CIIT publishes formaldehyde cancer risk assessment
...is important, not only because it incorporates and critically analyzes the significance of the latest science on inhaled formaldehyde, but also because the process has been scrutinized by an independent panel of international scientists convened under the auspices of Health Canada and the U. S. EPA. The new as...Researchers solve vision mystery
...ens." The treatment implications of this study are critically important for theapproximately one in 1,000 to 4,000 babies born with cataracts. If surgery isdone too late then the brain may not learn to use the vision in that eye. Withsuccessful early intervention, even in the first week of life if possible, so...Trouble for the world's turtles
...ation action. Some 12 turtle species areconsidered critically endangered, facing a high risk of imminent extinctionunless long-term population trends are reversed," said Dr. Anders Rhodin,director of Chelonian Research Foundation and co-sponsor of the conference. "Turtles are threatened in the United State...Researchers find missing spring in circadian clock of mammals
...amount of per continues to rise until it reaches a critically high level, atwhich point per itself, in complex with another protein, timeless, feeds backonto and blocks the activating force of Clock and Bmal. As a result, over thenext 12 hours, per levels fall until such time as there is no longer enough perto ...'Cousin' Of Snake Venom Toxin Found In Mice
...enly we got a hit," Miwa said. Relativelysmall but critically important sections within lynx1 matched the amino acidsequence of a snake toxin called alpha-bungarotoxin. This venom is a member of alarge family of proteins called Ly-6. With that in mind, Heintz and Miwa namedtheir gene "lynx," for Ly -6 n eurot...NYU Chemist Supports New Theory For Origin Of Life
...ry at New York University. He is theauthor of the critically acclaimed books Life Beyond Earth, Origins, and TheHuman Blueprint. A specialist in the chemistry of DNA and RNA, Shapiro haspublished over 90 articles in research journals....Study Finds Choline Deficiency Harms Memory Center In Mammals' Brains
...ntinuing research. "The idea that mother's diet is critically important around the time ofpregnancy is not limited to the need for choline," he said. "The Institute ofMedicine and the Centers for Disease Control recently issued recommendationsthat all women who might conceive take a folate supplement, for if th...Vanderbilt Medical Students Study Effects Of Vibration On Infant Health
Transporting critically sick infants to Vanderbilt University Medical Centerfrom community hospitals is a feat made possible by the Newborn EmergencyTransport Program's state-of-the-art vehicles. But little was known about whether continuous vibrations inside the "Angel" an...UD Education News: HHMI Award Supports Undergraduate Discovery
...s studentsfaced with real questions learn to think critically and work cooperatively inteams. They also learn to identify the limits of their existing knowledge, and theygain critical investigative skills. Yoon, Heidenfelder and other students, forexample, quickly concluded they should hit the library to determ...Glowing Cyanobacteria Gives Researchers New Clues To Circadian Rhythms
...ircadian clock. "The expression of KaiC is critically important for setting the phase ofthe clock," said Golden. The researchers found that the levels of kaiC geneexpression increase during daytime and decrease during nighttime. But anoverabundance of KaiC protein through either period can measurably ...Simple Chemical Switch Steers Migrating Neurons
...growth cone to a particular guidance cue maydepend critically on other signals received by the neuron. Thesusceptibility to conversion between attraction and repulsion may enablea growing axon to respond differentially to the same guidance cue atdifferent points along the journey to its final target." In an a...UCSF Researchers Identify Molecule Involved In Early Stage Of Atherosclerosis In Mice
...27 issue of Nature, provides evidence thatMCP-1 is critically involved in the formation of foam cell-laden fatty streaks,a hallmark of atherosclerosis, according to the senior author of the study,Israel F. Charo, MD, PhD, associate director of the UCSF-affiliated GladstoneInstitute of Cardiovascular Disease, an...Structure Of Enzyme Involved In Gentamicin Resistance Revealed For First Time
...proteins can present life-threatening problems for critically illpatients," says senior author Stephen K. Burley, M.D., D.Phil., Richard M. andIsabel P. Furlaud Professor and head of the Laboratory of Molecular Biophysicsat Rockefeller. Burley, an HHMI investigator, also directs the university'sCenter for Bioch...Ecological Consequences Of Jasmonate-Induced Responses For Plants In Native Populations
...uced members of the same genotype remains to be critically evaluated, due in large part to the experimenta...time viable seed production? The answer depends critically on the plant's environment, particularly, the likelihood of herbivore attack. For pla...New Strategy Discerns Early Stages Of HIV Infection, Paving Way For Targeted Study And Therapy
...nt infection provides data on HIV incidence, andis critically needed for monitoring changing patterns of HIV transmission." The 12 co-authors of the study include first author Robert S. Janssen, MD, ofthe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, senior author Michael P. Busch,MD, PhD, of the Blood Centers of...... heart attack -- a process calledreperfusion -- is critically important to preserving the main pumping chamber ofthe heart. The researchers say their study provides evidence strengthening theneed for early arrival at a hospital for treatment that can greatly improvechances for a good recovery. "Successful earl...Memorial Sloan-Kettering Investigators
...ed no adverse side effects. "This study is critically important for two reasons," said Dr. Warrell,the pioneer of retinoic acid for APL. "Narrowly, it explains why patients withAPL may develop resistance to retinoic acid, and provides a therapy which canpotentiate the response to retinoic acid as well a...New Mathematical Model Could Help Predict Health Of Offshore Areas Where Rivers Enter The Sea
...hemical, biologicaland physicalparameters that are critically important to ecosystem functions. What they havenot understoodwell is how these factors interact. Until now, they have lacked a technique forcoupling them intoa dynamic system that can also analyze the relative importance each of thecomponents. ...Duke's Russian Laser Making Ultraviolet Light And Gamma Rays
...otope oxygen-16. Knowing more about thereaction is critically important for predicting such vital details as therelative abundance of various elements in the universe. Measuring its details,however, is very difficult in the laboratory, Tornow added. A promising alternative is to study the reaction backwards by...