Anti-bacterial additive found in Maryland streams
A toxic chemical used in hand soaps, cleaners and other personal care products to kill germs is deposited and remains in the environment long after the products are used, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The chemical--3,4,4'-trichlorocarbanilide (triclocarban), marketed under the trademark TCC --is a non-agricultural polychlorinated phenyl urea pest...University of Maryland research reveals true target of calcium channel blockers
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have discovered that calcium channel blockers--widely used to treat heart problems and high blood pressure--work differently than previously thought. Their findings, published in the December issue of the American Journal of Physiology, may open the door to a different approach to treatment, with new, more effective medications that hav...Maryland's proposed crab regulations could have large economic impacts
College Park, MD. - A state of Maryland proposal to restrict possession of sponge crabs and crabs smaller than 5-1/4 inches, thus making them unavailable for processing, would add up to a total loss of nearly $18 million annually, according to economists at the Maryland Sea Grant Extension Program and the University of Maryland College Park. While sponge crabs are not harvested in Maryland, tho...University of Maryland physicians use ultrasound in novel way
. . .Physicians at the University of Maryland Medical Center are using a new ultrasound technique to detect increased risk of genetic abnormalities like Down syndrome and heart disorders in unborn babies.. .The beauty of the ultrasound test -- called nuchal translucency screening -- is that it is accurate, non-invasive and is performed at 10-14 weeks, much earlier in the course of pregnancy than.... . .BALTIMORE, MD June 1, 2001 The Maryland/Israel Development Center, with the support of Maryland Governor Parris N. Glendening and Israeli Ambassador David Ivry, officially launched today a pioneering program that partners the biotech research communities in the State of Maryland and Israel. At a press briefing held at the Institute of Human Virology (IHV), Hanan Sibel, chairman of the Ma...Maryland crab shell team wins top engineering award
. Baltimore, MD- For cracking open markets for crab shell waste--tons and tons of it from Maryland's crabmeat industry--a research/business team will receive the Outstanding Engineering Achievement of the year award by the Engineering Society of Baltimore (ESB) on February 20. . Their project began in 1995 with a challenge to University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI) student to crea...Rising Maryland to welcome new biotech president
. . .ROCKVILLE, Md.--As support for UMBI's technology is speeding up, the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute will inaugurate its second president with a series of free public events on November 9-10, including a special symposium. . .Microbiologist and ecologist Jennie Hunter-Cevera, Ph.D., brings over 20 years of experience in business-academic relations, at a time when internationa...$1.6 million in new grants to local schools will put more Maryland teens, teachers in research labs
.Three new grants totaling nearly $1.6 million from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) will enable dozens of Maryland high school students to do research in National Institutes of Health (NIH) laboratories. Science teachers also will benefit from support for NIH research internships and training in advanced life sciences such as microbiology, physiology and genetics. . .The awards inclu.... Elderly women face an increased risk of death if they lose weight or are underweight, according to. researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Elderly women of average weight who. lose weight may be at greatest risk.. . The six-year study, which appears in the December issue of The Journal of the American Geriatrics. Society, involved 648 Baltimore area women between the...University of Maryland study links vitamin B deficiency to risk of stroke in younger women
.In the first large population study of its kind, researchers at the University.of Maryland School of Medicine have found that higher levels of the.naturally-occurring substance called homocysteine increase the risk of stroke.among younger women. . .Deficiency in B vitamins or a genetic predisposition can cause higher levels of.homocysteine, which is an amino acid. Results of the study are publ...Maryland's Death Rate For Pancreatic Cancer Surgery Reduced By Medical Regionalization
..."We know from previous research that regionalization improves outcomes for...trauma and neonatal services, but this is the first study to show the same...benefit for elective general surgery." ... A move in Maryland toward regionalization -- centralizing particular...medical services at centers performing the greatest number -- decreased the...death rates for one of the most complex...