Purdue Study Aims To Boost MRI Capabilities
... detailed statistics on patients' responses to the strength and duration of various combinations of the fields. Human volunteers in the studies are subjected to a series of electromagnetic pulses, which last less than a quarter-second each. The subjects then rate each pulse zero through 10, with a rating of z...A New Biochemical Link Established Between Stress, Sex And Dominance
... adrenal gland to give an animal a sudden burst of strength or speed so it can fight off an attacker or zip away from a predator. Other scientists have shown that cortisol levels remain high in the body if an animal or a human is constantly under stress. The hormone appears to be a trigger for m...Stress Lowers Sperm Count By Overwhelming Cells That Make Testosterone
...glucocorticoid. It was as if oneman had gained the strength of ten. "My theory now is that this more powerful enzyme emerges when the Leydig cellsmature. It may be encoded by a gene closely related to the 11ßHSD gene expressedin younger Leydig cells," Hardy explains. Perhaps because it has severalhallma...Wake Forest University Study Takes Students In Flight With The Albatross
... positive contact is made, the satellite notes the strength of the signal and then locks in the latitude and longitude, time and other data and transmits it to receiving stations in Fairbanks, Alaska; Lannion, France; or Wallops Island off the coast of Virginia. At 1 a.m. Eastern Standard Time each morning, ...Duke Researchers Develop First Treatment For Rare Muscle Disease
... The high-dose GAA treatment improved muscle strength so much that bothbirds could right themselves when flipped on their backs. One bird could evenfly a short distance. Tests showed these birds had an increase in GAA activityand decreased muscle glycogen and improved muscle structure. The low-dose bird...Cancer Cells Self-Destruct When "Sweet Tooth" Is Thwarted
...ell's heavy reliance onglucose, its main source of strength and vitality, also could be one of its great weaknesses, andDang's new results are among the most direct proofs yet of the idea. Results of the study, published in the February 17 issue of the Proceedingsof the National Academy of Sciences, sugg...Intake Of Acetaminophen Increases Risk Of Excessive Anticoagulation In Patients Taking Warfarin
...s who took the equivalent of at least four regular strength (325 mg)tablets per day for 7 days or longer had a ten-fold increase in the risk of INRof 6 or more. The risk dropped with lower dosages, and there was no increasedrisk seen in patient taking 6 or fewer tablets per week. A high-risk INR level als...Malthus + 200: Disastrous 'Correction' Looms
... feared that a careful head count would reveal the strength of its army to its enemies."...Link Made Between Human Growth Hormone, Bone Quality In Mice
...onger than those of the control mice." To test for strength and fracture resistance, Tseng and Goldstein removed femursfrom both groups of mice and bent them in a mechanical testing device until theybroke. While leg bones from transgenic mice were stronger at 16 weeks of age,the smaller leg bones from contro...Motivating Muscles: New UD Study Might Help People With Paralysis 'Stay Strong Longer'
... says, researchers must find a way to maintain the strength ofartificially stimulated muscles, which tend to become progressively fatigued inresponse to small electrical shocks. Mimicking the central nervous system "When a person's central nervous system 'turns on' a muscle, it uses anirregular pattern of ...Environmental Technology Breakthroughs Forecast -- Year 2008
...metal-formingtechniques will provide precisely the strength needed at every point,eliminating all excess weight from today's designs. Creating a compositesandwich of glass and plastic will cut the 68 kilograms (150 pounds) of glass intoday's cars a third or more. Composite glass also will begin playing astr...Comprehensive Nutritional Status In Patients With Long-Standing Crohn Disease Currently In Remission
...hemical indexes of nutrition, and 4 ) and muscle strength (as a functional index). Mean daily intakes of fib...amin D. Percentage body fat and hamstring muscle strength were significantly lower in male CD patients than in control subjects, whereas muscle strength of ...Ulcer-Causing Bacteria Also May Be Associated With Heart Disease
...cobacter pyloriand heart disease is related to the strength of this bacteria," he says.Though there was a relationship between the bacteria and heart disease, theresearchers stated that h. pylori -- which can be controlled with antibiotics --did not exacerbate the severity of heart disease. The...Neurogenetics Lab Scan Suggests Genetic Linkage On Chromosomes 4 And 11
...ir groups. According to Dr. Long, "A finding the strength of ours on chromosome 11 would occur by chance for only 1 in 6 whole-genome scans on a perfect genetic map and only 1 in 33 scans using markers at intervals of 10 cM." The chromosome 11 finding thus is highly suggestive but will require replication t...COGA Genome Scan Suggests Linkage On Chromosomes 1,2,4, And 7
...i on chromosomes 1, 2, 4, and 7 were of sufficient strength to warrant further study. "Highly suggestive evidence for linkage at one chromosome 1 locus was consistent across analytic methods and sibling pair groups, strongly suggesting a gene in this region that is important in alcoholism susceptibility," ...Increasing Frequency Of El Nino Takes Toll On Northern Hemisphere's Only Penguins
...ans possible starvation. The increasing number and strength of warm-water El Nino events, along with adecline of colder-water La Nina events, have reduced the population of Galapagospenguins by half since 1970, says researcher Dee Boersma, a University ofWashington zoology professor and a leading authority on...Raymond Receives $113,000 NIH Grant To Support Cell Cycle Regulation Research
...n't found in any textbooks." She also cites the strength of Williams' undergraduate research program as a distinct advantage in the grant process. "The level of proficiency that Williams requires in both research and teaching really pushes us all to high levels." Raymond was a teaching fellow at Harvard...