U.S. Scientists Honored For Lifetime Contributions In Hepatitis Research
... NIAID is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIAID conducts and supports research to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as HIV disease and other sexually transmitted diseases, tubercu...Jefferson Researchers First To Create Genetically Engineered Mouse To Study Photoaging
... "The transgenic model adds a molecular component to the evaluation ofsunscreen efficacy," added Dr. Gasparro. "Prior to this look at molecularassay, efficacy was based solely on physiological responses. Molecular assaysare important because they can provide information about the possible fate of ...Genetics May Explain Much Age-Related Hearing Loss
...t could affect hearing. Mice lacking one component of the SOD gene had greater hearing loss thanthe control-group mice, particularly at the higher frequencies, results showed. The mice lacking both genes were very likely to be deaf at 13 months. "We know that the free radicals produced throu...Leftover Fetal Cells May Affect Development Of Scleroderma
...t entirely autoimmune,whether they actually have a component that is non-self. It's really anentirely new paradigm." Dr. Nelson says the mix of self and non-self cells, aphenomenon known as chimerism, is somewhat analagous to what happens in a personwho receives a non-identical bone marrow transplant and dev...USC Study On Soy's Anti-Cancer Effects
Genistein, a component of soy, switches off cell stress response LOS ...t cells against cancer. "The study links a natural component of our diet to the control of the cellularstress response, which plays an important role in many kin...University At Buffalo Energy-Conservation Projects Record Highest Savings Among Campuses
...ced extraordinary costsavings." The most critical component of UB's strategy is a $17 million energy-managementproject, launched in 1994 through a partnership with CES/Way International, aHouston-based energy service company, and the local electric utility, NiagaraMohawk Power Corp. Wagner pointed out that i......Reduced sodium intake, however, should be only one component of a comprehensivenutritional approach to blood pressure lowering, which should also includeprevention and treatment of obesity, limitation of alcohol intake, andstrategies that ensure adequate intake of potassium, magnesium, and calcium....Sex Differences In Heart Disease May Be Due To Enzyme That Breaks Down Fat
...e LDL, low levels of the protectiveHDL cholesterol component and high triglycerides.The researchers found that men had significantly lower amounts of HDL, highertriglyercides and more small, compact LDL. "One of the regulators of hepatic lipase appears to be estrogen," hesays. "A crucial question woul...Prostate Cancer Switch May Yield Map Of Cancer Machinery, Targets For Drugs
...s a very goodchance of being an important enabling component in the progression to metastasisand/or androgen independence." The finding is also important, Garcia-Blanco said, because of the scantknowledge about the machinery of prostate cancer. "The stages in prostate cancer that lead to the ...Caribbean Lizards Evolve Independently
...re proof of a community convergence, in which each component of thecommunity on the different islands is identical." The study is believed to be the first well-documented case that showsboth communities and components of the communities to be similar, a verydifficult thing to find in nature. For ins...Shuttle Mission's "Neurolab" To Study Nervous System
...fish (and in humans). In humans, this system is a component of the inner ear. "Gravity is always present on earth, so it's been hard to explore itsrole in development and in controlling movement," says Christopher Platt,program manager in NSF's division of integrative biology and neuroscience, whichf...New Sunspot Cycle To Be Bigger Than Average
...ex is directly proportionalto sunspot number. This component varies directly with the currentsolar cycle and is related to sporadic solar events like flaresand disappearing filaments and prominences. On the other hand,"the remaining portion seems to be associated with the nextsolar cycle" Hathaway said, "altho...Researchers Discover How Ulcer Bug Becomes Antibiotic-Resistant
...disease, is sensitive to metronidazole, a critical component of the leading H. pylori therapy. They also have d...tozoan parasites are suspected. It also is the key component in combination therapies for peptic ulcer disease. But between 10 percent and 30 percent of H. pylor...Human Genome Researchers Receive Biotech Award
...aps. This work laid the foundation for a critical component ofthe Human Genome Project. Dr. Lander provided the tools for the use of molecular markers in mappingdisease genes. He developed statistical methods to allow the analysis of largedata sets of genetic information. Dr. Lander developed the most succes......be a human carcinogen": -- Chloroprene, a component of adhesives in food packaging;phenolphthalein, a cathartic recently removed from popular nonprescriptionlaxatives following NIEHS studies; tetrafluoroethylene, used in the productionof Teflon, and trichloroethylene, a solvent. NTP said that...Fruits And Vegetables Protect Lungs
...ts and suggest that the effects of the antioxidant component differ according to smoking status." In the Chinese sample, the researchers found that those with higher levels of vitamin C in their diets had better lung function than others. The association of vitamin C and lung function did not differ among smo...Florida Or Bust? Older Lab Rats Seek Heat To Fight Infection, UD Researchers Report
...jected lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a fever-inducting component ofbacteria, into a half-dozen animals aged 3-4 mon...ly people, shesays, because fever is "an important component of the immune-system response." MEETING BACKGROUND: The Experimental Biology '98 meeting brings toge......lecules. The genescoding for rRNA are an essential component of the genetic material of allprokaryotes (cellular organisms such as bacteria that lack a limiting membrane),but they vary enough to give each species a unique name tag. Moran and Gonzlez found preliminary evidence that a cluster of marineba......Washington, D.C. "Although costanalysis was not a component of this study, the substantial additional laterbenefits should be taken into account in consideration of the cost-effectivenessof aggressive treatment strategies." The researchers found that preserving the function of the left ventricle -- theheart's......winkle."Despite evidence for a substantial genetic component underlying differencesamong an individual's blood pressure, progress toward identifying the gene hasbeen slow," he says. "A logical approach is to examine the gene encodingproducts with known biological effects on blood pressure regulation, such as t...