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Dark Matter, Dark Energy May Be Different Aspects of a Single Unknown Force.
July 1, 2004... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the last few decades, scientists have discovered that there is a lot more to the universe than meets the eye: the cosmos appears to be filled with not just...

Cancer Gene MYC Emerging as Key Research Target: New Technologies Are Shedding Light on MYC's Complex Functions.
July 1, 2004... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, July 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- First discovered twenty years ago, the cancer gene MYC is the most overexpressed oncogene in human cancers. But only in recent years have scientists begun to unravel...

New Book Examines Mormon Women's Autobiographies.
July 1, 2004... Byline: Arizona State University TEMPE, Ariz., July 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- If a Mormon woman has differences of opinion with church leaders, should she -- or could she -- express them in her autobiography? Laura Bush, a staff member...

University of Maryland-Built Sensor on Cassini Begins Reading Tale of Ions in Saturn's Magnetosphere; Experts Available.
July 2, 2004... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., July 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Cassini spacecraft has barely begun its four-year tour around Saturn, but already a University of Maryland sensor is starting to reveal new...

Newer Form of Heparin Drug of Choice.
July 6, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Three studies led by Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) cardiologists have shown that the ease and convenience of a newer formulation of the blood-thinner heparin,...

Jefferson-Based Technology Promises to Help Find Hard-to-Diagnose Appendicitis Cases.
July 6, 2004... Byline: Thomas Jefferson University PHILADELPHIA, July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- About half of the 700,000 annual cases of suspected appendicitis in the United States lack the usual symptoms - pain in the lower right abdomen, fever and a...

UC San Diego Team Determines Cellular Stress Within Body Is Critical Component of Cell Growth, Immune Response.
July 6, 2004... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have determined that a particular type of cellular stress called...

Berkeley Lab Wins 'R&D 100' Awards for Unqiue Electrochromic Windows, Synthetic Nanomotor.
July 6, 2004... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., July 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A unique new type of energy-saving electrochromic window and the smallest synthetic motor ever reported, both of which were developed by scientists...

No Abdominal Incisions - or Scars - With New Surgery Tools and Technique; Clinical Trials Awaited for Procedure That Is Less Invasive Than Laparoscopy.
July 6, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Surgeries performed with specialized medical devices requiring only small incisions, called laparoscopic surgery, have many advantages over traditional open...

Loud South African Grasshopper May Tell Us Something About Evolution.
July 7, 2004... Byline: Bowling Green State University BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- If you think crickets seem loud on a still summer night, you've probably never heard bladder grasshoppers. That would be understandable, since they're...

Big Bend Yields Trove of Dinosaur Remains; University of Texas at Dallas Group Uncovers Bones of Enormous Flying Reptile, Dinosaur 'Kill Zone,' Fossilized Excrement.
July 7, 2004... Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bone fragments from a flying reptile the size of a fighter plane, a "kill zone" with the remains of dismembered dinosaurs and fossilized dinosaur...

New Center at Harvard School of Public Health to Research Health Effects of Children's Exposure to Heavy Metals; Tar Creek Superfund Site in Oklahoma Main Location of Research.
July 7, 2004... Byline: Harvard School of Public Health BOSTON, July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A newly funded Center for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) will aid researchers in...

New Space-Borne Instrument to Track Greenhouse Gases, Ozone Destroyers, Other Pollutants.
July 7, 2004... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A powerful new instrument heading to space this Saturday is expected to send back long-sought answers about greenhouse gases, atmospheric...

Tuning the Nanoworld: New Methods for Constructing Nanostructures and Calculating Their Electronic States.
July 7, 2004... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have found new ways of combining quantum dots and segmented nanorods into multiply branching...

New Form of Immune System Discovered in Sea Lampreys.
July 7, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- The sea lamprey, best known in North America as an invasive predator of fish in the Great Lakes, possesses a primordial immune system quite unlike that...

Drug Reduces Heart Damage Caused by Potent, Highly Effective Childhood Leukemia Treatment.
July 7, 2004... Byline: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON, July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A potent chemotherapy that is highly effective in treating the most common form of childhood leukemia can significantly harm the heart, but findings from a...

Gene Therapy, Gene Silencing Combination Prevents Neurodegenerative Disease.
July 7, 2004... Byline: University of Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Iowa researchers have shown for the first time that gene therapy delivered to the brains of living mice can prevent the physical symptoms and...

