New research shows folic acid in grains has reduced birth defects
...y weeks following conception, often before a woman knows she is pregnant. "Decline in the Prevalence of Spina Bifida and Anencephaly By Race-Ethnicity, 1995-2002," by Ms. Williams and colleagues from CDC and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and "The FDA Must Require the Addition of More Folic Aci...'Mad cow' proteins successfully detected in blood
...ugh blood transfusions and organ transplants. "Who knows what the real situation is in cattle in the United States? And with people, we could be sitting on a time bomb, because the incubation period of this disease in humans can be up to 40 years," Soto said. "That's why a blood test is so important. We ne...A double punch for female survival
...let cells take control at the level of RNA. No one knows how widely this type of back-up mechanism is used. We're now investigating some other contexts in which a very similar mechanism might be at work."...U-Iowa researchers will use grant to study fetal alcohol syndrome
... any point during a pregnancy, even before a woman knows she pregnant. "Fetal alcohol syndrome is a major public health problem. A human fetus is far more vulnerable than an adult to brain injury due to alcohol exposure," Karaay said. "In our studies, we aim to learn more about fetal alcohol resistance and...New gene associated with Fanconi anemia 'explains' hallmark chromosomal instability
...ctivated," says Auerbach. But she adds that no one knows what the proteins FANCD2, BRCA1 or even BRCA2 -- p...n linked to FANCD2 -- are actually doing. "No one knows the precise role of any of these genes and proteins, but we believe that if BRCA1 or BRCA2, or any o...New lab research may help those deafened by immune system attack
...eafness without knowing what caused it. And no one knows why it happens. Now, new research based at the University of Michigan's Kresge Hearing Research Institute may help more patients find out quickly if steroids could help them, or if they can be spared the drugs' harsh side effects. It may also expand ...Tiny roundworm's telomeres help scientists to tease apart different types of aging
...like mice, which live only a few years. Nobody yet knows why. But now we have conclusive evidence that telomeres alone do not dictate aging and lifespan," says Karlseder. Each time a cell divides, its telomeres get shorter, a process called replicative or cellular aging. Some have likened this progressive ...North Atlantic right whales headed toward extinction
...ly 1900s when hunting bans were introduced. Nobody knows why the whales failed to rebound prior to the 1960s when shipping and fishing increased. Now, human influences have brought further declines in the whale's population. In the last 16 months, scientists have recorded eight North Atlantic right whale ...New method shows it is possible to grow bone for grafts within a patient's body
...id so by persuading the body to do what it already knows how to do." "This research has important implications not only for engineering bone, but for engineering tissues of any kind," adds co-author Robert S. Langer, Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a pioneer in the fiel...Discovery suggests why stem cells run through stop signs
EVANSTON, Ill. --- Everyone knows that stem cells are controversial. Many people kno...o a muscle cell to a brain cell. But no one really knows why stem cells continue to divide and renew themselves long after the point where other cells stop d...Medical advances, new discoveries highlighted at Society of Nuclear Medicine's 52nd Annual Meeting
...uclear imaging research in diagnosis and treatment knows no borders," he added. ...Love's all in the brain: fMRI study shows strong, lateralized reward, not sex, drive
... changed with the length of the romance. Everyone knows that relationships are dynamic over time, but we are beginning to track what happens in the brain as a love relationship matures." Helen E. Fisher, a research anthropologist at Rutgers University, New Jersey, noted that not only did the brain change ...Road salt affects mitigation wetlands
... a rock and a hard place," says Silver. "Everyone knows that the salt is not good for the environment, but salting roads is a huge safety issue in a part of the country that gets 10 to 12 feet of snow every winter." Silver's research does show a large decrease in non-biting midges in the designated runof...Secret of smallpox's success may lead to bioterror cure
...en you are infected with a virus and that the body knows to look for and respond to," said Jacobs. "The body responds in a lot of different ways, but the main way is it starts producing an immune response double-stranded RNA is very powerful in eliciting this. "What this gene in pox viruses does is make ...Society of Nuclear Medicine professionals explore molecular imaging, present research highlights
...uclear imaging research in diagnosis and treatment knows no borders." The education and scientific program at the 52nd Annual Meeting is tailored to provide attendees with the most current and important information available in the field. SNM and SNMTS present 98 continuing education courses focusing on PE...Respiratory syncytial virus poses a significant threat to elderly
...SV appears during the rainy season. "Nobody really knows why it goes away," Falsey says. "Many theories have to do with cold and crowding but none are entirely satisfactory." The research group also includes Patricia A. Hennessey, R.N.; Maria A. Formica, M.S.; and Christopher Cox, Ph.D....Migration study finds that sweeping management changes are needed to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna
...e fish simply die from lack of ventilation. No one knows how many breeding-age bluefin are accidentally killed by pelagic longliners in the Gulf of Mexico, but the Nature study offers a simple solution--establish an extended time-area closure in the Gulf to all commercial longliners from January to June, t...Now scientists think you'd be 'roasted' in a black hole
...rew Hamilton of the University of Colorado says he knows what you would find inside, and challenges the traditional idea that gravity would cause you death by "spaghettification". Most people have heard of the event horizon of a black hole, as the point of no return. But astronomically realistic black hole...Plants defy Mendel's inheritance laws, may prompt textbook changes
... what role this gene plays." Pruitt's team already knows that animals don't have hothead genes, either normal or mutated, so the scientists must investigate which genes might affect this novel inheritance in both plants and animals. "There are probably a lot of other triggers yet to be discovered, and this...NEW YORK (March 22, 2005) He's beautiful and he knows it. A male jaguar recently acted like he was on a ...e more than a fleeting glimpse of wildlife. No one knows why this particular jaguar spent so much time in front of the camera, where it alternatively sat, la...