Research Reveals Link Between Development And Contamination In Urban Watersheds
...assage of the Clean Air and Clean WaterActs in the early 1970s, efforts have been made to reduce auto emissionsand control pollutants in urban runoff," said Pete Van Metre, USGShydrologist based in Austin, Texas and coordinator of the sediment coringproject. "These efforts have produced some promising res...Tiny Worm Reveals Workings Of Suspected Tumor Protein
...ersion of the humanprotein p300 helps cells in the early embryo decide what kind of tissue tobecome. Shi found that p300 also is critical for determining the number of cellsformed in the embryo. His finding validates earlier cell culture experiments onhow viral cancer-causing proteins subvert a cell's grow...Coastal Development Threatens Rare Atlantic Shorebird
... made them a fashion target. From the 1870s to the early 1900s,they were slaughtered by the hundreds of thousands. Most were shot at close range while they hovered protectively abovetheir nests. Resident fishermen and oystermen got 10 cents a piece for thebirds, which they gutted and shipped in ice......ring each trimester of pregnancy (T1, T2, and T3), early in lactation at 2 mo postpartum (EL), and 5 mo aft...s met by increased maternal intestinal absorption; early breast-milk calcium was provided by maternal renal calcium conservation and loss of spinal trabecula...Rockefeller University Researchers Hunt For Type 2 Diabetes Susceptibility Genes
... levels of blood glucose?and is characterizedby an early age of onset.. Known as maturity onset-diabetes of...gnosis andtreatment can diminish the morbidity and early mortality associated with thisdisorder. The Rockefeller study seeks to recruit individuals w...Shuttle Mission's "Neurolab" To Study Nervous System
...ment of gravity sensors in space by animals in the early stages of life. The snails and fish will fly aboard Neurolab, a shuttle research missiondedicated to the study of the life sciences. Neurolab will focus on the mostcomplex and least understood part of the human body -- the nervous system--...Microchip Sensor Detects Bacteria
...ons of dollars a year," says Batt. "If we had an early warning system, such as these biosensors could provide, we would be aware of the problem and able to attack it much more efficiently."...Births Of Rare Lemurs At Duke Primate Center
... scientists can obtain analogous insights into the early history ofapes and humans. ----- The Primate Center has launched a "Name the Aye-aye" contest to givelemur lovers a chance to name one of the baby aye-ayes. For a $5 donation,entrants can suggest a "scary" name for a baby aye-aye. N...Water Quality In Indiana's White River Basin Affected By Urban And Agricultural Activities
... communities have significantly improved since the early 1970's, although degraded communities of fish still are found in streams with poor water quality. Some streams with good fish habitat presently have degraded communities of fish, a disparity indicating nonhabitat stresses (such as poor water quality)...Spinal Cord Injury Treatment May Improve With New Findings On Nervous System Damage
...Cord Injury Unit at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. In the early 1980s, Washington University in St. Louis researchers discoveredthat glutamate, a chemical messenger that neurons squirt onto other neurons,turns into a killer when it floods onto neighboring cells from ruptured neurons. They named this phenomenon '...New Sunspot Cycle To Be Bigger Than Average
...st sunspot cycles. That is, theyused the data from early in a cycle to "predict" whatthe rest of the cycle would do. Most predictions match realityfairly close, except for Cycle 19, the current record cycle, whichpeaked at 190 in sunspot number in 1957, just as the first spacephysics satellites were being ...Researchers Discover How Ulcer Bug Becomes Antibiotic-Resistant
...s more than half the world's people and is a major early risk factor for stomach cancer. The researchers' findings also raise concern about a possible linkbetween the drug and stomach cancer in people infected with H. pylori. "The real danger lurks when a person takes metronidazole without the comp...Florida Or Bust? Older Lab Rats Seek Heat To Fight Infection, UD Researchers Report
...older animals, accordingto Peloso, who co-authored early UD findings with former post-doctoralresearcher, Maciek Wachulec and Satinoff. (Wachulec et al, "Individualdifferences in response to LPS and psychological stress in aged rats," American Journal of Physiology , Vol. 272, No. 41, R1252 - R1257, 1997.)...Duke Researchers Genetically Engineer Mice To Block Heart Enlargement
...nd less can be done. Traditionaltreatments for the early stages of heart failure include drug regimensconsisting of multiple medications, such as beta blockers and ACE-inhibitors, toblock the various hormones that produce a strain on the heart. If these drugsfail and the disease progresses, patients can re......ids. They found that the canal in Neanderthals and early humansmore closely matched that of modern humans t... humans, as well as those of threespecimens of the early "man-ape" Australopithecus, two archaic members of thegenus Homo, two Neanderthals and one early Hom......s study is the firstto demonstrate that those with early restored blood flow show a significantstatistical ... study provides evidence strengthening theneed for early arrival at a hospital for treatment that can greatly improvechances for a good recovery. "Successfu...UCSF Researchers Identify Mutations In Gene Causing Hereditary Form Of Childhood Rickets
...for thedisorder and, if necessary, begin treatment early in life." Children with hereditary vitamin D-dependent rickets cannot metabolize vitamin D to its active hormonal form and, as a result, have difficulty growing healthy bone. They develop poorly, have abnormal teeth and develop rickets, or deformed ...Bears Cubed: Virginia Tech Studies Three Bears, And Three Bears, And Three More Bears
...hers is what triggers implantation to take placein early winter? The Virginia Tech researchers measure and weigh the cubs every 10 days. At birththey weigh about a half pound. But if you were to hold one, you would find itmuch stronger than a puppy dog. Chris Ryan, wildlife graduate student, uses a five-fo......ing rodents for suchstudies is necessary for these early studies because "humans don't necessarily eat just whenthey're hungry," says Dr. Lambert. "They are more dependent than most animals on social cuesand timetables." The CART studies show potential for more than just obesity studies. Dr. Kuhar and his......ut surprisingly, social conditions did not predict early measures of infection. That is, the monkeys in stable groups didn't have significantly better early blood tests than the ones in unstable conditions, Capitanio said. What did predict early measures of...