Injection drug use and HIV and HCV infections among Ontario prison inmates
...d HCV infections in prisons. He postulates that it may be time to put the evidence of this ongoing denial of human rights before the courts....Caffeine and exercise can team up to prevent skin cancer
...ericans. But a new Rutgers study has found that it may not be the best formula for preventing sun-induced skin damage that could lead to cancer. Low to moderate amounts of caffeine, in fact, along with exercise can be good for your health. According to the National Cancer Institute, sunlight-induced sk......e agencies for maintaining water quality, and they may be especially critical in controlling amounts of h... nitrogen removal in buffers. Vegetation type also may be an important factor in certain landscapes and hydrologic settings where forested buffers may prev...Strains of laboratory mice more varied than previously thought
...ertain pedigrees. If they dont, what you are doing may not mean anything. He pointed out that the new knowledge of increased variation will enable scientists to conduct studies of genetic variation across the entire mouse genome. We plan to examine how many of the 8.3 million variants are actually k...First new multiple sclerosis gene found in 30 years
DURHAM, N.C. -- A newly identified gene may hold the promise of guiding future research into t...ment of multiple sclerosis will be unlocked, which may lead to novel treatments for the disease or the identification of targets for new therapies. The t...Using stem cells to help heart attack victims
...es, but to treat just one heart attack patient, we may need one billion that all function in the correct way." To help overcome the many challenges that stem cells bring, Dr Denning and co-investigator Professor Stephen Hill plan to engineer a novel system for real-time analysis of cardiomyocytes durin...Risk genes for multiple sclerosis uncovered
...ientists believe that a host of genetic variations may contribute to a persons susceptibility. For instan...ists to the underlying cause of the disease, which may guide future treatments. Genomic technologies have now made it possible to uncover these subtle g...System to analyze beating heart stem cells could lead to heart attack treatments
...es, but to treat just one heart attack patient, we may need one billion that all function in the correct way. To help overcome the many challenges that stem cells bring, Dr Denning and his team plan to engineer a novel system for real-time analysis of cardiomyocytes during early development so their p...Wild weather forces farmers to adapt
...eratures and precipitation, scientists say farmers may want to adopt a system in which crop sequencing de...fort enhanced evaluation of crop interactions that may otherwise be overlooked in crop sequence research, said Don Tanaka, project leader for the USDA rese...A new brake on cellular energy production discovered
...discovery, which is published in the journal Cell, may in future lead to completely new ways of treating various diseases. Impaired mitochondrial function gives rise to a cellular energy crisis and probably plays an important role in a number of common diseases such as diabetes, heart failure and Parkins...New research identifies anti-viral protein that may predict who might be at risk to develop lupus
...igh levels of interferon-alpha in some individuals may also confuse the immune system so that it doesnt k...enetics that cause high levels of interferon-alpha may predispose a person to SLE, but the disease appears only when something else, perhaps an environment...Seawater intrusion is the first cause of contamination of coastal aquifers
...turn flow is not guaranteed. In fact, ironic as it may be, building up an artificial reservoir could render useless the natural groundwater reservoir downstream. Also, says Benavente, in very localised seawater intrusion areas, reducing pumping or extracting water from either smaller or greater depths ...Prenatal stress keeps infants, toddlers up at night, study says
...leeping child spells out well-deserved respite it may carry even more value for babies. For them, sleep ...unclear. Now, we have evidence that these patterns may be set early on, perhaps even before birth, said lead author Thomas OConnor, Ph.D., associate profes...Nanowaste needs attention of EPA, industry and investors
... kinds of liabilities and environmental risks that may emerge as a result of the release and disposal of ...posed of and treated at the end of their use. They may find their way into landfills or incinerators, and, eventually, into the air, soil, or water. When w...Strength of connections between brain regions may affect an adolescent's response to peer influence
...f The Journal of Neuroscience . "These findings may help develop more effective strategies to prevent the development of lifestyles of violence and crime, says John Sweeney, PhD, Director of the Center for Cognitive Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Sweeney was not involved in this st...New target for HIV/AIDS drugs and vaccine discovered
...f the article, The findings described in this work may have several implications for AIDS treatment: the ...raise another intriguing possibility: Nef proteins may be able to boost or suppress DC and NK cell activity. If so, it may prove to be a valuable new thera...$9M grant awarded to University of Cincinnati for bipolar disorder research
...milder illness known as cyclothymia, suggesting it may be as common among youths as it is among adults. ...UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute partners with Abraxis BioScience
...izations to gain access to important research that may have the potential to change the way diseases are treated. Abraxis has an established history of developing innovative technology, said Dr. Leonard H. Rome, CNSI associate director and senior associate dean for research at the David Geffen School o...Surprising new species of light-harvesting bacterium discovered in Yellowstone
...ut it is also a scientific reservoir housing what may be the world's largest diversity of thermophilic (...en explored since the 1960s for new organisms that may have important applications in biotechnology, for cleaning up pollution (bioremediation), or in medi......tical techniques for determining contaminants that may be absorbed into the dunnage," and recommends that CMA improve techniques to enable more exact measurements of possible contamination to meet off-site shipping criteria and reduce the amount of waste dealt with on-site. Scrap metal from the munitio...