New 'Twist' In Proteins Offers Possible Route To Improved Antibiotics
... issue of thejournal Science, are Christian Raetz, chairman and professor in the DukeUniversity Medical Center department of biochemistry, and Steven Roderick,assistant professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine departmentof biochemistry. Their research is sponsored by the National Institutesof Heal...Second Breast Cancer Gene Located
...ing in on this dreadedcancer," said Barbara Rimer, chairman of the National Cancer AdvisoryBoard and professor of community and family medicine at Duke. "Butit makes it more important than ever that we learn how to counsel womenabout their options and how to develop clinics to provide support servicesfor the ...Duke Researchers Discover Candidate Susceptibility Gene For Autoimmune Disease
...s an exciting new model of arthritis,"said Haynes, chairman of medicine at Duke and director of the Duke UniversityArthritis Center. "It also provides important new information aboutthe types of genes that can cause arthritis." In addition to using the animal model to understand the autoimmune response,Blac...Cooking And Salad Oils Could Lubricate Cars, Boats, Machines
...ng under the direction of J. Larry Duda, chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering, and Joseph Perez, adjunct professor of chemical engineering, reported that, when blended with a proprietary additive developed at Penn State, some vegetable oil formulations perform as well...Environmental Reform: The Next Generation Project
...n Fund in Arlington, Virginia; John Urquhart, vice chairman of the board of Enron Corp. in Houston; Elizabeth Dowdeswell, executive director of the United Nations Environmental Programme in Nairobi; Charles Powers, president of the Institute for Responsible Management; Emil Frankel, former Commissioner of the...Jefferson Scientists Discover Mechanism Of Viral Link To Disease Commonly Associated With Asbestos
... in gene therapy," said Dr. Emanuel Rubin, M.D., chairman of the Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology at Jefferson Medical College. "By identifying the virus that causes tumor-suppressor genes to stop working, his research may lead to the development of tests to determine mesoth...CSIRO Discovery Fights Cell Ageing
...aunched bythe Beta Peptide Foundation. Foundation chairman Dr Geoff Grigg said the qualities of Beta Alistine'demonstrated by the CSIRO team and other scientists made it a highly desirableagent to include in skin care formulations. "In the past there have been many claims about the supposedly magicalanti-ag...Captive Lemurs To Depart For Madagascar Oct. 17 For First Release Into The Wild
... preserve wildlife," said David Anderson,the MFG's chairman and director of the San Francisco Zoo. "We have come full circle -- from old fashionedmenageries that only displayed animals, to centers for conservation that return wildlife to the wild and protecthabitats around the globe."......onat Agosti, research scientist;David A. Grimaldi, chairman and curator; and James Carpenter, curator, allof the American Museum of Natural History's Department of Entomology. Funding for the research was provided by American Museum of Natural HistoryTrustee Henry G. Walter and by Henry and Meryl Silverstein....Life-Saving Dr. Mueller Selected To Get Top Sports Medicine Award
...EL HILL -- Dr. Frederick O. Mueller, professor and chairman ofphysical education, exercise and sport science at the University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill, has been named winner of the Dr. Ernst Jokl SportsMedicine Award for 1997. The award, presented annually by the United States Sports Academy, ...Low B Vitamin Levels Common In Many People Linked To Increased Heart Disease, Stroke Risk
...ascular disease. According to Ronald Krauss, M.D., chairman of the AHA Nutrition Committee, individuals should achieve desired vitamin intake via a healthy balanced diet. Vitamin supplements should be used "only when diet is not adequate to achieve these intakes." Vitamin B-6 is found in cereal grains, some f......ces in dietary response," said Krauss, who is also chairman of theAmerican Heart Association's national volunteer nutrition committee. Research on the interaction of genes and diet also may help explain theoften puzzling differences in dietary response that may occur between twosimilar individuals who ea......Museum's Department of Ornithology; Mark A.Norell, chairman and curator in the Museum's Department of VertebratePaleontology; and James M. Clark, the Ronald Weintraub Assistant Professor ofBiology, Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University. In addition to support from the Americ...Pitt Researchers Develop Strategy To Use Dendritic Cells To Treat And Prevent Tumors
...D.,Ph.D., assistant professor of dermatology, vice chairman of dermatology at Pittand member of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI). "Usingtumor cells taken from patients, we may be able to create a vaccine specific foreach individual. So instead of relying on a generic vaccine, we could ta...Evaluation Of The Two Types Of Cardiac Pacemakers Indicates Only Modest Differences In Value
...r. Lee Goldman, MD, UCSF professor ofmedicine and chairman of the Department of Medicine, was the senior author ofthe study, which was led by Gervasio A. Lamas, MD, chief of the Division ofCardiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Fla., and theUniversity of Miami. Not surprisingly, the researc...Researchers Discover Existing Drugs May Prevent Enlarged Hearts
... In groundbreaking research Dr. Eric Olson, chairman of molecularbiology and oncology, and his colleagues discovered a molecular pathwaythat leads to heart enlargement and have found a way to block thatpathway using an immunosuppressant drug already approved by the Food andDrug Administration, although...FDA Approves Hopkins-Designed Implants To Restore Lost Voices
...ause, says Charles W. Cummings, M.D.,professor and chairman of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. There are moreserious complications, too. "People who can't close their vocal folds cannot project their voices ortrap air effectively, which makes it difficult to exercise or even walkupstairs," he s...International Research Team Announces Discovery Of Two Species Of Feathered Dinosaurs
...f Paleontology in Drumheller, Canada; Mark Norell, chairman andassociate curator, Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum ofNatural History, New York; and Ji Shu-An, of the National Geological Museum ofChina. The find is the cover story of the July issue of National Geographicmagazine. One of ......r and former president, chief executive officerand chairman of the board of CHB Foods.......rattacks by HIV," remarked Dr. Rinaldo, who is the chairman of the department ofinfectious diseases and microbiology at Pitt's GSPH. Previous studies have shown that combining protease inhibitors with tworeverse transcriptase inhibitors does not completely eliminate HIV from thebody, nor does triple ...