High-density storage of nuclear waste heightens terrorism risks
...pills to people within 50 miles of nuclear plants, improvement of mock attack drills and reconfiguration of spent fuel storage. "It was a very good group of students and an excellent report," said von Hippel, who enlisted colleagues to conduct a more detailed analysis of the spent fuel issue. Among the co-author...Research sheds light on why protein-rich diets aid weight loss
...ing my diet lost fat, maintained muscle and had an improvement in total blood cholesterol level. Subjects found the eating plan easy to follow, allowing them to enjoy foods from all food groups." Additional findings showed that women in the study group were less hungry between meals than were those following th...Cloned pigs behave like...pigs
...an transplants to humans, production of drugs, and improvement of certain characteristics of livestock, Friend said....Antegren (natalizumab) clinical study results published in New England Journal of Medicine
...occurring in the dual 6 mg/kg dose group (32 point improvement in IBDQ score from baseline (n=51) versus 15 point improvement in placebo (n=63)). Natalizumab was generally well-tolerated in patients with active Crohn's diseas...More dialysis, highly permeable artificial kidney may not aid some, UT Southwestern researcher finds
...standard dose. Afterward, the researchers found no improvement in survival or hospitalization in patients treated...ous observational studies have reported continuing improvement in morbidity and mortality at dialysis doses well above those recommended in the current national gu...Clinical trial shows timing of chemotherapy improves survival in breast cancer
...py more frequently in time, leads to a significant improvement in survival with no increase in toxicity in women with node-positive breast cancer. The study, coordinated by the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) for the National Cancer Institute's Breast Intergroup, found a 31 percent decrease in the death rate...USF study: Nicotine antagonist relieves depression in children with Tourette's
...ers examined the effect of mecamylamine on symptom improvement in a group of 50 children and adolescents co-diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome and at least one of several mood disorders. The mood disorders were major depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiance disorder, obs...Hopkins study finds combined PET-CT better at detecting ovarian cancer
...740) shows how whole body CT provides a 19 percent improvement to combined PET-CT in detecting colorectal cancer recurrence. Johns Hopkins was the first U.S. hospital to install a commercial combination PET-CT scanner for use with patients in a clinical setting. In addition to ovarian and colon cancer, the scan...AAAS Science Project/Unisys prize encourages student-led scientific inquiry on flight to soar
...f the chart. A follow-up study in 1999 revealed no improvement in the U.S. students' level of achievement from 1995 to 1999. Working with local museums, each team of five or more students in grades 7-12 will unleash their imaginations as they pursue scientific inquiry related to flight. For example: Long I...Critical therapeutics is awarded U.S. patents for methods to diagnose and treat inflammatory disease
...ralization of the protein has been associated with improvement in collagen-induced arthritis and increased survival in endotoxemia and sepsis, even when treatment begins after the onset of disease. According to the Society of Critical Care Medicine, severe sepsis strikes approximately 750,000 people in the U.S. ...Ovarian cancer detected in blood samples
...5) currently used to monitor disease, added little improvement in detection rates, Shih reported. "A test based on digital SNP holds promise for improved detection in a wide range of cancers, as well as ovarian cancer, which is currently detected almost always when it is in late stages and difficult to treat," ...NIH funds new AIDS drug discovery research with $4.6 million
... highly competitive award and to contribute to the improvement of public health through basic research." Concurrent with his role as program director, Arnold will also function as principal investigator on one of the four projects, assisted by co-principal investigator Stefanos Sarafianos, an associate rese...Targeted radiation to liver tumors spares tissue, improves quality of life
... is not a cure. It's a prolongation of life and an improvement of survival and quality of life," said Dr. Bill Martin, associate professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences at Vanderbilt. However, unlike many cancer therapies, side effects are minimal. "For the patient, it's a one-time deal and they feel r...McLean Hospital and Repligen announce results of brain imaging study of secretin
...cting a Phase 3 clinical trial of secretin for the improvement of reciprocal social interaction in young children with autism....First soybeans grown in space return to Earth
...our knowledge of soybeans and facilitate continued improvement of soybean germplasm for farmers." DuPont has a rich tradition of space initiatives, dating to NASA's origination 33 years ago. For example, when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969, he wore 25 separate layers 23 of those layers were DuPont m...UT Southwestern researcher, colleagues report drug therapy eases chronic depression
...tenance trial. The patients taking Zoloft reported improvement rates of 58 percent to 84 percent on tests qualifying psychosocial dynamics such as functioning, attitudes and quality of life. Only 6 percent of the Zoloft patients relapsed into depression while the placebo group's relapse rate was 23 percent. Stud...A red flag for lethal prostate cancer
...r the past 50 years, there has been no significant improvement in clinical outcome for men diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer and no way to tell ahead of time which cancers will spread and which cancers will remain localized," says Mark A. Rubin, M.D., a former U-M faculty member, who is now an associate p...Rory Cooper, PhD receives the highest award offered by U.S. Dept. Of Veterans Affairs
...hair design and technology. His work has led to an improvement in wheelchair quality, ultimately improving the lives of those who depend on them. He is driven by a passion for assistive technology and uses it to enhance rehabilitation. He was instrumental in creating an entirely new class of wheelchair, and in e...Pregnancy hormone estriol shows promise as multiple sclerosis treatment in first human trials
..., an increase in protective immune response and an improvement in cognitive test scores. When estriol treatment e...cantly decreased. Researchers found no significant improvement in lesions or immune response among the four secondary progressive MS patients who completed the cli......r more than 10,000 years, programs for the genetic improvement of pine are less than 100 years old," Gould noted...., she added, genetic transformation can hasten the improvement of loblolly pines to grow healthier trees with more resistance to environmental stresses such as dro...