New genetic test can detect clam disease
...keep seed clams free of the disease. One possible remedy may be rotating shellfish crops, much like farmers do on land....Antibody to a naturally-occurring sugar chain in colon inhibits inflammatory bowel disease
...y, Freeze suggests, could prove to be an effective remedy for autoimmune disorders if it can act specifically on hyperactive inflammation, while preserving the immune system. Remicade TM , an antibody-based drug currently used for Crohn's, works by inhibiting the cytokines that are summoned into action at ......ests confirmed that cocoa flavonoids are apossible remedy for diarrhea....Findings on plummeting salmon populations at 8th World Wilderness Congress
...ector of State of the Salmon. "The Atlas will help remedy the chronic lack of information that's been hampering our efforts." The conclusions published in the Atlas are the result of ten years of research undertaken by Dr. Augerot and her colleagues. The book proposes four approaches to solving these large-...Corn grain mould used as pesticide
...Good' mould displaces its highly toxic cousin The remedy may lie in the idea of US researchers Dr. Peter J. Cotty, which is both simple and ingenious. "In addition to the dangerous strain aspergillus flavus there are also others which cannot produce any toxin," the Bonn plant pathologist Dr. Sebastian Kiew...Researchers figure out how hearts fail
...can make the heart more productive, but they don't remedy the fact that the heart is still inefficient because a lot of oxygen is necessary for it to drive the same amount of contractile activity. "Many forms of heart diseases have many pharmacological therapeutic approaches to treat it. But heart failure i...New research bolsters highly targeted gastro-intestinal cancer treatment
... GIST: the use of Glivec. However, over time, this remedy becomes ineffective for a large percentage of the ...IST: Glivec. And up to now, this has been the only remedy for treating GIST effectively. Why look for an alternative for Glivec? To arrive at a definite dia...Cranberry juice inactivates intestinal viruses
...6, 2005 -- Cranberry juice, long considered a home remedy for urinary tract infections, may also be effective against a number of gastrointestinal viruses according to researchers from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York. They report their findings today at the 105th General Meeting of the American S...Shift of weather patterns necessitates rethinking of reforestation methods
...tress of planting. Rethinking planting time could remedy the loss due to droughty conditions, Taylor said. Traditional methods prescribe planting in the winter, but conditions primarily soil moisture and availability of planting crews may mean planting isn't done until late March. A decade or more ago, E...Vampires beware: Scripps scientists describe molecular basis of raw garlic's pungency
...c will turn up page after page touting garlic as a remedy for everything from the common cold to cancer. Perhaps one reason these beliefs have lingered through the years is that its pungency suggests some sort of potency. "When you think of garlic," says Patapoutian, "the fir......f Science paired the active ingredient of a garden remedy with advanced bio-technology to deliver a powerful punch against cancer. The cancer killing effectiveness lies in their technique of arming a cancer-targeting antibody with the destructive potential of the dietary molecule otherwise known as "allicin...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...rvesting, would appear to be the only mechanism to remedy this oversight." (D.A. Brands, A.E. Inman, C.P. Gerba, C.J. Mare, S.J. Billington, L.A. Saif, J.F. Levine, L.A. Joens. 2005. Prevalence of Salmonella spp. in oysters in the United States. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71. 2: 893-897.)...Progress toward a new remedy for chronic urinary tract infections?
...d results that show promise in the quest for a new remedy for chronic urinary tract infections. The researchers have shown that administration of the sugar Heptyl--D-mannoside can prevent E. coli bacteria from binding to the wall of the urinary tract - which is the first step in the development of the infec...Researchers blend folk treatment, high tech for promising anti-cancer compound
...g a promising new compound from an ancient Chinese remedy that uses cancer cells' rapacious appetite for iron to make them a target. The substance, artemisinin, is derived from the wormwood plant and has been used in China since ancient times to treat malaria. Earlier work by Henry Lai and Narendra Singh, b...NIST/EPA study aims at healthy indoor climate
...ible and urged building designers and operators to remedy the situations. A key goal of the U.S. EPA Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation (BASE) study was to define the status of the existing U.S. building stock with respect to indoor air quality, ventilation and occupant perceptions of environment...Scientists pioneer biotech techniques to halt infestation of history, art treasures in tropics
The use of biotechnologies originally intended to remedy crop infestations and other problems is being pioneered in the protection of priceless art and historical archives in tropical countries from decay caused by insects, heat, humidity and other natural causes. A specialized UN University program in Ven...Report: How 10 top new technologies will help world reach globally-agreed goals by 2015
...echnologies offer radically improved tools to help remedy such global tragedies. But either they're not being used or they're not accessible. "We need a governance mechanism that fosters a balance between the global public goods characteristics of genomics knowledge and the private goods nature of its appl...A treatment, not a cure: Calcium silicate neutralizes an acidic stream
...se when exposed to acidity and heavy metals. As a remedy for acid stomach, people reach for Tums, or a similar calcium-based acid reducer. When attempting to increase pH-levels in acidic streams, scientists have historically used various forms of limestone, a natural source of calcium carbonate. Its neutra...