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Microbial forensics: The next great forensic challenge

... in 1996 and has been a leader in this area of our national response since then. "An effective program requir...d for either criminal prosecutions or those at the national level, we must be sure that the methods and results will be admissible in court, and must be accepte...

Chemicals in tattoo inks need closer scrutiny

...risks. The findings, presented today at the 229th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, suggest that closer regulation of the tattoo industry may be warranted, according to the researchers. Although inks used in tattoos are subject to regulation by the U....

Medical molecules designed to respond to visible light that can penetrate tissue

... presenting at the 229th American Chemical Society national meeting in San Diego on March 13-17. Researchers in Karen Brewer's group at Virginia Tech have designed supramolecular complexes that can hold and, when signaled by light (photoinitiatied), will generate pharmaceutical compounds that can cleave DNA,...

To control germs, scientists deploy tiny agents provocateurs

...orting the work here today (March 13) at the 229th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, University of Wisconsin-Madison chemistry professor Helen Blackwell described the ongoing construction of a new class of molecules that conduct such chemical warfare. Targeting natural signaling mechanisms i...

Growth in biomass could put US on road to energy independence

...ed Oak Ridge National Laboratory report outlines a national strategy in which 1 billion dry tons of biomass ?any organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis ?would displace 30 percent of the nation's petroleum consumption for transportation. Supplying more than 3 percent of the nation's...

Human Cells Filmed Instantly Messaging for First Time

...ed Oak Ridge National Laboratory report outlines a national strategy in which 1 billion dry tons of biomass ?any organic matter that is available on a renewable or recurring basis ?would displace 30 percent of the nation's petroleum consumption for transportation. Supplying more than 3 percent of the nation's...

Emergence of cancer as major cause of childhood death in developing countries is not being adequately addressed

... of the world is not being adequately addressed by national or international health organizations and charities, according to investigators at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This growing rate of pediatric cancer is occurring as the number of children dying from infectious diseases is being reduced thr...

Roche clinical trial registry and results database launched

...c database in which all companies can publish both national and international protocol information and trial results. Roche would be delighted if this independent solution would lead other pharmaceutical companies to use the CenterWatch repository to register ongoing clinical trials and report results of tria...

Advancements In Genomics Foster Deep Sea Discoveries

... findings at the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) national meeting in San Diego on Monday, March 14, 2005. Related research was published in a scientific paper in the March 4 issue of the journal Science. In the paper and ACS presentation, Bartlett and colleagues at the University of Padova (Italy), present...

Red delicious, Northern Spy apples have most antioxidants, chemists find

...In March, these findings were presented at the ACS national meeting in San Diego. * Breast cancer. Rats exposed to a known carcinogen and then fed the human equivalent of one, three or six apples a day respectively over 24 weeks were up to 44 percent less likely to develop breast tumors. That study was publi...

Secret of smallpox's success may lead to bioterror cure

...h." Because of the importance of the research for national security, Jacob's work is on a fast-track, with the studies projected to yield a usable vaccine virus within eighteen months. At that point, the virus will go to a commercial manufacturer, who will be responsible for developing and then producing a c...

AIDS Public Awareness Campaign Expands Following Report Of Rapidly Progressive HIV

.... The campaign features television promotions with national celebrities, including Alicia Keys. The initiatives announced today build on the public awareness efforts now underway in New York. The Department is currently running a prevention campaign called "HIV Stops with Me." This social marketing campaign ...

Hydrogen and methane provide raw energy for life at 'Lost City'

...y the NSF, NASA Astrobiology Institute and a Swiss national science grant. "The findings are an exciting example of NSF's commitment to discovery through basic research," said Bilal Haq, director of NSF's marine geology and geophysics program. "Lost City shows us that geological, chemical and biological proc...

Where bacteria get their genes

...yon, France) and Vincent Daubin, now at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. The research was funded by the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation. Lateral gene transfer, unique to the bacterial world, has long been recognized as common. But until now scientist...

DOE JGI launches IMG public online microbial genome data clearinghouse

... in 1997, DOE JGI now unites the expertise of four national laboratories, Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, and Oak Ridge, along with the Stanford Human Genome Center to advance the frontiers of genome sequencing and related biology. Additional information about DOE JGI can be found at: http:...

Major new UNC-based drinking water study suggests pregnancy fears may be overstated

...ertain, they likely are modest, it concludes. The national study, directed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scientists, contrasts with earlier, less detailed work done in Northern California and published in 1998. That research suggested an association between byproducts known as trihalomethane...

UN pours polio vaccine into Yemen amid outbreak

...e World Health Organization (WHO) are working with national coordinators and helping to train vaccinators and supervisors, it said. Yemen reported 41 confirmed cases today, up from 22 late last month, UNICEF said. "Experience shows that sporadic polio outbreaks in previously polio-free countries, such as Ye...

Proteomics brings researchers closer to understanding microbes that produce acid mine drainage

...that can develop novel approaches and solutions to national challenges." Banfield is continuing her studies of the Richmond Mine biofilm and acid producing biofilms elsewhere, which includes work with the Joint Genome Institute to obtain more genomes of community members. "We really want to know how the env...

Where Bacteria Get Their Genes

...yon, France) and Vincent Daubin, now at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. The research was funded by the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation. Lateral gene transfer, unique to the bacterial world, has long been recognized as common. But until now scientist...

Late peak may have prevented severe flu season from becoming worse

...vided by ACTrackerTM, an online tool that provides national estimates of hospital and drug utilization approximately 45 days after the end of each month, making the estimates the most timely and current of their kind. In the 2004-2005 flu season, daily CAP discharges peaked at an average of about 7,000 and 8...

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