• Biochemist becomes 15th UT Southwestern faculty member serving on National Academy of Sciences
• Potential Parkinson’s drug relieves symptoms with few side effects
• A new 3-D animated map of our cosmic hometown
• One in 12 diabetics over age 40 has vision-threatening eye disease
• Chromosome 'caps' predict bone marrow disease
• Bye-bye Bio 101: Teach science the way you do science
• Genetic signature may predict recurrence in colon cancer patients
• Brown earns prestigious geography award
• Scars of 9/11 linger with NYC firefighters
• More than 300 critically endangered species completely unprotected, new study shows
• Kiratisin wins 2004 Dade MicroScan Young Investigator Award
• Ferré-D'amaré wins 2004 Eli Lilly and Company Research Award
• Campbell wins 2004 Abbott-ASM Lifetime Achievement Award
• APS awards 55 minority travel fellowships to EB 2004 (April 17-21) in Washington, DC
• APS announces 2004 Distinguished Lecturer Awards
• Media advisory 5 - 2004 Joint Assembly
• Media advisory 4 - 2004 Joint Assembly
• U.S. President's budget proposal means 5-year cuts 'well below historic levels'
• Scientists report how protons induce water cages
• Annual Chemical Biology Symposium at Yale May 14, 2004
• In male monkeys, too much soy has adverse effects
• Historian reveals identity badges, not cards, were compulsory in the 1600s
• Controlling hormones could reduce risk of strokes in younger people
• University of Michigan symposium charts course for the future of telemedicine
• Can you hear me now? 'Belly talk' popular in US
• Populations of Peruvian seabirds plummeted due to increased fishing activity, study says
• Campbell to receive American Society for Microbiology lifetime achievement award
• Research links magnetism, gamma-ray burst phenomenon
• Missing chemical important to air pollution estimates
• GlaxoSmithKline Drug Discovery and Development Research Grant Program 2004
• Discovery helps explain how cells package DNA
• The cicadas are coming, the cicadas are coming: Research on 'Brood X' cicadas focus of briefing
• Researchers invent way to determine optimal conditions for spinal cord nerve regen in lab animals
• Mayo researchers invent targeted imaging probe to aid early Alzheimer's diagnosis
• Development of rare esophageal cancer in African-Americans may differ from whites
• Combination PET/CT should be used to determine stage of non-small cell lung cancer
• Bacterial infection may cause or worsen asthma attacks in children
• Work and rites down the mines of Potosi, Bolivia
• Unusual mechanism of the Ambrym and Pentecost
• Malaria: Plasmodium togetherness a strategy for breeding success
• Venus transit approaching
• Successful European DELTA mission concludes with Soyuz landing
• Kinase backgrounder: Iressa discovery part of major kinase project at Dana-Farber
• Enoxaparin prevents stillbirth in pregnant women with clotting disorder
• Melvin Weinstein wins 2004 BD Award for Research in Clinical Microbiology
• Marian Johnson-Thompson wins 2004 Alice C. Evans Award
• Leslie Ann Schiff wins 2004 Carski Foundation Award
• John Sherris receives 2004 Abmm/Abmli Professional Recognition Award
• Jay Levy honored with 2004 Abbott Laboratories Award in Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology
• Jennie Hunter-Cevera wins 2004 USFCC/J. Roger Porter Award
• Jorge Escalante-Semerena receives 2004 ASM Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award
• John Alderete honored with 2004 William A. Hinton Award
• Govindarajan Dhanasekaran wins 2004 Sarber Award from American Society for Microbiology
• David Rosmarin wins 2004 Sarber Award from American Society for Microbiology
• Derek R. Lovley receives 2004 Proctor & Gamble Award from American Society for Microbiology
• Christopher Walsh wins 2004 Promega Biotechnology Research Award
• Caroline Mohr wins 2004 Scherago-Rubin Award from American Society for Microbiology
• Betty Ann Forbes wins 2004 ASM Founders Award
• Andres Vazquez-Torres honored with 2004 Merck Irving S. Sigal Memorial Award
• Alice S. Weissfeld wins 2004 bioMérieux Sonnenwirth Award
• American Society for Microbiology honors Timothy Yahr with 2004 Merck Irving S. Sigal Memorial Award
• A journey into space at the Berlin Air Show
• Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research helps implement global climate change initiative
• Science in the clouds
• Solving the mystery of the dancer mice, and cleft lip too
• Biological oceanographers examine 'regime shifts' in complex marine ecosystems
• NASA-inspired technology may help preserve women's future fertility after cancer treatment
• Technique plucks rapidly evolving genes from a pathogen's genome
• SLU research in New England Journal of Medicine shows new drug helps with chronic kidney disease
• Quantum computers are a quantum leap closer, say Purdue physicists
• Merging hearing technologies sounds good to researcher
• Study shows heart biopsy possible via arm catheterization
• Study: Height loss screen ultimately could reduce hip fractures
• Researchers describe long-perplexing 'magic spot' on bacteria
• University of Colorado tissue engineer to receive NSF's coveted Waterman Award
• Presence of gene mutation tightly linked to drug effectiveness in lung cancer
• Combination therapy w/ ACTOS (pioglitazone HCI) shown to improve components of diabetic dyslipidemia
• Smoking increases papillomavirus risk in HIV-infected women
• HIV transmission is heightened during acute infection
• Red palm oil as a means of combating vitamin A deficiency
• Mexican farmers effectively cultivate phenotypic diversity in maize
• HIV: A sugar shield to evade host defences
• A cushion of air trapped under the rice fields of Senegal
• Spinal disc repair start-up orthonics receives funding from Viscogliosi Brothers, LLC
• Researchers developing radar technology to detect mold behind walls
• Genetic sequence identified for anti-bacterial sea slug protein
• Mars Express radar deployment postponed
• Demise in ice and fire
• Fighting credit card fraud
• Ecstasy users get advice from friends and web… not parents
• Study reveals serious north-south health gap in modern Britain
• Medical research suffers under data protection law
• Microwave ovens should warn of exploding eggs
• Large families and animals keep allergies at bay
• American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for May 2004 (first issue)
• Children's eating patterns show 'striking' changes in two decades
• Brace therapy for osteoarthrisis, legal issues in TBI research, prosthetic fitting
• Robotic technology teaches spinal cord injury patients to walk again
• Iressa news backgrounder: Testing of smart drug expands at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Researchers begin study to protect against anthrax
• University of Pittsburgh receives NIH funding to develop heart assist device for infants
• Study finds lean beef can be part of healthy diet for teens
• Student-built projectile could help soldiers detect bombs, chemicals
• UCLA chemists develop new coating for nanoscale probes
• NCI grant supports Jefferson trial to study test for colorectal cancer recurrence
• Protein-centric drug development and functional glycomics enrich biopharmaceuticals pipeline
• Rare risk: Adolescent binging on marijuana linked to stroke
• Biological cause of one form of blindness identified by SLU researchers
• Bone implants could aid healing after tooth removal
• U.S. oils can protect concrete bridge tendons during construction delays
• OHSU study: Rate of brain volume loss predicts dementia
• Tornadoes, lightning and hurricanes
• New NASA technology helps forecasters in severe weather season
• Gravity Probe B mission status report
• Clouds caused by aircraft exhaust may warm the U.S. climate
• Superglue fingers bomb suspects
• Invasion of the traffic cones
• Controlling pain with your brain
• Northwestern Memorial tests 'pacemaker' for stomach
• HHS launches diabetes prevention campaign
• Urgent need for investment in human resources to respond to global health crises
• Increased HIV risk for women with violent male partners
• Early signs that adult bone-marrow stem cells could regenerate brain tissue
• Europe's legacy to its children - A healthier environment?
