Safety of isoflavones in dietary supplements targeted by Illinois initiative
...he supplements often are marketed to women as safe alternatives to hormone-replacement therapy, which has been linked to cardiovascular problems and dementia, for battling symptoms such as hot flashes. Initially, the researchers will focus on the biological effects of pure isoflavones, including genistein and...Byproduct of water-disinfection process found to be highly toxic
...mbination of chlorine and ammonia, is one of three alternatives to chlorine disinfectant, which has been used for more than 100 years. Other alternatives are chlorine-dioxide and ozone. All treatments react to compounds present in a drinking water sourc...New compound could give some types of cancer the one-two punch
...ming new blood vessels. Scientists are looking for alternatives to established anti-cancer drugs, such as Taxol, which is used to kill cancer cells in ovarian, breast and lung tissue. Drugs like Taxol come from natural sources, and supplies are sometimes extremely limited. Also, synthetic versions of these drugs ...Healthy fats and oils essential to satisfy calorie-conscious consumers
...sumer who has the opportunity to turn to healthier alternatives such as olive oil and make informed decisions after considering the inherent risks in certain foods," says Naidu. The labeling legislations also serve as a wake-up call to the food manufacturers to reexamine and even reformulate their ingredients. It...New lower-cost assay system equivalent to flow cytometry for accurate CD4+/CD8+ cell counts
...syCD4 and EasyCD8 assays represent good lower cost alternatives to approved flow cytometry methods of CD4+ and CD8+ T cell enumeration. The Guava assays offer comparable accuracy and reproducibility to the flow cytometry-based method, but are much simpler and more affordable to use." Absolute CD4+ and CD8+ T cel...Satellites map volcanic home of Africas endangered gorillas
... development needs of local settlements to provide alternatives to the short-term eating up of park grounds. The map can help a lot with this, for example by enabling the planning of eco-tourism that can benefit local people." The next phase involves the expansion of coverage to the rest of the mountain gorill...Trapping carbon in soil key for protecting global food security, dealing with climate change
...will hopefully buy researchers enough time to find alternatives to fossil fuels, which should reduce the amount of...being used to buy us enough time to hopefully find alternatives to fossil fuels," Lal said. "And in the short run if it helps to restore some of the degraded soil e...Mutant biological machine makes proteins but can't let go
...eated 12 mutant ribosomes -- the 12 singly changed alternatives to the natural ribosome. (Four nucleotide building blocks are used to make RNA. Each mutant had one of the four conserved nucleotides replaced with one of its three alternatives.) Then Youngman tested the ability of each of the purified mutant riboso...Super-effective 'jumping gene' created
... By replacing some of the gene's instructions with alternatives cells prefer, the researchers made the first highl...ng most of the gene's original DNA "triplets" with alternatives the cell prefers, Han balanced the gene's building blocks without changing its protein-making instru...Domesticated tree crops may be the 'future of forestry'
...e of tree, he said. Gene and enhancer trapping are alternatives to classical approaches in developmental genetics, the field of biology that determines which genes activate various processes and pathways in living organisms. Classical approaches typically require the production of numerous mutant plants and the i...Soy processing influences estrogen-dependent breast cancer growth in mice
...ogen-responsive breast cancers who are looking for alternatives to HRT," he said. In the study, mice were fed equal concentrations of the soy isoflavone genistein, allowing Helferich to determine the influences that various bioactive soy compounds had on genistein's ability to stimulate estrogen-dependent breas...GlaxoSmithKline Drug Discovery and Development Research Grant Program 2004
...research in recognition of the need to produce new alternatives and hope in the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Since the inception of the program in 2001, GSK has awarded $1.25 million and honored 14 researchers for their groundbreaking work toward new pharmaceutical strategies to combat the HIV virus. Appl...Ethanol to power the future of hydrogen fuel cells
...e immune to oxygen and that would prove to be good alternatives to produce hydrogen commercially. Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have developed a sensor that detects hydrogen-producing microorganisms through a screening process. The system uses a sensitive film that changes color at a poi...A&M researcher studying genes of mosquitoes
...far-reaching implications for the discovery of new alternatives for insect control," Pietrantonio said. Presently, a human vaccine for yellow fever exists, but none for dengue. The researchers are hoping the studies will reveal how the female mosquito's system produces a diuretic response ...Primate viruses transmitted to people through bushmeat
...in all of our interests to put into place economic alternatives to help people move away from hunting and eating these animals. In addition to preserving endangered species, such development efforts will reduce the risk that ongoing cross-species transmission of retroviruses and other pathogens could spark future...DFG establishes 14 new research units
...y with a historical concept of its resistances and alternatives and, through an analysis of its interactions, to arrive at a differentiated image of the Enlightenment by using central figures and texts. Natural Sciences The Sahara is the largest desert in the world and its dust can be found everywhere in the no...Governing commons still a struggle, but fight not without hope, according to new report
... always succeeded, neither have Hardin's preferred alternatives of private or state ownership," the authors write. The authors argue that governing the commons will always be a struggle, and that ideal conditions for governance are increasingly rare, but that sustaining Earth's resources is made easier when human...Plant immune system's 'take two aspirin' gene, offers hope for disease control
...re beginning to see some effective and sustainable alternatives to pesticides," Klessig says, suggesting two possible strategies: Genetic manipulation could enhance a crop plant's ability to make more of a scarce defense-signaling compound or a limiting receptor needed to transmit this signaling compound. Alter...Researchers design and build first artificial protein
... protein. "Thus, the problem is that the number of alternatives can be huge. Even for one fixed backbone conformation, you have an astronomical number of possible amino acid sequences," said Baker. "So, we needed a computational approach to search the huge space of possible conformations and possible amino acid s...DuPont awarded highest US honor for technological innovation
...hen led industry in the development of a series of alternatives for use in new and existing equipment. "All a scie...ary 1991. Since then, the company has launched 19 alternatives and has more than 375 patents. These alternatives are environmentally acceptable and energy efficien...