Harmless virus helps slow HIV by boosting immune proteins
...ers T cells. But this drug costs up to $25,000 per year and must be given by injection twice daily. Other drugs that work similarly are under development. While many HIV patients today are helped by highly active antiretroviral therapy, or HAART, many become resistant to the drugs. Stapleton said the eff...Molecule that 'blocks' key bacterial enzyme may lead to new antibiotics
... the same conclusions. "It was only last year that we solved the structure of this molecule, just 21 amino acids long, remarkable both in its size and its structure," said Ebright, a participant in the original structural studies, along with Severinov. "A great many papers have been pub...Survival of the fastest: scientists 'selectively breed' winning Formula One cars
...the study, says: "Formula One spends millions each year designing and applying the latest technology to ensure their cars can handle whatever is thrown at them on the track. Each car can be modified in hundreds of way to optimise performance. Even minor changes in wing height, suspension stiffness or type...Assisted reproduction can't compensate for waiting too long to start a family
...those starting at 35 will be successful within one year and 44% of those starting at age 40 will succeed w...be patient'. Even if you fail to conceive within a year your chances of conceiving subsequently are still substantial. More than half of you who are childle...A protein's role in progressive renal disease
...ulosclerosis (FSGS) made a brief media splash last year when a kidney transplant forced NBA superstar Alonso Mourning into early retirement. Mourning's condition elicited a flood of calls from fans offering their kidneys, but most people with kidney disease are not so lucky. Some 56,000 patients await tr...Altered protein involved in a novel link to Alzheimer's disease
...rons. Dr. Tsai created her unique mouse model last year by breeding mice with a gene that overproduces p25, then blocking expression of that gene with the chemical doxycycline until the mouse are mature and their brains have had a chance to develop. When the chemical is removed from the animals' diets, t...Medical implants work better when you rough them up, study finds
...e more than 300,000 hip and knee replacements each year in the United States. Such implants usually last for 10 to 12 years until they become loose and quite painful and need to be replaced. "Being encased in connective tissue seriously compromises an implant's function," von Recum said. "And connective t...Two billion vulnerable to floods by 2050; number expected to double or more in two generations
...sently impact an estimated 520+ million people per year worldwide, resulting in estimates of up to 25,000 ...greatest potential flood hazard is in Asia. Every year for the past two decades, more than 400 million people on average have been directly exposed to a fl...Trapping carbon in soil key for protecting global food security, dealing with climate change
... amount of carbon we emit into the atmosphere each year from industrial activity is on the rise." With too little carbon in the soil, crop production is inefficient. Right now, the world's agricultural soils are alarmingly depleted of carbon, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, south and central Asia and ...Volcanic soils yield new clues about the emergence of powerful chiefdoms in Hawaii
...toes do best with at least 20 inches of rainfall a year and at elevations below 3,000 feet. Although such conditions exist on all of the Hawaiian Islands, evidence of large-scale sweet potato farming has only been found on Kohala and a half-dozen other regions of Hawaii and Maui. This fact led researcher...Hidden cost of Colorado River diversions is $2.4 billion annually
Society is losing $2.4 billion per year because the Colorado River's water no longer flows all the way to the Gulf of California, says a University of Arizona researcher. It's the first dollar estimate of the benefits society would get from the natural functioning of a healthy Colorado Riv...Strengthening independent junior research groups in collaborative research centres
...mber of Collaborative Research Centres funded this year to 272, located at 61 universities, including 19 Transregional Collaborative Research Centres and 14 Transfer Units, receiving total funding of about 363 million. With its support of Transfer Unit 50 "Application of machine systems and the imp...NIH launches first center in Nationwide Chemical Genomics Network
...n multiple high-throughput assays within its first year of operation. "Screening on the scale we are planning is unprecedented outside of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. For the first time, biologists in the public sector will be able to take full advantage of the tremendous power of smal...Four tourist destinations named best worldwide
...figure is expected to double to 1.4 billion by the year 2020. Travel and tourism accounts for 11 percent of global gross domestic product. Because of its enormous size, the travel and tourism industry often wreaks havoc on natural environments and precious cultural sites. Threats include increased de...Earstones tell fishes' tale of early life in the Colorado River estuary
...ja, Mexico. Otoliths grow in layers, one layer per year of life. Rowell used a dental drill to grind off b... called isotopes, to see where the fish lived each year of its life. Fresh water has relatively more of the lighter form of oxygen, oxygen-16, so layers wit...Nation's plant database falling behind, survey shows
... because new invasive species are introduced every year and once-pristine habitats are destroyed by both natural and human forces." Prather and Carolyn Ferguson of Kansas State University have outlined the trend toward doing less collecting which holds true from the vast holdings of the Field Muse...Obesity and hypertension: Two epidemics or one?
...es is estimated to be approximately two pounds per year and weight gain is almost invariably associated with an increase in BP. Accordingly, preventing weight gain should be a primary goal for reducing hypertension. Regular physical activity and reduced dietary fat intake reduce weight gain in normal wei...CSIRO research in greatest biotech show on earth
...iotechnology Strategy Coordinator for CSIRO. "This year we are highlighting our Commercial Opportunities in the Life Sciences," Dr Hirsch added. "It is important that our world class science leads to commercial outcomes for global benefit". Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, The Hon Ian MacFarl...2004 BP Conservation Programme winners pave the way for protecting wildlife
...the world will be awarded a total of $600,000 this year by the BP Conservation Programme - the most awarded in the programme's 14-year history. These future environmental leaders will be in the UK from 27th May until 17th June to share ideas and experiences with one another and to learn from a range of g...Gene expression ratio identifies risk of recurrence in breast cancer patients receiving tamoxifen
... molecular characteristics of breast tumors. Last year they published a study showing that advanced analysis technologies that identify which genes are expressed, or "turned on," in tumors can characterize the tumor's aggressiveness. As a follow-up to that work, the research teams led by Sgroi and Mark ...