Genetic mutations linked to the practice of burning coal in homes in China
... researcher, individuals in Xuan Wei County, China who are exposed to smoky coal emissions from cooking a... highest in China in both nonsmoking women and men who smoke, and are associated with exposure to indoor emissions from the burning of smoky coal," said Ph...Student science contest participation influences study, career choices, alumni say
...Biotechnology Human Resource Council. Students who compete in this challenge represent some of the br...ion is designed to give an extra spark to students who might be inclined to pursue science as a career to create a high-level, real world experience with ...Climate change plus human pressure caused large mammal extinctions in late Pleistocene
...nd camels went extinct. In the forensic quest for who done it, many have pointed fingers squarely at humans. But in a review appearing in the Oct. 1 issue of Science , Barnosky and his colleagues conclude that climate change also played a big role in driving these extinctions. Barnosky's colleagues in ...Houston minority graduation rises in sciences, engineering as result of UH-led alliance
...g the number of underrepresented minority students who graduate with degrees in science, technology, engi...t with its goal of doubling the number of students who graduate with STEM degrees in five years from the institutions, which is the goal of the national NS...Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
... is approved as an anti-AIDS drug," said Keasling, who also is a faculty affiliate with the California In...nment, to villages, and to the families of healers who first taught ethnobotanist Dr. Paul Alan Cox how to use the plant. The agreement also states that U...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
... is approved as an anti-AIDS drug," said Keasling, who also is a faculty affiliate with the California In...nment, to villages, and to the families of healers who first taught ethnobotanist Dr. Paul Alan Cox how to use the plant. The agreement also states that UC...Circulation of 'disaster myths' in Haiti could hinder appropriate disposal of bodies
...e checked, according to a public health researcher who has studied the potential risks at length. Althoug...heir loved ones'. Unlike the general public, those who are involved in close contact with the dead--such as military personnel, rescue workers, volunteers,...Veterinary Memorial Fund transforms grief into promise
...nary medicine," said VMRCVM Dean Gerhardt Schurig, who became the third dean in the college's history in June 2004. "Veterinary research contributes significantly to discoveries that directly improve animal health. It also contributes to human health by controlling or eliminating disease which can spread...New study shows hope for treating inhalant abuse
...s Stephen Dewey, the Brookhaven Lab neuroanatomist who led the study. "More importantly, our results show...se, particularly among pre- and early adolescents, who inhale or "huff" chemical vapors found in many common household products that are not generally thou...Chemical engineering grad students will take notable national awards
... convention in Austin, Texas. Dimitrios Zarkadas, who is expected to graduate in the next few months, wa...esident of Kearny. Meredith Feins, of River Vale, who received her Ph.D. in May of 2004, was named one of two winners of the 2004 AIChE Separations Divisi...NIH awards $18.2m to The Burnham Institute to develop Center on Proteolytic Pathways
...le to hundreds of investigators across the country who are working in every disease area."...Lycopene slows human prostate tumour growth in mice and combined with vitamin E is even better
...pare any effects against the placebo. Dr. Limpens, who is from the Department of Urology at the Josephine Nefkins Institute at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, said: "We found that low dose lycopene suppressed the growth of the human prostate tumours by over half (at day 42 of the study), extendi...International study findings link acne-like rash to effectiveness of new targeted cancer treatment
...ncer treatment cetuximab has shown that patients who developed an acne-like rash responded better to the treatment than those who did not. Professor Eric Van Cutsem told a news briefing today (Thursday 30 September) at the EORTC-N...Researchers determine genetic cause of Timothy syndrome
...diac arrhythmia. The research shows that children who have the syndrome develop spontaneous genetic muta...mias, said Keating. Timothy knew that Keating, who was at the University of Utah at the time, had a longstanding interest in arrhythmias, so she began ...UT Southwestern receives $1.78 million grant for obesity research as part of NIH Roadmap initiative
...hysicians. "Everyone has a friend or family member who has the metabolic syndrome, so it's a common probl...lems that need to be solved with input from people who think creatively about metabolic problems, and that's what UT Southwestern brings to this effort." T...Cigarette smoke causes breaks in DNA and defects to a cell's chromosomes, Pitt study finds
... student in the department of biological sciences, who will present the data. According to their results, which also are detailed in an upcoming article in the journal Mutation Research, the development of anaphase bridges and chromosome instability is most likely due to reactive oxygen species that for...Scientists to prototype cyberinfrastructure for research and education access to ocean observatories
... said OptIPuter and Cal-(IT) director Larry Smarr, who is co-PI on LOOKING and a professor of computer science and engineering at UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering. "The dedicated lightpaths will also permit super-fast, interactive control of ocean-going instruments along with real-time access to the d...Belgian researchers explore revolutionary approach to angiogenesis
...low carried more oxygen to the tumour." Dr. Feron, who is an assistant professor and research associate in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Louvain, said that the team was now planning to start Phase I clinical trials in patients. "The chances for this anti-tumour adjuvant therapy...Chemical derived from vitamin-E shows early promise as cancer drug
...ition professor in the Department of Human Ecology who directed the research in collaboration with Bob G.... or seven of untreated counterparts. Kline, who holds the Julian C. Barton Professorship in Nutrition, also investigated how alpha-TEA impacts breas...Scientists sequence genome of kind of organism central to biosphere's carbon cycle
... decreases in diatom abundance," says Dan Rokhsar, who heads computational genomics at the Joint Genome Institute and one of the co-authors on the article. Scientists would like to better understand how these organisms react to changes in sea temperatures, the amount of light penetrating the oceans and ...