East Asian governments urged to harness market forces to improve environment, save money
... Malaysia, water effluent standards are set on the basis of pollution concentration levels, which invites, at least in principle, "the opportunity for dilution rather than real reduction." Malaysia is credited, however, with one of the region's few effective implementation systems, including "consistent a...New IU Bloomington life sciences building gets a name
...n sciences, and discoveries there will provide the basis for new applied clinical research at the School of Medicine." The College's basic science departments, such as chemistry, biology and physics, are fundamental components of the life sciences research arsenal in central Indiana. Basic research, combi...Four IU professors are 2004 Guggenheim Fellows
...-year-old Guggenheim fellowships are given "on the basis of distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment," to "men and women devoted to science and liberal studies, great teachers, creators of beauty, and generally to those devoted to pursuits that dignify, ennobl...First flavors form a lasting impression
...arch program aimed at understanding the underlying basis for individual food differences, the Monell researchers compared flavor preferences of bottle-fed infants raised on two different types of commercially-available infant formula. One was a standard milk-based formula. The second formula is called a ...Female gluttony blamed on male tick
...ngorged fully. "We want to use these proteins as a basis of a vaccine," said Kaufman. "If we can vaccinate cattle against this protein, or voraxin as we have called it, then they would be significantly protected against ticks. Not only would it control the tick problem--which is a $10 billion problem globa...Genetic basis of hereditary nerve disorder revealed
...d opens up a whole new area of exploration for the basis of peripheral neuropathies in general." Several years ago researchers at the Duke Center for Human Genetics led by Vance linked the gene responsible for CMT type 2A to chromosome 1. However, Vance said, the small region of the human genome containing...JCI table of contents, 2 April 2004
... be a functional blockage, for which the molecular basis remains unknown. Feng Chen and colleagues, from Washington University School of Medicine, have developed a mouse model of this urinary tract disease by selectively deleting the Cnb1 gene from the mesenchyme of the developing urinary tract. Cnb1 is ......ogy, "Beavers as molecular geneticists: a genetic basis to the foraging of an ecosystem engineer," researchers from Northern Arizona University and University of Wisconsin theorized that genetic differences in pure and hybrid cottonwoods would lead to changes in the chemistry of the trees, affecting the f...Survey reports fall in stem cell transplants for breast cancer
... consensus or dissension and provides an objective basis for patient counselling and health-care planning." Commenting on the findings that, in contrast to the fall in autologous transplants, allogenic transplants for metastatic tumours were rising up from 15 in 1997 to 159 in 2002 Dr Childs said that it...Scientists report on the current state of INEEL's nuclear waste contamination
...s well as other research at the site form a strong basis of knowledge upon which cleanup and closure are being based. Papers present the current understanding of the subsurface at the INEEL site as well as specific contamination, characterization, and modeling issues. Originally, the INEEL site, which is ...Researchers use novel technology to extract RNA from archive formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue
...ve revolutionized our investigation of the genetic basis of human cancer," said Coudry. "Pure cell populations can now be isolated by LCM and evaluated for changes in gene expression that accompany the development of cancer. However, applying these techniques to archived clinical specimens has been limit...NIST-led research de-mystifies origins of 'junk' DNA
...so is unique in using an evolutionary model as the basis for inferring the presence of ancestral introns. The research was made possible in part by the increasing availability, over the past decade, of massive amounts of genetic sequence data. The lead researcher is Arlin B. Stoltzfus of NIST; collaborator...National Academies news: Report on EPA's particulate matter research
... Air Act, EPA is required to review the scientific basis for the regulations every five years to determine if revisions are warranted. The agency's research effort has largely followed the first five years of a 13-year research agenda recommended by the committee in its first report. By 1997, studies we...National Foundation For Cancer Research names UCSD's Webster Cavenee NFCR Fellow
...directions include the molecular dissection of the basis of malignant progression of astrocytic tumors, the...ronmental Health Sciences. His work on the genetic basis of cancer predisposition and progression has been recognized with many honors and awards, most notab......, the highest dose a person can take in on a daily basis over his or her entire lifespan without any harmful effects. These findings have found great resonance not only in the scientific world but also among German and European authorities. The Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and Environment...'Protein-only' prions confirmed in FSU yeast study
...ds have been taught for decades -- that DNA is the basis of all heredity, including the transmission of deadly diseases -- now must be revisited, says Donald Caspar, a structural biologist based in FSU's Institute of Molecular Biophysics. King and his co-discoverer, Ruben Diaz-Avalos, are post-doctoral sci...New approach limits damage after heart attack and improves survival, say Scripps Research scientists
...n is a topic of major importance because it is the basis for how groups of cells form and define functionally distinct tissues and organs in the body. Blood vessels are lined by what are known as endothelial cells, which adhere to one another and line the body's blood vessels like bricks lining a subterran...Genetic profile, not clinical appearance, to determine tumor treatment
...oviding molecular portraits which show the genetic basis of the different clinical presentations of disease. This technology will help identify metastasis signatures and provide logical targets for drug discovery. This moves us closer to a time when we will treat patients based on the genetic profile of th...Gene variants may increase susceptibility to type 2 diabetes
...ientists have come a long way in understanding the basis for diseases arising from single-gene mutations. Understanding the genetic basis of the more common, polygenic diseases such as diabetes has been much more difficult. "We could ha...Researchers model embryo implantation and tumour metastasis in fruit flies
...' in which to figure out the fundamental molecular basis of human development and disease," added Dr. Lipsh...e research team may be able to model the molecular basis of metastasis using flies. The next steps involve the detailed study of the molecular biology of th...