Student science contest participation influences study, career choices, alumni say
...ls learned have been very useful in the university setting and made him much more creative in thinking up new solutions on how medical devices could be improved for example. "It's given me the confidence and the experience to think from an innovative stand point." Before he participated, ...Lecture on ecology of infectious diseases
...der County to evaluate the importance of landscape setting in predicting these outbreaks. Plague epidemics in prairie dogs, she found, were related to the surrounding landscape in unexpected ways: prairie dog colonies in urban settings were no more or less likely to experience a plague outbreak than such co...Early detection hope for eye disease
... trialling this much more rigorously in a clinical setting but are very hopeful that this will be a promising new tool that will help doctors screen and monitor the major diseases of the eye." "Some of the existing screening techniques, such as the Fluorescein Angiogram for diabetic patients, can be painful ...Analysis of biological clock may lead to greater understanding of human disease
...t-sensitive neurons of the brain of the fruit fly, setting off reactions of proteins at a certain rate depending on the amount of light. The reactions set the clock. There are key proteins and two key feedback loops involved, making the system a hierarchical control scheme, a design tool often used in engine...Study in Science reveals recreational fishing takes big bite of ocean catch
...s focuses primarily on the individual fisherman -- setting limits on the number and size of fish one can bring in -- without restricting the number of people allowed to fish. Approximately 40% of coastal states do not even require salt-water recreational fishing licenses. No states require a license for peo...APS announces the winners of its 2004 postdoctoral fellowship in physiological genomics
...the tools of cellular and molecular biology in the setting of the whole animal. Through these fellowships, awarded annually since 1995, APS has contributed more than $1 million to physiological genomics research. For more information about APS and its Postdoctoral Fellowship in Physiological Genomics go to ...Spring through fall, cities are greener longer than neighboring rural regions
...ity dwellers, but new research shows that an urban setting allows plants to bask in a hot-house environment that keeps them greener longer. Recent NASA-sponsored research from a team of geographers in Boston University's Center for Remote Sensing shows that the growing season for vegetation in about 70 urba...Scientists pinpoint molecules that generate synapses
...ong with several of its close relatives, as key to setting in motion the construction of synapses. Umemori confirmed FGF22's role by showing that mice in which FGF22 was inactivated failed to grow synapses; conversely, when added to neurons in culture, the molecule stimulates synapse formation. Sanes and Ume...Unique partnership between UH, FDA opens path for scientific exchange
...f and researchers with experiences in a real-world setting and access to a large, diversified population base. Participants from the FDA will have opportunities to study in a clinical setting....New research suggests previously unrecognized mechanism by which blood vessels are patterned
...ties of neural crest cells, which are important in setting up the correct arrangement of tissue in a developing embryo. "With this research, we have been able to show that this form of CHD can be caused by defects within the cells that line blood vessels. This research could lead to new ways to modify the ...Researchers discover how worms' noses sense oxygen
...ial behavior is really the worms, in an artificial setting like a Petri dish, trying to get to an area of 6 percent oxygen, which they like. It's a laboratory phenomenon." Bordering and clumping is a peculiar behavior in which worms cluster around the border of the Petri dish instead of spreading evenly arou...Chemoradioimmunotherapy for advanced breast cancer: hope for the future?
...is technique will be very applicable in a clinical setting where treatment difficulties will be limited because, as a tailored and targeted anti-cancer treatment, the treatment will reduce systemic toxicity whilst enhancing the therapeutic index." "Introducing the radiation by linking the radioisotopes to th...Releasing pet fish into the wrong ocean proves a diaster
... fish into the ocean. Congress is also considering setting up screening for fish imported by the aquarium trade, by extending legislation aimed at preventing the introduction of invasive species via ballast water.......for the farming practices. Mas and Dietsch suggest setting specific realistic conservation goals based on the levels of habitat use and protection of forest fragments. Currently, many farmers and cooperatives include forest fragments as part of their land management. "Just as all shade is not created equal...APS awards more than $200,000 to middle and high school science teachers
...s. Twenty-two APS members working in a laboratory setting volunteer to host and mentor winning teachers for a summer of in-depth scientific research. Each teacher is paired with an APS member and becomes part of the laboratory team. The 2004 Frontiers in Physiology Research Teachers are: Charles Allen C...Scientists discover genetic marker responsible for two-fold increase in risk of rheumatoid arthritis
...cording to Dr. Gregersen, a genetic variant in the setting of certain environments and in the presence of other genes may have harmful effects, whereas the same genetic variant may have beneficial effects in another genetic and environmental context. "So this particular genetic variation may have contributed...Survival of the fastest: scientists 'selectively breed' winning Formula One cars
...and an Internet expert. Results placed the evolved setting first with a time of 1 minute 20.349 seconds. The expert setting came second, 0.879 seconds slower. The human tuning came third with a time 1.09 seconds slower. The ...UK researchers develop way of predicting a woman's 'reproductive' age
... realistically plan having a family. They are also setting up long-term studies to follow young healthy women with regular assessments of ovarian volume until they reach the menopause. "The possibility of providing a direct and easily reproducible assessment of ovarian reserve and reproductive age through th...NIH launches first center in Nationwide Chemical Genomics Network
...e central office of the NIH and is responsible for setting policy for the NIH and for planning, managing, and coordinating the programs and activities of all the NIH components. The NIH is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Additional information about the NIH can be found at ...APP reports Abraxane(TM) is active in breast cancer patients who failed taxol or taxotere
...ogressed while on Taxotere alone in the metastatic setting (n=33), a 24% response rate was noted after receiv... progressed while on TAXOL alone in the metastatic setting (n= 31), a 16% response rate was noted after receiving weekly ABRAXANE. "The demonstration that 15%...