ESA's Epidemio and Respond assist during Angolan Marburg outbreak
...he maps have been used to orientate field workers, plan activities and integrate information on the spread of cases. "This product will be of great help to our organisation with the recent outbreak of Marburg virus," said Johan Lemarchand of WHO. Latest reports indicate the virus is now under control. T...UCLA cancer researchers shake loose hidden biomarker
... their research in prostate cancer cells lines and plan to validate their findings first in animal models and then in human clinical trials, which could be available in three to four years. Prostate cancer is expected to strike 232,090 men this year alone, according to the American Cancer Society. Of thos...University of Chicago researchers reveal secrets of snake flight
...oking more closely at the aerodynamic issues. They plan to use physical and computer models to study the more complex kinematics of these gliders. To collect and study these snakes, Socha traveled to Singapore twice and Thailand once with grants from National Geographic Committee for Research and Explorat...Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine gets $4 million to make 'smart nanoparticles'
...search at the School of Medicine. Davis said the plan is to create smart nanoparticles that can accompli... insoluble to be used in humans. "There is a full plan to develop not only the science but also to bring the drugs to market so that people can have access...Tamoxifen-like drug suggests new ways to selectively block estrogen
...aboratories are making this sort of once-grandiose plan more realistic, Greene said. "We used to solve the structures of one or two molecules a year. Now we have 40 to 50 in progress." GW5638 was developed as a variation on tamoxifen in the early 1990s by co-author Tim Willson and colleagues at what was...Gene 'archeology' gets easier using Carnegie Mellon University software
... can be lost. "You could use this information to plan additional gene studies or suggest strategies for circumventing drug and pesticide resistance in parasites," Durand said. "Other uses could include identifying potential detoxification enzymes for bioremediation and designing breeding programs that w...DOE JGI announces 2006 Community Sequencing Program portfolio
...planet Earth. Now, rounding out this global lesson plan are more than 40 new genome projects, representing a cornucopia of life forms, from the important grain sorghum, to catfish, crustaceans, and a host of extreme lifestyle microbes, slated for DNA sequencing by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint...Cigarette smoke exacerbates alcohol's effects on defense against Streptococcus pneumoniae
...nisms involved." Gentry-Nielsen and her colleagues plan to continue testing the effects of smoking and drinking on other aspects of defense against S. pneumoniae infections, including examination of an anti-asthma drug that decreases binding of S. pneumoniae to epithelial cells, and treatment with an...Hydroxycitric acid slows glucose uptake, cuts insulin peaks/valleys a la South Beach Diet
...rich, Switzerland, said another promising area "we plan to study is HCA's affect on food intake reduction, since it is known that HCA seems to reduce some food intake in rodents."...The ultimate spa: embryonic body wash controls left-right development
...that the foundations for the basic left-right body plan are laid by a microscopic 'pump' on the outer surf...; it may also be at the root of how the human body plan is built," he said. The Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, is an indepe...AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner urges US to continue collecting job data on women workers
...tions and private individuals who have opposed the plan announced by federal officials last December to stop collecting such information. If enacted, the plan would "rob businesses, non-profits, and governments of a vital indicator: how participation by gende...Migratory songbirds have a specialized night-vision brain area
...re studies, Jarvis, Mouritsen and their colleagues plan to test this hypothesis in more detail, they said....Study is first to show side-stream smoking is as damaging to IVF success as being a smoker
... are trying to conceive," he said. The researchers plan to undertake a prospective study if funding for a research proposal under review is forthcoming. They are also looking for possible collaborators. Meanwhile, they are trying to establish why there was no difference in the appearance and development o...Scientists journey to southern Africa to unravel the secret world of elephant communication
... to analyze the results of the 2004 experiment and plan to gather new data when they return to Mushara waterhole in May 2005. That experiment will include a new study on the impact of acoustic and seismic estrus calls on the dominance hierarchy among bulls. "Our work is really at the interface of geophys...Major losses projected for earthquake on little-known fault under Los Angeles
...pact, emergency and public policy officials should plan accordingly. The loss projections assume that no efforts will be made to reduce the vulnerability of structures in the area. "If society chooses to invest in mitigation, many of these losses could be avoided," said Jordan. The research team, which al...Cancer survivors may be at higher risk for cognitive dysfunction
...atments maycause long-term damage. The researchers plan a follow-up studycomparing survivors who received different treatments. "If, five, eight, 10 years down the line, having had that treatment isgoing to increase a person's risk of dementia, that's something thatshould be considered by the physician an...Scientists use gene transfer technology and common virus to block neuropathic pain
...ropathic pain." In future research, the scientists plan to conduct the first phase I safety trial of a related HSV vector in patients with pain caused by terminal cancer, which has spread to bone....Native lands issues to be highlighted at 8th World Wilderness Congress
...ry as a wilderness area, the CSKT has a management plan that protects both the ecological integrity and cultural values of their tribal lands, while opening up the area for strictly managed, low impact tourism. The theme for the 8th WWC is Wilderness, Wildlands and People: A Partnership for the Planet. It...From memory formation during sleep to novel components for physics
...in microwave ovens and CD players. The researchers plan to study new phenomena of this interaction using the possibilities afforded by the latest technical and physical developments and the behaviour of different materials when exposed to electromagnetic radiation. The new free electron laser (FEL) at DES...... of sounds from noise. Lu, Manis and Sperling also plan to explore theroot cause of dyslexics' problem with noise. Lastyear, the researchers showed that poor readersalso lag in categorical learning, defined in thepaper as the ability to deduce rules for sortinggeometrical shapes. Research in Finland and t...