Targeted Genetics presents advances in systemic gene delivery technology
... head and neck tumors. tgLPD-E1A was administered weekly beginning six days after tumor cells were transplanted into the animals. These cells express basal levels of HER-2/neu. At 13 weeks, 70 percent of the animals treated with tgLPD-E1A were tumor free, compared to only 10 percent of animals receiving e...Common algae can be valuable source of hydrogen fuel
...pond could produce enough hydrogen gas to meet the weekly fuel needs of a dozen or so automobiles, Melis said. The scientific team is just beginning to test ways to maximize hydrogen production, including varying the particular type of microalga used and its growth conditions. Many energy experts believ...... Paired blood and semen samples were collected at weekly intervals for 10 weeks and tested for viral load. HIV was detected at all 10 visits in the semen of five subjects (28 percent), constituting the continuous shedders. In eight participants (44 percent) HIV was detected intermittently in 15 to 70 per...Chemistry to play major role in solving 21st century challenges
...issue of Chemical & Engineering News. C&EN is the weekly newsmagazine of the world's largest scientific society, the American Chemical Society, with nearly 159,000 chemists and chemical engineers among its members. "Chemistry's vitality and capabilities have never been more apparent, nor in more demand,...Chemistry leaders expect longer lives, less pollution in the future
...ir thoughts are captured in a special issue of the weekly newsmagazine Chemical & Engineering News, published Dec. 6. The premier source of news in the world of chemistry, Chemical & Engineering News is published by the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. Sprinkled through...Virginia Tech microbe-minerals group launches new field of study
...onmental engineer JohnLittle. After three years of weekly meetings to learn each other's science, study of amodel microbe-mineral interaction, and cross-training of graduate students, theVirginia Tech group has received a three-year, $386,202 grant from theDepartment of Energy, effective Sept. 15, 1999. ...USGS scientists tracking environmental damage from Floyd
...ists will be collecting water-quality samples on a weekly orsemi-weekly basis and analyze them for nutrients, bacteria, pesticides andmetals. North Carolina The USGS is collecting water-quality samples at more than a dozen sites in theTar and Neuse River Basins. The samples will be analyzed for bacteria...Purdue study: Aquariums may pacify Alzheimer's patients
...fter thefour-week assessments, data were collected weekly for six more weeks todetermine if the effect, if any, remained or diminished over time. The patientsin the third study received the same treatment but were exposed to a picture ofa seascape for four weeks before the aquariums were introduced. ...New enzyme tied to tangles in Alzheimer's disease
...e, according to a paper in the June 24 issue ofthe weekly journal Nature. "This is the first study to show a potential role for Pin1 in Alzheimer'sdisease," says cell biologist and senior author Kun Ping Lu MD PhD, an associatephysician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and an assistantprofe...Stanford launches interdisciplinary initiative in the biological sciences
...ience andengineering departments have been meeting weekly in a rare grass-roots effort toestablish a new paradigm for research and teaching on campus. The key to thesuccess of Bio-X, the program they conceived, likely will depend on winning thesupport of their respective departments. "Our strength and our w...USGS Study Confirms An Urban Air-Pollution Problem At Mount Rainier National Park
...1996. The park consistently had the highestaverage weekly levels of tropospheric ozone measured anywhere in the state.Ozone concentrations tend to increase at higher altitudes, partly because ofpassive dispersion from the stratosphere, but largely due to the transport ofpollutants by prevailing winds inland...Slimy Bacteria Common Cause Of Chronic Infections
...infections, the article says. Science is a weekly journal that publishes scientific news, as well asthe most significant breakthroughs in global research. It is the world's largestcirculation journal for a general science audience. "Having a paper accepted that you submitted is rare," Coster...K-State Researchers Study Pest Resistance Management
... findings appear in the May 7 issueof Science, the weekly journal of the American Association for the Advancementof Science. In the past, pests such as the European and Southwestern corn borers haveinflicted hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage to crops. Farmers wereforced to either chemically s...Immune Response To Hepatitis B Spares Liver Cells
...ed two healthy chimpanzees with HBV, thenperformed weekly blood and liver tests on the animals throughout the course ofthe infection. The chimp HBV infections ran their course and the animals recovered withoutfurther complications. Most HBV infections in adult humans are similarlyuncomplicated. However, b...Invading Pests Harm People, Plants And Animals
...shed here. The state releases sterilemedflies at a weekly rate of 125,000 to 200,000 flies per week per square mileover a 2,155-square-mile area of urban Southern California to prevent medfliesfrom reproducing. CDFA scientists report that this areawide approach reduced theannual number of infestations found...Whitehead Receives $35 Million Grant From National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
... has evolved into atightly knit collaboration with weekly meetings, shared materials, and sharedprotocols. The NHGRI funded laboratories will be responsible for producingapproximately 60 percent of working draft sequence. DOE's Joint GenomeInstitute and the Sanger Centre will be responsible for producing ......e 250 genotypings aweek; PROGRESS has boosted that weekly rate to 15,000." The researchers have been aggressive in recruiting families for the study. Manyof the families became involved after seeing an appearance on CNN's "Larry KingLive" Milken and Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, who became prostate cancer activi......ndomized to be treated for three months with twice weekly injections of eitherENBREL at 5mg/m2, 12mg/m2 or placebo. At three months, measurements of clinicalactivity suggested consistent improvement for patients on ENBREL in NYHAclassification, left ventricular ejection fraction, quality of life, and in ac...