Leader in cancer treatment and prevention research honored
...tions to the field have advanced cancer prevention from its earliest preclinical and clinical stages of dr...emistry and pharmacokinetics of retinoids derived from Vitamin A. Results of clinical trials in more than 2,200 patients led to the finding that retinol is...Potential for enhanced sequestration of carbon in soils supports evaluations
...e of possible costs and benefits that could accrue from adopting land-management practices designed to increase the uptake of carbon dioxide by soils. The increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere contributes to ongoing global warming that is causing ecological disruption and th...Genetic mutations linked to the practice of burning coal in homes in China
...nty, China who are exposed to smoky coal emissions from cooking and heating their homes may carry genetic ...d are associated with exposure to indoor emissions from the burning of smoky coal," said Phouthone Keohavong, Ph.D., study author and associate professor, d...Student science contest participation influences study, career choices, alumni say
...$16,000 in 2004), conducted for the past two years from Ottawa by teleconference with eminent national sci...g the hog waste. Their solution generated interest from a number of companies but unfortunately the high school students became to busy with their universit...Climate change plus human pressure caused large mammal extinctions in late Pleistocene
...f Pleistocene animal extinctions around the world, from Australia to Europe to North America. The Pleistoc...tead of global extinctions, 121 genera disappeared from at least one continent. Those blaming humans ascribe the extinctions to human hunting, either throu...Houston minority graduation rises in sciences, engineering as result of UH-led alliance
...dents who graduate with STEM degrees in five years from the institutions, which is the goal of the nationa...ents with similar majors and minors at all levels from freshmen to seniors find safe haven to seek assistance from others in the H-LSAMP program or take a...Highlights of the October 2004 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...he University of Minnesota conducted focus groups, from which five major themes emerged (in order of impor... calories they consume. Researchers from The Pennsylvania State University examined whether eating a salad as a first course had any effect o...Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
...an agreement with the Samoan government to isolate from an indigenous tree the gene for a promising anti-AIDS drug and to share any royalties from sale of a gene-derived drug with the people of Samoa. The agreement, announced today (Thursday, Sept...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
...an agreement with the Samoan government to isolate from an indigenous tree the gene for a promising anti-AIDS drug and to share any royalties from sale of a gene-derived drug with the people of Samoa. The agreement, announced today (Thursday, Sept...Circulation of 'disaster myths' in Haiti could hinder appropriate disposal of bodies
... Morgan found that most of the victims usually die from trauma rather then 'epidemic-causing' infections. He says: 'In many natural disasters, the risk of epidemics is used to justify measures such as rapid mass burial. The result is that the victims are often not identified, leaving family members search...Veterinary Memorial Fund transforms grief into promise
...ier this year, he received a letter of consolation from Gerhardt Schurig, dean of the Virginia-Maryland Re...ontrolling or eliminating disease which can spread from animals to humans." One of the greatest benefits of the Veterinary Memorial Fund program is that ...New study shows hope for treating inhalant abuse
... Abuse, the number of new inhalant users increased from 627,000 in 1994 to 1.2 million in 2000. The chroni...lpr092203a.asp , one yet-to-be published]. Results from the preclinical and early clinical trials show that GVG holds promise as a treatment for addiction t...Chemical engineering grad students will take notable national awards
...eive graduate student research awards of $300 each from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). The awards will be presented in early November at the organization's annual convention in Austin, Texas. Dimitrios Zarkadas, who is expected to graduate in the next few months, was selected as th...NIH awards $18.2m to The Burnham Institute to develop Center on Proteolytic Pathways
...aborators on this effort include Drs. Mathew Bogyo from Stanford University, Bonnie Sloane of Wayne State University, and Lisa Coussens from the University of California at San Francisco. Why study proteolytic pathways? Proteolysis, or how ...Lycopene slows human prostate tumour growth in mice and combined with vitamin E is even better
...y effects against the placebo. Dr. Limpens, who is from the Department of Urology at the Josephine Nefkins...ved the Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and can be used to fortify foods. It was too ea...International study findings link acne-like rash to effectiveness of new targeted cancer treatment
..., it does mean there is a lower chance of response from these treatments and that may have future implications for treatments with EGFR inhibitors."...Researchers determine genetic cause of Timothy syndrome
...ating collaborated on the studies with researchers from Children's Hospital, Boston, Harvard Medical School, the University of Utah, the University of Pavia in Italy and the Boston University School of Medicine. The scientific path that led to the identification of the cause of Timothy syndrome began ...UT Southwestern receives $1.78 million grant for obesity research as part of NIH Roadmap initiative
...en awarded a prestigious three-year planning grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the cau...rant provides a formal mechanism for investigators from different scientific disciplines to come together under one umbrella to focus their efforts on a sin...Cigarette smoke causes breaks in DNA and defects to a cell's chromosomes, Pitt study finds
...e cigarette smoke condensate they used was derived from burning real cigarettes and obtained from theR.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Containing mostly particulates, the extracted smoke was liquefied ...Scientists to prototype cyberinfrastructure for research and education access to ocean observatories
... undersea sensor networks -- both delivery of data from sensors and the control of sensors and networks from land -- and will assist in designing sensor networks for conducting research in other remote and hos...