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Fried Food Eaten Away From Home Creates Fatter Kids; Increased Consumption Leads to Increase in Body Mass Index of 9- to 14-Year-Olds; Puts Children at Risk for Chronic Disease Later in Life.
October 2, 2005... Byline: Harvard University Medical School BOSTON, Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research shows that adolescents who eat large amounts of fried food away from home are heavier and more likely to have a poor-quality diet. Among 14,355...

Mayo Clinic Research Collaboration Discovers Why Some DNA Repair Fails; Findings Significant for Huntington's Disease, Colon Cancer.
October 3, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered the inner workings of a defective DNA repair process and are first to explain why certain mutations are not corrected in cells. The...

New Battery Technology Helps Stimulate Nerves.
October 3, 2005... Byline: University of Wisconsin - Madison MADISON, Wis., Oct. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- With the help of new silicon-based compounds, scientists -- and patients -- are getting a significant new charge out of the tiny lithium batteries used in...

Study Finds Patients With Melanoma Are at Increased Risk for New Tumors; Follow-up Screening is Advised.
October 4, 2005... Byline: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) researchers have found that melanoma patients with a family history of melanoma and/or dysplastic nevi...

A New Angle on Flowers: Fish Are Players in Pollination.
October 5, 2005... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Flowering plants near ponds may owe their pollination not only to the winged creatures of the air, but also to the finned ones of the deep. Scientists have...

First Ever Large-Scale Sequencing of Influenza Genome Gives Look at Flu Evolution in Humans.
October 5, 2005... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- In this week's journal Nature, senior author Steven Salzberg, professor and director of the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at...

HETE-2 Satellite Solves Mystery of Cosmic Explosions; Colliding Compact Stars Likely Cause of Short But Powerful Gamma-Ray Bursts.
October 5, 2005... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Oct. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- An international team of scientists using three NASA satellites and a host of ground-based telescopes believes it has solved the greatest remaining mystery of gamma-ray...

Air Quality in West Going South; Texas Air, Already Bad, Will Get a Tad Worse and Midwest Air May Actually Improve, Says EPA Study of Global Warming on U.S. Regional Air Quality.
October 6, 2005... Byline: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash., Oct. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- By mid-century, air quality throughout the Western United States will deteriorate, according to a new EPA-funded computer simulation by the Pacific...

Danforth Center Researcher Finds Natural 'Sunscreen' in Plants; Vitamin B6 Protects Plants from Ultraviolet Light, Drought.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center ST. LOUIS, Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, led by Principal Investigator Liming Xiong, Ph.D., announced findings today in the Plant...

Stopping Invasion of Zebra Mussels, Other Marine Exotics.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa, Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Hans van Leeuwen's research presentation includes pictures of zebra mussel colonies clogging pipes and covering boat bottoms. It also shows a map that indicates...

Mother Nature's Weapon of Mass Destruction? Red Leaves; Anthocyanins in Red Foliage Could Be Toxic, Colgate University Team Finds.
October 7, 2005... Byline: Colgate University HAMILTON, N.Y., Oct. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Scientists have long agreed that the decomposition of chlorophyll is largely responsible for the vibrant hues of most foliage in the fall. But the anthocyanin...

Cells From Amniotic Fluid Used to Tissue-Engineer New Trachea; Pediatric Surgeon Looks to Fetal Cells to Repair Birth Defects.
October 8, 2005... Byline: Children's Hospital Boston BOSTON, Oct. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston report using tissue engineering to reconstruct defective tracheas (windpipes) in fetal lambs, first using cells from the...

Intervention Program Failed to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in Managed Care Setting, UCLA Study Says.
October 9, 2005... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- An intervention program designed to promote screening for colorectal cancer - and thereby decrease the number of cancers diagnosed - failed to increase screening rates in the managed...

Early Good Parenting Increases Chances of Good Kids Later.
October 10, 2005... Byline: Wichita State University WICHITA, Kan., Oct. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The relationship you've established with your children when they start kindergarten helps determine their behavior by the time they finish fourth grade,...

Cell Phone Technology Improvements Lessen Interference With Medical Equipment; Mayo Clinic Researchers Say Periodic Testing Needed to Keep Up With Technology.
October 10, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Oct. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The continued evolution of technology appears to have lessened cellular telephones' electromagnetic interference with medical devices such as monitors and respirators, a...

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Technology Comes to the Lab on a Chip; Remote Detection Makes NMR Compatible With Microfluidics.
October 10, 2005... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Oct. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- A breakthrough in the technology of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), one of the most powerful analytic tools known to science, is opening the...

Engineers Build DNA 'Nanotowers' With Enzyme Tools.
October 12, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Duke engineers have added a new construction tool to their bio-nanofabrication toolbox. Using an enzyme called TdTase, engineers can vertically extend short DNA chains...

