Study finds first evidence COX-2 enzymes can regulate DNA damage
... was careful to spell out that he believed that in order to be at risk for DNA damage from vitamin C an individual would have to take some unknown high quantity of the vitamin, experience oxidative stress, and have a problem with the ordinarily efficient DNA repair enzymes.The two studies are closely relat...Small RNA surmounts large cancer problem
...e by the onset of resistance to the treatment. In order to circumvent this problem, D. Gary Gilliland and colleagues, of Brigham and Women's Hospital, have developed a strategy using the latest technologies involving small interfering RNA to enhance cancer treatment even in a situation where drug resistan...JCI table of contents, 15 June 2004
...e by the onset of resistance to the treatment. In order to circumvent this problem, D. Gary Gilliland and ...rmed during the healing and remodeling process. In order to encourage healing, therapies for post-heart attack recovery have focused on enhancing factors tha...Conflicting views on embryonic and adult stem cells complicate research in stem cell therapeutics
...ll culturing or offer supplements to its grants in order to cover the extra cost. Quality control is anothe...er GMP (good manufacturing practice) conditions in order to meet the FDA quality standards," concludes Austin....Medical implants work better when you rough them up, study finds
... measure the distance although very small, on the order of nanometers between cell membranes and the surface of a smooth disk. "Texturing provided a strong adherence between the surface of a cell and the surface of a disk," von Recum said. "That's exactly what we want in an actual implant." That the cell...'Rolling Store' provides model for overcoming barriers to healthy foods and better health outcomes
...overcoming economic and transportation barriers in order to provide poor women in the Lower Mississippi Delta access to healthy foods, not only prevented continuing weight gain - the study's objective - but resulted in weight loss and improved self esteem. Dr. Betty Kennedy, Pennington Biomedical Rese...Trapping carbon in soil key for protecting global food security, dealing with climate change
...of natural resources. "Soil needs enough carbon in order to hold water and nutrients and to grow crops efficiently. "But completely removing crop residue for animal fodder and fuel is the norm in many African and Asian countries," he continued. "This drastically reduces soil carbon levels, and we cannot ac...Volcanic soils yield new clues about the emergence of powerful chiefdoms in Hawaii
... privileges," Kirch noted. "To maintain the social order at the level they were accustomed to, the chiefs had to go into a mode of aggressive action. It's interesting that the really aggressive chiefdoms came from the highly intensified dryland systems on Maui and Hawai'i, where per capita yields were decl...NIH launches first center in Nationwide Chemical Genomics Network
...ramework of the priorities the NIH must address in order to optimize its entire research portfolio and lays out a vision for a more efficient and productive system of medical research. Additional information about the NIH Roadmap can be found at its Web site, http://www.nihroadmap.nih.gov . About NHGRI ...2004 BP Conservation Programme winners pave the way for protecting wildlife
... highest priority ('critical') for conservation in order to protect some of the most highly endangered spec...mbination of scientific and corporate expertise in order to support biodiversity conservation practitioners at a global level. The unparalleled commitment ov...When combining new oral anti-cancer agents with standard chemotherapy, timing may be crucial
...blocking certain signals that cancer cells need in order to reach the cell-division stage, or mitosis. Gumerlock theorizes that when erlotinib is given simultaneously or just before docetaxel, fewer cancer cells reach mitosis and become vulnerable to chemotherapy, thereby diminishing chemotherapy's effect...K-State business researchers to help with major study on food supply veterinary medicine
...propriate training of food supply veterinarians in order to serve society." Andrus said the study is expected to be complete by late summer 2005. "This study will have profound and lasting effects on food supply veterinary medicine and it is hoped that it will serve as a framework for planning for the futu...Nerac delivers journal tracking solution through TOC Journal Watch
...ming capabilities, knowledge centers can choose to order documents from a combination of CrossRef, direct from publishers, in-house files and nearly any resource that delivers full-text," said Kevin Bouley, Nerac's President. "Because Nerac provides the table of contents for more than 21,000 publications a...UCSD study shows how we perceive world depends on precise division of labor among cells in brain
...s a code made of identical electrical impulses, in order to produce a coherent perception of the world," he says. "Deciphering the language of the brain will help us understand the neuronal basis for sensation and cognition and their associated disorders." In their paper, the UCSD researchers also determin...EMBL Director-General receives high German honour: the Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse
...t now, when EMBL must invest in a timely manner in order to address immense new challenges: to elucidate complex biological systems and to orient this understanding to the benefit of society." Prof. Kafatos has been Full Professor and Department Chairman at Harvard University and at the Universities of At...Loyola decides to test new blood substitute in trauma patients at the scene of injury
...of Loyola's Burn and Shock Trauma Institute. In order to receive approval for the field component of this clinical trial, U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations and Loyola's IRB require evidence that broad public notification has been made to ensure members of the public have an opportunity to sh...Clemson University researcher reaches for the stars to prevent osteoporosis
...n and a two-and-a-half-year roundtrip to Mars. In order to maintain health, astronauts need a treatment that will prevent bone loss in space and accelerate recovery afterwards. Recovery of bone mass takes two to three times as long as the length of the spaceflight, putting astronauts at greater risk f...Pharmacogenomics could replace 'trial-and-error' with science from the human genome
...orporate comprehensive pharmacogenomic studies. In order to bring the significant potential benefits of pharmacogenomics to the public, medical practice has to evolve from the trial-and-error approach. For that to happen, society must institute protections against misuse of genetic information. Groups with...Fostering Diversity in the Sciences Symposium
...ty in the environmental and biological sciences in order to ensure that we encourage the best and the brightest to become the next generation of professionals. This groundbreaking symposium will bring together experts from a variety of disciplines to present ideas, share success stories and document the ...... noise is this act of removing the nucleosomes, in order to allow access of the transcription machinery and the regulatory proteins," she said. Remodeling is particularly slow, O'Shea said, and subject to significant probabilistic variation. This variation would likely have an affect on the amount of mRNA...