Roadsides Benefit From Waste, UF Researchers Say
...ush of growth after the initial application but no sustained nourishment of the soil and grass. Black said motorists cruising with their windows down might get a whiff of the compost after it's dumped from trucks, but once it's spread, the odor dissipates quickly and no one has complained. In field studies alo...New Mechanism To Explain Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Identified
...d everyday. The physiologicalconsequences of these sustained levels of CO exposure are virtually unknown. The classic explanation for CO's poisonous action is that it binds tohemoglobin molecules in the blood, impairing oxygen delivery to the body'scells. Eventually cells essentially suffocate and die....Growth Factor Stimulation Leads To Increase In New Neurons In The Striatum And Cortex Of The Brain
...as well as whether the populationof new neurons is sustained if the infusion of BDNF is terminated....Good Ergonomics Is Good Economics
...ut off-the-job injuries, which shrunk 15% to a 69% sustained improvement (Nagamachi & Imada, 1992). The compan...reports that perhaps the greatest reason for these sustained improvements has been the successful installation of safety as part of the organization's culture. F...Extensive Phase II Data Of Amprenavir (141W94/VX-478) To Be Presented
... that 16 week-data will be presented, documentinga sustained antiviral effect. The author of this poster exhibit, which will bepresented on Tuesday, February 3, is Dr. Pierre Bart of Lausanne, Switzerland. A second study being presented describes 1592/amprenavir therapy in the contextof other 1592/PI treatme......lments. In addition, 90 percentof the patients who sustained acute heart attacks had an increased level of TnTwithin four hours of entering the ER. "Our study showed that putting TnT levels together with echocardiogramswas a more powerful predictor of subsequent cardiac events in these patientsthan us...RNA-Dendritic Cell Combo Shows Promise As A Universal Cancer Vaccine
... found that the vaccinestimulated an immediate and sustained assault on human cells targeted fordestruction in 15 out of 18 test tube experiments. "This is a very powerful response compared to what has been seen inother cancer vaccines," said the scientist who led the study, Eli Gilboa,research direct...Researchers Discover Existing Drugs May Prevent Enlarged Hearts
...eculesregulate gene function. When stimulated by a sustained increase in thecells calcium level, calcineurin activates its target protein, NFAT3,which then enters the nucleus and turns on the genes that cause heartenlargement. The researchers genetically engineered two strains of mice totest their hypo...Scientists Say Latently Infected Cells May Stoke the Fire of HIV Replication
...y infected cells is essential for a sustained chronic infection," says Dr. Paul, "then a major focus in developing vaccines should be on those parameters and molecular events that facilitate latent infection. These parame......he ability of AAV-mediated gene therapy to achieve sustained productionof factor IX resulting in improved blood...validate that AAV vectors in thismodel can provide sustained and long-term expression--something that other genetherapy systems have had limited success demonstr...... at 24 kilovolts) to one kidney would cause great, sustained impairment of hemodynamics in both kidneys. Conse...to one pole of a kidney caused similar, large, and sustained impairment of renal hemodynamics and large transient reduction of tubular function in both kidneys. ...Newly Recognized Cell-Surface Receptor Protects Heart Tissue Against Damage
... -- showing that activation of A3 receptorselicits sustained protection whereas activation of A1 receptors triggers ashort-lived effect. "We showed that the A3 receptor is the dominantcardioprotective receptor, and therefore should be the one for drug targets,"says Liang. The study also showed a second......dy's muscles do when operatingnormally, preventing sustained pressure on the buttocks, lower back or thighs.Such pressure can retard blood flow and oxygen exchange and cause tissue toweaken. In the right environment of moisture and temperature, bacteria canattack vulnerable tissues and cause pressure ulcers. ...Minuscule Ocean Plants Help Stabilize Earth's Atmosphere, Climate
...known as phytoplankton, have notonly generated and sustained most of the oxygen we breathe, but they also "playa profound role in regulating atmospheric carbon dioxide," in part bysequestering vast amounts of the gas deep in the ocean when they die, wroteoceanographers from Rutgers and Duke universities and a ...Combining Angiostatin With Radiation Enhances Anti-Cancer Effects Of Each
...iminate tumors, rather thanhigher doses given over sustained periods to prevent new growth, are perhaps thelogical next step," advised Weichselbaum. Additional authors of the paper include Helena Mauceri, Nader Hanna, MichaelBeckett, David Gorski, Mary-Jane Staba, Kerri Stellato, Kevin Bigelow and RuthHeimann ...NASA Funds New Origin Of Life Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
...rded the Oparin Medal from the ISSOL for "the best sustained scientificresearch program in the origin of life." The team of principal investigators includes John Delano, professor and chair ofthe department of earth and atmospheric sciences at the State University of NewYork at Albany; Michael Gaffey, professo...Open-Air Experiment Shows High CO2 Boosts Tree Growth
...dy said such high growthrates probably will not be sustained as the experiment continues. Theyemphasized that the results do not indicate that more lush plant growth wouldsoak up much of the extra CO2 entering the atmosphere from fossil fuel burning. The researchers reported in a presentation prepared ...Bioreactor Grows Cells That Produce Possible Anti-Cancer Protein
...ce contains less than one liter of material, it sustained a volume of osteosarcoma cells roughly equal to that of 300 standard flat culture dishes. Moreover, a conventional cell culture system produces about one million cells per cubic milliliter, while in this experiment the FBB produced 500 ...Fetal Surgery For Spina Bifida Still Under Investigation At VUMC
...e spinalcord from the possible damaging effects of sustained exposure to amniotic fluid.That early technique, performed endoscopically, has now been replaced by the newopen fetus technique. Basic laboratory research at VUMC has also shown that the major damage fromamniotic fluid occurs late in pregnancy. "Arme......f AAV is that it can lastfor a very long time at a sustained level," Haberman says. She and hercolleagues point out that AAV gene transfer technology might eventually make itpossible to block or reduce seizure activity in epilepsy or to raise braindopamine levels in Parkinson's disease. Obesity...