• Human chromosomes 2, 4 include gene deserts, signs of chimp chromosome merger
• Technique may speed drug production, reduce costs and waste
• Oceanographers collect 1.5 million year record of climate change in Africa
• Society of Nuclear Medicine to offer first $25,000 Mallinckrodt Seed Grant
• Society of Nuclear Medicine announces recipient of Mark Tetalman Award
• Society of Nuclear Medicine holds 52nd annual meeting June 18–22 in Toronto
• Canadian youth 4th highest in international obesity study
• Education program reduces incidents of shaken baby syndrome
• X-rays shine light on high-intensity gas lamps
• UPenn receives 2005 Templeton Research Lectures Grant
• HGM2005 (HUGO's 10th International Human Genome Meeting) will be held in Kyoto
• Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers identify subset of ovarian cancer patients responsive to Iressa
• Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers: Selenium will have critical role in prostate cancer treatment
• Was Agnès Sorel, the first official royal mistress of France, poisoned?
• Hubble celebrates 15th anniversary with spectacular new images
• Study uncovers bacteria's worst enemy
• DuPont announces 2005 Lavoisier Medal honorees
• Suicide in one partner substantially increases suicide risk in the other
• Comprehensive treatment improves cognitive impairment in heart failure patients
• Media advisory 4 - Joint Assembly in New Orleans
• ACP releases 5th Edition of its respected ethics manual
• Special physical therapy technique successful for chronic back pain
• AACR celebrates 20th anniversary of minority scholar awards
• Schizophrenic antifungal bacteria
• Protolanguage Amazon inhabitants reconstructed
• New Zealand forest giant prevents landslides
• Salty staircase in the atlantic provides clues to ocean mixing
• New study finds combat vets face more cardiovascular risks
• Widespread use of high-temperature superconductors on horizon
• Prenatal cocaine exposure exerts subtle effects on schoolchildren
• Europe's first interactive system bringing GRID technology to the final user
• Breast-cancer risk linked to exposure to traffic emissions at menarche, first birth
• Invasive plants: Arming to defend and win
• Patients with pituitary gland tumors are often misdiagnosed
• Chen receives Guggenheim fellowship
• Scientists confirm Earth's energy is out of balance
• ENERGY STAR®: New high efficiency levels introduced
• Officials simulate bioterrorist attack to test APL-developed disease surveillance
• Mars Express radar to be deployed in May
• Nano-particle research will benefit inhaler-users
• ASU researcher creates novel 'bioelectronic signatures' to detect DNA mutations
• Yale researchers identify molecule for detecting parasitic infection in humans
• U. S. postage stamp series unveiling at Yale to celebrate exceptional scientists
• Washington University chosen as NIH Program of Excellence in Nanotechnology
• Researchers merge game theory with wireless networks, create 'smarter' garments
• M. D. Anderson announces collaboration with India's largest yoga research institution
• Role of soy foods in addressing obesity to be topic of Illinois forum
• Tumor detection, data encryption to benefit from UH research
• Study proposes new method to investigate genetic hybridization
• A new study examines how shared pathogens affect host populations
• Lower vaccination rates put children at risk
• Researchers drill historic hole in Atlantic Ocean floor
• Scientists take major step to improve river restoration efforts
• Rush University Medical Center studies advanced 3D imaging system for radiation therapy
• Rush designated Center of Excellence by Huntington's Disease Society of America
• Patients swallow 'camera-in-a-pill' to help doctors check for diseases of esophagus, GERD
• Program for abdominal and pelvic health offered at Rush University Medical Center
• Ophthalmologists implant five patients with artificial silicon retina microchip
• College education protects middle-age caucasian women against obesity
• New prognostic markers help identify risk of relapse
• Enrollment progress for European approval trial
• Re-discovered ivory billed woodpecker still faces challenge to survival
• Climate change: Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador to sign agreement
• Use of insecticides linked to lasting neurological problems for farmers
• Community efforts can reduce alcohol fatalities
• Specific behaviors seen in infants can predict autism, new research shows
• New prostate cancer studies look at hormone and protein connection
• Antibiotic might fight HIV-induced neurological problems
• Photoemission 100 years after Einstein
• Imperial College London and Imperial Innovations raise over £20m from City deal
• Yes, it is the image of an exoplanet
• Environmental technologies earn award for PNNL
• 'Wonderful' star reveals its hot nature
• Carnegie Mellon robot will run time trials to enter $2 million desert race
• No wisdom in routinely pulling wisdom teeth, study says
• Little evidence found for IVF as most effective infertility treatment
• CDC adopts new repellent guidelines for upcoming mosquito season
• VELCADE® for injection receives EU marketing authorisation for second-line use in multiple myeloma
• Facelift alternatives rid patients of neck 'wattle' without the downtime of surgery
• Menopause and African-American women
• Herbal medicine may alter cell response to cancer therapeutic agents
• White House/VA conference on emerging technologies for disabilities
• Nestler elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Project shows need for better monitoring of river restoration
• The state of river restoration in the US
• Improved cancer treatments aim of new biology research program
• 'Surprising' findings reported about iron overload
• National Academies news: Many deaths still expected with earth-penetrating nuclear weapons
• Institute of Medicine news: Changes needed in WIC program
• Cassini captures swiss-cheese look of Saturn moon
• The national debate on prisons & punishment
• Rice and Michigan State build database on State Supreme Courts
• Patronizing behavior can negatively affect women employees' performance
• Multiple sightings of long-lost woodpecker reported
• Long thought extinct, ivory-billed woodpecker rediscovered in Big Woods of Arkansas
• Efford announces energy-saving standards for windows and doors
• OHSU study finds ginkgo beneficial for MS symptoms
• NYU's Conley wins NSF's Waterman Award
• Dream teams thrive on mix of old and new blood
• NYU's Dalton Conley is the first sociologist to win NSF's Waterman Award
• VR headset spots concussion
• Police toy with 'less lethal' guns
• Actor-patients' requests for medications boost prescribing for depression
• Researchers discover molecular mechanism that desensitizes us to cold
• CyberWalk - unconstrained walking in virtual worlds
• UK politicians failing to address low morale among doctors
• Risk of womb cancer varies according to the type of HRT used
• Burden of parasitic worm infection greater than previous estimates
• Distracting visuals clutter TV screen; viewers less likely to retain content
• LUCA technologies confirms real-time methane generation
• Exclusive breastfeeding reduces risk of mother-to-child HIV transmission
• Costs of medical institutional review boards' greater than previously estimated
• New guidelines recommend screening HIV-infected patients for kidney disease
• Seminar on EU/Asia-Pacific R&D collaboration
• Harvard scientists create high-speed integrated nanowire circuits
• The World Congress on Cornelia de Lange Syndrome in Italy
• ENDO 2005 press conferences
• Vacuum insulation panels
• New insights into HIV immunity suggest alternative approach to vaccines
• Variation in immune response gene causes age-related macular degeneration when triggered
• Substituting nurses for doctors results in high quality care, few savings
• Children do well with shorter fast before surgery
• Large-scale study identifies key stress factors facing new mums
• Obesity in middle age increases risk of dementia in later life
• No evidence that calcium and vitamin D prevent fractures
• Health inequalities continue to widen, despite government rhetoric
• ASGE Foundation to hold first Crystal Awards Dinner
• AGU journal highlights - 27 April 2005
• Great White shark evolution debate involves WSU Lake Campus geology professor
• Robotic arm could help stroke survivors regain range of motion
• 'Live fast, die young' true for forests too
• UW-Madison gains two new stem cell programs
• South Asia disaster shows tsunamis are an ongoing threat to humans
• Alaskan puzzles, monitoring provide insight about North Pacific salmon runs
• UT Southwestern lead site for study of a new multiple sclerosis drug
• Participants needed for generalized anxiety disorder study at UT Southwestern
• Respiratory syncytial virus poses a significant threat to elderly
• Romond heads up study and reduces breast cancer recurrence
• Second consecutive UH win puts national spotlight on pharmacy student
• Report reveals need to improve physical health of people with schizophrenia
• How medical research is taking care of your heart
• University of Chicago instrument detects particles near Saturn's moon Enceladus
• UBC-U of S research offers hope for treatment of age-related blindness
• National Academies news: Stem cell guidelines released
• 'Dead zone' area in Gulf could be increasing, researchers say
• Use of PET can reduce, may eliminate more strenuous drug development trials with animals
• College and government physicists collaborate to create more stable gyroscope for Navy
• Genetically modified rice in China benefits farmers' health, study finds
• UQ develops West Nile virus treatment
• Successful spin out leads to new commercialisation acceleration fund
• Green machine drives for ultra fuel savings
• Fatal brain disease holds clues to dementia
• A new look at genes that cause testicular cancer
• A frog's life is food for thought
• Prof: Stop explaining 'why' when teens kill; Instead reach out
• Pi seems a good random number generator - but not always the best
• Viral protein influences key cell-signaling pathway
• Orqis® Medical receives unconditional FDA approval for pivotal trial of percutaneous CHF therapy
• Innovative fountain pen writes on the nanoscale
• Exercise slows development of Alzheimer's-like brain changes in mice, new study finds
• Moderate alcohol consumption enhances the formation of new nerve cells
• Guava and AHF Global Immunity bring low cost AIDS diagnosis to resource-limited countries
• Abnormal liver tests in a Mediterranean population
• 'Fickle' enzyme helps protect, but also can promote heart failure, animal study shows
• Ireland announces its participation in international marine research program
• Discovery of a 'molecular switch' could lead to new ways of treating infection, including MRSA
• Webcast: Does ending collection of data make the problem go away?
