JCI table of contents, 1 July 2004
...ed Interactions Approximately 1-3% of all couples experience recurrent pregnancy loss, and about 5070% of all conceptions fail. The underlying molecular mechanisms causing these heartbreaking conditions, however, remain unknown. Many cases of pregnancy loss are known to due to damage to the fetus through genet...A pregnant pause for unexpected interactions
Approximately 1-3% of all couples experience recurrent pregnancy loss, and about 5070% of all conceptions fail. The underlying molecular mechanisms causing these heartbreaking conditions, however, remain unknown. Many cases of pregnancy loss are known to due to damage to the fetus through g...Creation of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration will boost clinical trials in UK
...t of UKCRC and will be able to contribute its vast experience in this area." The UK Government has announced an initial $43.5 million (24 million) to establish new NHS research networks in five key areas - Alzheimer's, stroke, diabetes, mental health and children's medicine. "Clinical trial work in children - e...Releasing pet fish into the wrong ocean proves a diaster
...logical quantum leap for local fishes that have no experience dealing with this voracious predator," Semmens says. Walter Courtenay, a research fishery biologist with the US Geological Survey, suspects that dive boat captains hoping to attract more customers were more likely at fault than pet owners. But biol...Study: Artificial sweetener may disrupt body's ability to count calories
...ng this period," she said. "Our hypothesis is that experience with these foods interferes with the natural abili... sweetness and caloric intake. "This suggests that experience with the inconsistent relationship reduced the natural ability of the rats to use sweet taste to jud...Early dexamethasone exposure has long-term neurodevelopment, neuroendocrine effects
...fants who received prolonged dexamethasone therapy experience reduced linear growth, decreased weight gain, and smaller head circumferences. During the acute phase of dexamethasone exposure, changes in gross neuromotor function have also been noted. As a result, use of dexamethasone to improve pulmonary functio...Scientists call for better protection for coral reefs
... some 2000 ISRSmembers worldwide with lifetimes of experience in all aspects of reefscience. The aim is to present new information on critical issues thatdetermine the future of coral reefs as well as the countries andcultures that depend onthem. At least four papers will be prepared annually, with topicspropo...APS awards more than $200,000 to middle and high school science teachers
... in Physiology is to provide a laboratory research experience to middle- and high-school teachers. Through lear...strategies that help them translate their research experience into classroom labs. "For many teachers this summer experience marks the first time they have ever p...Melting ice cap gives urgency to new census of marine life project in Arctic Ocean
...derestimated in polar waters. Based on submersible experience in other oceans, we expect to discover at least twice as many species in most groups as currently described." Dr. Gradinger says sampling to date has relied on relatively small boxes to scoop sediments from the ocean floor, or ice drills to reach the...COPD is forgotten killer, says University of Toronto professor
...other types of COPD at an earlier age than men and experience a greater degree of lung damage than men do from smoking the same number of cigarettes. "The data have been there for some time, but nobody picks it up and talks about it," says Chapman, who is also a physician in the Asthma and Airway Centre at To...Targeted therapy for lung cancer patients shows promise in extending lives
..., and it's less toxic to the body; patients do not experience nausea and vomiting. The targeted therapy can help some patients feel better and live longer. The side effects of these pills, which are less bothersome than that of traditional chemotherapy, include an acne-like rash and diarrhea. Bonomi says that s...Survival of the fastest: scientists 'selectively breed' winning Formula One cars
...ure can affect performance. Decisions are based on experience but there are no guarantees they will always get it right. "By running simulations we were able to distinguish how different facets of the car perform. Each best performance solution was treated as though it had its own genes that define those parame...UK researchers develop way of predicting a woman's 'reproductive' age
... reserves she has and at what age she is likely to experience the menopause." He said they had used two inherent assumptions in their calculations both shown in other research to be reliable that variation in age at menopause is due to wide variation in the number of follicles present at birth, and that ovari...Study finds first evidence COX-2 enzymes can regulate DNA damage
...to take some unknown high quantity of the vitamin, experience oxidative stress, and have a problem with the ordinarily efficient DNA repair enzymes.The two studies are closely related, says Dr. Blair, because the COX-2 enzyme produces lipid hydroperoxides and vitamin C stimulates their breakdown. This results i...Whole body imaging allows better understanding of the immune system
...id leukemia (CML). But now, combining his experience as a cancer biologist and immunologist with that of a broadly interdisciplinary group of colleagues (chemists, engineers, physicists, mathematicians, nuclear medicine, and others), he is looking for targets within the immune response - and targets th...JGI, VBI help unravel sudden oak death & soybean disease
...ailed genetic fingerprints," says Tyler. "Based on experience with developing fingerprints for other organisms, including humans, researchers know what kinds of sequences to look for in the genome sequence--for example, simple sequence repeats. Accurate tracking of P. ramorum will help determine the routes of s...Strengthening independent junior research groups in collaborative research centres
...tend the pilot phase by five years to gain further experience with this funding instrument, which was introduced in 1999. A Transregional Collaborative Research Centre, as the multiple-location variant of the traditional Collaborative Research Centre, must be located at either two or three universities, and hav...Vision: how perceptions survive in the face of ambiguity
...ed intermittently. Memory of the recent perceptual experience had been proposed to explain this stabilization effect. But the nature of this "perceptual memory" has remained unclear. In the new work, Drs. Chen and He showed that the mechanism responsible for perceptual stabilization was independent of the me...UF researcher: New low-carb potato to debut in January
...n of good Florida soils, warm temperatures and the experience of Florida producers sets the stage for delivery of a fresh potato flavor treat for consumers in northern areas of the U.S. as well as Canadian consumers," Northcott said. "We are looking forward to the first crop of fresh, low-carb potatoes from Flo......els start to constrict uncontrollably. Many die or experience major disability. Perfusion CT can monitor for this condition, called cerebral vasospasm, and speed treatment. Lastly, Hoeffner and her colleagues note that perfusion CT is in the early stages of development for patients with brain tumors. Because t...