Evidence That Men, Women Literally See the World Differently: Study Shows Color Vision May Have Been Adaptive During Evolution.
July 7, 2004... Byline: Pending COLLEGE PARK, Md., July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's long been known that color blindness is caused, usually in men, by changes in the red and green opsin genes, the genes that enable humans to perceive color. But a new...

Gene Therapy Alternative to Calcium Channel Blockers for Heart Disease Works in Animals.
July 8, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, July 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- In animal studies, scientists at Johns Hopkins have developed what is believed to be the first successful gene therapy that mimics the action of calcium...

Triple-Vaccine Strategy Stimulates Strong HIV-Specific Immune Response in Monkeys.
July 8, 2004... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, July 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at The Wistar Institute and the University of Pennsylvania report success in monkeys of an innovative triple-vaccine strategy aimed at creating an...

Wake Forest University Psychologist Suggests How to Avoid the 'Curse of the Self'.
July 8, 2004... Byline: Wake Forest University WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., July 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Self-reflection, the uniquely human ability to think about past mistakes, plan for the future and take steps toward self-improvement, seems like a blessing....

AIDS Toll in African Heartland Isn't Always What People Think.
July 8, 2004... Byline: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich., July 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- New ways to study the impact of HIV/AIDS on rural African families is showing that conventional wisdom isn't necessarily wise, and pointing to better ways...

Prolonged Aspirin Chewing Can Damage Teeth, According to Case Study.
July 9, 2004... Byline: American Dental Association CHICAGO, July 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- People who often chew aspirin over a prolonged period could severely damage their teeth, according to a case study in this month's issue of the Journal of the...

News Tip From 2004, XV International Conference on AIDS, July 11-16, Bangkok, Thailand: Two Common Antiretrovirals Are Equally Effective, But One Has Fewer Side Effects.
July 10, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BANGKOK, Thailand, July 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the July 14 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers from Johns Hopkins and other institutions will present...

Genetic Mutation Found That Is Major Contributor to Type 1 Diabetes.
July 11, 2004... Byline: Medical College of Georgia AUGUSTA, Ga., July 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A natural mutation of a gene that helps regulate the reactivity of the immune system is a major contributor to type 1 diabetes, Medical College of Georgia...

Is Small Different? Not Necessarily Say Georgia Tech Researchers.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Georgia Institute of Technology ATLANTA, July 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and NASA suggest that materials on the nanoscale may sometimes be subject to the same physical rules as their...

Highly Targeted Photodynamic Therapy Found Helpful in Treating Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Animal Models.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary BOSTON, July 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Photodynamic therapy (PDT), using a laser with verteporfin, has been used to treat some of the leading forms of visual disability, such as wet age-related...

Council for Advancement and Support of Education Announces 2004 Research Writing Awards; Winners Announced at CASE Assembly.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Council for Advancement & Support of Education SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Council for Advancement and Support of Education announced the winners of its Research Awards at a luncheon today during the CASE...

Industry, Government, Academic Leaders Discuss 'Building a Career in Pediatric Clinical Research'.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, July 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Children's Hospital Boston today released the following advisory. WHAT: Children's Hospital Boston, the Glaser Pediatric Research Network, and the Johnson &...

UC San Diego Biologists Discover Cell's Defense Mechanism Against Class of Disease-Causing Bacterial Toxins.
July 12, 2004... Byline: University of California, San Diego LA JOLLA, Calif., July 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered a new mechanism that allows cells to fight a class of toxins made by a wide...

Report Outlines Steps Needed to Lessen Smallpox Threat.
July 12, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., July 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The best approach for averting the deadly spread of smallpox following release of the virus by terrorists may rest with the establishment of a major...

After Tragic Past, Thalidomide's Promising Future in Fighting Cancer Explored in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
July 13, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., July 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- From the late 1950s to the end of 1961, thalidomide was a popular sedative and treatment for morning sickness until it was discovered to cause fetal malformations, which...

Another Fringe Benefit for Highly Paid Employees: More Fun at Work.
July 13, 2004... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Highly paid workers aren't just reaping the greatest material rewards on the job - they are also more likely than lower-paid employees to report rich social lives...