• New portable device developed by Georgia Tech and Emory checks for concussions on the sidelines
• It is possible to predict the quality of veal
• Ceramides from sheeps wool similar to those of the human skin
• Restoring polluted rivers hindered by lack of coordination
• Economic consequences of a radiological or nuclear attack
• Chemical signatures for bioforensics
• Jefferson Lab scientists build small-animal imager for German Cancer Research Center
• Study finds moderate hypothermia a safe treatment for traumatic brain injury in kids
• LHC computing centres join forces for global grid challenge
• Women more financially vulnerable post break-up
• Parent/child businesses stronger than those of cousins and colleagues
• Managed care organizations evaluate trends in epilepsy to provide better care
• American Academy of Neurology sums up scientific highlights from 57th annual meeting
• Wisconsin researchers identify sleep gene
• Scientists discover how plants disarm the toxic effects of excessive sunlight
• New study shows simple actions wipe out huge higher heart risks for Asian diabetics
• Researchers identify protein crucial for survival of Lyme-disease bacterium
• Sapphire stars in nanotube supporting role
• Important brain finding results from boy's rare, fatal disease
• UCSD medical researchers show protein's role in stopping bacterial-induced inflammation
• National Academies news: Conference on genomics revolution set for November 2005
• Scientists confirm Earth's energy is out of balance
• Plastic extraction disks make it easier to test levels of atrazine in field crops
• Migration study finds that sweeping management changes are needed to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna
• Royal Society study on adaptability of fish to warming oceans
• Programmable cells: Engineer turns bacteria into living computers
• PNAS highlights for the week of April 25-29
• Ohio State shares in $19 million center to study polar ice
• Future computer: Atoms packed in an 'egg carton' of light?
• Top AIDS researchers to discuss latest advances on vaccine development for HIV-1 at academy meeting
• Waste not, want not
• NJIT professor Walter Konon says 9/11 altered how engineers think and teach
• NJIT Professor Raj Khera wins teaching award
• NJIT professor gets teaching award thanks to students' rave reviews
• Breast cancer detector that uses electricity instead of X-rays under study
• Genetic screening for iron blood disorder feasible in the workplace
• K-State professor takes chemistry to another world
• Low level of extinction during ice age linked to adaptability
• New grants to Georgetown to help build national cancer biomedical informatics grid
• How the environment could be damaging men's reproductive health
• XMM-Newton sees 'hot spots' on neutron stars
• Duke 'all-optical' switch could advance light-based telecommunications
• Molecular models advance the fight against malaria
• DuPont announces research agreement with India's National Chemical Laboratory
• Study sheds light on age-related changes of prion diseases
• NIH awards funding to biotech firm for heart disease
• Significant fall in serious violence in England and Wales
• Black-White-East Asian IQ differences at least 50% genetic, scientists conclude in major law journal
• Brown wins major award to improve environment, protect RI health
• 54 per cent of air passengers experience significant reduction in oxygen levels
• River restoration field booms, matures
• Remote imagery aids in detecting and managing plant disease
• The power of drug advertising: Patients often get what they ask for
• Nanoparticles offer new hope for detection and treatment
• Monoclonal antibody cures West Nile virus-infected mice
• Rare surgery performed to remove pancreas, prevent diabetes
• Lessons to be learnt from life at the very limit
• GroPep announces Japanese approval of biopharmaceutical that uses its cell culture products
• PSU data fusion software is brain for new chemical weapon sensor
• Microbial fuel cell: High yield hydrogen source and wastewater cleaner
• NJIT professor explains bird songs with science, poetry, music
• Promising new West Nile therapy cures disease in mice
• Solar wind originates in coronal funnels
• Environmental factors, particularly air pollution, increases risk of myocardial infarction
• High levels of immunosuppressant may lead to tumor recurrence
• Energy issues, water quality, earthquakes and other hazards, on agenda at joint GSA-AAPG meeting
• Emory holds national conference on HIV vaccine and drug research
• Living metals
• The blob, the very rare massive star and the two populations
• Thalys train to pilot high-speed Internet access to passengers
• The mesas of Aureum Chaos
• ESA at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly
• New online portal merges vast data on Gulf of Maine ecosystem
• Report suggests infectious connection to chronic diseases
• Yale scientists 'see' basis of antibiotic resistance
• Genetic variation linked to alcohol dependence found in a Russian population
• Solutions that reduce death of marine life reeled in by International Smart Gear Competition
• Two are better than one
• Switching to chemistry
• Allicin in wonderland
• Study of iron overload yields surprising results
• Eliminating enzyme dramatically reduces cardiovascular disease
• UT Southwestern sports medicine doctor pedals advice on gearing up for safe cycling season
• Brain-mapping technique aids understanding of sleep, wakefulness
• Study finds enzyme activity promotes rare form of leukemia, offers potential target for new drugs
• Permitting workers to carry weapons ups the chance that they will be killed
• Amazonian Chief to speak at the University of Manchester
• Genes influence how heart failure patients respond to drugs
• UCLA researchers discover new method to generate human bone
• Natural glucose byproduct may prevent brain damage and cognitive impairment after diabetic coma
• Molecule on immune cells linked to sexual transmission of HIV
• Brain imaging study explains Williams syndrome language gifts
• Creswell rock art dated
• Propensity for obesity, diabetes, may occur in utero
• The Molecular Profiling Institute, Inc. launches MammaPrint® for breast cancer patients
• Exploring Earth's past climate at the top of the world
• ANNA awards Nurse Researcher of the Year to Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member
• National Academies advisory: Stem cell guidelines to be released at April 26 briefing
• NASA study finds snow melt causes large ocean plant blooms
• Portable radiation detectors generally meet standards
• Meeting to explore possible gene expression consortium
• Data effort improves flow toward 'greener' chemistry
• Dogs and robots share NIST special test arena
• Chip-scale refrigerators cool bulk objects
• Standardized microarrays may bring us one step closer
• Study finds possible mechanism for link between sleep disturbances and metabolic syndrome
• Researchers uncover sequence of major rice pathogen
• Data suggest bypass surgery free of long-term brain effects
• Risk scores may identify young individuals with atherosclerosis
• Relatively few US adults report having a healthy lifestyle
• Revised Bethesda guidelines effective at identifying patients at risk of colorectal cancer
• Hereditary colorectal cancer risk lowered in those without certain gene defect
• Direct-to-consumer advertising may influence physicians' prescribing decisions
• Chest x-rays may provide information to help detect osteoporosis in the elderly
• Researchers make gains in understanding antibiotic resistance
• A healthy internal clock keeps weight off
• May GEOLOGY media highlights
• May-June GSA Bulletin media highlights
• Pulling together: How researchers involved all sides in the battle over fishing
• A decade after launch, ERS-2's mission continues
• UT-ORNL joint institute state's top rated 'green' building
• Growth in biomass could put US on road to energy independence
• Sandia BROOM tool can help restore facilities following release of biological warfare agents
• World quasicrystal focus on Ames
• Live faster, die younger: The shortest-living vertebrate
• Cleaner shrimp use rocking dance to advertise their service to clients
• A human parasite with a streamlined mitochondrion
• CABG in elderly patients
• Class effect of statins in elderly patients