• Cranberry juice may reduce risk of female urinary tract infections
• Drugs experts call for government backing to stop the spread of hepatitis C
• Earliest evidence of use of fire in Eurasia discovered in Hebrew University excavations
• New papillomavirus target could lead to specific antiviral drugs for precancerous cervical lesions
• Emory researcher examines effects of antiepileptic drugs on pregnant women and their offspring
• Cosmic ballet or devil's mask?
• Space technology competes on Europe's racetracks again
• Plan for global Earth monitoring agreed at Tokyo summit
• DFG establishes first German-Sino Research Training Group
• A conveyor belt for the nano-age
• Dental disease hits hardest among older blacks
• VELCADE (Bortezomib) receives European marketing authorisation
• Peter H. Arger, MD, receives the 2004 AIUM William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award
• AIUM to honor ultrasound pioneers at its 2004 Annual Convention
• AIUM recognizes new investigators in ultrasound
• 2004 AIUM ultrasound research grant recipients to be announced at the AIUM annual convention
• AGU journal highlights - 29 April 2004
• Winners of nationwide student chemistry competition announced
• New medical research shows safer flooring could cut hip fractures
• Univeristy of Utah anesthesiologists on front lines in battle against post-operative pain
• New UNC study shows Hurricane Floyd boosted abuse and non-abuse brain injuries in children
• University of Minnesota to lead national effort in food bio-security
• Airport baggage screeners may need continuing education, study indicates
• High profile publications in biology and biochemistry on rise at UH
• University of Chicago returns ancient Persian tablets loaned by Iran
• Brian Rose: Raider of the lost art(ifacts)
• A test on Troy: What's real vs. what's reel
• Experimental smallpox DNA vaccine protects primates from lethal monkeypox
• Gene-based screen sorts cancer cases, say Stanford researchers
• Ocean dye to help Rutgers scientists trace Hudson River's path miles into the Atlantic
• Scientists identify six genes associated with survival in diffuse large B cell lymphoma
• OHSU researchers uncover genes involved in early stages of Alzheimer's disease
• Apraxia of speech in children is focus of new OHSU grant
• Diagnostic method based on nanoscience could rival PCR
• NJIT grad student and professor take ride of their lives in vomit comet
• New initiative to focus on growing problem of cardiovascular disease in diabetics
• Mount Sinai is best major hospital in New York City for angioplasty
• Nanogold does not glitter, but its future looks bright
• K-State soil carbon sequestration research playing role in climate change efforts
• HIV infection progresses to AIDS quicker in developing countries
• Study: New neurons can get out of spinal cord
• Gene defect linked to premature aging
• Untreated postmenopausal women with osteoporosis
• The future of nursing; overcoming obstacles today for a better tomorrow
• Serious allergic reactions in cancer patients call for expert nursing intervention
• Pain resource nurses at Fox Chase Cancer Center seen as educators and advocates for a change
• Oncology Nursing Society honors Fox Chase Cancer Center nurse with Radiation Therapy Nursing Award
• Illegal drug use causes painful complications for oncology patients
• Fox Chase Cancer Center and the Girl Scouts partner to promote oncology nursing careers
• Expert nurse paves the way with in-demand treatment option; Century-old brachytherapy rejuvenated
• Sodium channel gene mutation identified in case of familial epilepsy
• Monthly hormonal changes can exacerbate seizures in women with epilepsy
• Space solutions for health
• Enter the Dragon: ESA and China's joint Earth watch begins
• ORNL's nanobiosensor technology gives new access to living cell’s molecular processes
• PNNL on fast track for hydrogen fuel reformer
• Think inside the 'box' to increase understanding of pharmaceutical ads
• BioTime awarded NIH grant to aid Hetacool® development
• High-speed nanotube transistors could lead to better cell phones, faster computers
• Future blood tests may use tiny bar-codes to speed disease diagnosis
• Biological computer diagnoses cancer and produces drug – in a test tube
• Researchers find evidence that sea turtles navigate with magnetic maps
• Measurement clarifies role between protein structure and cell adhesion
• Astronomer prepares for appearance of two comets
• Mid-life heart disease risk factors linked to dementia in late-life
• Alzheimers disease - recent discoveries pave the way toward new treatments
• Coffee, tea or polishing slurry?
• Research news from Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy: May 2004
• Exciting new opportunities for embedded memory technologies
• Rice, HMNS pioneer portable, 'immersive' planetarium
• Women remember appearances better than men, study finds
• Only half of recalled meat and poultry is recovered, study finds
• Aircraft, ground instruments to track carbon dioxide uptake
• NCAR aircraft, ground instruments to track carbon dioxide uptake
• Physicians have mixed opinions about consumer-targeted pharmaceutical ads
• Gene mutations predict which lung cancers will respond to Iressa
• Survey shows new Mayo Clinic treatment for intractable low blood pressure
• S.C. hospitals and universities form statewide health research collaborative
• Patients with uncontrolled epilepsy have low levels of fatty acids
• New research finds summer-born women have fewer children
• Chlamydia in men now also linked to infertility – new findings
• Buon appetito: Russian cosmonauts on a Mediterranean diet
• PTC Therapeutics' researchers identify biochemical pathway important for modulating cell growth
• New research to address early lung cancer detection
• Sandia/UNM self-assembly process forms durable nanocrystal arrays and independent nanocrystals
• Tracking cystic fibrosis with mice
• Study identifies which patients can benefit from targeted lung cancer drug –– and why
• U.S. Armed Forces, Case Western Reserve University train Cleveland police to recognize stress
• From research to product - Case's Scott Shane explores the rise of university spinoffs in new book
• Case Western Reserve studies find poor children staying longer in foster care under welfare reform
• Single parents slip through the advice net
• Delayed care may affect prostate cancer deaths in blacks
• What it Takes: Design principles to broaden participation in SET
• Study reveals cause of loss of consciousness during seizures
• Researchers show cystic fibrosis defect in mice corrected with turmeric extract
• Imaging test could be used to diagnose schizophrenia
• Searle Scholars program awards $240,000 to UT Southwestern researcher
• Seabed secrets in English clay
• UCF Technology Incubator wins national incubator of the year award
• UCSD finds genetic time bomb in heart that leads to heart failure in some patients
• Professor proves bargaining procedure saves time and money
• Canadian doctors don't know costs of prescribed treatments
• Valve disease impacts survival while awaiting heart transplant
• Using smaller hearts could increase donor pool
• New drug is safer and more effective in preventing heart tranplant rejection
• International hepatitis C study examines new approaches to treatment
• Harvard Stem Cell Institute hosts inaugural symposia
• The NYU Child Study Center presents the inaugural State of the Science lecture
• Gravity Probe B status report
• When microns matter: Web site smooths the way
• VA's newest manufacturer has microscopic product line
• Portable 'rainbow' source improves color calibrations
• Improving eye patient care with telemedicine standards
• College intro science courses need overhaul, scientists say
• Cutting-edge sensors and software tests will help protect Pentagon from airborne hazards
• Polio victory remembered
• Inflammation, hypertension are focus of major new MCG research program
• Mothers' cells can cause immunity illness in children
• Cellular problems found behind complex obesity syndrome
• Tacrolimus + mycophenolate mofetil & steroids: Safe, effective in preventing acute cardiac rejection
• Insights from intravascular ultrasound explore treatment benefits
• Data announced at ISHLT: Molecular testing proves effective in monitoring heart transplant rejection
• Researchers discover cold virus can 'hit and hide'
• New analysis gives cancer patients personalized prognosis
• Scientists post a lower speed limit for magnetic switching
• Is genetic research hyped by the media?
