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...at-risk patients. Lacking other means to perform a controlled study, the researchers analyzed suicide notes left...ich a musical band with four animated musicians is controlled by a pair of users. One person moves a baton which controls the tempo of the band's music, and anot......nd complex molecule to perform afunction seemingly controlled by this relatively tiny loop, Vogel sought tounravel its internal mechanical operations. X-ray diffraction analysis reveals the 3-D structure of individualmolecules in exquisite detail. And researchers using atomic force microscopy inconcert ......is novel research." The new, double-blind, placebo controlled study, named the RENAISSANCE trial(Randomized ENBREL North American Strategy to Study Antagonism of Cytokines),will be conducted in multiple sites in North America and will involve 900patients with heart failure who are NYHA class II-IV (moderate to ...Vesicle Chemistry: A New Way To Get Life-Like Reactions
...utside. The second approach allows the reaction of controlled amounts of chemicalreagents. The researchers create two sets of vesicles each filled with adifferent chemical. They then use the optical tweezers to position a pair ofvesicles, each containing one of the two chemicals that they want to react,between ...UI Laboratory Develops Procedure To Study DNA Replication
...encan use to examine the replication process under controlled conditions. Thisadvance will allow investigators to better understand DNA replication and maylead to improved therapies for treating diseases such as cancer. "One of the difficulties with studying the DNA replication process is that thereare multipl...Researchers Find Vaginal Bacteria Imbalance Might Boost AIDS Risk
...osis remained in both studies even afterscientists controlled for social and demographic factors, sexual activity,hygiene, health behaviors and infection with sexually transmitted diseases. Researchers overall found a significant decline in theLactobacillus-dominated flora normally present in the vagina...Invading Pests Harm People, Plants And Animals
...hat a single mowing at early flowering effectively controlled erect,high-branching populations of starthistle. They say that mowing as part of anintegrated approach with herbicide treatment, prescribed burning or biologicalcontrol should provide effective control of starthistle. Medflies are going but not gone....Melatonin Shapes Brain Structure In Songbirds
...could it be? Because we knew that many hormonesare controlled by photoperiod, we decided to look at an obvious candidate,melatonin." To conduct the study, European starlings without testosterone were exposed to arange of artificial daylight hours that induced reproductive statescharacterized by different season...Zinc Reduces Child Mortality By More Than 34%
...versity, India conducted a four group, randomized, controlled trialin which 1250 low-birth weight Indian children were allocated to receive a dailysupplement from 1 to 9 months of age. The four supplemented groups were zincalone; zinc with other vitamins and minerals; vitamins and minerals; vitaminsalone, and ...New Biochemical Technology Ready To Retrieve, Purify Heaviest Crude Oil
..., and metals by upto 50 percent. Through carefully controlled conditions, the biocatalysts can be adapted to theexact characteristics of different forms of crude oil, whether from California,Mexico, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia or Canada. The patented process involvesgradual adaptive changes in experimental conditi...Study Suggests New Approach To Asthma
... on one of the cellular signaling pathways that is controlled bymolecules in the JAK/STAT family. This pathway responds to cytokines releasedduring viral infection. When it is activated, a protein called Stat1 moves intothe nucleus and switches on certain genes. The products of these genes attractimmune cells t...Bees The Buzz In Landmine Detection
...dBromenshenk's research team will tag 50 bees in a controlled experiment. Eachtag will store information used to identify a bee and will weigh less than agrain of rice. The RF tags and readers will allow researchers to track the movements ofindividual bees. For example, as a bee leaves for a day of po......gues exposed tadpoles totrematodes under carefully controlled conditions. The tadpoles grew into frogswith deformed hind legs that closely matched deformed frogs found in the wild.In contrast, tadpoles raised without any exposure to parasites developed free ofdeformities. "It worked much better than I had expe...Sandia, University Of Montana Researchers Try Training Bees To Find Buried Landmines
...il Rodacy. "We'll compare the resultswe get in the controlled environments with the results weget in the field to see how well the bees are doing." Tracking Bees' Behaviors Later this spring Bromenshenk and a team of colleagues andstudents plan to come to work at Sandia. New colonies ofhoneybees will be intro...Suppression Of Natural Fires Harms Squirrels
...o others. Unlike hot, uncontrolled wildfires, the controlled burnsshould not destroy seeds of native plants, in...irrel population problem. Gavin said that controlled "cool" fires are not a threat to groundsquirrels, which are safely hibernating several feet undergro...Researchers Identify Molecule That May Be Key In Pheromone Processing
... relating to courtship andmating - are known to be controlled by pheromones. Although they are detectedvia the nose, most pheromones are received by a structure within the nose calledthe vomeronasal organ (VNO), whereas odors are received by the main olfactoryepithelium (MOE). While pheromones are believed to ...Breakthrough On Microbial Disease Published In Science
...erior pathogens have emerged that can no longer be controlled byavailable antibiotics. There are numerous warning signs including the recentemergence of drug resistant tuberculosis, staphylococcus, and streptococcus." Mahan studies salmonella, a rod-shaped bacteria that causes foodpoisoning in 4 milli...Media Advisory: 1999 Spring Meeting -- Updated Press Conference Schedule
...on June 3, 11:00 A.M. - Room 111 In March 1996, a controlled flood was released from Glen Canyon Dam on theColo...ntistsare planning one last dramatic experiment: a controlled crash into a permanentlyshadowed crater in the hope of liberating a water vapor plume that could bev...Benefits Are Likely From Vitamin B-6 In Premenstrual Syndrome
...ay). Dr Wyatt and colleagues call for a randomised controlled trial of sufficient power and quality to compare vitamin B-6 with placebo to establish definitive recommendations for this treatment....Fine Toothed Combs, Not Chemicals, Should Be Used To Treat Head Lice
(Head lice can be controlled without application of insecticide lotions) Regular"wetcombing" through children's hair is more effective and environmentally friendly than repeat prescribing of insecticide lotion for the treatment of head lice, writes Dr Gill Lewendon in this wee...