Food fortification spurred by military purchases
...ve been eager to supply fortified food once it was proven it could be profitable," said David Bishai, PhD, co-author of the review and assistant professor of population and family health sciences at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. "Many of the industrial and market forces in the U.S. do...Sick Kids researchers pinpoint link between diabetes and nervous system autoimmunity
...e 1 diabetes, a new target disease for SYNoX. Once proven in a larger clinical trial, the diagnostics, in a rapid and affordable doctor's-office format, could be applied for mass screening of diabetes risk in every five to 10-year-old child," said SYNoX Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. George Jack...Blood banking systems improving in China, more progress needed
...verting China's system to volunteer-donors-only, a proven step in improving blood safety, says Shan. The scarcity of volunteer donors and a chronically low blood supply have created a market for paid blood donations, a practice that attracts illegal activities and infected donations, and tends not to overco...TSRI professor named industry pioneer in one of the top ten technologies that will change future
...ify scientists, though, because carbohydrates have proven to be extremely difficult to study. Unlike proteins, which are produced for the most part from a single template--an individual gene transcript--carbohydrates are made by a cascade of chemical reactions inside our bodies. Many of these reactions are ...First study to show the potential for effective prevention of migraine with an AT1 receptor blocker
...ther investigation is needed, but a treatment with proven efficacy and good tolerability would have obvious benefits for both clinician and patient." Migraine prevention aims to restore normality to patients' lives. Preventative therapy should only be considered if more than two attacks occur per month, acu...Researchers develop guidelines to establish identity of genes responsible for complex diseases
...kle cell disease, have been identified, but it has proven difficult to identify genes which interact in more complex disorders. Since the decoding of the human genome, the task of identifying these multiple interacting genes has become much easier. The researchers have described a four-stage process thro...Researchers developing new arsenal in war against cancer
...ewer and Brenda Winkel, professor of biology, have proven are capable of photo-cleaving DNA, a normal therapeutic target in cells. The complexes are novel molecules whose chemistry allows the researchers to append them to other units. At present, physicians use a chemical that is exposed to light and act...Zebrafish may point the way to mending a broken heart
... poorly understood genomes of these organisms have proven difficult for scientists to manipulate in experiments. Researchers have studied organ regeneration in vertebrates, such as newts and salamanders, but their hearts scar when damaged. "One vertebrate organism that is different," said Keating, "is the z...Outbreak of native oak borers threatens Ozark forests
...not sure why this current cycle of infestation has proven so devastating to the red oaks of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Drought and attacks by other insects such as walkingsticks and grasshoppers, combined with the advanced age and high density of the oak stands, may have contributed to a general state of declin...Study of menopausal women finds no benefit from hormone therapy and antioxidant vitamins
...rancisco (UCSF). "The good news is that there are proven therapies to treat and prevent coronary heart disease, including weight control and controlling high blood cholesterol and high blood pressure," added Waters. Participants in the WAVE study were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 treatment groups: (1) Horm......xplains biological diversity, the Tree of Life has proven useful in many fields, such as choosing experimental systems for biological research, determining which genes are common to many kinds of organisms and which are unique, tracking the origin and spread of emerging diseases and their vectors, bio-prosp...A new twist on an age-old problem: Making knee replacements last
...es of knee arthritis itself an area that has long proven mysterious because it is so difficult to determine what is happening inside the knee as a person walks. The team is seeking to predict inner forces on the knee using computer models, CT scans and reverse-engineering software produced by Research Tria...Field Museum plays key role in massive project to map Tree of Life
...xisting information. Phylogenetic information has proven useful in many ways, such as helping scientists focus biological research; track the origin and spread of diseases; develop new medicines and agrochemical products; conserve species; control invasive species biologically; and restore ecosystems. "Pr...Using the ocean's living light shows to fight terrorism or track the planet's most massive migration
...s. Though progress has been made, such a feat has proven difficult because the vast soup of sea creatures involved remains poorly understood. Better understanding of bioluminescence could also lead to its use as a sensitive detection tool for anti-submarine and countermine warfare. The equipment Widder an...November GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY media highlights
...ctica because dating of strata from Antarctica has proven historically difficult and this result flags a potential "coming of age" in our ability to date strata in Antarctica. Organic chemical differentiation within fossil plant cell walls detected with X-ray spectromicroscopy. C. Kevin Boyce, Department ...Misfolding the key to protein's ability to kill brain cells
...initially gain a foothold. If proven true, then the new findings may have implications for new therapies against these diseases and even offer warnings concerning specific therapies for other maladies. TSEs can attack most ...Ion channels allow bacteria to resist stomach acid
...cording to Miller, ion channels from bacteria have proven enormously useful to researchers studying the structure and function of ion channels because the bacteria enable the scientists to produce sufficient quantities of the proteins for their studies. "As ion channel researchers, we've been so happy at th...First-ever cancer prevention research meeting
...nally was developed to treat breast cancer, is now proven to be effective in reducing the risk of cancer in high-risk patients. More than a half a million people will die from cancer in 2002. It is the second leading cause of death in the United States, after heart disease. AACR leaders envision a future...Kimberly-Clark Worldwide donates intellectual property to Rensselaer
... wound healing. The biomaterial used in XCell has proven to be several times more absorbent than traditional dressings, and is capable of holding 100 times its weight in fluid. Additionally, it delivers and absorbs moisture to and from a wound. The biomaterial can be engineered to be incredibly strong, to ...Researchers successfully deliver drugs to the primate brainstem
... brainstem gliomas, the researchers say. If it's proven safe and effective, the technique might also be used to treat other neurological diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, other tumors, epilepsy, and pain disorders. "This kind of imaging should provide novel treatment paradigms not only for brainstem...