Studying the chemistry of drugs in wastewater
...y. It is not known whether these reaction products pose any health or environmental hazards. "We have unique measurement capabilities here at NIST, which help to confirm the presence of products that are difficult to identify," says chemist William MacCrehan. Measurement techniques and data collected thro...HHS awards $232 million in biodefense contracts for vaccine development
... the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to pose the greatest threat to national security. The smallpox awards continue advanced development work that began in February 2003 on two modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) vaccine candidates. These contracts will support larger scale manufacturing of the v...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
... Annual flu epidemics continue to pose major health problems worldwide despite yearly vaccination efforts. Studies indicate protection offered by the current vaccine to be short-lived and only capable of targeting specific strains of the virus. Because influenza strains are highly varia...Stanford environmental molecular science institute will study pollutants, one molecule at a time
... mercuric sulfide is highly insoluble and does not pose as much of an environmental hazard,'' Brown said. ''We'll also be training graduate and undergraduate students to work on these complex problems, and we'll have outreach to K-12 students as well.'' Bryan Brown, an assistant professor of education at ...International marine survey of coral death
...ntiers authors write, "suggest that pathogens may pose a particularly severe problem in the ocean." The Trends paper ("Does terrestrial epidemiology apply to marine systems?" by Hamish McCallum of Australia's University of Queensland, Harvell and four colleagues) explains the difficulties in controllin...Alcohol vulnerability linked to action of insulin
...interfering with the brain insulin pathway may not pose any serious side effects. Lead author on the paper is Ammon Corl, a PhD student in Heberlein's lab. Aylin D. Rodan, MD and PhD, a former PhD student in the lab was a collaborator on the research and co-author on the paper. ...Genes tied to abnormal immune response in mice with lupus
...ell the difference between foreign substances that pose a threat and the cells of the body. In SLE, the immune system attacks and damages the body's own tissues and organs, including the joints, kidneys, heart, lungs, brain, blood and skin. Dr. Edward K. Wakeland from the University of Texas Southwestern...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...and social effects on those who acquire it, it can pose an even more severe risk for immuno-compromised patients further emphasizing the need for an effective vaccine. "In the aggregate, the burden of genital herpes has made development of more effective prevention strategies a health priority," say the r...Backcountry water quality tests are good news for campers
... Nevada, E. coli and other pathogenic bacteria may pose a greater risk than Giardia for causing waterborne illnesses in people. "What's impressive is that more than half of our water sampling sites had no water quality problems whatsoever," said Derlet, a professor of emergency medicine at the UC Davi...Gene sequencing explains bioremediation 'bug'
...lso are potentially carcinogenic chemicals and now pose a significant threat in the environment? The Cornell researchers think Strain 195's genetic antecedents were reducing some of the hundreds -- or even thousands -- of natural chlorinated compounds that existed long before we came up with Martinizing. ...FDA approves ABRAXANE(TM) for metastatic breast cancer
...ithout steroid premedication over 30 minutes could pose significant risk to the patient potentially resulting in fatal hypersensitivity reactions, a high incidence of severe neutropenia and a possibility for severe, prolonged peripheral neuropathy. Nanoparticle Albumin-Bound (nab TM ) Technology: Tapping...Clam embryo study shows pollutant mixture adversely affects nerve cell development
...ll development, the combination of all three might pose increased risks," she says. So Reinisch decided to test the chemical cocktail, in similar proportions to those found in Brick, on a species of surf clam readily available in the waters off of her Cape Cod lab. The species is famous among scient...Heart specialists call for cardiovascular screening for all young competitive athletes
...the benefits versus the hazards of sports activity pose a clinical dilemma. However, we know from a study in the Veneto region of Italy that adolescents and young adults involved in competitive sport had a two and a half times higher risk of sudden death. The young competitors who died suddenly were affec...Report addresses safety problem in preharvest stage of food production
...ion. "We need to take into account the risks that pose the biggest threats to the greatest number of people, which include pathogenic viruses in the production of shellfish, parasites from free range meat and poultry, and bacterial foodborne pathogens introduced by humans and animals," according to Collo...UCSD discovery may help extend life of natural pesticide
...nfect nearly one-third of the human population and pose a significant health problem in developing countries," said Aroian. "Perhaps one-day vertebrate-safe Bt toxins could be used as human therapies against these parasites." Griffitts and Aroian credit the flexibility of the roundworm C. elegans as an e...Muon opportunists: Detecting the unseen with natural probes
...ds, using either dual-beam X-rays or neutrons, can pose radiation hazards to security personnel or illegal immigrants who might stow away in a container. The muon detection method would involve passive monitoring of vehicles and cargo containers, with no artificial dose of radiation involved, according to...Clemson's Burg brings 'Era of Hope' to breast cancer research
...pher cell-to-cell communication, discern if drugs pose serious side effects to healthy cells and develop treatments, getting them to the market and to patients faster. Statistically, one in seven women will get breast cancer in her lifetime. In 2004 alone, it was predicted that 215,990 women would be ...Protecting drinking water supplies within buildings
...act or through an unintentional mishap, also could pose a serious threat to the health of building occupants. Recently, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Environmental Protection Agency's National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC) joined forces to cut the risk of th...Could microbes solve Russia's chemical weapons conundrum?
...Ms, how-ever both methods are highly expensive and pose environmental risks. Mustard is a blistering agent that was first used in World War I. Found in both liquid and aerosol form (mustard gas), it can cause severe burns to the skin, and severe damage to the respiratory system and internal organs if ing......ria that pass directly from host to host, this can pose a problem. If the bacteria are highly virulent and induce too much cell death, they could take down their host before they're able to jump ship, thus hurting the bacteria's chances of survival in the long run. Reporting in the open-access journal P...