Announcing the March 1st, 2002 publication of the Fourth Edition of Molecular Biology of the Cell
...thors of Molecular Biology of the Cell continue to chart the story of cell biology, re-working the plot when new characters appear, and always preserving the essentials that make for a good, accurate story. Those features of Molecular Biology of the Cell that have endeared themselves to generations of read...Research suggests diabetes drug being prescribed even when contraindicated
...od and then randomly selected 100 of those for the chart review. She and colleagues found 14 of the patient... of contraindications to metformin use relied on a chart review, it might have underestimated the frequency of contraindications. It also was difficult to de...NNSA's Livermore Lab partners with cities and counties to track biological, chemical releases
...with a powerful tool that allows them to correctly chart the path of airborne materials and to quickly plan an appropriate response." The objective is to provide local government agencies with an advanced operational atmospheric plume prediction capability that can be integrated with appropriate federal a...International consortium launches genetic variation mapping project
...d to take three years to complete, the HapMap will chart genetic variation within the human genome. By comparing genetic differences among individuals, consortium members believe they can create a tool to help researchers detect the genetic contributions to many diseases. Where the Human Genome Project pro...New UNC emergency room wall chart will help health workers respond to chemical terrorism
...rol and Epidemiology (SPICE) developed a free wall chart about potential bioterrorism organisms for display...icine-based program. "Our Web site, from which the chart can be printed out, received 25,000 hits within a few months. More than half the states asked for co...New research tools are opening the 'black box' of coastal ecosystems
...spatial and temporal scales, is helping scientists chart the dynamics of ocean environments at scales as small as 1 kilometer, thus revealing the physical connections between reserve and non-reserve areas. The chemical signal of trace metals in growing skeletons of key marine species now allows researcher...Study examines chemical safety across United States, effects on population
...understand what's going on, we have to continue to chart progress," he said. "We need to be able to do these reports on an annual basis." Among the report's other findings and recommendations: The top five most released chemicals in the United States from 1994-1999 are: ammonia, chlorine, hydrogen, pro...Scientists break down patterns in nature
...munities are organized--a tree-like organizational chart of ecological roles. One "branch" might be all those bird species that feed on insects, another "branch" those species that feed on seeds. From these main branches, different small branches might be the various insect-feeding species that glean inse...Pitt researchers develop non-invasive glucose sensor
...o women's makeup compact mirrors, but with a color chart to indicate glucose concentrations-to compare the color of the sensing material with the chart. The sensor will change from red, which indicates dangerously low glucose concentrations, to violet, which will indicate dangerously high glucose concentra...Male pregnancy in seahorses may affect formation of new species
... compared the sizes of male and female partners to chart a statistical trend that indicated size-similar mating. A third line of evidence for sympatric speciation came from the phylogeny, or family tree, of seahorses, which are found in coastal and ocean habitats throughout the world, except in extreme lat...Anti-HIV drugs save vision, improve outlook for AIDS patients
...30 percent lost the equivalent of six lines on the chart and 23 percent lost the equivalent of 10 lines on the chart. By one year after CMV retinitis diagnosis, the incidence of vision loss to the level of 20/50 vision was 34 percent and the incidence of vision loss to the level of 20/200 vision was 24 pe...Neural stem cells take a step closer to the clinic
...enes were monitored across the three cell lines to chart genetic activity. Knowing what genes are at work is critical for characterizing and preparing cells for use in transplant therapy. "This is the first real genetic analysis of neural stem cells," says Svendsen. "It is like creating a library and a ban...160,000-year-old fossilized skulls from Ethiopia are oldest modern humans
...isely from the time when biologists using genes to chart human evolution predicted that a genetic "Eve" lived somewhere in Africa and gave rise to all modern humans. "We've lacked intermediate fossils between pre-humans and modern humans, between 100,000 and 300,000 years ago, and that's where the Herto fo...Burning forests speedily space-mapped for fire fighters
...BIRD (Bi-spectral Infrared Detection) satellite to chart thermal hot spots within a 190 km strip of land during the satellite's four-minute pass over the Spanish province. Once the satellite acquired the data it was downlinked to ESA's Villafranca tracking station near Madrid, then transferred to the Germa...Passing its global sight test leaves MERIS ready for work
...rs were also used. MERIS was built primarily to chart ocean colour a task involving a quite different set of algorithms - so gathering in-situ data on this and other local variables was crucial, both inside coastal zones and out in the open ocean. Close to land, specially equipped buoys were deployed ...Brown and MBL create an alliance for teaching and research
...of a recent strategic planning process designed to chart the future of the Laboratory. This is an exciting venture that will enhance the MBL's research and educational programs." The Brown-MBL affiliation will allow graduate students to work with leading scientists at both institutions and to conduct origi...Studies probe rapid evolution of Chinese tallow trees
...b experiments, Siemann, Rogers and colleagues will chart the genetic differences between the regional varieties of tallow trees, and they'll study how well the trees from each region survive when they are transplanted to other regions. Ultimately, they hope to find out whether the genetic changes they have...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, September 2003
...foster interaction among those involved in helping chart a course forward for the use of mass spectrometry in homeland security." In addition to numerous lectures from distinguished scientists, the event will feature products of several companies and demonstrations of technologies. For additional informati...Tourism to Earth's most threatened areas surges by over 100 percent in last decade
...ping Tourism's Global Footprint includes maps that chart tourism's growth across the planet's most biodiver...pon two years of research, the report aims to help chart a positive way forward for tourism development....NIH announces strategy to accelerate medical research progress
...002, Dr. Zerhouni convened a series of meetings to chart a "roadmap" for medical research in the 21st century a process that identified major opportunities and gaps in biomedical research that no single institute at NIH could tackle alone, but that the agency still needed to address. "NIH must lead the w...