Immune system in hamsters bolstered during winter, especially in times of stress, study finds
... long days because that may be a more efficient strategy for survival," said Firdaus Dhabhar, co-author of the study and assistant professor of oral biology and molecular virology, immunology and medical genetics at Oh...HIV protein stops cell division, leading to more virus and sicker patients
...g how the virus coerces T cells into becoming very efficient virus factories. At the center of it is the HIV protein Vpr, which stops infected T cells from dividing. In doing so, Vpr helps HIV to harness the infected cells resources to create more HIV. The process goes on, creating more virus, which then go o...NIAID Phase III HIV vaccine trial to determine correlates of protection will not proceed
.... government HIV research effort is comprehensive, efficient and coordinated. Phase III HIV vaccine efficacy trial in Thailand will continue Until recently, NIAID and USAMRMC had proposals underway to begin large-scale, Phase III HIV vaccine efficacy trials in the near future. Both trials were to test sim...Wake Forest establishes Maya Angelou Research Center on minority health
...anslating new research findings into effective and efficient health care approaches....Scientists succeed in blocking transmission of cell-associated AIDS virus
...sociated transmission of HIV may, in fact, be more efficient that transmission of cell-free virus. We believe that any successful intervention therapy against the AIDS virus should include a component that can block infected-cell migration into the sexual partner." Efforts to block cell-associated HIV transmis...Wayne State chemist wins national award for new ways to make nature's molecules
...m building blocks to complex molecules in a single efficient step.So we bring together lots of starting materials, and the trick is to control what reacts with what and where and when, he said. Key to his designs are catalysts, the highly skilled construction workers of chemistry. Montgomerys team bases its ca...This summer, Camp Calcium is where the boys are
...e different for males and females. "Males are more efficient at building bones, but they may require more calcium to build their larger skeletons," she says. "We don't know to what extent the changing hormones of adolescence play in this. That's one of the things we're working to find out." For years the medic...8,000 pharmaceutical scientists to explore breakthrough research, technology
...in, and emerging pharmaceutics strategies for more efficient drug candidate identification." Topics to be presented include: Genomics: Impact on Drug Discovery and Marketing in the New Millennium Pediatric Rule: Mandating Clinical Trials in Children: Is it Time to End the Guesswork in Dose Selection for Child...UIC Nature paper points to new drug discovery direction
...made of RNA, which is a poor chemical catalyst but efficient at binding substrates. Researchers do not yet understand the transition from RNA growth to modern cell growth, in which the reaction is catalyzed by protein. Though proteins have assumed many RNA functions, it still is RNA that promotes peptide bond ...Study finds troubling trends in hepatitis C screening, diagnosis and referral
... we need to help them do that in a way that's both efficient and effective." The study is one of the first of its kind, based on actual medical records from patients at several primary care sites. Lok and Shehab have also performed surveys of primary care physicians, and found that many reported they thought t......versity of California at San Diego, made RB51 more efficient against Brucellosis and changed the vaccine so it also protects against two additional diseases of worldwide concern to humans and to the cattle industry: Tuberculosis and paratuberculosis. It is the first cattle vaccine available for tuberculosis an...South Pasadena chemist wins national award for designing new catalysts
...fic society for his achievements in designing more efficient catalysts, molecules that can assemble polymers or pharmaceuticals. He will receive the 2001 Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods from the American Chemical Society at its 221st national meeting in San Diego. "What we do ...UC Davis recycling expert wins Stockholm Water Prize
...ved the prize for "his outstanding contributionsto efficient use of water in the domain of wastewaterreclamatio... to the world's knowledge of waterconservation and efficient use of water through activeparticipation in international organizations, the educationof young water...License agreement signed to commercialize intelligent hearing aid
...process artificially, the researchers developed an efficient algorithm capable of extracting the desired speech signal in the presence of multiple interfering sounds. Using the algorithm, they built a prototype that works in real time and performs very well in noisy environments. "The algorithm mimics the bio...Pasadena chemist wins national invention award
...apted technology from inkjet printers for a highly efficient and sensitive method to make DNA chips. The invention can spray hundreds of different DNA sequences on a small plate, and researchers can then screen mixtures for the presence of the particular DNA they wish to study. Instead of the usual chemistry s......sands of genes to be analyzed quickly a much more efficient process than the previous method of looking at each gene individually. Now gene array methods are used nationwide to perform research in a variety of fields. Cedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute is one of a relatively few sites that h...New technique uses imaging technology to speed drug discovery
...me popular in recent years because they provide an efficient way to create libraries with millions of chemical ...binatorial method that has proven to be especially efficient in generating large arrays of individual compounds," Fenniri says. "To help speed up the synthetic a...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, October 2000
... factor of 2.47 as compared with 0.95 for the most efficient conventional electric units. The unit can be installed where there is no floor drain, but where one is available, it will provide space cooling and dehumidification as well as hot water. If broadly adopted, use of this water heater could save almost ......ganizations may be capable of reasonably quick and efficient improvements in the way they treat lower back pain, suggest the results of a recent study. Such changes are advised, as official guidelines for lower back pain treatment have changed in recent years. Current recommendations include minimal bed rest, ......entrations of drugs within cells, making them more efficient and therapeutic, reported Vera Donnenberg, M.S., a graduate student working with University of Pittsburgh lung transplant surgeons Bartley P. Griffith, M.D., and Kenneth McCurry, M.D. P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is a biological pump that was first identifi...