10 Million Report Hunger, Even With Jobs
...percent of Americans who say they are sometimes or often hungry live in households in which at least one person has a job. "Food insufficiency is not limited to the unemployed or to single-mother families," says study lead author Katherine Alaimo, a doctoral candidate in nutritional sciences at Cornell Uni...Research Indicates Molecule Sabotage May Slow Brain Cancer
... than half die within 18 months because the tumors often outsmartconventional treatments, such as surgery. Gliomas arise from brain support cells called glia. The cells growfuriously until they form a mass known as a tumor. "Gliomas are exceptionallydifficult to treat because their cells have ...RNA-Dendritic Cell Combo Shows Promise As A Universal Cancer Vaccine
...gen known as CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen).CEA is often expressed in breast, lung and colorectal cancer. They mixed thisRNA sequence with dendritic cells and the CEA was produced and displayed on thedendritic cell. A strong immune response was seen when this concoction wasexposed to the patient's cancer c...Computer Models Find Cost-Effective Solutions For Species Preservation
...amm's group discovered that species "hotspots" are often real estate hot spots, dramatically increasingthe cost of conservation efforts. So, Ando developed a data base of land values and estimatedland values for 2,822 key counties across the United States. Cammfactored those values into a computer optimiza...Liquid Crystals Light Up Simple Chemical Test
...ut it's elegant," Frank said."And that combination often yields many really nice inventions. Thisshould have a large number of applications as a diagnostic tool." For instance, Abbott said, this sort of "lab on a chip" technologycould allow a crime scene investigator to check quickly for illegal drugsor e...Needlestick Injuries Common In Female Veterinarians, Study Finds
...upational Medicine ,pointed out that veterinarians often use several of the same medicationsthat are used by other physicians. “One of the rationales for doing the study was the fact that someof the medications and exposures veterinarians might experience would bethe same as health care workers ...Smog Spreading To South Pacific
...al smogfound in major cities throughout the world, often as the result of congestedvehicular traffic. However, in some cities such as Mexico City and Santiago,Chile, use of liquefied petroleum gas for heating and cooking also cancontribute significantly to ozone formation. At elevated levels, it can cau...Kaposi's Sarcoma Caused By Virus Usually Transmitted Through Homosexual Sex, According To UCSF Study
Kaposi's sarcoma, a debilitating cancer most often seen in HIV-positivehomosexual men, is caused by a...us called HHV-8, and, among homosexual men, ismost often transmitted sexually, according to a UC San Francisco study publishedin the April 2 issue of the New...Study Finds Russian Women, Children Not Getting Enough Iron In Their Diets
...ibitors. Iron is one of the nutrients most often lacking in poor people's diets. - 30 - Note: Martin and Lenore Kohlmeier can be reached at (919) 966-7240 and 966-7450,respectively. School of Public Health Contact: Lisa Katz,...Scientists Discover A Secret Of Bacterial Communication
...xisting together in a structure called biofilm are often moreresistant to attack by antibiotics and the immune system than they are asindividual cells. This resistance presents a difficult problem for physicians, but recent researchhas revealed a way in which the biofilm fortress might be attacked. Dr. E.P...Researchers Discover How Ulcer Bug Becomes Antibiotic-Resistant
...variants." Metronidazole-resistant strains often arise in people who have neverbefore been treated for H. pylori infection but who may have taken metronidazole periodically for other reasons. In many countries, for example, the drug can be purchased very cheaply without aprescription, and it usuall...Reduced Nutrients Still Cause Problems In The Neuse And Tar-Pamlico Rivers
...s deplete the oxygen in water. This lack of oxygen often results in the death of fish and other organisms. ...ng to streams of the Neuse and Tar River Basins is often 0.2 part per million (ppm) or more. Based on published guidelines, streams draining directly into po...Purdue Herbarium -- A Noah's Ark For Egyptian Plants
...gress kills native species. Seeds in the herbarium often can germinate and grow -- even after years of storage in dry herbarium-cabinets. A student currently working in Swinehart's laboratory is researching the possibility of germinating seeds that have lain dormant in the Purdue Herbarium for 150 years. ...Evaluation Of The Two Types Of Cardiac Pacemakers Indicates Only Modest Differences In Value
...n the dual chamber pacemaker; most important,there often are fewer complications associated with the pacemaker itself.Dual chamber pacemakers, on the other hand, offer the theoretical benefit ofmimicking the normal electrical sequence of the heart, pacing the atrium firstand the ventricular chamber second....Keep Off The Grass - Reduce Air Pollution
...g problems," Mr Galbally says. "The blue haze you often see over the Dandenongs in Victoria and in New South Wales' Blue Mountains is caused in part by the gases released by vegetation." Wayne Kirstine from the Gippsland campus of Monash University conducted the research with Mr Galbally. Although......ams. According tothe AAAS analysis, these programs often depend upon the research successes inthe physical sciences, engineering and mathematics -- areas which are not slatedfor major increases. Increases in nondefense R&D are concentrated among onlythree agencies -- NIH, NSF, and the Department of Energy ...Duke Researchers Genetically Engineer Mice To Block Heart Enlargement
...sly difficult to treat, althoughearly symptoms are often mild, and can be treated with changes in diet andexercise. As the disease progresses, less and less can be done. Traditionaltreatments for the early stages of heart failure include drug regimensconsisting of multiple medications, such as beta blocker......aboratories. And eventhe ones that have been grown often are unrelated to the bacteria that areecologically important in marine ecosystems, making scientific connections andinferences difficult. That has all changed in the past few years with the advent of newtechniques to identify bacteria at the ...Aspirin's Preventive Action In Heart Attacks Tied To Genetics
...of the population and are the genetic changes most often closely linked todiseases because they alter the function of the protein product, theblueprint of which has been disrupted by the mutation. Polymorphisms, on the other hand, are gene changes that do not grossly alter thefunction of the gene product b...Jefferson Scientists Devise Way To Treat Animals Chronically Infected With Hepatitis B
...er. For most of the world, HBV is transmitted most often frommother to newborn. However, in the United States, the virus is usuallytransmitted sexually. It is also transmitted by accidental needle sticks amonghealth care workers. Some one-quarter to one-third of the population that ischronically infected h...