Isle Royale Moose Continue Decline
...chnological University, conducts the annual survey for the National Park Service. Peterson notes that the...The length of last winter proved especially costly for calves and older, weaker moose, but it also killed a surprising number of young adults." Peterson sa...NIH Team Discovers Endocrine Tumor Gene
...to pancreatic cancer. Their discovery of the gene for multiple endocrine neoplasia, type 1 (MEN1), is re...ctors will soon be able to screen families at risk for MEN1 more easily and eliminate periodic blood tests for those with normal MEN1 genes. They hope to ...New Vaccine Blocks Viral Entry In Cattle, May Have Implications For Human Vaccines
...iences, has developed such an experimental vaccine for bovine herpes virus 1 (BHV-1). When sprayed into a...esearcher believes the vaccine holds great promise for improving cattle health. BHV-1 infections cause abortions among pregnant cows and lead to shipping f...Project Shows Native Bacteria Can Destroy Widespread Pollutant In Groundwater
...al also must be disposed. Energy costs can be high for pumping contaminated water from deep aquifers. The... answered by a full-scale test. There was concern, for example, that the bacterial growth might become thick enough around the injection wells that they wo...Emory Researchers Advance Gene Therapy Studies For Metastatic Melanoma Treatment
...timulate neighboring tissue, such as immune cells, for a local effect. GM-CSF is produced naturally by s... circulatory system." Most clinical gene therapy for melanoma now being conducted around the country treats patients systemically, and results have not b...Biosensor Is A Model For Widespread Testing Of Chemicals, Molecules
...use as molecular diagnostic deviceshas been around for a long time, and has been used successfully in a fewinstances, such as measuring blood glucose for the management of diabetes.The secret in creating such devices lies in finding a way to have the pro...Method Eases Making Amino Acids Critical In Medicinal Chemistry
...l chemistry has made these compounds a focal point for chemicalsynthesis," said Peter Beak, a U. of I. professor of chemistry. "Wehave demonstrated that our methodology will produce both enantiomers ofthree types of aryl amino acids more efficiently and more conveniently thanconventional techniques." Am...Restoring Farm Land To Natural Wetlands Key To Stemming Flood
...ist inthe Illinois Natural History Survey's Center for Aquatic Ecology. Schneiderserves on a state-appoin... a related report presented tothe American Society for Environmental History in March, Schneider documenteda fierce and sometimes bloody strugg...Scientists Trace Roots Of Protein That Keeps Antarctic Fish From Freezing
...k at the genetic process of creating a new protein for speciessurvival. "Most new protein genes evolve from the recycling of existing genesor gene segments," said Chi-Hing C. (Chris) Cheng of the U. of I. department of molecular andintegrative physiology. "They are taken and reassembled into a newgene,...Teens Shop "Healthy", But Trust Label Claims Too Much
...e second most common category of factors reported for food item selection by the 90 adolescent shoppers...0 percent of teenagers (both boys and girls) shop for their families. They receive $19.2 billion for family food shopping and another $4 billion annually...Duke Study Shows Early Marrow Transplant Key To 'Bubble Boy' Disease Cure
... results of the study of 79 children were prepared for presentationMay 3 at the joint American Pediatrics Society/Society for Pediatric Researchannual conference. Duke is one of only a few hospitals in the country thatspeciali...Children With AD/HD Have Significant Functional Disabilities Related to Attention Deficit
...ed here today at the annual meeting of the Society for Pediatric Research. Using a standard developed at UB for use by the developmental- and rehabilitation- medicine community to assess a patient's needs for reh...Supelco Licenses ORNL Solid Sorbent Air Sampling Material
... compounds. The product, Sol-Gel Derived Sorbents for Analysis of Organic Contaminants,is capable of sam...ollected samples into a modified gas chromatograph for analysis, explainedco-inventors Mike Sigman and Amy Dindal of ORNL's Chemical and AnalyticalSciences...Hot 'Lanta: NASA, School Kids Team To Study How Trees Help Cities Keep Their Cool
...g something about it for decades. The change - for the worse - was so gradual that we didn't notice it. And fixing proble...Researchers Find Production Point Of Key Protein In Fragile X Syndrome
...MPAIGN, Ill. - Efforts to understand the mechanism for the most commoncause of genetically inherited ment...logy department and the U. of I. Beckman Institute for AdvancedScience and Technology. There is no cure for fragile X syndrome, which is caused by the gen......inor home repairs without relying on anotherperson for help. Three engineering undergraduates at The John...ckels made his request to the non-profitVolunteers for Medical Engineering organization, which handed theassignment to the students last fall. The power to...... oil tankers. Starvation is a major cause of death for newly hatched penguins, the result of dwindling ma...urneys that take three weeks or more, to find food for themselves and their chicks. "The major cause of chick mortality is starvation, often the result of ...Duke researchers find existing drugs can stop fungus that attacks AIDS patients
...progresses toAIDS. "There is a pressing need for new anti-fungal agents against Cryptococcusand oth... "It is difficult to find effective treatments for fungal infectionsbecause fungi, unlike bacteria, use the same basic machinery as humans tocarry out ...Munching Microbes Make A Meal Out Of Toxic Substances
...n toxic chemicals, and he is developing procedures for using the hungry bugs in environmental cleanup efforts. "We've known for decades that the soil contains microbes with the ability to degrade chemicals such as petroleum comp...First Planned Release Of Captive Lemurs In Madagascar Wilds Expected In Fall
...adagascar. Mostof that forest has now been cleared for farming and local wood consumption,said Katz and W...lch, who withKatz and their young daughter resides for most of each year in a nearbytown. As an example of the education efforts, local residents will be ...