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Balancing Care Decisions for Gravely Ill Patients: Mayo Clinic Researchers Report Their Findings in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
February 1, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Feb. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers studying gravely ill intensive care unit (ICU) patients found that unrealistic family expectations resulted in the increased use of health care...

Key Mechanism in Genetic Inheritance During Cell Division Identified.
February 1, 2005... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A key mechanism in the passing of genetic material from a parent cell to daughter cells appears to have been identified by a team of Berkeley...

How the Brain Creates False Memories.
February 1, 2005... Byline: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., Feb. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Lawyers are often suspicious of so-called "eye-witness accounts" and rightly so. Hundreds of scientific studies in the past few decades have...

Heat Response Provides Evidence for High Temperature Superfluidity in Cold 'Fermion' Gas.
February 1, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study has disclosed perhaps the strongest evidence to date for superfluidity in an exotic gas that mimics extreme behavior in Nature -- ranging from high temperature...

Rush Physicians Using Gene Therapy for Heart Patients With Moderate to Severe Chest Pains Who Do Not Benefit From Other Treatments; Rush Is Only Chicago Medical Center Among 20 U.S. Sites in Clinical Study.
February 1, 2005... Byline: Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center CHICAGO, Feb. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Individuals with moderate to severe chest pains (angina) who have not found relief from medication may benefit from a new gene therapy approach being...

Oregon Moving to Center of Wave Energy Development.
February 1, 2005... Byline: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Significant advances in university research and other studies in the past two years are pointing toward Oregon as the possible epicenter of wave energy...

Wisconsin Scientists Find Portal to How Animals Evolve.
February 2, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., Feb. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Like the gaudy peacock or majestic buck, the bachelor fruit fly is in a race against time to mate and pass along its genes. And just as flashy plumage or...

Star-Nosed Mole Gives Whole New Meaning to the Term 'Fast Food'.
February 2, 2005... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study published this week in the journal Nature reveals that this mysterious mole has moves that can put the best magician to shame: The energetic burrower can...

Mayo Clinic Researchers Create 'Obedient Virus'; First Step to Use Measles Virus Against Cancer.
February 2, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Feb. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- An international team of Mayo Clinic-led researchers is first to devise a system that consistently converts the measles virus into a therapeutic killer that hunts down and...

Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Have Double the Risk of Heart Failure.
February 2, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have found that rheumatoid arthritis patients have twice the risk of heart failure, or a weakening of the heart's ability to pump blood, as those...

Mayo Clinic Finds Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients at Higher Risk for Unrecognized Heart Disease and Cardiac Sudden Death.
February 2, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- People with rheumatoid arthritis not only have a higher risk of coronary heart disease than those in the general population, but they have more silent, unrecognized heart...

Photo Release: Light Continues to Echo Three Years After Stellar Outburst.
February 3, 2005... Byline: European Space Agency - Hubble GARCHING, Germany, Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Hubble Space Telescope's latest image of the star V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon) reveals dramatic changes in the illumination of surrounding dusty cloud...

Special Imaging Study Shows Failing Hearts Are 'Energy Starved'; Findings Could Point Way to New Treatments.
February 3, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) for the first time to examine energy production biochemistry in a beating human heart, Johns Hopkins researchers...

Effective Cancer Treatments Follow the Clock.
February 3, 2005... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Oncologists have long thought that cancer treatments tend to be more effective at certain times of day. But they have been unable to turn this knowledge...

From Blueprint to Blue Cheese: McGill University Researcher Looks at Genetics Behind Cheese.
February 3, 2005... Byline: McGill University MONTREAL, Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Does Swiss cheese come from Swiss cows? How about blue cheese? Professor of animal science at McGill's Macdonald campus K.F. Ng-Kwai-Hang has the answer to these questions....

Saturn's Bull's-Eye Marks Its Hot Spot.
February 3, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA astronomers using the Keck I telescope in Hawaii are learning much more about a strange, thermal "hot spot" on the tip of Saturn's south pole. In...

Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts Launches National Study of Liberal Arts Education.
February 4, 2005... Byline: Wabash College CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College seeks institutions for participation in the National Study of Liberal Arts Education, a large-scale,...

When Does a Mole Become a Melanoma? With New Model, Researchers Fish for Answers.
February 7, 2005... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found an important clue about the origins of the deadly skin cancer melanoma. Using...

