Virginia Tech Researchers Receive Patent For Rapid Virus Detection Technology
...leased from cells in the test medium -- "acellular equivalent of canaries used to detect gas in mines,"says Hagedorn. Presently, the presence of the bacterium, Escherichia coli ( E. coli ), is used throughout theworld as an indicator of human fecal contamination of water. Ifviruses able to infect E. coli ar...Discovery Of Cell Sites May Shed Light On How Bodily Systems Interact
...ary Medicine, and researchers from INRA-INSERM(the equivalent of the USDA and NIH in France) and Hoffman LaRoche, an internationalpharmaceutical company....No Such Luck: Nitrogen From Air Pollution Unlikely to Moderate Global Warming
...Minnesota grasslands. "We added nitrogen at rates equivalent to what's deposited from the atmosphere in Minnesota and the Ohio Valley, right up through the amounts of highly agricultural and industrial areas of Europe," said Tilman. "Two of our nine treatments went beyond these rates to try to predict the long......weeks. Those that make itto 60 days have lived the equivalent of 85 human years. If they receivea normal diet of sugar plus protein, females generally outlive males byabout 1.5 days. But in this new study, the researchers report that, whenfed a protein-deprived diet, males lived shorter lives overall, but outli...New Study Shows Steps Leading To Colon Cancer
...tein called dTCF, latches onto DNA and becomes the equivalent of a light switch. "Now that we understand what happens normally, we can imagine using fruit flies to search for and test potential drugs which might turn off or block the signaling pathway that leads to tumors," he said. Fruit flies are far more...Purdue-Made Soil Benefits The Environment
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- It's the environmental equivalent of turning a sow's ear into a silk purse -- Purdue University researchers have developed a process for making topsoil from coal ash, yard waste and industrial byproducts. "There are many potential benefits to this project, including the long-term eco......edwithout pollination. The hunt is now on to find equivalent genes in commercial plants likerice - the world's biggest crop, and the staple diet for billions of peopleglobally. "In most crop plants, the male parts of the flower transfer pollento the female parts, prompting the grain to develop," Dr Chaudhurys...Max-Planck Researchers Unravel The Structure Of The Methane Forming Enzyme
...ossible in aqueous solutions, and has so far no equivalent in the organic chemistry. The enzyme circumvents the problems in aqueous solution by wrapping the reaction into the protein. The active site is coated by hydrophobic, aromatic side chains and completely inaccessible for bulk solvent. The ...Free Radicals Implicated In Impaired Lung Function; Damage May Be Mitigated By Certain Antioxidants
...as oxidative stress) reflects damage to the lungs equivalent to the effect of 3-5 years of aging, or of approxi...d-cell glutathione, glutathione peroxidase, trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity and total serum bilirubin, the main pigment found in bile. Schunemann said bo...Genetic "Short Circuit" Leads To Cleft Palate
...products involved in palate formation that are the equivalent of individual bulbs in the string of lights. The clefting-susceptible mice have an overactive gene, comparable to a bulb that burns hot but still is able to complete the circuit and light up the other bulbs in the string. In these mice, the gene al...Colon Cancer Linked To Genes, Not Lifestyle
... monkeys, all aged 20 to 37 years, roughly the equivalent of people in their 50s to 80s. The animals, which were used for breeding rather than scientific experimentation during their lifetimes, either died spontaneously or were euthanized due ...Wake Forest University Study Takes Students In Flight With The Albatross
...alapagos, Anderson said that the birds can fly the equivalent of a flight from New York to Miami -- or San Diego to Seattle -- and back on a feeding trip....DNA Enzyme Works In Crystal Form; Yields New Insights Into Gene Copying
...heDuke biochemists may have to resort to the X-ray equivalent of strobe flashphotography -- using short bursts of high-intensityX-rays available at synchrotrons such as those at Brookhaven National Laboratoryand the Advanced Photon Source near Chicago. Synchrotrons use high-energyparticle beams to produce the m...Microsurgery Made More Accurate With Virtual Measuring Tool
...e satisfied. First of all, it is necessary for the equivalent stereo camera system (shown in Fig. 1 Insert A) to... 1995], this depends on the ability to measure the equivalent camera separation, convergence angle, and focal lengths. Secondly, it is necessary for the human ope...Genetics May Explain Much Age-Related Hearing Loss
...ss, in mice that were 13-months-old, anage roughly equivalent to 50-60 human years. As in the previous study, none ofthe mice had been exposed to interventions that could affect hearing. Mice lacking one component of the SOD gene had greater hearing loss thanthe control-group mice, particularly at th...UF Researchers Use Gene Therapy To Prevent Hypertension, Organ Damage
...be performed in a clinical setting, 120 days isthe equivalent of 15 to 20 years in a human," he said. High blood pressure kills about 40,000 people each year in the UnitedStates and contributes to the deaths of 200,000 others. The American HeartAssociation estimates as many as 50 million Americans 6 an...Intake Of Acetaminophen Increases Risk Of Excessive Anticoagulation In Patients Taking Warfarin
... ingestion of acetaminophen. Patients who took the equivalent of at least four regular strength (325 mg)tablets per day for 7 days or longer had a ten-fold increase in the risk of INRof 6 or more. The risk dropped with lower dosages, and there was no increasedrisk seen in patient taking 6 or fewer tablets per ...... killing thedinosaurs. The Triassic extinction was equivalent in magnitude to the Cretacious/Tertiary(K/T) extinction: about 80% of the species then living on the planet becameextinct. There are 150 known impact craters worldwide; the group is now studying othersto see if there are other coincident crater chain...Soy Phytoestrogens Reduce Carotid Atherosclerosis As Much As Premarin
...erapy from soy protein withphytoestrogens provided equivalent stroke-prevention benefits to the standardPremarin therapy prepared from mammalian estrogens. "Phytoestrogens were as robust as Premarin," said Thomas B. Clarkson,D.V.M., professor of comparative medicine at the Wake Forest University School...Environmental Impact Of Antifouling Paints And Tributyltin Regulations
...stems toTBT-based paints for ships hulls which are equivalent in performance and areenvironmentally safe has proved to be a complex problem, says Uwe Schneider,Ph.D., of Witco GmbH in Bergkamen, Germany. Schneider will review newantifouling technologies and their potential environmental fate. Paper ENV...