A safe folic acid boost from flour
...ccording to an article published today in the open access journal BMC Public Health. The research has implications for the UK and Republic of Ireland, which plan to follow the US by adding folic acid to flour to help prevent neural tube defects in the near future. Dr Mary Rose Sweeney and her colleagues f...International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation 27th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions
... SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM Attending media will have access to original research from transplant-related clinical trials and stimulating scientific debate. ISHLT expects more than 2,000 attendees from around the world, including surgeons, physicians, scientists, transplant coordinators, nurses and other rela...NJIT professor obtains patent to uncover trace elements of airborne pollutants
...s, though, is costly and difficult. One must have access to large instruments that cost thousands of dollars. But using the microconcentrator, this will no longer be the case." Although the market currently features affordable miniature sensors, the technology is not there yet for the tiniest amounts of ...Telemedicine initiative for sub-Saharan Africa: Pilot projects proposed
...ailability of computers and in particular Internet access was extremely low. Africa remains the most disenfranchised region in the world as regards Internet access. However, by complementing terrestrial infrastructure with satellite communications, complete coverage of the sub-Saharan region can be achieved...Protein structures for the entire yeast proteome
...a new study published online this week in the open access journal PLoS Biology, Lars Malmstrm, David Baker, and colleagues have done precisely this for the model organism yeast. These researchers divided all Saccharomyces cerevisiae proteins into nearly 15,000 distinct domains (regions of a protein that fol...New sensor detects gaseous chemical weapon surrogates in 45 seconds
...between three and 12 micrometers, and QCLs provide access to any wavelength in this region. "Because of this access and the fact that QPAS is almost immune to acoustic interference, we have potential for extraordinar...One small step for Deinococcus or one giant leap for radiation biology?
In a new study published online in the open access journal PLoS Biology, Michael J. Daly, Ph.D., associate professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), and colleagues show that the ability of the bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans to endure and survive enormous levels o...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- March. 14, 2007
...ng sciences horizons from astronomy to zoology. To access the ACS News Services new electronic press center for the Chicago meeting, with media registration and housing, go to: http://www.acspresscenter.org . Special Event: Chicago News Media Tour/Briefing/Reception News media are invited to a special...Why are male antlers and horns so large?
... whether males with larger antlers do have greater access to females than other males." According to Franois Klein, Guy Van Laere, and Daniel Delorme, this study clearly indicates that antler size might be used as an indicator of individual quality on which management rules could be based. ...Failure to meet United Nations sanitation target could affect millions of the world's poorest
Worldwide, billions of people lack access to a reliable source of safe drinking water and ba...halve the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015. Target 10 was launched in 2000 as part of the...A case of mistaken identity for the ivory-billed woodpecker?
...ken identity. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Biology shows how fleeting images thought to be the Ivory-billed Woodpecker Campephilus principalis could be another native woodpecker species. J. Martin Collinson compared David Luneau's Arkansas video footage from April 2004 of the su...New Cell titles further ScienceDirect offering
... platform, ScienceDirect. To celebrate the launch, access to the first three issues of both journals is complimentary for three months. A requisite addition to the Cell Press collection on ScienceDirect, which includes leading titles Cell and Neuron, Cell Host & Microbe and Cell Stem Cell will be valuable...G6PD deficiency is associated with significant protection against severe, life-threatening malaria
...Wellems, report the findings this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. G6PD deficiency is also known as favism after the Italian word for broad beans (fava) which cause a classic reaction when eaten by people with G6PD deficiency. In males, who have only one X chromosome, mutations in the gene f...These legs were made for fighting
...at physique and stance helped the males fight over access to females, a University of Utah study concludes. ...at apes: male-male aggression and competition over access to reproductively active females." In other words, shorter legs increased the odds of victory whe...Dr. John A. Martignetti receives 2006 Prostate Cancer Foundation Award
.... Martignetti, "The PCF's financial award, and the access to the clinical and scientific experts which comprise and are supported by the largest philanthropic group dedicated to prostate cancer research, represents an important lifeline as we try to move discoveries forward from the bench to the bedside." ...Study advances evidence for receptor's role in alcohol pleasure and problems
..., therefore, consumption. Groups of monkeys had access to both alcoholic and non-alcoholic solutions for one hour per day for a period of six weeks. Researchers measured the animals alcohol intake and post-intake activity, and determined which monkeys carried the gene for the mu-opioid receptor similar ...UBC researcher finds new way to treat devastating fungal infections
...rserved areas and developing countries would have access to the medicine. He notes that Amphotericin B is also used to treat Leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease that affects an estimated two million people worldwide according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) in the U.S. This resear...MIT engineer works toward clean water, more
... an estimated 1 to 5 billion people worldwide lack access to microbially safe water. As of December 2006, more than 5,000 such filters are operating across Nepal, serving some 40,000 people. An additional 5,000 filters are slated for sales and distribution in 2007 in Nepal, with further outreach into Vie...Third annual Templeton-Cambridge Fellowships awarded to 10 noted journalists
...t with colleagues for critical discussion and have access to prominent experts in the field. "The story of science and religion, with its deep roots in the past, has grown into one of the most complex, interesting, and important stories of our time," says Templeton-Cambridge Fellowships Co-director Sir Br...Climate changes brews trouble for marine life in European Seas, Marine Board-ESF report says
...lected marine environmental data (e.g. common open access database and annual Pan-European reporting based on national contributions); 2. Identifying the nature and rate of consequences of climate change in European marine and coastal waters; this will require the maintainance of sustained monitoring effo...