Calcium may protect women from cancer
...estyles. The women averaged 61.9 years of age upon entering the study and they were followed in the study for an average of 8.5 years. This study began in 1987 and closed in 1997. During that time, 482 women in the study developed colorectal cancer. "It is especially notable that the risk reduction was pres...Blocking cell signaling can stymie viral infections, study shows
...r possible bioterror agents. Viruses reproduce by entering cells, insinuating themselves into the cells' division and transport machinery to make copies of themselves. Most existing anti-viral drugs consist of small molecules that bind to viruses, hindering the bugs' ability to enter cells or to multiply onc...Wiley announces publication of Databasing the Brain
... the Brain" is an invaluable resource for students entering this interdisciplinary area, as well as for researchers wanting to cross-train between neuroscience and informatics. About the Authors: Stephen H. Koslow, Ph.D., is the Director of External Relations at the Seattle-based Allen Institute for Brain S...Removing prions that cause mad cow in humans from blood
... to aid in the detection of (BSE) in cattle before entering the food supply. About Pall Corporation Pall Corporation is the global leader in the rapidly growing field of filtration, separations and purification. Pall's business is organized around two broad markets: Life Sciences and Industrial. The Compa...Inherited gene may increase risk for prostate cancer by 50%
...n altered version of the KLF6 protein. Rather than entering the cell nucleus to suppress cell growth as the KLF6 protein usually does, this altered version remains in the cytoplasm, where it has the opposite effect, thus increasing cell growth and potentially leading to the development of caner. Prostate can...USGS featured at AAAS - Nation's largest science meeting
...imally decreased excessive nutrients and sediments entering the Bay. Several factors contribute to the "lag time" between implementation of practices to reduce nutrients and sediment and the response in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. These factors make meeting the restoration of water-quality conditions in the...New science sheds light on rebuilding fisheries
...without parental care. For fish, spawning is like entering the lottery, and the older, larger fish have many more lottery tickets. "For northern cod, only one in a million make it to age three," says Jeff Hutchings of Dalhousie University. Similarly, for many species of Pacific rockfish, only a tiny fractio...Coastal dead zones may lead to ecosystem-based fisheries management
...stream along the Mississippi River, he said. After entering the Gulf, these fertilizer nutrients fuel population explosions among microscopic marine plants. As the marine algae grow and then die, they consume most available oxygen in bottom layers. Crowder described how fish and shrimp can evade death simply ...K-State professor to discuss feeding the world's population without poison
...d water supplies to help control field runoff from entering the water supply. He said a more efficient water irrigation system, subsurface drip irrigation, could help combat loss of water during irrigation. In subsurface drip irrigation, crops are watered underground, resulting in less loss of water through e...Muon opportunists: Detecting the unseen with natural probes
...tighten screening of vehicles and cargo containers entering the United States. This AAAS session was organized by Rick Chartrand of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.......mechanism of lead poisoning. She uses it to engage entering freshmen the summer before they start college and ... a course called "Frontiers of Science" that every entering student, science-oriented or not, is required to take. It covers hot topics in science, including th...UAlbany CNSE enters NanoBio alliance with Albert Einstein College of Medicine
...n this important endeavor." "We are excited to be entering into this strategic partnership with one of the premier medical colleges in the world, particularly as we ramp up our nanobiotechnology research and education initiatives," said Alain Kaloyeros, Ph.D., Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer ...Wetlands clean water and may control neighborhood flood problems
... the course itself. Some of the chemicals found in entering water included atrazine, chloride, nitrate, ammonia, nitrogen, organic carbon, phosphorus, aluminum, iron, potassium and manganese. In all, 83 chemicals were monitored, but only 17 were present in measurable amounts. Four water quality monitors locat...Man-made wetland's effectiveness similar to natural marsh
...hange as time goes on, however." Most of the water entering the wetland came as runoff from farm fields, and nitrate and phosphorus levels all peaked after fertilizer application in the spring. Still, the wetland was able to retain a significant portion of these nutrients. Algae thrive on phosphorus and nitro...Biologists discover why 10% of Europeans are safe from HIV infection
...on (known as CCR5-32) that prevents the virus from entering the cells of the immune system but have been unable to account for the high levels of the gene in Scandinavia and relatively low levels in areas bordering the Mediterranean. They have also been puzzled by the fact that HIV emerged only recently and c...Pall prion removal technology presented to FDA blood products advisory committee
...ce to aid in the detection of BSE in cattle before entering the food supply....Highlights of chemical society national meeting in San Diego, March 13-17
...e anthropogenic and natural sources of perchlorate entering the food chain. ( AGRO 35 , Monday, March 14, 1:20 p.m., Horton Grand, Regency B, during the symposium, Organic Farming and Nutrients: Productivity, Value, and Food Safety.) Antidepressants may be novel weapon against SARS While the deadly SARS vi......n are not metabolizing some of the carbon material entering the river. The second possibility, that the metabolism of the bacteria in the river has changed, would result in higher levels of DOC flowing downstream to the freshwater tidal flats. According to Findlay, if the bacteria are bypassing the material...Why do amyloid diseases strike different tissues?
... site of a cut to ward off infection from bacteria entering through the cut. Cells in the brain secrete proteins that are involved in modulating neurotransmission. And cells in the gut secrete proteins designed to digest proteins. The export machinery that drives this secretion is located inside the cell on ...... prevents larger molecules in the bloodstream from entering the brain. These larger molecules include ones th...h using sound, for monitoring the number of salmon entering tributaries in the Fraser River (British Columbia) to spawn. He and his colleagues found that DIDSO...