Ethical guidelines needed before 'nutrigenomic' groceries come to market
... How should nutritional genomics information be delivered to consumers? How can society prevent potential nutritional genomics-related inequities, especially those created between developed and developing countries? Which nutritional genomics concerns should be the subject of regulation and oversigh...Alcohol's pharmacological properties, not smell or taste, reinforce its effects
...lcohol with an empty nipple, or alcohol with water delivered apart from a nipple. Experiment three examined blood alcohol concentrations five minutes and 60 minutes after one of four doses of alcohol administered through an abdominal injection. "Our key finding is that an injection of alcohol, with essentiall...Could a specific protein contribute to erectile dysfunction for the diabetic and obese?
...ltages applied to the MPG ranged from 1 to 6 volts delivered in 5 msec pulses at a frequency of 12 Hz. The duration of stimulation was 1 minute with rest periods of 5 minutes between subsequent stimulations. Isolated Cavernosal Tissue Force Measurements: Cavernosal strips were bathed in a physiological sal...Envisat radar altimetry tracks river levels worldwide
...ts ground segment so eventually the product can be delivered to users in near-real time, within three hours or less of its acquisition from space. Hydrologists need no previous knowledge of radar altimetry to make use of the new data, with one product known as River Lake Hydrology providing data corresponding...Scientists uncover early warning system for copper toxicity
...ive fuels that must be imported and then carefully delivered from one part of the city to another. Reactive metals such as copper have the potential to catalyze runaway reactions that could harm the cell, much as a series of explosions could damage critical systems in a city. Understanding how a cell properly ......ery is the efficiency with which plasma glucose is delivered to the exercised muscle. Although cigarette smoking has been shown to inhibit nitric oxide (NO) bioactivity, thereby enhancing vasoconstriction, insulin induces NO-mediated widening of the blood vessels. The findings point to an association between i...Zengen's new technology first to deliver drug active ingredients in an oral strip
... first time that drug active ingredients have been delivered utilizing an oral strip. This method is effective and convenient for consumers and may be more cost efficient for manufacturers." The medicated oral strip is structured as a proprietary bilayer system. This system eliminates the use of irritating s...Sex matters in health promotion and disease prevention
... have on health and disease. This was the message delivered in a recent article authored by Phyllis Greenberger, M.S.W., Society president and CEO, published in the Summer 2003 issue of Health Searchlight. In the article, titled "Sex Matters in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention," Greenberger examines th...Gene therapy delays death in mouse with symptoms of Lou Gehrig's disease
...netic instructions to cells and usually have to be delivered directly to where the gene is needed. But instead of injecting this "adeno-associated" virus into specific nerves in the brain and spinal cord -- a feat that is likely impossible -- researchers at the Salk discovered and took advantage of the virus's...Gene therapy prolongs survival, slows disease progression in ALS mice
...val of neurons into the limb muscles of mice. When delivered to the cell bodies of the neurons, this gene, called insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF1), delayed disease progression and prolonged survival. The authors report that their results demonstrate substantial behavioral, functional, and pathological impro...Study points to new gene therapy tool in preventing epileptic seizures
...lepsy, McCown said. In the new research, the cargo delivered via AAV included coded instructions for galanin an... model seizure experiment, the AAV "construct" was delivered to only one side of the brain. Cell death after seizure induction occurred only in the untreated are...OHSU researcher publishes first measurements of 'free-base' nicotine in cigarette smoke
...forward in understanding how addictive nicotine is delivered by tobacco smoke," said James F. Pankow, Ph.D., pr...hown that a drug becomes more addictive when it is delivered to the brain more rapidly," Pankow continued, "free-base nicotine levels in cigarette smoke thus are...Burning forests speedily space-mapped for fire fighters
...rime contractor INSA to be processed for products, delivered to users and validated with GPS readings taken on the ground. Before BIRD had completed a single orbit, local fire fighters had been provided with geo-referenced hot-spot maps together with a risk index indicating where the blaze was most likely to ...Mediterranean fishery recovers, thanks to manmade pollutants
...etion of dietary nitrogen is much larger than that delivered by the river. With Cairo and Alexandria accounting for only about 28% of the total Egyptian population, some of the human waste from the remaining population living in other urban areas and towns in the delta must also reach the coast. The construct...Non-drug treatment for hypertension found effective in hard-to-control refractory hypertensives
...ertension. "The fact that this non-drug treatment delivered the same significant blood pressure reductions even in refractory hypertensives is clinically meaningful as it provides us with a much needed effective, and side-effect-free treatment option for this patient population"....'Reverse CPR' performed on back could better restore blood flow
...e turned to the side while a respiratory therapist delivered oxygen through a bag. During CPR performed outside a medical facility, the same counter-force effect could be obtained using a book, a rock or a piece of folded-up clothing, Weisfeldt says. Working from the back, Weisfeldt says, offers two advant...Radiology's role in gene therapy: Image and deliver
...es. Currently, there are two ways for genes to be delivered in the blood system: through viruses and using fat...iques that immediately confirm the genes have been delivered to the area and are functioning at that site." The RSNA is an association of more than 33,000 radiol...'Man's best friend' may be even better
...lts In the first series of experiments, histamine delivered to the nasal passages of five dogs caused rapid increase in RNA from 0.75 + 0.26 to a maximum of 3.56 + 0.50 cmH2Ol-1minutes within the first five minutes. The RNA in these dogs remained above the baseline for the next 40 minutes. The histamine-induc...With government nod, gene therapy pioneered at UNC is given to children with rare disorder
... studied for use in gene therapy. Moreover, a gene delivered via AAV remains active in cells for months or even years. This is the first time the FDA has approved the clinical use of an AAV vector product for gene therapy produced by a U.S. academic institution. The children who received the gene therapy are b...Diabetes in the elderly linked to fewer cellular 'power plants'
...the fat cells might release more fatty acids to be delivered to muscles and/or defects in mitochondrial oxidation might then lead to the accumulation of these fatty acids." To trace the cause of insulin resistance in the elderly, the researchers compared glucose and fatty acid metabolism in matched groups of o...