Scientists find fossil proof of Egypt's ancient climate
...yed in the dispersal of humans "out of Africa" and into Europe and Asia. Periods of substantially increase...ith said, "but enough to turn a barren environment into a classic savannah." Kieniewicz performed isotopic analyses of about 20 snails, all of them dating ...Implanted Devices Detect High-Risk Heart Failure Patients
...ents with heart failure have provided new insights into which patients might be at higher risk of dying su... Second, the defibrillator "shocks" the heart back into normal rhythm whenever the heart beats irregularly. In addition to maintaining the heart, the devic...Affymetrix and Stratagene Announce Strategic Software Alliance
...Stratagene announced today that they have entered into a non-exclusive strategic alliance under which Stratagene will provide Affymetrix customers with new software solutions for GeneChip(R) data analysis. As part of this agreement, Stratagene will develop a new software package for Affymetrix, ArrayAssi......d site inside of the heart, the VEGF-2 is injected into the heart muscle region with inadequate blood supp...e administered through a cardiac catheter threaded into the heart from a leg artery or a placebo delivered using the same method. As required by the U.S. Fo...How an AIDS-Related Cancer Unleashes Inflammation
.... Sadler was killed in 1999 by stray bullets fired into a San Francisco nightclub. According to Ganem, early studies of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) indicated that the abnormal growth of infected cells required the overproduction of cytokines ?immune system proteins that trigger the cell's inflammatory response...PCRM develops world's first cruelty-free insulin assay
...odies grown in vivo--literally from cells injected into the abdomens of live mice--or we could use kits co...sfully incorporated antibodies grown in the medium into a test kit for human insulin. A report on the new methodology will be published soon in a peer-revi...Ophthalmologists Use Artificial Silicon Retina Microchip To Treat Vision Loss
...ily living such as improved ambulation-not bumping into objects around the house, and reading the time on ...y 5,000 microscopic solar cells that convert light into electrical impulses. The purpose of the chip is to replace damaged photoreceptors, the "light-sensin...Chemists identify key gene in development of type 1 diabetes
...ays Al-Abed. "We don't know yet, but we're looking into this." Besides drug intervention, the new finding ...the experimental compound can one day be developed into a long-acting oral drug that could be taken by prediabetic people to achieve lasting protection, per...International HapMap consortium expands mapping effort
...time, technology and money to help turn this dream into reality. The payoff will be a better understanding of the genetic risk factors underlying a wide range of diseases and conditions," said NHGRI Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. The first phase of the HapMap Project has allowed scientists to m...Bone Density Recovers After Teens Stop Injected Contraceptive
...e density is one consideration of the many that go into a woman’s choice of contraceptive method,?Dr. Scholes said. The researchers wrote that it is impossible to know what the women’s bone density would have been if they had never taken the drug. They added, however, that 12 months after these women sto...Towards precise classification of cancers based on robust gene functional expression profiles
...ays Al-Abed. "We don't know yet, but we're looking into this." Besides drug intervention, the new finding ...the experimental compound can one day be developed into a long-acting oral drug that could be taken by prediabetic people to achieve lasting protection, per...Unprecedented water level rise in Somalia
...e River and that a major water surge may be headed into the centre of the country, the United Nations said...icated that a major surge of water was now passing into Central Somalia. Heavy rain was also expected to continue into next week. In Jowhar, 90 kilometres ...Children's taste sensitivity and food choices influenced by taste gene
...earchers classified 143 children and their mothers into three groups based on their TAS2R38 genotype: Type...e consumption that often occurs as children mature into adulthood. This is definitely an area that merits more research." The bitter receptor genotype also...New Insights Into HIV Immunity Suggest Alternative Approach to Vaccines
...that when you inject the envelope of the HIV virus into people or animals, no broadly neutralizing antibod...tion of the human immune system is broadly divided into two categories. The first, innate B cell immunity, comprises fast-acting but weak antibodies that fi...Antibiotic might fight HIV-induced neurological problems
...al "wall" that limits what can pass from the blood into the brain. Other researchers have reported that this antibiotic can protect brain cells in animal models of other diseases -- multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, stroke and more. The drug is being tested in early c...Researchers develop rapid diagnostic tool for pathogen identification
...ith partners from around the world providing input into assay design, clinical samples for validation, as well as opportunities to advance the science to the next, practical stages—including outbreak investigation, and blood product screening. Key partners in the work presented in the current publication ...Ophthalmologists implant five patients with artificial silicon retina microchip
...ily living such as improved ambulation-not bumping into objects around the house, and reading the time on ...y 5,000 microscopic solar cells that convert light into electrical impulses. The purpose of the chip is to replace damaged photoreceptors, the "light-sensin...Protein offers way to stop microscopic parasites in their tracks
...tients and for the potential insights it can offer into other apicomplexan parasites, which include malaria and Cryptosporidium. Malaria, which is spread by mosquito bites, kills at least 1 million people per year through damage to red blood cells and clogging of the capillaries that feed the brain and ot...Rats infected as newborns grew up vulnerable to memory problems during an immune challenge
...Psychological Association (APA). The findings fit into a growing body of evidence that even a one-time in...t day. On the second day, each rat was placed back into the chamber and was shocked for two seconds and then put back in its home cage. After 24 hours, the ...Nonlinear Dynamics announces more details of its global partnership with PerkinElmer
...oteomics software and bioinformatics partner going into 2005 and beyond. In entering this collaboration wi...ade this a natural choice to benefit our customers into the future." She continued, "PerkinElmer is re-launching its gel imaging strategy this year with Pr...