Material that made car bumpers shine finds a role in manufacture of drugs, dyes
...y the manganese. By slightly altering the properties of the polymer beads, each about thesize of a grain of sand, Miller can produce a huge variety of anilines, evenhundreds of thousands of different types in just one experiment. The system actsas a tiny factory producing different chemical compounds t......Hughes. "This may be caused by the anti-estrogenic properties of the genistein being transferred through the mother's milk to the babies or it is possible that the mom's intake of genistein changed the amount of her own steroids going into the milk. That's a little more complicated but if these compounds are re...UK College of Medicine researchers develop novel technologies to study neural genes
...erstanding why human brain cells, which share many properties with rodent brain cells, are resistant or vulnerable to disease. Department of Physiology The second UK research team is led by Timothy McClintock, Ph.D., associate professor, and Douglas McMahon, Ph.D., associate professor, both of the Department...American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists tapped to manage PQRI
...es that will be used to help verify pharmaceutical properties and their effectiveness. Recommendations will help fast-track pharmaceuticals, benefiting all Americans, especially those whocurrently have no disease treatment options available." How PQRI Works Under the purview of AAPS, PQRI will consist ......f the BMJ. Basedon their study of the antioxidant properties of shaken and stirred Martinis, Colleen Trevithick...mouth) Vermouthcontributed more to the antioxidant properties of the drink, but that a combination of the two wasmost powerful. Much of the antioxidant activity ...Eastman gives Clemson University $38 million fiber technology
...an 100 U.S. and worldwide patents and intellectual properties related to capillary surface material (CSM) technology -- a major breakthrough in the physics of fluid transport. Eastman is also giving Clemson equipment to establish a small manufacturing lab to test and demonstrate products. The innovative scie...Behavioral sensitization: A new perspective on alcoholism
...ontinued, "that MK-801 blocks one of the addictive properties of alcohol, its sensitizing effects. From a perspective of therapeutics, it means that NMDA receptors could be a valid target for treatment." To those familiar with the concept of tolerance, the phenomenon known as behavioral sensitization is intu...Piedmont researcher receives national award
...ause water is so familiar, it's easy to forget its properties are highly unusual and extreme, said Saykally, a p...omes solid than when it is liquid? And its solvent properties are unique. That's just the beginning." At the root of water's remarkable properties is what Saykall...Nanostructures for drug delivery
...characteristics? They also need better mechanical properties - they are, for example, very brittle." What Giannelis and his team envision is a microscopic polymeric sphere that could be impregnated with drugs and injected into the body where it would slowly release the needed drug before biodegrading into the ...Gas prices too high? Scientists converge in Idaho to discuss future energy resources
...gy in the 21st century to the potential anticancer properties of desert plants will be presented at the joint No...lowing papers will discuss the potential medicinal properties of exotic plants. "Isolation and characterization of medicinally active compound from the medicinal ...Using PET scan technology to study alcohol's effects on the brain
...uits involved in the sedative versus the stimulant properties of alcohol, a study published in the June issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research compares alcohol's effects on the brain with those of a benzodiazepine drug called lorazepam (commercially known as Ativan). "We wanted to investigate...NIAID public-private partnerships seek to develop HIV/AIDS vaccine
... immunization. The proposals differ in the unique properties of the DNA, the specific immune response that is targeted, the delivery system used, and the manner of boosting the initial vaccine. Each of the proposed vaccines contains the genetic information to make specific HIV proteins, either from the outer ...First protein 'biochips' may deliver improved detection, diagnosis
...ld tell us the presence of molecules with specific properties and the concentrations. There are a lot of secrets still being held by Mother Nature. Maybe this will allow us to probe for some of the more obvious ones."...Molecular architects create new cancer preventives
...structure and to predict in advance the biological properties of that new structure." This inability of molecular architects to predict exactly the results of their design changes can sometimes force them to rely on their intuitive sense of which change will produce the desired result. But the design process is...Vitamin D shows promise as cancer prevention drug
..., with many studies claiming the cancer-preventive properties of teas, herbal medicines and vitamin supplements, including vitamins A, C and E. Many of these claims are untested or poorly tested, while the compounds themselves are generally not regulated. As a result, consumers who use these products are subjec......rast to MTBE, polyisobutylene changes the physical properties of gasoline rather than simply boosting oxygen content, says Waters. When gasoline is sprayed into an engine's combustion chamber, smaller hydrocarbons separate immediately from larger ones, Waters explained. The smaller molecules burn first, and ...UT Southwestern Nobel laureate leads bold project changing way scientists conduct research
...AFCS will help investigators understand the global properties of cellular signaling. The research could lead to the development of a "virtual cell," a computer program that would mimic the function of a cell, Gilman said. "When we have a complete virtual cell, it can be used as a drug discovery engine to test d......ed in the 1960s and 1970s. Lead's unique elemental properties made this possible, he said. Different forms of lead, called stable isotopes, occur naturally, and their proportions can indicate the origins of the lead in a sample. "Lead has a unique isotopic variability that allows us to fingerprint the sources,"...Compounds also present in alcoholic beverages may explain chocolate cravings
... help explain chocolate cravings, he said. Unique properties of chocolate - including its combination of sugar, fat and flavors - are believed to contribute to its appeal. Some go so far as to call chocolate an addictive food. Scientists cannot explain cravings for the so-called "food of the Gods," nor determi...