Scientists Find Faster, Cheaper Way to Identify Cancer-Causing Genes
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have found a new way to study how genes function in living organisms, and their approach could substantially cut the time and costs that drug makers spend in searching ...
Senators dig in on massive health care legislation
Jun 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Eye-popping new cost estimates for President Barack Obama's plan to overhaul the U.S. health care system are forcing majority Democrats to scale back their plans to subsidize coverage for the uninsured.
Researchers develop new method to study gambling addictions
Jun 17, 2009 |
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UBC researchers have created the world's first animal laboratory experiment to successfully model human gambling. The advance will help scientists develop and test new treatments for gambling addictions, a devastating condition ...
NIST researchers 'all aglow' over new test of toxin strength
Jun 17, 2009 |
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A new National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) assay using a “glow or no glow” technique may soon help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) defend the nation against a spectrum of biological ...
Researchers compare different systems of measuring treatment intensity in hypertension care
Jun 17, 2009 |
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It is known that more intensive management of hypertension can improve blood pressure control and thus improve cardiovascular outcomes. However, there are several different systems of measuring the intensity of management ...
NIST study offers first detailed look at the progress of a wildland-urban fire
Jun 17, 2009 |
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A wildfire rages across southern California wildlands towards residential communities, endangering residents and firefighters and sending property up in smoke. This is an increasingly common story, occurring ...
Twitter brings new language to old institution, the Senate
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Sen. Charles Grassley was darned annoyed when he saw that President Barack Obama was having a good time in Paris. So Grassley tweeted in protest: "Pres Obama while u sightseeing in Paris u said 'time to delivr on healthcare' ...
New study finds that sharing genetic resources key to adaptation to climate change in Africa
Jun 17, 2009 |
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As rapidly rising temperatures in Africa threaten to scorch local varieties of maize and other food staples, the food security of many Africans will depend on farmers in one country gaining access to climatically suitable ...
Shape matters in the case of cobalt nanoparticles
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Shape is turning out to be a particularly important feature of some commercially important nanoparticles—but in subtle ways. New studies* by scientists at the National Institute for Standards and Technology ...
Deadly Parasite Could Endanger Salmon and Trout Populations
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Stocks of the UK’s Atlantic salmon along with varieties of domestic Brown trout could be under threat from a deadly parasite according to research led Bournemouth University (BU) published in the International Jou ...
Study finds that hunters are depleting lion and cougar populations
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Sport hunters are depleting lion and cougar populations as managers respond to demands to control predators that threaten livestock and humans, according to a study published in the June 17 issue of PLoS ONE. The study was le ...
Scientists sequence genome of the N2-fixing, soil-living bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii
Jun 17, 2009 |
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A collaboration of researchers, which includes scientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) and Virginia Tech, have completed the genome sequence of Azotobacter vinelandii, uncovering important genetic inform ...
Research uncovers clues to virus-cancer link
Jun 17, 2009 |
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In a series of recently-published articles, a research team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has uncovered clues to the development of cancers in AIDS patients.
Gene findings revealing reasons for neuroblastoma risk
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Two new studies from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia advance the search for genetic events that result in neuroblastoma, a puzzling, often-deadly type of childhood cancer.
New findings encourage more vigilant monitoring of seizure activity among intensive care patients
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Two new studies published by neurologists at Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital demonstrate a need for more vigilant monitoring for seizure activity among intensive care patients who may ...
