USF presents new research on hyperlipidemic children
...lusions Based on these findings Dr. Mietus-Snyder concludes that: The results from this first-of-its-kind investigation examining the effects of PON1 polymorphisms in hyperlipidemic children are consistent with findings reported from similar studies in adults. Although a decrease in PON activity...Common microbes survive pressures equal to those found at 50 kilometers inside the Earths crust
...ty of life on Earth and beyond is our imagination, concludes Scott.......ts of the neutral theory yet published. The team concludes that the neutral theory cannot account for beta-diversity in tropical forests, and they discount the importance of random events in establishing what grows there. Instead, Panamas high beta-diversity must be due to the abrupt variation in rainfall a...What remains to be discovered in Central American forests
...ense hunting and development pressure. The report concludes that although botanists know something about the big, flowering plants in these forests, they know almost nothing about the less obvious organisms reproducing by spores: the mosses, ferns, and those non-plantsoften thrown into the group, the fungi. ...South American forests offer glimpse of U.S. ecosystems before industrial revolution
...e study, published in the Jan. 24 issue of Nature, concludes that the high levels of inorganic nitrogen in the United States, long thought to be the natural mainstay of the ecosystem, are really the result of acid rain and agricultural fertilizers. The authors argue that the ecosystems of South America, with t...How vitamin C prevents cancer--but apples are better
... we have in the ght against cancer is prevention," concludes Lee. "A diet rich in phytochemicals and vitamin C will reduce the risk of cancer. These phytochemicals and nutrients are most readily available in fresh fruits and vegetables." These recommendations echo those of Lee and his Cornell colleagues in a ...Perception is stored in single neurones
....e. faces with similar features. The Tbingen group concludes that there are apparently single neurones that sharpen our perception when they are trained to respond to categories. By making generalizations our brain is able to encode and interpret what we see around us.......chromatosis is common, the disease itself is rare, concludes study leader Ernest Beutler, M.D., who is Chairman of TSRI's Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine and Professor, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology. Even people with two copies of the genetic mutation that causes the disease hered...UMass study uses microbes to turn mud into electricity
...eported in this weeks issue of the journal Science concludes that certain microorganisms can transform organic matter commonly found at the bottom of the ocean into electrical energy. Aside from raising the possibility that microbes someday could be used to produce power in subsurface settings, the findings h...BSE in sheep: First estimates of human death toll
...mental research are urgent priorities." The report concludes by calling for further urgent research to: 1. screen large numbers of the 40 million strong national sheep flock for BSE-like diseases for infection. Sample sizes must be sufficiently large to be able to detect low prevalence of disease. 2. discover...Microbe first to break down PCBs
...ugh their incredible ability to adapt." The report concludes that the UMBI method could be used to identify additional PCB-degrading microbes.Beginning in the 19th century, PCBs were made from petroleum as insulators for electrical equipment and other electronics. But, in 1979, the federal government banned th...Scientists find hidden piece of influenza virus
...supporting basic research on infectious diseases," concludes Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., NIAID director. "When you have good researchers exploring interesting questions, they are bound to turn up crucial information."......herapy in untreated GH-deficient women. The study concludes that: - Estrogen at a therapeutic dose exerts significant route-dependent effects on GH action in women with organic GH deficiency. - Compared with the transdermal route, oral estrogen aggravates metabolic abnormalities of GH deficiency and attenuat...Why does a worm need nearly as many genes as a man?
...needing a vast number of genes to survive. Hodgkin concludes by suggesting that to understand the function of the genome of an organism we must also study the environment in which the organism lives - and that for many endangered species we may already be too late....DuPont gives agricultural pesticide patent rights to Purdue
...nday, 9/10) as part of Discover Purdue Week, which concludes Saturday (9/15) with the Purdue-Notre Dame football game. Discover Purdue Week, in turn, kicks off a yearlong campaign to help Hoosiers "Discover Purdue." Gary Bennett, professor of entomology and director of Purdue's Center for Urban and Industrial ...Age of menopause dictated largely by genes
...pause and consequently early reproductive failure, concludes the team of Dutch researchers who have carried out the world's first study in non-twin sisters of the genetic factors involved in natural menopause. As the age of menopause is a retrospective marker for a woman's reproductive capacity in the years b......dence in theconduct of such research." The report concludes that it is possible to conduct embryonic stem cell research in a fully ethicalmanner. At the same time, however, it acknowledges that reasonable people differ over the type ofresearch that should be funded by public monies because of genuine ethical ...AAAS urges President Bush to fund stem-cell research
...d by the use of embryonic and fetal stem cells and concludes that it is possible to conduct embryonic stem-cell research in a fully ethical manner. According to the report, the case for public funding is made even stronger by the amount of stem-cell research taking place in the private sector without public ...Important pathogens and cures belong to little-known group of fungi
...rived from lichen-forming ancestors. The research concludes that losses of the ability to form a lichen outstripped gains by three to two, at least for Ascomycota species, which include 98% of known lichenized fungal species.......are an important cause ofregional climate change," concludes Bonan. The cooling is the resultof the changeover of the region to crops, which reflect more sunlightback into space than forests. The impact of land-use changes on climate is currently one of themost uncertain factors contributing to climate warming...