New study shows hope for treating inhalant abuse
...n the December 1, 2004 issue of Synapse, available online September 30. Inhalant abuse or "huffing" continues to grow as a serious health problem: According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the number of new inhalant users increased from 627,000 in 1994 to 1.2 million in 2000. The chronic use of inh...AAAS US Presidential Candidates' Forum
...he 16 September 2004 issue of Science Express, the online publication of the journal, Science, published by AAAS, the world's largest general science society, the candidates responded to questions posed by Science's editorial and news staff. The first one asked for each camp's top priorities for Science and...New molecular link key to cellular proteins involved in cancer progression, other diseases
...sive Cancer Center. The new findings appear in the online issue of the journal Nature and will be published in print in October. Within the cell nucleus, DNA is wrapped tightly around nucleosomes, globular structures composed of four abundant proteins called histones, Zhang said. "Histone proteins, includin...Agronomy, crop, and soil science societies to meet Oct. 31 to Nov. 4 in Seattle
...esentations of the scientific papers are available online as part of the Annual Meetings Program Book, searc...embers of the media/public information officers is online access to the Annual Meetings' abstracts. To receive your name and password to access this searchabl...DNA barcode finds four new bird species
...lant and animal species, and to establish a public online database of DNA barcode sequences. The consortium arose from two conferences on DNA and taxonomy organized in 2003 with leadership from Rockefeller Professor Emeritus Norton Zinder, Ph.D., the first chair of the Human Genome Project, and J...Rice finds 'on-off switch' for buckyball toxicity
... studies of buckyballs, the research was published online by the journal on Sept. 11. Buckyballs, whose chemical notation is C60, are hollow, soccerball-shaped molecules containing 60 carbon atoms. Their diameter is just one-billionth of a meter, or one nanometer, and their discovery at Rice in 1985 is wide...UCI scientists successfully target key HIV protein; breakthrough may lead to new drug therapies
...searchers reported their findings last week in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. The print version of the research paper will appear in the Sept. 28 issue of the journal. Human immunodeficiency virus, commonly known as HIV, is known to cause AIDS. The virus attacks th...Cannabis may help combat cancer-causing herpes viruses
... report. The findings, published Sept. 15 in the online journal BMC Medicine, could lead to the creation of antiviral drugs based on nonpsychoactive derivatives of THC. The gamma herpes viruses include Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated Herpes virus, which is associated with an increased risk of cancer that is ...Certain genes boost fish oils' protection against breast cancer
...e. The study in Carcinogenesis was published early online through the journal's Web site. Moreover, researchers believe that women whose bodies do a poor job of getting rid of the fish oils' byproducts are the ones who benefit most from consuming the oils. That may help scientists better understand exactly ...Scientists explore genome of methane-breathing microbe
...ed in the October issue of PLoS Biology and posted online this week, found an unexpected flexibility in M. capsulatus metabolic pathways, hinting that the bacterium is capable of responding to changes in its environment by functioning through different chemical pathways for using methane. That finding, if c...Genes expose secrets of sex on the side
...their findings in two related articles, one in the online early edition of the October issue of Nature Genetics and one in an upcoming edition of Molecular Biology and Evolution. The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health. Scientists have puzzled over the fact that men's common an...Byproduct of water-disinfection process found to be highly toxic
...cience & Technology. The findings, which appeared online in advance, already have prompted a call from the National Rural Water Association for a delay of EPA's Stage 2 rule aimed at reducing the amount of previously identified toxic DBPs occurring in chlorine-treated water. "The iodoacids may be the ...Genetic analysis rewrites salamander's evolutionary history
... supported." The study, published this week in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was conducted by Wake's graduate student, Rachel Mueller, to understand the evolution of the Plethodontid salamanders, a family that comprises 360 species - two-thirds of the world's 522...Laboratory grows world record length carbon nanotube
...ronic devices. In research reported in the current online issue of the journal Nature Materials, Yuntian Zhu and his colleagues discuss how they created a single-wall carbon nanotube using a process called catalytic chemical vapor deposition from ethanol (alcohol) vapor. Discovered in 1991 by Japanese scien...Gene expression in liver tumors and patient prognosis
...published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., is available online via Wiley InterScience at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/hepatology . The study is among the first to explore the complete molecular pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). It identified expression profiles of a limited number ...Researchers identify distinctive signature for metastatic prostate cancer
...s were published September 12, 2004, in an advance online publication in the journal Nature . The scientists were led by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator Philip A. Beachy and his colleagues at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Drs. David Berman and Sunil Karhadkar. Additio...Images of 'tail' of protein needed for cell multiplication suggest anticancer drug targets
...t. Jude Children's Research Hospital, is published online by the journal Nature Structual and Molecular Biology (NSMB). The discovery of the exact structure of the tail and its role in cell replication holds promise that researchers can develop new types of drugs targeting the tail or the workshop itself, ...ConocoPhillips & Conservation International launch 'Biodiversity Action Plan' in Venezuela
...RAP and Biodiversity Action Plan can be downloaded online at http://www.celb.org . Please e-mail j.anderson@conservation.org to request hi-resolution maps and images from the AquaRAP....Missing genes may help explain why plague bacteria are so deadly
...nce. In a report published today (Sept. 9) in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers said the "massive gene loss" and DNA rearrangements that occurred as Y. pestis evolved "provide a sobering example of how a highly virulent epidemic (pathogen) can sudden......his jigsaw with findings recently published in the online edition of Development , describing an intriguing new model of germ cell migration involving a pair of guidance molecules, Wunen and Wunen2, and their discrete activities in germ and somatic cells. The study began with a screen for mutant flies, whic...