Colorectal cancer rates in African Americans equal with insurance parity
...tionately higher than in whites. These disparities prevail even when factors like age, gender, stage of cancer, and geography are taken into consideration. "In many, if not all cancers, there are racial disparities in survival," said Walter Smalley, M.D., associate professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt Unive...NASA scientists discover spring thaw makes a difference
...that eventually carbon released from the soil will prevail over the amount being taken in by growing plants. Carbon dioxide levelsin the atmosphere would increase at an accelerated rate, fostering even greater warming of the region and affecting global climate. With help from NASA radars and other orbit...Getting at the roots of terrorism
... the demographic and socioeconomic conditions that prevail in much of the world will help provide a substrate on which 9/11-type terrorism can thrive into the foreseeable future. Exacerbating terrorist tendencies are policies of the developed nations designed to expand their consumption and maintain their ac...First biologic pacemaker created by gene therapy in guinea pigs
...he guinea pig. We believe the same principles will prevail in humans." Normally, one set of 1,000 to 3,000 pacemaker cells is found in the right upper chamber, or atrium, of the heart, and one set straddling the junction between the atrium and the lower chamber, or ventricle. Damage to either set of pacemake......myotubes, the high insulin and glucose levels that prevail with advancing insulin resistance are sufficient to block the formation of membrane ruffles and the fusion of GLUT4-containing vesicles with the cell surface. The reason for this diminished response is not understood, but if it reflects events in vi......tions found in these populations, two combinations prevail among both the Finns and the Saami. Moreover, the relative prevalence of these two SNP profiles appears to vary between the Western and the Northern/Eastern Finns and subgroups of the Saami. These results support the idea that two separate groups s...Master Molecule Forms Brains In Frogs And Elbows In Mice
...tal biological mechanisms, many of which appear to prevail throughout the animal kingdom. The latest of these is revealing the important role Noggin plays in patterning the mammalian skeleton. The potential health benefits Harland is referring to are the likely applications of his research to better underst...UNESCO Director-General Reaffirms That Human Cloning Is Contrary To Human Dignity
...he fields of biology, genetics and medicine,should prevail over the respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and humandignity of individuals or, where applicable, of groups of people." Mr. Mayor declared: "The undisputed merit of the Declaration resides inthe balance it strikes between guarante...