• Plant biologists Delmer, Quail, Bennetzen elected to National Academy of Sciences
• Disease threatens cucumbers, pumpkins, and other vine crops
• Rate of ocean circulation directly linked to abrupt climate change
• New Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health established
• Open surgery better for most hernias
• Dental X-rays of pregnant women associated with low-weight babies
• Expert calls for standard epinephrine doses when treating children in cardiac arrest
• Scientists correct cystic fibrosis defect in mice with turmeric extract
• First randomized trial of adult stem cell injections in heart failure patients shows benefit
• Electronic nose device proves effective for diagnosing pneumonia and sinusitis
• UF study: Sibling violence leads to battering in college dating
• Smoking linked to more than 60 percent of overall cancer death burden in black men
• Preliminary results are promising in Alzheimer's gene therapy trial
• Multinational team of scientists finds early life in volcanic lava
• Discovery offers clues to origin of life
• Elusive but ubiquitous microbe fingered as gum disease culprit in Stanford study
• Winning the battle of the bulge: We're a scrimmage closer to victory
• Newly discovered gene controls levels of 'bad' cholesterol in mice
• Satellites act as thermometers in space, show Earth has a fever
• Four new research centers to explore link between oceans and human health
• Four new research centers to explore link between oceans and human health
• LSUHSC microsurgeon performs 1st ever eyelid reattachment
• NSF awards $500,000 to Kansas State University chemist
• CellCept® associated with reduced incidence of cancer, compared to AZA, following heart transplant
• Nitric oxide links bulk of sporadic and familial Parkinson's disease
• Hopkins scientists overcome main obstacle to making tons of short, drug-like proteins
• Genome-wide screen reveals new tricks of old genes
• Researchers compare drugs used to prevent osteoporosis
• Medication for heart failure may be helpful addition to standard therapies
• Many Americans use prayer for health concerns
• Dental X-rays during pregnancy associated with low birth weight babies
• Cholesterol levels fluctuate with the seasons
• Anthrax survivors continued to have health problems one year after exposure
• Outbreak of skin infections sheds light on risk factors for bacterial resistance
• Phase II trial of anthrax vaccine to begin
• ORNL researchers focus on the CO2 big picture
• Institute for Systems Biology, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory announce collaboration
• NSF grant to preserve electronically published research
• Challenges facing a changing rural America
• Clemson launches S.C. DNA Learning Center
• Clemson dedicates biotech research complex
• Something old, something new
• Gulf of Maine Ocean Data Partnership announced
• Science-savvy 'Lia' stars in new TV series developed by BU photonics, communication school
• BU physics professor elected member of National Academy of Sciences
• Would it be worth it to pay for donated kidneys?
• Protein may help prevent autoimmune attacks
• Environmental educators win 2004 Tyler Prize
• Fat cell hormone causes weight loss
• Researchers seek solutions to impending U.S. long-term care facility staffing crisis
• Guiding gas exploration: U-M research offers inexpensive tool
• Allan Jacobson, Farfel award winner, at forefront of energy alternatives research
• The Hunter's Breath tells a story of adventure and discovery in Antarctica
• Cancer Survivors Center funded for children
• New type of anthrax vaccine moves into larger-scale trial at Saint Louis University
• 'Green' chiller technology rolled out for Earth day
• Speak to your credit card
• Meteorite from Mars moon
• Unpublished trials data suggest most SSRI antidepressants unsuitable for children
• Promising diagnostic test for sleeping sickness
• Concern for European public health as EU border extends to the east
• Newfound grasshopper takes to the trees on Konza Prairie
• CellCept's cardioprotective profile reinforced
• 2004 Spring Allergy Capitals(TM) identified
• Mycophenolate mofetil superior to azathioprine: Slows vascular disease progression after transplant
• May GEOLOGY media highlights
• May/June GSA BULLETIN media highlights
• Moon and four planets in the evening sky
• Western flank of Olympus Mons
• DELTA mission and ESA astronaut dock with ISS
• Newborn testing for immune disorders could save lives
• Government-run firms and services hurt the economy
• Citizens asked to monitor impact of invasive bird species
• Arecibo radiotelescope made incredibly more sensitive
• Stretching DNA on a tiny scale, researchers probe the basis for its compaction
• NHS trusts putting safety of pregnant doctors at risk
• New figures reveal social gradient of heart failure
• Fewer fizzy drinks can prevent childhood obesity
• Sounds of New York, evidence for a preferred ear, ultrasound for the eye
• Research study profiles indoor tanners
• Starting salaries lower for 2003 chemistry grads, C&EN reports
• University of Scranton students win national chemistry contest
• Study shows possible link between Parkinson's medication and cardiac valve disease
• Study shows coenzyme Q10 may prevent migraine
• Severity of depressed mood affects stroke risk
• Surgery for treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy varies among ethnic groups
• PET scanning promising in diagnosing cancer-related neurological disorders
• Parkinson's disease cell loss starts years before diagnosis
• Language 'center' of brain shifts with age
• Hormone may offer hope for treating some behavioral disorders
• Creatine is safe, but not effective, in pediatric neuromuscular disease
• Blood pressure drug helps delay ischemic brain damage in stroke patients
• AAN develops neurology education series for patients and families
• American Academy of Neurology awards 2004 Potamkin Prize to two scientists
• AAN 2004 Public Leadership Award goes to Leon Fleisher, musician who overcame dystonia
• Temperature and humidity can affect LASIK surgery results
• Prudent-layperson laws help get insurance coverage for emergency room visits
• Yellowstone's long-distance travelers in trouble, study says
• Stacked, packed nanowires hold triplexed megadata
• Classic view wrong, scientists say, huge pots of magma not brewing under most volcanoes
• Ultra-fast laser allows efficient, accessible nanoscale machining
• Is that plant a tortoise or a hare? Answer predicts its response to environmental change
• Some infertile couples unaware of multiple birth risks
• UGA professor Jeffrey Bennetzen named to National Academy of Sciences
• Making a friendlier mosquito
• A fly (genome) like any other fly
• A blueprint for US national ocean policy for the 21st Century
• Unraveling the secrets of the brain's smallest cells
• National Academies news: 72 new members chosen by academy
• Turkish-American relations conference first of its kind
• Research finds lawn chemicals raise cancer risk in Scottish terriers
• Industry may benefit from first CAD search system
• Study shows opioid growth factor safe for treatment of pancreatic cancer
• An 'off the wall' idea
