New AIDS drug discoveries to battle drug-resistant HIV strains
...se II clinical trials. Dapivirine, based on its ease of manufacture and low cost, is a viable candidate for treating AIDS in the developing world, home to 95 percent of all HIV-infected patients, the researchers said. It is also being tested as a microbicide to prevent the transmission of HIV. A th...Communities dealing with hazardous waste need independent adviser, UCLA engineering professor says
...tween the community and the EPA was not helping to ease the community fears," Cohen said. Up until that time, residents had to rely on the EPA for information. "That's not good enough for the community because even though the EPA has its own community liaisons, they have to put forward the 'party line,'" ...Converging technologies can improve human performance, report says
...Such technologies could revolutionize health care, ease the consequences of disabilities and aging, and enable novel communication techniques. The document also suggests strategies to prepare key organizations and sectors of society for the envisioned changes. The findings and recommendations are the res...National study halted since health risks exceed benefits in postmenopausal women on estrogen
...is given to many women at the time of menopause to ease uncomfortable symptoms such as hot flashes and vaginal dryness. Progestin is usually added to reduce the likelihood that estrogen alone might produce uterine cancer. Estrogen is also given to menopausal women to reduce the rate at which their bones b...Citing 'human obligation,' AAAS CEO urges U.S.-Cuban collaboration
...s to food and medicines from the United States, to ease restrictions on travel to Cuba, to provide scholarships for certain Cuban nationals."...Fungi help some trees weather acid rain, not all
...orest soils battered by acid rain -- would seem to ease worries about the worrisome form of pollution. But don't stop worrying just yet, warns Timothy J. Fahey, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Natural Resources at Cornell University and a co-author of the report, "Mycorrhizal weathering of apatite a...Genetic engineering could salvage once-promising anti-cancer agents
...e beneficial. And we could use the samestrategy to ease the side effects." UW researchers headed by Heinz Floss, an emeritus chemistry professor,teamed with researchers from Rheinische Wilhems-Universitt in Bonn,Germany, to develop ways of modifying genes that create maytansinoids andthen produce cancer t...People and fire at Florida's wildland-urban interface
...ducation programs, said Butry. Such programs could ease the concerns of residents and change attitudes toward fire management in areas at high risk for wildfire....Human antibodies against spores found by researchers suggest new tool to detect and treat anthrax
...from the individual's system. And, because of the ease of producing and administering antibodies, they represent a simple, inexpensive, and potentially powerful therapy....Megavitamins may help treat many genetic diseases, could tune up everyone's metabolism
...dose nutrient therapy because of the nominal cost, ease of application and low level of risk," the authors concluded in their paper....Human running on surfaces of different stiffnesses
...ble the physically challenged to move with greater ease and comfort, with devices incorporating the latest research in biomechanics....How cold! New partnership to use chilled neutrons
...e sentries that ward off harmfulmicroorganisms. To ease the neutron crunch forbiologists, NIST offered to open a new port in a beamline at its NCNR. Whitethen organized the CNBT partnership,which includes researchers from UCI,NIST, the University of Pennsylvania, Rice University, Carnegie MellonUniversity...Electrodes and nanoprobes signal new DNA detection method
... in DNA detection sensitivity, selectivity, cost, ease of use and speed," said Chad Mirkin, director of Northwesterns Institute for Nanotechnology, who led the research team. "The electrical DNA detection method that we have invented excels in all of these areas and has a good chance to become a truly di...Baxter's HomeChoice Pediatric dialysis system receives market clearance from FDA
...ss. I hope this new innovation will not only help ease some of the burden on parents who care for children with kidney disease, but also help children enjoy the pleasures of being children, he added. Kidney Disease and Peritoneal DialysisESRD leads to the inability of kidneys to effectively fulfill their...Bacteria's natural foe fights drug-resistant infections
... need for traditional antibiotics and subsequently ease the mounting drug-resistance problem. Bacteriophage, or phage, can be found just about anywhere: in sewage and soil and any other locations where bacteria are found. As part of their normal lifecycle, these tiny viruses infect, replicate, then burst ......osis and have a similar cell cycle. Because of the ease of manipulating yeast genetically and because of their uncanny similarities, S. pombe is a good model system for studying the human cell cycle. "S. pombe has contributed enormously towards understanding the human cell cycle and towards advances in t...... with scientists at M.I.T. and Tufts University to ease our germ-fearing minds about this very thing. In their research, they demonstrate that covalent attachment of N-alkylated poly(4-vinylpyridine) (PVP) to glass surfaces can make surfaces permanently lethal to several types of bacteria on contact. Lew...Worlds largest scientific society convenes regional meeting October 10-13 in Lincoln, Neb.
... new classes of cancer fighting medicines that may ease these side effects. (Melvyn W. Mosher, Missouri Southern State College, Physical Sciences, Joplin, 417-625-9755) Though its mechanisms are not well understood, etoposide has been used for decades in treating small cell lung cancer, testicular can...Studies offer data on potential impact of Reminyl on caregiver 'burden' in Alzheimer's disease
... to treat mild to moderate Alzheimers disease can ease the burden on family caregivers by reducing the amount of time required for supervision and assistance, as well as by alleviating the stress associated with these responsibilities, suggest data presented today at the Tenth Congress of the Internation......otion with sub-nanometer precision, as well as the ease with which it may be fabricated into a multi-element sensor array," he said. "No other sensor technology offers such versatility." Majumdar and his UC Berkeley colleagues have found a way to put several hundred cantilevers onto a single silicon chip,...