New biomaterials improve medical devices
... for both diagnostic and imaging systems. Another strong theme will be the use of computer modeling to predict the interactions between cells and materials, thus reducing the amount of lab work necessary to develop a new material for a specific application. Among the clinical applications that will be...September/October 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...of her 30-year relationship with a patient and the strong ties they formed. Although she was trained to keep emotionally distant from patients in order to maintain the best therapeutic milieu, this relationship taught her that in some instances, closeness, rather than distance, is more therapeutic because i......cation on the territory of two countries, brings a strong symbolic value to the decision to hold the EnviroInfo 2004 Conference at CERN....US Agency for International Development awards $34 million to Virginia Tech
...orner of the world," said Steger. "And through our strong partnerships with other universities and governmen...nomic self-sufficiency and a more secure future. A strong Virginia Tech faculty and staff, partners, and collaborating institutions are ready to implement the...Emory chemists develop bacteria that may help decaffeinate coffee
...m needs a particular molecule to survive, it has a strong incentive to help make it, so the goal was to make bacteria depend on a molecule that they wouldn't normally need. In their first major breakthrough, the Emory researchers have coupled the life of a bacterium to the presence of theophylline, a compou...Protein protecting brain from toxins also blocks some chemotherapy from reaching tumors
...h topotecan as cells lacking this protein. This is strong evidence that over-expression of Mrp4 in tumors contributes to topotecan resistance in patients. "Our work has important implications for therapies that target brain tumors with specific types of drugs that are transported by Mrp4," Schuetz said. "T...Estrogen protects male rats from aortic aneurysms
... the control rats. Even though his results provide strong evidence for an estrogen-mediated protective effect, Upchurch cautions that it does not mean everyone should start taking estrogen to protect against AAAs. "There is no medical therapy for abdominal aortic aneurysms," he says. "But understanding exac...Study in Royal Society journals presents evidence for inherited factors in homosexuality
...y are often the argument of inflamed discussion. A strong opposition to the genetic explanation is the Darwinian paradox; in fact a genetic factor that reduces reproductive success should progressively disappear from the population. The authors here argue genetic factors could partially explain male homosex...Effort to control trade in great white sharks gets teeth from international community
...vation Union's (IUCN) Shark Specialist Group and a strong proponent for the initiative to list great white sharks on CITES noted: "In spite of its reputed ferocity, this species is ironically a victim of what is undoubtedly the planet's most deadly species--humans. This listing will help us manage the trad...Gladstone researchers resolve key Huntington's disease mystery in Nature cover story
...hey predict survival or neurodegeneration, and how strong the prediction is. This is a powerful new way to guide our investigation into the underlying mechanisms of neurodegeneration," he explains. In their study, the scientists introduced fluorescently tagged versions of huntingtin protein into neurons. Th...NHGRI seeks next generation of sequencing technologies
... times lower cost than is possible today. There is strong potential that, five years from now, some of these technologies will be at or near commercial availability. Grant recipients and their approximate total funding are: Stevan B. Jovanovich, Ph.D., Microchip Biotechnologies Inc., Fremont, Calif. $6.1 mi...First-ever Texan/German symposium opens doors
...ymposium. Advincula and Knoll already enjoy a strong collaborative relationship. In April, the two res... program," Advincula said. "Knoll's group is very strong in macromolecular assemblies and biophysics, and we hope to gain more interaction in this area." ...Purdue chemists give an old laboratory 'bloodhound' a sharper nose
...me reactive chemicals," Gologan said. "Just like a strong wind kicks up dust, the gas breaks off a few small particles of the unknown substance, and these combine with the reactive chemicals to form an ionized compound that a mass spectrometer can analyze right then and there. It can be done anywhere, and b...Study confirms link between head and neck cancer and common Asian nut
... compared with men born in 1932-1940, indicating a strong cohort effect. By contrast, the relative risk is ...n of new diagnostic or therapeutic techniques. The strong cohort effect for head and neck cancer was associated with a 6.85 fold increase in the domestic prod...Consuming fruits and vegetables lowers risk of developing NHL
... serving per day. The findings were particularly strong for one or more servings per day of green leafy ve... with lower risk of NHL. The researchers found no strong link to increased intakes of the individual vitamins A, C, or E, or individual carotenoids or retino...To save dolphin's dorsal fin experts combine medical technology and teamwork
...at his fin will eventually be fully reattached and strong enough to stand up to the rigors of a robust male dolphin lifestyle." Liko's dorsal fin continues its remarkable healing as the young dolphin continues to participate in his pioneering regenerative therapies in a quiet lagoon alongside the Hilton Wai...Gene linked to greater risk of heart disease in type 2 diabetes
.... When all five variants were factored together, a strong link emerged -- the highest levels of fatty acids ...resence of known heart disease. Again, there was a strong link: People with that specific variant combination in the CD36 gene were 60 percent more likely to ...Large-scale forces shape local ocean life, global study shows
...tions, such as storms and predators, still exert a strong influence on biodiversity, but the associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology now sees that regional forces are critical to maintaining species variation. These large-scale influences include currents that disperse larv...OHSU study: Bacterial switching mechanism key to survival
...cose and xylose, they'll use glucose. They do have strong preference for which sugars they want to consume." The survival technique, carbon catabolite repression (CCR), is one of the most fundamental and oldest mechanisms used for environmental sensing and signalling in bacteria, and it's critical for succe......n of the human genome about 1.5 percent. There is strong evidence that other parts of the genome have important functions, but very little information exists about where these other "functional elements" are located and how they work. The ENCODE project aims to address this critical goal of genomics resear...