmunodeficiency outside the body. The technique promises to provide importantinformation about HIV pathogenesis and should be extremely useful in developingand testing therapies and vaccination strategies....Renowned Breast Cancer Experts Present Latest Findings At UCSF Cancer Center Symposium
...imilar. Application ofthe new analysis procedures promises to allow classification of tumors intogroups that progress and respond to therapy in the same way. Gray also will discuss how efficient genome-analysis procedures coupledwith information from the human genome program have increased the speed ...Poison-Eating Bugs Strike Gold
...reen way to extract gold but also a process which promises to be cheaper for producers, making Australian gold more internationally competitive. In this way, the team hopes, Australia's unique biological diversity may help to give our minerals industry both an economic and an environmental edge over th...DFG To Fund Six New Research Units
...d using spatial information. The work planned also promises tostimulate the optimisation of technical systems (robots) and the rehabilitation of people withneurological deficits (e.g. after suffering a stroke). To ensure that new structures like high-rise buildings and bridges are erected on solid groundbuild...New Retinal Surgery May Reverse Legal Blindness
...n, age-related eye disease. The operation promises to save the vision of thousands of peoplethreatened by age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the major cause ofblindness in people over 55 years. The technique, called macular translocation, is used in cases of AMD inwhich abnormal blood v...Fish Farmers Must Learn Zebra Mussel Prevention From A To Z
... any case, zebra mussel control for aquaculturists promises to be more difficult and costly than prevention....New Environmental Monitoring System To Reduce Costs And Improve Efficiency
...y environmental monitoring andanalysis system that promises to reduce the time and costs involved inanalyzing contaminants. Researchers predict the system — called E-SMART (Environmental SystemsManagement, Analysis and Reporting neTwork) — will dramatically improvethe efficiency and effectiveness of e...Cystic Fibrosis Conference Will Showcase Latest From Clinical Care To Basic Science
...e, October 15-18,1998 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, promises to break attendance records asparticipants from around the world meet to share discoveries about cysticfibrosis (CF). Co-sponsored this year by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and theCanadian CF Foundation, more than 2,800 participants will be on han...Sequencing Milestone Reached By DOE Joint Genome Institute
...e within the next five years -- anachievement that promises untold opportunities to improve health and advances indisease treatment and cure. In addition to celebrating the technological successes of the JGI, DOE andlaboratory officials will be available to discuss the new accelerated five-yearplan developed ...Genetic Code Of Chromosome Of Malaria Parasite Deciphered
...somes of this parasite. "This sequence information promises to provide new leads to fighting malaria, adisease that exacts a huge burden worldwide, in human and economic terms," saysAnthony S. Fauci, M.D., NIAID director. "This sequencing effort is part of abroad-based NIH strategy to control malaria and oth...X-Ray Concentrator Will Expand Window On High-Energy Universe
Funneling X-rays through microscopic glass tubes promises to give astronomers asharper view of the energetic activities deep in space - and a betterunderstanding of the chemical structure of life. "The concept is pretty simple," said Dr. Marshall Joy, an X-ray astronomer atNASA's Marshall Space Flight Cente...How Super Are The "Super Aspirins"? -- New COX-2 Inhibitors May Elevate Cardiovascular Risk
...icipated series of new drugs just coming to market promises toease the pain of arthritis, menstrual cramps, headaches, and other afflictionsequally as well as aspirin, ibuprofen, and related over-the-counter medicationsbut without the sometimes serious side effects of those drugs. Stomach ulcersare among the ...Center For Ion Mobility Spectrometry Established At INEEL
...es ions in the gasphase instead of liquid, it also promises a simpler design and less waste thanother identification methods, resulting in lower cost and greater portability. The three universities will contribute differently to the IMS Center. The research group at Montana State University, headed by...Controlling Problem Snakes: Saipan Benefits From USGS Research
...Snake Management: The Habu and the BrownTreesnake" promises to be instrumental in helping Saipan and other PacificIslands confront the threat of brown tree snakes, a prolific pest species thathas caused health and economic hazards for Guam's residents, as well asdevastating native bird, lizard, and bat popula......hichare active and thus more strongly perfused. It promises new impetus for the areaof brain research. fMRI makes it possible to pinpoint the precise regions of themonkey's visual cortex (that region of the cerebral cortex responsible forsight) where optical stimuli are processed. The non-invasive measurement......nravel CF at Most Basic Level In an advance that promises to speed development of new drugs for cysticfibrosis, Johns Hopkins biochemists have discovered what goes awry insidethe cells of CF patients at the most basic level. It's a folding problem that might be familiar to any home-maker. In a report in thi...