Duke study: Exercise may be just as effective as medication for treating major depression
...he said. Nevertheless, early nextyear, Blumenthal plans to begin a new study to gauge the effect of exercising ina less-supportive atmosphere, and he also plans to include a placebo group.Blumenthal suggested that exercise may be beneficial because patients are......bject to certain factors which may cause Alexion's plans to differ or resultsto vary from those expected including unexpected pre-clinical or clinicalresults, the need for additional research and testing, delays in manufacturing,access to capital and funding, delays and adverse changes in development ofcom...Yale and Alexion report advance in spinal cord repair
...bject to certain factors which may cause Alexion's plans to differ or resultsto vary from those expected including unexpected pre-clinical or clinicalresults, the need for additional research and testing, delays in manufacturing,access to capital and funding, delays and adverse changes in development ofcom...Screening programs find health problems among former Hanford workers
...olved have screened about 600 workers so far, with plans to screen an additional 20,000 for health problems related to their work at the Hanford nuclear site in southeastern Washington state. These evaluations are the most extensive of former Hanford workers to date. Undiagnosed lung disease and hearing ...When sperm whales talk, UW researcher listens
...t's a pretty sexy side aspect," he said. Dougherty plans to return to Norway soon to gather more data. He wants to test his process on a larger group of animals and some questions still need to be answered, such as how the whales' signals change during the duration of their dives. He's also constructing ...UVic creates research chair on drinking water ecology
..., Vancouver and the Cranbrook-Kimberley area, with plans to include other water utilities in the future. Cash funding for the chair totals more than $2.5 million over five years. Half will come from the federal Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and half from nine partners: the CRD ...Whitaker Foundation funds Washington University biomedical engineering facility
Washington University announces plans to build Uncas A. Whitaker Hall for Biomedical Eng...neering, Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton has announced plans to construct a building to house biomedical engineering research and teaching. Groundbreaking is se...Crack open an egg and cure a disease
...ns from hens that have been injected and next year plans to open a production plant capable of making "metr...en expressed in all the chicken's cells. AviGenics plans to contract out production and protein purification to companies which already produce vaccines in c...SPIRE seeks to boost young scientists' job prospects, minority science education
... Dr. Walter E. Bollenbacher, professor of biology, plans to improve the career prospects for postdoctoral students by offering them more diverse training. A new $4 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences will support the effort. "There's a national debate on the ...Science and Amersham Pharmacia Biotech award Young Scientist Prize
...ue his research in genetics and human disease, but plans for the grand prize money are still up in the air. "It's quite a bit of money, and I'm still not used to thinking in those terms," Velculescu said. "I'll probably give some to charity. Oh, and maybe pay off some honeymoon debts." "Victor epitomizes t...Abgenix reports positive clinical data with ABX-IL8 in Psoriasis
...ue photographs. The company also indicated that it plans to initiate a Phase II clinical trial in psoriasis during the first half of 2000. Other inflammatory disease indications including rheumatoid arthritis continue to be evaluated. PASI analysis is a widely accepted measure of drug response in psoria...UroGenesys researchers discover new target antigen for prostate cancers
...and other cancers." Dr. Rice added thatUroGenesys plans to accelerate the development of new therapeutic and diagnostic products based on itsproprietary antigens primarily through strategic alliances with pharmaceutical and biotechnologycompanies, while pursuing selected clinical developments separately. ......wn good anti-tumor activity in animal models. Vion plans to develop the unarmed TAPET alone as an anti-tumor agent and to develop second-generation products that produce and deliver potent therapeutic anti-cancer agents. Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the research, dev...UCSF School of Medicine receives $3.8 Million grant for biomedical research
...titute to support biomedical research. Theschool's plans for the grant include startup funds for new faculty and supportfor the study of genetic diseases. HHMI's Biomedical Research Support Program awarded 41 similar grants,including UCSF's, to medical schools across the country in an effort to refillthe f...Consortium focuses on new mouse models of human cancers
...with that combined expertise." Next year, the NCI plans to activate an Internet site with information about the Consortium, its activities and its progress. The Consortium recently kicked off its work with a nearly three-day meeting at the NCI, attended by both Klausner and Dr. Harold Varmus, outgoing di...NASA'S Earth Science highlights for the 80th Annual AMS Meeting
...obal Precipitation Product -This poster describes plans and first steps for producing the next-generation maps of precipitation over the entire globe at the finest scales yet attempted with observational data (1 latitude by 1 longitude, or approximately 100x100 km near the equator; every 3 hours). Such a ...Non-toxic peptide blocks spread of prostate cancer in rats
...although she has several possible explanations she plans to test in future research. Her goal is to discover exactly why this new peptide is so effective at preventing malignant cells from spreading and how it blocks the growth of blood vessels into the primary tumor. "Most scientists think cell adhesion...Professor says college athletic departments must pay more attention to eating disorders
...g for eating disorders, intervention and treatment plans and nutrition education for athletes." Every sport has athletes with eating disorders, but they are especially prevalent in gymnastics, cross-country, diving, synchronized swimming and figure skating, she said. "Like a lot of other hot topics, ......e it andthen seek treatment." Froehlich said she plans to continue to examine the importance of B-E in the development of alcohol abuse and alcoholism. The next step will be to look at the predictive nature of the B-E response to alcohol, explained Froehlich. B-E will be examined in people in high-risk......provides resistance to alcohol's effect." Suzuki plans to build upon his research findings. "I would like to study levels of metallothionein in the brains of people who suffer from diseases related to alcohol," said Suzuki. "Metallothionein is only one of several factors involved." Co-author of the ...