Finding Cures For Tropical Diseases: Is Open Source An Answer?
There's aparadigm in life science and drug development : only "lucrative""markets" get exploited by R&D companies. In many occasions I'veseen very promising drugs candidates or related research get cannedbecause no money was to be made with it, even if millions would havebeen saved worldwide. The usual strategy to avoid this fate is to finda drug candid...Scientists seek answers on what activates deadly anthrax spores
Scientists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and three other institutions are setting out to find what activates the spores in anthrax, the deadly bacterial infection that is back in the news. "A key aspect of anthrax spore biology concerns the germination process through which the dormant spore becomes a reproductive, disease-causing bacterium," explained Al Claiborne, Ph.D...Climate experts search for answers in the oceans
By absorbing half of the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere, the oceans have a profound influence on climate. However, their ability to take up this carbon dioxide might be impaired as a result of climate change. To determine their response to global warming, ESA has backed two projects that provide systematic data on key oceanic variables ?color and temperature. The Medspiration p...Tests may help answer questions about GMOs and allergies
The potential of genetically engineered foods to cause allergic reactions in humans is a big reason for opposition to such crops. Although protocols are in place to ask questions about the allergy-causing possibilities, there has been no test that offers definitive answers. But all of that could change as a Michigan State University researcher has developed the first animal model to test w...Finding an answer to Darwin's Dilemma
The sudden appearance of large animal fossils more than 500 million years ago ?a problem that perplexed even Charles Darwin and is commonly known as "Darwin’s Dilemma" ?may be due to a huge increase of oxygen in the world’s oceans, says Queen’s paleontologist Guy Narbonne, an expert in the early evolution of animals and their ecosystems. In 2002, Dr. Narbonne and his research team found t...What does business want from the schools? Some answers may be surprising
Those skills represent part of what Wisconsin business leaders want to see in graduates of the state's K-12, technical college, and university systems. However, a set of attributes loosely described as life skills and the ability to cope and learn may b...Stem cells may provide answer to blood-brain barrier
The findings are the result of a collaborative study funded with a grant from the Na...Clinton says world needs biofuels, GM crops, and more answers
He called on the industry to reduce the spread of infectious diseases, guard against pandemics, create crops that can feed more of the world's hungry, tap sources of renewable energy such as ethanol, and confront glob...Can tech people be business leaders? Upcoming seminar may have the answer
When Cay Villars worked in marketing for the biotechnology sector, she began to notice a certain pattern: Scientists with a good idea for a new product could find the business world to be a much different place than academia, with a different set of skills required to succeed. "Along the way, I realized that it was that people dynamic inside a company that could make or break a product j...In the wake of Katrina, more questions than answers about global climate change
About a month before Katrina turned...Vitamins-The answer to Heart Disease?
Ongoing research is however to co...Answer on SARS 3 to 4 weeks away
The World Health Organization said that it should take three to four weeks for it to fully understands about SARS in China. Since mid-February, an international team from WHO has been working with the Beijing government and now WHO are a full partner with China in the investigation of SARS. China has 1,435 cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome - SARS, accounting for about half of the global...The Answer To Prevent Osteoporosis
A pill a day could be the answer for building bone as you age. A new study shows the drug alendronate taken daily for 10 years increases // bone density in postmenopausal women.Osteoporosis is a chronic, progressive disorder where there is a loss of normal bone density. Drugs, such as alendronate, have been used for years to treat osteoporosis. The current research is the result of following pati...Neurobiology Provides Answers To Block Memory-Related Drug Cravings
Drug addiction can be better handled following discovery of a novel chemical compound that blocks memory-related drug cravings. The finding has all the potential to be the basis of new therapies to aid drug-addiction recovery efforts // according to neurobiologists. Because exposure to people, places and objects previously associated with a drug habit can trigger overwhelming memory-b...