• Update on H2N2 and announcements related to CDC's new organizational structure
• 'Towards a Europe of Knowledge and Innovation', the EIROforum paper on science policy
• Egyptian sea vessel artifacts discovered at pharaonic port of Mersa Gawasis along Red Sea coast
• Pregnant women with epilepsy face dilemma
• Breakthrough for kids with epilepsy
• Day care in infancy protects against childhood leukaemia
• ARRS annual meeting on May 15-20, 2005, in New Orleans, LA: Abstract book available
• Vascular structure and function improve with diet and exercise
• Perceived discrimination linked to coronary artery calcification
• Male combat veterans rank high in heart disease risk
• Lipoprotein abnormalities found in severely obese children
• Fiber supplements may lower cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetics
• Water and the environment
• Overworked brains release adenosine to slow cells, trigger sleep, UT Southwestern researchers find
• Gene associated with breast cancer may play major role in prostate cancer recurrence
• Scientists develop technology to detect cancer
• New research reveals common beliefs about gender differences in health
• Human cells filmed instantly messaging for first time
• Five Nobel laureates to participate in Pacific Institute of Theoretical Physics Showcase conference
• Stem cells from brain transformed to produce insulin at Stanford
• Immune system's initial response to cancer under study
• San Fernando, Northridge quakes may be maximum
• Ivory encore for dead pianists
• How to smash the system
• Brain scans reveal how gene may boost schizophrenia risk
• NIBIB holds first regional grantsmanship seminar
• Football is a pain in the neck
• The Roll Back Malaria partnership has done more harm than good
• Anti-malarial drugs given to infants can protect them for two years
• Anti-malaria drug combination could help address treatment crisis in Africa
• 10 years before malaria vaccine is ready for widespread use
• High risk of second cancers in survivors of childhood soft tissue sarcomas
• Age is not a limiting factor in combined therapy for lung cancer
• General Motors wins prestigious 2005 Informs Edelman Award
• Study links cigarette smoking with progression of multiple sclerosis
• DNA solves mystery of Gibraltar's macaques
• Early detection of lung cancer
• LLNL physicist dates lifetime of solar nebula at 2 million years
• JLab, College of W&M researchers study radiation blockers
• Nuclear imaging of iodine uptake in mouse tissues
• Is it or isn't it? Pentaquark debate heats up
• HAPPEx results hint at strangely magnetic proton
• Electroshock therapy speeds improvement in schizophrenia patients
• World-leading scientific databases now accessible via handhelds
• Capital quality improvement and the sources of economic growth in the Euro area
• Who needs health care – the well or the sick?
• Counting the human cost of international trade
• Increased risk associated with combining carotid artery, coronary artery surgeries
• Study shows antibiotic treatment does not reduce risk of secondary cardiac events
• Protein studies may lead to new Alzheimer's test
• Obesity hits below the belt: Overweight Americans suffer higher rate of knee cartilage tears
• U of T research examines nursing home quality of care
• Women more collaborative in workteams: Study
• Researchers determine two arthritis medications are safe and effective for children
• Paramedics need help to revive marriages: U of T study
• Are rice and wheat behind China's population boom?
• UGA's Grady College receives $200,000 grant from the Hearst Foundation
• Scientists probe origins of brain disorders
• UCF researcher uncovers protein that could stop replication of cancer cells
• Extreme life discovery in Yellowstone bodes well for astrobiologists, says Colorado U. study
• Research notes: Policy points from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts
• Institute of Medicine news: Human resource crisis in HIV/AIDS
• Short sugar chains-­a future drug for Alzheimer's?
• Pulsating ultrasound enhances gene therapy for tumors
• Color doppler sonography speeds detection of serious illness in premature infants
• Access to mammography may worsen
• Reducing malarial transmission in Africa
• Insulin-producing cells from brain cursors
• How can we use a human rights approach to help improve the lives of those with mental disabilities?
• Every birth and death must be counted
• Nanomagnets bend the rules
• Anammox bacteria produce nitrogen gas in oceans' snackbar
• Researchers identify marker of heart disease in low-birthweight babies
• Researchers find promising cancer-fighting power of synthetic cell-signaling molecule
• Press registration reminder – ESC Congress 2005, 3-7 September 2005
• New polymers for applications in nanopatterning and nanolithography
• Spontaneous ignition discovery has ORNL researcher fired up
• Sandia assists NASA with space shuttle rollout test
• New Argonne director to meet press April 28
• Scientists propose new method for studying ion channel kinetics
• Feeling safe and secure? CUMC scientists find it's all in the caudoputamen
• Cerebral navigation: How do nerve fibers know what direction to grow in?
• 'Virtual colonoscopy' effective in finding most polyps but may miss small ones
• Trusts perform better on chemical incidents but protective suits and tents still imperfect
• Football players are sportsmen most at risk of injury
• Child health teacher numbers at worrying levels
• Better referral training for emergency doctors helps improve patient care
• 'Live fast, die young' applies to forests, too
• Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology
• American Dietetic Association statement on new 'MyPyramid'
• Gene therapy completely corrects hemophilia in laboratory animals
• First matter
• Scientist works to reduce side effects of radiation therapy
• New research pinpoints best treatment for stroke
• Water research initiatives at UW-Madison
• To sea or not to sea: When it comes to salmon sex, size sometimes doesn't matter
• Scientists infuse rat spinal cords with brain-derived human stem cells
• Method shows how precisely gene expression signals are copied in DNA replication
• Strongest proof yet found for prion hypothesis
• Spice it up or just veg out, either way you may be helping to defend against cancer
• Penn researchers determine structure of binding site of colon-cancer drug and its protein target
• University of Nevada, Reno professor showcases 'mini' ion accelerator
• New research reveals working mothers do not adversely impact on children's diets
• Alcohol-impaired driving on the increase, study shows
• Observations of distant galaxies show fundamental constant unchanged in 7 billion years
• New superlens opens door to nanoscale optical imaging, high-density optoelectronics
• Nitrogen fertilization of soil puts rare plant species at risk, nationwide study determines
• Hawaiian soils reveal clues to cultural history
• Alzheimer's cognitive decline slowed
• A trusting boss is a successful boss
• Child magazine editor addresses region's first annual women's and children's health care conference
• Breakthrough in forecasting US hurricane activity by UCL scientists
• Louder neurons form more connections, Stanford research shows
• Adolescents not receiving health counseling, Stanford study shows
• SKCC's Gennadi Glinsky addresses predicting risk in cancer treatment outcome
• Gene expression pattern predicts multiple drug resistance, treatment failure in pediatric leukemia
• Learning software developed by Rutgers-Newark scientist helps 450,000 students with reading
• PNAS highlights for the week of April 18 - 22
• American Heart Association telephone news briefing
• A little stress gives beneficial oomph! to immune system
• NIAID begins clinical trial of West Nile virus vaccine
• New study shows antibiotic treatment does not reduce risk of secondary cardiac events
• NCI's Patient Navigator Research Program: Questions and answers
• Clinical trial of gefitinib for advanced lung cancer closes early
• Drugs targeted at muscle cells
• Obesity adds risk of cardiovascular disease in siblings in families with a history of heart problems
• Georgia Tech research reveals how biomaterial properties control cellular responses
• The Neurosciences and Music in Leipzig: Registration boom and over 140 posters
• Ice-covered Baltic Sea proves ideal setting for final pre-launch CryoSat validation