How Do You Define Artistry? Indiana University Cultural Anthropologist Explains Rare Level of Mastery by Examining Performing Arts Across Cultures.
July 13, 2004... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., July 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- It's the early 1980s in Louisville, Ky. The great Mikhail Baryshnikov is dancing to the music of Chopin when he launches into a series of pirouettes en dehors...

Findings Suggest Need for New View of p53 Cancer Protein's Interaction With DNA.
July 14, 2004... Byline: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA, July 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Perhaps the most commonly mutated of all cancer-linked genes is the gene for a tumor suppressor called p53. Scientists estimate that at least half of human cancers...

Lawrence University Scholar to Edit Major Volume of the Political Writings of Jonathan Swift.
July 14, 2004... Byline: Lawrence University APPLETON, Wis., July 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bertrand A. Goldgar, the John N. Bergstrom Professor of Humanities and Professor of English at Lawrence University, has been named by the Cambridge University Press...

Leading Scientists Design New Framework for Biodiversity Conservation; Current Conservation Planning May be Hindering Not Helping Endangered Wildlife; Opportunistic Land Purchases May Be Best Bet for Highly Threatened Species.
July 14, 2004... Byline: SeaWeb WASHINGTON, July 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study published in the August issue of the journal Ecology Letters shows that elaborate modeling efforts used to guide land conservation result in plans that are rarely...

Oxygen Sensing in Worms May Hold Key to Healthy Blood Pressure in Humans.
July 14, 2004... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., July 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- For life on our planet, the rule is simple: if you don't get the right amount of oxygen, you die. For humans, living as we do in an atmosphere...

New Book on Afterlife in Western Religion Offers Wide-Ranging Intellectual, Cultural History of Beliefs and Human Behavior; 'Life After Death: History of the Afterlife in Western Religion' Available in Stores July 20.
July 14, 2004... Byline: Barnard College NEW YORK, July 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Throughout the ages and in every culture, people have grappled with the question of what happens to us after we die. Alan Segal, renowned scholar and Professor of Religion and...

DNA 'Sharpshooter' Finds Research is a Blast.
July 14, 2004... Byline: Bowdoin College BRUNSWICK, Maine, July 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- It takes a certain appreciation for the bizarre to be a DNA sharpshooter. Take Hadley Wilson Horch, an assistant professor of biology and neuroscience at Bowdoin...

Mayo Clinic Researchers Use Human Antibody to Cure Malignant Melanoma in Mice.
July 14, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., July 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have manipulated a human antibody to induce an anti-tumor response in living mice that consistently curbs -- and often cures -- malignant melanoma,...

New Compound Battles Resistance to Leukemia Pill Gleevec, Targeting Mutations That Cause Some Patients to Relapse.
July 15, 2004... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, July 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- An experimental therapy that may battle resistance to the drug Gleevec in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has shown promising results in a study at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer...

Mystery of Nanoparticles Concealed in the Blink of an Eye.
July 15, 2004... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, July 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the University of Chicago have discovered a better way to measure a confounding property of microscopic high-tech particles called quantum dots. Quantum...

Environment-Friendly Ethanol Debuts at Berkeley Lab: First Dispensing Station in Northern California.
July 15, 2004... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., July 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- With the addition of a 4,000-gallon fuel tank in the motor pool, the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)...

New Drug Shows Promise Against Gleevec Resistance in Mice.
July 15, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., July 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- One of the truly spectacular success stories in modern oncology is the development and implementation of Gleevec, a drug that virtually halts the...

Cell Study Leap Forward for Tissue Engineering, Diseases.
July 15, 2004... Byline: University of Toronto TORONTO, July 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Toronto researchers have discovered a key mechanism in tissue formation that could have implications for tissue engineering, as well as for diseases such as...

Cassini Exposes Saturn's Two-Face Moon.
July 15, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., July 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The moon with the split personality, Iapetus, presents a perplexing appearance in the latest images snapped by the Cassini spacecraft. One hemisphere of...

Genome-Wide Comparison of Primate Genes Offers Insights Into Human, Great Ape Evolution; University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Study Is First of Its Kind.
July 15, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center DENVER, July 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The secret of why we differ from our closest evolutionary cousins, the great apes, and why they differ from each other, lies in the information...

Genetic Model For Devastating Form of Paraplegia Suggests New Treatments.
July 16, 2004... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new genetic model for a motor disorder that confines an estimated 10,000 people in the United States to walkers and wheelchairs indicates that instability in...