Warmer Seas, Wetter Air Make Harder Rains as Greenhouse Gases Build.
October 13, 2005... Byline: National Center for Atmospheric Research BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Storms will dump heavier rain and snow around the world as Earth's climate warms over the coming century, according to several leading computer...

Ancient Anthropoid Origins Discovered in Africa.
October 13, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The fossil teeth and jawbones of two new species of tiny monkey-like creatures that lived 37 million years ago have been sifted from ancient sediments in the Egyptian...

Lady in Red: Andromeda Galaxy Shines in Spitzer's Eyes.
October 13, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured a stunning infrared view of Messier 31, the famous spiral galaxy also known as Andromeda. Andromeda is the...

Link Between Tropical Warming, Greenhouse Gases Stronger Than Ever, Say Scientists.
October 13, 2005... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Oct. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- New evidence from climate records of the past provides some of the strongest indications yet of a direct link between tropical warmth and...

Computer Models Aid Understanding of Antibody-Dependent Enhancement in Spread of Dengue Fever; Evolutionary Trade-Off Exists Between Advantage and Disadvantage.
October 14, 2005... Byline: Bloomberg School of Public Health BALTIMORE, Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Some viruses' ability to exploit the human body's own defenses to increase their replication may be both a blessing and curse, according to the findings of...

Wetness-Defying Water? Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Group Discovers a Paradox: Hydrophobic H2O.
October 14, 2005... Byline: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash., Oct. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Now you can extend that truism about oil and water to water and itself. Water and water don't always mix, either. The textbooks say that water...

Scientists Identify How Antibody Blocks Prostate Cancer Growth in Animal Models, May Lead to New Targeted Therapy.
October 14, 2005... Byline: UCLA LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center have uncovered the mechanism by which an antibody blocks the growth of prostate cancer in animal models, a discovery that could pave the...

New Genetic Test Can Detect Clam Disease Crippling Shellfish Industry and Threatening Aquaculture Operations.
October 17, 2005... Byline: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WOODS HOLE, Mass., Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- A sensitive new genetic test can now detect a crippling disease called QPX occurring in clam beds from Cape Cod south to Virginia and north to...

Coastal Retreat in Face of Rising Sea Levels Found to Be Influenced by Wildfires.
October 17, 2005... Byline: Duke University NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The retreat of coastlines due to rising sea levels may be accelerated by wildfires, a Duke University researcher has discovered. In the absence of such fires, forests can...

Climate Model Predicts Dramatic Changes Over Next 100 Years.
October 17, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The most comprehensive climate model to date of the continental United States predicts more extreme temperatures throughout the country and more extreme...

'Politics as Usual' May Result in Guilty Verdict From Constituents.
October 17, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Even if a politician is found innocent of corruption in a court of law, what is perceived as unethical behavior can result in a guilty verdict in the court of...

Hopkins Scientist to Direct International Studies of Antibiotic as New Treatment for Tuberculosis; if Successful, Moxifloxacin Could Be First New Treatment for TB in More Than 40 Years.
October 17, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions The information in this press release is EMBARGOED until 7:01 p.m. EDT today, Oct. 17. AScribe Newswire is providing the release in advance as a courtesy to the media. BALTIMORE, Oct. 17...

New Genetic Link to High Blood Pressure Found by University of Michigan Team; Variation in Dopamine Receptor Gene Is Associated With Hypertension, Could Help Explain Why People Have Different Risk, Especially as They Age.
October 18, 2005... Byline: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new genetic discovery made by a University of Michigan team may help explain why some people develop high blood pressure and others don't - and...

Do Your Initials Spell Earlier Death? New Pomona College Study Contradicts Earlier Findings.
October 18, 2005... Byline: Pomona College CLAREMONT, Calif., Oct. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study by Stilian Morrison '05 and Professor Gary Smith has found that initials have no connection to mortality, contradicting earlier evidence that having a...

New Equation Helps Unravel Erratic Behavior of Turbulence; Formula Could Lead to Better Tools to Predict Weather, Pollution, Water Movement.
October 18, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Oct. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- To most people, turbulence is the jolt felt by jet passengers moving through a rough pocket of air. But to scientists, turbulence is the chaotic flow of a gas or...

Ethical Thinking Helps Guide New South Korean World Stem Cell Bank.
October 18, 2005... Byline: Geneforum.org PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the embryonic stem cell debate rages in the United States, the South Korean World Stem Cell Bank has deployed a more practical and less acrimonious approach for guiding...

Recent Landslides in La Conchita, Calif., Belong to Much Larger Prehistoric Slide, Geologists Report.
October 19, 2005... Byline: University of California, Santa Barbara SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The deadly landslide that killed 10 people and destroyed approximately 30 homes in La Conchita, Calif., last January is but a tiny part of a much...

Researchers Discover New Gene Regulation Mechanism: Messenger RNA 'Cut and Run' Scheme Provides Rapid Response.
October 20, 2005... Byline: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have discovered a new kind of messenger RNA molecule that is converted from non-protein coding status...

