Nutrition Study Reshapes Strategies For Athletes
...drated.We are really working with them on having a plan for drinking small amountsof fluid, every hour, throughout each day of the competition." Houtkooper said Jackie Joyner Kersee fell victim to dehydration during theJune trials in Atlanta, a rare error in athletes at that level. The other key, Houtkoop...Bark Beetle Infestation Spurs Multifaceted Study
... could help environmentalistsand resource managers plan the future of these forests which surround someof the last pristine lakes in the U.S....Nitric Oxide May Hold Key To First Treatment For Deadly Form Of Malaria, Duke Scientists Report
...processes down to the level of thegene, the master plan of a cell. The study findings, published in the Sept. 6 issue of the journal Cell,describes an entirely new cellular signaling mechanism -- the attachmentof nitric oxide (NO) to a key portion of a protein called a thiol -- thatcan directly ...Low-Protein Diet May Reverse Kidney Disease
...ets needs to be reconsidered." Hopkins researchers plan to repeat the study with a larger number of patients. Nephrotic syndrome is marked by damage to the glomeruli, the kidney's filtering units. This causes severe loss of protein from the blood into the urine, severe fluid retention and extremely high b...Nitric Oxide Found To Control Cells By Turning On Genes; Suggests New Role In Health And Disease
...processes down to the level of thegene, the master plan of a cell. The study findings, published in the Sept. 6 issue of the journal Cell,describes an entirely new cellular signaling mechanism -- the attachmentof nitric oxide (NO) to a key portion of a protein called a thiol -- thatcan directly ...Antarctic Science Season Gears Up With Searches for Meteorites, Neutrinos, and New Life Forms
...greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. The drillers plan to halt at approximately 3650 meters depth, stopping above Lake Vostok, the subglacial lake beneath Vostok Station that is comparable in size to Lake Ontario. The lake and any life it may harbor have apparently been sealed off from the atmosphere fo...KU Researcher Eyes The Rain Forest Through The Trees
...r needs by planting the exotic trees. However, the plan didn't bear fruit. "The exotic species of trees need a lot more work and expense to keep them healthy," she said. "So it isn't any more cost-effective to grow them in that region than it would be to grow palm trees in Minnesota." Another reason for w...Optical Microscopy Shines Light On Biology
...lecule moves very precisely," he said. "For us, we plan to use this to watch a single protein ion channel open and close." The near-field scanning optical microscopy technique is relatively young. Although the fundamentals were mentioned in a series of letters between Edward A. Synge and Albert Einstein, ...Disease Resistance Mechanism Identified in Plants
...ic gene-for-gene resistance mechanism, researchers plan to further explore the phenomenon. Biologist Greg Martin of Purdue University in Indiana says the findings will have wide application. "It turns out that plants resist diverse pathogens -- includingbacteria, fungi and viruses -- by using ver...Mechanism For Disease Resistance Identified In Plants
...ic gene-for-gene resistance mechanism, researchers plan to further explore the phenomenon. Biologist Greg Martin of Purdue University in Indiana says the findings will have wide application. "It turns out that plants resist diverse pathogens -- includingbacteria, fungi and viruses -- by using ver...President's Budget Proposal Cuts R&D By 14 Percent By 2002
...as released today by AAAS. "Each successive budget plan proposed by Congress and the Administration since ...analysis of the President's latest balanced budget plan projects a 14 percent cut in total R&D funding between FY 1997 and 2002, after adjusting for inflati...NIH Team Discovers Endocrine Tumor Gene
...ancer also located at 11q13, which NCI researchers plan to explore, according to Dr. Liotta. A tumor suppressor gene acts like a set of brakes on abnormal cell growth. When a mutation in the gene occurs, the brakes are lost and cells multiply. A person inherits two copies of a tumor suppressor gen...Emory Researchers Advance Gene Therapy Studies For Metastatic Melanoma Treatment
...tor. Eventually Winship Cancer Center scientists plan to devise an entire menu of cytokine cell markers that would act as a road map for tumor behavior. They hope that the markers might also indicate how the tumors would react to different therapies. The significant number of studies currently underwa...Munching Microbes Make A Meal Out Of Toxic Substances
...hen they'll develop and implement a bioremediation plan for each site. Nies says bioremediation, to be most effective, should be an aerobic process, which means getting as much oxygen as possible to the microbes. In Indiana, that can be a problem because the soil is silty and gas doesn't travel well throu...Purdue-Made Soil Benefits The Environment
...es. Purdue and Eli Lilly are developing a business plan to set up a full-scale composting facility on campus. Indiana produces about three million tons of coal ash a year, and about 10 percent of that is used for beneficial purposes, according to statistics from the Indiana Electric Association. Nationwid...Gene Shears In Cutting Edge Anti-Aids Trial
...ver the next three years the Gene Shears licensees plan to test theribozyme gene therapy against a range of other human diseases. Research is also well-advanced into uses of ribozymes in the agriculturaland food industries. For example, a range of virus-resistant vegetablecrops developed with gene Shear...Second Gene Responsible For Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Identified
...rd Medical School and the paper's lead author. "We plan to now turn our efforts toward comprehensive analysis of the mutationsthat occur in TSC1 and TSC2, understanding the function of the proteins thesegenes encode, and, particularly, development of animal models of both TSC1 andTSC2 disease. The idea i...Researchers To Investigate Years Before Menopause
...ation Research Institute. The researchers plan to collect first morning urine samples from approximately 150 women ages 35 to 60 for six months of each year during the five-year project. The samples will be analyzed for the metabolic remains of four hormones linked with the monthly fe...Researchers Find Association Between Alzheimer's Gene And Mental Impairment After Cardiac Surgery
...decline and the APOE variant. Newman andcolleagues plan to follow heart patients for five years to determine howtheir cognitive status changes. Joining Newman in the study were Dr. Barbara Tardiff, Ann Saunders, Ph.D.,Dr. Warren Strittmatter, James Blumenthal, Ph.D., William White, Narda Croughwell,Dr. D...At-Risk Women Want Breast Cancer Gene Test--If 'Pros' Outweigh 'Cons'
...the importance ofproviding counseling to women who plan to undergo genetic testing for breastcancer susceptibility." Jacobsen, a psychologist at the Moffitt Cancer Center and the Universityof South Florida, said counseling is needed to help women know how to use theirnewfound knowledge to their ad...