January media highlights: GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY
...ross North America. These air circulation patterns delivered both warm air and isotopically depleted moisture to the Arctic during the summer months of continuous sunlight and explosive growth. Such a weather pattern, with no Arctic Front as we have today, is radically different from weather patterns thought t...Durable responses reported with Bexxar
...a predictable level of therapeutic radiation to be delivered to each patient and may enhance the tolerability of the treatment....Science steps up on International Space Station with new experiments, fresh crew to operate them
A new suite of experiments will be delivered to the International Space Station by Space Shuttl...the STS-108 Shuttle Flight. Raffaello successfully delivered many experiments to the Station last April on Space Shuttle Flight STS-100, ISS Flight 6A. Since o...Major stress during pregnancy linked to autism
... reported on a study of 188 women who had delivered autistic children. The research showed that these women were more likely to have experienced a major stressor the 24th through 28th weeks of their pregnancy. "Researche...Discovery of dynamic sub-cellular processes could lead to medical applications
...en they have completed their mission. Proteins are delivered to the Golgi apparatus for processing in vesicles that bud from the endoplasmic reticulum. Therefore, Storrie said, there is a constant flow of materials from the endoplasmic reticulum through the Golgi and to the cell's outer surface. Storrie said T...Efficient fertilizer use could benefit river without hurting crop yields
...ercent of the annual variation in nitrate-nitrogen delivered to the Gulf of Mexico as measured by the U.S. Geological Survey. It also incorporates the states level crop production statistics and estimates of nitrogen input from the atmosphere in rainfall. Most of the data were compiled under the leadership o...Study: Immunize refugee children early to prevent deadly measles
...ed quietly, aside from one very late night when he delivered a Kosovar couple's baby in a pickup truck on the way to the hospital. He kept detailed immunization records. Of the 261,000 refugees in Macedonia in June 1999, some 110,...Black raspberries show multiple defenses in thwarting cancer
...rbed into the blood stream and delivered to the lungs in high enough amounts to be protective. We do believe that they protect the esophagus and colon because they are absorbed by these organs as the food moves through the digestiv...From embryo to placenta, gene transfer in primates a success
...t can tell scientists that it has been effectively delivered to the host cell. The work reported today by the Wisconsin group is important because it is the first time a gene that has been transferred into a primate embryo has been shown to be functional throughout development to a successful live birth. It al...... their destination within the body, they are often delivered inside fatty globules known as liposomes. But liposomes aren't always good carriers because heat and enzymes can break them up and allow the drug to escape in an uncontrolled fashion. Uhrich reports that adding a small amount of ASM polymer to the ...Molecular structure could advance understanding of human disorders
...ed to deposit the copper. Once the copper has been delivered (although copper was not actually used in the experiments in order to stabilize the complex) the heterodimer splits apart. Two copper-loaded SOD proteins then join together in order to execute its biochemical reaction. Because the CCS-SOD complex is ...UC Davis' first cloned calf born, succumbs three days later
The first calf cloned and delivered at the University of California, Davis, died Satur...k products." The brown and white Hereford calf was delivered by Caesarean section Aug. 15 at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. It was part of a ...Robert S. Langer to present the 2001 Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture
... belief that only some sizes of molecules could be delivered slowly. Langer's later research has led to the development of a number of novel biodegradable polymers with medical applications. One of these resulted in a drug delivery system for the treatment of brain cancer (developed with Dr. Henry Brem of Jo...Research highlights from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
...chers are analyzing data to determine if radiation delivered at low dose rates is equally responsible for causi...and other adverse health effects as the same doses delivered at high rates. PNNL scientists are working with other national and international institutions to eva......ositions ViaCells future. 4.2 million newborns are delivered in the United States each year. Their cord blood, previously discarded as medical waste, is now known to contain a rich supply of neonatal stem cells. Cord blood stem cells have the following key advantages. They are clinically used in the therapy...New science investigations, a fresh team ready for Expedition Three on International Space Station
...out during Expedition Two. (EXPRESS Rack 3 will be delivered on a future expedition.) These racks will continue...ational Space Station Experiment (MISSE) - will be delivered by the STS-105 crew and mounted outside the Station during an Extravehicular Activity, or space walk......d. Standard therapy calls for these fetuses to be delivered early, often by cesarean section. But complications include longer than average times in costly neonatal intensive care units, longer times before their first feedings (requiring tube feeding) and between subsequent feedings, and longer waits until s...UAF part of university without walls
...s curriculum is in the planning stages and will be delivered in part through a web-based portal known as the Arctic Learning Environment (ALE). The development of ALE will facilitate communication between members of the UArctic community. "The ALE is an attempt to create centers of access, whether it b...Climate change affecting even remote arctic environment, study says
...commendations for action, which are expected to be delivered to the Arctic Council's next ministerial meeting in fall 2002. These recommendations will likely chart the course of CAFF's work for the next several years, and are expected to be used by other organizations interested in Arctic conservation....... resonance (NMR) spectrometer ever constructed was delivered today to The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI). According to Peter Wright, Ph.D., Chairman, Department of Molecular Biology, the new NMR, referred to by the frequency at which it operates, 900 MHz, will become the centerpiece of one of the world's m...