• B-15A collides with Antarctic ice tongue
• Whale bones and farm soil: Sequencing biodiversity
• Sensorial evaluation of the freshness of fish
• Same-sex mating discovered in a toxic fungus
• Study reveals new technique for fingerprinting environmental samples
• Geologists find a new active fault in Nepal
• Alternate view for pathology of AD
• Columbia study shows women benefit from drug-eluting stents as much as men
• Research reveals emotional trauma parents face when a child is diagnosed with diabetes
• Retroviral resistance gene found
• Orientation and the egg
• Making a brain
• Activating ATR
• Taking the piste out of Alpine vegetation
• Putting ecology back into river restoration
• A puzzle piece found in unraveling the wiring of the brain
• Elephant seal pups suffer from ocean warming
• Antarctic Peninsula glaciers in widespread retreat
• Mesotherapy not proven as a safe alternative to liposuction
• Cornell graduate student named 2005 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leader
• Five giant impact basins reveal the ancient equator of Mars
• Tea may help prevent diabetes and cataracts
• Starting salaries remain 'depressed' for 2004 chemistry grads
• Children on school buses may face increased exposure to diesel pollution
• Melbourne researchers develop safer and more effective 'aspirin'
• Method holds promise in identifying markers of non-metastatic vs. metastatic breast cancer
• Shape-altering genes linked to ovarian cancer
• UNH water treatment researchers win AAEE Grand Prize for Research
• Compound from Chinese medicine shows promise in head and neck cancer, U-M study finds
• Scottish health minister launches major new clinical trials project to boost business and health
• The evolution of phenotypic polymorphism
• Small clades at the periphery of passerine morphological space
• Eocene plant diversity at Laguna del Hunco and Río Pichileufú, Patagonia, Argentina
• Diversity, endemism, and age distributions in macroevolutionary sources and sinks
• The biggest family tree ever
• Research urgently needed to treat blood clots in children
• Lance Armstrong Foundation supports UHC research
• Easing the anxiety of pregnancy after miscarriage
• Signatures of the first stars
• News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
• Rice, NC State win NAS/Keck Futures funding
• 8th World Wilderness Congress announced
• Faulty body clock leads to obesity and diabetes
• New isotope gives a glimpse of the origins of precious metals
• Watching microglia at work
• The Cochrane Library newsletter, 2005, issue 2
• Mercury levels and cognitive function investigated in adults
• Number and quality of kidney transplants much greater if national matching program adopted
• Joining hands to solve a DNA replication problem
• Researchers find that chocolate compound stops cancer cell cycle in lab experiments
• Buying time through 'hibernation on demand'
• Why is Scotland's population shrinking and ageing? - A new research initiative
• Highlights from the April issue of Ecology
• SMART-1 search for lunar peaks of eternal light
• Space debris mitigation: The case for a code of conduct
• New EMBO/NPG journal - A first in systems biology publishing
• Duke theorists play role in search for superhot 'quark-gluon plasma'
• American Society of Travel Agents urges healthy travel for consumers
• Sociologist explores who goes to college and why
• Study reveals candidate targets for anti-retroviral therapeutics
• A kiss that binds
• How safety feels good
• Brain-injury rehabilitation depends on acetylcholine circuitry
• Newborn's first week may be critical period for developing obesity in adulthood
• Some Alzheimer's patients can benefit from drug memantine
• NSAIDS okay for tonsillectomy, new study finds
• Hospitalized babies with severe breathing problems may benefit from lying on their stomachs
• Combination chemotherapy shows small survival benefit in advanced stomach cancer
• Glaciers from Antarctic peninsula in widespread retreat, Science study says
• Fat may affect electrical impulses in brain, heart
• Findings about anti-cancer agent could make it more effective
• New study explains process leading to many proteins from one gene
• Independent voice rises to help consumers navigate health care
• Of mice and men's (and women's) contraceptives
• $3.5 million grant funds new national center at the University of Oregon
• Child sex abuse policy recommendations published in Science magazine
• Heart failure drug associated with higher risk of death
• Wind turbine to stir up renewable energy research
• Liverpool scientist discovers new layer of the Earth
• Cancer research could lead to improved detection methods
• Psychological reasoning begins earlier than had been thought, study shows
• Molecular fossils uncover link between viruses and the immune system
• Study reveals dramatic difference between breast cancers in US and Africa
• New treatment 'roadmap' improves odds for unusual brain aneurysm
• Report proposes structure for national network of cord blood stem cell banks
• Stanford gut check shows diversity of intestinal ecosystem
• Anthrax treatments' cost effectiveness shown in Stanford study
• Umeå researchers have mapped the dams of the world
• New treatment for hereditary breast cancer
• Northwest forest plan research and monitoring to be shared during 2-day conference
• Seattle inventor to receive Henry Heimlich Award
• Cleveland physician to receive Benjamin Spock Award
• Vitamin E loss through smoking increases health risks
• NYU chemist wins Watson Young Investigator award
• Physicists demonstrate quantum mechanical nature of heat flow
• Toxic flame retardant accumulates in dolphins
• Fatter pigs due to cooling
• Extensive Dutch nano cooperation launched
• Doing a spin with DNA
• 'The Breda three': Decision-taking postponed by guilt
• Better bubbling slurry
• Northwestern Memorial researchers release study on smart-pump technology
• Northwestern's cancer genetics program finds gene variants that greatly increase breast cancer risk
• NMDP welcomes IOM recommendation for fully integrated cord blood system
• Scientists discover how Ebola virus infects cells
• Researchers find new giant amphibian fossils in Africa
• Neural tube defects decrease with folic acid fortification
• Other highlights in the April 20 JNCI
• No improvement in overall survival with lymph node removal in treatment of advanced ovarian cancer
• With a complement, the sperm gets the egg
• Exercise variety - not intensity - appears to reduce some Alzheimer's disease risk
• Surgery for children with sleep apnea improves quality of life
• Sex, age and sun exposure linked to frequency of sunburns
• No strong evidence linking mercury levels with worse neurobehavioral performance in older adults
• Long term outcomes for children who undergo ear tube placement surgery
• Kidney donation program may provide more matches for previously incompatible recipients and donors
• Gastric bypass patients fare better as surgical programs' experience increases
• Dermatologists use knowledge of patterns to recognize melanoma
• Being obese, underweight, associated with increased risk of death
• Green light for Lazio–Sirad
• Study shows surprising decreased surgical infection risk after age 65
• NY Academy of Sciences reveals how scientists plan to combat bioterrorism & deadly pathogens
• Reducing specific gene levels makes breast cancer cells more responsive to ionizing radiation
• New drug may be used to treat women with ovarian cancer
• Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers look for 'silenced' genes to monitor kidney cancer patients
• Compounds in plastic packaging act as environmental estrogens altering breast genes
• Genetic changes in breast tissue caused by pregnancy hormone helps prevent breast cancer
• Inherited variations in mitochondrial DNA linked to renal and prostate cancer
• Patients' lives at risk from substandard drugs say heart specialists
• Scientists model physics of stellar burning
• Third-person perspective is helpful in meeting goals
• Carnegie Mellon, Pitt researchers report chemistry textbooks lack connection to real chemistry
• It's not all in your head
• Cost-effectiveness of drugs may vary across borders
• Steady rise in allergic diseases over quarter of a century
• One-meter waistline predicts high risk of diabetes and heart disease
• Can hospital data detect poor performing doctors?
