Foot and mouth report recommends major changes to the lamb supply chain
...y have also contributed to consumer concerns about product quality, safety, and the 'traceability' of the source of the meat. The report makes several recommendations to policy makers. These may help prevent the spread of future FMD epidemics, while being cost effective and helping to improve consumer safe...An automated observation system to analyse the behaviour of laboratory rodents
...and governmental research institutes. In 2001, the product generated sales of around 2.5 million Euro and a 30 per cent increase in turnover for the Dutch company selling it, Noldus Information Technology. Dr Noldus, managing director of Noldus Information Technology, found his first experience with EUREKA a...Newly approved psoriasis drug invented and tested at Univ. of Michigan
...paradigm shift: Instead of seeing psoriasis as the product of abnormal skin cells, they found that the disease was instead driven by immune system processes gone wild. This realization came from Ellis' and others' treatment of psoriasis with cyclosporine, a broad anti-immune response drug often given to org...Nabi Biopharm's nicotine vaccine
...nd this vaccine and provides added momentum to our product development efforts. Nicotine addiction is an imp...g for more than six months. Thus, we believe this product has the potential to meet a major healthcare need." The NicVAX patent specifically covers the compo...Anti-bacterial spice that kills food germs on agenda for ACS meeting in New Orleans
...se of a rice milling byproduct as a healthful food product Uncovering the mysteries of pigments in red wine The use of coal-based jet fuel for high-speed aircraft The use of electrical fields to clean up contaminated soils, sediments and groundwater A look at the Gulf Coast environment New tre...Integration of agriculture, medicine requires new ways of thinking
...tial to address diet and disease but cautions that product development, regulatory processes and consumer acceptance are realities that stretch the marketplace timeline far into the future. Other speakers in the symposium are: Charles J. Arntzen, Arizona State University: "When Agriculture and Medicine Me...Berkeley chemist wins national award for research on contact lenses, other products
... away bacteria and correct vision -- all this in a product about thin as a human hair. It's one big interface between air, lens, tears and the eye itself," he said. "We use various optical devices to measure what happens between tears and lens, to see how molecules of material are adsorbed on the surface, ho...Iron deficiency hurts economy in developing countries: Study
...a country loses 0.6 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) due to physical productivity losses from adults lacking iron. When learning and motor impairments in anemic children are added, the figure rises dramatically to four per cent of its GDP. "A loss of four per cent of GDP even in poor countries tr...Health Affairs forum explores new hospital-tier insurance plans
...m officer with CHCF, "Tiering and other changes in product design raise complex questions concerning these product features' potential to reduce system costs, consumers' ability to understand the cost and quality im...Virtual mass spectrometry laboratory transforms learning experience
...to meet the specifications of a polymer-containing product under design. After preparing the sample and introducing it into the mass spectrometer, the student must set the instrument controls and calibrate it using a known standard compound, or calibrant. The student then acquires the data in the form of a p...Brookhaven spotlights: News from the March 2003 American Chemical Society Meeting
... believed." The researchers also tried to detect a product called hydroxymethyl, which was thought to be produced in the reaction between excited oxygen and methane, but they saw no evidence for hydroxymethyl. "It may well be that the bulk of the hydroxymethyl radical products undergo secondary decomposition...Drug reduces deaths and hospital stays in heart attack patients with heart failure
...are. Eplerenone, whose trade name is Inspra, is a product of Pharmacia Corporation. Though approved for hypertension, the product is not yet on the market. The EPHESUS study was supported by a grant from Pharmacia, and Pitt is the...Enzyme structure holds key to cocaine, heroin metabolism
...ifically generates the primary metabolic breakdown product (metabolite) of cocaine. This indicates that the enzyme holds "significant promise in the treatment of acute cocaine overdose," the report said. "We need to engineer a more active form of the enzyme that is specific for cocaine. We can do this by gen...Chemist works to prevent undesirable side effects in synthetic drugs
...nly to compare that to the rotation of the natural product to tell the experimentalist which hand they've got...ize the correct one in the lab." "If the natural product has one particular hand," Crawford said, "they must make analogs with the same hand." Otherwise, an ...Americans pay more for health care but receive less in return
...es spent 13 percent of the nation's gross domestic product (GNP) on health care in 2000, which was considerably higher than other nations. In contrast, Switzerland spent 10.7 percent of its GNP on health care, while Canada spent 9.1 percent. The median spending level for the OECD nations was 8 percent. Ameri...Smart virus eliminates brain cancer in animal experiments
...on, researchers have focused on a gene and protein product that malfunctions in nearly all malignant gliomas as well as in many other solid tumors the retinoblastoma (Rb) protein. Found in all cells of the body, an Rb protein acts like a brake on cell division by preventing certain other regulatory proteins...Researchers making cell phones user-friendly for people with disabilities
... researchers and their graduate students are using product interactive focus groups and usability testing to target the needs of users with the following disabilities: legal blindness, cognitive disabilities, full blindness, and upper extremity physical disabilities. Information from these interviews is bein...... said. "We tried to come up with some type of food product whose flavor would be compatible with raisins. Then we came up with beef jerky. It's sweet and sour. "Raisins have showed us they offer multiple benefits as an additive," added Daeschel. "People liked the texture and flavor, they inhibited bacterial ...Landmark antidepressant analysis demonstrated significant efficacy of Effexor®/Effexor XR
...uticals, the pharmaceutical division of Wyeth. The product is also marketed by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. The imm...e inherent uncertainty of pharmaceutical research, product development, manufacturing, and commercialization, and economic conditions, including interest and c...Children achieve sustained ADHD symptom improvement with long-term, once-daily use of Adderall XR
...-term, once-daily use of a mixed salts amphetamine product San Francisco, CA, May 21, 2003 Shire Pharmaceu...reatment with a once-daily mixed salts amphetamine product remains effective in significantly controlling the symptoms of ADHD in children, which is very reass...