Robots, Virtual Reality & Other "Smart" Tools Soon Will Help Physicians Heal Patients
...lled surgical instruments; navigational systems to guide surgical tools; three-dimensional images projected onto patients in the operating room; and physicians thousands of miles apart participating in live surgery -- these are among early 21st century technologies doctors and engineers are dreaming about ......n's but perhaps as common.The findings will likely guide new investigations into the neuropathologicalcourse of these diseases, as well as the search for possible interventions intotheir progression. Several related reports will appear in the August issue ofNeuron and the August 8 issue of Cell. Ea...Discovery Of Genetic Pathways May Provide New Ways To Combat Candida Infections
...yeast. With the recently completed yeast genome to guide them, the scientists began to knock out suspicious genes and, by a process of elimination, discovered the culprits that are responsible for filamentation. Once scientists identified the key yeast filamentation genes, they simply plucked out the anal...Basin Traps Air Pollution In Mexico City: International Study Has Implications For U.S. Cities
...d to predictatmospheric conditions and potentially guide responses to pollution -- such aschanging the location or timing of pollution releases. Mexico City, with 20 million residents, sits at 2,255 meters (7,400feet) and is largely surrounded by mountains, creating a basin where inversionsof cold...UF Researchers Investigate Phenomenon Of Seizure-Alert Dogs
...xperience seizures. "Furthermore, similar to guide dogs who serve as constant companions to visually-impaired people, early-alert dogs could allow people who are presently homebound the potential to expand their ability to care for themselves, and in some cases, to obtain employment," Reep said. ...... inhibit DNA polymerase. Inaddition, this work may guide the development of better reagents for DNAsequencing--highly sought-after products in this age of the Human Genome Project. This is the largest protein complex ever to be revealed by the leadingmethod--called MAD--of obtaining high resolution images ...Summary Of USGS Presentations And Activities, AAAS, 1998
...d contaminants. The information can also beused to guide habitat and resource management and develop strategies formonitoring long-term environmental change. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 * 9:00 a.m.- Noon, Thomas Ahlbrandt, USGS geologist, Denver, Colo., hasorganized a symposium for the 150th Anniversary of A......leagues used frog (Xenopus) protein sequences as a guide to identify theremaining four human genes in the eight-unit anaphase-promoting complex (APC).The APC's critical role in cell division makes it a perfect target for the fightagainst cancer, in which cells escape regulation and divide uncontrollably. T...Jefferson Researchers Find Correlation Between Gene And Endometrial Cancer
...test that can predict disease severity and help guide treatment. Antonio Giordano, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of pathology, anatomy and cell biology at Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia and his colleagues there and at the University of Florence and at the Second University...Nitrate Reductase: A Magical Enzyme?
...f nitrate reductase structure and function andwill guide future studies of the enzyme, according to Campbell. Overall, hefeels his research program is a good example of how basic research, even into anesoteric plant enzyme, has a potential payoff for society in terms of a higherquality of life and tends to...Non-Surgical Treatment Ends Pelvic Pain In Women
...catheter into a vein in the neck, groin or arm and guide it to the pelvis. Afluid is injected to make the veins in the pelvis visible on X-ray. If the X-rayshows very tightly coiled veins, tiny coils or glue-like liquids are introducedthrough the catheter, plugging the veins. The procedure, which takes les...Research Into Cockroach Behavior Could Lead To Better Baits
...o go hungry, so she theorized a chemical cue might guide their forays into the kitchens of the world. Researchers already knew roaches emit a sex pheromone that helps them find mates and an aggregation pheromone that helps them find safe haven. Miller thought roaches might also use pheromones in scavenging...Evidence For Genetic Effects On The Behavior Of Normal Two-Week Old Babies
...owing clinicians and parents to more intelligently guide the newborn'spsychological development. For information on this Molecular Psychiatry article, please contact theauthor: Dr. Richard P. Ebstein at the Research Laboratory S. Herzog Memorial Hospital P.O. Box 35300 Jerusalem 91351 Israel ......ted an autonomous mobile robot that will be a tour guide inthe world famous Dinosaur Hall at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of NaturalHistory. It represents the first time a robot will be deployed on the floor of aU.S. museum to interact with visitors as a permanent part of an exhibit. The ...Researchers Discover Novel Gene Family Responsible For Pacemaker Activity In Brain And Heart
... and when theyfunction will provide information to guide researchers in developing drugs thatwill target specific abnormalities of the brain and heart. "At this point, thefield is in its infancy," cautions Dr. Siegelbaum....PSA Levels Mean More Extensive Prostate Disease In Older Men
...s. The present study gives us age as an additional guide in deciding when it might be worthwhile to do further testing in men with non-palpable prostate cancer. At any particular PSA level, a key factor in catching cancer when it is still curable is the man's age." The Hopkins team studied 492 men who h...Molecular Marker May Identify Bladder Cancer Patients Most Likely To Recur
...umor cells and other molecular markers like p21 to guide treatment decisions inbladder cancer patients -- o...re research is necessary before p21 can be used to guide treatmentin all patients. Yet, "By expanding the important observations of theinvestigators from the...... a process called patterning. These genes guide embryonic cells to become the belly or the back of thedeveloping fish, with mutations resulting in abnormally shaped embryos. Becausemany genetic guidance systems are generic, or conserved, across species -- frominvertebrates to vertebrates -- unders...Bug Expert's Latest Books Feature Simple Language, Vivid Photos
...ardi, a U. of I. research scientist. It contains a guide to helpbirders recognize different orders of insects, andit focuses on such topics as "Bugs That Birds Eat," "The Bugs Fight Back," "TheBirds Fight Back " and "Bugs That EatBirds." European starlings, for example, add foliage with insecticide-like q...