Fund Aims To Repay Developing Nations For Valuable Genes
...university," attorney Barton said. "Of course some people willcriticize the fund as not doing enough, while ...e that universitiescan provide is in educating the people of the developing world."...A Drug Pump On A Computer Chip
...partly by managed health care, which wants to keep people out of hospitals, and partly by the needs of diabe...e the whole health care system is striving to keep people out of hospitals," Huff said. "Drug delivery systems should be based on ambulatory delivery." M...New Study Shows Steps Leading To Colon Cancer
...r more important in biology and medicine than most people realize, Peifer said. "Two years ago, the Nobel ...entially the same cellular machinery that works in people works in fruit flies," the UNC-CH biologist said. "If we want to learn how our own cells operate, it...Pets Provide Physiological Benefits For Women Living Alone
...l support," Allen said, "and they suggest that for people with few human contacts or friends, pets can play an important role in moderating age-related increases in blood pressure." Apparently these results hold true only if Kitty or Fido are cherished members of the household. Two of the elderly pet...Prostate Cancer's Aggressiveness May Be Predicted Early By The Ratio Of Free To Total PSA
...wide, 55 but not yet 75 years of age. Half of the people will receive screening tests and the other half will not. Both groups will complete a questionnaire about their health every year for up to 14 years. For more information, or to apply for the study, contact the NCI at 1-800-4-CANCER. In 1997, an est...Herpes-Based Gene Therapy Is Key To Promising Liver Tumor Vaccine
...the same onethat causes blisters and cold sores in people and animals, onlymodified so that it can't replica...cytokinesin the entire body would be toxic to most people and animals. It takes the herpes simplex viral amplicon vectors onlyabout 20 minutes to slip ge...Purdue Study Aims To Boost MRI Capabilities
... "Studies indicate that nerves and muscles in some people may be stimulated by these pulsed magnetic fields, causing sensations such as tingling or a weak muscle contraction," Bourland says. Nyenhuis says such effects may be caused by rapid changes in the intensity of the gradient magnetic fields, a process...Herpes-Based Gene Therapy Is Key To Promising Liver Tumor Vaccine
... Fong. The disease, striking more than two million people annually, is usually treated surgically, but in a ...he same one that causes blisters and cold sores in people and animals, only modified so that it can't replicate -- to send into rats genes that code for subst...Virus May Be Linked To Obesity -- Early Findings Hint At Relationship
...ol have found. A preliminary study of 199 people has shown that as many as 15percent of obese people may carry antibodies to the virus, indirectevidence that they once were exposed to the virus itself....Purdue Researchers Prod Plants To Clean Up Pollution
...t high enough to cause serious health problems for people who ate the contaminated organ meat. According to ...fruits and vegetables would hold fewer toxins, and people eating them would have healthier diets. While Goldsbrough prods vegetables to change the way they ta......d non-A, non-B hepatitis. Some 20 to 40 percent of people coming to inner-city hospitals have the virus, as do about 80 percent of intravenous drug users. While hepatitis C is transmitted through blood and shared needles, studies have shown that about 40 percent of carriers do not report such risk factors. ...New Vaccine Blocks Viral Entry In Cattle, May Have Implications For Human Vaccines
...you think about it, most viruses enter animals and people through mucous membranes," Letchworth says. "A few viruses, such as rabies, get into the body other ways. But most cross the mucous membranes around the eyes, or those that line breathing passages, the gastrointestinal tract or reproductive tract." ...Teens Shop "Healthy", But Trust Label Claims Too Much
...f the package or can. Interviews with the young people after their shopping trips showed that they were five times more likely to use front label claims than nutrition labels. The study included male and female high school students with an average age of 15 and both experienced and inexperienced sh...Duke researchers find existing drugs can stop fungus that attacks AIDS patients
...hat infects and often kills AIDS patientsand other people with weakened immune systems. The researche...stem effectively combats the organism. However, in people withsuppressed immune systems, the organism can evade the host defense and infectthe brain. Be...Munching Microbes Make A Meal Out Of Toxic Substances
...e like snake-oil salesmen of the Old West, selling people microbes they already have in their soil, or selling expensive products and services that have no scientific or engineering basis behind them," Nies says. "For example, out west the soil is very alkaline, and just adding any petroleum degrader to the...First Planned Release Of Captive Lemurs In Madagascar Wilds Expected In Fall
...nsustainable use of natural resources, and to help people understand thevalue of their environment through education," said Welch, who withKatz and their young daughter resides for most of each year in a nearbytown. As an example of the education efforts, local residents will be remindedthat the Betampona ...Houseflies May Transmit Ulcer Bug
...he harshacidic environment of the stomach. In most people it causes no diseasebut in the unlucky few it caus...r. The organism lives in the stomachs of most people in the world,although in developed countries less than than 50 percent are infectedand most children...Low Iron Levels Cause Weakness In Women Who Are Not Anemic
...nt role in oxygen transport and utilization. When people consume iron-deficient diets, they first deplete their iron stores in the liver; at the final stage, they become anemic due to insufficient iron to produce new red blood cells. Haas and Zhu focus on the first stage, while most medical practitioners ...Stuttering Appears To Have Strong Link To Family Genes, Researchers Say
...ansmission of stuttering in general, and that most people who stutterhave that factor," said Nicoline Ambrose, a research associate withthe Stuttering Research Project at the U. of I. and the lead author of thearticle. They further concluded that "people who persist in stutteringhave additional genetic fact......problems, especially for children, the elderly and people with respiratory conditions. A major contributor t...nd fresh research is posted frequently. This way, people are able to observe and comment on the work as it is being presented, and everyone benefits." The i...