M.R.C. Greenwood elaborates on the risky business of research universities
...ntific and technical resources can best be used to combat terrorism. Greenwood served as Associate Director for Science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President of the United States from November 1993 to May 1995, where she played an integral role by supervisi...Ambushing prey may make snakes vulnerable
...: most of the threatenedsnakes both lack male-male combat and rely on ambush foraging. About 80%of the threatened snakes lack male-male combat. These species tend tohave larger females, which would put them at risk if people killed adisproportionate number of reproductive females. This hypothesis issupporte...NIAID unveils bioterrorism research agenda
...mation needed to develop new drugs and vaccines to combat possible bioterrorism-caused diseases. Human immune response. Increased research on the basic components of the human immune system will enable scientists to develop safe and potent vaccines, highly accurate diagnostic tests, and broadly acting dru...New center to study deadly microbial pathogens
...to evolve faster than treatments can be devised to combat them. In the United States, the rate of deaths caused by infectious disease has grown from 36 per 100,000 in 1981 to at least 63 per 100,000 in 1999. "Human history teaches us that microbes have major advantages in an arms race with humans numbers,...Wheat may be vital in battle against cancer and other diseases
...." Wheat's antioxidants are important because they combat the body's free-radicals. Free-radicals are charge...sful modification could lead to wheat's ability to combat cancer by simply including it in a daily diet. K-State scientists are optimistic of wheat's cancer-f...... trials have demonstrated interferons potential to combat diseases as different as hepatitis C, blood cancers, and multiple sclerosis. Yet many aspects of interferon biology remain a mystery including what initially prompts the body to produce it. Now Ulrich Kalinke and Winfried Barchet at the European Mo...Genetics, stress and environmental cues influence relapse drinking
...that promote relapse in animal models will help us combat relapse in humans by devising better behavioral and pharmacological treatments," he said. Factors such as stress and exposure to situations previously associated with alcohol drinking (referred to as "cues") were also found to contribute to relapse d...Scientist: motion sickness drug scopolamine should be tested as new nerve agent treatment
...gest scopolamine, a drug already routinely used to combat motion sickness, could be a significant improvement over the standard treatment, atropine, in treating civilians and military personnel exposed to toxic nerve agents. Janowsky is professor and former chair of psychiatry at the UNC School of Medicine...Discovery of bacterial 'touch sensor' could lead to biofilm treatments
... by Princeton scientists could lead to new ways to combat biofilms -- tough coatings of bacteria that form on everything from teeth and prosthetic devices to the hulls of ships. Biologists Karen Otto and Thomas Silhavy found a mechanism bacteria use to sense when they have touched a solid surface, which set...Satellites tracking climate changes
... health in developing countries where resources to combat disease are limited. "It is not feasible to send health workers everywhere," Anyamba said. "But if we know where outbreaks are likely, those areas can be targeted. We can focus our efforts where they are needed." Locating those areas requires the u...Scientists use llama droppings to help combat water pollution
Scientists use llama droppings to help combat water pollutionScientists from Newcastle University are using llama droppings to help combat environmental problems caused by polluted water seeping from abandoned silver and tin mines in the B...UPenn Cancer Center offers prosate cancer prevention trial using selenium & vitamin E
...ie of the disease in just this year alone. To help combat such alarming numbers, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center are looking for healthy men age 55 and older to participate in a study to determine if the two dietary supplements- selenium and vitamin E- can prevent prostate cancer......one or combined with conventional chemotherapy, to combat advanced breast cancer. Another growth factor receptor the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) - is involved in an average of 70% of breast cancers. Iressa is designed to block the chemical pathway that the EGFR uses to promote uncontrolled cel...Potato technology may help move mail
...art of the ongoing research INEEL is conducting to combat terrorism in support of DOE's national security mission. "We recognized the potential right after the first anthrax started showing up," says O3Co. President Lynn Johnson. "We were trying to contact the INEEL at the same time they were calling us. We...Study links El Nio to deadly South American disease
...idence could allow health officials to predict and combat epidemics far more effectively. "It appears that the disease comes in weather-related cycles," said Larry Laughlin, Chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS). "If we can prove i......g upright may not be necessary. Rather, efforts to combat the primary problem, namely an excessive reduction in stroke volume while standing, which causes the heart to stiffen and shrink, may be effective, Levine said. He said many forms of orthostatic intolerance can be prevented or reversed without th...New genetic technique delivers knockout blow to 'Asthma Virus'
...could lead to the development of new treatments to combat such viruses. Most organisms use double stranded DNA to store their genetic information. However, some viruses use single or double stranded RNA instead. Among those that use single stranded RNA are RSV and the viruses responsible for influenza, meas...Study shows deoxygenating ballast water can prevent invasive species and ship corrosion
...s, Ltd. who developed a deoxygenation technique to combat the costly corrosion experienced in cargo vessels. The method involves bubbling nitrogen gas into ballast water to remove oxygen, thereby preventing oxidation or rust in the tanks. The shipping industry currently uses expensive paints, which must be ...Required activation 'cascade' identified for p53 tumor-suppressor protein
...53 is a central player and may suggest new ways to combat an array of cancers in which p53 is dysfunctional. More generally, the study begins to show how many other proteins that act directly on DNA, as p53 does, might also be tightly managed by similar sets of closely interacting molecules. A report on the...'Gift of the Magi' bears anti-cancer agents, researchers suggest
...ient civilizations may have even used the plant to combat cancer. If so, the current study represents the first scientific evidence of its effectiveness, the researchers say. Today, myrrh can be found in health food stores as an ingredient in natural toothpaste and mouthwash, where it is used as an alternat...