Leader in cancer treatment and prevention research honored
...or of Medicine, Pharmacology, Nutritional Science, and Public Health at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, and Director of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program at the Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, is the r...Potential for enhanced sequestration of carbon in soils supports evaluations
...ove carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere. Post and his colleagues considered the range of possible costs and benefits that could accrue from adopting land-management practices designed to increase the uptake o...Genetic mutations linked to the practice of burning coal in homes in China
...o are exposed to smoky coal emissions from cooking and heating their homes may carry genetic mutations th...ty being held Oct. 2 to 6 at the Pittsburgh Hilton and Towers. "Lung cancer mortality rates in Xuan Wei are among the highest in China in both nonsmoking w...Student science contest participation influences study, career choices, alumni say
... student biotech competition helps determine study and career paths for a large majority of contestants, ...ds such as biotechnology, healthcare, agriculture, and the environment. In a survey this summer commissioned by the Canadian Biotechnology Education Resea...Climate change plus human pressure caused large mammal extinctions in late Pleistocene
...University of California, Berkeley, paleobiologist and his colleagues warn that the future of the Earth's... mammals could be as dire as it was between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago, when a combination of climate change and human pressure resulted in the extinction...Houston minority graduation rises in sciences, engineering as result of UH-led alliance
...o earn degrees in science, technology, mathematics and engineering with notable success in a national NSF...ce for Minority Participation (H-LSAMP), led by UH and consisting of seven other academic institutions of higher education, is one of the most successful i...Highlights of the October 2004 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...in High Schools Concerns about the overall health and well-being of America's children continue to rise ... for teens to have more freedom in decision making and taking care of themselves. Regulations: Most parents were supportive of schools' limiting access to...Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
...enous tree the gene for a promising anti-AIDS drug and to share any royalties from sale of a gene-derived...irus out of hibernation in the body's immune cells and into the line of fire of anti-AIDS drugs now in use. "Prostratin is Samoa's gift to the world," expl...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
...enous tree the gene for a promising anti-AIDS drug and to share any royalties from sale of a gene-derived...irus out of hibernation in the body's immune cells and into the line of fire of anti-AIDS drugs now in use. "Prostratin is Samoa's gift to the world," expl...Circulation of 'disaster myths' in Haiti could hinder appropriate disposal of bodies
...eat posed by dead bodies could lead to insensitive and inappropriate treatment of victims' bodies following the floods in Haiti, and need to be checked, according to a public health researcher who has studied the potential risks at l...Veterinary Memorial Fund transforms grief into promise
... Memorial Fund." Founded in 1984 by the college and the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association, the f...its inception, the fund has raised almost $900,000 and has funded more than 100 individual clinical research programs exploring areas deemed timely by a pa...New study shows hope for treating inhalant abuse
...nts has been associated with heart, liver, kidney, and brain damage -- and can even result in sudden death. The Brookhaven Lab study demonstrates that animals previously tr...Chemical engineering grad students will take notable national awards
A recent graduate and a current doctoral candidate in chemical engineeri...Graduate Student Research Award in Crystallization and Evaporation. Zarkadas is a resident of Kearny. Meredith Feins, of River Vale, who received her Ph....NIH awards $18.2m to The Burnham Institute to develop Center on Proteolytic Pathways
...search hub. The Center will consolidate all known and emerging knowledge about how proteins behave into ...tute's Guy Salvesen, Ph.D., an expert on proteases and co-director of the center; Alex Strongin, Ph.D., a Professor at the Institute's Inflammation and Inf...Lycopene slows human prostate tumour growth in mice and combined with vitamin E is even better
Geneva, Switzerland: A study by Dutch and German researchers has provided evidence that lyco... be able to inhibit the growth of prostate tumours and that its effect may be enhanced if it is combined with vitamin E. A number of epidemiological studi...International study findings link acne-like rash to effectiveness of new targeted cancer treatment
...e EORTC-NCI-AACR[1] Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics that a trial, conducted in Belgium and the USA, had demonstrated that the more severe the rash the better the patients' tumours had respond...Researchers determine genetic cause of Timothy syndrome
...with calcium channels that regulate the excitation and contraction of the heart. In defining the precise ...may also cause a form of autism in those affected, and there is the possibility that understanding more about the nature of these calcium channel defects c...UT Southwestern receives $1.78 million grant for obesity research as part of NIH Roadmap initiative
...nstitutes of Health to study the causes of obesity and associated metabolic diseases. The $1.78 million g...arch, creates an Interdisciplinary Research Center and could develop into a permanent Metabolic and Obesity Center at UT Southwestern. "This grant provides...Cigarette smoke causes breaks in DNA and defects to a cell's chromosomes, Pitt study finds
...r two puffs of a cigarette can cause breaks in DNA and defects to a cell's chromosomes, leading to irreve...osome instability. The meeting, "Genes, Mutations and Disease: The Environmental Connection," will be held Oct. 2 to 6 at the Pittsburgh Hilton and Towers...Scientists to prototype cyberinfrastructure for research and education access to ocean observatories
Seattle, WA and San Diego, CA, Sept. 30, 2004 Oceanographers and computer scientists will design cyberinfrastructure to link research institutions on land with sever...