• NASA successfully launches gravity probe B mission
• Oldest hemoglobin ancestors offer clues to earliest oxygen-based life
• Arctic carbon a potential wild card in climate change scenarios
• Testosterone replacement improves muscle strength, function in HIV-infected women
• HIV, West Nile virus, SARS – infections and thoracic transplantation
• Non-drug treatment device delivers sustained blood pressure reductions within 3-4 weeks in the home
• Prenatal nicotine primes adolescent brain for addiction
• Lower temperatures improve outcomes after bypass surgery
• New word for on-the-job health problem: 'presenteeism'
• More than a million Americans abuse prescription drugs
• ISSIR launches The Journal of Sexual Medicine with Blackwell
• ACP announces international medical fellowship
• Veterans have increased risk of ALS
• Parkinson's drug effective in treating restless leg syndrome
• Migraine with aura, cholesterol increase risk of stroke in women
• Molecule pumped directly into brain improves Parkinson's disease symptoms
• Mexican Americans at greater risk for stroke than non-Hispanic whites
• Improved mood tied to better language ability
• Dementia, sensory neuropathy in sub-Saharan HIV-positive patients
• Cells from adult bone marrow can be converted into brain stem cells for transplantation
• Botulinum toxin can help musicians with dystonia
• APOE gene linked to Parkinson's disease
• Alzheimer's drug improves memory, cognition in MS patients
• Supplement use growing among children and adolescents
• Vanderbilt's John Oates wins clinical research award
• Vanderbilt doctors use Viagra to treat infants with pulmonary hyptertension
• Colorectal cancer rates in African Americans equal with insurance parity
• New evidence supports three major glaciation events in the distant past
• Gene mutation found for a form of juvenile-onset motor neuron disease
• Two molecules work together to aid transport of immune cells, UT Southwestern researchers find
• Sick Kids researchers look at viral triggers for multiple sclerosis in children
• Robot device dusts potential bombs for fingerprints
• Lower taxes can boost government revenue: U of T study
• Images of thin models boost dieters' self-image: Study
• High-volume hospitals best equipped for complex surgery
• USC human speech study
• The cultural defense
• Heart transplant survival: Results may be key to rejection prevention, detection, treatment
• Public-safety gains endangered by decreased federal funding of crime research
• Families generally happy with initial early intervention services, study shows
• Not guilty! Evidence exonerates 328, but many still falsely imprisoned
• Research bank makes good use of umbilical cords
• UC Riverside researchers improve drought tolerance in plants
• Researcher predicts global climate change on Jupiter as planet's spots disappear
• Mantis shrimp may have swiftest kick in the animal kingdom
• 2004 Wistar Institute Science Journalism Award winners announced
• Growing interest in organic light emitting diodes compel manufacturers to enhance product features
• Still time to apply for the $10,000 Maxwell A. Pollack Award!
• Fertility herbal supplement sprouts promising results in Stanford pilot study
• Blood screen may help cancer patients thwart radiation side effects, say Stanford researchers
• 1st data show CRESTOR highly effective at lowering LDL-C in patients with type 2 diabetes
• Rensselaer receives NIH grant to develop virtual surgery simulator
• More useful plants may sprout from gene role discovery
• Low-dose transdermal estrogen viable short-term treatment for menopausal women
• Yet another benefit of green tea
• Imaging study reveals brain function of poor readers can improve
• Mayo Clinic researchers restore lost immunity -- Possible breakthrough for AIDS
• Discovery sheds light on how cancer cells grow and divide
• Aberration-corrected microscopes bring 2020 vision to the nano-world
• Personalized treatment goal of IU breast cancer study funded by $10 million DoD grant
• High-tech 'phrenology' to identify children with fetal alcohol syndrome
• Seven organizations vie in Tech World Series
• Study finds few new antibiotics are in the pipeline
• DELTA mission heading to ISS with Dutch ESA astronaut
• Exposure to food increases brain metabolism
• Oral cancer survey from Case dental school shows dental hygienist's role in catching cancer
• Invention could improve PVC safety and strengthen $1.8-billion industry worldwide
• From DNA to work and play
• Understanding epilepsy
• Epilepsy presents unique problems for women
• Epilepsy guidelines will improve treatment and access
• American Academy of Neurology and American Epilepsy Society guidelines for treating of epilepsy
• Black women with high blood pressure during pregnancy have higher homocysteine levels
• Virginia Sen. John Warner wins American Chemical Society public service award
• Federal official wins American Chemical Society public service award
• Dallas Congresswoman Johnson wins American Chemical Society public service award
• Major study: Bioartificial liver reduces mortality by 44 percent in acute liver-failure patients
• UC San Diego selects Entrée Wireless to supply mobile gateways for homeland security
• Wet scans
• Salty scans
• A rose by any other name
• Effects of ocean fertilization with iron to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere reported
• Delirium high in ICU patients, leads to death, morbidity
• Rewriting textbooks on DNA crossover
• Researchers report definitive evidence that HIV-AIDS is not from oral polio vaccine
• High-fat fast-food breakfast produces rush of inflammatory factors into blood stream, UB study finds
• Policy highlights from Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition
• National Academies advisory: Science Museum grand opening Friday, April 23
• Keck Futures Initiative to hold math modeling conference with Vanderbilt University
• Jefferson scientists find how HIV causes dementia
• Study finds low activity levels among nursing home residents regardless of restraint
• 'Golden Fleece' bale proves some wool worth much money
• Hopkins Marine Station honored by the American Society for Microbiology
• Hobby-Eberly Telescope witnesses vaporizing of a cometlike body by a very young hot star
• New York microbiologists awarded research grants in antibiotic resistance and lyme disease
• Brain signal predicts working memory prowess
• Second NIAID SARS vaccine candidate helps mice fend off SARS
• Mayo Clinic establishes landmark research program to predict and prevent alcoholism
• Crowding stem cells' personal space directs their future
• HIV drug content in developing countries meets U.S. standards
• Physicians, patients must work together on new electronic relationships
• Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
• New research explores 'early bird' and 'night owl' sleep patterns
• Medical residents need training to interact with pharmaceutical representatives
• Vanderbilt doctors find citrus soda interacts with cyclosporine, maybe statins
• Following complex motions
• Brain cells become more discriminating when they work together
• Physical beauty involves more than good looks