How an AIDS-Related Cancer Unleashes Inflammation.
February 7, 2005... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Although new HIV treatments have drastically reduced the incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma in developed countries, it remains a health threat in many...

University of Florida Archaeological Study Finds Children Had Fun, Learned.
February 7, 2005... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla. Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Digging into the past is more than child's play, says a University of Florida researcher whose study shows that archaeological finds of children's artifacts...

Risk Factors Affect Parents' Attitudes About STD Vaccinations.
February 7, 2005... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The severity of possible infection and the effectiveness of a vaccine weighed heavily in the decision-making process for parents reporting their views...

European Molecular Biology Organization, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Join Forces to Promote Brain Gain.
February 8, 2005... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute BUDAPEST, Hungary, Feb. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the European Molecular Biology Organization want to attract some of the world's most promising scientists to...

Cassini Spacecraft Witnesses Saturn's Blues.
February 8, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Colorful new images from the Cassini spacecraft show that Saturn's northern hemisphere has a case of the blues. In the first image, the icy moon Mimas is...

Carnegie Mellon's Red Team Seeks Two Million Dollar Robot Racing Prize.
February 9, 2005... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University's Red Team (www.redteamracing.org) has entered two driverless Hummers in the DARPA Grand Challenge, a 175-mile, winner-take-all desert...

New Species of Coral Discovered Off Southern California.
February 9, 2005... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new species of black coral has been discovered off southern California, including around the Channel Islands, by Milton Love, University...

NASA Observations Help Determine Titan Wind Speeds.
February 9, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Strong westerly winds of up to about 400 kilometers per hour (250 miles per hour) buffeted the Huygens probe as it descended through Titan's upper atmosphere...

University of Virginia Researchers Guide Elections Into Extended Period of Classical Orbit for First Time.
February 10, 2005... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- In physics textbooks, an atom is drawn as a tiny solar system with the nucleus uniformly orbited by electrons. It's a good illustration of a neat and...

Scientists Uncover Secrets Behind Nanotube Formation.
February 10, 2005... Byline: Georgia Institute of Technology ATLANTA, Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nanotubes are ubiquitous in the world of science. Although several methods for making them exist, little is known about how these techniques physically produce...

Saving Valentine's Day: University of Florida Researcher Combats Disease That Threatens World Cocoa Bean Crop.
February 10, 2005... Byline: University of Florida HOMESTEAD, Fla., Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Florida researchers are on a disease-fighting mission to ensure that the world's favorite confection -- chocolate -- will continue to be a...

Chemical Compounds Found in Whale Blubber Are From Natural Sources, Not Industrial Contamination.
February 10, 2005... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Chemicals found in whale blubber, and initially suspected of being from industrial sources, have turned out to be naturally occurring, raising...

University of Central Florida Stem Cell Research May Hold Promise for Treating Alzheimer's Disease.
February 10, 2005... Byline: University of Central Florida ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- A compound similar to the components of DNA may improve the chances that stem cells transplanted from a patient's bone marrow to the brain will take over...

Joslin Scientists Show Knocking Out Two Key Signals Will Cause Diabetes; Boosting These Cellular Signals May Lead to New Treatments.
February 10, 2005... Byline: Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON, Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using a revolutionary technique to turn off chemical signals inside the cell, scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have discovered that the different metabolic...

New Study Affirms Reliability of Fossil Record.
February 10, 2005... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The fossil record may not be perfect, but it passed a critical test with flying colors, according to a study by University of Chicago paleontologist Susan M. Kidwell, that...

Physicists Hear High-Tech Whistle While They Work.
February 10, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- It was music to the ears of physicists at the University of California, Berkeley, when they forced liquid helium-4 through thousands of tiny holes and heard a...

Special Report: Alaska's 7.9 Denali Fault Earthquake; 2002 Alaskan Earthquake Triggered Quakes More Than 2000 Miles Away.
February 14, 2005... Byline: Seismological Society of America EL CERRITO, Calif., Feb. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, the premier scientific journal dedicated to earthquake research, has just published a special...

Mayo Clinic to Open New Office for Heart Patients in Dubai.
February 14, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Feb. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic announced today that it will open a new office in Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The new office will feature heart care services...

