Common Childhood Virus Poses Threat To Adults, Research Shows
...nts and young children. According to Murry, nearly every child inthe United States acquires RSV before the age of two, as their immune systemsare developing. Adults most vulnerable to infection are those who have undergonechemotherapy or organ transplants, as well as those with HIV. If a patient has a sev...E. Coli Genome Reported: Milestone Of Modern Biology Emerges From Wisconsin Lab
... The work also details the similarity between every gene of E. coli andevery gene of every other completely sequenced organism. The comparison, according to Blattner, shows that some genes ap...Pea Plant Stem Growth Gene Cloned
...volved. "Mendel's experiments are now included in every high school biology class," said Davies....Fossils Show British Columbia Was Once 2,000 Miles South
...samples only where they found the shinyfossils. In every case, the sedimentary rocks showed a magnetic field closer tohorizontal than would be expected for northerly latitudes. Since there was noevidence of heating, and remagnetization, the conclusion was that the rockswere formed far to the south 70 to 8...Hunt For Early Heart Attack Genes Begins
...aimed more than 487,000 lives in 1994, causeone in every 4.7 American deaths. People younger than 65 account for 45 percentof heart attacks. "We have good evidence that heart disease, including heart attacks, runsin families. Heart attacks result from a person's complex genetic makeup andhis or h...Largest Tyrannosaur Fossil Unearthed In Montana
...an 130scientific field research projects worldwide every year. Since it was foundedin 1972, more than 50,000 paying volunteers -- 4,000 each year -- have sharedthe cost and labor of the expeditions, which investigate questions in the earth,life, and social sciences. "We are concerned that the fos...Researchers Find Association Between Alzheimer's Gene And Mental Impairment After Cardiac Surgery
... Newman said. While these findings do not explain every case of cognitive decline followingheart surgery, Newman said that they will be important in developing protectivestrategies for susceptible heart patients. At this point, the situationis similar to that of Alzheimer's disease -- physicians can deter...New, Environmentally Friendly Technique For Separating Liquids Invented At UNC-CH
... countless tons of waste water into theenvironment every year. "This work opens the door to using environmentally friendly solvents inthis very solvent-intensive process," DeSimone said. "We are very excited aboutthe possibilities." In an accompanying commentary in Nature, Dr. Joan F. Bren...Chesapeake Bay Sediment : Home To Pfiesteria-Like Microbes
...nd othercustomers. This information is gathered in every state by USGS scientists to minimize the loss of life and property from naturaldisasters, contribute to wise economic and physical development of the nation's natural resources, and enhance the quality of life bymonitoring water, biological, energy, ...Disease Takes Its Toll On Waterfowl Populations
...d other customers. This information is gathered in every state by USGS scientists to minimize the loss of life and property from natural disasters, contribute to wise economic and physical development of the nation's natural resources, and enhance the quality of life by monitoring water, biological, energy...Oral Vaccine Protects Infants From Severe Rotavirus Diarrhea
...aviruses are very egalitarian viruses. Practically every child in the developed and developing world will be infectedwith rotavirus in the first few years of life, regardless of hygienicconditions." Dr. Kapikian has devoted a major part of his career to working on rotavirussince its discovery almost 25 ye...Epic Of Evolution Conference Brings Science And Religion Together November 12-14
...nt state. Evolutionary researchcuts across nearly every field of science today, including genetics, chemistry,sociology, and psychology. The speaker list for the conference reads like a "Who's Who" in science andtheology. Speakers include biologist Francisco Ayala of the University ofCalifornia-Irvi...SFU Researcher Fools Forest Pest Into 'Barking Up The Wrong Tree'
...ions of dollars worth of commercial timber in B.C. every year.It's long been known that bark beetles use chemical signals, or pheromones, to attract others of their kind to a suitable host tree. It's also known that theycan detect the scent of host trees. But Huber's work reveals that the beetles are doing...Cut Pesticide Use In Half, Urges SFU Biologist
...e, that translates to four pounds of pesticidesfor every man, woman and child. When Winston, a member...illion cases of human pesticide poisoningworldwide every year. Add to that the hidden toll from chronic pesticideexposure, which has been linked to immune dy...Biodiversity Worth $2.9 Trillion
...llion worth of soil and $9 billion in tractor fuel every year in the U.S., according to the analysis. Genes for perennial cereal grains already exist in wild plant species, they said, estimating the worldwide value of a perennial grain system at $170 billion a year. "We hope assessments such as this," Pim......, geologists, biologists and cartographers work in every state to minimize the loss of life and property from natural disasters, contribute to wise economic and physical development of the nation's natural resources, and enhance the quality of life....Guidelines For Next Generation Of Environmental Policy
...al engine of sustainable development. For example, every developing country must find ways to attract foreigninvestment into water and sewage infrastructures, and into industrial pollutioncontrols. Redefining the World Bank's development role to get it out of thebusiness of funding big projects s...Are CDC's 1997 Recommendations For Targeted Lead Screening Of Children Justified?
... as health care dollars forour children--to screen every child irrespective of lead exposure or plausible risk." CONTACT: Eric W. Manheimer, MSc, Department of Epidemiology, University ofMaryland at Baltimore; 410-706-0321; fax 410-328-0110; e-mail manheim@epin.ab.umd.edu >. Other author: Ellen K. Sil......nd understanding of the ocean. "One out of every six jobs in the United States is marine related," saidCommerce Secretary William M. Daley "What's more, 95 percent of U.S. foreigntrade passes through U.S. ports and harbors in ships. One-third of our grossdomestic product is produced in coastal ar......cal technique determines accurately the positionof every atom of the complex. Vertex used X-ray diffraction data with the aidof computational techniques to construct a high-resolution (2.2 angstroms)electron density map of the complex. The map reveals the nucleic acid-bindingsite, as well as the previous...