Building a Better Airplane: University of Maryland Researchers Show New Path to Improved Titanium Alloy Performance; Findings Hold Implications for Aviation, Ceramics, Geological Systems.
October 20, 2005... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Titanium alloys are an important material in products like biomedical implants, golf clubs and aircraft because the crystalline materials within...

NASA's Spitzer Finds Failed Stars May Succeed in Planet Business.
October 20, 2005... Byline: Jet Propulsion Laboratory PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted the very beginnings of what might become planets around the puniest of celestial orbs - brown dwarfs, or "failed...

Breast Cancer Study Led by Boise State Biologist Published This Month in Top Cancer Journal.
October 21, 2005... Byline: Boise State University BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research conducted at Boise State University and published this month in the journal Cancer Research provides new insights into a mechanism that may enable breast...

Be a Control Freak: Allergists Outline New Focus for Asthmatics.
October 23, 2005... Byline: Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, Minn., Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- A Mayo Clinic allergist and colleagues representing the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (http://www.aaaai.org/) and the American College of Allergy,...

Givers See Nation's Charities as Crucially Important But Are Wary of Slick, Pushy Marketing; Donors Voice Strong, Emotional Attachment - Unless Trust Is Violated; Express Doubt About Value of More Government Regulation.
October 23, 2005... Byline: Public Agenda NEW YORK, Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- American donors are passionate and positive about the charities and nonprofits they support. But at the same time, according to focus groups, they are concerned when these...

Road to Greener Chemistry Paved With Nano-Gold, Researchers Report.
October 24, 2005... Byline: Lehigh University BETHLEHEM, Pa., Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The selective oxidation processes that are used to make compounds contained in agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and other chemical products can be accomplished more...

Marine Biological Laboratory Scientists Get on Squid's Nerves; Genome Project Launched to Identify Squid Genes Essential to Disease Researchers.
October 24, 2005... Byline: Marine Biological Laboratory WOODS HOLE, Mass., Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The next time you bite into a tasty order of fried calamari, consider this: scientists are interested in the calamari squid not for dinner, but for all it...

Columbia Study Shows How Doctors May Be Able to Better Manage Blood Glucose Levels During Heart Surgery; Aprotinin Decreases Hyperglycemia, Insulin Resistance in Cardiac Surgical Patients.
October 24, 2005... Byline: Columbia University Medical Center NEW YORK/ATLANTA, Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- An anesthesiology research team at Columbia University Medical Center has completed the first human study to show that aprotinin, a protease...

New Study Shows Potential Breakthrough in Alzheimer's Treatment; Scientists at Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute Say Bryostatin May Promote Long-Term Memory.
October 24, 2005... Byline: Marine Biological Laboratory MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Oct. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research, to be published the week of Oct. 24 in the online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that...

Consumer Reports Money Adviser Uncovers Truth Behind Financial Guarantees; Financial Safety Nets Not as Reliable as Consumers Think; November Issue Also Includes Tips on Getting Even With a Bad Broker, Best Cars for Retired People.
October 25, 2005... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Consumer Reports Money Adviser (CRMA) offers a guide to primary safety nets for financial accounts and warns about their potential gaps in the November 2005 issue of...

Flipped Genetic Sequences Illuminate Human Evolution, Disease.
October 26, 2005... Byline: Howard Hughes Medical Institute CHEVY CHASE, Md., Oct. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- By comparing the human genome with that of the chimpanzee, man's closest living relative, researchers have discovered that chunks of similar DNA that...

University of Virginia Researchers Show That a Natural Carbohydrate Can Help Lower Blood Sugar.
October 26, 2005... Byline: University of Virginia Health System CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- A carbohydrate isolated from the liver lowers blood sugar levels after it is injected into diabetic rats, according to research carried out by...

Medical News Tips From Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.
October 28, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following news tips are based on Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center presentations made at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology...

Self-Policing of 'Irresponsible Science' Topic of NIH-Funded National Study; Survey of 12,000 Scientific Researchers to Explore Whether Colleagues' Early Intervention Can Help Prevent Bad Science.
October 30, 2005... Byline: Simmons College BOSTON, Oct. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- As high profile cases of published "irresponsible science" continue to be discovered, a large national study is underway to see if a scientific researcher's colleagues may be...

Two Studies on Broccoli Sprouts Yield Findings on Gastritis, Skin Cancer.
October 31, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, Oct. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following news tip is based on an abstract prepared for the American Association for Cancer Research 4th International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer...

Newly Recognized Gene Mutation May Reduce Seeds, Resurrect Plants.
October 31, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- A mutated plant that seems to return from the dead may hold the secret to how some flora protect their progeny during yield-limiting drought and other stresses,...

Monkey Math Machinery Is Like Humans'.
October 31, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Monkeys have a semantic perception of numbers that is like humans' and which is independent of language, Duke University cognitive neuroscientists have discovered. They...