Southern Pine Beetle Reaching Outbreak Levels In North Florida
...n be a costly pest, Foltz said. A recenthistorical review showed that it caused $900 million in damage to U.S. pineforests from 1960 through 1990. Foltz and forest entomologist James R. Meeker of the Florida Division ofForestry spotted rapidly expanding infestations of Southern Pine Beetle onseveral plantat...Bigger Biology Tackled Through Keyboards
...putational biologyis coming of age, according to a review paper in the Jan. 17 issue of theweekly journal Science by researchers from the University of California, Davis, and other universities. "Important biological issues can and need to be understood throughcomputational biology," says co-author Alan H...Fund Aims To Repay Developing Nations For Valuable Genes
...fund in connection with Ronald's rice gene andwill review the amount in the future. When the licensing revenue does come in, the university will identifythe country or countries that should benefit from the fund. The universitywill then select students from those nations to receive fellowships forgraduate ...Calorie Restriction Reduces Age-Related Muscle Loss
... the first text on dietary restriction,an in-depth review article in Scientific American and several reports inother prestigious journals, was the first to show that even startingrodents on a controlled diet in midlife produced longer-lived, healthieranimals. A researcher at the Geriatric Research, Educati...Progress In Prion Research: Three-Dimensional Structure Of Prion Protein Fully Uncovered
...research results to be published onThursday in the review FEBS Letters indicate that the newly decoded part of theprotein structure might play an important role in the conversion of the normalprion protein into its disease-inducing variant. Prion proteins are chains of proteins normally present in the bod...Insulin Resistance Is A Risk Factor For Atherosclerosis In Whites And Hispanics
...s today, has drawn doctors fromaround the world to review the latest research on the medical uses ofultrasound. It is being sponsored by the World Federation of Neurology and theBowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University. The researchers used ultrasound to measure the extent of atheros...Early Menarche Puts Young Girls In Peril
...ortant projects." The 250-page book begins with a review of the new biological timetable (in which menstruation occurs, on average, at 12 instead of 16, as it did 100 years ago) that governs the bodies of today's girls. Brumberg points out that girls today are likely to be sexually active before the age a...Pea Plant Stem Growth Gene Cloned
... which met in New York City in 1902. Davies said a review of the conference showed that many plant breeders had never heard of Mendel or his experiments. They were excited by the "new" findings and soon put theory into practice. From these humble beginnings, genetics and later molecular biology, evolved. ...NIH Office Of Dietary Supplements Expands Research Support
...eceived and reviewed through the standard NIH peer review process. Highly meritorious applications that fall just outside an Institutes funding resources and are within the research interest of the ODS can be nominated by NIH Institutes to receive full or partial funding from ODS. The ODS has committed $4...Cornell Text On International Nutrition
...r basic daily needs for nutritional well-being. To review the nature of hunger and malnutrition in the world today, describe the causes and ways to deal with hunger and malnutrition and discuss international food and nutrition issues, Michael Latham, M.D., professor of international nutritional sciences at ...Purdue Researchers Track Oil Spill's Effects On Sea Otters
...d by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1989 to review the direct effects of oil on the organ systems of sea otters that died in the Exxon spill. He also was one of the scientific reviewers of the impact the spill had on wildlife in general. Snyder says there could be a multitude of reasons for the low o...Reanalysis Of International Data Finds Sharp Decline In Sperm Density
After an extensive review of data from 61 published studies, threeCalifornia... - that spermdensity has declined. In fact, a 1992 review of 61 such studies (Evidence fordecreasing quality of semen during past 50 years, E. Carlsen, A. Giw...Genetic Risk Factors For Anorexia Nervosa Sought
...for Neurobiology and Behavior. In a just-published review of studies of anorexictwins, Berrettini found that...eremembers of the general population. Berrettini's review appears in the winterissue of Directions in Psychiatry. "There's an enormous emphasis on ...Infants, Toddlers Should Not Restrict Fat Intake, Experts Say
...tkins says. The researchers conducted a scientific review of available information and concluded that dietary fat recommendations for adults have been inappropriately applied to children, who have a different physiology and different growth needs than adults. Their paper is published as a chapter in a new b...Calcium Potentiates The Effect Of Estrogen And Calcitonin And Bone Mass
...stmenopausal white women in the United States.This review of 20 published trials shows that bone health is best preservedin postmenopausal women who use a combination of estrogen replacement and atleast 1200 mg calcium daily, rather than either treatment alone.......as recommendedthat the National Toxicology Program review and possibly test two fiber brighteners, an intermediate chemical in manufacturing, some cosmetics, a natural oil used as a food additive,an ingredient in some spices, three herbs --comfrey, goldenseal and saw palmetto -- and afertilizer, for their ...National Toxicology Program Meets On Transgenic Animals
...eth Olden, Ph.D. Introductory presentations will review results from three lines of mice, p53def, Tg.AC and rasH2d. The scientists presenting will be Dr. Olden; Dr. George W. Lucier; Dr. Raymond W. Tennant; Dr. John E. French; Dr. Judson Spalding; Dr. Ronald E. Cannon; Dr. Robert Maronpot; Dr. William Ea...$2 Million Dollar Grant Funds Salton Sea Web Site
...edlands underwent a yearlong internal and external review process before beingawarded the EPA funds, ensuring that the program would meet both theuniversity's liberal arts mission and the EPA's standards of research andreporting. The Salton Sea program will be operated through the university's Center forEnv...Molecular Mechanochemistry: An Emerging Discipline At The Nexus Of Biology And Physics
... for bioengineeringprojects. Davies will present a review of his laboratory's latest findings atthe 1998 American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting inPhiladelphia in a session entitled, "How Mechanical Forces are Sensed,Generated, and Used by Cells." "Cells are constantly mon...Insights Into The Proteasome - A Fascinating Macromolecular Machine For Protein Degradation
... the cell. The authors report on own data and review the current status of the topic. Protein degradation is a necessity but also a hazard. It must be subject to precise spatial and temporal control to prevent that proteins not destined for degradation are attacked. A basic strategy i...