Older Doctors Less Likely to Follow Current Standards of Care; Findings Indicate Need for New Systems to Update Knowledge.
February 14, 2005... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, Feb. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Harvard Medical School researchers report in the Annals of Internal Medicine that older physicians may be less likely to deliver currently accepted standards...

Uric Acid May Help Reduce Effects of Spinal Cord Injury, Jefferson Researchers Find.
February 14, 2005... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Increasing levels of uric acid, a metabolic breakdown product found in blood and urine, may help cut some of the potentially devastating "secondary" cellular...

Mayo Clinic Identifies Key Cellular Process in Prostate and Other Cancers: New Target for Better Treatments.
February 14, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Feb. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers are the first to identify an interaction between two cellular proteins - Skp2 and FOXO1 - that is important for the growth and survival of cancer...

The Eye of the Fly: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor and 138 Undergraduates Identify Essential Genes That Function in Eye Formation.
February 14, 2005... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Feb. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) professor and 138 of his undergraduates have co-authored a paper that provides the first genome-wide estimate...

Green Tea Extract Has Potential as an Anti-Cancer Agent, According to Study by UCLA Researchers.
February 14, 2005... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study on bladder cancer cells lines showed that green tea extract has potential as an anti-cancer agent, proving for the first time that it is able to target cancer cells while...

Johns Hopkins Scientists Receive Presidential Medals.
February 15, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Feb. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins neuroscientist Solomon H. Snyder, M.D., and astrophysicist Riccardo Giacconi, Ph.D., have been named recipients of the 2003 National Medal of...

Weizmann Institute Scientists Find Optimal Time Windows for Successful Embryonic Tissue Transplant.
February 15, 2005... Byline: American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science REHOVOT, Israel, Feb. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science have determined distinct gestational time windows for the growth of transplanted...

New Neutrino Telescope for South Pole.
February 15, 2005... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Construction is now underway for a most unusual telescope, one whose light collecting "mirror" will be buried more than a mile beneath the South...

First Critical Parts of Giant Neutrino Telescope in Place.
February 15, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., Feb. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Working under harsh Antarctic conditions, an international team of scientists, engineers and technicians has set in place the first critical elements of...

'Blips' in HIV Treatment Are Not Cause for Alarm.
February 15, 2005... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Feb. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Intermittent "blips" of increased viral load in the bloodstream of patients receiving antiretroviral HIV treatment are clinically insignificant...

Saturn's Aurora Defy Scientists' Expectations.
February 16, 2005... Byline: European Space Agency - Hubble GARCHING, Germany, Feb. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The dancing light of the auroras on Saturn behaves in ways different from how scientists have thought possible for the last 25 years. New research by a...

New Mexico State University Researcher Aids in Discovery of New Estrogen Receptor.
February 16, 2005... Byline: New Mexico State University LAS CRUCES, N.M., Feb. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The discovery of a new intracellular estrogen receptor by a team of researchers from New Mexico State University and the University of New Mexico has...

NASA Spacecraft Help Solve Saturn's Mysterious Auroras.
February 16, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists studying data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft and Hubble Space Telescope have found that Saturn's auroras behave differently than scientists have...

USC Annenberg Study Reveals Univision Network Rivals ABC, CBS and NBC in Quantity, Focus of Campaign Coverage: 70 Percent More Election Coverage on Univision Network News Than Telemundo.
February 17, 2005... Byline: USC Annenberg School for Communication LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the last month of the 2004 campaign, a typical half-hour of network news on the Spanish-language Univision contained just over six-and-one-half...

Mechanical Tension Helps Shape Lung Development; Findings Might Help Improve Lung Growth in Premature Infants.
February 17, 2005... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Organ development in the embryo requires precise coordination and timing of cell growth in three-dimensional space to produce the correct anatomic form and shape....

Scientists Rid Stem Cell Culture of Key Animal Cells.
February 17, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Tackling a pressing and controversial technical barrier in stem cell biology, scientists at the WiCell Research Institute and the University of...

Purdue Proves Concept of Using Nano-Materials for Drug Discovery.
February 17, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Purdue University have built and demonstrated a prototype for a new class of miniature devices to study synthetic cell membranes in an effort to...

