UNC Researchers Develop New Way To Measure Acid Level Of Body Fluids
...t. The recently invented electrodes have a working lifetime of at least one monthand are highly accurate (within about two hundredths of a pH unit) and respondrapidly. They also were shown insensitive to the effects of fluid changes insodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, lactate, dissolved oxygen, ascorbate...Early Nutrition In Babies May Have Long Term Effects On The Brain
... a brief period of a child's development, can have lifetime effects on health and performance. They therefore stress that avoiding under nutrition in sick preterm infants seems to be important in optimising the development of the human brain. Contact: James Yeandel, Press Office, Medical Research Council, 20...National Science Medalists Named
...ce Foundation (NSF), said. "They've contributed a lifetime of stunning discoveries. We can only recognize them once with a science medal, but we applaud them daily for their continual contributions to humankind, to the reservoir of scientific knowledge and for the impact they have on the students they mento...Life In Womb Determines Adult Health
... Says ITHACA, N.Y. -- Presenting the case that a lifetime of poor health -- fromcoronary artery disease and stroke to obesity and diabetes -- can start withpoor conditions in the womb, Cornell University researcher and author Peter W.Nathanielsz, M.D., Ph.D., imagines three futuristic scenarios resulting fr...Familial Cancer Syndrome Linked to Colorectal Cancer in Younger People
...genetic mutation for HNPCChave an 80 to 85 percent lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer and areat increased risk of developing endometrial, ovarian, stomach, kidney, and othercancers. The criteria for a clinical diagnosis of HNPCC include: threefirst-degree relatives with colorectal cancer, spannin...H Pylori Screening To Reduce The Risk Of Gastric Cancer
... only has tobe screened for H pylori once in their lifetime since H pylori infection isusually acquired in childhood and re-infection is extremely rare in adults. The computer model determined that one-time H pylori screening wascost-effective when H pylori eradication reduced the risk of gastric cancer ininf...National Science Board Honors Maxine Frank Singer With Vannevar Bush Award
...n, D.C. to receive the 1999Vannevar Bush Award for lifetime contributions to science and engineering. The NSB, the governing body of the National Science Foundation (NSF),annually honors a senior scientist and statesperson as a distinguished leader inscience, engineering or technology. The Bush Award...Women With Low Cholesterol May Be At Risk For Depression And Anxiety
...test,especially at significant points in a woman's lifetime when her cholesterollevels are known to drop," sai... a person'sbiological makeup and not by his or her lifetime experiences alone, Suarez said. Already, researchers have identified several biologic risk f...Target for cystic fibrosis drugs found
...y in thelungs." Subsequently, CF patients suffer a lifetime of chronic lunginfections and an early death. The key step in the work was isolating a small, manageable section of thehuge CFTR molecule. Because it would have taken years to decode thestructure of the whole protein in the lab, the researchers save...When is a pollinator not a pollinator? Tales from an insect crime scene...
...dividual gilia plants bloom only once,estimates of lifetime reproductive success can be measured in a single season. The researchers measured the rate of pollen transfer between the scarlet giliaplants by placing dye particles on flowers to imitate pollen. The number of dyeparticles deposited on flowers were ...UK researchers discover a molecular cause of spinal cord injuries
...a27-year-old with complete quadriplegia will incur lifetime costs of about $1million. Apoptosis is a "suicide" process. The dying cell activates internalbiochemical reactions, such as fragmentation of the DNA, to disassemble itselfsystematically. One cell type that undergoes apoptosis after the inju...U-M scientists identify genes that make blood "thicker" and more likely to clot as we get older
...els, but these levels remained unchangedduring the lifetime of the mouse. Mice whose DNA did not include AE5' produced high levels of human Factor IXbefore puberty, but they declined rapidly during and shortly after puberty.Factor IX levels then remained stable at low levels until death. "The AE5' element a...Duke scientists reverse a rare form of muscular dystrophy in mice using gene therapy
...as an "enzyme factory" andeliminating the need for lifetime injections of the enzyme. "This is the firstexample of the simultaneous correction of multiple muscle groups after a single,simple, intra-venous administration of a gene therapy vector" Amalfitano said,"a hurdle that has always made the potential of...Ship sulfur emissions found to strongly impact worldwide ocean and coastal pollution
...ases." "Since aerosols have a much shorter lifetime in the atmosphere -- about aweek compared to decades and hundreds of years for greenhouse gases -- theseeffects have been difficult to quantify," Corbett added. "Our study shows thatsulfur from ships may be an important factor in solving this part of...Learning is growing: scientists investigate the links between memory and brain development
...ells not only to grow but to learnand accumulate a lifetime of memories. Nerve cells signal one another at specialized connections called synapses,forming circuits that carry out specific functions like coordinating muscleactivity or recognizing friends. Scientists widely believe that the brain canstore newl...CU-Boulder professor documents controversial history of Rocky Flats
...what would become the Rocky Flats site and began a lifetime journeyof negotiations with the federal government. It is about the government andprivate corporations that were involved in questionable and even dangerousproduction practices; loyal plant managers and workers; and citizen activistswho challenged t...CIIT publishes formaldehyde cancer risk assessment
...ccupational exposure to formaldehyde, taking their lifetime exposure history into account. The updated risk assessment is important, not only because it incorporates and critically analyzes the significance of the latest science on inhaled formaldehyde, but also because the process has been scrutinized by an ...Rheumatoid arthritis: Olive oil and cooked vegetables may help
...ith patients who had been diagnosed with RA, and a lifetime retrospective dietary survey was conducted for each group. Persons in the lowest category of olive oil consumption had a two-and-one-half times greater risk of developing RA than did those in the highest category. In addition, those who ate the high...Moderate alcohol consumption may reduce your chances of a heart attack
...d one of every three women age 40 oryounger have a lifetime risk of developing CHD. Although CHD has a strong connection to lifestylechoices - such as smoking, physical inactivity, obesity, high blood cholesterol and high bloodpressure - there are some developments, such as increasing levels of fibrinogen, t......th care provider, and societal expectations of the lifetime costs, risks, and benefits of medical implants? What can the role of information data systems be in educating the public, medical community, and policymakers about medical implants and retrieval? What are the legal, ethical, religious, cultur...