• Short course of Tibetan yoga improved sleep in cancer patients
• Explorer Ballard to return to Titanic to assess state of the wreck
• Risk of preeclampsia rises sharply with increased pre-pregnancy body mass index
• UNC researchers identify virus gene involved in tumor cell growth, spread
• Botox injections restore voices, confidence to voice disorder patients
• U-M professor's top-selling book focuses on Toyota's methods
• UCSD researchers determine fibrin depletion decreases multiple sclerosis symptoms
• New hereditary gene linked to Parkinson's disease
• Work on promising inorganic blood substitute to move forward with $1.5 million grant from NIH
• Ethics of boosting brainpower debated by researchers
• Rutgers ecologists and Brooklyn Botanic Garden botanists to plan Beijing Olympics Forest Park
• Brain areas identified that 'decode' emotions of others
• Airplane wings that change shape like a bird's have scales like a fish
• SuperWASP begins the search for thousands of new planets
• Strategies could make for safer shift changes at hospitals
• No-till farming offers a quick fix to help ward off host of global problems
• Satellites record weakening North Atlantic current
• Researchers receive funds to create high-tech wildfire fighting solutions
• Cosmic magnifying glass
• Making sense of the brain's mind-boggling complexity
• Researchers awarded $2 million to create high-tech tools for fighting wildfires
• MIT aims radar research at breast cancer
• Moss Landing researchers reveal iron as key to climate change
• Other highlights in the April 21 JNCI
• Clinic-based intervention program improves smoking cessation rates, study says
• Chlamydiae infection may be associated with ocular adnexal lymphoma
• Researchers identify leukemia-linked pathway targeted by a new kinase inhibitor
• Topiramate reduces frequency of migraines
• Patients with multiple sclerosis and fatigue may have abnormal sleep cycles
• Multiple factors affect psoriasis treatment compliance
• Improvements in prescribing medications for hypertension results in better outcomes and cost savings
• Donor livers not consistently allocated according to medical need
• 'Off-pump' bypass surgery has similar outcomes, lower cost, than conventional bypass surgery
• Alcoholism risk linked to gene involved in brain chemistry
• ISHLT to recognize transplant pioneer Dr. Magdi Yacoub with lifetime achievement award
• Spiders make best ever Post-it notes
• HIV-positive U.S. military personnel accidentally vaccinated against smallpox
• Gulf marine reserves given new life
• Florida Tech researchers win $912,700 grant for cell studies
• Satellite technology to climb Everest
• Hemochromatosis, inflammation and anemia
• Atom-scale images give materials researchers new tool for developing advanced ceramics
• First 3-D look at diesel particles gives clues to cleaner engines
• From top quarks to the blues
• Berners-Lee wins inaugural millennium technology prize
• Time with patients, staff support boost flu shot rates
• Kids heed anti-smoking messages from schools, parents
• Making music could be bad for your skin
• Trans fat linked to increase in cholesterol
• APS announces four 2004 Young Investigators awards
• American Lung Association's 2004 State of the Air report ranks cities and counties with dirty air
• New efforts needed to address cleanup after 'dirty bomb' attack
• ESA consults European science community on candidate Earth Explorer missions
• Industrial biotechnology and bioprocessing meeting set for April 21-23
• April ACS ProSpectives conference on counterfeit drugs planned
• Exercise reduces blood estrogens, risk for breast cancer in post menopausal women
• Lung tumor therapies improved by combining CT and PET scans
• Calorie restriction drastically reduces risk of heart attack, stroke and diabetes
• New study looks for ways to delay disability in older adults
• Study marks increased trends in infectious disease occurrences in our oceans
• Longevity gene may also predict better outcome for breast cancer patients
• Gang busters
• U-M student research may help astronauts burn fuel on Mars
• Grant from GE Foundation to University of Houston to strengthen math, tech 'pipeline'
• Chicken litter harbors agents that generate antibiotic multi-resistance, according to UGA study
• Scientists size-up, classify meteorite that nearly landed in their backyards
• UCLA study shows Medicaid costs can shrink
• UA planetary scientist to testify before Presidential commission Friday
• National Academies advisory: NAS Annual Meeting April 17-20
• Keck Futures Initiative announces grant recipients
• Heart disease and stroke hit younger in developing countries, new report shows
• By looking back, scientists see a bright future for climate change
• Study reveals poor Houston air quality
• Society of Nuclear Medicine's 51st Annual Meeting June 19-23, 2004
• 'Use it or lose it' warning rings true when it comes to exercise
• New proteomics core at OHSU will speed discovery process
• Seat by seat subtitles in cinema
• Crab throws light on Titan's atmosphere
• Antibodies break the cell barrier
• MCG pursues markers to improve ovarian cancer treatment, diagnosis
• Sacral-nerve stimulation could help counteract incontinence
• Proven at last - alcohol consumption increases risk of gout
• New drug-resistant strain of salmonella identified
• DNA test shows promise for identifying patients with colorectal cancer
• Newborn lambs' central heating system could aid fat busting in humans
• Technology experts and policymakers to discuss hydrogen economy
• Hydrogen and fuel cell futures conference and exhibition
• A 'dragon' on the surface of Titan
• Proof of a warming world could be written on water
• Improving the chances of successful organ transplants
• Solvent, common drug plus hormones raise risk of reproductive failures and breast cancers
• Researchers substitute whole chromosomes to speed the search for genes in common diseases
• Protein promotes cancer metastasis and survival
• AAPSS to honor Carnegie Mellon professor
• Discovery could improve anemia treatment in patients
• Fly with brain tumor may shed light on cancer causing genes
• Could this be the end for injections?
• APA 112th annual convention to be held in Honolulu, July 28 – August 1, 2004
• Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, April 20, 2004
• ACP guidelines: Many diabetics should be taking statins
• New study demonstrates significant and sustained improvements in BPH symptoms with AVODART ™
• New book urges ecologists to think 'outside the helmet'
• Biologist's find alters the bacteria family tree
• Old mound may lead to new ideas about people 5,000 years ago
• Concussion causes emotional disturbances, say researchers
• Small uterine fibroids may be linked with increased risk of miscarriage, early study results show
• UF researcher: Animals think in their own way, but unlike humans
• Renewable energy promotes U.S. job growth better than investment in fossil fuels
• Cinnamon may help to alleviate diabetes says UCSB researcher
• Decoding a sulfate-breathing bug
• Genetic screening study at Stanford ID's most aggressive adult leukemia strains
• A new hypothesis about autoimmunity. Is it possible to be too clean?