• Adolescent health ill-catered for in the NHS
• Friendly bacteria in humans may protect against HIV
• Scientists to meet in Dallas for conference on cytochromes P450
• JBC study shows that bigger isn't necessarily better for amyloid proteins
• APA applauds new California regulations for inpatient psychological services
• AGU Journal highlights - 14 April 2005
• The chemistry of popcorn: It's all about 'pop-ability'
• ACP and ACP Foundation launch 3-year effort to improve diabetes care
• The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners hosts 20th Annual National Conference
• Announcement of new fishing gear that reduce the accidental death of marine life
• Catching a sneak
• Being too clean could be hazardous to your health and the environment
• Physicists trash turbulence lab & turn pleasant stream into raging torrent
• Too much water may be as dangerous as too little during long-distance athletic events
• Variant in gene associated with telomeres predicts longer survival of deadly brain tumor
• Used in a new way, RNA interference permanently silences key breast cancer gene
• Researchers develop 'genetic blueprint' to predict response to esophageal cancer treatments
• Measuring enzymes at end of cancer pathway predicts outcome of Tarceva, Taxol
• Increasing benefit seen in novel drug that treats Gleevec resistance
• CML found to wield 'death factor' that kills normal blood marrow cells
• University of Pittsburgh gets wired for speed with Apple Xserve G5 cluster
• Breakthrough in stem cell research
• Heart valve ring reverses damage from congestive heart failure, easing symptoms
• What is time?
• University of Chicago receives grant to study connections between religious beliefs and health
• Faster handoff between Wi-Fi networks promises near-seamless 802.11 roaming
• At least part of climate change is man-made
• The impact of its environment on a quantum computer
• To boost efficiency, hospitals borrow principles from factory floor
• 2005 Wistar Institute Science Journalism award winner announced
• National Academies advisory: High-performance structural fibers
• Keck FUTURES INITIATIVE announces grant recipients
• Special issue links genetics and environment in aging studies
• Society of Nuclear Medicine provides $65,500 in 2005 grants, awards for researchers, students
• Jeffrey Friedman, discoverer of leptin, receives Gairdner, Passano awards
• Purdue miniature cooling device will have military, computer uses
• 'Nanoshells' simultaneously detect and destroy cancerous cells
• Media interview opportunity
• Will cancer vaccine get to all women?
• Alarm clock banishes morning blues
• Tamoxifen can reduce breast pain in prostate cancer patients
• Obesity common among Chinese adults
• Execution by lethal injection is not humane or painless suggests study
• Drug can reduce bodyweight and cardiovascular risk factors in obese people
• Prenatal sonography has no effect on the intellectual capacity of the developing child
• More evidence suggests statins help cut risk for advanced prostate cancer
• Now scientists think you'd be 'roasted' in a black hole
• 'Termite guts can save the planet,' says Nobel laureate
• Early Universe was packed with mini black holes
• Undesirable expatriates: Preventing the spread of invasive animals
• Bugs in the gut could help doctors develop individualised healthcare
• The world's leading researchers in clinical immunology to gather for FOCIS 2005
• A robot for building planes
• Institute of Medicine advisory: April 19 public briefing on HIV/AIDS crisis abroad
• Case researchers grow carbon nanotubes in lab using faster, cheaper means
• Slime-mold beetles named for Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld
• Evidence of short-term changes in sea level found in coral record
• Carnegie Mellon launches new MySecureCyberspace game
• Smoking doubles risk of degenerative eye condition
• British Asian women have lower risk of breast cancer than all other women
• Technology makes transnational conflict monitoring faster than ever
• Scientists use transcription factors to increase insulin production in diabetic mice
• The Academy of Natural Sciences investigates effects of climate change on Delaware tidal marshes
• New AAAS report explores how 10 US school districts improved science and mathematics learning
• Preeclampsia in pregnancy increases risk of future cardiovascular disease and death
• Pregnancy complications related to low levels of anti–clotting proteins
• Obesity and insomnia linked by excitability of brain cells
• Chemical present in clear plastics can impair learning and cause disease
• 7th Annual AIDS Science Day at Yale April 22
• Chemical library aids in developing drug system for nerve damage
• Virginia Bioinformatics Institute researcher receives NSF CAREER award
• Antioxidant-rich diets reduce brain damage from stroke in rats
• University of Kentucky physician publishes fibromyalgia study in Arthritis & Rheumatism journal
• Tops in technology: UH math professor honored for aneurysm work
• Scientists reveal new technology that will help us compute more safely on the move
• Mental retardation cause may include cell miscommunication
• Gladstone investigator Steve Finkbeiner wins prestigious Lieberman Award
• Even babies can have optical illusions
• Researchers show parents give unattractive children less attention
• MusicStrands uses artificial intelligence to recommend music to site visitors
• Institute of Medicine advisory: Cord blood stem cells
• Technology helps Stanford shed new light on coronary bypass surgery
• Breakthrough findings by Umeå researchers link obesity to diabetes
• Virus-host interactions at sea effect global photosynthesis
• Neural activity reveals continuity between infant and adult sleep
• AAAS 'respectfully declines' invitation to controversial Kansas evolution hearing
• New strategies to reduce hospital-acquired infections
• New tumor suppressor gene linked to cancer predisposition
• Currents could disrupt ocean food chain
• Probable cause sequences for WTC collapses finalized
• NIST to host public forum on robot standards
• New gas sensors patterned with conducting polymer
• Light scattering method reveals details under skin
• Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's may be delayed, says major clinical trial
• Smart plastics change shape with light
• Revised asteroid scale aids understanding of impact risk
• Prostate cancer therapy - study suggests new molecular screening theory
• Gene regions beyond protein instructions important in disease
• Virtual colonoscopy: Virtually promising
• Tips from this week's DIMACS cybersecurity conference
• Researcher sheds light on ghostwriting in medical journals
• Wearable captioning system to make public venues accessible to people with hearing problems
• New LASIK research reveals unexpected finding: Key to better-than-20/20 vision is in the flap
• Charter activation brings space dimension to European emergency exercise
• 'Audioclouds' that will help us compute more safely on the move
• Inamori Foundation to establish international center for ethics and excellence at Case
• Case Western Reserve University study shows promise of lowering costs for treating autism
• Final score - FA Cup vs the environment
• Cranfield University aims to reduce sporting injury
• Multiple-drug resistant gene expression pattern predicts treatment outcome for pediatric leukemia
• Chemokines orchestrate more than migration for immune cells
• American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April 2005 (second issue)
• Experts on iron-sulfur proteins to meet in Madison, Wisconsin
• Talking robots, green buildings, and shockwave healing
• Winners of AIBS Media Awards announced
• ARVO annual meeting features over 6,000 presentations
• Readers of genome decipher signatures of cancer patient outcomes
• Mother's prenatal and lactational diet may protect daughters from breast cancer
• Green tea shown to prevent prostate cancer
• Innovative collaboration brings Arctic science into the classroom
• Tissue engineering experts discuss orthopaedics applications
• Cholesterol-regulating protein maintains fat-storage, fat-burning balance
• Study indicates thirsty plants keep deserts' subsurface dry
• Research questions belief that private schools are better than publics
• New energy publication launched by UH's Michael Economides
• 'Motherwell's babies' study may yield up clues for adult diseases
• Two drugs combined more cost-effective safer for managing arthritis in high-risk patients
• Study challenges current treatment for mild asthma
• Research shows overfishing of sharks key factor in coral reef decline
• Nanotech advance makes carbon nanotubes more useful
• Master gene controls healing of 'skin' in fruit flies and mammals
• Gladstone investigators discover how resting T cells avoid HIV infection
• Secret loves, hidden lives?
• Can money grow on trees? Win-win strategies for 'sustainable bioprospecting'
• Unchecked DNA replication drives earliest steps toward cancer
• Research news from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
• Jefferson researchers find timing of post-epilepsy surgery seizures predicts outcome
• Humor can increase hope, research shows
• Babies use their own names to help learn language
• News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
• New approach to cancer treatment shown to be highly effective
• PNAS highlights for the week of April 11 - 15
• Virtual reality, real ingenuity
• Three researchers recognized for advancing the Navy's environmental efforts
• Hey, now, what's that sound
• Evaluating virtual reality therapy for treating acute post traumatic stress disorder
• Mystery solved: How the orbits of extrasolar planets became so eccentric
• Molecular breakthrough for plastic electronics
• Establishing trust online is critical for online communication say NJIT experts
• CyberExtruder exec lauds capstone program at NJIT and donates $10,000
• Traditional risk factors best predictor of CVD death in kidney patients
• The promise of new medical uses for sodium nitrite for heart attack and organ damage
• Onus is on educators to protect students from anti-gay bullying
• Can toddlers understand what's really going on?
