Importance of early environmental exposure pinpointed in study of breast cancer development
...es, gasoline stations, toxic-waste sites and other industrial sites in existence in the two counties between 1918-80. They then will calculate the distance between these sites and the women's homes at the time of birth and menarche (date of first menstruation), and compare this information for the participants ...With cues from nature, scientists develop new method to purify drugs
... biomimetics, or mimicking biological solutions in industrial processes, the researchers' ideas came from biological chemistry. Martin said the Finnish researchers recognized that antibodies, which identify and attack pathogens in the body, are good at identifying and attaching to highly specific molecules. So ...Researchers show beneficial role of bacterial DNA in fighting inflammatory bowel disease
...rs may be the result of our sanitized, ultra-clean industrial world. Called the hygiene hypothesis, the theory suggests that vaccinations, antibiotics and sanitized living have shielded people from microbes and parasites that do little or no harm. Because human immune systems lack practice in fighting off the...Brain-imaging study offers clues to inhalant abuse
...chose toluene because it is one of the most common industrial solvents, found in paints, glues, and other household products often abused by huffers. To label the toluene, Brookhaven chemists replaced some of the compound's carbon atoms with a radioactive isotope, carbon-11. This radiolabeled toluene was then i...Tool pinpoints acceptable pricing of combination vaccines
...Sheldon H. Jacobson, a professor of mechanical and industrial engineering in the UI College of Engineering. We initially analyzed the value of four particular combination vaccines, but our tool is really applicable to any combination, and there are several now on the horizon of reaching the FDA for approval. ...Action needed to tackle fake drugs trade
...ccine made of tap water; paracetamol syrup made of industrial solvent; and contraceptive pills made of wheat flour. Some counterfeit drugs even contain actively harmful ingredients, not just bogus placebos. Death and illness arising from this murderous trade are considerable, especially in developing countries,...Scientific society offers development sessions for industrial members
... the 32 professional development sessions awaiting industrial chemists and chemical engineers at the national me...l 8, 9:30 a.m. This presentation will focus on the industrial measures taken, consider the roles and responsibilities of the industrial sector relative to others,...Air pollution causes healthy blood vessels to constrict
...from car engine exhaust, power generation and many industrial processes. Ozone and additional particulate materials are created when the sun shines on these emissions. In other research, exposure to fine particles has been implicated in coronary events such as heart attacks, Brook explains. In contrast to la...Multimillion-dollar pain research center funded at Wake Forest
...ain, including lingering pain from back surgeries, industrial injuries that damaged a nerve, diabetic neuropathies, shingles pain, and possibly some residual cancer-related pain in people who are now disease-free. He said the research will generate new information about - and hopefully more effective pain-reli...Vibrating computer games should carry health warnings
... vibration syndrome caused by the prolonged use of industrial tools, such as gas powered chain saws and pneumati...ay the authors. This syndrome was recognised as an industrial disease in 1985 and has led to changes in working practices. Injuries associated with the use of com...Rensselaer researchers seeing farther and faster with terahertz (Thz) imaging
...f the disease and how far it has spread. Important industrial applications are foreseen in the package inspection and manufacturing quality control. Zhang has received more than $7 million in grants from the National Science Foundation, Army Research Office, and Department of Energy....Researchers recommend community advisory boards to prevent lapses in informed consent
...ts werent adequately informed can be found in both industrial and developing countries, the scientists said. For example, the required voluntary nature of participation was marred a study in which an investigator was the subjects own physician, another in which subjects were asked to participate while under du...First report on sublethal effects of smoke available from NIST
... a person unable to escape (incapacitation). Under industrial support through the National Fire Protection Associations Fire Protection Research Foundation, a NIST and NFPA fire safety research team recently published the first progress report of a multiyear initiative to define what is known about these sublet...New research shows workplace homicides more likely at smaller businesses open late, Saturdays
... killing, while workplaces in residential areas or industrial zones had about 50 percent higher risks, Loomis said. Workplaces that had opened or changed location with the last two years had a five-fold excess risk, while no excess risk existed for those that had been in the same location more than two years. J...Wolfgang Glasser receives ACS award for wood chemistry, bio-based composites research
...ing dependence on fossil resources have heightened industrial interest in technologies that use biobased (renewable) resources. With the help of the CIT, Virginia Tech established a pilot facility to demonstrate the conversion of carbohydrate-rich residues from agricultural and forest products, including wast......link to the pesticide DDT or to PCBs, a widespread industrial chemical. Both were suspect because they are chemicals in the environment with similarities to estrogen, the so-called female hormone associated with a risk of breast cancer. The five studies were funded in 1993 by the National Cancer Institute and...Japanese chemist wins U.S. award for molecular discoveries
..., whose father was research director at a Japanese industrial company, was born in the early years of World War II. As the country tried to rebuild after the war, he grew up hoping "to contribute to society by becoming a talented chemist," he said. "Chemistry is not only beautiful and exciting but also greatly ...UC Davis recycling expert wins Stockholm Water Prize
...oses such asagricultural and landscape irrigation, industrial processes,toilet flushing, environmental enhancement, and replenishingof depleted groundwater aquifers. In the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, Asano spearheadedbasic water-reuse research as the staff of the CaliforniaState Water Resources Contro...AAPS PharmSci debuts theme issue on pharmacogenetics, pharmacogenomics
...al economic impact; from several of the worlds top industrial and academic research institutions in the pharmaceutical sciences, including Pfizer, Aclara Biosciences, the University of Washington, Ohio State University and the University of California at San Francisco, said Wolfgang Sade, Ph.D., editor-in-chief......mportant to Maury Nussbaum, assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering (ISE) at Virginia Tech, who has received a $425,000 grant from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to study the effects of age on work capacity. "Physically demanding work isnt going away," Nussb...