Transplanted Neurons Restore Function In Rats After Stroke
...red research topped $50 million, and USFphysicians provided $20 million worth of uncompensated care. The University of Pennsylvania Medical Center's sponsored research andtraining ranks third in the United States based on grant support from theNational Institutes of Health, the primary funder of biome...Uterine Environment Boosts Learning Ability In Mouse Offspring
...itativecomparisons in standard deviation units are provided in the NeuroReport article. Why was the hybrid uterus "better" than others? The researchers note intheir paper the unknown influences of non-autoimmunity and hybrid vigor in theCB6F1 mothers. But those influences are considered unlikely to ac...User-Friendly Brace Helps Paraplegics To Walk
...nghrehabilitation centre' in Enschede. Funding was provided by the NetherlandsTechnology Foundation (STW), which is part of the Netherlands Organization forScientific Research (NWO). Walking braces have already been used to help rehabilitate Dutch paraplegics forthe past 20 years. The movements involved in w...Major Wolf Die-Off Recorded On Isle Royale
... Major funding for the Isle Royale study is provided by the National ParkService, the National Science Foundation, and Earthwatch....New Dating Technique May Revise Geologic Time Scale
...s Odin of the Universit P. et M. Curie.Funding was provided by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. CONTACT: Megan Easton U of T Public Affairs (416) 978-0260 megan.easton@utoronto.ca...Researchers From Rockefeller University Develop Novel Method To Fight Cancer
...ate Zanvil A.Cohn, M.D. Funding for this work was provided in part by the National Institute of Allergyand Infectious Diseases, part of the federal government's National Institutes ofHealth (NIH), and by the NIH Medical Scientist Training Program. Rockefeller began in 1901 as The Rockefeller Institute for M...Simplified Therapy To Prevent TB Proven Effective In Developing Countries
...nand pyrazinamide administered for only two months provided similar overallprotection against tuberculosis in HIV-infected, PPD-positive adults. The study was published in the March 14, 1998 issue of Lancet. Leadauthor Neal Halsey, MD, professor, International Health, said, "We need tolook for inno...Soy Phytoestrogens Reduce Carotid Atherosclerosis As Much As Premarin
...cement therapy from soy protein withphytoestrogens provided equivalent stroke-prevention benefits to the stand...titute. Thesoy phytoestrogen used in the study was provided by Protein TechnologiesInternational. The results showed that both forms of estrogen replac...Three-Dimensional Structure Of Human Lung Tryptase Determined, An Enzyme Involved In Allergic Asthma
...ed the crystal structure of human beta-tryptase provided by G. Matschiner, H. Fritz and C.P. Sommerhoff at the Department of Clinical Ch emistry and Clinical Bio che mistry at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Muenchen. The structure, published in a Letter to Nature (Human beta-tr...New Test Opens Window On Corrosive Free-Radical Activity In Individuals
...roup on the study. Primary fundingfor the work was provided by the National Institutes of Health. Further supportcame from the American Heart Association and the National Science Foundation. The University of Pennsylvania Medical Center's sponsored research andtraining ranks third in the United States...How Did Life Begin? Biochemical Evolution On Chemical Surfaces
...pores of a zeolite, the mineral surface could have provided the catalyticframework for assembling them into po... Zeolites withone-dimensional channels could have provided the template for assembly of onlyone version of the amino acids into the first primitive proteins. ...Kaposi's Sarcoma Caused By Virus Usually Transmitted Through Homosexual Sex, According To UCSF Study
...another example of the rich source of data thatare provided by long-term population-based epidemiologic studies of this kind,"says Dennis Osmond, PhD, UCSF associate professor of epidemiology andbiostatistics, the principal investigator of the Men's Health Study and aco-author of this study. "Knowing ......testinal absorption; early breast-milk calcium was provided by maternal renal calcium conservation and loss of spinal trabecular bone, a loss that was recovered postmenses. Am J Clin Nutr 1998;67:693-701. From the Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of California, Berkeley; the Department of Med...No Ode To Joy From Food Scientists Over New Edition
...ientific inaccuraciesand modern myths (corrections provided by Bruhn underneath): Joy : Food additives lower the nutritive value of food and are used to maskcosmetic defects. Fact : Food additives are used to improve nutritive value (throughfortification), lower fat content, maintain freshness, reduce...Human Bone Disorder Reproduced In Mice
...ey formed acapsule of new bone. The ceramic chips provided structural support for bonegrowth. The result was a replica of normal bone, consisting of areas of newbone formation surrounding a cavity of healthy marrow that has the cellularinfrastructure needed to grow blood cells. Dr. Gehron Robey, chief of NI...From The Home Front To The River Front, USGS Updates Water-Quality Information
...rmation on how to obtain copies of the reports are provided in the attached background statement. WATER QUALITY IN THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA AND POTOMAC RIVER BASINS- BACKGROUND The full-color reports summarize USGS studies that began in 1992 in the Lower Susquehanna and Potoma...Human Genome Researchers Receive Biotech Award
...l component ofthe Human Genome Project. Dr. Lander provided the tools for the use of molecular markers in mappingdisease genes. He developed statistical methods to allow the analysis of largedata sets of genetic information. Dr. Lander developed the most successful andlargest laboratory for genome analysis i...Florida Or Bust? Older Lab Rats Seek Heat To Fight Infection, UD Researchers Report
...hat the older rats could develop fever if theywere provided with greater control over their environment. So, UD researchersplaced tiny transmitters in the abdomens of young and old rats, then recordedand analyzed their behavioral responses to LPS injections. Each animal wasplaced in a long, box-like alleyway ...... at the University of North Carolina, provided the protein of which he was able to grow three-dimensional crystals, thus providing the essential starting point for the 2D crystallization experiments. The structure of the closely related calcium ATPase, al......art attacks. Instead oflooking at which treatment provided the best survival rate, researchers examinedhow well this type of treatment restored the blood flow to the heart and theleft ventricle's ability to pump the blood. The blood flow through the arteries leading to the heart was measured on a scaleknown ...