Genetic method has promise for assessing environmental cleanup
...s presence and concentration might then be used to assess the progress of efforts to remove toxins from the contaminated soil. "It's like a direct biochemical method to take the attendance of the bacterial organisms in the soil," says Loring Nies, an associate professor of civil engineering at Purdue Univer...New test for radiation damage to DNA developed at Brookhaven Lab
UPTON, NY -- In research that could help assess the radiation risks faced by astronauts, improve t...nds of damage, or to measure their frequencies and assess their repairability -- until now. "We figured out how to do it," Sutherland says. The idea is fairly...Putting a price tag on paradise
...she comments. "Individuals and societies already assess the value of nature implicitly in their collective decision-making, too often treating ecosystem services as 'free,' " write Daily and her Science co-authors. "Until recently, this was generally safe to do; relatively speaking, ecosystem capital was...Population-Development-Environment in Namibia: background readings
...development of a scientific model to help scholars assess scenarios and policies regarding sustainable human development in Namibia and in other developing countries. Literature on Namibia is sparse and generally confined to unpublished reports. This compendium of studies will expand the body of knowledge ...Minimally invasive procedure offers long-term pain relief for patients with pancreatitis
... short term, but the Hopkins study was designed to assess its long-term value. Kalloo and his team reviewed data from 55 patients who underwent EPS for chronic pancreatitis or an ailing pancreatic sphincter at Johns Hopkins between August 1992 and November 1996. Doctors included in the study all patients wh......pkins, watermelons and tomatoes. Its difficult to assess the impact on yield and injury to the plants photosynthetic tissue. Thats why scientists are developing and using indicator systems such as white clover." McGrath is presenting her research in a poster, "Impact on White Clover of Ambient Ozone at......s could help the volunteers who staff helplines to assess a depressed caller's mental state. "The goal is to have a diagnostic device for emergency rooms or that could be linked up to helplines," he says. "It could help volunteers on those phones answer the question: is this person in da...Major air pollution study launched
...eed to be addressed to both improve the ability to assess the effects of emissions on air quality, and make sound decisions if and when emission controls become necessary. The scientists expect to be analyzing the data for several years, with some preliminary results being reported in 2001....Biotechnology research to grow from embryonic start
...that we can study the complex biology involved and assess their potential for cell therapy applications." BresaGen is attempting to derive stem cells from normal adult cells, which would overcome the ethical issues associated with the isolation of embryonic stem cells and provide an immune-compatible source...Conservation under the shade coffee canopy: ant-bird interactions in Panama croplands
...g ants. The swarms provide a unique opportunity to assess how different levels of disturbance may affect different forest bird species, because a wide variety of species typically use the swarms to obtain food. During the course of this study, 126 bird species were observed attending swarms. The research...Tiny microchips have big promise in fighting serious diseases
..." he said. "It has the potential to let physicians assess the benefit of their work right in the operating room, rather than waiting to see if symptoms show up. "We're ready to create the chips and use the robot to insert them into the hearts of lab animals," Michler said. "We're looking at probably five ye...University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist is named ESA president
...rong participation in an international campaign to assess the world's ecosystems. The Society recently composed a vision for its own future and Carpenter hopes that during his term he can advance some of the projects from that vision. "When our Visions Committee originally met, we discussed many new resou......NA sequences on 14 chromosomes. Using this map to assess the result of crossing wild emmer with domesticated durum, the researchers find some unusual genetic interactions that may boost future breeding efforts. The new map will assist such breeding efforts and also shed light on the history and evolution ...Scientists discuss ecological forecasting
...ated disciplines will also present case studies to assess the readiness of ecological science to make forecasts. Clark pointed out that government agencies and private corporations already produce short-term forecasts of commodities, pest outbreaks, fish stocks, and market trends. Similarly, we depend o...Studies at UNC plumb tumor resistance to treatment
...emotherapy or surgery, then it's important that we assess the hypoxia before we embark on treatment," Varia said. "The other important interest is in finding out why these hypoxic tumors are behaving badly? That's the thrust of this particular presentation." Tumors from 36 patients were studied: 20 had ca...UK scientists make major advance with novel chromosome testing technique
... genomic hybridization (CGH) making it possible to assess the copy number of every single chromosome in the majority of cells of a preimplantation embryo. Because this technique can be applied to minute tissue samples (e.g. single cells) it is also likely to find application in several other fields includin...The fabled myrrh may fight cholesterol
...ugulipid, which began last spring, is designed to assess the drug through a simple, randomized study using 90 subjects. Participants are divided into three groups; the first is administered a placebo, the second a standard dosage of gugulipid, and the third a higher dosage of the supplement. Each particip...... movement analogous to one used by neurologists to assess patients with Parkinson's disease. The CRS assessment and the hand-reach task training indicated that they did not have any symptoms of Parkinson's disease. The monkeys then received the chemical MPTP, which has been shown to initiate a Parkinson......undertaken for the Food and Drug Administration to assess the safety of popular dietary supplements containi...containing ephedrine. The scientists were asked to assess the causes of adverse reactions in order to determine how many could be clearly linked to ephedra - ...Boston hospitals report early results of endostatin clinical trial
... with other forms of cancer. "It is too early to assess the clinical significance of Endostatin's effectiveness based on this preliminary data," said Kufe. "The study was designed to measure Endostatin's safety, not its efficacy. We were pleased to see no major side effects at all dose levels, but furthe...