Wilmington chemist wins national award for environmentally friendly processes
...e-ranging contributions to the development of more benign industrial processes, such as replacements for ozone-damaging chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs. He will receive the 2003 E.V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry from the American Chemical Society at its national meeting in New Orleans...Pacific Northwest chemist wins national award for computer-based research
... fluorine, including the design of environmentally benign alternates to chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs. He received the 2003 Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry from the American Chemical Society at the 16th Winter Fluorine Conference in St. Petersburg, Fla. From developing refrigerants to studying ...Eating eggs may protect against breast cancer
...reast cancer, such as family history, diagnosis of benign breast disease, and use of hormone replacement therapy. The results of the survey revealed that eating more eggs, vegetable fat and dietary fiber between the ages of 1218 may decrease the risk for breast cancer, whilst high consumption of butter app...U-Iowa scientists gain insight on how enzyme uses oxygen to produce useful chemicals
...omponent in the development of the environmentally benign blue dye Indigo. In addition, a related Rieske dioxygenase synthesizes a key precursor in the production of Crixivan, an inhibitor of the AIDS virus. The research team also included Juanito Parales, UI research assistant in microbiology; Rebecca Para...Neurofibromin: It's so degrading
...1 in 3,500 people world-wide. NF1 patients develop benign tumors along their peripheral and optic nerves, as well as caf-au-lait skin spots. NF1 is also associated with an increased risk of malignant neurological tumor development and childhood learning disabilities. Although the Nf1 gene was identified in ...American Physical Society March Meeting 2003
...onventional 2D digital mammography. That's because benign structures (such as fibroglandular tissue) can lay in front of suspicious lesions and block the view in 2D pictures. In tomosynthesis ("tomo" is Greek for section or slice and "synthesis" is the act of putting together), physicians can get a view of ...Little value seen in CT scans for lung cancer screening
...rily get invasive procedures if the scan detects a benign lung nodule." An estimated 50 million men and wom...re also were 1,186 invasive tests or surgeries for benign lesions in the screened group. A cost-effectiveness analysis found that to save one year of "high-q...$24-million grant funds local researchers to create encyclopedia of the innate immune system
... system make humans highly susceptible to normally benign infections, which can then become life threatening. For instance, babies born without functional neutrophils--one of the primary cell types of the innate immune system--do not live more than a few days due to the effects of infection. While the adapt...Diabetic gene linked to heart disease
... followed after angioplasty. Individuals with the benign form of the gene were dramatically protected from suffering a heart attack or needing repeat angioplasty. The current study also builds on previous work by Dr. Levy which reported on the association of the haptoglobin gene and other complications o...FDG PET reassures and reveals high risk multiple myeloma
... active disease and scar tissue, bone fractures or benign disease. According to the American Cancer Society, there will be approximately 14,600 new cases of multiple myeloma in 2002, and approximately 10,800 people will die from it. Multiple myeloma is a type of cancer formed by malignant plasma cells. Nor...Researchers close in on natural solution to PCB contamination
... chemicals in the environment are broken down into benign substances naturally by microorganisms, but PCBs have persisted for decades because decomposers, such as bacteria and fungi, do not find them tasty -- at least, not tasty enough. "PCB molecules actually look very similar to many organic molecules th...New findings reconfirm toxicity of Pfiesteria cultures
...here are strains that can kill fish with toxin and benign strains that cannot. More than 50 peer-reviewed science articles have been published about toxic Pfiesteria, in cross-confirmed research based on more than 400 toxic strains and 200 nontoxic strains. Careful review of the culture methods used in las...A red flag for lethal prostate cancer
... increased steadily as the samples progressed from benign to clinically localized prostate cancer to metastatic disease. The highest EZH2 concentrations were found in metastatic prostate cancer. "One of the differences in our study is that we correlated EZH2 expression in prostate cells with clinical outco...Deciphering the genetic basis of the mosquitos senses
...es in an economically feasible and environmentally benign fashion," says Laurence J. Zwiebel, assistant professor of biological sciences at Vanderbilt University who led the study. Writing in the October 4 issue of the journal Science, Zwiebel and his colleagues report the identification of a total of 276 g...Bone marrow cells may contribute to growth of new blood vessels in newborns
...sel development. For example, some infants develop benign tumors of the blood vessels known as hemangiomas that can be very dangerous says Folkman. "This study suggests that endothelial cells may be trafficking into those tumors, enabling them to grow. Perhaps by measuring the number of endothelial progenit...HIV targets active genes in cells
... on a long-term basis. These may target relatively benign regions of the genome where they don't hurt the host, and they reproduce because the cells continue to live, grow and divide, reproducing the pathogen as the cell itself reproduces. "Not so with HIV," Bushman said. "HIV has aggressive targeting. That...URI oceanographers study effects of harmful blooms and red tides on Narragansett Bay
...ts, and toxic outbreaks of species once considered benign are threatening marine life, shellfish, and humans...se the different types of harmful algal blooms and benign red tides to occur. "This EPA grant for data analysis will benefit the citizens of Rhode Island by...New compound may immobilize AIDS virus, certain radionuclides
...c materials formed inexpensively at the relatively benign and easily achievable temperature and pressure of boiling water. Unlike other HPAs, niobium HPAs are basic rather than acidic, which means they can survive longer and possibly even thrive in the generally basic or neutral environments of radioactive ...A laser-based spectometry screening tool may provide early and efficient detection of breast cancer
...m women who were free of cancer, and 25 women with benign breast disease. Diluted serum samples were applied to immobilized metal affinity capture Ciphengen ProteinChip. Complex proteins from different diagnostic groups were then profiled and analyzed. Results The researchers selected three biomarkers ......cts, such as catheters. It can also be completely benign the bacterium regularly inhabits our nasal passages without causing disease. What accounts for the organism's ability to cause such widely different effects in the body? The new study, published in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the Na...