Herpes-Based Gene Therapy Is Key To Promising Liver Tumor Vaccine
...cells. The team alsoachieved noteworthy results by raising the levels of the cytokineGMCSF (granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor), whichattracts macrophages: 4 of 12 rats remain cancer-free. High cytokine levels peak on the first day, Dr. Federoffsays, and remain high for a couple of days be...Herpes-Based Gene Therapy Is Key To Promising Liver Tumor Vaccine
...ells. The team also achieved noteworthy results by raising the levels of the cytokine GM-CSF (granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating factor), which attracts macrophages: 4 of 12 rats remain cancer-free. High cytokine levels peak on the first day, Dr. Federoff says, and remain high for a couple of days bef...First Planned Release Of Captive Lemurs In Madagascar Wilds Expected In Fall
...mosthalf that money is already in hand due to fund raising efforts -- principallyby the Jersey-London-Marwell group, which has raised $120,000. In one notable example, actor-producer John Cleese donated the proceedsfrom the London premier of his comedy film Fierce Creatures , whichfeatured captive lemurs i...UW Smogmobile Offers Cleaner, Safer Alternative To Gas Or Electric Cars
...mogmobile prototype was built to power a winch for raising ship anchors. It has the high torque needed to propel a vehicle but consumes the converted nitrogen gas fuel as if it, too, was as abundant as air. "This motor operates at about 20 percent of the efficiency we think is possible, so it greatly reduces...Early Menarche Puts Young Girls In Peril
...g this century, with mirrors, movies and marketing raising young women's self-consciousness to excruciating levels. "All this 'bad body fever' and preoccupation with physical perfection raise girls' liability to be exploited," says Brumberg, a Stephen J. Weiss Presidential Fellow and professor at Cornell. ...Pharmaceuticals Manufactured In Insect Larvae
...eins through insects was seen as an alternative to raising proteins in cell culture, Hughes said. For a while, it appeared as if raising the proteins in cell culture was less expensive, but rearing proteins in insects is substantially le...Divorce, Insect Style: Termites Swap Mates
...males are better suited, biologicallyspeaking, for raising young. Before her study of Z nevadensis honeymoons, Shellman-Reeve documented apattern of termite homesteading that would make a mortgage banker proud. Withinhours of flying to a likely log and making their ultimate mate choice, newlypaired ter...Low B Vitamin Levels Common In Many People Linked To Increased Heart Disease, Stroke Risk
...gested that vitamin B-6 deficiency, in addition to raising homocysteine levels, may make the blood more prone to forming the blood clots that can obstruct blood vessels or alter levels of cholesterol. Cholesterol builds up in the blood vessels, creates fatty deposits, or plaque that can unleash blood clots ...Population Growth Costs Include Global Warming Impact
... New Haven, Conn. -- When figuring the cost of raising a child toadulthood, most parents think in terms of ballet slippers, baseball gloves, andcollege tuition. Two Yale economists have taken the concept a step further byfiguring the lifetime cost to society of each person in terms of impact onliving st...Biotech Approach To Feral Cat Problem Devised
...king havoc on the nation's songbird population and raising public health concerns as they spread infectious diseases and alter delicate ecological balances. Controlling the birth rates of feral cats has proven a vexing task, since conventional spay and neuter techniques require surgery in a controlled envir...Can Plants Influence The Climate?
...increasing the atmospheric CO2 concentrations, and raising globaltemperatures. The changes in vegetation that are most likely to influence the climate include: Reduced water loss (transpiration) at high CO2 concentrations which feeds backon rainfall, changes in the height or roughness of vegetation which af...Soy Protein With Phytoestrogens Inhibit Atherosclerosis Progression As Well As Premarin
...protein with phytoestrogen had a greater effect in raising highdensity lipoproteins (HDL) -- the beneficial form of cholesterol, than didPremarin. The soy protein with phytoestrogen also had a beneficial effect ontriglycerides and on another cholesterol component, apolipoprotein A1. The LDL+VLDL chol...Yale Announces New Biotech Firm
...rous business climate. By getting more involvedin raising capital and developing business plans, Yale can encourage morecompanies to stay in the New Haven area." Local companies also benefit from collaborating with researchersat the nearby Yale School of Medicine, which ranks fourth nationally inres......imate females because of the incredible demands in raising offspring," says Kramer. "Being a mother requires a great deal of energy. If animals can gather the necessities of life efficiently, they have more energy to devote to their offspring or to have more offspring. Natural selection should favor those...Purdue Research Helps Keep Phosphorus Out Of Surface Water
...mals' diets. Because Indiana producers are high on raising hogs, that's where they've turned their attention. Sixty percent to 80 percent of the phosphorus in most grain fed to hogs is in a form that passes right through animals, never getting picked up and used by their bodies. Joern and animal scientist La......ements shared by a widerange of virulence systems, raising the possibility that a broad spectruminhibitor to such elements may suppress virulence in a variety ofmicroorganisms." This study shows the efficacy of the compound RWJ-49815 and itsderivatives as the first series of inhibitors of two-compone...... the percentage with low hemoglobin or hematocrit, raising questions about the validity of the cutoffs at this age. Infants at greatest risk for anemia and low ferritin were those with birth weights 3000 g had a low ferritin value at 6 mo. We conclude that the risk of iron deficiency is low among ...High-Pressure Chambers Could Prevent Paralysis After Spinal Cord Injury
... Placing these divers in hyperbaric chambers and raising the pressure to2.8 times the normal atmospheric pr...oassist recovery. For spinal cord injury patients, raising the pressure to twotimes atmospheric pressure would be adequate, James said. An estimated 25...ACE Gene Linked To High Blood Pressure In Men But Not Women
...at is alsoclosely linked to ACE is responsible for raising blood pressure. "If you think about a person's entire genetic make-up in terms of a large city,we have narrowed the location down to one city block," he says. "However, weare still not sure if we have the right address." The gene region must now be......roblems, includingmany stress-related ones such as raising heart rates and blood pressure. Medical scientists fear thatexcessive noise in hospitals can compromise the normal development of newborns, especially those inintensive care units. Studying the neonatal intensive care units of an Ottawa hospital, Cha...