Dig deeper to find Martian life
...out the cosmic radiation levels at various depths, taking into account different surface conditions on Mars, and shows that the best place to look for living cells is within the ice at Elysium, the location of the newly discovered frozen sea on Mars. The lead author, Lewis Dartnell, UCL Centre for Mathem...Weight-loss supplement shows good and bad traits
...n't help rats lose weight they had gained prior to taking the supplement. But it effectively decreased the a... interesting finding, it doesn't mean that someone taking CLA should also take an anti-diabetic drug," she continued. "It's too soon to tell if that would be ...Marshfield Clinic's electronic health record first to receive CCHIT certification
...nspection process have been thoroughly researched, taking into account the state of the art of EHRs and available standards, and comparing certification processes in other industries and other countries. The inspection process is based on real-life medical scenarios designed to test products rigorously agai...UCF student's research with Disney giraffes may help conserve several species
... Penn., and a resident of Clermont, watches it all taking notes and waiting for the giraffes to deliver their payloads. Fewster worked with giraffes and other animals on Disneys property for several years as a zookeeper before she enrolled at UCF and began working with biology professor Graham Worthy. Few...Rutgers College of Nursing dean authors a book on genetics and how it affects nursing and health
...cs and genomics in regard to pharmacology, history taking and physical assessment, maternal-child bearing, adult health and illness and medical-surgical nursing, psychiatric mental health nursing, and trends, policies, and social and ethical issues are discussed. The broad concepts are presented in a nursin...'Quiet revolution' may herald new RNA therapeutics
...nown functions. "There's been a quiet revolution taking place in biology during the past few years over the role of RNA," says Dr Alexandre Akoulitchev, a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. "Scientists have begun to see 'junk' DNA as having a very important function. The variety of RNA ty...More women students choose engineering -- but not as a career
... to translate into an equivalent increase in those taking up the profession for a living. The study, which involved finding out students' views before, during and after an industrial placement, throws light on the experiences of women in a largely male-dominated environment, and the strategies they adopt fo...First time ever: Witness the fitting of a POWER KNEE on the first VA patient to receive one
...eceive care in the VA healthcare system. The VA is taking steps to improve the functional outcome of these a... Mike McNaughton has never stopped moving forward, taking one sure step after another on his RHEO KNEE by Ossur. Mike has become quite the celebrity recently,...Chemical switch triggers critical cell activities
...oester bond with E2 instead, E2 falls away from E1 taking NEDD8 with it. Then E2 can interact with E3 to pass NEDD8 onto the target. The investigators were able to make sense of this combination of relay race and rotating paddle wheel by using a technique called X-ray crystallography. In X-ray crystallog...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- January 10, 2007
...ed oxidative stress, or those patients chronically taking antioxidants [such as vitamins C or E] with their medications. This could be a very important factor in our continued efforts to provide more individualized dosing of drugs." Hydrogen peroxide's effects could be especially important in about two do...Canada's new government invests $200M in the fight against the mountain pine beetle
...ng of our communities and forest resources. We are taking action on this important issue and delivering real results for Canadians." The Government of Canada will work closely with the Province of British Columbia to deliver a comprehensive, integrated strategy to combat the beetle infestation. The F...Spanish scientists reveal dynamic map of proteins
...ry representative group of proteins. This involves taking stock of the basic rules that govern the flexibility of proteins and allows scientists to predict the structures that these proteins can form based on the presence of ligands or modifications. This allows scientists to go beyond the traditional simpl...Genetic variation may reduce Alzheimer's risk
...Alzheimer's patients and their families, including taking blood levels of fetal hemoglobin, says Dr. Rodney T. Perry, UAB molecular geneticist and a study corresponding author. "More studies are needed to confirm the physiologic basis of the interaction," says Dr. Perry who already is working with Dr. Hill ...Other highlights in the January 3 JNCI
...mong patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma taking a new drug called sunitinib, and these patients' t...es decided to measure thyroid function in patients taking sunitinib. They reviewed medical records of 66 patients treated in clinical trials of the drug for w...Two studies: Speeding development of novel tracer for prostate cancer
...t is called translational research, the process of taking research and finding useful applications for it with patients," added co-author of "Initial Experience With the Radiotracer Anti 1-Amino-3-[18F]Fluorocyclobutane-1-Carboxylic Acid (Anti-[18F]FACBC) With PET/CT in Prostate Carcinoma." Together with "A......s foreign, causing the host to reject them. By taking spleen tissue from embryonic pigs over the course of gestation, they found that the harmful T cells are not present in the tissue prior to day 42 of gestation. The scientists also found that tissue of this age exhibits optimal growth potential as wel...HIV treatments improve health, but nutritional issues remain
...ittle is known about the nutrient status of people taking anti-retroviral drugs. Jones determined that HAART users were unlikely to have low levels of selenium or vitamins A and E. However, despite these improvements in micronutrient levels (as compared to previous studies conducted before the widespread us...Adenine 'tails' make tailored anchors for DNA
...ause each adenine tail lies flat on the substrate, taking up space. Within limits, the longer the adenine tail is, the larger is its footprint on the substrate, and the lower the total density of DNA strands. Controlling the density of DNA "brushes" on a substrate is important for sensor design because an ...Squirrels winning at outwitting trees' survival strategy
...ter appreciation that these squirrels are not just taking what they get," McAdam said. "Both players the squirrels and the trees are following these strategies to try to maximize their fitness."...Watching with intent to repeat ignites key learning area of brain
... throughout the entire brain while people think by taking advantage of differences in the magnetic properties of oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin. These changes closely track underlying neural activity. The findings "implicate the parieto-frontal mirror system in encoding the spatial components of o...