NIH student loan repayment awards increase by 66 percent
...Senior Advisor tothe Director, NIH. "The LRPs help remove that hurdle," shesays. The five NIH Loan Repayment Programs are the ClinicalResearch LRP, Clinical Research for Individuals fromDisadvantaged Backgrounds LRP, Contraception andInfertility Research LRP, Health Disparities Research LRP,and Pediatric Re...Scripps scientists link ozone to atherosclerosis
...Endarterectomies are common surgical procedures to remove plaques from the inner walls of atherosclerotic arteries. "These are specimens we normally just inspect and throw away," says DeLaria, who is a coauthor of the study. "Within themselves, they have no diagnostic value, and they don't change what we do...Researchers grow breast cancer tissue from transplanted mammary stem cells
...the wrong enemy. Much like using a weed-whacker to remove the top of lawn weeds, leaving the root behind, conventional treatments that target mature, late-acting cancer cells may miss early cells that can give rise to cancer recurrences. Mammary stem cells that grow in human breast tissue may play a pivota...Exercise and healthy weight delay cancer even among women with highest genetic risk
...are being evaluated in high-risk women. Surgery to remove the ovaries can reduce the risk of both breast and ovarian cancer. Risk-reducing prophylactic breast surgery is another option for women at extremely high risk of breast cancer. AUTHORS OF THE PAPER The New York Breast Cancer Study Group includes D...Re-engineered blood vessels show promise for bypass surgery, grafts, UMHS researchers find
...these hair-width arterial grafts from a donor rat, remove all living cells from the rest of the tissue, insert vascular cells from the new host and then reimplant the graft. Using the host's own cells increases the likelihood of success by reducing the chance of rejection. "Small blood vessels are needed al...... animals preferentially use their right flipper to remove sediment from buried food. This is the first time ... can be buried up to 40 cm deep, the walruses must remove sediment to find them. The videos showed that the walruses had four different types of foraging beh...Researchers identify molecular alterations in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
.... In the gut, this transporter acts as a sponge to remove serotonin once it is released, and therefore stops...his reduction led to a decrease in the capacity to remove serotonin from intracellular space once it was released, thus increasing serotonin availability....Zebrafish genetic research results in significant discovery for geobiologists
...rls, is present in fish otoliths. If we completely remove the protein in fish by a genetic means, then calcite, a different form of calcium carbonate, is formed instead," Nicolson explained. "This work should aid investigators exploring the boundary between biology and mineral formation, specifically those...Using plants and microbes to purify polluted industrial wastewater
...us combinations to see which will most efficiently remove pollutants from waste produced by the dairy, deter...ted wetlands are attractive environments that also remove carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. "Wetlands are an aesthetic solution that provide valuable new hab...Scientists develop advanced sensors for biological agent detection
...iscovered a way to eradicate the need to initially remove DNA from pathogens. Eliminating this step speeds detection and, in the process, moves scientists closer to satisfying a critical requirement of these devices. "The current thrust for both physical and chemical analysis is to solve the time and reage...Healthy neighbors rescue degenerating motor neurons
...oup of support cells that helps guide, nourish and remove toxins from neurons. Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers and their colleagues have discovered that non-neuronal cells, called astrocytes and glia, can protect neurons containing ALS-causing mutations from degeneration. Their studies also show...NIH announces strategy to accelerate medical research progress
...uition. "Through these new initiatives, we hope to remove some of the biggest roadblocks that are keeping research findings from reaching the public as swiftly as possible," Dr. Zerhouni added. "These efforts cover a broad spectrum of points between the lab and the clinic from basic biological research, su...New research technique provides unique glimpse into Alzheimer's disease
...measure levels of ABeta in interstitial fluid. To remove brain fluid samples for evaluation, scientists often use a technique called microdialysis, in which a miniscule tube is inserted into the part of the brain being studied. A substance, called a membrane, at the tip of the tube ensures that only freely...PET scans used to determine progression of HIV infection
...te the specific nodes where HIV is replicating and remove them or target them with radiation. "Although many systemic sites from which latent virus could be reactivated would be left, reactivation might not occur for months or years after removal of the active nodes, thereby allowing extended interruption o...New study shows why hypertension affects black males disproportionately
...lation. All spectral data were log transformed to remove skewness and minimize the large standard deviations customarily present in these data. Digitized R-R intervals and in-phase systolic peaks determined spontaneous BRS by a modification of the sequence technique shown to have a high correlation to inva...ORNL earns top Southeastern laboratory technology transfer award
...arch involves using three separate technologies to remove and degrade the hazardous substance perchlorate--a component found in solid-fuel rockets that has contaminated water supplies in more that 24 states. ORNL researchers Baohua Gu and Gilbert Brown have been working on this technology. ORNL is a multipr...Unique two-part macroemulsion offers new approach to cleaning up contaminated aquifers
...he source zone where the actual spill occurred and remove the compound, then separate and treat or recycle i...ove ground," Pennell explained. "We are trying to remove the long-term source of groundwater contamination in a manner that will produce the most results for...Heart may heal with help from oxygen-sensitive genes, new study suggests
... in treating a heart attack survivor is to quickly remove the clot blocking a coronary artery which caused the attack. This allows a sudden rush of oxygen-rich blood to flow into damaged tissue around the site of the primary injury. The rush of oxygen activates oxygen-sensitive genes in cardiac fibroblasts,...Old drug works new tricks for iron overload heart disease
...nightly needles under the skin for hours on end to remove the iron or face certain death from heart failure. The drugs currently used are also extremely expensive, so many patients around the world die at a young age from heart failure" says Liu. According to the researchers, iron-related disorders are a mo......Our idea is to use specially developed bacteria to remove the contaminants from the wastewater, and also help to release the trapped methane," says Brookhaven chemist Mow Lin. Lin's team has developed several strains of bacteria that can use coal as a nutrient and adsorb or degrade contaminants. They starte...