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Continued reduction in the number of drug-related deaths in the UK

...nd Islands (Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man). The figures for 2004 do not include information for Northern Ireland. Main findings are: The majority of deaths were of males (72 per cent) 73 per cent of all deaths were under the age of 45 years. 56 per cent of cases died from accidental poisoning. This ...

Using the genomic shortcut to predict bacterial behavior

...with environmental pollution or degradation, these figures were not included in the analysis. "The United State desperately needs a liquid fuel replacement for oil in the near future," says Pimentel, "but producing ethanol or biodiesel from plant biomass is going down the wrong road, because you use more en...

Ethanol and biodiesel from crops not worth the energy

...with environmental pollution or degradation, these figures were not included in the analysis. "The United State desperately needs a liquid fuel replacement for oil in the near future," says Pimentel, "but producing ethanol or biodiesel from plant biomass is going down the wrong road, because you use more en...

Researchers find how some antibiotics kill bacteria

... in X-ray imagery to obtain the highest resolution figures ever available of how rifamycins bind to their targets. With these new images, the researchers found ?for the first time - that these drugs remove a key component of the bacteria they attack. The researchers were also surprised to find that different...

Drawing with DNA: 'Bioart' illuminates genomics

...foot tall space by five video projectors, with the figures for human genes/proteins shown along a vertical axis and for the rice along a horizontal. A whole-body computer vision interface tracks the movements of visitors and allows them to interact with the installation. By moving their bodies slowly within...

Poaching, logging, and outbreaks of Ebola threaten central African gorillas and chimpanzees

...xperts were unable to establish precise population figures for the gorillas and chimpanzees, they determined that recent Ebola outbreaks, bushmeat hunting and logging have almost wiped out some populations. The action plan noted that apes reproduce slowly, with limited capacity to recover from decimated popu...

How the environment could be damaging men's reproductive health

...enmark (9%), but higher than Finland (2.4%). These figures are not consistent with the data on semen quality and testicular cancer in the Nordic-Baltic region. Based on these data, we could have expected the frequency of cryptorchidism in Lithuanian boys to be similar to that in Finnish boys." So what could...

New methods of gene delivery using lasers

...f researchers from across the University ?with key figures from the School of Physics and Astronomy, the School of Biology and The Bute Medical School. Key researchers Lynn Paterson and Ben Agate of the School of Physics and Astronomy said: “We believe we have only touched the surface with this technology:...

HIV Infection Still On The Rise

...rochial, say the authors. Nevertheless, the latest figures show a 20% increase in the prevalence of HIV in 2003 and 2004 compared with 2002, partly because of infections acquired abroad. Furthermore, each newly diagnosed HIV patient consumes £12,500 in healthcare costs each year, while the lifetime costs of...

Novel Enzyme Shows Potential As An Anti-HIV Target

...interactions—is highly regulated. One process that figures prominently in this regulation is acetylation, which adds an acetyl group (a molecule made of oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon) to a molecule or protein. Histone acetylation was long thought to influence transcription by regulating the structure and func...

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