Why lung cancer in women is different from men
...and Canada, along with members of women's advocacy groups and the lay public. For more information on Loyola University Health System, log onto http://www.luhs.org ....After natural disasters, the risk of infection, epidemics from dead bodies is negligible
...ne and who has worked with the disaster-assistance groups Oxfam and Mdecins Sans Frontires (Doctors Without Borders) in Latin America, India, Africa, and the Balkans. Historically, epidemics resulting in mass fatalities have only occurred from a few diseases, including plague, cholera, typhoid, tuberculosi...K-State researchers share $1 million grant to study insect pests
...f biology at K-State. Other participating research groups are being led by Rob Denell, K-State university distinguished professor of biology and director of the Terry C. Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research; Richard Beeman, adjunct professor of entomology at K-State and research entomologist at the U.S....Clue found on breast tumors distinguishes patients with better survival odds
... Sauter and Dr. Lukas Bubendorf and their research groups at the Institute of Pathology, University of Basel, Switzerland, and with Dr. Juha Kononen at the DioMeda Life Sciences (Diomeda.com). The collaborators have pioneered the tissue microarray technology, which was critical for rapid analysis of the lar...Brain disease research, particle physics meet in the middle (ware)
...m the National Science Foundation (NSF) is helping groups of researchers in neuroscience, physics and other fields to apply the power of grid-based computational resources. Spanning 14 universities and 22 research groups, the growing Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) is establishing the cyberin...Fostering Diversity in the Sciences Symposium
Increasing participation of underrepresented groups in the environmental and biological sciences is the theme for an upcoming symposium presented by the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS). The symposium is scheduled for August 12-13, 2004 at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Panel discussions...VA/UCLA researchers pinpoint role of histamines in waking
... cataplexy to pinpoint the roles of the three cell groups in the loss of consciousness and loss of muscle tone that occur during sleep. The VA/UCLA researchers found that histamine cell activity continued during cataplexy, indicating that their activity is linked to waking. The team also found that norepin...Why some diabetics are at greater risk for UTIs
...ividuals with type-1 diabetes. Although all these groups have high levels of glucose [in the blood] that can spill into the urine, type-2 diabetics and pregnant women with gestational diabetes can also have high levels of insulin which can also spill into the urine," says Karolina Klosowka, a researcher on...... Germany, which reside at latitude 50.73 N. Other groups contained genes from western and central North American populations, suggesting one group founded the other, or both came from similar European genetic stocks. This evidence suggests the plants are responding to conditions they encounter in their ne...Are bacteria turning our own weapons against us?
...ia with the α2m gene belong to many different groups that are not at all closely related. "We can already see more than ten cases where the gene has gone from one bacteria to another one," notes Gibson. "This gene is being passed around like trading cards in a school playground."...51 globally threatened species get new lease on life in the Caucasus
...ental organizations (NGOs) and other civil society groups working to safeguard high-priority areas for conse...as WWF Caucasus at its heart, our support to local groups will pioneer and equip new partnerships and approaches that are necessary to make lasting conservati...Institute for OneWorld Health CEO to speak at BIO on leveraging opportunities for global health
...g industry, new nonprofits and other public sector groups might enable drug companies to maximize their assets and underutilized intellectual property without compromising their profitability goals. At the same time, such collaborations could demonstrate greater corporate social responsibility and result i...Many scientists believe the dog genome holds information that will benefit human health
...ic or disease man, scientists often focus on human groups known to share a common ancestry. Examples include...researchers were able to sort the breeds into four groups of genetically similar varieties, which presumably share common ancestry. Some of the relationships ...Beagles win first round in fight for reprieve from patenting
...chnology Assessment (ICTA). In the challenge, the groups urged the Patent Office to cancel Patent # 6,444,872, which covers live beagle dogs and was issued to the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (UT) in Austin, Texas. The dogs claimed in the patent are intended for use in experiments. ......DNA unique to these particles. "Just because other groups have not been able to identify a unique DNA sequence does not mean it does not exist," Miller says. "It just means the tools weren't right at the time." She says that the Mayo team has managed to isolate RNA and DNA, but she is not yet ready to talk ...Gene expression profiling may predict head, neck cancer recurrence
...t of genes in our study, a validation of what both groups have found." The study also found tumor molecular biology that differentiated patients with lymph node metastasis from those without metastasis. "We can see a signature in tumor cells that indicate they are likely to metastasize and the converse, tha...Two studies weigh in on low-carb diets
... the 12-month study, both the low-carb and low-fat groups had lost about the same amount of weight. For one ...hed article. However, by the 12-month point, both groups had lost about the same amount of weight (11 to 19 pounds for the low-carb group and 7 to 19 pounds ...Data show investigational antibiotic safe, effective in preventing travelers diarrhea
...treated subjects remained free of diarrhea. In the groups not developing diarrhea, rifaximin also prevented the occurrence of milder forms of diarrhea and prevented the occurrence of moderate and severe abdominal pain and cramps and excessive gas-related symptoms. The drug was safe, having in incidence of a...Leading science, higher-education and engineering groups urge six improvements to U.S. visa quagmire
...a more efficient system is a more secure one," the groups said in a statement routed to U.S. policymakers. "We also are confident that it is possible to have a visa system that is timely and transparent, that provides for thorough reviews of visa applicants, and that still welcomes the brightest minds in th......uce the fishers' take. Conversely, environmental groups such as Greenpeace contend that overfishing has de...nada. In Alaska, Greenpeace and other conservation groups took the US government to court to force it to curtail fishing of Alaskan pollock, an important food...