UF Researcher Designs Pill To Control Mosquitoes
..., mosquito-borne diseases infect about 700 million people each year and kill 3 million, according to the Centers for Disease Control. But the diet pill, which could be on the market within a year, is a promising new weapon, not only because it is wickedly efficient but because it also is safe for the enviro...Promising Fatty Acid Research Leads To MS Clinical Trial
...s against prematureexcitement over a treatment for people with MS, saying "further rigorousclinical and laboratory research is essential before we can recommend any suchtreatment for MS." This research is supported by the Henry Smiths Charity. The Multiple SclerosisSociety has a help line for the general p...Biogenic Emissions Higher Than Expected Over African Savanna
...ls living tissue. Ozone is a particular threat to people who work or exercise outdoors or who suffer from respiratory problems. The team is also studying the role of isoprene and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released by plants into the atmosphere. Isoprene plays a role in low-altitude ozon...UF Researchers Investigate Phenomenon Of Seizure-Alert Dogs
...real and occur reliably, this offers great hope to people who experience seizures. "Furthermore, simil...ally-impaired people, early-alert dogs could allow people who are presently homebound the potential to expand their ability to care for themselves, and in som...Skull Of Refrigerator-Size Ancient Armadillo Finds A Home At UF
...hich once roamed Florida, he said. Because people lived in Florida 11,000 to 12,000 years ago, early... said. "We haven't found any evidence that people hunted them, but they were probably considered as possible food sources," he said. "Maybe the heavy ...Penn State Erie's Sea Grant To Focus On Ecology, Economic Development
...t to Penn State Erie,The Behrend College, may give people reason to reconsider. The 43 miles of Lake Erie coastline in Pennsylvania, thePresque Isle peninsula, Presque Isle Bay and the 511-square-mileLake Erie watershed are the focus of the $480,000 grant formingthe Pennsylvania Sea Grant Coherent A...Peptic Ulcer Treatment Improves Health, Saves Money
ANN ARBOR, Mich.--Millions of people with a history of peptic ulcer disease continue to...rican Journal of Gastroenterology , concluded that people with ulcer disease who are being treated with acid-blocking medication should now be tested to deter...Regulator Of Fat Thermostat Found
...their blood. This finding suggestedthat overweight people may become unable to respond to leptin, though lit...ogo-Jack says the findings suggest that overweight people still have leptinreserves. "Because their supplies are not exhausted," he notes, "future leptinthera...Virologists Track New Influenza Threat
...fluenza that has infected eight people and killed three in Hong Kong. ... point there is no need to make people panic." Flu viruses commonly have changes in their surface p...Colon Cancer Linked To Genes, Not Lifestyle
... of the same geriatric diseases people get." From 1980 to 1994, Uno...ears, roughly the equivalent of people in their 50s to 80s. The animals, which were used for breeding rather than scient...Are CDC's 1997 Recommendations For Targeted Lead Screening Of Children Justified?
...that the problemexists only among poor, inner-city people of color and also creates a falsesense of security among higher socioeconomic status groups. CDC writes that screening decisions should always be based on the levelof risk in the population to be screened and that it is not sound public healt...Gene Therapy Trial Takes Aim At Deadly Brain Cancer
...ioblastoma multiforme afflicts approximately 6,500 people a year in the United States, and is the most common and deadliest type of brain tumor. Most patients who receive standard treatment--surgery and radiation, and sometimes chemotherapy--live for only about a year. This is the first tim...Mystery Of Vital Cell Protein Solved After 30 Years
...lls,could be synthesized. "An awful lot of people have wanted to know what tubulin looks like atthe atomic level," says Nogales. "The knowledge gained from this model shouldbe of invaluable help in understanding the microtubule system in the cell." Tubulin is a "heterodimer" protein, meani...ACS Aids Cornell Vet School Cancer Research
...s is made possible through the generous support of people in the community who give to the local American Cancer Society fund-raising activities. In addition to supporting research projects such as those at Cornell, the society provides educational programs on prevention and early detection as well as supp......n, but only in humans. "After 100 years of people doing comparative brain studies, you assumethat the dogma is true. It came as quite a shock to discover that thechimpanzee brains did show the same asymmetry as humans," Dr. Gannon said. He first theorized that the received wisdom might not...DNA Enzyme Works In Crystal Form; Yields New Insights Into Gene Copying
...id. "This has enabled us to do the experimentsthat people have wanted to do for years on this enzyme." Beese said that other researchers have occasionally reported that other,very different, enzymes retained chemical activity in crystal form. "But those reactions didn't involve large motion......ay be infected with HCV. An additional 3-4 million people in Europe and Japan carry the hepatitis Cvirus. Currently, there is no vaccine available to prevent hepatitis Cinfection. Current treatment options for hepatitis C are widely acknowledged to besuboptimal. The only drug approved for the treatment o...Hurdle In Ulcer Vaccine Development Cleared
...n. This antigen is found on the red blood cells of people with type Oblood, but it also occurs on the gastri...c ulcer disease.Most gastric cancers also occur in people with current or past H. pyloriinfections. Although stomach cancer is rare in the United States, it i...Genetic Risk Factors For Anorexia Nervosa Sought
...nness in society's image of femalebeauty, and most people think a woman's risk of developing anorexia nervosaderives solely from that fact," Berrettini notes. "But studies of twins andfamilies suggest that about half the risk of developing this eating disorder isinherited." Berrettini is collabor......ain why diabetes is five times morecommon in obese people than in people of normal weight. According toProf. Zick, a major culprit in enhancing the inappropriatephosphorylat...