Mental stimulation through play has beneficial effect on children with stunted growth
...The food supplement comprised of 1kg of milk-based formula per week. The investigators found that both interventions improved the development of the children. In the latest study the researchers followed-up the group to see if the benefits were sustained when the children reached 17-18 years. They found tha...Nine minority physiology grad students each get $18,000 Porter Fellowship from APS
...r lab has shown that supplementing EGF into infant formula reduces the incidence and severity of NEC in neonatal rats. There is currently no preventative treatment for NEC, so by better understanding the mechanisms of how EGF protects the intestine, this research may provide the basis for future therapeutic ...A novel model to pinpoint human androgen receptor targets developed
...eaths among men. The unprecedented accuracy of the formula was achieved by training the computer to recognize common motifs within the regulatory sequences of androgen-inducible genes. It came as a surprise that the computer pointed to a composite model indicating consistently tight distance correlation bet...Mathematics in fact and fiction discussed at AAAS Annual Meeting
...ode, the mathematician, Charlie Eppes, developed a formula to determine the likely location and workplace of a criminal, based on his crime patterns. He also has used math to compare DNA sequences, analyze the structural stability of a building and develop a new technique for enhancing video images.Gary Lord...Independent panel to evaluate genistein or soy formula human development, reproduction risks
...arding whether or not exposure to genistein or soy formula is hazardous to human development or reproduction....n-soy/genistein/Genistein_Report_FR.pdf . The soy formula draft report is at http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/chemicals/genistein-soy/soyformula/Soy-report-FR.pdf ...Interdisciplinary team develops guidelines for treating severely injured patients
...science tools with clinical know-how is a powerful formula for solving complex medical problems." The outcomes for trauma and burn patients often depend on the strength of their inflammatory response to their injury. Inflammation helps the healing process in many cases, but an excessive response can lead to ...Natural selection at single gene demonstrated
...could have arisen and spread randomly. The scoring formula accounts for the greater similarity expected in related plants. Nordborg said that while natural selection is well documented at the whole-organism level, researchers consider biochemical proof of selection "the Holy Grail" of population genetics. "......team wrote a computer algorithm a problem-solving formula in computer software to take the CT scan data and automatically distinguish various organs and structures in the mouse embryo. The "virtual rendering" of the CT scan data also includes a virtual light source so the 3-D embryo image includes shadows ...Highlights from the June 2006 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...ach day (per 1,000 calories). "Obviously, no magic formula exists for weight loss," the researchers write, "but our results indicated that a diet containing more than average amounts of fiber, complex carbohydrate and fruit was associated with normal body fat stores and standard weight for height." American...UA strengthens commitment to Arctic research
...d BP and Arco, later ConocoPhillips. It includes a formula for charitable contributions to UA and other community organizations. Donations to the university since the state and oil companies signed the agreement total $23 million to date. International Polar Year, University of Alaska, post-doctoral fello...Opening of the first German-Korean research training group
...s. The main contribution of German science to this formula for success is its internationally recognised expertise in material science and basic research, while the Korean side is recognised worldwide for its ability in the area of practical application. The "Germany and Korea: Partners in Research and De...Colorado company to sell medical food products based on Wake Forest discovery
...n patients." The new products contain a patented formula of marine oil and botanical oil (borage seed oil) that contains the optimal amount and ratio of GLA and EPA. "The new licensing arrangement between Efficas, WFUHS and Pilot Therapeutics will allow both companies to advance new technology," Batalia s...End of deforestation in view? Experts advance new way to size up global forest resources
...: trees large enough to be considered timber. The formula also quantifies the biomass and atmospheric carbon...e forest characteristics over time. Applying the formula to UN-collected data released last year, the researchers find that, amid widespread concerns about d...SNM takes action to alter DRA provision for imaging payment caps
...eduled for 2007 due to the sustainable growth rate formula that will affect all physicianswill change how, where and whether Medicare patients will receive imaging services, said Peter S. Conti, former SNM president and chair of the American College of Nuclear Physicians/SNM Joint Government Relations Commit...Smokers who cut back on cigarettes may negate benefit through 'compensatory smoking'
...ht smokers. The researchers created a mathematical formula to calculate the degree of smoking compensation in reducers compared with light smokers. As part of the formula, they measured a biological marker, total NNAL, which indicates the amount of exposure to the tobacco-specific lung cancer-causing agent N...Study: Living coral reefs provide better protection from tsunami waves
... express each of these effects with a mathematical formula that a computer could employ to simulate it. Different complex parameters had to be considered one by one: the width and depth of the reef; the roughness of its surface; the size of the lagoon behind it; and the slope of the coast beyond. And the ove...Virginia Tech's System X supercomputer provides super tool for simulation of cell division
...gs for the same temperature, and try to deduce the formula for converting between the temperature scales." Previously, Tyson worked with simpler models whose parameters could be determined by trial and error, a process modelers call "parameter twiddling." But he and his coworker, Kathy Chen, wanted to char...Computer tool helps pinpoint risky gene mutations
... researchers plugged these factors into a computer formula that identified the gene mutations most likely to be linked with cancer. Karchin was pleased that the system was highly successful at finding harmful mutations during the blind tests in Monteiro's lab. She believes it has a promising future. "Genetic......season. Dissecting the function of this secret formula of nectar, thought to be nature's soft drink, has instead shown it to be quite 'hard'....Infant formula and other baby foods that provide permanent protection from obesity and diabetes into adulthood could be on shop shelves soon, reports Lisa Melton in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. The foods, under development at the Clore Laborato...