Quitting smoking improves lung function considerably
For smokers with asthma, quitting smoking can improve lung function test scores by more than 15 percent in less than two months. Neil C. Thomson, M.D., of the Departments of Respiratory Medicine and Immunology at the...General Considerations for Successful Transfection Experiments
Keep an eye on your cells; ensure they are in good condition and set a suitable plating protocol for optimal cell density from the beginning to the end of transfection....Real-Time PCR: General Considerations, Rev A
Faye Boeckman, Marni Brisson, and Larissa Tan, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.,Hercules CA 94547 USA The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has proven to be a versatile tool in molecular biology. The use of this technique has generated unprecedented advances in gene discovery, diagnostics...Location, location, location: Spots to consider for online ads
In recent months, popular search engines have undergone significant changes: Google allows marketers to target specific ad positions within...Waukesha considers wireless bids from three firms
Three firms want to build the infrastructure on city property such as light poles, then wholesale bandwidth to Internet service providers. After waiting several years for the winning company to recoup some costs, the city would start to receive royalties....Six things to consider before a major software implementation
Many companies treat the purchase of computer systems like the purchase of a commodity. That can be a big mistake. The software company you are dealing with is not like your other vendors. If you treat the transaction like you're buying supplies, and focus only on price and delivery, you may very well set the stage for failure. The stakes can be very high, as failed...Apollo Hospitals to consider listing on US Bourses in 2003
Health care major Apollo Hospitals announced on Thursday that plans are afoot to consider listing on US bourses in 2003. "We would consider listing on the US bourses after 2002," Pratap C Reddy, chairman of the Apollo Hospitals group said, adding it was a part of the business plan for the post-2002 period. Though further details are not available at the moment, Dr. Reddy added that plans...Physicians Consider Self-Prescribing Ethical
Most physicians consider writing a prescription for themselves "ethical," but only about half see it as "healthy," and few consider it "necessary". Medical student Robert Wroblewski and others at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, surveyed 300 urban and rural physicians to determine general attitudes towards self-prescription. An earlier study had indicated that about half of all residents pres...Chemists Discover Cation Considered Too Unstable To Exist
Organic chemistry textbooks will need to be revised to recognize a chemical species that chemists have discovered. The species - pentamethylcyclopentadienyl cation (a positively charged ion) - was thought not to exist for long because theory said it was unstable. // "I’ve said this molecule is unstable and doesn’t exist dozens of times in organic chemistry class, but, as it turns out,...FDA considers nicotine lollipops illegal
The Food and Drug Administration cracked down on Internet distributors of nicotine-laced lollipops and lip balm, declaring them illegal and ordering that 4 pharmacies stop sales immediately. The lollipops in particular pose a risk to children because they look like regular candy, the FDA warned. "The quantity of nicotine could be potentially dangerous to a small child," said FDA attorney David Ho...