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Molecular Imposter Rebuts Long

Ever since Watson and Crick first cracked the structure of DNAin 1953, biochemists have speculat...nding between DNA's four bases plays a key role in the amazingaccuracy of this genetic blueprint. But new researchwith a molecular imposter is calling some...

Team Identifies Switch For Tumor Suppressor Gene

Scientists have identified the protein that determineswhether or not a tumor supp...sof human cancer. The research by a team from the University of RochesterCancer Center is on the retinoblastoma (RB) gene, one of thefirst known in a ...

High Levels of Vitamin C Prove Toxic to HIV

...healthy counterparts, which may aid replication of the AIDS virus. At the same time, however, extremely high levels of the vitamin are more toxic to the HIV-infected cells th...

Eating After Exertion May Be A Key To Speeding Body's Recovery

...indings, based on human studies, were published in the American Journalof Clinical Nutrition and in the Journal of Nutrition. The post-exercise findings, involving rats, will be presented April 6-9by U. ...

Duke University Students Devise Devices For The Disabled

...aments. But his condition did force him to sit on the pavement when acting asgoalie in neighborhood stre...mes. That is, until students in aDuke "Devices for the Disabled" course came to the rescue. The new course, taught by assistant biomedical engineering res...

Fund Aims To Repay Developing Nations For Valuable Genes

...e Janeiro to hammer out global development issues, the world's leadersare still arguing over how to share... from genetic resourcesbetween wealthy nations and the developing world. While the politicians wrangle, a young molecular biologist at the Universityof Ca...

Malnutrition Impacts Longevity Of Females More Than Males And Shows Gender Differences In Fruit Flies

Diet can change the rate of aging in fruit flies, even reversing theno..., according to a populationstudy by researchers at the University of California, Davis. The results support earlier findings by the same scientists indica...

A Drug Pump On A Computer Chip

...medical engineers have built a prototype drug pump the size of a contact lens, a miniature, closed-loop i...gle silicon wafer. The next step will be to shrink the device so it can be mass produced like a computer chip. The research, in the laboratory of Whit...

New Study Shows Steps Leading To Colon Cancer

...ent. When inappropriately activated, studies show, the mechanism turns healthy cells first into abnormal ... together with that of our colleagues, reveals for the first time the precise role of a key regulatory protein found in both insects and ourselves," said D...

Pets Provide Physiological Benefits For Women Living Alone

... Contact with family and friends can help prevent the age-related rise in blood pressure that can increase the risk of stroke and heart attack. Unfortunately, a growing number women, particularly older wom...

Research At New England Universities And Industries Facing Uncertain Future Under Proposed R&D Reductions

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 20, 1997 - - Members of the New England Congressional delegation were advised today that the high technology industry in the region could be hurt by reductions in federal R&D programs being pro...

Pacific Northwest's High-Tech Industry Faces Uncertain Future Under Proposed Cuts To Federal R&D Programs

... Wash., February 13, 1997 -- High-tech advances in the Pacific Northwest could be hampered by proposed cu... programs, according to a report released today by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The report, The Future of Scie...

President's Budget Proposal Cuts R&D By 14 Percent By 2002

...osals, yet all signs continue to point downward as the Administration and Congress press for a balanced budget by the year 2002. Following a 3.3 percent reduction in R&D spending over the past three years, the ...

Chemists Compute Answers To The Origin Of Gout

Researchers at the University of Warwick's new <A HREF="http://ww...putational Chemistry Group have uncovered some of the chemical secrets behind the painful illness known as gout. Dr Rob Deeth and his team have used comp...

Erodible plastic microspheres could be effective oral drug delivery system

PROVIDENCE, R.I.--In the current issue of the journal Nature , ateam of Brown University scientists reports the production of drug-filledmicrosco...

Overweight Cats Risk Disease And Premature Death, Cornell Study Finds

...cription cat food. "The original obesity study and the follow-up confirm what veterinarians and cat owner...dicine. "Too much extra weight is not healthy for the cats, but being very thin can be a problem, too." Scarlett was a collaborator, along with veterinary...

Scientists Urge Further Study Of Alarming Coral Reef Decline

...ut themysterious decline of coral reefs throughout the world and arerecommending more extensive research into the potentially seriousproblem. The corals are at the center of a complex food web. Whenthey die, t...

Prostate Cancer's Aggressiveness May Be Predicted Early By The Ratio Of Free To Total PSA

...ific antigen (PSA) in a man's blood may predict at the time of diagnosis whether prostate cancer will be ...g type of cancer. This discovery by researchers at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and colleagues at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine ...

Cell-Membrane Proteins Appear To Play Key Role In Squid's Swiftness

...AMPAIGN, Ill. -- While scientists aboard Sunburst, the SmithsonianInstitution's ocean-going vessel, stalk the elusive giant squid in its naturaldeep-water habitat, researchers combing the California coast say t...

Herpes-Based Gene Therapy Is Key To Promising Liver Tumor Vaccine

Physicians from the University of Rochester's Cancer Centerand Memoria...ter have created apromising compound that recruits the body's immune system totarget and wipe out cancer cells in the liver. In a study withlaboratory rats...

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(Date:12/1/2008)...neficiaries for Par and Poker Celebrity Challenge ...wire-USNewswire/ -- The Joyner-Walker Foundation t...d the Judeo Christian Health Clinic, Inc. as the T...brity Challenge for Charity following a competitiv...opriate that events like this give back to the hos...
(Date:12/1/2008)...re/ -- ETHICON, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson com...vestiture of its Professional Wound Care business ...ansaction are not being disclosed. , , Unde...s has acquired the Professional Wound Care product...e brands as PROMOGRAN Matrix Wound Dressing, TIELL...
(Date:12/1/2008)...ent tied to increased cardiovascular events , ... of vitamin D, which is absorbed primarily through...rt attacks and strokes, new research finds. , "...ed cardiovascular risk with vitamin D deficiency,"...e cardiology at the Mid America Heart Institute in...
(Date:12/1/2008)...ewswire/ -- Democratic National Committee Chairman...commemorating World AIDS Day on its 20th Anniversa...bin/prnh/20080519/DNCLOGO ) , , "It,s been ... we have made strides, much work remains to be don... global strategy. We must focus not only on preve...
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