Potential for enhanced sequestration of carbon in soils supports evaluations
...sitivity analyses to determine likely consequences over the range of applicable conditions. Comprehensive economic comparisons are also called for. Post and colleagues state that "If agricultural soil sequestration is to play a role in the endeavor to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it is important both ...Climate change plus human pressure caused large mammal extinctions in late Pleistocene
...pulations and surging populations of humans taking over former large-animal habitats. "Human activities today, combined with climate change, probably are going to result in inevitable extinction of many more species and unpredictable ecosystem changes," he said. The authors' warnings are based on a review...Highlights of the October 2004 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...y access to soft drinks in school vending machines over the past two decades are contributing factors to excess weight among kids. To gauge parents' thoughts on school vending machines, researchers at the University of Minnesota conducted focus groups, from which five major themes em...Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
...supports Samoa's assertion of national sovereignty over the gene sequence of Prostratin, a drug extracted ...us people have extended their national sovereignty over a gene sequence" said Cox, director of the Institute for Ethnobotany at the National Tropical Botani...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
...supports Samoa's assertion of national sovereignty over the gene sequence of Prostratin, a drug extracted ...us people have extended their national sovereignty over a gene sequence" said Cox, director of the Institute for Ethnobotany at the National Tropical Botani...NIH awards $18.2m to The Burnham Institute to develop Center on Proteolytic Pathways
...s Jeffrey Smith, Ph.D., will receive $18.2 million over the next five years to develop this unique researc...oped by Dr. Bogyo at Stanford, marks an innovation over other proteomics strategies because the activity-based approach reports on protease activity, as opp...Lycopene slows human prostate tumour growth in mice and combined with vitamin E is even better
...ressed the growth of the human prostate tumours by over half (at day 42 of the study), extending the tumour doubling time accordingly, while all other single treatments had no significant effect. However, the combination of low-dose lycopene and vitamin E produced the greatest tumour inhibition 73% (at d...UT Southwestern receives $1.78 million grant for obesity research as part of NIH Roadmap initiative
...cant premature cardiovascular disease and diabetes over the next few decades," said Dr. Grundy, chairman of human nutrition. "We're trying to get a handle on that issue from every aspect." Obesity is associated with many adverse health consequences such as cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes and non-...Scientists to prototype cyberinfrastructure for research and education access to ocean observatories
...cience Foundation (NSF) today awarded $3.9 million over four years to the University of Washington (UW), t...his year, which total $130 million to be disbursed over the next five years. Participating institutions will collaborate on experimental wireless, optical n...Schepens Eye Research Institute receives 'Roadmap' grant to develop center for curing eye diseases
... 3 million by 2020.Each year 1.3 million Americans over age 20 are diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy. The financial impact and effect on quality of life for people diagnosed with one of these disorders is devastating, says Dartt. Eye diseases share many of the same underlying mechanisms at work in dise...Gladstone investigator Mike McCune wins prestigious NIH Director's Pioneer Award
...nough funding -- $500,000 per year in direct costs over five years -- to develop and test far-ranging idea...holds 20 patents and inventions, and has published over 120 journal articles. ...AAAS US Presidential Candidates' Forum
...nda aims to reduce greenhouse gas intensity by 18% over the next decade through next-generation hydrogen a...rt Walker and Henry Kelly will continue the debate over controversial scientific issues at AAAS on 30 September. As the voices of science and technology pol...New study indicates arsenic could be suitable as first-line treatment in type of leukaemia
...courses of the drug achieved complete remission in over 90% of the 63 patients in a Phase II study being carried out at the city's Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Center. 88.5% of patients were still alive with a mean survival time to date of nearly 34 months. Of 11 patients who relapsed, ...Cancer vaccine based on pathogenic listeria bacteria shows promise targeting metastases
... out into the cell interior, the cytosol, and take over the host cell's machinery to spread the infection. Once hooked into the cell's machinery, the bacteria spread in an amazing fashion. They generate comet-like tails that push them around the cell like a speedboat. Eventually, they slam into the cell m...Award winning researchers reveal potential new role for Glivec
... the disease because this translocation results in over expression of PDGFB and imatinib is an inhibitor f...o imatinib. Dr. McArthur explained that over 95% of DFSP tumours have t(17-22). "It's difficult to be certain based on only one case, which was v...New research shows plants can shuffle and paste gene pieces to generate genetic diversity
...dentified more than 3000 Pack-MULEs that contained over a thousand different rice gene fragments. Many of the Pack-MULEs have two or three gene fragments picked up from different genes but now fused together into a new gene combination. "There are only a few mechanisms known for evolving new genes...Researchers identify protein promoting vascular tumor growth
...th of life. About 90 percent go away by themselves over time, but until they do, children are forced to accept a period of deformity, sometimes up to age 9," Gordillo said. In addition to her Ohio State posts, Gordillo is director of the Hemangioma and Vascular Malformations Clinic at Columbus C...Winning combination to build bone density in children
...is to 'accumulate' this sort of energy expenditure over the day to total about half an hour," he added. Abstract The purpose of this study was to assess the interactive effects of habitual physical activity (total and vigorous intensity) and calcium intake on bone mineral content (BMC) in prepubertal b...... therapeutics and nano-sized drug delivery systems over the last decade has been remarkable. A growing number of products have already secured regulatory authority approval and, in turn, are supported by a healthy clinical development pipeline. They include products used to treat multiple sclerosis, AIDS,...Study: Emission of smog ingredients from trees is increasing rapidly
...in the 1990s to determine how levels were changing over time. They found that areas where farmland has been abandoned during the last century have early generations of trees that produce higher levels of VOCs than older growth forests. In the South, pine plantations used for their fast-growing supplies of...