Columbia Researchers Identify Gene For Inherited Baldness
...r loss through gene therapy administered topically via the hair follicles." The market potential for products to treat alopecia is one of thelargest worldwide, encompassing pharmacological agents, over-the-countermedications, personal care products, surgical procedures, hair replacement, ...Good Ergonomics Is Good Economics
...ng, Minnesota, made a commitment to reducing WMSDs via ergonomics. The company purchased adjustable ergonomic chairs for all seated operators and antifatigue mats for all standing jobs; instituted continuous flow manufacturing (which included operators working in groups), cross training and job rotation;...UF Researchers: Development Promotes Disease Among Gopher Tortoises
...spread seeds of plants and also to aerate the soil via their digging action," Brown said. Researchers discovered the disease is caused by the same bacteria that decimated the desert tortoise in the American Southwest. The disease has been seen in captive tortoises since the 1950s. The organism th...Top Scientists Challenge Others: Join Biodiversity Year
...otos and data about sea creatures available to all via the World Wide Web. Another project will launch a world-wide system to watch out for the health of coral reefs: scientists experienced in evaluating coral ecosystems will train scientists in tropical nations to monitor their own local reefs. The pr...New Dinosaur Finds In Antarctica Paint Fuller Picture Of Past Ecosystem
...l mammals dispersing fromthe Americas to Australia via Antarctica. The hadrosaurs are a distinctive group of American dinosaurs, known for fancy crests on theirskulls with networks of passageways that may have been used for vocalization and that maysuggest the animals were social. Some stood perhaps 20...Low B Vitamin Levels Common In Many People Linked To Increased Heart Disease, Stroke Risk
... individuals should achieve desired vitamin intake via a healthy balanced diet. Vitamin supplements should be used "only when diet is not adequate to achieve these intakes." Vitamin B-6 is found in cereal grains, some fruits, nuts and meats. Therecommended daily allowance of B-6 for adults is 2 milligra...Females' Siren Song Initiates Courtship Duets In African Frogs, Columbia Biologists Find
...s mayreceive science and technology press releases via e-mail by sending a message to rjn2@columbia.edu ....Biotech Approach To Feral Cat Problem Devised
... could then be delivered to feral cats in the wild via a vaccine-laden bait. Work in other laboratories around the world has demonstrated the viability of using genetically altered strains of Salmonella as vehicles for delivering vaccines, including oral contraceptives, explains Boyle, a molecular biolo...MIT's Mini Respirator Breathes Life Into Mutant Mice
...rast, today's conventional respirators deliver air via a tube inthe neck. This isn't feasible for mice, however, because the animals are toosmall. "Even if you could insert a tube into the trachea, any bit of moisturewould clog up the airways," Dr. Poon said. The MIT machine, which is patent pen...Researchers From Rockefeller University Develop Novel Method To Fight Cancer
...ancer by using dendritic cells to activate T cells via anew pathway. Reported in the March 5 Nature, the technique offers the promise ofnew therapies for cancer, AIDS and autoimmune diseases. "We've shown that dendritic cells can trigger an immune response when culturedwith dying cells which carry an ant......el (561) 465-2400 Ext. 428; Fax (561) 465-5743; or via e-mail: krumm@hboi.edu ....Developing Florida's Marine Food Fish Industry
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...acts its neighbours at two different interfaces via six loop segments. These loops are located around the active site and differ considerably in length and conformation from those of other trypsin-like proteinases. The four active centres of the tetramer are directed towards an oval centra...Kaposi's Sarcoma Caused By Virus Usually Transmitted Through Homosexual Sex, According To UCSF Study
...nding does not mean that HHV-8 is only transmitted via homosexualsex," says Dean Kedes, MD, PhD, UCSF assistant research microbiologist andsenior author of the study. "But it does suggest that in the population that isoverwhelmingly the most likely to develop Kaposi's sarcoma, the major mode oftransmissi...Researchers Discover Existing Drugs May Prevent Enlarged Hearts
...tically receive news releases from UT Southwestern via e-mail,send a message to UTSWNEWS-REQUEST@listserv.swmed.edu . Leave the subject line blank andin the text box, type SUB UTSWNEWS......artment for a neuron to communicate with the other via neurotransmitters), it could not be addressed whether R-type channels are present in the presynaptic terminals. About three years ago, Borst and Sakmann (Journal of Physiology (London) 489, 825-840, 1995) found...Cystic Fibrosis Gene Protects Against Typhoid Fever
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