Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
...tists around the world because of its potential to force the AIDS virus out of hibernation in the body's immune cells and into the line of fire of anti-AIDS drugs now in use. "Prostratin is Samoa's gift to the world," explained Samoan Minister of Trade Joseph Keil. "We are pleased to accept the University ...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
...tists around the world because of its potential to force the AIDS virus out of hibernation in the body's immune cells and into the line of fire of anti-AIDS drugs now in use. "Prostratin is Samoa's gift to the world," explained Samoan Minister of Trade Joseph Keil. "We are pleased to accept the University ...Cigarette smoke causes breaks in DNA and defects to a cell's chromosomes, Pitt study finds
...ally, each set of chromosomes is pulled with equal force in opposite directions so that each daughter cell receives the same number of chromosomes. But when the researchers exposed cells in culture to cigarette smoke, they found that the fused chromosomes were being pulled simultaneously from both directi...16 APS exercise research highlights, from reduced flu mortality to proteomics & obesity
...onary disease (COPD). Substantial improved rate of force development indicates that strength training with emphasis on maximal mobilization in the concentric part of a leg press device improves work economy in COPD patients. 23.5 Stan L. Lindstedt, et al. (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff) Design ...Researchers devise potent new tools to curb ivory poaching
...ions. "Once the door is cracked open, they try to force it open all the way," Wasser said. He noted that a number of countries have kept ivory stockpiles since the 1989 ban, and the small central-African nation of Burundi has a stockpile of 80 tons despite the fact that it had only one elephant at the t...New fossil sheds light on old mystery
...ly, cutting through the water while minimizing the force that pushes the prey away. Dinocephalosaurus appa... the diameter of the esophagus, creating a suction force that would swallow the pressure wave created by the lunging head, along with the prey. "The unusual ...Research suggests unborn children may be at risk from environmental pollution
...reasing incidence are unknown. This is the driving force behind the conference Childhood leukaemia: incidence, causal mechanisms and prevention which is being hosted by CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA, Britain's leading charity devoted to the conquest of the disease. Environmental factors are thought to play a ...Why your knees and quads hurt more after running than walking: You're only human
...ch finds five-fold increase in knee torque, muscle force The researchers, most of whom at one time were gra...t six self-selected speeds. They measured vertical force on the ground and velocity as the subjects chose "slow," "preferred" and "fast" speeds for both runn...Muscles are smarter than you think
...scle cells and study the effects of acidity on the force response. 'We found that muscles play a "clever trick" in which they use acidosis--the build-up of acid--to help ensure that they keep responding properly to nerve signals and so avoid the fatigue that would otherwise occur,' said Professor Lamb. Col...ASU researchers demonstrate new technique that improves the power of atomic force micrscopy
...od that could vastly improve the ability of atomic force microscopes to "see" the chemical composition of a... astronomy said the new technique allows an atomic force microscope to "see," on a nanometer scale, the chemical composition of molecules. "Atomic force mic...Evolvability could be a driving force in drug resistance
...ok for ways to minimize or counteract this driving force for drug resistence."...New hypoxic event found off Oregon coast
...st occurred last year and is now happening in full force again this year. Dissolved oxygen levels are a great deal lower than those seen in the past 40 years. This is a disturbing trend with an unknown cause that scientists now say may reflect a major change in ocean circulation patterns, with serious impa...U-M scientists find common virus in human prostate tissue
...s that when you interrupt the normal cell cycle to force a cell to divide, sometimes the cell continues to divide abnormally." U-M scientists analyzed 21 samples of prostate tissue from men with adenocarcinoma whose prostates were surgically removed to prevent the spread of cancer. Tissue samples wer......hips and the expansive habitat in which lions live force them into "gang membership" in order to survive. For more information about this session, and other ESA Annual Meeting activities, visit the ESA meeting homepage at: http://www.esa.org/portland . The theme for the meeting is "Lessons of Lewis and Cl...Wheelchairs biomechanics, prosthetic development
...ined female WAs. Wheel camber increases sprinting force in wheelchair athletes , pg 421 This study inve...he saccule senses linear acceleration, such as the force of gravity, and contributes to postural stability. Patients with postural instability are at increas...Lake research offers clues to managing crayfish invasions
... able to take lakes infested by rusty crayfish and force the system from one state to another," says Roth. To test this theory, he and other researchers are conducting an experiment in which they have set up 300 rusty crayfish traps at the bottom of a 150-acre lake in northern Wisconsin. The objective is t...Casanova or caveman: Scientists isolate nerve cells that choreograph male fly's courtship behavior
...a suave Casanova into a clumsy brute that tries to force himself on unwilling females. These findings, published in the July 29 edition of the journal Nature , may eventually help scientists understand how the brain orchestrates sexual behavior in a variety of species - from flies to reptiles to humans, a......fect the performance." McNitt-Gray specializes in force impact to the lower extremities, an experimental m...trol during performance. With runners, she'll use force plates to measure the amount of push being generated. The data she records during a performance will......gh a drug, you can increase activity of MSH, you'd force the body to burn more calories and lose weight," Nillni said. "That would help so many people." According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 61 percent of adults are overweight or obese and 13 percent of children and adolescen...NSF awards $10 million in grants to ocean sites for long-term ecological research
...c Ocean's circulation. The current is the driving force behind what's known as a coastal upwelling biome, among the most productive coastal ecosystems in the world's oceans. "The California Current System sustains active fisheries for a variety of finfish and shellfish, modulates weather patterns and the...