New study questions role of ginseng as mood enhancer
... feel better. Marketing ploys used to push ginseng promoted its use by astronauts and professional athletes, and claimed it did everything from easing childbirth to working as an aphrodisiac. The study by Cardinal and Hermann J. Engels of Wayne State University focused only on the alleged psychological prope...Biotechnology promises major advances for U.S. Army
...h benefits society as a whole and has historically promoted the development of drugs to fight diseases, such as malaria, prevalent in the world's poorest regions. "By 2020, an estimated 7 billion to 8 billion people will live in less affluent areas of the world," states the report. "Because it must be prepare...Smallest silicon particles light way for new sensors, materials
...ed preliminary results concerning this white light promoted reaction. "We had just published that second paper and then found that the reactions only work with porous silicon samples that emit light," Buriak says. "Because only nanocrystalline silicon emits light, we hypothesized that a common mechanism linke......e less safe. As a result, FDA regulations have not promoted blood donation from hemochromatosis patients. Hemochromatosis patients in this study had no more risk of transmitting viral infections than did other donors. This finding should help guide future decisions on blood donations by these patients. If p...University of Cincinnati geologist finds survival benefit to evolving after mass extinctions
... "My analysis indicates that these characteristics promoted evolutionary longevity." Miller said that the trend is apparent no matter what the ultimate cause was of each mass extinction. Genera that were more widespread, might have fared better over the long run because of a kind of "safety in geography." If...Deep-ocean research program office established at Penn State
...erDisciplinary Global Experiments (RIDGE) Program, promoted research, scientific communication, and outreach related to all aspects of the mid-ocean ridge system. When that program ended, RIDGE 2000 built on the experience, knowledge, and lessons learned through its predecessor to develop a more focused prog...MIT team tailors cell jackets to prevent cancer
...h cancer. Injection of hep I or its sugar fragment promoted tumor growth, while hep III or its product dramatically inhibited growth. The two similarly influenced tumor metastasis and the growth of blood vessels. "We were fascinated by the discovery that the tumor cells sugar coat contains sugar sequences th...Enzyme once thought harmful to Alzheimers patients now appears key to future treatment
...evelopment of galanin antagonists, which have been promoted as a possible treatment option for AD. Our findings should inject a note of caution in viewing such antagonists as "neuroprotective," a notion that is based on their potential to reverse the inhibitory effects of galanin, which may be receptor and re...Cola soft drinks satisfy hunger as well as orange juice or 1% milk
... Milk, orange juice and colas satisfied hunger and promoted fullness and satiety better than sparkling water. There was no difference in thirst ratings among the four beverages, including sparkling water....1st evidence that nuclear transplantation ('therapeutic cloning') can eliminate tissue rejection
...e, therefore, strongly support Senate Bill S. 2439 promoted by Senators Kennedy, Feinstein, Hatch and Specter that would protect the life-saving uses of cloning technology while banning its abuse in cloning a human fetus or child."...Ras gene causes cancer via different pathways in humans vs. mice
...en traced how the protein produced by the Ras gene promoted cells to transform. As expected, Ras exerted its malignant effects in mice cells primarily through a protein called Raf, whose specific job is to modify a chain of additional proteins that direct the cell's behavior to proliferate. Unexpectedly, Ra...Nurse intervention helps cardiac patients manage cholesterol
...the medication, adjusted the dosage as needed, and promoted compliance in taking the medication. Sixty-five percent of the patients in the group receiving nurse case management achieved recommended cholesterol levels, compared to 35 percent in the group receiving minimal intervention. Patients in the nurse-...6th Annual Symposium on Biomaterial Science
...acement of human tissue. Dr. Livesey has actively promoted the Center's biomaterials research programs on a national level and served as a resource to the New Jersey biomaterials community. Sixty scientific posters and exhibits will offer details of basic studies in half a dozen disciplines that underlie th...Pain-relief drug may prevent lung problems, blindness in premature infants
...ical Center found in rabbits that Cox-2 inhibitors promoted elevated levels of crucial growth-inducing chemicals that help lungs and tissues grow. These increases occurred despite the fact that, at the same time, the newborns were given oxygen to assist breathing. Oxygen typically decreases levels of these im...Climate change surprise: High carbon dioxide levels can retard plant growth, study reveals
...osition or precipitation alone or in combination promoted plant growth, the addition of elevated CO2 consistently dampened those increases. "The three-factor combination of increased temperature, precipitation and nitrogen deposition produced the largest stimulation [an 84 percent increase], but adding CO2 ...JCI table of contents, January 15 2003
...n to demonstrate that inresponse to TNF-alpha (and promoted by ASMase), not ceramide, butglycosphingolipids, including GD3, are targeted to the mitochondria. Theyconclude that mitochondrial targeting of glycosphingolipids is likely to bethe key event that sets off the apoptotic cascade. CONTACT: Jose Fernndez...Genetics may help solve mysteries of human evolution
...ical change - a genetic mutation of some kind that promoted the fully modern ability to create and innovate.'' Klein will present his perspective Feb. 15 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Denver. His comments are part of the symposium ''Revolution and Evolutio...Preventing cancer: Scientists identify a useful piece of JNK
...ng prevented apoptosis of unhealthy cells and thus promoted tumor cell survival. Dr. Davis also comments on the implications of these findings: "Our study indicates that mutations in the JNK signaling pathway genes in human tumors may contribute to malignant cancer progression. It is likely that this informa...Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Awards 2003
...est lecturer by Rhode Island School of Design, and promoted to head of the study group "3D Graphics Computing" at Darmstadt Technical University in January 2001.( www.igd.fhg.de/~alexa; www.gris.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/staff/alexa.html ) Dr. Martin Beyer (33), Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chem...Abnormal immune response may play major role in glaucoma, study says
... vision. The immune privileged state in the eye is promoted by a number of factors (immunosuppressive molecules, blood:/eye barriers) that inhibit immune cells with the greatest potential to cause permanent damage. In the study reported in JEM, Streilein, the study's first author Dr. Jun Song Mo, a Schepens E...