Conventional plowing is 'skinning our agricultural fields'
...nt benefit," he said. "It's one of the few win-win options in trying to forestall the effects of climate change." ...High-intensity ultrasound may launch attack on cancer, wherever it lurks
... a tumor in the kidney or liver, several treatment options -- including surgery, radiation or HIFU -- can be used to get rid of the cancerous tissues. However, if the cancer cells spread to other vital organs such as the lung or brain, the outcomes are often much worse. HIFU in the current form can only be...UC experts detail new standard for cleaner transportation fuels
...ming effects of gasoline. They will also have more options for new vehicles and fuels in the future. Trucking, construction and farming vehicle owners: The standard should apply to all gasoline and diesel used in transportation, including freight trucks and trains, and off-road machinery such as constr...Stem cell therapy rescues motor neurons in ALS model
...get the cells releasing GDNF in. But there are few options for these patients and we will continue to move forward with this approach." ...Wild weather forces farmers to adapt
...omputer program designed to assess crop sequencing options for optimizing economic, agronomic, and environmental goals within dryland cropping systems....Scratch no more: Gene for itch sensation discovered
...tching that leads to scarring. Effective treatment options for itchy patients are limited. Historically, scientists regarded itch as just a less intense version of the pain sensation. As a result, research on itching has been somewhat neglected. "Many genes have been identified in the pain pathway," says Che...Obesity found to be a risk factor for multiple myeloma
...ens Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Treatment options for this disease are improving, but it is also important to identify risk factors that could be modified. We would like to learn how to prevent its occurrence. The Brigham and Womens Hospital-based Nurses Health Study has followed the health of fem...Serica scientists win AOSSM Award for ACL (knee) tissue regeneration in preclinical study
...owth while being bioresorbed. Current ACL repair options either an autograft or allograft each have well-documented, debilitating side effects, said Rebecca Horan, PhD, the studys lead author and Sericas Senior Director of Research and Development. Our goal with the SeriACL Graft is to provide a scaffol...Illinois-based study of energy crops finds miscanthus more productive than switchgrass
...rops. These developments will increase production options as well as support efforts within biofuel research and industry to work with non-food based biomass resources. ...Complementary therapy for infertile women may reduce chances of pregnancy
...form them both of their effectiveness and of other options for achieving pregnancy and reducing the stress of infertility. They examined the psychosocial and medical profiles of 818 Danish women at the start of their IVF treatment, and then looked at which women went on to use complementary therapy in the ...New research holds promise for protecting cancer patients against infertility
...nning treatment, and yet there are already several options for protecting the ovaries and even preserving eggs, embryos, or ovarian tissue. In addition to raising awareness among the medical profession, more support is needed for research in this important area....American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- June 27/July 3, 2007
...Facing a potential ban, stakeholders are examining options for storing or otherwise dealing with existing stockpiles, which must be isolated from the environment. Hogue describes, for instance, how the U. S. Departments of Energy and Defense plan long-term storage of their surplus mercury over the next 40 y...Europe struggles to meet the challenges posed by PGD patients travelling abroad
...s to decide how best to approach this problem, but options that they could consider could include harmonisation of regulation across Europe, or regulating rather than prohibiting PGD....First baby is born after oocytes were matured in the lab and frozen
...ts. It has the potential to become one of the main options for fertility preservation, especially for patients who cannot have ovarian stimulation and all patients who do not have enough time to undergo ovarian stimulation, he said. However, we have to remember that these are only preliminary results from a ...New method for reading DNA sheds light on basis of cell identity
...n ES cells, helping keep these cells developmental options wide open. But with the new genome-wide chromatin data, the scientists discovered that these domains also function in more specialized kinds of stem cells. In neural stem cells, for example, bivalent domains sit near genes important to various types ...Alzheimer's drug based on Purdue -- designed inhibitor begins clinical trials
...suffer from this devastating disease and treatment options are very limited," said Arun Ghosh, the Purdue professor who led the creation of the treatment molecule. "Current drugs manage the symptoms, but this could be the first disease-modifying therapy. It may be able to prevent and reverse the disease." ...Human activities increasing carbon sequestration in forests
...m the atmosphere. Forest protection and management options have been viewed as one mechanism to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and reduce concerns about the greenhouse effect and global warming. ...Researchers examine carbon capture and storage to combat global warming
...pressed, now ready for storage. The best storage options today lie in geologic sequestration-storage in old oil fields, natural gas reservoirs, deep saline aquifers and unminable coal beds, hundreds to thousands of meters underground. The carbon dioxide is pumped down through wells, like those used to ex...Salvage logging, replanting increased biscuit fire severity
... displace conifer forests. Managers may have few options to reduce the risk of future high severity fire within areas that have experienced recent severe burns. Typical fuel treatments such as thinning do not have much effect on fire risk in young forests, Thompson said. There are ongoing experiments wit...Minister Lunn announces $39.6M for next phase of mountain pine beetle response
....1 million this year to support the development of options for recovering the economic value from timber killed by beetles. These investments will help us meet the objectives in B.C.s Mountain Pine Beetle Action Plan, which is backed by nearly $500 million in provincial funding, said the Honourable Rich ...