Six million Africans face famine because of locusts, drought
With locusts and drought having destroyed crops and stripped grazing land for six million people across West Africa, small farmers have started selling livestock cheaply and eating the seed corn they should plant during next month's expected rains, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today. "The combined effect of drought and locust attack, pa...Human Eggs Can Develop From Ovarian Surface Cells In Vitro
Research has shown for the first time that human eggs may develop directly from cultured ovarian surface epithelium (OSE) cells derived from adult human ovaries. Oocytes derived from the culture of OSE cells developed in vitro into mature eggs suitable for fertilization and development into an embryo. These findings, published today in the Open Access journal Reproductive Biology and Endocrinolog...Hopkins scientists uncover 'tags' that force proteins to cell surface
Discovery likely to streamline drug and vaccine development Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered internal "shipping labels" that allow -- and perhaps force -- hundreds if not thousands of proteins to get to the surface of cells and stay there. Two natural proteins that use one of these "tags" are the ion channel that lets heart cells contract on cue, and the docking point that allows...Lands surface change on Alaska tundra creating longer, warmer summers in Arctic
A gradual lengthening of the snow-free season in Alaska's tundra, and a corresponding northward progression of the growth of shrubs and trees, may be creating a cycle of warmer and longer summers in the Alaskan Arctic according to a new study to be published in the Sept. 22, 2005, issue of Science Express. The resulting atmospheric heating in the region of northern Alaska is equivalent to...Shampoo detergent added to paint makes surfaces self-sterilizing
Adding a common ingredient in shampoo to paints and varnishes can create self-sanitizing coatings for frequently touched surfaces in public buildings that continue killing germs for months, according to research conducted by a multi-state consortium of high school students and retirees. Working through the website science-projects.com, 10 students from New York, Texas and Virginia joined t...BD Falcon Roller Bottle, smooth surface from BD Biosciences - Discovery Labware
Description:BD Falcon 850 cm Smooth-surface TufRol Roller Bottle, tissue-culture treated polystyrene, blow-molded one-piece design, with easy on/off non-vented cap, packed in double bag. (20/ca) Packaging: 20 / double pack, 20 / case...BD Falcon Roller Bottle, smooth surface from BD Biosciences - Discovery Labware
Description:BD Falcon 850 cm Smooth-surface TufRol Roller Bottle, tissue-culture treated polystyrene, blow-molded one-piece design, with easy on/off non-vented cap. (2/sp, 20/ca) Packaging: 2 / pack, 20 / case...Power1401 laboratory interface from Cambridge Electronic Design Limited
Description:High perfomance data acquisition interface. All the functionality of the micro1401 but with a faster on-board processor, increased memory and more available channels of waveform input and output. The Power1401 also inlcudes an option for programmable front-end gain. Can be expanded from the standard 16 to 48 waveform inputs and from 4 to 8 waveform outputs at 16 bit resolution. Typical applicatio...Contact Printing Kit with Printing Surface, Stamp & Thiol from Platypus Technologies
Description:Platypus Contact Printing Kit contains choice of Printing Surface (3 glass slides coated with 100 /500/1000 Angsroms of Gold over Ti adhesion layer, 1 silicon wafer coated with 1000 Angstroms of Gold over TI adhesion layer, or 3 plain glass slides), PDMS Stamps (3 PDMS micropatterned stamps with series of 100 / 200 micron squares or 100 um x 10 mm or 200 um x 10 mm lines, 3 PDMS nano-patterned st...Contact Printing Kit with Printing Surface & Stamp from Platypus Technologies
Description:Platypus Contact Printing Kit contains choice of Printing Surface (3 glass slides coated with 100 /500/1000 Angstroms of Gold over Ti adhesion layer, 1 silicon wafer coated with 1000 Angstroms of Gold over TI adhesion layer, or 3 plain glass slides) and PDMS Stamps (3 PDMS micropatterned stamps with series of 100 / 200 micron squares or 100 um x 10 mm or 200 um x 10 mm lines, 3 PDMS nano-patterne...Luminol-enhanced Assay for Superoxide Anion (O2 face="Symbol" )
Stratagene Dartmouth School of Medicine, Dept. of Microbiology, Hanover, NH</p...Front-face detection for high-concentrate, opaque or solid sample
When working with highly-concentrated, opaque, or solid samples such as blood, paint, optical brighteners, living cells, polymer films, or phosphors, front-face fluorescence detection offers significant advantages for quantitative and qualitative fluorescence measurements. Highly concentrated and opaque liquids typically have problems with self-absorption and complete attenuation of the be...Chemists prepare for face-off with manufacturers
There is new war brewing! Neither in the devastated NewYork of America nor in the Afghanistan! It is right here in the commercial capital of India --- Mumbai. And who are the warring parties? They are the pharmaceutical industry of the country and the RDCA or the Retail & Dispensing Chemists Association. The latter is a member body of over 5,000 retail druggists & chemists spread across t...Chennai AIDS Campaign Highlights The Social Neglect Faced By Victims
A workshop held recently in Chennai has brought out the wide spread ignorance of the general public regarding modes of HIV transmission to the spotlight.// A one-day workshop was organized by the Chennai branch of Family Planning Association of India to create awareness regarding the prevalence and spread of HIV. Multipurpose Health Workers (MPHWs) working in the Urban Health Posts (U...Adult Kids Of Alcoholic Mothers Face Health Risk
Adult children of alcoholic mothers face health risks, say researchers.Researchers led by Rosa Alati from University of Queensland's School of Population Health// tracked alcohol-related disorders of children through adulthood as part of one of the world's longest health studies, reports science portal EurekAlert. They studied 2,551 Brisbane mothers and their children at six month...Toddlers Have Respiratory Trouble When Sleeping With Their Face Up
Controversial data has been obtained regarding the ideal sleeping position for toddlers with a new study stating that breathing difficulties //are more likely to occur when they sleep on their backs rather than on their side or other positions. This effect is more likely to be experienced by children who have sleep apnea, a common sleeping disorder associated with respiratory trouble....The Unpredictable Face Of Science
Medicine to common people is fascinating and altruistic. Something that is thought as a cure for a certain disease can be // detrimental for the others. Likewise skin cancers can be prevented by not exposing oneself in the sun on the other hand it is proved now that deficiency of Vitamin D (sun) is thought to be a causative agent of other cancers, heart diseases and illness resting due...Alfacell Corporation to Present at C.E. Unterberg, Towbin Emerging Growth Opportunities Conference
BLOOMFIELD, N.J., July 05, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- AlfacellCorporation today announced that Lawrence A. Kenyon, executive vicepresident, chief financial officer and corporate secretary, willpresent an overview of the company's product development programsat 8 a.m. EDT on Thursday, July 12, 2007, at the C.E. Unterberg,Towbin Emerging Growth Opportunities Conference in New York. The aud...Researchers Identify Intracellular Pathway of Alfacell's Onconase
Paper Published in Journal of Cell Science Shows ONCONASE Uptake inCells Differs from other RNases BLOOMFIELD, N.J., April 05, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Alfacell Corporation today announced that European researchers haveidentified the pathway that ONCONASE (ranpirnase) follows to entercells. Published in the Journal of Cell Science (2007; 120: 1405-1411),a paper based on studie...