ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- July 19, 2006
...st, before a 1970s-era ban in the developed world, saved 500 million lives. The article describes the trade-offs involve in resumption of DDT in malaria-control programs, and the new research reports about DDT's adverse health effects. ARTICLE #5 "Malaria control with DDT: Resurgent use to prevent mala...Race to halt global amphibian crisis boosted by rediscovery of endangered Colombian frogs
...idiomycosis, raising hopes that the species can be saved in the new protected area or through captive breeding. The fungus has been found as close as 40 kilometers (25 miles) away on the other side of the Sierra Nevada mountains, and scientists will study the frogs to learn how they have avoided it. "It's ...ACS weekly press package May 8, 2006
.... In identifying those threats, toxicologists have saved countless lives. A commentary scheduled for the May 15 issue of the ACS journal, Chemical Research in Toxicology, calls for a redefinition of the science and an updating of toxicology's mission in modern biomedical research. "The focus on substances ...Experts urge industry and international donors to prepare pneumococcal vaccines
...n to consider that millions of children can now be saved by the simple addition of this vaccine to existing...alent vaccine now means that lives can start to be saved immediately. This vaccine, manufactured by Wyeth, is effective, well-tolerated and can be delivered ...Acetaminophen safe to use after heart attack but doesn't protect the heart
...low to the heart muscle how much heart muscle was saved blood pressure ventricular function heart rate The results are at odds with a previous study using dogs, which concluded that acetaminophen reduced the area affected by a heart attack by 22%. Gorman said the difference may be due in part to the ...Ethnobotanist says non-regulated herbs pose risks
...orcing those laws for the good of each citizen has saved innumerable lives, and she hopes that in the future, laws and regulations regarding herbal remedies and supplements will be in place to save lives. Currently, the herbal remedy trade attempts to self-regulate. But the trade has no power to enforce s...CRed calls for radical rethink of UK energy policy
...lectricity currently generated might eventually be saved cheaper than constructing new generating stations...as emissions are possible money and resources are saved less need for major and wasteful capital investment processes across the economy become more susta...Crucial site for endangered frogs and birds saved
...onservation groups battling global extinctions has saved one of the world's most important sites for endangered species. American Bird Conservancy (ABC), Conservation International (CI), and Fundacin ProAves of Colombia stepped in to protect the 1,600-acre site on the northwest slope of the Sierra Nevada d...APS lecturer shows rare video of 'teacher-student' immune cell interactions in live animal
...ures could one day be worth much more -- the lives saved by the development of new vaccines. Harvard University researcher Ulrich H. von Andrian showed the immune system of a live mouse being challenged by a foreign microbe during a presentation at Experimental Biology 2006. The footage gave many of the ph...MSU researchers shake out basis for rice domestication
...atly speed up genetic research for plants since it saved us time and money, yet delivered accurate results," Sang said. "By tracing the breeding of rice and identifying the genetic mutations, the researchers have opened new doors to the science community that benefit the world through a more effective use ...A rare alliance forged to protect Wisconsin waters
...rive; And the likelihood that a water body can be saved from eutrophication, the harmful enrichment of water with chemical nutrients. "We hope that this approach will provide state and local decision makers with the ability to efficiently channel resources into areas that are likely to see improvements,...HPV testing a cost-effective strategy for women with equivocal cervical screening results
...n dollars a year. Such money, in addition to money saved by reducing overscreening for cervical cancer, could instead be used to screen for cervical cancer and precancer in underscreened populations, particularly women who have little access to health care. The authors write, "Decision makers will need to ...Studies show benefits of newborn screening for 'bubble boy disease'
...ening costs, but would result in 760 years of life saved per year of screening. In a related pilot study -- described in the December edition of Molecular Genetics and Metabolism -- McGhee and his colleagues looked at using a "two-tiered" strategy to improve the accuracy of SCID screenings. "Existing test...Some good news for the world's poor
...not only helped millions avoid starvation but also saved thousands of hectares of fragile natural habitats ...e significantly reduced prices for poor consumers, saved thousands of hectares of forests from being turned into farmland, and reduced the number of malnouri...Reify corporation announces Myosight(tm)
...ate results from a wide range of cells all at once saved us significant time and effort, and gave us a high degree of confidence in our research results. In our case, we also needed data from the cell population over 30-minute time courses, and Reify handled that with no problems," stated Wilson S. Colucci...Central Americans save plant diversity through local cultivations
...mers and families in Central America actually have saved genetic variation in the jocote (ho-CO-tay), (Spondias purpurea), a small tree that bears fruit similar to a tiny mango. And they've done this by taking the plants out of the forest, their wild habitat, and growing them close to home for family and ...Group proves it's possible to grow new lung alveoli by growing new blood vessels
.... It's really a win-lose situation: the babies are saved but they pay the price with dramatically underdeveloped lungs--forcing them to spend their early days outside the womb fighting for every breath. And now, with many of these premature babies reaching their adolescent years, clinicians and researchers...Rare immune cell is key to transplant's cancer-killing effect
...a bone marrow transplant from a healthy donor, has saved the lives of thousands of patients with leukemia, lymphoma and other types of blood and immune system cancers. In a study to be published Oct. 16 in the advanced online edition of Nature Medicine, U-M scientists describe how antigen presenting cells ...Hybrid grass may prove to be valuable fuel source
...h as nitrogen are transferred to the rhizome to be saved until the next growing season, he said. Burning Miscanthus produces only as much carbon dioxide as it removes from the air as it grows, said Heaton, who is seeking a doctorate in crop sciences. That balance means there is no net effect on atmospheric...Pall systems play key role in landmark NIH study on cord blood
...m and certain inherited metabolic diseases. Blood saved from newborns' umbilical cords could help treat about 11,700 Americans annually. "Congratulations to the COBLT researchers on this landmark study which brings valuable information to the transplant community, cord blood banking community and patients...