No role for simian virus 40 in human pleural mesotheliomas
...mphomas, brain cancers, and bone cancers) have not consistently yielded the same results when repeated by other groups. This has fueled an ongoing debate over laboratory methods and the strength of the association of SV40 with these tumors. A study, published in the September 25 issue of Lancet, calls into quest...Flexible pain relief with morphine-free poppy
...ed to standard morphine producing poppies and were consistently associated with the blockage in morphine synthesis and with the accumulation of thebaine and oripavine," Dr Larkin says. "Understanding the genes responsible for the production of morphine, thebaine and oripavine is an important step in further deve...Brain's reward circuitry revealed in procrastinating primates
... rewarded. But without the dopamine receptor, they consistently stayed on-task and made few errors, because they could no longer learn to use visual cues to predict how their work was going to get them a reward." Richmond, Zheng Liu, Ph.D., Edward Ginns, M.D., and colleagues, report on their findings in the Augu...New technique helps scientists reveal interactions between genes and drugs
...etimes aren't. When a particular genetic marker is consistently passed from parent to child at the same time as a change in sensitivity, that tells scientists they need to look near the marker for a gene that changes sensitivity. The initial test of the new approach found connections between increased sensi...Casanova or caveman: Scientists isolate nerve cells that choreograph male fly's courtship behavior
...ever resulted in fertilization, because they would consistently mis-transfer their sperm and other seminal contents," Baker said. "It also took them longer to achieve copulation than normal males. That may well be because, for successful copulation, it's female willingness that drives the whole thing. We can well...'Crack babies' do better when placed with non-family caregivers
...e parents provide to their young children has been consistently documented. Thus, we studied how the type of care provided to toddlers who experienced prenatal cocaine exposure affected their development. We followed 83 cocaine-exposed and 63 non-exposed children and their caregivers from birth until the childre...Impact of Earth's rising atmospheric carbon dioxide found in world oceans
... the ocean has been the only reservoir on Earth to consistently take up anthropogenic CO 2 from the atmosphere. This uptake changes seawater chemistry, and can have significant impacts on the biology of the upper oceans. The global survey combined carbon and other ocean measurements (such as temperature, salin...Growth study of wild chimpanzees challenges assumptions about early humans
...venile, and adulthood. The team's analysis consistently showed a slower rate of development of all the teeth of wild chimpanzees compared to captive chimpanzees: Among wild chimpanzees, infancy lasted until about four years of age and mature dentition was reached between 12 and 13 years of age, compared t...Milk consumption and calcium intake associated with lower colorectal cancer risk
...imal experiments, these effects have not been seen consistently in human epidemiologic studies. To better assess the relationship between consumption of dairy foods, calcium intake, and colorectal cancer risk, Eunyoung Cho, Sc.D., of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, and colleague...APS awards more than $200,000 to middle and high school science teachers
...ipated in this expanding program. The program has consistently proven to help teachers increase their understanding of scientific research methods and the importance of biomedical research. It also has proven effective in helping teachers incorporate best teaching practices those that promote both excellence a...... studies to prove that their product is stable and consistently churns out the desired proteins. Recent studies suggest that some of the artificial chromosomes created by other groups might not be as stable as real chromosomes. "Time will tell whether [Chromos's work] stands scrutiny," he says. It will also be im...Calcium supplements associated with decreased risk of large bowel polyps
...imal experiments, these effects have not been seen consistently in human studies. In addition, the few studies that have demonstrated an association between calcium intake and moderate decreases in the risk of precancerous colorectal tumors have rarely evaluated the effect of calcium on different types of colorec...Study of ProCord for neurologically complete spinal cord injury
... complete care for people with disabilities and is consistently ranked among the best in the nation in surveys, su... research and education programs. Kessler is also consistently listed among the nation's best rehabilitation hospitals and the top such centers in the east by U.S....EMBL Director-General receives high German honour: the Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse
...eal, is a fine host for the Laboratory, supporting consistently the entire EMBL system. This support is all the more important now, when EMBL must invest in a timely manner in order to address immense new challenges: to elucidate complex biological systems and to orient this understanding to the benefit of societ...Beware cancer, insomnia and liver disease UH students are taking aim
...e ICC symposium, it was noticed many times that UH consistently had the best representation at the workshop sessions and was the only group of students at each session with all members of the group present. This is truly indicative of the dedication our students possess."...Researchers string together players in pesticide resistance orchestra
...pothetically, this could lead to common genes that consistently have the same resistance traits across fly lines or even potentially across insect species." If further research proves this to be true, these genes might be tools for controlling many different insects, he said. Joao Pedra, an entomology doctoral st...Leslie Ann Schiff wins 2004 Carski Foundation Award
...y for advanced undergraduate majors, for which she consistently receives the highest possible student evaluations. Her commitment to excellence in undergraduate education extends to her own laboratory, where 18 undergraduates in recent years have been able to experience the hands-on approach to science Schiff enc...Dietary supplement shows promise for improving immune function in the elderly
...cted by the aging process, investigators have most consistently identified abnormalities in the cellular or T-cell mediated immune function in the elderly. The decline in T-cell immune function is generally associated with an increased susceptibility to infections. For example, individuals with age-related declin...UCR study says second-hand smoke affects healing
...bnormal healing and may explain why people who are consistently exposed to 'second-hand' smoke suffer from slow healing and excessive scarring of wounds, much like smokers themselves." During normal wound healing, fibroblasts migrate into the area of damaged tissue and secrete growth factors, cytokines and extra-......bnormal healing and may explain why people who are consistently exposed to 'second-hand' smoke suffer from slow healing and excessive scarring of wounds, much like smokers themselves." The research team, led by Professor Manuela Martins-Green, bubbled smoke from the lit end of cigarettes through cell culture medi...