Anthropologist given one of nation's top scientific honors
... of the NAS from an Ohio institution, and only the second member among universities that participate in the Mid-American Conference. "The academy is pleased to elect Dr. Lovejoy," says Maureen OLeary, director of public information at the National Academies. "We look forward to his induction ceremony nex...WHO data confirms low level of resistance to Tamiflu
...wever, while one patient received treatment on the second day of illness, the other patient started treatment late, on the sixth day of illness. Two further possible cases of resistance of H5N1 to Tamiflu in Egypt have been identified and are currently under investigation. Roches efforts to support gover...LSU professor involved in genome sequencing of the first marsupial
...s in diverse opossum populations is the topic of a second companion paper to be published shortly in the journal Gene. These detailed analyses were performed in collaboration with Pollock, Gentles, Jurka and David Ray of West Virginia University. ...UC engineering researchers uncover factors that control ion motion in solid electrolytes
... form networks that are rigid but stressed. In the second domain, called the "intermediate phase," at a slightly higher content of AgI (9.5 to 37.8%), they form networks that are rigid but unstressed. And finally in the third domain, at AgI content of 37.8% and higher, their networks become flexible. The ...Dr. Michael Petrides: Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
...s in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr. Petrides is the second faculty member at the MNI to be elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is preceded by Dr. Brenda Milner, recognized as a pioneer of cognitive science....Fat screen delivers plant-derived chemical with antidiabetic effects
... to TZDs, Tontonoz said. The findings provide "a second example of a small molecule that both promotes fat cell differentiation in vitro and improves glucose tolerance in vivo," Tontonoz's team concluded. The biological activities of harmine and TZDs underscore the fact that links between fat tissue and i...Enhanced MR-guided focused ultrasound guidelines demonstrate improved efficacy and durability
...cerous tumors in women of childbearing age and the second most common reason reproductive women undergo surgery. Uterine fibroids, the cause of more than 200,000 hysterectomies every year, have no known cause and only a few treatment options, also according to NIH. According to a report by RAND Corporation,...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- May 2, 2007
...in patch screening test for allergy to fragrances second only to nickel as the most common cause of contact dermatitis in the Western world may not detect some cases of allergy to a widely used fragrance chemical, Swedish scientists are reporting. In a study scheduled for publication May 8 in ACS' Chem...BEMA Fentanyl demonstrates substantial transmucosal delivery
...er pain in the U.S. market. Cephalon introduced a second fast dissolving fentanyl product, Fentora, in 2006. The reported combined sales of these products in 2006 were $659 million. Dr. Mark Sirgo, President and CEO of BDSI, stated "These results continue to demonstrate the consistency in the performanc...Story ideas from the Journal of Lipid Research
...should probably include more of the first than the second in their diet to keep a healthy heart, the scientists say. Too much cholesterol has long been linked to increasing risks of developing heart disease, but it has been less clear how the various dietary fats saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsat...$4.4 million NIH grant renews Echinacea and St John's wort research at Iowa State
...ealth. Echinacea (purple coneflower) The second most widely used dietary botanical supplement In 2004, sales exceeded $23 million There are nine species Native to North America Historically, indigenous people used the roots medicinally Today, three species are used medicinally (E. angustifo...Vitamin extends life in yeast, Dartmouth Medical School researchers find
...to allow NR to protect against loss of axons. The second NR pathway involves three yeast genes, two of which are found in humans. Granted that the human anti-aging apparatus is more complex, but animal studies indicate potential. Perhaps the best known sirtuin activator is the red wine compound resvera...'Personality-gene' makes songbirds curious
...after being released in the observation room. In a second test, they quantified the reaction of the bird towards each of two unknown objects that had been put in its cage. One such novel object was a pink panther (see figure 2). The results from the group of selected birds were confirmed with data from f...A rainbow of methods promises insights into biological processes and diseases
...ts need to tag DNA probes with visual markers. The second freely available method ( http://www.cshprotocols.org/cgi/content/full/2007/10/pdb.prot4730 ) describes how to label DNA probes with fluorescent markers of six different colors, which span the visible spectrum. These labeled DNA probes can be used si...'War Between the Sexes': The coevolution of genitalia in waterfowl
...re it would deposit sperm more effectively." The second structural novelty of the female is a series of tight, clock-wise spirals in the tubular oviduct. "Interestingly, the male phallus is also a spiral, but it twists in the opposite, counter-clockwise, direction," says Yale ornithologist and co-author ...Enhanced environment restores memory in mice with neurodegeneration
...a specific chamber with a mild electric shock. The second test required the animals to learn to find a submerged platform in a tank of murky water. The researchers placed some of the animals in a large chamber with a variety of stimuli: an exercise treadmill, colorful toys with various shapes and textures...Adult stem/progenitor cells repair of damaged brain, pancreas, kidney cells newly understood
...d in the brains of mice and other animals. In the second studies, when human stem/progenitor cells were intravenously infused into mice that had been made to have a disease similar to human diabetes, the stem/progenitor cells traveled to and engrafted themselves in the pancreas. There, they increased the g...Satellites shed light on global warming
...ousands of separate radar pulses down to Earth per second then recording how long their echoes take to bounce back to the satellite platform. The sensor times its pulses' journey down to under a nanosecond to calculate the distance to the planet below to a maximum accuracy of two centimetres. ESA has had ra...Oxford physiology professor earns APS' Walter B. Cannon Award
...tidylinositides." The Bowditch Award, the Societys second highest, is awarded to a scientist younger than 42 years whose accomplishments are both original and outstanding....How is the digitization of information impacting across the health service?
... (sources of non-personal health information). The second part of the research looked at the introduction of new technologies in particular healthcare contexts including patient information, patient booking and patient record systems. Findings from the project, which was funded by the Economic and Socia...