• MR spectroscopy may be superior for determining prostate cancer prognosis
• Blood test can accurately diagnose heart failure in emergency patients
• Pessimism and depression increase dementia risk
• Delay in Alzheimer's disease onset seen for first time
• At-risk middle schoolers: A good investment
• Fifteen-year hunt uncovers gene behind 'pseudothalidomide' syndrome
• Medical journal editors condemn ghostwriting
• New method for dating ancient earthquakes through cave evidence developed by Israeli researchers
• Early stage breast-cancer rates are rising as incidence of invasive cases are leveling
• Satellite maps will ease plight of endangered mountain gorillas
• A new way to share models of biological systems
• Bad outcomes related to, but not caused by, misdosing of clotbusters in heart attack patients
• RHIC scientists serve up 'perfect' liquid
• Case finds dental patients agreeable to tobacco interventions
• NSF launches computer security center
• Columbia research suggests need to rethink causes of heart failure
• Signs of aging: Scientists evaluate genes associated with longevity
• Carnegie Mellon and U. of Pittsburgh create tool to understand neuron rhythms, learning
• Children's Hospital, Oakland's Dr. Barbara Staggers wins prestigious award
• Mouse with designer liver has enhanced glucose tolerance and improved insulin response
• Carbon dioxide role in past climate revealed
• Painless test using teardrops may speed diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome
• Higher education representatives advise chemistry faculty candidates on how to apply for positions
• Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, April 19, 2005
• New findings in taste and smell research
• Late-breaking science presented at 57th AAN Annual Meeting
• Rats with migraines provide Jefferson scientists insights to improved drug strategy
• OneWorld Health receives multimillion dollar grant for next steps in control of deadly disease
• Scientists identify protein that controls cancer cells
• Liver may be source of 'good' cholesterol
• Henneke receives award for innovation in nondestructive testing research
• USGS workshop on the impact of carbon dioxide on marine life
• Low oxygen likely made 'Great Dying' worse, greatly delayed recovery
• Arsenic removal from drinking water is focus of new projects
• University of Glasgow wins £225,000 to boost innovation in Scottish businesses
• UC Berkeley to lead $19 million NSF center on cybersecurity research
• Nanobridges show way to nano mass production
• Butterfly migration could be largest known
• UK and German cities working together to combat climate change
• Institute of Medicine news: Review of HIVNET 012 study
• Study offers alternative view on how faults form in the ocean's depths
• Europe goes back to Mars
• Nature provides inspiration for important new adhesive
• OHSU develops instant, computerized notification system to communicate patients' end-of-life wishes
• Study shows symptom-driven therapy may be ok for some adults with mild persistent asthma
• Lasers, laureates, competitions infuse symposium to celebrate physics milestones
• Anxious and pessimistic personalities linked to Parkinson's disease later in life
• Breakthrough in national diseases
• ACHRI study finds CellCept® improves survival in pediatric heart transplant patients
• Nitrite says NO to ischemia/reperfusion injury
• JCI table of contents May 1, 2005
• A big fat contribution to breast tumor growth
• In years preceding medicare eligibility, many older adults at risk of being uninsured
• Data show cyclosporine inhalation solution improves long-term survival in lung-transplant patients
• IEEE-USA white paper: US prosperity at risk; Gigabit networks should be national priority
• IOM report should end nevirapine controversy, HIVMA says
• Is this a brown dwarf or an exoplanet?
• Controversy in dyslipidemia guidelines
• Aboriginal Canadians at high risk for severe trauma
• Structure-building cell signals also may influence learning, memory
• Microarrays as phenotype
• Designing vaccines by computer
• 21-22 April AAAS forum to discuss Pentagon R&D spending, other policy issues
• Turning viruses into allies against cancer
• Surgery season and vitamin D intake may predict successful lung cancer surgery
• Observational study suggests use of statins lowers risk of advanced prostate cancer
• Next-era targeted therapy overcoming Gleevec's shortcomings
• NSAID drug protects against intestinal tumors in mice, despite poor diet and gene losses
• NSAIDs cut risk of oral cancer among smokers
• Media availability
• Heavy consumption of processed meats linked to increased risk for pancreatic cancer
• Biomarkers isolated from saliva successfully predict oral and breast cancer
• Once-a-month naltrexone successfully used to treat alcohol dependence
• Human kidney protein found that regulates heart contraction and blood pressure
• Scientists to study actions of botanical oils
• Why women shy away from careers in science and math
• 'Born-again' stars reveal how the earth was created
• Researchers improve design of genetic on-off switches
• Christmas week snowstorm in Ohio River valley broke all records
• David Awschalom awarded the 2005 Agilent Europhysics Prize in condensed matter physics
• Where bacteria get their genes
• UB conference to gather leaders in 'computational anatomy'
• Australian kidney researcher applauded
• Competition in health care may not result in better quality
• Clearing the air on airplane cabin air
• Viruses may one day help treat brain tumors
• Gene mutated in cancer found in some with autism
• OHSU scientist helping explain basis of psychotic behavior
• Owl genomics presents a HEPATOCHIP for diagnosis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
• Vigorously active adolescents are leaner, fitter
• Dr. Gutin selected as Fulbright Senior Specialist
• Ovary removal elevates risk for Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism
• Students and young professionals from Europe and Canada design planetary habitats
• New recommendation encourages more activist approach to lung cancer screening
• Restless legs syndrome has complex genetic involvement
• Older children may benefit from treatment for lazy eye
• Location of body fat associated with cardiovascular risk even at normal body weight
• Deep brain stimulation in Parkinson disease reduces uncontrolled movements
• Combination vaccine produces lower immune response than vaccines administered separately
• Adverse outcomes from blood clot therapy may be due to patient characteristics, not dosing errors
• African-American women less likely to undergo genetic testing than white women
• ISHLT updates guidelines for heart and lung transplants
• UK physics conference to reveal breakthrough isolating stem cells from blood
• Scientists announce world's most sensitive cancer test
• Optical computer made from frozen light
• Breakthrough isolating embryo-quality stem cells from blood
• Bacterial infection associated with heart attack in young men
• Florida Tech professor announces new software testing journal
• PSA screening for prostate cancer to be debated at annual meeting forum
• National trial shows older children benefit from treatment for childhood's most common eye disorder
• Aussie scientists make animation splash
• Hemodialysis causes antioxidant loss leading to long-term complications
• Genetic diversity predicts susceptibility to a deadly emerging disease
• Lewis C. Cantley, Ph.D., receives Pezcoller-AACR International Award for Cancer Research
• Microscopes at microscopic size
• Women with heart attacks benefit from stenting
• News briefs from the journal CHEST, April 2005
• Examining the serotonin transporter gene and family function
• Extending genetic associations with risk for alcohol dependence to a Russian population
• College students likely drink much more alcohol than they think they do
• Alcohol magnifies the rewarding effects of smoking, even for light smokers
• Women not given same tests for stroke
• Study shows statin use before or after stroke improves recovery
• Spirituality, religious practice may slow progression of Alzheimer's disease
• Pathological gambling associated with brain impairments
• Obesity linked to risk of severe headaches
• Neurology Now magazine launches at AAN meeting
• Ibuprofen may lower risk of Parkinson's disease
• Hormone aids recovery in rats with hemorrhagic stroke
• Golfers' yips may be movement disorder
• Essential tremor associated with increased risk of dementia
• Drug may help MS patients with laughing, crying spells
• Bright arctic light can lead to migraine
• 2005 AAAS human rights directory now available
• Protective effect of calcium in reducing colon cancer polyps lasts for years
• NSAIDs provoke a specific portfolio
• Novel gene-silencing nanoparticles shown to inhibit Ewing's sarcoma
• Mitochondrial DNA variants linked to renal, prostate cancer
• International gathering of scientists looks toward future of cancer research
• Combination of Lipitor® and Celecoxib
• 9th Annual Public Forum at AACR Annual Meeting
• Sensory deprivation reduces new cell size in the olfactory system
• Timing nature's fastest optical shutter
• Researchers identify potential therapeutic target for Huntington's disease
• Paralytic shellfish toxins cause mutation that allows clams to accumulate 100 times more toxin
• Grandmothers' smoking linked to grandchildren's asthma decades later
• Salk's legacy, current and future challenges to vaccine development topic of briefing
• 50 years after Salk polio vaccine: Status of global eradication efforts
• US service academies to collaborate with UNC, Andrews Air Force Base, Duke in knee injury study
• Money doesn't buy happiness - - except when disability strikes
• Insomnia, falls in elderly linked
• Liverpool vet creates pain relief diet for arthritic dogs
• Fink receives National Pharmacy Leadership Award
• Molecular motors cooperate in moving cellular cargo, study shows
• First intensive investigation of early agriculture in Liangchengzhen suggests rice was prevalent
• Earliest evidence of domestic herding in the Negev Desert revealed
• 'Drinking beer in a blissful mood'
• U. of Colorado study shows early Earth atmosphere hydrogen-rich, favorable to life
• Research team recreates ancient underwater concrete technology
• Less cognitive impairment seen in women taking drug for osteoporosis
• New health information resource from Tufts for Asian-language speakers
• $3 million donation accelerates TGen breast cancer research
• National Academies news: Spent nuclear fuel storage
• Why do amyloid diseases strike different tissues?
