Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory collaborates with USDA in development of pasteurization process
Plainsboro, New Jersey -- A small group of fusion researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is focusing its attention on an innovative pasteurization process through a collaboration with the Agriculture Department. PPPL, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and managed by Princeton University, is a collaborative national center for plasma science and technology lea...Advances in plasma physics at Annual APS Meeting
November 3, 2004--The American Physical Society's Division of Plasma Physics will hold its 46th annual meeting at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center, November 15-19, 2004 in Savannah, GA....... ...... Most of the matter we are familiar with in everyday life comes in three states — solid, liquid, or gas. But much more of the matter in the universe exists in a fourth state...Advances in plasma physics at Annual APS Meeting
November 3, 2004--The American Physical Society's Division of Plasma Physics will hold its 46th annual meeting at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center, November 15-19, 2004 in Savannah, GA....... SUMMARY...Most of the matter we are familiar with in everyday life comes in three states solid, liquid, or gas. But much more of the matter in the universe exists in a fourth state kno...Guideline evaluates treatment of infantile spasms
ST. PAUL, Minn. A new guideline developed by the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society evaluates the treatment of infantile spasms. The guideline is published in the May 25 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. ......Infantile spasms, also called West syndrome, is a rare disorder that usually begins in infants ages 4 to 6 months...Malaria: Plasmodium togetherness a strategy for breeding success
Malaria is a pernicious public health problem in many areas of the world. Sub-Saharan Africa, where cases recorded represent over 90% of the world total, is particularly badly hit. Modelling by IRD scientists has revealed a core feature in the life-cycle of Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for the disease. Its gametocytes, the pre-gamete sexual forms, aggregate in clusters in human...Studies focus on vascular spasm as a common cause of cardiomyopathy
Researchers at the University of Chicago argue in the March 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation that vascular spasm -- a sudden, brief tightening of a blood vessel that can block blood supply to the heart -- is an under-recognized and under-treated source of damage to heart muscle. ... ...In this study, done with mice, they show that substances released by damaged cells in the heart...Wanted: people to test orgasmatron
WOMEN who cannot have orgasms can now have a device implanted in their spines that will trigger the sensation for them. Clinical trials of the "orgasmatron" have begun in the US, with the approval of the Food and Drug Administration. ...... The device was the focus of massive media attention two years ago, after New Scientist broke the news of its existence and used the term orgasmatron to descri...Novel delivery system devised for toxoplasmosis treatment
A multi-center research team has discovered how to deliver antimicrobial medications directly to the infectious parasites that cause diseases such as toxoplasmosis, even when the parasites lay hidden and inactive within cysts, where they have been untreatable by any available medicines.... ...The study, to be published online Nov. 17 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, demonst...Coffee drinking elevates plasma homocysteine and risk factors for coronary heart disease
High plasma homocysteine concentration is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, and consumption of unfiltered and filtered coffee raises homocysteine levels. As yet, it is unclear which substances in brewed coffee are responsible for its homocysteine-raising properties. In an article published in this month's American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Verhoef et al. investig...Infection with toxoplasmososis increases the risk of being involved in a road traffic accident
A new study published in BMC Infectious Diseases reveals that people with latent toxoplasmosis (a harmless form of the disease) are more likely to be involved in a road traffic accident. These findings may well be due to the presence of cysts formed in nerves and muscle tissue, which may reduce the ability of infected individuals to concentrate....... Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease, which a...Common diabetes drug causes arteries to spasm, endangering heart
The oral medications most widely used to lower blood-sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes are likely to increase the risk of spasm of the coronary arteries, reports a University of Chicago-based research team in the July 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Constricted arteries increase blood pressure and decrease blood flow to the heart, causing chest pain and even sudden...ASM conveys support for NIH/CDC appropriations
WASHINGTON, DC April 23, 2002 --The American Society for Microbiology has sent recommendations to Congress supporting the Bush Administrations proposed fiscal year (FY) 2003 budget for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Coalitions recommendations for FY 2003 CDC funding.... The Administrations budget request of $27.3 billion for NIH...Depression turns generation gap into a chasm
..Adolescents and their parents quite often disagree. When opinions differ over fashion, music and television programs, there is no real cause for concern, but you cant say that about disease. Clinical depression in adolescents is an alarming illness, made much more so by the finding that adolescents and their parents often disagree about the extent of the problem; or even whether there is a...Widely used anti-bacterial inhibits parasites that cause malaria and toxoplasmosis
.Triclosan, a common antiseptic used in household products such as toothpaste, skin creams, and deodorants, kills the parasites responsible for malaria and toxoplasmosis, even at very low concentrations, reports a team of researchers from the United States and the United Kingdom in the February issue of the . has been used as an antiseptic since the 1960s. It blocks an enzyme, known as "FabI,...Green tea shows antioxidant benefits in human plasma
... Finding suggests regular consumption could help reduce cardiovascular disease...risk ... ......(The online version of the research paper cited below is available on the...American Chemical Society's ASAP (As Soon As Publishable) web site. Journalists...desiring full access to papers on the ASAP site must submit their requests in...writing to in the ACS Office of News & Information.) ... ......It's summertime and the living is easy-unless you've been laid low by a bout of.diarrhea or some other unpleasant infection. Unfortunately, many of the leisure.activities associated with summer-swimming, hiking, gardening, travel, playing.with pets, etc.-can pose hidden risks in the form of disease-causing microbes..Infections often occur in unsuspecting individuals who, unaware they face any.r.... ATHENS, Ohio -- The popularity of for-profit blood plasma collection.agencies as a source of extra income among college students could lead to.shrinking donor rolls for the Red Cross and other nonprofit collection agencies.. . A new Ohio University study of 411 college students age 18 to 22 found.that 10 percent have sold their blood plasma at least once for payments.typically ra....LINTHICUM, MD, April 29 - A study by Yale and CDC researchers suggests that a.sophisticated holding policy recently implemented by the blood plasma industry.is a cost-effective part of the overall strategy for preventing the spread of.HIV and other infections from blood plasma donors to recipients. The paper is.being presented at a convention of the Institute for Operations Research and the.Man...