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...d befast in the ice when the other scientists were taking the ice cores, we'd besteady--we could use molecul...netrates it and how much is reflected; others were taking samplesto investigate the roles of different microorganisms and viruses in the area'secology. Sander...Study Suggests New Approach To Asthma
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...r dailybusiness -- gathering nectar and pollen and taking it backto the hive -- may one day help protect the lives and limbsof people, literally, if a landmine-detection demonstrationat the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratoriesis successful. Sandia chemists are working with entomologists at th...Some Atlantic Coast Beaches Are Shrinking While Florida's Beaches Better Off Than Most
... "Since we have low wave energy in Florida, it's taking a lot more timetodrive the sediment back in to our beaches," he said. Many communities in Florida have added sand to their beaches throughbeachrenourishment projects. Dean said Atlantic beaches would have increased insize without renourishmen...Research Bears Fruit, And Patents
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...at have started down thequality control pathway by taking down CD 8 but cannot conclude it due tomutations in programmed cell death genes. They end up accumulating, possiblyexacerbating inflammation by producing cytokines. However, researchers studyingthe cause of lupus will need to look elsewhere for a cul...Melatonin: More Than You Bargain For?
...to adding that it"becomes even more important when taking melatonin as a supplement." While admitting that it is unclear how increased amounts of theneurotransmitter-like metabolites impact health, Squadrito theorizes that "theycould have an important effect on aspects of behavior...like mood." All of these...Concern Unfounded About Damage From Vitamin C
...r damage and mutations. "The whole idea of taking anti-oxidant vitamins is to reduce oxidation,not increase it," Carr said. "Studies have linked oxidized proteins to aging,oxidized DNA to cancer and oxidized lipids to heart disease. This damage isoften slow and cumulative, so even a small reduction ...Women With Low Cholesterol May Be At Risk For Depression And Anxiety
...ity exercised regularly, and none of the women was taking medications. Inthe future, Suarez plans to study the effects of low cholesterol in women whoare clinically depressed and to assess the effects of low cholesterol on immunefunction....New Anti-HIV Therapies Needed To Eradicate HIV
... HIV in their plasma with HAART. Thepatients were taking various combinations of three to four anti-HIV drugs,including protease inhibitors. With strict adherence to HAART, all had keptHIV below detectable levels for approximately two to three years. Although evidence has been accumulating that HAART ma...... use of anesthetics must be strictly avoided while taking fMRI pictures. TheTübingen group's results disprove these assumptions. Carefully applied,precisely dosed anesthetics leave the brain areas involved in processing opticalstimuli active. "Because these carefully anesthetized animals are in such an...Stakeholders improve global change assessment
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...aborations like those and the revolution currently taking place in thebiological sciences are the catalyst for the "exciting adventure" that is thepromise of Bio-X, Spudich says. "It is our belief that the time has come in the history of medical research,engineering, chemistry, physics and biology that an i...Germany needs a national genome initiative
...d astatement Perspectives of Genome Research, thus taking the initiative in favourof a united effort of science and state in the interest of genome research inGermany. The publication demonstrates the inherent scientific and economicalpotential of genome research. It also points out how this has created a b...Malaria called failure, puzzle and challenge
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...produce the reaction in the cells of the organism, taking advantageof recent work by scientists at New York University who have learned how to growthe organism in the laboratory. Turner is hopeful that more research will makethe technology a viable treatment for people infected with P. carinii....Farming's genetic revolution has yet to materialise
...ed yields and reduced pesticide costs. Andthey are taking heart from some improvements seen within the USDA's analysis. Inone region in the Midwest, for instance, farmers planting Bt maize had yields 30per cent higher than those growing ordinary crops. "The analysis shows that cropbiotechnology works," clai...A first: Endangered puaiohi birds fledge four chicks in the wild
... breeding season, Foster says some puaiohi are taking this to an unusual extreme. "At least one of the females was building her new nest even before the young had fledged out of her first nest," he said. In another case, a single male is paired with two different females and is as...