• St. Jude researchers create image of enzyme that orchestrates natural genetic engineering
• The brain's flashy tale
• Building democracies, establishing strong regional leaders help to prevent conflict
• Annotation marathon validates 21,037 human genes
• Phytoplankton may stimulate uptake of CO2
• Shell beads from South African cave show modern human behavior 75,000 years ago
• Inspiring invention
• In bowerbirds, young females go more for blue, less for strutting
• Transformation of heated meat substitutes is unpredictable
• Salt-tolerant rice requires careful selection
• Gene plays major role in formation of stem cells and cancer
• Damage to brain vessels increases the chance of dementia and depression
• Concrete floor cracks after 15 minutes of exposure to a fire
• Batch control makes chemical reactions easier to manage
• Testing drug's ability to reverse stroke after standard three-hour window has closed
• Researchers go fishing, pull out antigens
• New approach offers potential drug-discovery shortcut
• HHMI commits more than $30 million to help reverse brain drain, beat infectious diseases
• Supercold, wiggling 'jelly' presents evidence of new kind of superfluidity
• ORNL, National LambdaRail partners in major network project
• Using telltale toolmarks to fight crime
• Mental health symptoms common at Pentagon after 9/11
• Community screenings uncover hidden diabetes risk
• Engineered virus provides impetus in search for HIV vaccine
• Successful therapy for head and neck cancer may lead to long-term circulatory problems
• Latest fashion fad concerns eye M.D.s
• World's Alzheimer's disease experts to showcase latest research
• American dream of home ownership turns sour for many low-income buyers
• When 'switched on' muscle stem cells morph to resemble nerve cells
• World's oldest mouse celebrates milestone birthday
• Young chimpanzees show sex differences in learning
• Like ozone hole, polar clouds take bite out of meteoric iron
• Vitamin C reduces level of C-reactive protein, finds UC Berkeley-led study
• UCLA yoga study seeks breast cancer survivors
• Statins and aspirin may protect against severe vision loss in elderly
• New method for determining age of artifacts fills chronological gap for scientists
• Experiment harnesses state-of-the-art sequencing technology to detect life on Mars
• Sticklebacks reveal secrets to evolutionary change in Stanford study
• Purdue scientists finding ways to outsmart crop-damaging bugs
• Ultrasound treatment for hurt muscles may feel good, but doesn't promote healing, study suggests
• Rewards, not sanctions, help schools succeed under accountability programs, study finds
• Police judge criminal profiles based on who writes them, study finds
• OHSU researchers, collaborators make recommendations to self-treating physicians
• Immigrants' literacy skills a human capital concern
• Turning robots into a well-oiled machine
• New molecule heralds breakthrough in electronic plastics
• MacroPore - adipose-derived cells - potential to engraft & differentiate into heart muscle
• Missed alcohol diagnoses in hospital patients
• Avian influenza outbreaks create concern about human infection Mayo Clinic researchers warn
• Crystallographers take note: A synchrotron light source for your home lab
• How cancer neutralizes T cell attack
• Seal of approval scheme needed for complementary and alternative websites
• Conservation International & SC Johnson invest in Ecuador's rainforest to offset climate impacts
• Unmarried women say they feel misunderstood in doctors' offices
• The preference for sweetened foods may decline after exercise
• Rare Chinese mushroom derivative can improve capacity, endurance, in sedentary elderly
• Is there a relationship between repeated pregnancies and increased cardiovascular disease?
• How do animals exposed to 24-hour light retain their wake-sleep habits?
• Estrogen–like drugs may eventually help postmenopausal women with weight gain
• A non-invasive treatment for angina does not lead to enhanced athletic performance
• School of Public Health awarded $3.9 million to assess Afghan health system
• Study is another step in determining if curry can protect against Alzheimer's
• Study finds certain compounds in beer, wine effective in slowing breast cancer cell growth
• Is a single bout of exercise helpful or harmful in getting a good night's sleep?
• Adding menthol to topical creams for osteoarthritis provides significant pain relief
• A multi-institutional study may offer clues for the treatment of some autoimmune diseases
• URI instrument that simulates Earth's rotation garners scientists $1.1 million NSF grant
• Are toddlers who can't sleep at higher risk of becoming teens who smoke, drink or do drugs?
• Surprises found in gene variation associated with schizophrenia
• Self-assembling 'nanotubes' offer promise for future artificial joints
• Continuous insulin monitoring does not raise hospital costs
• Computerized prescriber order entry systems may have limited impact on patient harm
• New tool helps builders evaluate terrorist threat
• New database aids medical device exporters
• Glowing microspheres improve fluorescence measurements
• DNA research highlights prostate cancer mechanisms
• Ceramics data enters a new phase
• Controlling biomolecules with magnetic 'tweezers'
• Study confirms alcohol's role in increasing risk of gout
• IEEE-USA supports task force recommendations for mandatory electricity reliability standards
• Evolution's mirror in a fish's spines
• Prescription of opioids for back pain needs improvement
• New light shed on atrial fibrillation after bypass surgery
• Scientists 'beef up' plant-dwelling bacteria to boost phytoremediation
• Argonne researchers demonstrate streamlined approach to structure determination
• Environmental inequities cluster to harm poor children
• Breakthrough Clemson research appears in Science
• American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2004 (second issue)
• Extended lymph node dissection fails to increase long-term survival among gastric cancer patients
• Patagonia's coastal wildlife receive a protective boost by Argentine government
• Scientists devise method to study membrane proteins, one key to drug discovery
• Increasing the body's good cholesterol may be a pill away
• Researchers find no safe place to sit in California tick-infested forest
• Web-based program calculates effects of an Earth impact
• First 8.4-meter mirror installed in large binocular telescope
• Astronomers take near-earth asteroid search to southern hemisphere
• Study suggests insect-derived antimicrobial peptides could be used as drug-delivery vehicles
• 90 million Americans are burdened with inadequate health literacy
• Multiple benefits enable hybrid vehicles to race ahead of battery and fuel cell versions
• Temperamental cattle make tough steaks, first U.S. study shows
• East Texas feral hog numbers skyrocketed in last decade
• How long does it take for Earth's magnetic field to reverse?
• Lung cancer in women is a 21st century epidemic
• WHI study finds no heart disease benefit, increased stroke risk with estrogen alone
• Alarming rise in incidence of lung cancer and death in women
• LatchTool Group unveils hydraulic breakthrough
• SAGE-acious prediction of thyroid carcinoma
• Patients who receive kidneys from older donors do well
• Operative time increases when training surgical residents in the operating room
• Many patients interested in reading their own medical records
• Estrogen offers no overall benefit for disease prevention in postmenopausal women with hysterectomy
• Duration of hospital stay has shortened for patients with heart attack
• 'Virtual colonoscopy' techniques and training need to be improved before widespread clinical use
• Article examines reasons contributing to epidemic of lung cancer in U.S. women
• New IU Bloomington life sciences building gets a name
• Four IU professors are 2004 Guggenheim Fellows
• Researchers identify unifying code among diverse classes of natural antibiotics
• Surgical skill increases survival for oesophageal cancer surgery
• Florida Tech scientist sees lightning like Superman
• Invasive species: A few bucks and a click away
• European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology conference - June 2004
• Space technology hits the slopes
• Louros Valles, south of Ius Chasma
• Closing in: Cassini-Huygens view of Saturn
• ASIRAS, a new ESA airborne instrument sees ice for the first time
• Livermore scientists contribute to new measurements of stratospheric ozone
• Better techniques needed to predict earthquake hazards, UC study finds
• Carnegie Mellon U. develops microgel to recover enzymes for manufacturing, research assays
• Timing of adverse events in hospital patients
• Sights set on reporting of gunshot wounds
• Risk of death among homeless women
• Global warming and the onward march of the pine
• Blackwell Publishing acquires BMJ Books
• Further studies comparing rehydration therapies would waste resources, say researchers
• Online tool estimates long-term chance of surviving prostate cancer
• Nighttime chemistry affects ozone formation
• AGU Journal highlights - 8 April 2004
• Office spirometry significantly improves early detection of COPD
• News briefs from the journal CHEST, April 2004
• Storage limits on our visual hard drive
• Freeing Nemo: Aquarium owners releasing non-native fish could endanger marine ecosystems
• Long-forgotten samples may help save species
• Understanding nutrition labels can lead to healthier eating
• Study examines planter costs for various sizes of farms
• Top honors for patient counseling awarded to UH student
• UF study: Barren Siberia, of all places, may be original home to animal life
• Mind-body connection in placebo surgery trial studied by University of Denver researcher
• NSF funds summer research program abroad for undergraduates at UC San Diego
• Scientists question reports of massive ant supercolonies in California and Europe
• Molecular analyses of leukemia patients suggest strategies for better treatments
• Time-reversal acoustics research promises medical breakthroughs
• New studies show Curves Program raises metabolic rate in overweight and sedentary women
• Introduction of the 'Rett protein' in post-mitotic neurons rescues Rett Syndrome in mice
• Follow the DELTA launch and docking with the ISS from one of ESA's establishments
• Post-traumatic stress disorder increases in children with extended ICU stays after cardiac surgery
• Lung cancer now leading cause of cancer death in women
• Aha! Cognitive neuroscientists reveal creative brain processes
• How often does Earth's magnetic field reverse?
