ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- May 23, 2007
...ed a list of priority research areas where "green" alternatives to conventional reactions are needed to develop medications with minimal impact on the environment. Their review paper, describes and prioritizes research needs,. It can be a valuable resource for journalists writing about green chemistry. Although t...Genomic signatures identify targeted therapies for lung cancer
...will give clinicians the tools they need to pursue alternatives to the traditional blunt force of chemotherapy. Following this test, patients might be treated with drugs that specifically target the faulty pathway, the researchers said. "Traditional chemotherapy is not always effective," said Anil Potti, M.D., ...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- May 30, 2007
...ed a list of priority research areas where "green" alternatives to conventional reactions are needed to develop medications with minimal impact on the environment. Their review paper, describes and prioritizes research needs. It can be a valuable resource for journalists writing about green chemistry. Although th...Better chemistry through living models
...se and molybdenum. To search for electrocatalyst alternatives to platinum, the team will be guided by natural systems like those in species of bacteria and algae that enlist hydrogenase enzymes in energy production. Bullock and colleagues hope "to replicate the function but not the exact structure of the natura...Dartmouth professor makes case for ethically universal stem cell lines
...ion to resolving current debates, he argues, these alternatives can make possible hESC lines that are ethically universal. These would be analogous to the universal O-type blood group: lines that could be used by anyone regardless of their ethical views on the moral status of the embryo. Green, who is also an a...ORNL-led team wins DOE bioenergy center
...f Americas efforts over the next decade to develop alternatives to fossil fuels. I am proud that Oak Ridge will continue to play a leading role in addressing one of the nations biggest scientific challenges. Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen noted that the DOE award comes two weeks after approval by the state legis...Desertification: UN experts prescribe global policy overhaul to avoid looming mass migrations
...on practices, as are policies to create livelihood alternatives for dryland populations, he says. Based on input of 200 experts from 25 countries convened in Algiers late last year, the analysis urges governments to adopt a broader, overarching view and a more coordinated, integrated and interlinked approach to...A gene that protects from kidney disease
... gained into new therapeutic approaches to develop alternatives to kidney transplantations. With GLIS2 we have already identified one promising candidate drug target and our mouse model will help us find many others....Scientists a step closer to understanding how anaesthetics work in the brain
...effects could lead to much more specific, targeted alternatives being developed, which could greatly reduce these problems, he said....Grapes, soy and kudzu blunt some menopausal side effects
...ted with significant adverse effects. As a result, alternatives have been sought. Certain naturally occurring edible compounds found in plants dietary polyphenols have been shown to have some beneficial effects similar to HRT but without the appreciable adverse effects. Grape, soy and kudzu are dietary polyphen...Smokeless tobacco more effective than cigarettes for delivering dangerous carcinogens into the body
...bacco products have been proposed by some as safer alternatives to cigarettes, but they are not safe, said author Stephen S. Hecht, Ph.D., professor of cancer prevention at the University of Minnesota Cancer Center. The only likely safe alternative to smoking is the long term use of nicotine replacement therapy ...