Living at Home Helps Young Mothers Stay in School, Study Finds.
July 16, 2004... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, July 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Living at home helps teenage mothers stay in school during their first two years of motherhood, but has little effect on the quality of their parenting, a new...

Molecular Motor Shuttles Key Protein in Response to Light.
July 16, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, July 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- In experiments with fruit flies, Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered how a key light-detecting molecule in the eye moves in response to changes in...

NASA's Mars Rovers Roll Into Martian Winter.
July 16, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., July 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- As winter approaches on Mars, NASA's Opportunity rover continues to inch deeper into the stadium-sized crater dubbed "Endurance." On the other side of the...

Study Led by Mayo Clinic Finds Treatment Causes Short-Term, Modest Delay in Alzheimer's Disease Onset in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment.
July 18, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., July 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- For the first time, a drug appears to have a slowing effect - though limited - on the progression from mild cognitive impairment, a memory disorder considered a strong...

Largest Autism Study Ever Conducted Using DNA Array Technology to Scan Human Genome.
July 18, 2004... Byline: National Alliance for Autism Research PRINCETON, N.J., July 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR) today announced the launch of the NAAR Autism Genome Project, the largest study ever conducted to...

$8.7 Million University of Colorado at Boulder Instrument to Fly on High-Tech Mercury Mission.
July 20, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., July 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A small, powerful University of Colorado at Boulder instrument will fly on NASA's MESSENGER mission, slated for launch Aug. 2 from Cape Kennedy, Fla., to...

Independent Evaluation Finds Hope for Low-Performing High Schools in Comprehensive Reform Model.
July 21, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, July 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- There is hope for transforming some of America's most troubled high schools, according to the results of an evaluation being released this week at a national...

International Team of Researchers Identify Gene Mutation Linked to Severe Neurological Disorder.
July 21, 2004... Byline: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, July 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- In an important breakthrough against a rare but devastating genetic disease, researchers have pinpointed the gene involved in rapid-onset...

Unique Observations of Newborn Star Provide Information on Solar System's Origin.
July 21, 2004... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study has caught a newborn star similar to the sun in a fiery outburst. X-ray observations of the flare-up, which are the first of their kind, are...

U.S. Entrepreneurial Activity Increased in 2003, But Job Growth Lags, Babson College/Kauffman Foundation Study Finds; Funding for New Businesses Continues to Decline, Ignores Important Sectors; Entrepreneurial Gender Gap Continues.
July 21, 2004... Byline: Babson College WELLESLEY, Mass., July 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Less than one out of every five businesses started in the U.S. has the innovative spark that could lead to strong job generation capabilities over the next five years....

July-September 2004 California Agriculture Magazine Focuses on Water Quality: Clean Water for All; Streams Not Damaged by Well-Managed Cattle Grazing.
July 21, 2004... Byline: University of California OAKLAND, Calif., July 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Virtually all of California's surface water passes through the state's 57 million acres of rangeland, raising concerns about the impact of cattle on water...

Digital Reconstruction Brings Renaissance, Medieval Art Back to Its Original Glory; Research and Technology Combined to Create Images That Enhance Knowledge of the Past.
July 21, 2004... Byline: Lafayette College EASTON, Pa., July 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Imagine taking centuries-old paintings that have been partially destroyed -- or even cut apart and scattered to different parts of the globe -- and reconstructing them...

Mayo Clinic Editorial Discusses New Targeted Therapy for Treatment of Resistant Colorectal Cancer.
July 21, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., July 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The drug cetuximab, a promising new targeted therapy better known as Erbitux, offers another option for patients who have colorectal cancer that resists standard...

Cancer Detection Method Overcomes Problem of Samples With Few Cells.
July 22, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, July 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Finding cancer in a tiny drop of body fluid containing relatively few cells now may be possible with a new method of analyzing multiple genes in small...

Researchers Buzzing Over New Wound-Healing Model.
July 22, 2004... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., July 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have made progress in understanding the genetic program that is deployed to help wounds heal. Their insights...

National Center for Atmospheric Research Chemists to Help Profile New England's Air Quality.
July 22, 2004... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., July 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- A group of chemists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research is joining U.S. and European colleagues for a massive experiment to gauge...

Stuttering More Than Talk: Research Shows Brain's Role in Disorder.
July 22, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research from Purdue University shows that even when people who stutter are not speaking, their brains process language differently. "Traditionally,...

