Dangerous Chemical Combination Presents Possible Scenario For Gulf War Illnesses
... symptoms to determine if low enzymatic activityis associated with signs of illness....Nitric Oxide May Hold Key To First Treatment For Deadly Form Of Malaria, Duke Scientists Report
...ead to a number ofdiseases that have recently been associated with NO, including cancer, stroke,hardening of hea...troke andhardening of the arteries -- all diseases associated with NO."...Genetic Alterations Linked To Cancer In Some Blood Samples
...ence of DNA alterations in the blood appears to be associated with large, advanced tumors and with cancer that h...group, further indicating that poor outcome may be associated with the presence of serum DNA alterations. These results must be confirmed in much larger clinical...Nitric Oxide Found To Control Cells By Turning On Genes; Suggests New Role In Health And Disease
...ead to a number ofdiseases that have recently been associated with NO, including cancer, stroke,hardening of hea...troke andhardening of the arteries -- all diseases associated with NO."...Discovery Of Cell Sites May Shed Light On How Bodily Systems Interact
...ormone-like substancemade by the immune system and associated with declines in growth-hormoneproduction in animals with bacterial infections. The findings included two surprises and may help scientists understand howthe immune system harnesses other physiological systems to regulate animalgrowth and disease. F...Antarctic Science Season Gears Up With Searches for Meteorites, Neutrinos, and New Life Forms
...ises in the Southern Ocean to trace carbon cycling associated with plankton blooms; drilling to assess the stabi...100 meters). Three cruises in the Weddell Sea and associated studies, under a project led by Kenneth Smith of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, will track......f developing bladder cancer, a disease known to be associated with cigarette smoking. Components of cigarette s... smoked. Neither genotype nor smoking history was associated independently with cancer risk. Ambrosone said that the differences in cancer risk for pre- and po...Animal Studies Indicate Aging Brain Responsive To Estrogen
...ith estrogen show more connections in a brain area associated with memoryformation than did similar untreated ra...offers evidence that minor memory losses sometimes associated withaging might be alleviated by replacing estrogens. The authors of the study, Phillippa Henderson...ORNL Finds Common Genetic Cause For Epilepsy, Migraine
...al stress and certainfoods and additives have been associated with migraine attacks. Isolation of the human epis... human gene CACNL1A4, which contained themutations associated with ataxia spells and a specific type of migraine(familial hemiplegic migraine). Researchers noted ...The CIA Would Like To Know What Scientists Are Seeing Over The Rainbow
...er--a process called "translocation" that is often associated with disease--cannot easily be detected. And in diseased cells containing several badly distorted chromosomes, tracking the multiplication or exchange of genetic material is often impossible with conventional black-and-white banding. Chromosome ba...Researchers Corral Millions Of Microscopic Membranes
...erial. This has proven very difficult for proteins associated with membranes because they cannot be easily separ...his is an area where the new method may help. Many associated proteins can move freely about on a membrane's surface. In previous work, the researchers have demon...Penn State Wetlands Project Seeks Scientific Evaluation Criteria
...ergent forest vegetation. "The flora and fauna associated with forested wetlands and open-water wetlands are markedly different," Brooks says. "What this means is that some types of wetlands will be very hard to replace, and if the choice comes down to destroying a wetland, it's important to know which ...Learning From Birds And Bees: Engineers Study Insects For Ideas On Tiny "Micro Air Vehicles"
...ional control, for instance. Because of the weight associated with those devices, however,MicroFlyers must use radically different control techniques. Georgia Tech engineers are developing <AHREF="http://www.gtri.gatech.edu/aero-gtri/aeroacou.htm">innovativecontrol concepts . Research Engineer Robert ...Blood Test Can Identify Some Children With Strep-Related Behavioral Disorders
...CD) and tic disorders,including Tourette syndrome, associated with strep-throat infections. The testcould one da...ence of D8/17 in 27 young people with OCD and tics associated with strep,nine children with Sydenham's chorea, which is a variant of rheumatic fevercharacterized ...Overweight Cats Risk Disease And Premature Death, Cornell Study Finds
...is of those reports found several factors that are associated with being overweight: Cats living in apartments are about two times more likely to be overweight than are cats that roam larger houses or the out-of-doors. Neutered cats are 3.4 times more likely to be overweight than those that are sexually int...Scientists Urge Further Study Of Alarming Coral Reef Decline
...e literally thousands ofspecies of fishes that are associated with coral reefs, and theyfeed off of the corals," Ostrander said. "If they all startdisappearing, what's that going to do to the rest of theecosystem?" Coral reefs are an important factor in the economiesof many nations; for example, they provide ke...Virus May Be Linked To Obesity -- Early Findings Hint At Relationship
.... In males the presence of antibodies was associated with asignificantly better response to treatment with obesity drugs, saidDhurandhar. "There has been an alarming worldwide increase in the prevalence ofobesity in the past 30 years," said Atkinson, noting that its prevalence inthe United Sta...NIH Team Discovers Endocrine Tumor Gene
...ened bones, pain, fatigue, and kidney stones; when associated with MEN1, HPT is more difficult to cure because all the parathyroid glands are affected by multiple tumors. Another consequence of MEN1 may be too much gastrin in blood, which causes severe stomach ulcers that are sometimes fatal. Some islet cell ...Method Eases Making Amino Acids Critical In Medicinal Chemistry
... the ligand binds to a lithium ion, which is associated withan amine derivative present in the solution, to make a complex. Becausethe ligand is chiral, it also imparts the correct "handedness"to subsequent reactions. "The key to our technique is the association between the lithiumion and the chiral liga...Duke Study Shows Early Marrow Transplant Key To 'Bubble Boy' Disease Cure
...onatal treatmentbypasses the instrumentation risks associated with pre-term treatment, shesaid....