• Ice melt may dry out US west coast
• Diet of worms protects against bowel cancer
• Vision loss from eye diseases will increase as Americans age
• Rapid workplace expansion linked to long-term sickness absence
• Keyhole surgery for colorectal cancer offers same prognosis as conventional surgery
• First epileptic seizures in old age suggest high risk of subsequent stroke
• AstraZeneca submits regulatory application in Europe for use of Atacand(R) in heart failure
• 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society to be held May 6-9 in Vancouver
• Prevalence of cataracts expected to increase substantially in coming decades
• Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration projected to increase substantially by 2020
• Leading causes of blindness for blacks and whites different
• Eye disorder that can cause blindness is high among people with type 1 diabetes mellitus
• Editorial: Blindness and visual impairment
• Approximately one-third of people older than 40 have vision disturbances
• Robotic floats shed new light on the iron hypothesis
• Fish no exception to trend in marine-organism disease
• Why sloths do not sleep upside down
• HIV prevention schemes neglect partner reduction
• Bright clothing and white helmets cut motorcycle deaths
• Alcohol limit for drink driving should be much lower
• Antidepressants are not safe for children
• American Society of Plant Biologists offers developing nations free access to science journals
• The American Academy of Microbiology releases report
• Reporters from Science Magazine to receive ASM Public Communications Award
• The cognitive damage of alcohol lingers after motor performance returns to normal
• Sleep problems in early childhood may predict substance use during adolescence
• Specifying alcohol-related brain-damage among heavy social drinkers
• Alcohol use and victimization among college women
• Hormone linked to obesity plays positive role in fertility & possibly male arousal
• Europe, Canada ahead of US in creating family-friendly policies
• Annual bioethics forum to explore genetic testing
• U of T researchers isolate gene for Crohn's disease
• Biosensor-regulated gene therapy reduces heart attack damage in mice
• Researchers probe link between nanotechnology and health
• End of life ICU use may require re-evaluation according to University of Pittsburgh study
• Gene with key role in replicating pox viruses also halts inflammation
• Loggerhead sea turtles nesting earlier due to warmer ocean temperatures
• UCR study says second-hand smoke affects healing
• Scripps Nierenberg Prize awarded to renowned primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall
• East Asian governments urged to harness market forces to improve environment, save money
• Paleontologists use computer to 'morph' deformed fossils back to their original shapes
• Animal model, new grant, propel UB researchers forward in search for tinnitus treatment
• 'Knock out' rose receives Texas superstar and earthkind designation
• Received truth turned on end in cancer research
• Stevens Technology Confidence Index again trends upward
• Predicting cancer patient survival with gene expression data
• Marine disease on the rise?
• Imaging the brain solving problems through insight
• Culture of primate non-aggression
• Preventing another Columbine: Youth violence prevention conference
• Here there be data: Mapping the landscape of science
• Creativity, aging, and health meeting
• Hopkins' young researchers honored for their contributions
• 'Exercise Hypertension' occurs when cells can't 'relax,' Hopkins researchers find
• Milky Way past was more turbulent than previously known
• SOHO sees its 750th comet
• Newer drugs appear to stem violent behavior
• Researchers make major gain in understanding how prions jump species
• Computer modeling fibrillation in the canine heart
• New drug prevents arrhythmias that cause sudden cardiac death
• Partnership will boost maritime research
• Human Rights Act fails to help deprived community, says report
• New method is first to mimic subtle genetic changes
• Embryonic skin cells committed at an early age
• Carnegie Mellon interactive-video DVD helps teens avoid sexually transmitted diseases
• Cell research uncovers intriguing clues to 'Trojan horse' gene in HIV infection
• Zinc supplements could help treat ADHD
• Crime scene or nature reserve?
• Brain's left and right sides work together better in mathematically gifted youth
• Brain activity, including memory-processing, changes in Tourette syndrome
• Lack of specific brain protein causes marked deficits in learning, memory
• Cultural sensitivity crucial when seeking organ donors
• USC awarded $3.5 million to study DNA enzyme
• Caregivers, remember this: Patients' medications ease your distress too
• Internet2 may change the way scientists conduct research
• Study shows lower than expected allergic-like events following second prescription of penicillin
• Star making peaked five billion years ago; expect darkness
• Warning to preserve 'unique' red squirrel from extinction
• Urban runoff poses increased health threat for surfers, other beach users, UCI study shows
• Changes in ovaries could indicate higher risk of ovarian cancer
• Three new South American fish identified
• Genetic trick adapted from viruses makes gene therapy vectors more versatile
• Two-way link between heart disease and autoimmunity
• Modern psychology sheds light on age-old religious strife
• Titan casts revealing shadow
• South African MRC hosts the African branch office of EDCTP Secretariat
• Too good eyes for living below ground
• Adams Respiratory Therapeutics and Hollister-Stier Laboratories to co-promote ALLERx(TM) dose pack
• Grant funds computer worm research
• Sitting in nonsmoking sections a powerful tactic for preventing teen smoking
• Adding new colours to interferometry
• 'Springer' - A solution to water pollution?
• Functional food – Safety aspects
• Physics tip sheet #41 - April 5, 2004
• Internists to screen for alcohol misuse on April 8
• Reading test may validly estimate pre-dementia functioning
• Guideline: Heart condition does not increase risk of second stroke
• Leading experts in field of gene therapy to meet in Minneapolis
• Female gluttony blamed on male tick
• Obesity alone not a good predictor of cardiovascular risk and death, fat distribution proved best
• Moderate iron deficiency affects cognitive performance - but iron supplementation improves it
• Malignant breast cancer cells to revert to normal with manipulation
• Longer-term, moderate exercise improves immune activity
• Insights on stroke from the peripheral blood suggest ways to develop markers and therapies
• Hormonal response to stress alters immune system function and alters mental and physical disease
• Green and black tea polyphenols consumption results in slower prostate cancer cell growth
• First study of resveratrol dietary supplement finds effect on breast and prostate cancers unlikely
• First biomarkers to diagnose Lou Gehrig's disease found in CNS
• Dietary supplement shows promise for improving immune function in the elderly
• CNS cancers and other diseases: Using proteomics to identify unique protein 'fingerprints'
• New information about heart enzymes could lead to better treatments
• UT Southwestern researchers reveal mechanisms of smooth-muscle contraction
• Shared gene switch for all plants found
• Aerogels: 'Solid smoke' may have many uses
• Research news from Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy: April 2004
• Last call for nominations for 2004 National Academies Communication Awards
• Jefferson scientists use gene therapy to restore function of damaged heart cells in lab
• Water molecules clump more loosely than previously thought
• Scripps research scientist wins 2004 Koch Prize
• New software developed at Rensselaer predicts promising ingredients for new drugs
• Older people recover from disabling events at higher rate than previously thought
• New calculator provides more accurate estimates of colon cancer survival
• Online IV nutrition calculator reduces medical errors, saves time
• Low activity levels found among children with asthma due to parental health beliefs
• Physics and medicine: at Erice the new perspectives of an ancient cooperation
• ESA's 'shipping forecast' - from Titan!
