Alien plants attack using 'resource conservation' as weapon, researchers say
...ms that are brought into habitats and subsequently spread at a rapid rate, often replacing native species and reducing biodiversity. Invaders thrive best in regions where there is an abundance of materials for growth, such as water, nutrients and light. Biologists have long assumed that alien species pose...'Supermap' of avian flu yields new info on source/spread
...s here have designed a new, interactive map of the spread of the avian flu virus (H5N1) that for the first t...ction in Google Earth, allowed them to animate the spread of the virus over the past decade. The map is chock-full of additional information. Clicking on a...Smallpox outbreak: How long would it take for vaccines to protect people? Would it work?
...osure, and may be useful in further preventing the spread of the disease. "If there were a release of the smallpox virus, we would vaccinate people immediately after the release," Frey said. "We'd move in and vaccinate people to prevent the spread." Frey said this research compares the ability of a new...Researchers create interactive map with Google technology to track avian flu spread
...ractive "supermap" that portrays the mutations and spread of the avian flu around the globe over time should...search team used data from the known evolution and spread of the avian flu, known as H5N1, to create a roadmap of viral spread in time and space, said CU-Boul...Catching cancer's spread by watching hemoglobin
...ng technique can potentially be used to detect the spread of cancer, since angiogenesisthe growth of new blood vessels from existing onesoften signals the proliferation of tumors. This may make the technique convenient and powerful for helping to diagnose diseases such as melanoma, the deadliest form of ski...Nanotechnology provides 'green' path to environmentally sustainable economy
...ts made with nanometer-scale materials and devices spread to more industries and markets, there is a growing opportunity and responsibility to leverage nanotechnology to reduce pollution, conserve resources and, ultimately, build a "clean" economy, advises a new report from the Project on Emerging Nanotechn...News tips from the Journal of Biological Chemistry
...DNA produces proteins that make new viruses, which spread to neighboring cells. The mechanism by which HIVs DNA enters the nucleus is not yet fully understood and may offer new ways to fight HIV. Xiaojian Yao and colleagues studied how various cellular proteins help the virus enter the infected cells nucl...Breast cancer milieu -- Progression, tamoxifen sensitivity, and DNA reversion
... Fibulin-2s potential involvement in breast cancer spread may provide prognostic implications if loss of its expression can be directly correlated with the transition from noninvasive breast cancer to recurrent and/or invasive breast cancer. Future studies will explore the exact mechanisms by which Fibulin-...Research group gets $7 million to pursue new antibiotic agents
.... Health experts worldwide are concerned about the spread of antibiotic-resistant microbial infections and the shrinking arsenal of compounds that can effectively treat them. The five-year effort will explore the medical potential of a class of compounds called phosphonates. These compounds already have s...News tips from the Journal of Biological Chemistry
...erminate in the lungs to form bacteria, which then spread throughout the body, releasing the toxin and triggering the disease. Since spore germination is needed to cause infection, preventing germination is a potentially efficient way to stop the infection. Jurgen Brojatsch, Ernesto Abel-Santos, and co...Jefferson researchers' discovery may change thinking on how viruses invade the brain
... must happen its essential to viral infection and spread and disease progression its not through this mechanism. Theres more to the story." "We think we have to have a closer look at how viral transport in general works," Dr. Schnell says. "Viral transport has to be revisited." Next, the scientists pl...Map predicting spread of avian flu
...ltry-dense areas in The Netherlands where epidemic spread is possible, one in the central region and one in ...an estimate the key parameters which determine the spread of highly transmissible animal diseases between farms. These risk maps identify geographic areas in ...Researchers identify key gene that may be a marker of breast cancer metastasis
... have identified an important gene involved in the spread of breast cancer that has developed resistance to ...op resistance to the drug and are able to grow and spread independent of estrogen," said Fox Chase Cancer Center biochemist Joan S. Lewis-Wambi, Ph.D, who pre...Nutrients in certain vegetables may provide cancer-fighting benefit
...ess that plays an important role in the growth and spread of cancer by forming new blood vessels that pass oxygen and nutrients to tumor cells. "Angiogenesis is a major issue in cancer metastases," said Dr. Singh. "Our results provide promising preliminary evidence that constituents of many edible crucif...Should researchers wash their hands of hand washing?
..., London. "In addition to preventing unnecessary spread of disease, good hand hygiene is highly desirable on aesthetic grounds alone, it forms an important indicator of the quality of health care and should continue to be promoted in all clinical settings," says Gould....2007 Communicator Award goes to glaciologists from Bremerhaven
... high-tech video installations, which they used to spread the word. The glaciologists have been in great demand, both amongst politicians and business leaders as well as interested lay-people, for discussion and as a source of information on all issues relating to climate change. Both their research work ...New imaging method shows whether treatment for advanced prostate cancer is working
...tiveness of treatment for prostate cancer that has spread to the bones. The technique involves measuring diffusion of water within tumors. "Currently, we have no way of detecting bone tumor response to therapy, even with all of the imaging options we have available. The magnitude of this problem is huge ...Health disparities -- Genetics, society and race play an important role in access to healthcare
...en are larger, more aggressive, and more likely to spread to the lymph node than those in white women. Before comparing breast cancer tumors, the scientists first examined healthy breast tissue. They obtained samples from 26 African American and 22 Caucasian women enrolled in the Clinical Breast Care Pro...Where is the proton? Yale scientists discover footprints of shared protons
... which causes its natural vibrational frequency to spread out over a huge spectral range. As a result, its signature is often thought to comprise the continuous junk background in the vibrational spectra of protonated samples." "When we cool the isolated systems, the protons sing out their sharp vibrati...New way to catch cancer's spread, rapid 3-D retinal imaging, more at CLEO/QELS 2007
...ng technique can potentially be used to detect the spread of cancer, since angiogenesisthe growth of new blood vessels from existing onesoften signals the proliferation of tumors. This may make the technique convenient and powerful for helping to diagnose diseases such as melanoma. Since the technique can i...