Fund Aims To Repay Developing Nations For Valuable Genes
...pes of finding plants and animals that might yield new informationfor basic research and have future comm...t-resistance when inserted into another plant. As new laws evolved to allow protection of biotechnology inventions,research institutions were able to pate......erally outlive males byabout 1.5 days. But in this new study, the researchers report that, whenfed a prot...cies, but canbe environmentally extended. In this new study, the researchers wanted to determine if the lack ofprotein in the diet of the earlier study mi......c resistance to HIV, advances in cancer therapies, new cosmic distance measurements, and the impact of unemployment on segregated neighborhoods. The Association is the world's largest federation of scientists with more than 143,000 members and nearly 300 affiliated scientific and engineering...Chemists Compute Answers To The Origin Of Gout
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... oral effectiveness ofseveral drugs. It suggests a new oral delivery system for compounds, such asinsulin... are examples of drugs that would benefitfrom this new form of oral delivery. The delivery of corrective gene sequencesin the form of plasmid DNA could pro...Scientists Urge Further Study Of Alarming Coral Reef Decline
...h and chemicalcompounds that could be used to make new medicines. "But we arejust in the infancy of doing those kinds of studies," said JohnsHopkins University biologist Gary K. Ostrander. Ostranderco-authored a scientific paper about the worldwide threat withbiologist William J. Meehan, a doctoral stude...Prostate Cancer's Aggressiveness May Be Predicted Early By The Ratio Of Free To Total PSA
... 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 41,800 deaths. Prostate cancer rates are 37 percent higher for black men than white men. Between 1980 and 1990 prostate cancer incidence rates increa...Corn Byproduct Shows Promise As Biodegradable Packaging Material
...ink their process could give zein -- and corn -- a new market at a timewhen there is a worldwide demand for biodegradable containers. In a paper published in the January-February issue of the journal CerealChemistry, the U. of I. scientists reported on their success in turningzein into plasticized resin...Purdue Study Aims To Boost MRI Capabilities
...s. Their work played a role in the introduction of new "fast-scan" MRI systems last year, including the e...ho planar and hybrid imaging systems. Though these new systems have improved image quality and speed, Bourland says there is room for more improvement. "Th...Virus May Be Linked To Obesity -- Early Findings Hint At Relationship
...ease is the type of patternthat might occur with a new infectious disease, as has been seen with theAIDS virus. A great deal of further research is necessary to determine ifthe global epidemic of obesity may be due in part to infection with Ad-36." The research was funded in part by the UW Beers......eron resistance, and points the way to a potential new target for therapeutic drugs to treat hepatitis C,...nsplant. There are an estimated 150,000 to 250,000 new cases of hepatitis C infection each year in the U.S., and the disease contributes to the death of mo...NIH Team Discovers Endocrine Tumor Gene
...is gene could indicate the presence of an entirely new pathway for the control of cell growth," says Dr. ...s of continuous DNA in small fragments to identify new markers and genes that were candidates for MEN1. Drs. Liotta and Emmert-Buck and colleagues of...New Vaccine Blocks Viral Entry In Cattle, May Have Implications For Human Vaccines
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... University's Winship Cancer Center are uncovering new information about a vital cellular ingredient whic...anoma and Pigmented Lesion Center are developing a new protocol using GM-CSF to treat patients with advanced melanoma in the very near future. "The most ...Method Eases Making Amino Acids Critical In Medicinal Chemistry
...- (aryl) amino acids is the latestapplication of a new chemical methodology developed by a chemist at theUniversity of Illinois. "The importance of both natural and unnatural amino acids to medicinaland biological chemistry has made these compounds a focal point for chemicalsynthesis," said Peter Beak, ...Scientists Trace Roots Of Protein That Keeps Antarctic Fish From Freezing
...he first look at the genetic process of creating a new protein for speciessurvival. "Most new protein genes evolve from the recycling of existing genesor gene segments," said Chi-Hing C. (Chris...Supelco Licenses ORNL Solid Sorbent Air Sampling Material
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...lows it to infect people,and suggested a potential new drug target to stop the infection. The stud...resses toAIDS. "There is a pressing need for new anti-fungal agents against Cryptococcusand other fungi because we are identifying an increase both i...First Planned Release Of Captive Lemurs In Madagascar Wilds Expected In Fall
...st to that firsthabituation period." The animals' new home will be Betampona Natural Reserve, a protecte...t Britain. The Betampona reserve especially needs new stocks of black and whiteruffed lemurs, Katz and Welch said. They estimate that only 30 to 35 ofthe ...