Landmark study offers new information about breast cancer genes
... study engaged over 1000 women of Ashkenazi Jewish background in the New York Metropolitan area. More than 100 students in the Sarah Lawrence program served as research associates. Twelve hospitals and medical centers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut enrolled participants in the study over a 5-year peri...Elusive cancer killer's deep-sea hideout discovered after a nearly 20-year hunt
... more information about this expedition as well as background articles on the team's research, please visit HARBOR BRANCH's online expedition site at: http://www.at-sea.org HARBOR BRANCH has already patented nearly a hundred potential pharmaceuticals from the tens of thousands of the organisms the Biomedical...Eastern Europe urged to prepare now for growing threat of HIV resistance
...ZEON it is projected that FUZEON plus an optimised background regimen will increase patient survival from 4.6 ye... additional 1.6 years), compared with an optimised background regimen alone. New data on value of FUZEON A new evaluation presented today by health economists ...US crackdown on bioterror backfiring
...only people who had passed an extensive government background check were to be allowed access to select agents. Partly because of initial understaffing, the FBI has not yet approved many staff. Even government scientists who already have high-level security clearances must get new ones to continue working in t...Newborn screening for certain genetic disorders has benefits and some drawbacks
...merican Medical Association (JAMA). According to background information in the article, routine newborn screening is required practice for newborn care throughout the United States. Traditionally, testing for various disorders required a separate test, but now with a measuring device called the tandem mass s...Nature and nurture in temperament
...ure versus nurture debate. Research on the genetic background of personality has been most active in relation to temperament, particularly to novelty seeking (NS; NS refers to a bias in the activation or initiation of behaviors, such as frequent activity in response to novelty and active avoidance of frustratio...John Allen Paulos receives prestigious AAAS Award for Public Understanding of S&T
... bestowed upon winners of the AAAS award. For more background on the award, please see http://www.aaas.org/about/awards/...Science's breakthrough of the year: Illumination of the dark, expanding universe
...most detailed picture ever of the cosmic microwave background -- the light emitted by the universe during the first instant of its existence. By analyzing patterns in this light, researchers concluded that the universe is only 4 percent ordinary matter. Twenty-three percent is dark matter, which astrophysicists...Gene affecting bone mass, osteoporosis risk identified
...rate of the gene's expression in the low BMD DBA/2 background mice was nearly 20 times that of the congenic high BMD mice. After showing that over-expression of the 12/15-lipoxygenase enzyme, encoded by the Alox15 gene, kept mice from reaching peak bone mass, the research team treated growing DBA/2 mice with a ...Gene may be key to evolution of larger human brain
...he protein indicate the overall mutation rate the background of random mutations from which evolutionary changes arise. Thus, the ratio of the two types of changes gives a measure of the evolution of the gene under the pressure of natural selection. Lahn and his colleagues found that the ASPM gene showed cle......ientific vacancies Europe-wide and provides useful background information on other career related issues. http://mobility.embo.org "We designed this resource to encourage research scientists to display greater mobility and to help ease mobility to and within Europe. The retrieval system is tailored to meet the ...Dirty air from Asia can push U.S. air pollution to unhealthy levels
...n some urban settings that already had much-higher background levels of particulate matter in the air, since they were substantially closer to industrial pollution sources. For instance, Tucson, Ariz., measured particulates of 10-microns or smaller at 85 micrograms per cubic meter on April 17 and 18, while Sava...Optically recording millisecond brain nerve impulses
...here impulses occur and does not suffer from other background signals. This selectivity, combined with SHG's fast response to the electrical signals, allows for high signal-to-noise ratio recordings of neuron signaling. SHG in light waves, Dombeck explains, is similar to the more familiar phenomenon in sound wa...New 'Understanding Evolution' Web site provides one-stop-shop for nation's science teachers
..."The intent of this Web site is to give teachers a background understanding of evolution, opening the door by giving them strategies for teaching and responding to misconceptions and roadblocks." Lindberg noted that the site avoids a defensive or confrontational attitude toward those who do not accept evolution...Cancer health risk significantly underestimated by EPA's ambient model estimates
... such as carbon tetrachloride that occur at global background levels, the ambient estimate given by ASPEN was in agreement with the measured personal exposures. When the researchers combined all the VOCs into an assessment of risk, they found that ASPEN underestimated risk based on actual measured exposure by a...Sarah Staples and Daniel Grossman win 2004 AIBS media awards
...published by the American Chemical Society. With a background in physics, Raloff picked up a couple degrees from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Over the years, she has freelanced articles for more than 4 dozen publications, contributed to several books, and periodically serves as a ...Ambient light influences the evolution of colour signals
In light-contrasted ecosystems, ambient light and background colours influence the evolution of animal colorati...lected patterns than females. Colours of light and background are also likely to influence the evolution of visual signals in other light-contrasted ecosystems....Pollution history documented through shell remains provides tool to study ecosystem change
...wnstream to find a site with mercury levels at the background levels of the upstream sites," Brown says Dead mussel shells reflected the levels of mercury, with high levels directly below Saltville and decreasing levels with increasing distance from Saltville. Brown examined shells to see if those from are...JCI table of contents, 2 April 2004
...ackgrounds; however, the APCs in the EAE-resistant background had a lower activation state and lower T cell stimulating response than those in the EAE-sensitive strain. Furthermore, innate immune receptor activation of the APCs resulted in EAE development even in the resistant background, providing insight into......ackgrounds; however, the APCs in the EAE-resistant background had a lower activation state and lower T cell stimulating response than those in the EAE-sensitive strain. Furthermore, innate immune receptor activation of the APCs resulted in EAE development even in the resistant background, providing insight into...