DMSO raises a stink at sewage treatment plants
...ar these facilities, they say, is likely caused by trace amounts of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) in waste water. The joint U.S.-German study will appear in the Jan. 1 issue of the American Chemical Society journal, Environment Science & Technology . DMSO, a common industrial solvent used in paint stripping, ...New antibody shows promise as cure for anthrax
...ists found no evidence of disease, with no or only trace amounts of anthrax residing in typical reservoirs for the bacteria, the lungs and spleen. Iverson cautions it's not yet clear that this antibody treatment is as effective as the IgG antibody produced by Elusys, and that he and his collaborators are d...Genetic research remains hidden
...ork," say the authors, "then it would be easier to trace additional unpublished or non-indexed data." "Such networks should aim for a global, inclusive outlook. The Chinese research output, as well as the output of other non-English speaking countries, should be appropriately captured. Failure to maintain...Polymer gel can block toxic leakage problem in gene therapy
...oviruses that produce glowing proteins in order to trace where the viral particles went during 24 hours aft...e. Additional studies using the glowing protein to trace viral dissemination showed that "the poloxamer solution could significantly reduce the transgene exp...Team led by Carnegie Mellon University scientist finds first evidence of a living memory trace
...cientists for the first time has detected a memory trace in a living animal after it has encountered a sing... "Our findings show that an odor produces a memory trace of synchronized neural activity that lasts several minutes after a bee initially senses it," said Ga...Study links low selenium levels with higher risk of osteoarthritis
... of knee osteoarthritis. Those who had less of the trace mineral than normal in their systems faced a higher risk of the degenerative condition in one and both knees. The severity of their arthritis was related to how low their selenium levels were. "We are very excited about these findings because no one ...Olfactory input dominates reproductive behavior in mice
...nction of mammalian gonads -- the scientists could trace backward to find the sensory receptors that first detect pheromones, species- and gender-specific chemical cues that drive animal mating, as well as fighting and territorial behavior. The researchers expected to find neurons in the vomeronasal organ ......cience has developed an analytical method that can trace the lineage trees of cells. This accomplishment ...utations can be treated as information and used to trace lineage on a large scale, and then applied the theory to extracting data and drafting lineage trees ......e brain in finer and finer resolution, we can then trace what happens when these neural circuits are mis-wired," he added. The Nature Neuroscience report is the latest published study in a series by Callaway and first author Yumiko Yoshimura, of both Salk and Japan's Nagoya University, that reveal how neur...Your brain cells may 'know' more than you let on by your behavior
...ity patterns of brain cells in the ITC, they could trace about a quarter of the activity to the monkey's behavioral choice. But more than 50 percent of active nerve cells belonged to a novel class of nerve cells or neurons, which the researchers believe represents the memory of the correct pairing of cue a...Flip-flopped chromosome reveals a first clue to Tourette syndrome
...have an identifiable genetic anomaly that we could trace to TS," said State. The researchers discovered one such instance in a boy who was the only member of his family with TS and who had a gene inversion on chromosome 13. Such inversions occur when a section of chromosome is broken off and flip-flops bef...Vanadium appears to play role in speeding recovery from infections
...ashion. This research implies that metals that are trace elements may have more importance than we realize to human health, not only in preventing diseases but also in making you feel better." It's possible, Johnson said, that taking vanadyl-sulfate-containing supplements beginning two weeks before possibl...Neural stem cells are long-lived
...urnal Nature. They said the technique they used to trace the fate of stem cells could also be used to understand the roles of stem cells in tissue repair and cancer progression. Joyner said that previous studies by her lab and others had shown that a regulatory protein called Sonic hedgehog (Shh) orchestra...What we cannot do ourselves, we cannot understand in others
...tions they have? Psychologists and neuroscientists trace it back to a kind of simulation that goes on in our brain as soon as we observe a person acting. The actions of the observed person are, so-to-speak, internally imitated. Indeed, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Cognitive and Neurosciences...Fast, accurate detection of explosives on airport luggage possible
...nd a way to determine the presence on a surface of trace quantities of chemicals - such as those found in biological and chemical warfare agents, as well as several common explosives - within a few seconds. The researchers' method uses a tool common in many chemistry and biology labs called a mass spectrom...MERIS monitoring tracks planetary photosynthesis levels
...esis activity on land. This permits researchers to trace the state of health of terrestrial plant cover, identifying areas under stress and assessing damage from drought or fires. An algorithm developed by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (EC-JRC) in Ispra, Italy is the basis for global mont...Research on salmonella in the poultry industry may result in safer food for consumers
...ry production process. "What we're trying to do is trace salmonella through the food chain, so we can identify at what point in the poultry industry we can introduce intervention measures most effectively," said John Maurer, associate professor of population health and head of the research team. "Knowing w...Study shows how respiratory disorder slows some racehorses
...r come in second or third as were horses without a trace of blood in their airways. But the odds of winning...nimals performed just as well as those without any trace of blood in their airways. They were four times as likely to win a race and nearly twice (1.8 times)...Purdue scientists treat cancer with RNA nanotechnology
...ay, we can pinpoint the location of the cancer and trace the outcome after the treatment." To accomplish these tasks, the team turned to other forms of RNA that can interfere with the goings-on inside cells. The team sorted through a variety of RNA forms that have shown promise for disease treatment and fo...... Lab senior chemist who specializes in identifying trace elements using inductively couple plasma-mass spectrometry, and associate scientist and ISU chemistry professor Ethan Badman, who specializes in mass spectrometry and gas-phase methods of analysis for biological molecules. Rounding out the team is Ba...