Smokeless tobacco more effective than cigarettes for delivering dangerous carcinogens into the body
...ess tobacco products have been proposed by some as safer alternatives to cigarettes, but they are not safe,...eral law from claiming that smokeless tobacco is a safer alternative to smoking, Hecht said. That does not prevent them from advancing the general concept th...Study: Sticking to the sand might not be such good, clean fun for beachgoers
Just when you thought it was safer to stay out of the water. Microbes that result in beach closures and health advisories when detected at unsafe levels in the ocean also have been detected in the sand, according to a recent study by a team of Stanford scientists. Published in the...New survey documents the headaches of computerized medicine
... of them. Prescriptions ordered electronically are safer and, combined with decision support tools, automatically alert prescribers to possible interactions, allergies and other potential problems, the Institute said, and urged that all health care providers have electronic systems in place by 2010. Fears...Einstein researchers' prototype vaccine could provide improved protection against tuberculosis
...d out an additional gene that has made the vaccine safer for human use without reducing the protective immu... to knock out yet another gene to make the vaccine safer still. Were hopeful that initial human trials of the secA2 mutant TB vaccine could begin within two ...Under magnetic force, nanoparticles may deliver gene therapy
...ivery system that is biodegradable, and therefore, safer to use in people, said Levy. This delivery system may be a useful tool for delivering nonviral gene therapy, because it efficiently binds and protects DNA in blood serum and delivers it to cells, added Levy. As a nonviral method, it avoids the un...... develop new technologies and techniques to create safer underground environments. History of the Homestake Proposal Homestake was the site of the single largest gold deposit ever found in the Western Hemisphere. Mining operations, which began in 1876 and continued until 2001, yielded 40 million ounces ...Common environmental chemicals in diet affect fetal ovarian development
... with chemical and agricultural industries to find safer chemicals by improving how they assess fetal development effects. If such measures helped to reduce the rates of cancer, obesity and infertility, there would be considerable benefits in terms of the costs of healthcare....World Wildlife Fund warns against iron dumping experiment near the Galapagos Islands
...ve ways to combat climate change. There are much safer and proven ways of preventing or lowering carbon dioxide levels than dumping iron into the ocean, said Dr. Lara Hansen, chief scientist, WWF International Climate Change Program. This kind of experimentation with disregard for marine life and the liv...18-year-old Singaporean student to present stem cell research paper at conferences in US and UK
...hat are safe for clinical trials. When grown under safer conditions, these cells (Mesenchymal Stem Cells) w...evelopment of serum-free culture media, which is a safer and a better alternative to current methods. Commenting on Nicholas success, BII research scienti...Researchers pit novel version of common virus against cancer
...ery promising and we hope it will open the door to safer and more effective treatments, said Baek Kim, Ph.D., associate professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Rochester Medical Center and study co-investigator. If this works, the most exciting part is that patients would be able to g...NJIT professor says certain home shapes and roofs hold up best in hurricane
...to home design and construction can make buildings safer for people, while saving government and industry billions of dollars annually. Design of Low-Rise Buildings for Extreme Wind Events (Journal of Architectural Engineering, March, 2007) by Taher highlighted such research findings. Wind researchers at...Tumor vessels identified by unique molecular markers
...w targets that could help guide the development of safer vascular-targeted therapies with potentially fewer side effects. ...Innovative smallpox vaccine research study to be conducted at Case Medical Center
...Salata. Our hope is that the new vaccine will be a safer alternative to the current vaccine. UHCMC and th...m after 9/11 have spurred the development of a new safer vaccine that can be given to immune-compromised individuals....Inherited genes linked to toxicity of leukemia therapy
... respond to therapy, this work will make medicines safer and more effective for everyone." ...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- May 2, 2007
... can be produced in large quantities, also appears safer in laboratory cell culture tests. A natural AFGP caused cell damage that could substantially limit its use as an organ preservative, for instance, while the synthetic compound showed no such toxicity. The researchers term their results "exciting," an...Vitamin extends life in yeast, Dartmouth Medical School researchers find
...t found in milk, we expect the compound to be much safer than most drugs, and to be a more specific remedy than most vitamins. Though aging itself is not a disease, Brenner anticipates applications in conditions associated with aging including neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic syndrome, and elevati...Researcher finds negative effects of colonization on slash-and-burn farming method in western Borneo
...d that slashing and burning old growth forests was safer and less time consuming for the Iban because the dense forest cover prevented the growth of many weeds, which had to be removed for good harvests. On the other hand, the weeding process was lengthy for swidden plots of secondary forest, and during th...FSU researcher's award will fund study into cardiovascular grafts
...and remembers those who have given their lives for safer skies."...New methods and tools needed to measure exposure to airborne nanomaterials
...workers are exposed to, and enable them to develop safer working environments" said Maynard. "This will require targeted research into developing new methodologies and new instruments. But the rapid advancement and commercialization of nanotechnologies are leading to the need for effectiveif not necessari......tries meet to promote the worldwide development of safer and more effective medicines. Professor Shakesheff receives the PSWC Research Achievement Award for his recent work researching the application of injectable polymers in regenerative medicine. Professor Shakesheff said: "This Award reflects the ...