• Favorite liquid revisited
• Building a scale sensitive enough to weigh a virus
• Rich, vibrant community life of rural Maya described by BU archaeologist
• Public smoking bans may cut heart attacks
• Pregnancy complications high even when diabetes is under control
• New study adds weight to link between passive smoking and death
• Concern over poor facilities for young people with mental illness
• American Society for Microbiology 104th general meeting
• Report in BioScience details global decline of nonmarine mollusks
• Science and technology experts analyze President's budget and critical policy issues
• Deleting neural STAT3 protein in mice
• Soccer madness spreads to robotics as UK hosts first National Robot Football Championship
• Men with family history of prostate cancer accurately predict higher risk, UMHS study finds
• UIC researchers discover gene that causes liver cancer in animals
• Chew on this for opening day: Baseball's longtime link with tobacco
• UCSD study cites lack of vigorous exercise as primary factor in adolescent obesity
• UCLA research explores biology of fear
• Mathematicians predict patterns in fingerprints and cacti
• Institute of Medicine advisory: April 8 news conference on health literacy
• State of the Planet 2004
• Grid computing steps up a gear
• Oil exploitation in Ecuador's Amazon basin produces a 'public health emergency'
• OHSU researchers discover possible connection between infant hormone exposure, obesity
• Trauma and post-traumatic stress highly prevalent among delinquents
• Northwestern Memorial launches trial to determine most effective treatment for hepatitis C
• SOS Rx: National medication safety group organized
• MIT reports new insights in visual recognition
• SSX, a new family of cancer vaccine targets
• Other highlights in the April 7 JNCI
• Immediate mammogram reading may decrease stress associated with abnormal results
• Exposure to famine associated with increased breast cancer risk
• JCI table of contents, 2 April 2004
• Gaining health while giving back to the community
• Use of guns by teens for threats more likely than for self-defense
• Study evaluates various strategies for diagnosis and treatment of sore throat
• Rates of trauma and of posttraumatic stress disorder higher among incarcerated youth
• Patients with alcohol and drug use disorders more likely to have personality disorders
• Home-based program effective in treating minor depression in chronically ill older adults
• Ejaculation frequency not related to increased risk of prostate cancer
• Atherosclerosis linked to depression in older persons
• Stretching the imagination
• Ancient Greeks help scientists build environmentally friendly nano devices
• Leptin rewires the brain's feeding circuits
• Titanic weather forecasting
• Happy anniversary, VLT!
• Double hulled tankers to prevent oil disasters
• Immunity gene predicts severe adverse drug reaction
• Genetic basis of hereditary nerve disorder revealed
• Duke scientists overcome immune resistance in dendritic cell vaccines for cancer
• Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, April 2004
• Amazon drought now measured from space
• Study finds lesbian and bisexual girls are at heightened risk for tobacco use
• Unethical promotion of medicines is rife in India
• Social problems linked to mental illness in Pakistan
• Poorest in India are biggest consumers of tobacco
• Improving health for mothers and children in South Asia
• Has cricket helped to unite South Asia?
• Gender bias leaves South Asia's women in poor health
• Why passive smoking hinders healing
• Web-based education limited by publishers' restrictions
• Higher doses of cancer drug imatinib proven effective and safe
• Breast cancer patients with BRCA 1/2 mutations twice as likely to choose double mastectomy
• Number of breaths given during CPR may be linked to survival
• Exercise is key to reversing obesity-related heart risk in children
• AChemS: Cutting edge research in taste, smell, & chemical irritation
• Oldest known evidence of cat taming found in Cyprus, researchers report in Science
• Norepinephrine important in retrieving memories
• UC San Diego bioinformatics experts help reconstruct the genomic makeup of our ancestors
• Radio astronomers lift 'fog' on Milky Way's dark heart
• Surgeons explore new treatment for Tourette syndrome
• Institute of Medicine Advisory: April 1 public briefing on safety of dietary supplements
• 'Crystal engineering' helps scientists solve 3-D protein structures
• Study identifies predictors of Alzheimer's disease longevity
• Tropical medicine: A brittle tool of the new imperialism
• Study reveals high suicide rates among young people in India
• Day-care services could be option for pregnancy complications
• Hypertension tamer
• HeartScore(R): New tool for cardiovascular disease risk prediction and management
• Preschoolers lead growth of antidepressant use, study reveals
• Methuselah enzymes: SEN and the art of molecule maintenance
• Creating polymers that act like biomolecules
• Researchers caution against linking strep, neuropsychiatric disorders
• Newer drugs more effective at curing strep throat than penicillin
• Comprehensive study: We know little about environmental effects on kids
• Intensive diabetes management yields positive results, according to Pittsburgh project
• Fat hormone leptin alters brain architecture and activity, which in turn drives feeding behavior
• First flavors form a lasting impression
• Transcendental meditation lowers blood pressure in black adolescents
• The APCs of autoimmune disease
• Monitoring macrophages detects dementia
• Bim notes in the neuronal executioner's song
• Can you tell the difference between Quarks and DNA?
• Novel MRI technique provides clear images of blood flow
• Puzzle of corn's origins coming together
• For the sake of land and climate, coaxing soil to soak up carbon
• Connecting the quantum and classical physics
• Low vitamin B12 is associated with poorer memory in older people with high risk for Alzheimer's
• National Academies Advisory: April 1 Public Briefing on Safety of Dietary Supplements
• Autism gene found
• Study finds nerve damage can affect opposite side of body
• Breast cancer patients with BRCA1 or 2 mutations twice as likely to have double mastectomy
• Inactivation of Alzheimer's disease genes in mice causes dementia and brain degeneration
• Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, April 6, 2004
• April 2004 Ophthalmology journal
• Fatty acid pathway, glucose combine to produce triacetic acid lactone
• Oldest-known arm bone found in Pennsylvania
• Research reveals halogen characteristics of cluster of metal atoms
• Researchers testing compounds that may stop replication of T-cell leukemia virus
• Combinatorial techniques yield polymer libraries to expedite materials testing and design
• Internet-based tools could bridge gap in chemistry education, reports Carnegie Mellon Univ.
• Schizophrenia patients don't take medications regularly
• HIV finds new way to play hide and seek
• HeartScore launch - Press teleconference invitation
• Researchers look at soy oil to replace petroleum for a range of products
• Nanocompasses and quantum dots
• Making protein nanostructures
• Two-stage weight loss surgery for high-risk, morbidly obese patients reduces surgical risk
• Highlights of American Chemical Society meeting in Anaheim, Calif., March 28-April 1
• Nanotechnology highlights from the ACS national meeting in Anaheim, Calif., March 28-April 1

Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 21 Feb 2009