MIT Microchip Releases Chemicals On Demand
...e amounts of chemicals in a preciseorder to fluids like blood and saliva. As a result, samples must be sent to alab, where it can take hours to days for results. A microchip preprogrammed torelease the proper chemicals at the right times and in the right order could befitted to the end of a probe, swirled...UNC Researchers Testing First In New Class Of AIDS Drugs
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...neurysm (a weak spoton an artery wall which bulges like a tiny balloon) had already ruptured,allowing bloo...is face that night. It was awful towitness. It was like he was locked out of his life." Richards' memory still occasionally falters when searching for a wor...Research Into Virtual Environments
...rect because it's mediated through an input device like amouse. What we're trying to do in the virtual hand lab is make vision direct bylooking directly at the workspace and make the manipulation direct so the handbecomes the input device. Rather than using a mouse you use your finger as apointer." MacKen...New Book (And Web Site) Use 'Currency' Of Aging To Guide And Motivate Healthy Choices
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...e the risk of prostate cancer. "In Asian countries like Japan, where soy consumption is high, prostatecancer rates are lower than in Western countries with low soy intake," saidElectra D. Paskett, Ph.D., associate professor of public health sciences(epidemiology) and principal investigator, in explaining ...Space Research May Accelerate Development Of Flu-Fighting Drug
... a wide variety ofinfluenza strains. "It's like trying to build a tiny key that fits into a tiny lock," saidDeLucas. "Except this lock is living, breathing, flexing, changing temperaturesand in constant motion." The R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute is responsible forall phas...Media Advisory: Chemistry In The Movies
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...e second study is a phase II clinical trial, which like the GBM study, also issponsored by Sugen. This preliminary trial will test the effectiveness of SU101against anaplastic astrocytoma, a slightly lower grade malignancy than GBM. "The dose has been established and this is an open trial. All enrolled w...'Motion Blindness,' Not Just Poor Memory, Causes Alzheimer's Patients To Lose Their Way
... made thefinding using computer patterns that look like snowflakes rushingtoward the viewer. "Many of thes...t of us absorb unconsciously every day. It'salmost like they're walking around with their eyes closed," saysDuffy, associate professor of neurology and opht...Improved Ritalin™ Offers Smaller Doses And Fewer Side Effects
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It sounds like madness, but some AIDS researchers think that HIV-infected peoplemay benefit if they take repeated "holidays" from their drug treatments. Cocktails of drugs that disable two key viral enzymes have transformedthe lives of people with HIV, allo...