UGA researchers discover cell-wall carbohydrate that is crucial to anthrax bacterium
...en engaged in a race to find ways to keep citizens safe if terrorists attack again with Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes anthrax. Now, researchers at the University of Georgia, collaborating with scientists at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, have disco...Call for global action over continued huge burden of maternal deaths in poor countries
...0 years of international and national advocacy for safe motherhood, an estimated 10 million women have died of maternal causes. For this to happen in a world where we state that we know what works and that nine out of ten of these deaths are preventable is obscene'....NIH funds Berkeley Lab research on defense against radiological attack
...l countermeasures-development initiative to create safe and effective products of this type. The other recipients are: Raymond J. Bergeron of the University of Florida, Gainesville, $1 million Tatiana G. Levitskaia of DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, $725,000 Scott C. Miller of the U...Bacterial protein shows promise in treating intestinal parasites
...er that because this naturally-produced protein is safe to humans and other vertebrates and can be produce...principal author of the study. "Crystal toxins are safe to humans, mammals and other vertebrates. And it might be possible to improve the efficacy of curren...Jumping gene could provide non-viral alternative for gene therapy
...t the integration, be able to insert the gene at a safe spot in the genome, that would be beneficial." He confirmed that targeting integration is possible in a paper he co-authored in 2005 also in The FASEB Journal. "We can do it in insects," says Dr. Moisyadi. "I think it's a short step to take it to a ...Georgetown leads effort to study safety of 'alternative' tobacco products
...it, thinking that they have an alternative that is safe enough."...Field Museum gives Parker/Gentry Award to missionary turned biologist, Jos 'Pepe' Alvarez
...red during the previous ten years, or more. "It is safe to say that there would not be an Allpahuayo-Mishana Reserve, nor would there be a Pucacuro Reservetwo extremely important protected areas in Loretowithout Pepe Alvarez," said Debby Moskovits, senior vice president of The Field Museum for Environment...Mars mission Risk 29: Scientists research ways to reduce radiation-induced brain damage
...been tasked to determine the human brain's maximum safe cosmic radiation dose and to decipher precisely how radiation causes cognitive impairment, part of a quest for biological countermeasures to reduce radiation-related cognitive impairment. The NASA-funded $14-million research project could not only ...Metals in China: Protecting the environment
...t aims to develop robust scientific guidelines for safe levels of copper and nickel in Chinese soils."South-East Asia is booming. Amid rapid industrialisation and expansion of urban populations, we need to ensure the environment is protected," Professor McLaughlin says. "Use of metals is increasing. Consi...UCI scientists use near real-time sensor data to detect coastal ocean pollution
...icials use to determine whether surf-zone water is safe for bathing, but UCI researchers discovered that changes in temperature and salinity can signal pollution if the data -- using a mathematical equation -- is transformed into a measurement of the range over which the data naturally fluctuates. This st...Search for natural, safe and abundant chelator may be a 'shell game'
...erican Chemical Society. Chitosan is a natural and safe material found to be an effective chelator for a wide range of nuclides. Chitosan is obtained from chitin and found in the exoskeletons of many invertebrates such as crabs and prawns. It's one of the most abundant, readily available and renewable nat...Metals in China: Protecting the environment
...t aims to develop robust scientific guidelines for safe levels of copper and nickel in Chinese soils. "South-East Asia is booming. Amid rapid industrialisation and expansion of urban populations, we need to ensure the environment is protected," Professor McLaughlin says. "Use of metals is increasing. Cons...Good times ahead for dinosaur hunters, according to U of Penn scientist's dinosaur census
...changing at the rate of 10 to 20 per year. "It's a safe bet that a child born today could expect a very fruitful career in dinosaur paleontology," said Dodson, professor of anatomy in Penn's School of Veterinary Medicine and professor in Penn's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. "Unfortunate...Highlights from the September 2006 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...trition programs that ensure the availability of a safe and adequate food supply that promotes optimal physical, cognitive, social and emotional growth and development. Appropriate food and nutrition programs include food assistance and meal programs, nutrition education initiatives and nutrition screenin...DOE JGI, VBI describe disease mechanisms of sudden oak death, related soybean pathogens
...an be targeted for novel detection systems and for safe and effective means of control." Phytophthora (pronounced "Fy-TOFF-thor-uh") species, the target pathogens, attack a wide variety of plants, including agricultural crops as well as trees and shrubs of native ecosystems and backyard gardens alike. P...Study shows how cancer drug aids anti-cancer virus
...cca says. "One reason these viruses have been so safe may be that they have been so weakened, or attenuated, that they now need help once they are inside tumor cells. One way to help them is to limit the ability of the immune cells that are the body's first line of defense against the virus, perhaps by ...First-of-its-kind Italian school study finds high levels of prenatal alcohol exposure
.... Surgeon General's warning that there is no known safe level of drinking during pregnancy, particularly o... have children with FAS problems but, to be on the safe side, women should abstain if possible."...Suspicion lingers over bisphenol A and breast cancer
...t doesn't mean that your bottled water is any less safe today than it was yesterday. It just means that if it isn't safe, we might be able to explain why." Widlanski said that he has always been a skeptic of claims that BPA causes or speeds the development of cancer and birth defects. "All along we set ...Pam Henderson receives plant pathology journalism award
...plays an important role in keeping our food supply safe and environment healthy," he said. Henderson received the award during the society's annual meeting that was held jointly with the Canadian Phytopathological Society and the Mycological Society of America, July 29-August 2, 2006 in Quebec City, Qu...Common anti-depressants similarly safe and effective for treating postpartum depression
...de scientific proof that this was an effective and safe course of treatment," said Katherine L. Wisner, M.D., M.S., professor of psychiatry and obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. "Treating these women based on that assumption was simply not...