Study: Virtual Courses Producing Measurable Gains in High-Level Learning.
July 23, 2004... Byline: University of Wisconsin, Whitewater WHITEWATER, Wis., July 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Advancements in Internet technology have allowed many universities to significantly increase the number of online course offerings and degree...

One Taste of Growth Protein and Nerve Cells Want More.
July 23, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, July 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Johns Hopkins researchers report that once a growing nerve "tastes" a certain protein, it loses its "appetite" for other proteins and follows the tasty...

Unlocking the Secrets of Titanium, a 'Key' that Assists Hydrogen Storage; New Research May Lead to Better Catalysts for Hydrogen Fuel Cells.
July 23, 2004... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., July 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and the New Jersey Institute of Technology have taken steps toward understanding...

Life in the 'Bermuda Shorts Triangle': Book Explores How Tourism Is Killing Venice.
July 26, 2004... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Imagine New York City invaded by more than 1.5 billion tourists annually: what would the effect be on New Yorkers and on how they feel about their city? The...

CU-Boulder Satellite Measures Sun's Radiation Using Venus.
July 26, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Color., July 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- A satellite designed, built and controlled at the University of Colorado at Boulder for NASA has returned data indicating both Venus and sunspots have...

UC Santa Cruz Scientist Jonathan Zehr Receives Major Award From Moore Foundation for Marine Microbiology Research.
July 26, 2004... Byline: University of California, Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, Calif., July 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has selected Jonathan Zehr, professor of ocean sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, to...

Scientists Suggest Framework for Epigenetics in Common Disease.
July 27, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, July 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists at Johns Hopkins are calling for simultaneous evaluation of both genetic and epigenetic information in the search to understand contributors to...

New Research: Increased Animal Disease a Hidden Cost of Deforestation.
July 28, 2004... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Add another item to the list of ills caused by deforestation: It can make animals sick. In the first study of its kind, a team of University of Florida...

Mass Media and the African-American Criminal Male Stereotype: Indiana University Professor Describes Media Distortion in New Book.
July 28, 2004... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dennis Rome, a sociologist and associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Indiana University Bloomington, wants to open people's eyes to a form...

Ancient War of the World Within: Study Finds Anti-HIV Protein Evolved Millions of Years Before Emergence of AIDS.
July 29, 2004... Byline: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center SEATTLE, July 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- A protein that the body uses to attack the AIDS virus is actually a stealthy defense mechanism that evolved 32 million years before the emergence of HIV,...

CU-Boulder Geology Team Traces Origins, Uplift of California's Highest Mountains.
July 29, 2004... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., July 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study of California's southern Sierra Nevada range by a University of Colorado at Boulder research team has located a massive body of rock that...

The Beak of the Squid: Researchers Reveal Argonaute2 Protein as Catalytic Engine of Mammalian RNA Interference.
July 29, 2004... Byline: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., July 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- RNA interference (RNAi) has emerged as a fundamentally important biological phenomenon and as a versatile, powerful tool for biomedical research....

Monsoons, North American Style: National Center for Atmospheric Research Helps Probe the Southwest's Summer Rains.
July 29, 2004... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., July 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- From Mazatlan to Tucson, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is analyzing moisture-laden skies through September as part of the...

Whale Carcass Yields Bone-Devouring Worms.
July 29, 2004... Byline: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute MOSS LANDING, Calif., July 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists studying a whale carcass in Monterey Canyon recently announced the discovery of two new species of unique worms that feed on the...

Green Mamba Snake Venom Hormone May Cause 'Second Stroke' in Patients With Brain Aneurysms, Mayo Clinic Discovers.
July 29, 2004... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., July 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Mayo Clinic research team is focusing on a hormone previously identified in the venom of the green mamba snake for the role it may play in a dangerous blood vessel...

NASA Selects Future Mission Concepts for Study.
July 29, 2004... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., July 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA has selected nine studies, including one from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., to investigate new ideas for future mission concepts...

Johns Hopkins Scientists Unravel the Drama of a Decade of Cancer Research.
July 30, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, July 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- Reviewing the last 10 years of cancer research much as they might the production of a play complete with cast members, opening acts and an ever-twisting...

New Physics Law Unifies Several Superconducting Compounds.
July 30, 2004... Byline: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, N.Y., July 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- A research group led by a scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has discovered a simple relationship that mathematically...