Researchers Take Major Step Toward Cracking Ebola Code
...Science. Ebola virus causes a rapidly progressing, often fatal, infection that can leadto vomiting, diarrhea, rash, high fever, hemorrhaging and shock. Often, liverand kidney functions are impaired. The research team, led by Gary Nabel, M.D., Ph.D., professor of internalmedicine and biological chemistry a...U.S. Scientists Honored For Lifetime Contributions In Hepatitis Research
...seases and the suffering they cause often are universal and, furthermore, almost always very difficult to conquer." Having completed medical school at Duke University and an internship in pediatrics at Duke University ......ago as a riskfactor for Alzheimer's, is found most often in people who exhibit signs of thedisease after age 65. One of three forms of ApoE, E4 has been associated withthe greatest risk for Alzheimer's. Initially, researchers thought thatgenotyping (distinguishing among different forms of a gene) for Apo...Lactose-Intolerant People Should Drink More Milk, Expert Says
...lt to digest, and people who don't eat these foods often enough haven't acclimated themselves to the foods....nt, actually this isn't the case. "Milk allergy is often confused with lactose intolerance, but they are physiologically different," Savaiano says. "Babies d...Leftover Fetal Cells May Affect Development Of Scleroderma
...tant point is that non-self fetal cells occur more often and in greaternumbers in scleroderma patients than...who was HLA class II-compatible significantly more often thanhealthy women. The strongestassociation was found for the gene that encodes for DR, where 62 pe......society is taking its toll on thenation's pets and often at the cost of the pets' lives, according to a pair ofnational studies coordinated by Colorado State University. The two studies, conducted by Colorado State veterinary epidemiologistDr. M.D. Salman and sponsored by the National Counc...Study Shows: Just Say NO To Bone Loss
...leading to osteopetrosis. People with this malady often have a compromisedimmune system and/or neurological problems. "The osteoclasts and osteoblasts have to work together to remodel bone," Osdobysays. "Bone is turning over all the time, and if you don't have that situation,you can have old bone matrix,...Women Can Inherit Drinking Problem Too, Study Finds
...tic risk with relativelymild alcohol problems that often go undetected by families and physicians," hesaid. "Often, these people don't get treatment -- until it is too late. Despitewhat people used to believe about differences in the causes of alcoholism inwomen and men, it is the similarities rather than ...Intake Of Acetaminophen Increases Risk Of Excessive Anticoagulation In Patients Taking Warfarin
...s Unit, the paper's first author. Acetaminophenis often the pain reliever of choice for people with potential bleeding problemsbecause aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen cancause gastric bleeding. Warfarin is a blood-thinning drug taken by millions of people with a heartcon...New Dating Technique May Revise Geologic Time Scale
...considered unreliable since theages arrived at are often a few million years younger than those found in thesurrounding igneous rocks, and for this reason some geologists have ignoredglauconies in constructing their time scales. "The ability to look in detail at a sample grain by grain is what prov...Nitrate Reductase: A Magical Enzyme?
...rce. Environmental testing for nitrate is often done with methods based onheavy metals like cadmium and zinc. Nitrate reductase-based nitrate testingreplaces these older methods, which have potential to harm the environment, withan environmentally friendly method that is safer for the person doin...Global Warming Would Foster Spread Of Dengue Fever Into Some Temperate Regions
...nd the primary carrier, the mosquito Aedesaegypti, often co-exist, but where lower temperatures now limit diseasetransmission. Lead author Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH, from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health said, "Since inhabitants of these border regions would lack immunity from past exposures, dengue ...Virulent Fungus Devastating Potato Crops
...in storage. Bacteria that cause soft-rot diseases often invade potato tubers infected with late blight, literally resulting in a "meltdown" of stored potatoes. Under severe infection, entire storages have to be discarded. Scientists began noticing late blight's resistance to metalaxl as long ago as 1980,...Change In HIV May Precipitate AIDS
...rse of the disease,a different strain of the virus often predominates, and that strain is called"T-tropic," because it attacks T lymphocytes almost exclusively. Researchers speculate whether AIDS develops partly because of thetransition from M-tropism to T-tropism. In the Nature Medicine paper, th......laboratories come across an unknownbacterium, they often send it to a state microbiology laboratory foridentification. If the state laboratory cannot identify it, the sample is sentto the CDC. If the CDC is stumped, the sample will be sent to Forsyth. "Ifthere's some unknown organism--we are the ones who a......ious, even life-threatening, medical problems that often accompany multiple births. One of the stumbling blocks to this end has been identifying a way to limit the number of eggs that mature during fertility treatment while keeping at least one egg developi...UPMC Researchers Report On Gene Therapy Advances
... research. Treatment for growth deficiencies that often accompany bone fragility of OIpatients is currently limited to daily growth hormone injections to affectedchildren. UPMC researchers have sought to employ genetically engineered bonecells as a more efficient method of providing the hormone. "After...Lights, Camera ... Reaction: Charting The Biological Effects Of Light InBillionths Of A Second
...nt proteins, different chromophores, different and often quite complexways of responding to light. "This system provides a simpler way to study how light energy is transformedinto signal energy. Here we have a single, polypeptide chain with a chemicallysimple chromophore, which undergoes a rather simple i...Heart and Soul: The Blood Vessels And Brain Use Common Guide
...ng notion among molecular biologiststhat receptors often work in pairs and that it is the particular combination ofindividual receptor molecules mediating a given signal that defines a cell'sspecific response. Many other questions remain, such as how far the two systems overlap. Incollaboration wi...Vascular Surgeons Test New Treatment For Abdominal Aneurysms
...ation." Called silent killers because they often cause no symptoms, aneurysmsoccur in more than 5 percent of people age 60 and older. The incidence ishigher among smokers, although aneurysms usually occur as the normalwear-and-tear aging process weakens the arterial wall. Sometimes they resultfrom...