Chemists Develop Probe To Detect Changes In Imaging Agents Inside Body
... it." Doctoral candidate Maria Theresa Lee has the difficult jobof producing the probes which are so fragile th...an hardly see thefibers," remarked Lee. "It's very difficult when you're makingit. You have to be careful breathing or else it just flies away." Lee hopes her pr...Maternal Exposure To Crack Cocaine Produces Stressed Newborns
...ntrast to anecdotal reports,the babies are no more difficult to test than non-exposed infants and don'trequire special handling or consoling, the researchers said. "From this study, we've also learned that cocaine exposure in the womb maynot produce newborns with hemorrhages, lesions and brain damage, as rep...A Surgical Semiconductor Laser With More Precision And Power
...w laser shouldn't besignificantly costlier or more difficult to produce than current semiconductor lasers. Lanzafame, who was not involved in this research, says that semiconductor lasers offer several advantages over thegas lasers more widely used in surgery. They're more durable and more user-friendly, ...Postmature Infants Not As Easily Calmed As Other Newborns
...re born withsymptoms of Clifford's syndrome. "It's difficult to tell whetherthe fetus is suffering from postmaturity until it's born," shesaid. Research has shown that 1-year-olds born with Clifford's syndromeexhibit a lower attention span than normal babies, are morerestless and score lower on some tests. Ano...Ultrasound Detects Pathology In Patients With Whiplash
... spine injury in which the patients' pain has been difficult toevaluate clinically. They have been able to accu...with MRI. Other soft tissueabnormalities are often difficult to detect on any other type of imagingtechnique. This type of diagnostic tool may help in ca...Cattle: Latest Weapon In The War On Cancer?
...rough the extra-cellular matrix, making itfar more difficult for it to spread, or metastatise." The factors go by the family name of glycosaminoglycans æ or GAGsfor short. Dr Harper and researcher Xiaoyi Qui from Beijing's Tiantan Hospitalin China, are hard at work trying to identify and characterise t...Radon, Especially In Combination With Smoking, Contributes To Lung Cancer Deaths
...inhale many other substances on the job, making it difficult to separate the effects of radon from other factor...osure in most homes are extremely small, making it difficult to estimate the risks accurately. In addition, the combined effects of radon and smoking create a g...MIT Solution To Math Problem Could Lead To Better Dental Implants, More Resistance To Missiles
... along the graded continuum. This proved to bemore difficult than they expected. There are standard ways for measuring the properties of a singlematerial by "indenting" it. An indentor works by poking the material of interestwith an object like a sharp probe, then measuring the force applied and howdee...X-ray Microscope Designed To Study Jet Engine Components Now Probes Tooth Dentin
... 50 percent of dentin is mineral -- bonds are more difficult to form. Byusing the powerful microscopes to observe the bonding process, the UCSFresearchers now can offer a better explanation of the reasons bonds succeed andfail. When dentists prepare a tooth for bonding a filling, they use an acid todemi...Optical Technology Projects Images Directly Into The Eye
...uilt up in this way is not very good because it is difficult to make the pixelssmall enough. Existing techniques can therefore not improve the quality of pictures covering a wide field of vision. However,projecting light directly onto the retina with a laser produces an extremely high-quality picture. The lase...Acceptability Of Alternative Health Care Growing In U.S.
...bout underground alternative practitioners who are difficult to study because they operate outside typical legal and medical channels. Gordon and Wilbert Gesler, professor of geography at the University of North Carolina,presented the paper "Alternative and Complementary Health Practices: Implications ...Successful Cancer Therapy May Doom Later Treatments To Failure
... into the blood supply surrounding the tumors is a difficult task. "Nobody had measured resistance to blood flow in tumor vessels before. It was like walking into a wide open field," he says. Jain and his colleagues showed that the capillaries, arteries, and veins surrounding tumors are a jumbled mass -- thick...Chemical Society's Highest Award Goes To Ronald Breslow
...r cells, but make them normal. "It's very difficult to make a selective toxic compound -- that is, ach... enzymeproteins," said Breslow. Where proteins are difficult to make and sensitive toheat or other reactions, the chemist's "artificial enzyme" is simple,economi...Emerging Pathogens And Safety Of Fresh Produce Key Issues Facing Food IndustryAnd Scientists
...a, which may make the diseasesthey cause in humans difficult to overcome and potentially life-threatening. Salmonella typhimurium DT 104, resistant to most commonly prescribedantibiotics, will specifically be examined as an emerging strain in the UnitedStates. The prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant pathoge...Crystal Structure Of gp120 Reveals HIV In Action
... protect itself from the immunesystem also make it difficult to crystallize," says Dr. Kwong. Those protectiveparts include sequences of amino acids that vary among HIV strains andcarbohydrates that cover the variable sequences. So to coax gp120 tocrystallize, the researchers snipped off parts of it, using gen...Study Reveals Possible Clue For Racial Differences In Prevalence Of High Blood Pressure
...whites and blacks asthey performed an increasingly difficult set of math problems. The rate of forearm blood flow in whites increased more than twice that ofblacks as they performed the math problems. To determine the role of nitric oxide, Panza repeated the experiment aftergiving participants a drug that inhi...Many Gay Men Infected With HIV Are Opting To Delay Treatment, Despite Availability Of Drugs
...ase progresses beforecommitting to a lifetime of a difficult drug regimen, said Ron Stall, PhD, MPH,a research scientist with the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies and theUCSF AIDS Research Institute. Stall presented the study findings here today (July 1) at the 12th World AIDSConference. Research result......ions occurred elsewhere. Some women also found it difficult tomanage the three visits required by the trial regimen, citing work commitments,transportation, school obligations, and child care needs. Study data also suggest that the option of a less medically supervised regimenmay be desirable: Both women and ...UCSF To Establish Formal Hospitalists Training Program
...alists arean increasingly popular solution to this difficult challenge, he said....New Elementary School Program Lowers Cardiovascular Risks In Children
...ch requires additional staff resources and is more difficult to integrate into the school day. A number of studies already indicate that heart disease can begin in childhood, which underscores the critical importance of reaching children early to instill healthy habits, said Patricia A. Grady, PhD, RN, Direct...