CSU Stanislaus Professor Leads Team to Dinosaur Finds.
February 17, 2005... Byline: California State University, Stanislaus TURLOCK, Calif., Feb. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dr. Julia Sankey, Assistant Professor of Geology in the Department of Physics and Geology at California State University, Stanislaus, led a class...

Study Finds New Designer Drug Is Potent Treatment for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia; More Potent, Highly Selective Therapy Effective in Treating Gleevec-Resistant Disease.
February 18, 2005... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, Feb. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- A laboratory study led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has shown that a potent and highly selective therapy for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) may...

Marine Seaweed Can Detoxify Organic Pollutants.
February 18, 2005... Byline: Oregon State University WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have discovered that marine seaweeds have a remarkable and previously unknown capacity to detoxify serious organic pollutants such as TNT or polycyclic...

Saturn's Moons Titan and Enceladus Seen by Cassini.
February 18, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft has had a busy week, snapping stunning new images of two of Saturn's moons -- smoggy Titan on Feb. 15 and wrinkled Enceladus on...

Iowa State Scientist Outlines Status of Animal Genomics at American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting.
February 21, 2005... Byline: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa, Feb. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The past decade has yielded new genomic tools for animal geneticists and breeders, thanks to significant developments from the genomic mapping of farm animals, said an...

The Secret Lives of Whales: Advanced Technologies Reveal New Knowledge about Lives, Deaths of Whales.
February 21, 2005... Byline: SeaWeb WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using genetics, Navy sonar, deep-sea submersibles, and toxicology, scientists are peering into the lives of whales -- past and present -- in ways never before possible. At a press...

Technological Revolutions in Sensors, Robotics, Telecommunications Allow New Views of Ocean; Scientists Find Undersea Mountains, Discover New Species, Spy on Fish.
February 21, 2005... Byline: SeaWeb WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists can now visualize the ocean floor in remote areas of the Arctic, observe rockfish hideouts, and see live images of coral cities thousands of meters under the sea's...

New Science Sheds Light on Rebuilding Fisheries; Business as Usual Threatens Future of Fish; Scientists Call on Managers to Incorporate New Scientific Understanding Into Fishery Plans.
February 21, 2005... Byline: SeaWeb WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a scientific double whammy, researchers report that fishing pressure is causing fish to evolve to smaller sizes, just as new studies show that larger fish are critical to...

'Einstein@home,' Revolutionary Astrophysics Project, Targets Ordinary Computer Users -- Lots of Them.
February 21, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, Feb. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- What's your computer doing while you sleep or go to work this week? Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), the California Institute of...

We're Here, We're Warming, Can We Get Used to It? El Nino's Effects on a Pacific Northwest River Valley Offer Forecasters a Window to Dry Years Ahead.
February 21, 2005... Byline: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Global warming conversations have shifted from whether climate is changing to how we will deal with the inevitable consequences. And the price you pay...

Mayo Clinic Researcher Calls for Improved Newborn Screening; Minnesota Method Accurate, Cost-Effective.
February 21, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Feb. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Mayo Clinic physician and researcher today reported that a combination of the latest technology and double-tiered analysis could improve genetic screening for newborns...

Jefferson Scientists Uncover Potential Trigger of Diabetic Kidney Disease.
February 21, 2005... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at Jefferson Medical College and Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a protein that plays a leading part in triggering kidney disease in...

University of Missouri-Rolla Researcher Works to Clear Air on Soot Formation.
February 22, 2005... Byline: University of Missouri, Rolla ROLLA, Mo., Feb. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- As five Midwestern states add soot alerts to their warning system for dirty air, one University of Missouri-Rolla researcher is trying to get to the root of the...

Computer Sims Vital Tools in Exploring Nanoworld.
February 22, 2005... Byline: Georgia Institute of Technology ATLANTA, Feb. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Years ago, when Uzi Landman and his colleagues set out to uncover some of the rules that govern why a non-reactive metal like gold acts as a catalyst when it is...

Science Partnerships Vital to U.S.-Arab Relations.
February 22, 2005... Byline: Georgia Institute of Technology ATLANTA, Feb. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research partnerships in science and technology are a crucial part of American efforts to build alliances with Arab nations, and should receive increased...

