Bioprocesses upstage traditional chemical processes
...ng pharmaceutical and agricultural biotechnology," concludes Nagel. Advances in Biotechnology for Chemical Manufacture: Part 2 is part of the Biotechnology Vertical Industry Subscription and showcases some of the exhilarating and seminal developments in the manufacture of biotech-based chemicals besides provid...Stanford study questions identity of alleged Romanov bones
...for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, concludes that ''it is certainly plausible that DNA preservation was sufficient to permit amplification of large fragments.'' Tom Parsons of the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory in Rockville, Md., and Victor Weedn, a forensic scientist who establishe...Other highlights in the March 3 issue of JNCI
...ch as acute or chronic inflammatory conditions. He concludes that SELDI-TOF should not be used in clinical practice until the methodology is standardized for at least one or two cancers. Connective Tissue Growth Factor Invasion and Metastasis: Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) is a secreted protein t...Other highlights in the February 4 issue of JNCI
...gned clinical studies of the radiation techniques, concludes a commentary in the February 4 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Breast-conserving therapy has been accepted as an alternative to mastectomy in the management of early-stage breast cancer. Because of the increasing interest in P...UN report: Accelerate global agreement to oversee exploitation of South Pole 'extremophiles'
...exchanged and made freely available. The report concludes that although the physical impact of bioprospecting is currently addressed by the ATS regime, establishing the legal and policy basis that controls the commercialization of genetic resources, in line with the basic principles of the ATS as well as eq...One-size-fits-all approach to nutrition recommendations may soon be outdated
... and start making adjustments one step at a time," concludes Hoolihan....New study finds evolutionary diversification in Hawaiian spiders
... most adapted to living together remain. Gillespie concludes that there are fundamental similarities between the largely ecological processes that govern the formation of communities on a continent and evolutionary process that dominate community formation in the Hawaiian Islands. "This study suggests that the...Aging: The continuous process from birth to death
...arch Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, concludes that endothelium-dependent vasodilation, stimulated by increases in intraluminal flow and acetylcholine, was impaired in aged rats. The results also indicate that the age-related decrement endothelium-dependent vasodilation was the result of impaired...With flu season coming, don't forgetexercise?
...pper respiratory tract infection (URTI). The study concludes that that moderate exercise alone is associated with a significant reduction in risk. Background: How It Works Exercise - It was thought that moderate exercise may enhance resistance to infection by activating the release of immunostimulatory fac...Scientists at Scripps discover a genetic cause for primary iron overload
...overload in African-Americans. Barton's paper also concludes that primary iron overload disease is not the result of a single mutation of a single gene....ESA astronaut flies Cervantes mission to ISS
...edicated to solar research. The Cervantes mission concludes with the return flight on 28 October with Duque as Flight Engineer on Soyuz TMA-2. He will be accompanied by the ISS Expedition 7 crew, Yuri Malenchenko and Edward Lu, who are being replaced by Kaleri and Foale. Malenchenko and Lu arrived at the ISS...... facilities and expertise to make this discovery," concludes Koenekoop. "This project was an excellent example of genetic and ophthalmic cross-disciplinary research."About the Research Institute of the McGill University Health CentreThe Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), located ...Long-term natural gas supplies should meet growing demand in coming decades, study finds
... Stanford University's Energy Modeling Forum (EMF) concludes that gas supplies are likely to meet growing demand in coming decades, if policy-makers are able to strike a balance between environmental protection and the need for new energy sources. "Recent volatile natural gas prices do not foreshadow a pending...New angle needed to get pike out of Lake Davis
...oned and netted thousands of the fish.Nonetheless, concludes a new UC Davis study, the pike are thriving. Professor Ted Foin constructed a mathematical model that consideredLake Davis' fish habitat and pike population dynamics to estimate theimpact of the removal program on estimated pike population for thenex...Historical coral reef declines featured in this week's Science
...ef system in the world can be considered pristine, concludes an exhaustive historical analysis of human exploitation of reef ecosystems in the August 15 issue of the journal Science. The hunting of big turtles, fish, manatees and crocodiles began a process of reef decline exacerbated in the modern era by cont...Depression in African-American men may be barrier to high blood pressure control
...rom The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing concludes depression may sabotage efforts to control high blood pressure in urban, African-American men. The researchers found no direct link between depression and high blood pressure, but the depressed men were five times more likely to abuse alcohol, leadin...Unemployment, access to guns among factors that turn domestic violence deadly
...s of the murder of women in abusive relationships, concludes a nationwide case control study led by Jacquelyn Campbell, Ph.D., R.N., professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. The study, published in the July 2003 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, finds that a combination of fa...UCI biologist proposes trimming some branches
...l findings, UC Irvine biologist Francisco J. Ayala concludes that our evolutionary tree is weighed down by too many branches. Currently, there are as many as seven recognized groups or branches to the Hominid tree, which encompass the entire human lineage. Ayala, who received the 2002 National Medal of Science...University of Pittsburgh scientists awarded for outstanding cancer research contribution
...ed with the $250,000 Mott Prize at a ceremony that concludes GMCRF's Annual Scientific Conference, June 10-11, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. "This award is one of the top annual awards in cancer research internationally as well as one of the most prestigious prizes ever awarded to a Univ...A NASA-Department of Energy jointly funded study concludes the Earth has been greening over the past 20 years. As climate changed, plants found it easier to grow. The globally comprehensive, multi-discipline study appears in this week's Science magazine. The article states climate changes have provided extra...