Synthetic rubber kills germs on contact
...variety of synthetic rubber materials. N-halamines contain a receptor that binds chlorine atoms. The pathogen is killed when it comes in contact with the surface of the rubber, where it is exposed to chlorine. Although the rubber loses its ability to fight pathogens once the chlorine atoms are used ...Map makers can avoid confusing the color blind
... for Health Statistics. These epidemiological maps contain large amounts of information that do provide a thousand words in one picture, if the viewer can see the picture as it is intended. One way to accommodate red/green color blindness and still use a rainbow scheme is simply to skip over one of the offe...ACP-ASIM issues guidelines for precribing antidepressant drugs
...nts vary in these supplements, and the pills often contain additional substances. Studies show that St. John's wort is better than placebo (a fake pill), but there are no good studies comparing St. John's wort directly with antidepressant drugs. Finally, St. John's wort has side effects, may interfere seriou......eudoephedrine HCl 120 mg) Extended-Release Tablets contain pseudoephedrine (the decongestant in most over-the-counter allergy medicines), Allegra-D must not be taken if you are also taking MAO inhibitors (medicines that treat depression) or if you retain urine or have glaucoma, severe high blood pressure, or...Scientists successfully grow insulin-secreting cells to treat diabetes
...ion of either the pancreas or of islet cells which contain beta cells, giving the patient a new source of insulin. Recent advances in these techniques indicate that this is a successful approach, but limited due to the scarcity of donor tissue from cadavers. "Even if you had unlimited success with tissue tr...The bone marrow is the source of mature liver cells
...cells had come from the bone marrow. Women's cells contain two X chromosomes, so the transplanted liver cells contained only X chromsomes. Thus, the cells with Y chromosomes had to come from elsewhere in the body and the bone marrow seems the mostly likely place, says Dr. Theise. In one of the men who ...NIAID public-private partnerships seek to develop HIV/AIDS vaccine
...to induce an immune response. The vaccines do not contain enough genetic information to construct a complete...late immune responses. The vaccination boost will contain HIV genes contained in a viral (fowlpox) delivery system that also contains immunity-enhancing genes...First protein 'biochips' may deliver improved detection, diagnosis
...r certain plants popular as folk remedies actually contain biochemicals that have beneficial biological activ...ip could speed this process dramatically. It would contain antibodies to Listeria monocytogenes obtained from rabbits or mice. Antibodies are natural defense p...Product design and drug development breakthroughs help the environment
...coatings. The water carrier replaces solvents that contain volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs).The technologies developed in the company's work with polyurethane coatings results will reduce certain uses of VOCs by 50 percent to 90 percent; and HAPs by 50 percent to 99 perce...Beer found to contain potent antioxidant
...ty. Hops, used in most beers to provide flavoring, contain substances known as prenylated flavonoids. They are a better source of antioxidants than red wine, green tea and soy products, according to Donald Buhler, Ph.D., lead author of the study from Oregon State University. (Antioxidants - substances that p...Scientists develop polymers with nitric-oxide releasing particles
...med silica particles are chemically derivatized to contain surface diazeniumdiolate functional groups, which release nitric oxide slowly over long periods of time when exposed to water," Zhang explained. "Our initial studies used nitric oxide release chemistry which contaminated the blood with diamine prec......e. Air, the engine's source of oxygen, does not contain enough oxygen to react fully with gasoline, so some hydrocarbons remain unburned. The energy thus lost could be used to power the engine more efficiently, according to Waters. Unburned hydrocarbons - some of which may be carcinogenic - also add to po...Process may help scientists find new antibacterial drugs
... thanks to a new process for making compounds that contain a key bacteria-stopping structure. The process, developed by a group of researchers led by Thomas Lectka , associate professor of chemistry at The Johns Hopkins University, will make it less expensive to create and easier to test compounds belonging...Attachment helps young children inhale asthma medications, UF researcher says
...a-relief medications inhaled through the nebulizer contain the preservative benzalkonium, which helps keep the solution sterile but actually constricts the airways, potentially decreasing the therapeutic response to the asthma-relief medication. "The preservative, benzalkonium, can counteract the effects o...Findings of Griffiths review into allegations of research misconduct fundamentally flawed
... nevertheless claim that the consent forms did not contain all the necessary information and that there were discrepancies between the stated ages at which babies were entered into the trial. Parental recall may indeed be faulty, they agree, but add: "this does not mean that all parents are wrong and all res...Researchers take steps to growing replacement blood vessels
...enesis. "Our bodies already contain cells that trigger the growth of new blood vessels. We want to use those same cells to create seeds for blood vessels in the laboratory and transplant them into the body," said Nicanor Mo...Compounds also present in alcoholic beverages may explain chocolate cravings
...rst to find that ordinary cocoa and chocolate bars contain a group of alkaloids known as tetrahydro-beta-carbolines, according to Tomas Herraiz, a researcher at the Spanish Council for Scientific Research in Madrid, Spain. In previous research, the same chemicals were linked to alcoholism, he said. The famil...Interactive game could reduce heart attack deaths by teaching rapid response to symptoms
...l heart attack. The virtual cases will ultimately contain many people having various types of heart attacks or false symptoms. Each case will contain hundreds of scenarios, diagnoses, and possible interventions. If users can't save a virtual charact...New Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid helps you lose weight and keep it off!
...ven amount of food. Foods with high-energy density contain a large number of calories in a relatively small amount of food. High-energy density foods often contain a high amount of fat or sugar. Foods with low-energy density usually contain a small number of cal...SU scientist receives patent that could revolutionize medical magnetic resonance imaging
...s not work well on organs such as the lungs, which contain more gas than tissue. However, researchers discovered that high-quality lung images could be obtained by having patients inhale a small amount of a highly polarized gaseous contrast agent. One such agent is a rare gas called Xenon 129. The current op...