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Genomic Variation Easier To Identify With 'Microinversions' Software
Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, and Brown University have created a software system that more accurately detects "microinversions,"mutations that consist of tiny sequences of reversed DNA. The software gives biologists a powerful new tool to study genomic variation between and within species. The system is explained in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Aggressive Therapy Best For Certain AML Patients
A new study suggests that acute leukemia patients whose cancer cells show a genetic change that usually predicts a swift return of the disease following remission may remain disease-free longer when given aggressive therapy. The findings apply to people with acute myeloid leukemia whose cancer cells have normal-looking chromosomes and a gene mutation called MLL-PTD. Beer Drinking Has More To Do With Brain Rewards Than Taste Receptors
Different zests for beer might reveal more about alcohol's effect on the brain reward system than inherent differences in taste sensitivity, according to new research. In a study using mice scientists are attempting to map genes responsible for differences in beer consumption. Regardless of taste receptors, many strains of mice voluntarily consumed enough alcohol to become alcohol-dependent, according to researchers. Reference Guide to the Geneva Conventions
Includes history, guides, online and offline resources, an index to the conventions, the full text of the conventions, and text and information about other treaties. From the Society of Professional Journalists. Toward Improved Drug-delivery: Coating Gives Nanowires Easy Access To
Scientists are reporting development of a protein coating that may turn nanowires into a new drug delivery system that could allow use of lower doses of medicine that are less harmful to normal cells. They describe use of the coating to enable silica nanowires to enter cultured human cells and deliver a lethal dose of toxin. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him. Before and After Disasters: Federal Funding for Cultural Institutions
This PDF document from September 2005 "is designed to help archives, arts centers, libraries, museums, historical societies, and historic sites find resources"for "developing disaster plans, providing staff training, and protecting their collections."The report "includes ... information for 15 federal grant and loan programs and covers sources of federal assistance for preparedness, mitigation, and response, ... [and] recovery."Also provides information about sample projects. From the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The Powers Of Peanut Flours
New Agricultural Research Service (ARS) findings about the thickening capacity of various forms of peanut flour will help scientists improve food textures. New NHLBI-sponsored Study Shows Programs Can Teach Children To Eat Hea
Parents, take heart: You can teach your child to eat healthier. A study of preadolescent children found that those who attended a behaviorally oriented nutrition education program and were taught to follow a diet low in saturated fat and dietary cholesterol adopted significantly better dietary habits over several years compared to their peers who received only general nutritional information. Nutritious Frozen Foods Can Play Role In Weight-loss Programs
Size matters when it comes to meal portions in weight-loss diets, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. And consuming convenient, nutritious frozen dinners may be a way to control portion size.
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