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St. Jude projects 90 percent cure rate for ALL

...astic leukemia (ALL) could reach 90 percent in the near future, thanks to improvements in diagnosis and tr...percent cure rate for ALL is quite possible in the near future if we continue to incorporate the breakthroughs of past decades and successfully overcome the...

Relationship of brain and skull more than just packaging

...ionships existed between neural structures located near the top of the brain and boney features at the base of the skull." To look at the correlations between the skull and the brain, the researchers first had to find locations that could be accurately found again and again. Locating reliable markers was...

Scientists discover dozens of new species in 'Lost World' of western New Guinea

...ew species. Large mammals that have been hunted to near extinction elsewhere were here in abundance. We were able to simply pick up two Long-Beaked Echidnas, a primitive egg-laying mammal that is little known." The discoveries solved one major ornithological mystery ?the location of the homeland of Berle...

Dogs keep dying: Many owners unaware of toxic dog food

...the veterinarians at Mendon Valley Animal Hospital near Rochester -- the sort of ground zero for the epidemic that resulted in the recall. She first realized that several dogs she was treating for liver problems in December were all eating Diamond food, and she sent food and tissue samples to Cornell, her...

Study may help slay 'Yellow Monster'

...s have far-reaching implications for people living near abandoned mine tailings in the Four Corners area o...f soil and water from a large uranium tailing pile near her hometown. But now she wonders about the ongoing health problems of her uncle who worked in the u...

Study finds 60 new genes controlled by DNA snippet

..., which first reported results in 2001, produced a near complete listing of the DNA sequences that make up... manipulating CArG-SRF? CArG sequences also appear near genes that direct the building of nerve cells and blood vessels, suggesting they may be involved in ...

Possible brain hormone may unlock mystery of hibernation

...m to survive unusually low body temperatures at or near freezing," said study author Takashi Ohtsu of Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology in Japan. Scientists have attempted for decades to identify substances responsible for hibernation in the blood and organs of hibernating animals but have met wi...

Underwater listening devices yield discoveries about endangered large whales

... important in parts of the world, such as the seas near Alaska, where standard visual surveys are often hampered by darkness and bad weather. The article, by Sue E. Moore of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Alaska Fisheries Science Center and three coauthors, describes the u...

Mutation in blood stem cells provides clues to cancer development

...researchers plan to conduct clinical trials in the near future and are working with colleagues at Harvard University, the Mayo Clinic, and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston to help expedite these trials. The study's principle investigator was Irving L. Weissman, M.D., Director, Institute for Ste...

Nanopore method could revolutionize genome sequencing

...pidly that they think it should be possible in the near future. In addition to the speed and low cost of the nanopore method, the researchers calculate that it will ultimately be significantly less error-prone than current methods. "The DNA sequencing method we propose has the potential of having fewe...

New crop of technology reveals plant health

...he state of the crop on a plant-by-plant basis, in near real-time. PLANTS adhered to a broader vision where the virtual (computing) space was seamlessly integrated with the physical environment. One of its main objectives was to develop the necessary software modules, tools and methodologies that enable...

Weighting cancer drugs to make them hit tumors harder

...t, a large percentage of the drug was concentrated near the blood vessels of the tumor, where cancer cells... more quickly. "Tumor cells multiply more rapidly near the vasculature, so targeting that area is key to chemotherapy's cancer-killing effects," said Mark ...

Albatross study shows regional differences in ocean contamination

... the Laysan albatrosses forage at higher latitudes near Alaska. So it appears that the California Current system has significantly higher concentrations of these contaminants," Finkelstein said. The researchers published their findings in the April issue of the journal Ecological Applications. Mercury ...

Vegetables inhibit growth of prostate cancer in mice with human tumors

... the Laysan albatrosses forage at higher latitudes near Alaska. So it appears that the California Current system has significantly higher concentrations of these contaminants," Finkelstein said. The researchers published their findings in the April issue of the journal Ecological Applications. Mercury ...

Plastic surgeons countdown first full facial transplantation

... it is important to remember that, at least in the near future, facial transplantation will be a last resort procedure performed on carefully selected patients on a case-by-case basis." In the studies, doctors used cadavers to perform mock facial transplantations in order to outline the necessary steps t...

Record bonefish

...at this bonefish was originally tagged at Bear Cut near Key Biscayne on Feb. 11, 2005, by Capt. Joe Gonzalez," said Dr. Jerry Ault, associate professor of marine biology and fisheries at the UM Rosenstiel School. "That means the fish was at liberty 321 days, gaining about an inch in length and moving in ...

Biodiversity key to sustainable biofuel according to University of Minn. researcher's findings

...s carried out at Cedar Creek Natural History Area, near Cambridge, a field station operated by the university's College of Biological Sciences. "This is exciting because it shows that biodiversity can be used to produce a sustainable supply of biomass for biofuels," Tilman says. For more than 50 years...

Taking evolution's temperature: Researchers pinpoint the energy it takes to make a species

...my of Sciences, scientists say higher temperatures near the equator speed up the metabolisms of the inhabi...elps explain why more living species seem to exist near the equator, a scientific observation made even before naturalist Charles Darwin set sail to South A...

ANU scientists crack DNA replication mystery

...es from the other direction, the strand separation near TUS leads to one of the DNA bases flipping over and inserting itself like a key in a lock in a perfectly shaped pocket on the surface of TUS. TUS is locked onto the DNA and this stops the replisome snowplough in its tracks." Professor Dixon said the...

Better beetle sought for salt cedar control

... species as those released onthe salt cedar stands near Lake Meredith. They are just from a differentcollection point, said Vanessa Carney, Experiment Station entomologyresearch associate. Researchers first looked at latitude and longitude to find the beetlethey thought would be best suited to this regio...

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