New 'Twist' In Proteins Offers Possible Route To Improved Antibiotics
... resistance to antibiotics has become an important health problemand one that has defied solution, since bacteria can so readily adapt tothe current generation of antibiotics. The researchers, who published their findings in the Nov. 10 issue of thejournal Science, are Christian Raetz, chairman and ...Virginia Tech Researchers Receive Patent For Rapid Virus Detection Technology
... E.coli viruses may be better indicators of human health riskof drinking and recreational waters than numbers of bacteria." The enzyme-based test is easy, inexpensive,and highly-sensitive. The test can detect as few as two virusesin a sample and, because of the specificity of viruses for hosts,the test is ...Nitric Oxide May Hold Key To First Treatment For Deadly Form Of Malaria, Duke Scientists Report
.... The question is of increasing importancein acute health care. When bacteria invade the body, the...o resemble the process by whichoxygen affects cell health and disease, the scientists say. "Now we have demonstrated that an NO group, attached to a...Nitric Oxide Found To Control Cells By Turning On Genes; Suggests New Role In Health And Disease
.... The question is of increasing importancein acute health care. When bacteria invade the body, the...o resemble the process by whichoxygen affects cell health and disease, the scientists say. "Now we have demonstrated that an NO group, attached to a...Antarctic Science Season Gears Up With Searches for Meteorites, Neutrinos, and New Life Forms
...m will study the impact of UV-B and warming on the health of two vascular plant species near Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula. The study may shed light on the possible consequences of global warming for land plants. Drilling an Ice Dome in West Antarctica Fast-flowing ice streams, analogo...Researchers Develop Model Using Birds As Indicator Of Wetlands Health
...ison among wetlands as well as a way tomonitor the health of one particular wetland over time. As part of his Ph.D. research, he also hopes to refine themodel and extend his work with birds to other types of wetlandenvironments. For example, U.S. EPA researchers are interested inthe possibility of using bir...No Such Luck: Nitrogen From Air Pollution Unlikely to Moderate Global Warming
...into groundwater as nitrate, a pollutant and human health threat throughout the Midwest. The nitrogen-driven loss of diversity and rise of "weedy" species in grasslands are comparable to the well-documented changes that occur in some lakes when phosphorus is added, the researchers said. In lakes la...New Sensor Provides First Instant Test For Toxic E. coli Organism
...gy existed that would allow either food companies, health inspectors, or consumers to determine immediately ...ab's new sensors has obviousadvantages as a public health tool. Dangerous pathogens can be detected before a food product has been shipped to the store. Anot......here is no doubt that this vitamin is key to human health or that people get it from the foods they eat, but researchers at Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Inc. at Cornell University have new information to explain why plants make this important anti-oxidant. Humans are among the few species tha...Ten Years of Progress For Superfund Basic Research Program
...epartments of molecular genetics and environmental health in theCollege of Medicine, the departments of chemistry and biologicalsciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, and the departmentof civil and environmental engineering in the College ofEngineering. UC's funding was recently extended through Marc...A Drug Pump On A Computer Chip
...rn Reserve University, is driven partly by managed health care, which wants to keep people out of hospitals,...ospital infusion pumps any longer, since the whole health care system is striving to keep people out of hospitals," Huff said. "Drug delivery systems should b...Overweight Cats Risk Disease And Premature Death, Cornell Study Finds
.... Too rapid a loss in weight can have detrimental health effects for the cat. Any weight-control program should be undertaken under the direction of a veterinarian. Cats probably won't jog with you, but interactive exercise is the most effective thing we can do for overweight animals. Find a toy...Scientists Urge Further Study Of Alarming Coral Reef Decline
...o explain what is causing the decline in coralreef health cover a wide range of possible natural and man-cau... have conductedmost of their studies on coral reef health in waters around SanSalvador island in the Bahamas. It is one of 26 field stations in16 nations wher...Prostate Cancer's Aggressiveness May Be Predicted Early By The Ratio Of Free To Total PSA
...h groups will complete a questionnaire about their health every year for up to 14 years. For more information, or to apply for the study, contact the NCI at 1-800-4-CANCER. In 1997, an estimated 334,500 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed, and prostate cancer will be responsible for an estimated...Purdue Researchers Prod Plants To Clean Up Pollution
...cern but probably not high enough to cause serious health problems for people who ate the contaminated organ meat. According to the World Health Organization, cadmium can damage human kidneys and other organs. High doses of cadmium are debilitating. Cadmium also can be toxic to plant tissue, but plants gene...Teens Shop "Healthy", But Trust Label Claims Too Much
...dy showed that teenagers were paying attention to health concerns was encouraging. However, the fact that they relied primarily on front-of-the-label claims indicated a need for educational programs that emphasize food shopping and label reading skills. Achterberg added that the teenagers' reliance o...Munching Microbes Make A Meal Out Of Toxic Substances
...es says. In situations where there is no immediate health hazard, such as a threat of contaminated drinking water, Nies says the best solution to cleaning up gasoline in the soil may be to just leave the site alone. "If there are microbes in the soil already eating the contaminants, you could just leave it ...First Planned Release Of Captive Lemurs In Madagascar Wilds Expected In Fall
...peanzoos. These facilities all share husbandry and health information on theircharges, and they often exchange animals as well for outbreeding. In effect,the widely distributed lemurs are being genetically managed as if they werea single large population. Organizers already have identified a pool of possib......n and cold remedies. How is the patient -- or the health care professional -- to know when the potential ex...rug Interactions: Analysis and Management, to help health care professionals manage potential drug interactions in their patients. "There has been much publi...