• Road salt routine may alter with warming
• Homeschool numbers growing, tracking difficult
• About 70 percent of older adults use alternative medicine
• Study: Level I trauma centers boost head injury survival
• OHSU researchers demonstrate how Alzheimer's disease impacts important brain cell function
• Scientists aboard drilling vessel recover rocks from Earth's crust far below seafloor
• It's good to talk - but don't make a sound
• Hope for portable MRI
• Scientists analyze chromosomes 2 and 4
• Older children can benefit from treatment for childhood's most common eye disorder
• Dr. Brenda Milner: 2005 Gairdner Award Winner
• SV40 not implicated in mesothelioma
• People with peanut allergy at risk of allergic reaction to lupin flour
• Post-traumatic stress disorder common among refugees in western countries
• Fourth European Conference on space debris to address key issues
• Exposed: Tobacco companies efforts to influence industry privatisation
• Belgium doctors treating critically ill infants favour legalising euthanasia
• Few women at risk for breast cancer willing to use drug to prevent the disease
• Abnormal lung cancer screening results may help smokers quit
• Hopkins study shows older children also benefit from 'lazy eye' treatment
• Exercise may not be good enough to reduce mild hypertension in older people, Hopkins experts say
• Joslin Diabetes Center announces new nutrition guidelines
• New technology, new approach to help heart and lung patients awaiting transplants
• Molecular testing impact: Heart transplant patients benefit from new technology, easier monitoring
• Risk of HIV transmission highest in early stage of infection
• Hormonal birth control, bacterial infections in women linked to increased shedding of type-2 herpes
• Scientists discover way to control allergic reactions
• Asthmatics naturally deficient in antiviral immunity, report scientists
• We need EUREKA to reach Barcelona objectives
• Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, April 2005
• EPSRC annual conference
• Era of galaxy and black hole growth spurt discovered
• Music improves sleep quality in older adults, researchers find
• Yeast discovery gives insight into familial dysautonomia
• Nanobacteria in clouds could spread disease, scientists claim
• Worth the wait? A neural mechanism related to impulsive decision-making
• Whooping cranes stabilize vision to find food
• New findings support a central role for NMDA receptors in learning and memory
• Primates on the brink
• Unchaperoned examinations risk misconduct allegations
• UK approval procedures will drive research overseas
• The right to live gives us a right to die
• Mediterranean diet leads to longer life
• Depression overtakes back pain for incapacity benefit claims
• Scientists' pied piper approach may have found Nemo faster
• Q Chip helps make cures more effective
• Poultry plant moves to renewable energy
• Hi-tech bandages
• 'Promiscuous' area of brain could explain role of antidepressants
• Certain weight control behaviors may precipitate obesity among adolescent girls
• Nutritional supplement reduces need for traditional ulcerative colitis treatment
• Study finds no link between cell phone use and brain tumors
• Public leadership in neurology award honors Leeza Gibbons for Alzheimer's awareness efforts
• The latest news and issues in cancer detection, prevention & treatment
• Scientists making advances receive international awards
• AACR: The premier international meeting for developments in cancer research
• Alfred G. Knudson Jr., receives American Association for Cancer Research Lifetime Acheivement Award
• American Association for Cancer Research hosts 96th Annual Meeting
• Yale researchers use laser light to remote control flies
• Key regulator of bone cells linked to osteoporosis
• VCU research shows Viagra prevents anti-cancer drug induced heart damage
• Pairs of Seagliders set endurance records
• Nanotechnology's miniature answers to developing world's biggest problems
• ALLHAT findings are 'color blind' in showing diuretics work better for high blood pressure
• Researchers test new therapy for advanced melanoma
• A probe, not an echo
• Scientists discover better way to generate power from thermal sources
• Study shows that a kidney transplant can reverse heart failure
• Mutation in clams protects against paralytic shellfish poisoning but raises human health risk
• Lung cancer vaccine trial continues at UK's Markey Cancer Center
• New material structure produces world's fastest transistor
• UCR, Science Fiction Museum & Hall of Fame team up for conference on science fiction
• New research on mulitple vs single births may offer new approaches for infertility
• Vitamins, foods might improve your genes
• An (ecological) origin of species for tropical reef fish
• Differential heart-attack risks among blacks, whites remain mystery
• Purdue engineers use 'shaped' laser pulses in 'ultra-wideband' research
• Genetic testing could bolster radiotherapy's effectiveness against cancer
• Swift mission nabs its first distance measurement to star explosion
• Maternal iron deficiency disrupts mother/child interaction
• PNAS highlights for the week of April 4 - 8
• Little answers to world's biggest problems
• Famous scientist continues his 'quest' in Waterloo
• Physicians, researchers to talk about new treatments for oral, head and neck cancers
• NYU research shows anti-poverty program boosts marriage rate among single mothers
• NASA study finds Earth's auroras are not mirror images
• Efford opens Americana 2005
• Automobile industry and government agree on climate change action
• NJIT math professor helps navy detect subs; Explains global warming
• Metabolic side effects of antipsychotics are known, but rarely monitored
• Golf-related head injuries in children increasing along with sport's popularity
• Vaccine against cervical cancer and genital warts shows promise
• Pair of cancer genes found to drive both cell migration and division
• Terrorist-proof buildings from new high-tech sensors
• Sacred constant might be changing
• Six organizations vie for INFORMS 'science of better' innovation prize
• West Africa: meningitis epidemics driven by the wind
• Satellite images give a better picture of sediment transport
• Jobs and the employment market: the first statistical data available for seven African capitals
• For sardine and anchovy, El Niño events do not always have the same effects
• Ebola virus: from wildlife to dogs
• Webcast: NIH Director Zerhouni and IOM President Fineberg to discuss health disparities
• Researchers unmask malaria parasite's cloaking mechanism
• Emory scientist finds different paths lead to similar cognitive abilities
• Mystery on the Hudson
• Vulcain 2 engine now in full production
• Study reveals drinking alcohol reduces breast milk supply in women
• Study finds that women with PCOS are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease
• Students to chat online with leading genome researchers for National DNA Day
• National Academies advisory: April 6 conference call on spent nuclear fuel storage
• NSF renews Cornell's Arecibo contract
• Unconventional brain circuits offer clues to insomnia-obesity connection
• Ancient enzyme guides healthy eating in mammals
• A possible new phase for rheumatoid arthritis treatment
• Radar tracking reveals that butterflies follow decisive flight paths
• Executive director Marcus Milling receives Pick and Gavel Award
• Soy and fish oil may help prevent heart attacks
• Childhood asthma may be linked to grandmother's smoking
• Children's hospital neurologist receives Young Investigator Award in spinal muscular atrophy
• 2005 Potamkin Prize goes to neurologists for research in early detection of Alzheimer's disease
• Young scientists awarded for achievements in cancer research
• Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, Miss America 2005 Deidre Downs and Dan Haney receive public service awards
• Researchers pioneer new gene therapy technique using natural repair process
• Injectable drug, combined with counseling, shows promise in treating alcohol dependence
• Study shows light therapy to effectively treat mood disorders, including SAD
• Study: obesity impairs immune response of mice, boosts chances of dying from influenza infection
• Liverpool scientists uncover how E.coli became lethal
• If you fill it, they will slurp, and slurp, and slurp ...
