Stress Hormone Levels Predict Length Of Gestation In Human Pregnancy
...d from the women's medicalrecords. The women were divided into groups based on presence or absence ofspontaneous labor and the presence or absence of medical conditions that placedthem at risk for preterm delivery. Study results indicated that although women in the high-risk group hadhigher CRH leve...Why Are The Fish Sick? Local Tip Suspected
...l is to blame. The current investigation has been divided into ten separate studies. In onestudy, researchers willcarry out further investigations into what might cause the disturbances in thefish. One theory is thatpesticides could be the cause. Another project will therefore concentrate onlooking into the...Researchers Make Breakthrough In Gene Transfer
...ssed at high levels, even after the host cells had divided 30 to40 times. In unpublished work, the group also has used these vectors to expressproteins of hepatitis C virus, an important human pathogen for which no vaccineexists. "These vectors should be very useful scientific tools because,...New Forest Owners Prefer Enjoying Their Land Over Working It
...small parcels has increased. "When the property is divided into 10- or 20-acre lots and sold todifferent individuals, it hurts the integrity of the land," Jacobson said."It's also hard to manage the forest economically, and the owners just giveit up." Wilson Rivers is not part of the new breed of forest owne...Software Helps Decipher Genomes Of Higher Organisms
...sky explained. "The genes of human DNA may be divided into pieces, called exons, with non-coding genetic material between the exons. These spacers in the genes, called introns, were hard to detect by a computer algorithm. Also, eukaryotic DNA is much longer, with an average gene size of 10,000...Major Clinical Findings By California AIDS Team: HIV Does More Than Kill Off T Cells
...eeks. With the label serving as a marker fornewly divided cells, they analyzed samples by using a cell sorter to isolatepure populations of circulating T cells and a mass spectrometer to measure thenumber of labeled cells. Because the labeling was carried out in living people, the results serve as thefirst...Elevated Blood Levels Of Inactive TPA Linked To Increased Stroke Risk In Young Women
... 97 women who had not had astroke. The women were divided into four equal size groups depending on theirblood level of TPA antigen. Those in the group with the highest blood levels ofTPA antigen were nearly four times as likely to have suffered a stroke as womenin the lowest-level group. The study control...UF Researcher Finds Way To Slow The Aging Process
...loss and the aging process." Leeuwenburgh divided rats into two groups, one of which was given ananti-oxidant diet of beta carotene and vitamins E and C. After 21 months,the rate of muscle oxidation for the rats in the anti-oxidant groups was50 percent lower than the rate for the rats in the contro...Growth Factors Improve Muscle Healing In Animals
...mius(calf) muscles of 42 mice. The mice were then divided into three sets of 14apiece. Each set received a different growth factor, either insulin growthfactor type (IGF-1), basic fibroblast growth factor (b-FGF) or nerve growthfactor (NGF). One gastrocnemius muscle in each mouse served as a control,rece...Researchers Prove Chemoprevention Can Work
...d no history of major chronic illnesses. They were divided intothree groups. One group received 125 mg of oltipraz every day for eight weeks.The second group received 500 mg of oltipraz once a week for eight weeks, andthe third received a placebo. They found that oltipraz affects the way in which peo...Reinventing Humans Is Focus Of Virginia Tech Program
...and who decides what"perfect" means? The forum is divided into three parts: morning discussion sessions providingbackground information; a main panel session featuring eminent presenters fromthe fields of political science, medical ethics, philosophy, history, and childdevelopment; and afternoon sessions of......osystem approach, the Fish and Wildlife Servicehas divided the country into 53 management units based on watersheds. TheService chose watersheds because their boundaries and ecological connections areobvious. For instance, pollution upstream will affect ecosystems downstream.Just as importantly, watersheds a...New Key To Saving African Elephants
... About 40% of theland is protected and the rest is divided into three contiguous districts where people have been clearing the elephant'sdeciduous hardwood habitat forsubsistence agriculture since the mid-1950s. A single elephant population ofnearly 12,000 occupies the three districts, and conversion to agri...Stanford launches interdisciplinary initiative in the biological sciences
...isco) by the SanFrancisco Bay, and Harvard Yard is divided from its medical center by theCharles River. In addition, Stanford has a system of eight interdisciplinary centers, rangingfrom the Institute for International Studies to the Laboratory for AdvancedMaterials, that involve inter-school collaborations ...Computing device to serve as basis for biological computer
...ng machine consists of a potentially infinitetape divided into cells, each of which can hold one symbol, a read/write head,and a control unit which can be in one of a finite number of states. Theoperation of the machine is governed by a finite set of rules that constituteits "software program." In e...Farming's genetic revolution has yet to materialise
...udy the use of pesticides on these crops, the USDA divided thecountry into various different regions. In seven of the 12 combinations of cropsand regions, farmers using modified crops had had to add the same quantities ofpesticides to their fields as those growing non-modified crops. To study yields,the USDA...Eating proper foods at right time after exercise can speed recovery
...ery period afterexercise." In the tests, rats were divided into five groups based on sedentary or exercisedactivity levels and combinations of food(leucine or carbohydrates or both). Researchers then studied muscle recoveryafter some of the rats ran on a treadmill. Theexercised rats fed leucine and carbohydr...U-M scientists identify genes that make blood "thicker" and more likely to clot as we get older
...atedincrease in Factor IX activity, U-M scientists divided the human gene intosmaller segments and then recombined them to create more than 11 differentminigenes. Each minigene contained active transcription areas of the naturalgene's DNA plus adjacent regions. U-M scientists then used genetic engineering ...Growth factor may determine who grows new blood vessels that protect against heart attacks
...ood supplyin each patient. The patients were then divided into three groups depending onthe extent of their collateral beds. The levels of VEGF were also tested. The researchers found no significant difference in the patients' ability toproduce VEGF when cells received normal levels of oxygen. However, t...