Second Breast Cancer Gene Located
... a test forthat gene in an experimental program to evaluate how best to counsel at-riskwomen. Because having a mutated copy of either BRCA1 or BRCA2 could make it difficultto obtain insurance or employment, it is important to couple testing withcounseling and support services, Rimer said. As......ram under the leadership of Thomas Henick-Kling to evaluate the quality of Traminette wines and to develop suitable fermentation techniques. John Brahm III, of Arbor Hill Grapery in Bristol Springs, N.Y., who has been growing the variety since 1985 and making wine with it since 1990, has just started selling ...Researchers Develop Model Using Birds As Indicator Of Wetlands Health
...n developed an indexwhich relies on bird counts to evaluate the condition of wetlandhabitats. He is continuing...veloped a mathematicalformula which can be used to evaluate the ecological condition ofwetlands. When they tested the model, they found significantdifferences i...Penn State Wetlands Project Seeks Scientific Evaluation Criteria
...ies of assessment techniques to help professionals evaluate restored or created wetlands have been developed during the study. "A wetland is an elusive thing to categorize," Brooks says. "The best way to describe our work is that we are creating a sort of template or blueprint that can best match the char...Study Focuses On How Plants Help Toxic Pollutants Travel Around The World
...olar radiation (ultravioletlight) are difficult to evaluate because all three factors vary simultaneouslyand often are dependent upon each other. "In this, we can control most of the parameters. In a natural system,that gets mixed up. We can avoid some of that using this chamber," she said. Al...Penn State Researchers Study Used Mushroom Compost
... "A multitude of methods will allow us to evaluate the trends incarbohydrates, proteins, lignin and other organic species as a function ofweathering," says Hatcher. Other analysis will investigate the soluble salt contents of the compostand the nitrogen content and composition. The leachate c......ngle Institute, to use sensitive clinical tests to evaluate more ill and well Gulf War veterans for neurological damage and to design a national survey to determine how many Gulf War veterans need treatment. "This is the logical and crucial next phase to meet the goals of our research," said Dr. Robert Haley,...Purdue Researchers Track Oil Spill's Effects On Sea Otters
...Snyder says. "We need to continue these studies to evaluate the significance of these findings." Snyder works ... livestock. So when Dr. Rebar asked me if we could evaluate the immune system of a sea otter, I said 'we can try.'" Snyder went to Alaska in the summer of 1995 ...Folic Acid Fortification Effective In Cereal Grains
...the seven trials, the first five were conducted to evaluate how well the isotope-labelled folicacid in either water (the control substance) or in the different experimentally fortified grainproducts was absorbed into the bloodstream. The investigators conducted the final two trials tostudy a liquid supplemen...Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Receives $1.1 Million Grant From National Cancer Institute
...ectives of the Harbor Branch grant will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of discodermolide on experimenta...ung, breast and ovarian cancers and to isolate and evaluate both natural and synthetic, chemically related compounds (analogs) of discodermolide which may prove...Biogenic Emissions Higher Than Expected Over African Savanna
...miles). EXPRESSO results will next be used to evaluate and improve computer models of air chemistry on regional and global scales....Remote Cloud Observatory Tracks El Niño Changes
...ions and measurements for a decade in an effort to evaluate and developcloud property and radiation algorithms for the global climate models, and tobetter understand phenomena like El Niño. "We have records of El Niño quite far back, but the largest in recenthistory occurred in 1982-83,...Memorial Sloan-Kettering Investigators
...tment was effective in mice, and we are planningto evaluate it soon in patients." Specifically, Dr. Pa...anning sucha clinical trial. Researchers intend to evaluate Trichostatin A as well as asimilar drug called sodium phenylbutyrate. Memorial Sloan-Ketteri...Virginia Tech Engineers Help Mother Nature Clean Up
...ive model for how one can assess a site,as well as evaluate a process in terms of its ability to cleanup a contaminated area. The model would have to account for suchvariables as groundwater flow, the long term fate of the contaminantand the long term fate of the soils contaminant. In the process, Novak a...USGS 1999 Budget Emphasizes Clean Water, Disaster Information, Species And Habitat Research
...fic components of the increase will enable USGS to evaluate nutrient loads andtransport in major rivers and ground-water systems,including a specific focus on contributors tohypoxia and toxic algal blooms in the Gulf of Mexico and other coastal waters; determine theinfluence of land-use practices and pollutio...Drug-Resistant Infection Once Found Only In Hospitals Now Present In Community
...r investigation. They have already begun a studyto evaluate the transmission of these organisms by identifying childrencolonized with Staphylococcus aureus that do not have symptoms of illness. Dr. Herold's co-authors include Lilly C. Immergluck, M.D., Melinda C. Maranan,M.D., Diane S. Lauderdale, Ph.D., Rya...Pet-Owning Couples Are Closer, Interact More Than Pet-Less Couples, UB Study Shows
... number and diversity of social contacts. To evaluate responses to stress, Allen hooked up spouses to heart and blood- pressure monitors and introduced a topic identified through the questionnaires as a source of tension or disagreement. She then monitored heart rate and blood pressure during the ensui...Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Launches Innovative Therapeutics Development Centers
...pedite the early phases of clinical trials that evaluate safety and dosing regimens for new drugs. The final phase, which assesses the drug’s effectiveness in a large population of patients, will involve the CF Foundation’s full network of 113 accredited care centers across the country. ...Research Indicates Molecule Sabotage May Slow Brain Cancer
...and provides a new animal model thatcan be used to evaluate future therapies," says Lois Lampson, PhD, an expert onbrain tumor biology and an associate neurology professor at Brigham and Women'sHospital and Harvard Medical School. "The research opens new paths for bothbasic understanding and pre-clinical re...New Test Opens Window On Corrosive Free-Radical Activity In Individuals
... of avitamin or for choosing a disease in which to evaluate the effects of avitamin," says FitzGerald, who is also a professor of cardiovascular medicine atPenn. "And, indeed, we have reason to suspect that there might be quite a degreeof inter-individual difference in susceptibility to the benefits of vitami...