• U. Iowa researchers improve Huntington's disease symptoms in mice
• UCF, US Geological Survey to conduct water research in joint facility
• More exhaust inhaled by kids inside school buses than by others in the area, says new UC study
• Ophthalmologists and physicists team up to design 'bionic eye'
• Society of Nuclear Medicine offers program to meet patients' current, future needs for radionuclides
• News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
• Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member co-authors book that address the role of the I/DD nurse
• Urban neighborhoods affect how people think about health
• On the hunt for deadly frog disease
• Immune cells in the liver take a ride
• NYU, Rockefeller researchers find complexity of regulation by microRNA genes
• Largest NIH grant for NYU will create research network in dental practices
• New insight into brain and speech promises help for learning disabilities
• Six week mini-med school to focus on the fascinating science of aging
• Last call for Annual World of Children award nominations
• MIT: Science becomes art in 'Weird Fields'
• Alcohol consumption disrupts breastfeeding hormones
• New alloy verified for safer disposal of spent nuclear energy fuel
• New kidney protein regulates heart rate and blood pressure
• JCI table of contents May 1, 2005
• At the molecular level, the predator is the prey
• Infants needing a heart transplant can accept organs from different blood types
• Gearing up for the next generation of Europe's cars
• Study finds no association between diet and pancreatic cancer among men and women
• Gene found in mice may play role in determining susceptibility to tuberculosis in humans
• Understanding natural killers could lead to new hepatitis treatments
• Climate change: Government of Canada and auto industry sign agreement
• Users of digital music sharing system judge others by their playlists
• Research shows smoking adds a decade to reproductive age of IVF patients
• The petroleum umbrella
• Exercise, stress management show physiological benefits for heart patients
• Chemical guidebook may help Mars rover track extraterrestrial life
• Panel discusses effect of individualized diets on chronic disease risk
• Study shows new antipsychotic drug prevents brain loss in schizophrenia
• Carnegie Mellon researchers open window into the ability of humans to recognize faces
• Researchers peer inside embryonic/fetal hearts to discover causes of congenital heart disease
• Newer imaging techniques may lead to over-treatment
• Bone SPECT superior to FDG PET for detecting bone metastases in breast cancer
• BI-RADS lexicon for ultrasound useful for differentiating benign from malignant solid masses
• American Phytopathological Society opens access to several years of research in online journals
• U.S. Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois wins American Chemical Society Award
• US Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico wins American Chemical Society Award
• Onion compound may help fight osteoporosis
• Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research
• AACR establishes new lectureship in honor of Dr. Jane C. Wright
• AACR awards scholarships for minority and underrepresented scientists
• Thumbnail sampler of 10 diverse physiology papers from IUPS 2005
• 14 highlighted physiology papers from IUPS 2005: From 'genomics to functions'
• Protein tags regulate key ion channel
• Pediatricians must confront community-based threats to health
• Implanted medical device aims to lower blood pressure
• Roundup®highly lethal to amphibians, finds University of Pittsburgh researcher
• Cognitive therapy works as well as antidepressants, but with lasting effect after therapy ends
• Depression research earns top national honors for UO psychology student
• Chronic inflammation caused by too little stomach acid leads to gastric cancer
• Unlocking genetic mysteries focus of UH symposium
• Puberty onset – influence of nutritional, environmental and endogenous regulators?
• Feat of experimental acrobatics leads to first synthesis of ultracold molecules
• Regional AAAS meeting to be held at The University of Arizona April 13 through 16
• New miniaturised chip dramatically reduces time taken for DNA analysis
• Climatologists discover deep-sea secret
• Chemical compounds present in diet increase risk of colon cancer
• Rockefeller University researchers are changing the face of drug addiction treatment
• Study: Many New York City employers discriminate against minorities and ex-offenders
• Purdue scientists unravel Midwest tornado formation
• CAP prize winners at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
• Social stress boosts immune system's flu-fighting abilities
• Shirley Malcom of AAAS named to election reform commission
• NASH clinical research network launches new trial for treatment of liver disease
• Advanced prostate cancer previously considered inoperable may be operable, curable
• US-India research team completes analysis of X chromosome
• Institute for OneWorld Health CEO speaks at 2005 World Life Sciences Forum, BioVision
• NNii media advisory about David Kirby's book questioning vaccine safety
• Searching the depths of the straits of Florida for disease cures
• Two-part blood pressure control suggests new approach to hypertension therapy
• Scientists find molecular pathway suspected in precancerous stomach lesions
• Two Columbia neuroscientists named Howard Hughes investigators
• SSRI antidepressants involve dopamine as well as serotonin signaling
• Remote control flies?: Fly behavior controlled by laser light
• People can learn motor skills by watching
• Fibril shape is the basis of prion strains and cross-species prion infection
• Carnegie Mellon collaborative research driving force for new technology
• Community MRSA is re-emergence of 1950's pandemic
• Consumers not getting accurate information about smokeless tobacco
• Teens believe oral sex is safer, more acceptable to peers
• New approach to eye training may significantly improve performance
• Obese shoppers more likely to experience discrimination
• ALLHAT study findings for racial sub-groups show diuretics work better for high blood pressure
• Angiogenesis factor may help tumors prepare the way for spread to lymph nodes
• Sucampo submits new drug application for lubiprostone
• Lack of vigorous activity linked to functional decline in older adults with arthritis
• Lupus and the role of Epstein-Barr virus
• Studies examine menopausal hormone therapy and risk of breast cancer recurrence
• Study examines effectiveness of anti-anemia drug in treatment of cancer patients
• Other highlights in the April 6 JNCI
• Antioxidant may have adverse effects in head and neck cancer patients
• Patients with heart disease can lower cardiovascular risk factors with exercise, stress management
• Pediatric use of complementary and alternative medicine
• Once-a-month injectable medication helps treat alcohol dependence
• In treatment of depression, cognitive therapy and medication both effective
• Early home environment and television watching influence bullying behavior
• Diuretics best initial therapy for both black and nonblack patients in treating high blood pressure
• Different antipsychotic medications may have different effects on brain volume
• Brain region recovery possible in former methamphetamine users
• Indian Ocean climate watch network grows
• Top anti-arthritis drugs cause skin disease
• 'Mandela's Paradox' may show that osteoporosis propensity starts in pre-teen years
• In asthma, it's not the drugs but the inflammation that increases cardiovascular risk, damage
• Estrogen, SERMS reduce asthma impact by halting constriction
• 15 generations of untrained jocks, couch potatoes show big physiological adaptations
• Highlights of the April 2005 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
• New study documents the detrimental impact of teen beverage choices
• Study finds radiation therapy for prostate cancer nearly doubles risk for rectal cancer
• Mesoamerican book wins archaeology book award
• New vaccine means bye-bye to bacteria in the lung
• JCI table of contents May 1, 2005
• It takes a village to improve the health of children
• Stem-cell, cancer test and black hole breakthroughs to be revealed at UK physics conference
• Viagra shows selective effects in hypertensive pregnancy on mother, fetus
• SERPINE2 identified as novel candidate gene for COPD, especially with smoking
• Pediatric burn victims' recovery, diabetes, metabolism aided by fenofibrate (Tricor)
• Growth factor in baby formula could reduce NEC, most devastating GI disease in preemies
• Alcoholism reduces male heart's ability to synthesize protein; possible therapy target?
• ACP guidelines to treat obesity cover diet, exercise, drugs and surgery
• Scientists find viruses can't stick to sea bugs in the dark
• Growth disorder gene plays a big role in normal size variation
• Automated imaging screen reveals promising drug candidates
• Radiation therapy for prostate cancer nearly doubles the risk of rectal cancer
• Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, April 5, 2005
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