Amherst English Professor Allen Guttmann is Author of 'Sports: The First Five Millennia'.
February 22, 2005... Byline: Amherst College AMHERST, Mass., Feb. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Allen Guttmann, the Emily C. Jordan Folger Professor of English and American Studies at Amherst College, is the author of "Sports: The First Five Millennia" ($34.95,...

Study Finds Fewer, Smaller Differences in Quality of Life Between Boys and Girls.
February 22, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- As scholars debate who's ahead in the so-called gender war, a new study from Duke University finds that American boys and girls today are faring almost equally well across...

Post-Tsunami Thailand Yields Lessons for Coastal Construction; Engineering Experts See How Buildings, Materials Fared Against Walls of Water.
February 23, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- An inspection of Thai villages and ports struck by tsunami waves has uncovered some engineering lessons that might reduce casualties and destruction in future...

Duke, Woods Hole Geologists Discover Clockwork Motion by Ocean Floor Microplates.
February 23, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of geologists from Duke University and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has discovered a grinding, coordinated ballet of crustal "microplates" unfolding...

Georgia Tech/Emory Research Indicates Potential Immune Complications -- and Solutions -- Associated With New Combination Medical Devices; Findings Could Help With Design of Combination Products That Are Not Compromised by Adverse Host Responses.
February 23, 2005... Byline: Georgia Institute of Technology ATLANTA, Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Medical devices are traditionally thought of as fairly simple implants such as stents and hip replacements -- pieces of plastic or metal that are placed in the...

New Georgia Tech Micro-CT Imaging Technique to Help Tissue Engineers Improve Bone Regeneration; Technique Reveals New Method for Better Bone Grafts.
February 23, 2005... Byline: Georgia Institute of Technology ATLANTA, Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Tissue engineers can choose from a wide range of living cells, biomaterials and proteins to repair a bone defect. But finding the optimum combination requires...

Boise State University Crew on Scientific Voyage to Remote Seas Sends Dispatches Via Satellite Link, Solicits Questions.
February 23, 2005... Byline: Boise State University BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- A crew of Boise State University scientists and students who are on a 41-day voyage to one of the most remote stretches of ocean on Earth are sending back live...

Researchers Study Spread of Sudden Oak Death in Nurseries.
February 24, 2005... Byline: Dominican University of California SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Feb. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The same fungus-like organism that has infected thousands of trees with sudden oak death is now threatening several species of popular plants...

Bike Tire Scrubber Designed to Reduce Spread of Sudden Oak Death.
February 24, 2005... Byline: Dominican University of California SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Feb. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- A prototype device designed to reduce the spread of sudden oak death will soon make its debut at San Francisco Bay Area trailheads. A joint project...

Penn Study Will Compare Heart Failure Management Technologies.
February 24, 2005... Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) have been awarded a $1.5 million dollar grant from the Agency for Health Care...

University of Vermont Geologists Explore Link Between Human Action, Landscape Change.
February 24, 2005... Byline: University of Vermont BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Since they began clearing valleys and slopes for agriculture more than 9,000 years ago, and continuing with the construction of roads, buildings and cities,...

Genome of Deadly Pathogen Sequenced With Help From University of Virginia Health System Scientists.
February 24, 2005... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers have succeeded in sequencing the genome of a parasitic amoeba called Entamoeba histolytica. The amoeba infects about 50 million...

It's Not All Genetic: Common Epigenetic Problem Doubles Cancer Risk in Mice.
February 24, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Feb. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- In experiments with mice, a team of scientists from the United States, Sweden and Japan has discovered that having a double dose of one protein is...

Cellular Porthole Connects Odors to Brain; Porthole Used in Both Odor-Detecting Cells and Digestion-Aiding Cells.
February 24, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Feb. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- A cellular "porthole" known best for its role in the digestive system apparently has a major role in helping the brain sense odors, Johns Hopkins...

NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Continues Making New Saturn Discoveries.
February 24, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft continues making new and exciting discoveries. New findings include wandering and rubble-pile moons; new and clumpy Saturn rings;...

News Tips From 2005 12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Feb. 22 - Feb. 25, Boston.
February 25, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions CONTACT: David March, Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Corporate Communications, (000)-000-0000; dmarch1@jhmi.edu BALTIMORE, Feb. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Listed below are several key...