Can a 'universal' HIV-1 vaccine be developed? AIDScience.com describes current research strategies
...Ellis Rubinstein, editor of Science, the leading weekly research journal published by the AAAS. "Our objective is to provide AIDS prevention scientists with the most current and rigorous data available on new research strategies," he adds. The research-based AIDScience.com site is being launched in coll...Protective protein caps discovered at ends of human chromosomes
...ies. Cech retains his CU faculty position, holding weekly teleconferences with his Boulder research team and making monthly visits to Boulder to oversee his lab. The advantage to finding the protein in fission yeast is that it is relatively simple to "knock out" a gene in the organism in order to understan...Household ant invasions are determined by weather, not pesticide use, new study finds
...invaders. Gordon and her co-workers also collected weekly temperature and rainfall data from nearby weather stations for comparison. The results of the survey demonstrated an ``impressive`` relationship between weather and infestation, according to the authors of the study. ``Ants are most likely to enter h...American Society for Microbiology selects Mass Media Fellows
...n stations throughout the country. They receive a weekly stipend and all travel expenses paid. In early June fellows meet in Washington, D.C. to take part in an orientation session consisting of basic journalism workshops and visits to various newsrooms. Prospective fellows must demonstrate a commitment ...... individuals over a period of seven months through weekly interviews. The Maya used 103 plant species during this period to treat a number of conditions, though more than 80 percent were respiratory or gastrointestinal disorders. "The Highland Maya of Chiapas rely almost exclusively on disturbed areas f...Museum dinosaur labs draw international researchers
...d in the Feb. 22 issue of Nature, an international weekly journal of science. The article was titled, "Cranial Design and Function in a Large Theropod Dinosaur." The Horners were listed as coauthors. Her research revealed the surprising strength of the Allosaurus skull and gave new and "hitherto unapprecia...Dieting study finds Internet effective in producing initial weight loss
Providence, RI Dieters who received weekly advice from behavioral therapists on the Internet lost three times as much weight in six months as those who just had access to information about diet and exercise on the Internet 9 pounds compared to 3 pounds according to a...Diet aid works best with other life changes
...n the lifestyle modification program also attended weekly group sessions in which they learned to keep food and activity records, to plan their meals and snacks, and to control situations associated with problem eating. Women in the group that received only medication had 10 brief physician visits over the...Team identifies first drug therapy for rare, precancerous stomach illness
...f acid-producing parietal cells. After four weekly injections, the patient was studied again. The level of protein in his blood had increased and his stool protein loss fell by two-thirds. The sharp rise in gastrin seen on the day after initial treatment was sustained, and - most remarkably, Coffey s......nt course of the Rituxan control consisted of four weekly doses of 375 mg/m2 of Rituxan. Dr. Witzig said that 30 percent of the ZEVALIN patients achieved complete responses to therapy. Sixteen percent of Rituxan patients achieved complete responses. To date duration of response estimates between ZEVALIN plu...New obesity treatment program to sustain weight loss, UCSF study finds
... functioning. The group members participated in 18 weekly two-hour group sessions to practice the developmen... Increased exercise from an average of 110 minutes weekly at the beginning of the study to a weekly average of 247 minutes at 12 weeks and 240 minutes at six ...Ringling Bros. announces four Asian elephant pregnancies at Center for Elephant Conservation
... prenatal care, the female elephants are receiving weekly blood tests to monitor progesterone levels, regular physical examinations and ultrasounds. During their last six months of pregnancy, the elephants will gain 300-350 pounds, and by the final three months, the handlers will start sleeping in the barn...MS clinical trials confirm approach, demonstrate need to carefully refine targeted peptide therapy
... months, the researchers administered 50 mg of APL weekly for up to 9 months while using clinical tests, imm...placebo or a 5-, 20-, or 50-mg dose of the therapy weekly for 4 months. Patients were then offered the therapy at a dose of 5 mg weekly. In this study, the ...Advances in animal medicine increase quality of life for older pets
..., massaging the pet all over its body on a regular weekly basis. "At the first sign of a lump, take the pet to the veterinarian. Treatment is most effective when started early." Newer diagnostic tools, like an ultrasound machine, have improved diagnosis of heart disease. Veterinarians take an echo-cardiogra...Program shown to help non-alcoholics reduce drinking 66%
...and more than 1-3 drinks a day for men. Lower-risk weekly limits are no more than 7 drinks for women and those over 65, and no more than 10 for men. A "drink" is defined as 12 ounces of regular beer, 5 oz. of table wine, 3 oz. of fortified wine, 1.5 oz. of liquor or 12 oz. of wine cooler - serving sizes tha...Rum and 'coke' combo far worse on the brain, study shows
...oth cocaine and alcohol, she adds, the greater the weekly drug amount, the worse people do. "This research won't cure anything, but could improve ways we treat addiction," Bolla explains. "All the years of 'reefer madness' stories have done little to discourage people from becoming addicted. But here are...Nurses, alert janitors boost seniors' mental health
...eath/dying issues. They become "case finders" who weekly refer at-risk residents to the nurse. The PATCH nurse then approaches residents, asking to administer a short series of mental diagnostic tests. A mini-medical exam including vital signs and medical/psychological histories is part of the work-up. ...AIDS prevention researchers to gain premier online info-exchange forum
...Ellis Rubinstein, editor of Science, the leading weekly research journal published by the AAAS. Now averaging roughly four million visitors from 150 different countries each month, HIV InSite is a joint effort of the UCSF AIDS Research Institute's Center for AIDS Prevention Studies and the UCSF Positive H...Lutein supplements may improve vision
...ey were instructed tocreate, and returned data via weekly e-mails to the study coordinators. Besides the increase in visual acuity and visual field size among most patients, the researchersnoticed that blue-eyed participants had substantially higher gains in vision than dark-eyedparticipants. In addition, ...Targeted Genetics presents clinical data on E1A cancer gene therapy
...tratumoral injection daily for three days and then weekly for seven weeks. The most common side effect was pain at the injection site, and no serious adverse events related to tgDCC-E1A were reported. Of 20 evaluable patients, 45% showed objective responses or stabilization of their disease as assessed by ...