Purdue researchers design fishes' diets to make you healthier
...ant to keep eating fish and shellfish." Since 1985 commercial fishing has annually produced approximately 90 million metric tons (mmt). In contrast, aquaculture production has doubled every decade since 1970. Figures from 1999 show annual aquaculture production at 42 mmt. Worldwide production of hogs is approxi...World Trade Center dust analysis offers good news for New Yorkers
...yls, which were used in hundreds of industrial and commercial applications until their production was banned in 1977. The team did, however, estimate that the dust covering lower Manhattan contained between 100-1000 tons of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons a group of compounds containing some that are classifi...Engineered blood vessels prove durable and clot resistant
... findings were: First, the technology works from a commercial perspective, meaning we can build mechanically sound vessels for a wide array of patients using the exact same protocol," says Todd McAllister, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Cytograft Tissue Engineering in Novato, Calif., which deve...Has drug regulation abandoned its public health mission?
...ry to put the interests of public health above the commercial interests of industry, he concludes. These views a...e argues that making drug regulation responsive to commercial interests has not put patients and the public health at risk. In the final commentary, Emma Bennion,...Making therapeutic kitchens more like home aids Alzheimer's patients
...g standard-size appliances instead of large, bulky commercial equipment; growing real plants and flowers instead of using silk substitutes; and incorporating wood cabinets and tables and other natural materials. Although the study focused on nursing homes and assisted-living facilities, some of the design and...Distortion and lack of openness - Information provision from the pharmaceutical industry
...bers, and dispensers. Such information is of great commercial value, and most of it is confidential, protected by regulations about intellectual property rights. Joe Collier comments: "Through their generation and dissemination of information, transnational companies can greatly influence clinical practice. So...$2 million federal grant to study cancer drug action
...f innovative technologies that promise significant commercial payoffs....U-M School of Nursing team develops software to track work of nurses and results
...or its use at additional sites. Keenan had hoped a commercial software company would develop a program to provide these functions, but when the private sector didn't show interest, she and nursing colleagues decided not to wait and to do it themselves. Keenan began work on HANDS four years ago with help on the ...Review of preliminary observations concludes the Mayo Clinic Natl Conf on Medicine and the Media
...d stories covered by the news media. Disclosure of commercial support and affiliations, peer review of study reports and formal guidelines for conduct may lessen undue influence. Public health officials have a responsibility to be accessible and to provide information that is both truthful and accurate. Good m...People are unlikely to withdraw consent for genetic research
... whether their blood could be used for academic or commercial genetic research, provided that an ethics committe...ticipants gave their consent for both academic and commercial research. 2.2% refused and 4.8% did not reply or gave incomplete answers. Of those who gave conse...Chlorine dioxide gas kills dangerous biological contaminants
...rmining ways to make the process viable for use by commercial food producers....For the blind, a computer navigation system with its own map
...ket. UF's Moore hopes to develop the system into a commercial product in the next two years. As they become more practical, such systems could be helpful to some blind people, Maurer said....Transplantation Society reiterates position against selling organs
...ted its position against the selling of organs and commercial organ trafficking on the final day of its XIX Inte..."Organs and tissues should be freely given without commercial consideration of financial profit." In addition, prospective members must agree with the society's r...Pill-splitting can yield cost savings on common prescription drugs, Stanford researchers find
...h as 50 percent. Using pharmacy claims data from a commercial managed-care plan in Massachusetts, Stafford and colleagues examined how often pill-splitting was used. They found the practice was relatively infrequent, accounting for annual savings of $6,200 in the health plan. Researchers then used a systematic ...DARPA to support development of human brain-machine interfaces
...their infancy, the companies are emphasizing their commercial development," said Henriquez. "We believe that the Duke center will help propel development of the next generation of brain interface technologies. And the opportunities for their application seem almost boundless."...Market potential exists for superconductivity in medical, energy, transportation sectors
...is the largest conference in the world focusing on commercial applications of superconductivity. The use of superconductivity has made possible many important technologies, from medical devices to metrology, from sensors to accelerators. Many more are expected as the field advances, said Paul C. W. Chu, ASC20...Undisclosed payments to doctors recruiting trial patients is unethical
...ments are divulged to a research ethics committee, commercial sponsors regularly flout these recommendations, they add. Patients believe that such payments are wrong and that they have a right to be told about them, say the authors. Furthermore, a change to the regulatory framework making full disclosure mandat...Is there a neurologist on this flight?
...hould be included in emergency medical kits aboard commercial jets. Researchers at Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, analyzed medical air-to-ground consultations of a major U.S. airline that flies 50 million, or 10 percent, of all U.S. passengers per year. Mayo routinely provides real-time, in-flight consul...With cues from nature, scientists develop new method to purify drugs
...potential. It is too early to talk about potential commercial impact."...Discoverer of life-saving Nomex fire-resistant material earns Lavoisier Achievement award
...ny also laid the groundwork for the development of commercial basic-dyeable Dacron polyester. Dr. John Duncia: As the lead scientist, Dr. Duncia's discovery of Cozaar dramatically changed the treatment for those inflicted with hypertension. The discovery of Cozaar and the resulting patents created a new class o...