Loss of lean body mass in HIV-infected men linked to immunological processes
...nal analysis of change in lean body mass after the date of PBMC culture. Key findings during the observation period included: The mean change in weight was a loss of 0.02 kg (range was a loss of 12.2 kg to a gain of 8 kg). Lean body mass had similar results with a mean of 0.02 kg loss and a comparable...Study of fossils found in arctic shows plants more developed at earlier time
... Bits and pieces of the earliest known land plants date back almost 500 million years to the Ordovician Pe...th water-conducting tissues -- so far are known to date back about 425 million years. Sparsely branched, they were about an eighth of an inch tall and grew ...Higher fibre intake linked to later periods, scientists say
...ry intake, physical activity, maternal history and date of menarche was collected. In the study, the age of menstrual onset ranged from 8.5 to 15.6 years with a median age of 13.6. Estrogen, a hormone that develops and maintains female characteristics, is known to bind with fibre in the body, Koo says. Gi...Silvereye birds help scientists to settle disputed evolutionary theory
...ation because of the need to know the colonisation date for a series of island populations. The south west Pacific islands benefit from a well-documented history of such events, and DNA samples were taken from birds captured on the islands to be compared with samples from Silvereye colonies on the Austra...HHMI selects new clinical investigators
...dent hospitals. By September 10, 2001, the closing date for nominations, 138 nominations had been received. A review committee of distinguished biomedical scientists evaluated the nominations. Following the recommendations of the advisors, 12 physician-scientists were selected for appointment. The Instit...Cell Genesys reports long term survival data in Phase II trial of GVAX prostate cancer vaccine
...uman cancer against which they have been tested to date and are currently being evaluated in five types of cancerlung, prostate, pancreatic, leukemia and myeloma. Currently, Cell Genesys is evaluating non patient-specific, off-the-shelf GVAX vaccines for prostate cancer and pancreatic cancer and patient-...Other highlights in the May 1 issue of JNCI
...t oophorectomy and tamoxifen. The authors used the date of the womans first and last menstrual period to estimate the phase of the menstrual cycle when the surgeries were performed. The phase of the menstrual cycle did not appear to affect survival outcomes of women who underwent mastectomy alone. However...Picky eaters rare among tropical insects
...ne and two million insects have been identified to date (funding for a complete catalog to summarize information from collections worldwide is lacking). Only about 10,000 are added each year. At this rate, it will take another 200-400 years to identify the rest (assuming their habitat is not destroyed i...Yeast underscores complexity of genetic variation between people
...re always traceable to a single genetic defect. To date there have been no complex diseases or inherited traits in humans for which all of the causal genetic factors have been identified. Finding multiple genetic regions implicated in any one disease or trait has been difficult because the human genome is...Basic Research and Higher Education Program Conference breaks new ground
... part of undergraduate and graduate education. To date 12 RECs have been established, and a competition is underway for another four due to be announced this summer. Funding for the Basic Research and Higher Education program and its activities is provided by the John D. and Catherine T. Mac Arthur Found...Gene study determines how humans are related to fruit flies and nematode worms
The most comprehensive genetic study to date concerning the evolutionary relationships among the three animal species whose genes have been completely sequenced--the human, the fruit fly, and the nematode worm--has determined that the human species is more closely related to the fruit fly than ...Nicotine shows anti-depressant effects in an animal model of depression
The embargo time and date on this release have changed since the release was originally posted on EurekAlert!. Investigators at Howard University have recently observed the antidepressant effect of nicotine in Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats, a putative behavioral model of depre...16th Annual Depression Symposium features Pulitzer Prize-winning author, world-renowned neurosurgeon
...ted Affective Disorders Association. The symposium date is Wednesday, April 24, with talks from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Hopkins' Turner Auditorium. Styron will return to the symposium, 13 years after his first talk here, to discuss his personal struggles with depression. His novel "The Confessions of Nat Tur...Scientists push back primate origins from 65 million to 85 million years ago
...s much more complete. Using the fossil record to date the origin of any group for which the fossil recor...l record The earliest unequivocal primate fossils date from 55 Mya. Most paleontologists interpret this to mean that primates originated no earlier than 65...Iron-rich soil can help remove lead; manganese also important
... and from the donations of collectors. Results to date show that while synthetic manganese oxides are highly efficient at taking up lead, the naturally occurring manganese oxides (ad)sorb lead in similar amounts as naturally occurring iron oxides. An interesting finding is that the synthetic Birnessite ...Brookhaven Spotlights: News from the National Synchrotron Light Source
...otlights is issued periodically to bring you up to date on some of the latest newsworthy developments at the U.S. Department of Energys Brookhaven National Laboratory. This issue is devoted to a sampling of research at the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) at Brookhaven, the worlds most frequently ...Tallahassee chemist wins national award for 'weighing' mixtures
...et the products you want, he said. Their record to date is identifying 11,000 different molecules in a sample of oil. That's close to a fingerprint, a unique identifier for an oil source, he said. Other fingerprints he is working to establish are for crime scenes: the particular accelerant used in an arso...Labor-inducing folklore alive and well among pregnant women
... to get labor going as the due date nears. The fact that they're largely untrue doesn't seem to matter. A new Ohio State University survey found that two out of three pregnant women believed that walking would help induce lab...EMBO gets US$ 2 million from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to support young scientists
...gator Programme, noted "the scientists selected to date have quickly established a useful new network. The programme's activities are very helpful for scientists at the beginning of their careers. We are happy to be able to offer more financial support to Central European scientists through the collaborat...Years of research, thought lead geologist to propose new supercontinent Columbia
...on data published by other scientists. Geologists date ancient rocks by measuring radioactive decay of uranium and lead isotopes. Comparisons of such information and rock types around the world reveal what regions used to be connected....