Potential for enhanced sequestration of carbon in soils supports evaluations
...tration of carbon in soils "should be evaluated to see how competitive they are in comparison with a variety of other options," such as flue-gas capture to reduce emissions or remove carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere. Post and his colleagues considered the range of possible costs and benefits that...Climate change plus human pressure caused large mammal extinctions in late Pleistocene
...st and then, through them, the big guys. Today, we see humans taking out the bigger animals and climate c...affecting the smaller animals, so we can expect to see some pretty dramatic changes in the ecosystem." One major problem today is that, because of human en...Highlights of the October 2004 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...r the schools but did agree that they would rather see the money go to the school instead of a supermarket. Health impact of soft drinks: Parents agreed that drinking soft drinks, particularly in excess, has negative physical effects. However, parents did feel that the health impact of soft drinks was l...Lycopene slows human prostate tumour growth in mice and combined with vitamin E is even better
...ed human tumour cells into the prostate of mice to see what effect the lycopene and vitamin supplements w...ncer in healthy individuals. The first step was to see the results from the studies on men with prostate cancer: changes may, for example, be necessary to ...'Dead zone' area shrinking, Texas A&M prof says
...one area," DiMarco says. "But we were surprised to see a lot of fishing boats, especially shrimp boats, there. That means marine life has returned to the area where just three weeks before, the oxygen levels were recorded as being extremely low. The dead zone has been studied and tracked since it was dis...Chemical derived from vitamin-E shows early promise as cancer drug
...s (metastases) in the lung that were big enough to see with the naked eye. For example, only one of 10 alpha-TEA aerosol-treated mice developed visible lung tumor lesions in comparison to five of 10 untreated control mice. None of the treated animals showed any type of general symptoms of toxicity to alp...Scientists sequence genome of kind of organism central to biosphere's carbon cycle
...hrive. Diatoms, most of which are far too tiny to see without magnification, are nevertheless thought to absorb carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas, in amounts comparable to all the world's tropical rain forests combined. "These organisms are incredibly important in the global carbon cycle," says ...Gladstone investigator Mike McCune wins prestigious NIH Director's Pioneer Award
...er. Through these two decades, he has continued to see patients with HIV disease at the AIDS Clinic (Ward 86) at San Francisco General Hospital. He won the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Scientist Award in 1996, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Research in...Alzheimer's disease is not accelerated aging
...nd appear to be involved in memory impairment. "We see profound disturbances in the medial temporal lobe memory system across methods--in studies of volume, function, and now showing what we think is the pathology in Alzheimer's disease," Buckner said. A paper published in the September 15, 2004, iss...Plants will not save us from greenhouse gases
...other plants species. Over the next century we may see a dramatic change in all plants (including agricultural species) as our use of fossil fuels increases and generates increased carbon dioxide levels....Phase II trials of second-generation antisense cancer drug planned following successful early study
... animal models and we hope that we will be able to see benefits akin to some of the other targeted therapies now in use."...Award winning researchers reveal potential new role for Glivec
...res in the USA, Belgium and Switzerland set out to see whether the cellular genetic and kinase profiles in DFSP would correlate with clinical responses to imatinib. The ten patients were treated with 800mg of imatinib daily. Of the eight with locally advanced disease, two achieved complete response that ...Trial shows which brain cancer patients benefit from temozolomide
...for the MGMT enzyme was currently being tested to see if it would deplete the activity of MGMT. Combined with this drug it was possible that temozolomide might also then become effective in patients with an unmethylated MGMT promoter, although it would be likely to increase toxicity to other organs as M...New Arizona State center brings science to policy on issues of water resources and urban growth
..., analytic techniques and simulations to literally see the complex patterns and relationships that guide the decision process, and to represent and predict likely effects of public policy choices. "At the heart of our effort is the study of how humans make decisions in the face of climatic unc...Cardiac arrest may hinder ability to learn certain tasks
..." DeVries said. The researchers wanted to see how cardiac arrest had affected neurons in the mou... by looking at the cells' immediate environment to see what causes that alteration, and possibly reverse that." DeVries and her colleagues are ...UCSF scientist Joe Derisi named MaCarthur Fellow
...agged DNA or RNA sequences of interest over it and see where the two sets of nucleic acid match up, as indicated by the fluorescent light. The outcome reveals which, if any of the genes in the sample of interest are active. Ever interested in providing free access to scientific informat...Wisconsin scientists develop quick botox test
...omises a rapid screen for millions of chemicals to see which might inhibit the paralyzing effects of the toxin, according to Min Dong, a UW-Madison post-doctoral fellow and the lead author of the PNAS report. "The primary application is to conduct cell-based, large-scale screening for toxin inhibitors," ...Tracing genes, biologists show lizard migration is traced to Florida
...lyze and observe the introduced populations was to see if the introduced species are having an impact on the Floridian ecosystem. It has been noted, Kolbe said, that Anolis sagrei will eat the small hatchlings of the Anolis carolinensis, the little green lizards native to the state. It has been noted...Rice finds 'on-off switch' for buckyball toxicity
... 5 million parts per billion. "We're encouraged to see that controlling the surface properties of buckyballs allows us to dial the level of toxicity up or down, because making those kinds of modifications is something that chemists do every day in university research labs and in industry," Colvin said. "...UCI scientists successfully target key HIV protein; breakthrough may lead to new drug therapies
...pt protein-protein interactions. (For more detail, see "About the Research.") While the method was successful, Weiss said the molecules identified proved toxic to cells. He is now seeking to develop less toxic compounds that will have high potencies against Nef without causing collateral damage. A key be...