Oceans more vulnerable to agricultural runoff than previously thought, study finds
...o toxic blooms or hypoxia." She and her colleagues plan to conduct follow-up studies to assess the ecological impact of runoff events in the Yaqui Valley. They also expressed concern about the impact of large farming operations in other vulnerable subtropical and tropical oceans, including Southeast Asia,...Insight into DNA's 'weakest links' may yield clues to cancer biology
...er cells, an important step in developing a better plan of attack against the disease," Petes added....Busy brains may stave off Alzheimer's signs
...circulating blood plasma, he says. The researchers plan to study these genes further to find out exactly how their expression might affect b-amyloid peptide levels. Sisodia and colleagues also want to look at how enriched environments might benefit mice that already have advanced Alzheimer-like symptoms. ...Hey, guys, they're not girlie-man portions, they're healthy portions
...he portions weren't "man"-sized; this was the same plan the dietitians used with women last year--with caloric intake adjusted upward just a tad (1,700 calories) for the male metabolism. "We wanted to do the men's study separately because men and women do respond differently to diets, and we thought the m...Histamine, anxiety and alcoholism
...oups, such as African-Americans. "In addition, we plan to address the role of the polymorphism in flushing response, allergic diseases and other pathological states in which histamine has a putative or well-established role," said Oroszi....Polymers with copper show promise for implanted sensors
...e that release nitric oxide. Next, the researchers plan to test the new polymers to see if these materials are as effective at preventing clots as the nitric oxide-releasing polymers they developed earlier. Other questions to explore are how much of the raw materials for generating nitric oxide are prese...Plan to protect soybean crop is ready
...ginia soybeans was to put together a comprehensive plan to minimize losses from Soybean Rust to Virginia's soybean producers. Educational programs have been held to help Virginia Cooperative Extension agents, crop advisers, growers, and others understand what the disease looks like and what action to tak...Vampire bats keep out of trouble by running
...uction of cattle, he adds. The Cornell zoologists plan to go a step further and compare the vampire bat to another species of bat endemic to New Zealand. Riskin explains, "The vampire bat is good on the ground because when you feed on the hoof of an animal that weighs 14,000 times more than you do, it's ...NIH should take decisive steps to promote independence, originality
... "Now is the time for action. Our report offers a plan to help ensure the continued vitality of the biomedical research enterprise and its work force." OPTIMIZE POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING Postdoctoral training provides aspiring researchers with critical skills and experiences that aid their transition to j...Study finds anticonvulsant drug poses greater birth-defect risk than suspected
...e basic message for women who take valproate is to plan ahead if they want to have children. Discuss the risks with their physician and consider taking alternative drugs," says Lewis Holmes, MD, chief of the Genetics and Teratology Unit at MassGeneral Hospital for Children, director of the registry and s...New study will push forward understanding of post-natal illnesses
...rn on her own babies and harm them. The scientists plan to study the hormone vasopressin which is known to control aggressive behaviour in male rats. Results of these studies will form a model for the study of human mothers....Scientists develop new color-coded test for protein folding
...m. Over the next few months, he and his colleagues plan to re-do the experiment using other protein molecules....UT Southwestern researchers uncover gene variant that appears to predict type 2 diabetes
...s predicted diabetes." UT Southwestern researchers plan to expand their studies to other ethnic populations, as well as further examine the specific protein involved, with the hope of eventually identifying people at risk for type 2 diabetes and developing drug therapies that could be used to prevent its ...New imaging method gives early indication if brain cancer therapy is effective, U-M study shows
...rately predicted the tumor's response. Researchers plan to test the technique with breast cancer and head and neck cancer. In addition to Ross, U-M study authors are Bradford Moffat, Ph.D., assistant professor of radiology; Thomas Chenevert, Ph.D., professor of radiology; Theodore Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D., ...New hope for Chagas disease treatment
...ipes out the parasite." Urbina and colleagues now plan clinical trials to determine the safety and efficacy of TAK-187 in patients with Chagas disease. "We must now examine the safety and effectiveness of therapeutic doses of this drug and determine the optimal administration schedule, the treatment dura...Alcoholism reduces male heart's ability to synthesize protein; possible therapy target?
... on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) strategic plan on health disparities notes that "Chronic alcohol abuse can result in alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM), and there, too disparities appear to exist" in terms of causes or propensity among different populations. *Paper presentation: "Gender modulates t...Moderate aerobic exercise improves cardiovascular and nervous system function in HIV+
...e subjects." Next steps. The New York researchers plan on doing follow up studies using exercise interventions to determine dose-response and other studies to examine more closely mechanisms of the immune system in response to exercise. Areas that they'll be studying include: natural killer cell level a...Ophthalmologists and physicists team up to design 'bionic eye'
...ome degree of sight." To that end, the researchers plan to directly stimulate the layer underneath the dead photoreceptors using a system that looks like a cousin of the high-tech visor blind engineer Lt. Geordi La Forge wore in Star Trek: The Next Generation. It consists of a tiny video camera mounted on...Joslin Diabetes Center announces new nutrition guidelines
... fat. And most importantly, we wanted to deliver a plan that makes clear what people need to do to achieve their goals," said Dr. Rosenzweig, who also is Director of Joslin's Disease Management Program and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. The new guidelines recommend approximat......and staff to help outline a more-business oriented plan in this decidedly scientific framework. "The new frontier in bringing the human genome project to patient application is the integration of complex information from genomic, medical, and computer studies-a field we call 'systems biology'," said Dr....