New drug with unusual promise enters ALS pipeline
...e resultsare unusually promising." The team next plans to test PEDF in transgenic mousemodels of the disease. In the study, researchers pinpointed PEDF for the first time in thespinal cord and skeletal muscle of humans, monkeys and rats. Prior to this,scientists thought the eyes were its prim...INEEL launches comprehensive vadose zone management program
...d body of knowledge must be integrated, andNichols plans to develop a multidisciplinary team to do it. "W...ithno regard for pecking order," said Nichols. He plans to involve personnel fromother national laboratories, universities, the U.S. Geological Survey, indu......, acetatefibers and engineering plastics. Hoechst plans to spin off these globalindustrial businesses into a new company called Celanese AG later this year. The donation to Clemson - the largest corporate gift in the university'shistory - comes almost one year later to the day of the announcement ...Microbial janitors tackle nuclear clean-up problems
...t applythe gel," said Hamilton. The research team plans to use only one application ofthe gel for the duration of the Sellafield proof-of-concept test. The concretetest surface will be evenly coated with several millimeters of the gel and thenenclosed in a containment system that allows the humidity and ...Cockroaches beware! This house has been treated with catnip
...s ofmosquitoes are underway. As yet, there are no plans to examine the effects ofcatnip and hedgeapple on American cockroaches, though Peterson suspects theywould respond the same way as their German cousins. The Iowa State researchers also confirmed an earlier study's finding that malecockroaches seem to...Agency awards $8.2 million to study how air pollution affects us
... -- http://depts.washington.edu/pmcenter/ -- and plans to publish anewsletter and hold public workshops on the study results and other aspects ofair pollution studies. Funds will also be available for pilot programs to studyparticulate matter and health....Study details genetic basis of aging -- and how it might be delayed
...nergetic deficit in the cell." The Wisconsin group plans to extend its studies to monkeys and humans.UW-Madison, at its Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center, is the site of adecade-old study of rhesus macaques on a reduced-calorie diet. The new study, according to Weindruch, is important not only bec...Ancient viruses lurking in polar ice
... studies if that'strue?" The New York team plans to use other techniques to find out if virusesin other cores are still viable. As well as Arctic ice, they will look at icefrom Antarctica that is up to 400 000 years old....Fragment of AIDS virus may be used to deliver therapeutic proteins to cells
...oavailability wall. A molecular oncologist, Dowdy plans to use the technique to study cancer. Heis particularly interested in two tumor-suppressor proteins, p16 and RB, whosegenetic pathway is mutated in almost 90 percent of cancers. "There are already knockout mice that are missing genes for p16 and RB,...UD News: Gene-repair pioneer, Eric Kmiec, brings his lab to the University of Delaware
...re centralselling points, he adds. (Already, Kmiec plans a joint effort with the Carsonsto alter certain ce...ng on previous cellular studies, she says, theteam plans to examine the system's effectiveness in mice, in collaboration withduPont Hospital doctors. Also hi...Gift funds new Gene Media Forum at Syracuse University
...s and develop workshops for science reporters. It plans to maintain andmake available to journalists digit...d videos toaccompany gene research stories. Other plans include developing a website as aresource for accurate, comprehensible information about genetic res...Statewide evacuation plan for animals developed by Clemson University
...l. The group developed detailed evacuation plans for household pets,horses, livestock and exotic an...ce urged animal owners to develop their evacuation plans before anemergency strikes. "Prior planning is the key," she said. Some necessities if you are taki...Tracks in iron provide an insightful map of microbial world
...tore it for future use." Beard says his group next plans to apply the technique to a piece of the MarsRock, a controversial meteorite that some scientists believe harbors evidence ofpast microbial life on the Red Planet. It could also be used to screen samplesbrought back to Earth from planned NASA mission...Advanced light source reveals secrets of ribosome structure
...f the ALS. To meet an anticipatedgrowth in demand, plans are now underway to add to the ALS three superconductingbend magnets which are capable of generating the higher energy hard x-raysneeded for protein crystallography. The addition of these "superbends" wouldmake it possible to boost the MCF's capabili......nd tourism Pfiesteria's impact on summer travel plans was a particular focus of theUD Sea Grant survey. "If you made plans to visit a beach or coastal area forpleasure and heard there was a Pfiesteria outbreak," the surve...Stressed-out mice offer clues to depression, anxiety, anorexia
... for testing new anti-anxietydrugs. Seasholtz also plans to examine the relationship between CRH, its bindingprotein, and depression or anxiety disorders in humans. "We know very littleabout the role of CRH-BP in humans. In a new study, we hope to determine ifindividuals with major depression produce alt...NIEHS urges safety workers to prepare for Y2K false alarms and malfunctions
...t have notassessed their Y2K problems or developed plans for dealing with potential healthand safety consequences should waste no further time in doing so. According to the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion, althoughprogress is being made daily in making sure systems are Y2K compliant, fa...New drugs target HIV's deep pocket
...s to use the new technology. In the meantime, Kim plans to continue working on the basic research. "We'reg...ize them, to increasetheir potency." The team also plans to continue identifying other D-peptides anddeveloping other means to identify pocket-binding molecu...Study confirms protein culprit in alcohol-induced liver disease
...e mechanism of pathology." In that regard, Thurman plans toapply the study's technology to estrogen receptor knockout mice....Changing children's diets today could reduce bone problems 70 years from now
...e cooking demonstrations and devise individualized plans toincorporate calcium-rich foods. "It's important to break the plans intomanageable steps, and come up with foods that the children will accept andincorporate into their...