Researchers discover new insight into a common signaling pathway
...iding possible targets for rational drug design to combat the deleterious effects of aberrant TGF- signaling....NIH funds botanical center in Iowa to study health effects of Echinacea and St. John's wort
... infections, while St. John's wort is purported to combat mild depression. The new Center for Dietary Supplement Research brings together two traditionally strong research institutions, Iowa State University in Ames and the University of Iowa in Iowa City. The Center Director, Diane F. Birt, Ph.D., chair...Japanese shore crabs invade Penobscot Bay, Maine
...rly warning, maybe we'll have a few years to put a combat plan together. Having found it in Penobscot Bay, we're continuing our search for it, and we will be working our way up the coast."...Does that 'java-jolt' affect coffee and non-coffee drinkers alike?
...t sea, or stay awake for long hours while planning combat operations. Americans having their morning coffee refer to the caffeine effect as a "charge" or "jolt." Physiologists, the scientists who study what makes the body "tick," call that effect "ergogenic." But are those caffeine drinkers in military un...Surprising role for Staphs toxic shock toxin
...earch with an aim to developing novel therapies to combat the bug. Staph is a particularly versatile pathogen. It ordinarily produces as many as 40 different proteins that are exported by the organism and interact with the tissues of the infected individual in a complex way to cause abscesses and oth...Stanford study finds potential shingles prevention in a childhood vaccine
...bout to undergo a hematopoietic cell transplant to combat cancer. Because these patient's immune systems are weakened by the disease and its treatment, up to one third of them develop shingles within 12 months of their transplant. Using an inactivated vaccine reduced the chance of adverse side effects in th...ACS's JobSpectrum to help state labs fill public health jobs; fight terrorism
...c health laboratories prepare for biomonitoring to combat the growing threat of chemical terrorism. This partnership is supported with funds provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through a cooperative agreement with APHL. The initiative creates a partnership between JobSpectrum.o...Sustainable Forestry Initiative Standard enhanced with new measures to protect biodiversity
... sites on industry-managed lands in North America, combat illegal logging internationally, and promote natural forest conservation in the biodiversity hotspots and major wilderness areas. "For nearly a year, the SFB has been collaborating with scientists, foresters, the conservation community, private lando...Natural resistance of pigment cells to sunlight may make deadly skin cancer tough to treat
...oma is one of the most difficult tumors" to try to combat with cancer therapies. An estimated 53,600 Americans will be diagnosed with melanoma this year and 4,700 Americans will die from the disease, according to the American Cancer Society. Melanoma accounts for about only 4 percent of skin cancer cases, b...Site of US Open at Bethpage is reducing pesticide use
... weevils ---- and safe from the pesticides used to combat them. Turf scientists at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., and the Bethpage greenskeepers have been looking for ways to substantially reduce pesticide use on one of the nation's busiest public golf-course complexes. Using techniques known as integ...New hope for diabetics in treating blindness
...nephropathy) in diabetics and to find new drugs to combat the disease. "A vital clue to our breakthrough came unexpectedly when treating diabetics for high blood pressure, another consequence of the disease," says Dr Jennifer Wilkinsonson-Berka, Head of Diabetes and Vascular Biology Laboratory, University o...Scientists to discuss bioterrorism
...to work together with American plant scientists to combat diseases. Adds Cook, Weve made considerable advances in helping to improve world agriculture, but that is dependent on the open exchange of information and U.S. willingness to educate international studentsboth of which could be impacted by new regul...Setting the stage for limb development
...f this disorder and ultimately design therapies to combat it....USF neuroscientists study potential of cord blood cells to rescue aging brain
...a leader in the search for novel cell therapies to combat Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's, stroke and other neurodegenerative disorders, as well as spinal cord injury....UM Cancer researchers test custom-made vaccine for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
...ymphoma that uses each patients own tumor cells to combat the cancer. This type of low-grade follicular lymphoma has traditionally been highly treatable, but essentially incurable, says Aaron P. Rapoport, M.D., the director of lymphoma-gene medicine at the Greenebaum Cancer Center and the chief i...New evidence that dietary soy and flaxseed have positive effect on obesity and diabetes
...and mortality. Researchers are looking for ways to combat these diseases. Plant-based, edible compounds are one answer, an animal study finds. Phytoestrogens: Soy and Flaxseed Phytoestrogens are a group of biologically active plant-based compounds. Phytoestrogens are present in edible plants which can be c...Eliminating battlefield transfusions
...earchers seeking the ideal surgical fluid to treat combat casualties, and are also in use by the US military overseas. Four studies involving blood plasma volume expanders performed in animals is the subject of a presentation by Paul E. Segall, Ph.D., Hal Sternberg, Ph.D., Stephen Kehrer and Mark A. Voelke...Protein research illustrates how drugs fight malaria, other diseases
...ping effective, safe and affordable drugs that can combat many such diseases, said Pradipsinh Rathod, a University of Washington chemistry professor. For instance, understanding how a single protein called DHFR is regulated in mammals and how it functions differently in the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodi...Monsanto to share technologies with Danforth Center to support global cassava research
...entors of golden rice, which is being developed to combat vitamin A deficiency in developing countries. Other sharing projects include providing access to a working draft of the rice genome and participating in work to develop virus-resistant sweet potatoes in Africa and papayas in South East Asia.......scription drugs that Americans swallow annually to combat cancer, pain, depression and other ailments do not disappear harmlessly into their digestive systems, researchers have determined, but instead make their way back into the environment where they may contaminate drinking water and pose a threat to aq...