Researchers Discover Novel Gene Family Responsible For Pacemaker Activity In Brain And Heart
...e heart as well as the brain. The new worknot only confirms that the gene reported in December specifies a pacemakerchannel, but also gives the researchers several new tools with which to studythe effects of abnormally functioning pacemakers on health. Identifying the genes that control pacemaker acti...When To Pick A Peck Of Pungent Peppers? When The Peck's At Its Peak
...fore or after their time. A newchemistry analysis confirms that the amount of hot flavor in the pepper isdetermined by how long the pepper has been growing before it is harvested,according to a report in the May 20 Web edition of the Journal of Agricultural &Food Chemistry, published by the American Chemical......We areextremely encouraged by this new data, which confirms previous findings of E1A'sability to downregulate the HER-2/neu oncogene. We remain on track to initiatePhase II studies for E1A in head and neck cancer in the second half of 1998." Targeted Genetics Corporation develops gene and cell therapy produc...Extra Choline During Pregnancy Enhances Memory In Offspring
... way more easily. If further research confirms the findings in humans, then choline couldpotentially be used to ensure normal memory function in the population at largethrough a modest change in diet, said Scott Swartzwelder, a neuropsychologist atDuke and the Durham VA Medical Center and lead au...Plants Thrive With Insect-Induced Immune Responses
...appear in the Feb. 20 issue of the journalScience, confirms the benefit of these responses and raises the ques...ants do benefit from induced responses. This study confirms those assumptions." "Learning how and when plants benefit from inducible responses is absolutelyesse...Extensive Phase II Data Of Amprenavir (141W94/VX-478) To Be Presented
... treatment possibilities. Available four week data confirms therapid and potent antiviral effect of 1592 and amprenavir. Longer term data thatdemonstrates amprenavir's potency compared with other 1592/PI regimens will bethe subject of an oral presentation given by Dr. John Mellors of the Universityof Pittsbu...Family Ties To Sudden Cardiac Arrest; Study Finds Risk Goes Up 50 Percent
..., the scientists conclude. While the study confirms the importance of family history, otherfindings of the study show that this has less effect than other lifestylefactors such as being a current smoker. The 50 percent increased risk for having a family history translatesinto an increase of ca...Widespread Genus Of Monkeys Gives Up Genealogical Secrets To Columbia Researchers
... The study of all 19 living macaque species confirms that the genus isone of the oldest among Asian monkeys, dating to at least 7 million years ago,and one of the most successful, radiating from its home base in Africa to Europeand across southern Asia, from eastern Afghanistan through Pakistan, India,...Study Shows Hereditary Legacy Of Radiation Exposure
...ight receive duringradiation therapy for cancer -- confirms what the Japanese have been sayingfor years; that the effects of radiation can be passed down through generations.Her results are controversial but she says, "so far, no one's beenable to knock it down ... Every molecule of that paper has been turned...Couch Potatoes, Not French Fries, May Be To Blame For Obesity
...ding to the study. According to Binkley, the study confirms that the problem of obesity is a confoundingly complex one. At most, the study suggests that the types of food one eats may not matter as much as the amount of calories consumed or the amount of exercise. "Fast-food restaurants may be to blame in som...Scientists Determine 3-D Crystal Structure Of Cancer-Causing Protein
...rous ones. The work by the Hughes-Rockefeller team confirms earliermodels that showed the change in the protein's shape that enables it totransform cells, but shows, unexpectedly, that it is the SH3 domain that is theprime controller of the enzyme's activity. "The role of the SH2 domain appearsto be to set up...Researchers Find Genetic Clues To Intestinal Disease
... the first large study of a group of families that confirms those suggestions," says Theodore M. Bayless, M.D., professor of medicine and gastroenterology. The findings have prompted Bayless and his co-worker, Steven Brant, M.D., toencourage people with a family history of Crohn's disease to participate in a...Cornell Researchers Precisely Date Wood From Ancient Tomb In Turkey
...been made until Nefertiti was queen, so the timber confirms that she held the throne by then -- which supports earlier historical findings. Elsewhere, juniper and cedar logs from the walls of the Middle-Bronze-Age palace at Acemhyk were determined to have been cut in 1752 B.C., and the Warsama Palace at Kltep...