American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 8, 2007
...sitivity of the described assay is better than the typical mammalian sense of smell and is able to detect this nonvolatile amine at hazardous levels before the fish would begin to smell rancid, the report states. The approach also shows promise for detecting spoilage in other food types, it adds. ARTICLE ...Scientists show that mitochondrial DNA variants are linked to risk factors for type 2 diabetes
...d rat strain. These metabolic characteristics are typical of diabetic individuals. The researchers then obtained DNA sequences from mitochondria of both rat strains, and found DNA variants in genes that encode for proteins involved in energy production. Thus, for the first time, they were able to directl...European Science Foundation's Forward Look reaches out beyond the endless frontiers
...iences. These Forward Looks have all included some typical foresight methods, such as scenario building, road mapping, interactive workshops or key word analysis. In the Forward Look Nanomedicine, a SWOT analysis (evaluating the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats for Europe in an international ...COX-2 inhibitors delay pancreatic cancer precursors in mice
...ses of mice were analyzed at 10 months, before the typical appearance of pancreatic tumors, additional studies will be needed for researchers to conclude whether or not nimesulide can delay the onset of or prevent pancreatic cancer. With these results, I certainly wouldnt say everyone should be taking COX-...Measuring nectar from eucalypts
...d that honey yields in 2005 were extremely high: a typical 1000 hectares of spotted gum forest flowering from April-August yielded five tonnes of honey. Honey productivity was found to be comparable across the three different logging histories: recently logged, regrowth and mature. But not every year is as...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...sical contact with synaptic boutons but rarely had typical postsynaptic structures. Only older (and wiser") spines (1519 h) formed full-fledged synapses. Recognizing Human Bodies, Upright and Inverted Cosimo Urgesi, Beatriz Calvo-Merino, Patrick Haggard, and Salvatore M. Aglioti Visual recognition of...1 in 4 NYC adults has elevated blood mercury levels
...ish, tilefish, tuna steaks and sushi grade tuna. A typical adult serving size is 4 to 6 ounces (a 4-ounce fish steak or fillet is about the size and thickness of a deck of cards). A childs serving should be smaller. To estimate serving sizes, read food labels or ask about weight. People who eat larger por...A typical human mouth teems with as many as 700 different species of microbes. A handful of these have been specifically implicated in promoting gum disease, dental cavities, and bad breath, but for the most part, the make-up of this complex ecosystem and its ...New method for reading DNA sheds light on basis of cell identity
...ists found that these body marks identify not only typical genes that is, the ones that encode proteins but also so-called non-coding genes that only produce RNAs. These marks could provide a practical handle for precisely mapping all of the genes in the genome, a task that has proven quite challenging by ...University of Arizona launches major scientific research initiative at Biosphere 2
...is wet." The plants, grasses and shrubs, will be typical of the desert, grassland and savannah ecosystems that cover more than one-half of Arizona and about one-third of the Earth's total land area. The Biosphere 2 facility will allow the researchers to control and measure what enters and leaves the hug...What's the backscatter of your beer?
...organism growth and population in fermentations. A typical method for characterizing fermentation slurries involves diluting and visually counting a sample at periodic intervals. But with acoustics, researchers can quickly and continuously analyze the size and population of organisms throughout the fermentat......idely, making it difficult to define or describe a typical urban soil. Although the more conspicuous effects of urban disturbances on soil have been considered by researchers, other factors associated with urban land transformations have received limited attention. These various effects create a mosaic of so...Dietary calcium is better than supplements at protecting bone health
... assumed that this sample represented each woman's typical diet," says senior author Reina Armamento-Villareal, M.D., assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases and a bone specialist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. "In addition to analyzing the volunteers' daily calcium intake, w...NJIT professor says certain home shapes and roofs hold up best in hurricane
...t under high winds and hurricane conditions than a typical structure. CSTB is working with a builder to construct a prototype of such a home on Runion in the West Indian Ocean. From this work and other studies Taher recommends the following construction considerations for homeowners in hurricane-prone re...Exploring the dark matter of the genome
... how shorter pieces with many repeating sequences, typical of heterochromatin, fit together." Thus the first "substantially complete" genome sequence of Drosophila, published in Science in March, 2000 by the Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project and Celera Genomics, was actually far from complete. It left ou...Agonized death throes probable cause of open-mouthed, head-back pose of many dino fossils
...ail, likely results from the agonized death throes typical of brain damage and asphyxiation, according to two paleontologists. A classic example of the posture, which has puzzled paleontologists for ages, is the 150 million-year-old Archaeopteryx, the first-known example of a feathered dinosaur and the pro...Hormone that signals fullness also curbs fast food consumption and tendency to binge eat
...eriment at day 44. Participants maintained their typical exercise habits and made no lifestyle changes that could account for weight loss. During the inpatient stays, food intake was measured throughout the day under carefully controlled conditions. Participants were allowed to eat as much as they wanted b...Research finds evidence tropical cyclones have climate-control role
...d wakes can be easily observed," Sriver said. "The typical size is about 200 kilometers across and about 1,000 kilometers long, or about as big as the Eastern Seaboard." The researchers used surface temperature data during the cold wakes to obtain an estimate of the cooling in the tropics due to cyclones a...Gene therapy offers new hope for treatment of peripheral neuropathy
... Both control and GlyR-HSV-infected rats showed a typical pain response to formalin. However, the application of glycine eliminated the pain response in GlyR-HSV infected animals, while it had no effect on animals infected with vector only. This alleviation of the pain response in GlyR-HSV-treated mice was ......l Research that they tested the LeadCheck Swabs in typical field conditions in Rochester houses, using the manufacturer's instructions. Researchers compared the swabs to standard dust wipes, which are approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, used by trained risk assessors, and analyzed at certif...