Circulatory Device -- A Bridge To Recovery For Heart Failure?
...gulies. Further studies are needed to identify the best candidates for LVAD therapy and,most important, whether the improvements in myocytes are lasting or transient.If improvement persist, LVADs may not just be a "bridge to transplantation" butalso a "bridge to recovery," he adds. At the time of transpla...Naked DNA Rejuvenates Rheumatoid Rodents
... the TGF- gene rather than theprotein might be the best way to get the right amount of TGF- into the body andultimately deliver its positive effects to the joints. The plasmid gene couldproduce a low-level supply of TGF- that could do its work on the joints withoutdisrupting the delicate balance of other...A New Molecular Marker For Prostate Cancer
...aggressive therapyversus those patients who may be best treated more conservatively." Notably, scientists think that tumors lose expression of p27 through an increasein enzymes that degrade the p27 protein, and not because of a malfunction in thep27 gene, as is the case with some other common tumor marke......fornia, to probe the motionsof the virus coat, the best he hoped for was to reveal a tiny twitching. "Eventhat, I thought, might be blue-sky thinking," he says. The researchers treatedthe virus with an enzyme that chops up proteins. They reasoned that if thebreathing effect was only small, exposing just t...Report Focuses On Managed Care Impact In Clinical Microbiology Labs
...report says. "Theclinical microbiologist is in the best position to give advice on the availableprocedures for accurately and promptly establishing a diagnosis and formonitoring therapy." Moreover, the report notes that the decrease in the ratio of inpatients tooutpatients and the increase in the range of...... author of the study. "This genetic approach isour best bet for unraveling the complicated set of events that initiates thesedisorders and developing more specific therapies to treat the disease and notjust the symptoms." Steven R. Brant, M.D., director of the IBD Genetics Laboratory at Johns Hopkinsand s...USGS Scientists Find New Invasive Fish Species In Florida
... surrounding wetlands as well. At this point, the best outlook would be if the eel becomes a favorite food item of native predators such as alligators or water snakes." Swamp eels -- or rice eels as they are sometimes called -- were first discovered in Florida waters in 1997 in two widely separated sites...Feature: Biomaterials Are Transforming Medicine
...ethingdesigned as a lady's girdle might not be the best thing to put in a human body." Since Langer began his work in 1974, genetic engineering has madepossible larger and larger "macromolecule" drugs, such as growth hormones. Withthe help of NSF grants, Langer found that certain hydrophobic poly...Evidence From Old Tumors Foretells Which New Breast Cancer Patients Will RequireAdditional Treatment
...th a high vessel density. "Our study provides the best clues to date about how to treat patients withnode-negative breast cancers, the kind we try to find with mammography," saidfirst author Ruth Heimann, M.D., Ph.D., professor of radiation and cellularoncology at the University of Chicago. "We hope to u...Wake Forest Study: Dermatologists Provide Better, Cheaper Care For Fungal Skin Disease
..." Fleischer said, "is there's aninfection, and the best way to treat the infection is to treat the infection,rather than the inflamation that results from the infection." The study has important implications for HMOs, which, to reduce costs,typically require that patients first be seen by a primar...Detecting Deer: New Method For Counting Population In Urban Areas
...colleagues chose helicopters and snow cover as the best methodfor the deer census over a number of other tried, though not always proven,methods. Among them are: spotlight counts; deer drive counts; mark andrecapture efforts; deer track counts; and counts with thermal infrared sensorsattached to aircraf...Ecological Consequences Of Jasmonate-Induced Responses For Plants In Native Populations
...tions in nature frequently wreak havoc with the best defense strategies. For example, plant chemical...to other ecological costs, then these costs can best be evaluated in the environments in which these responses presumably evolved. Nicoti...CSIRO Reduces 'Cellulite' In Oranges
...ith the mineral calcium - and have worked out the best time to apply it to fruit growing on the tree. "Assessments by growers last season have shown a 20-25 per cent reduction in the number of fruit showing visible symptoms," says Dr Treeby. "We have reduced the problem, not eliminated it," ......t human space travel. But no one is certain of the best ways to protect interplanetary space crews from cosmic radiation. The challenge of finding out is being added to the role of materials scientists who previously had been using the space environment as a tool to explore the nature of matter. Last w...NASA Funds New Origin Of Life Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
...asawarded the Oparin Medal from the ISSOL for "the best sustained scientificresearch program in the origin of life." The team of principal investigators includes John Delano, professor and chair ofthe department of earth and atmospheric sciences at the State University of NewYork at Albany; Michael Gaffey...Dismantling Dangerous Genetic Codes With A Faster, More Flexible RNA Mimic
... can be added toimprove any approach by making the best antisense compounds possible. Thepotential of catalytic antisense drugs is tremendous. It's the only method wehave that uses the genetic code to recognize dangerous RNA and then destroysthat RNA in a biocompatible manner."...Studies Suggest Cold Can Protect Valuable Papers
...ill scientist says histeam's research suggests the best way is to keep them not only dry, but alsocool. A ...work means is that if you have avaluable book, the best idea is to keep it in the coolest part of your house,"Wolfenden said. "Everybody knows you don't wan...Study 'Gone With The Wind' Provides Stellar Ecological Example
...tent. "To my knowledge, this is one of the best documented studies of theeffect of catastrophic disturbances," said Losos. "We have before-and-afterdata, a set of islands that were devastated as opposed to others that weremoderately damaged, and multiple islands from which we can deduce generalpr...Scientists, Philosophers Discuss How To Evaluate Data, Error
...yon subjective assessments by experts, what is the best way to quantifyuncertainty, and how should uncertain assessments be reported to policy makersor the general public," Mayo explains. "But the issue is not just how much risk of error should we allow inmaking policy decisions? The issue is also...