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Researchers Train The Immune System To Deliver Virus That Destroys Can
Scientists have designed a technique that uses the body's own cells and a virus to destroy cancer cells that spread from primary tumors to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system. Patients Can't Recall Their Medications To Tell Doctors
Doctors depend on patients to accurately tell them what drugs they are taking in out-patient visits. But nearly 50 percent of patients taking antihypertensive drugs were unable to accurately name a single one of their medications. Thus, doctors often can't monitor if a drug is working or know about potential adverse interactions. Web Design References: Tools
Annotated collection of links to Web design tools, including HTML validators, link checkers, and tools for accessibility, color, CSS (cascading style sheets), information architecture, usability, and XML (extensible markup language). From Information Technology Systems and Services, University of Minnesota, Duluth. New National Map Shows Relative Risk For Zebra And Quagga Mussel Invas
Researchers use information on zebra mussels and quagga mussels preferred habitats and needs for survival to create a map to better determine where the species may appear next. There is considerable interest in determining the range of habitats an invasive alien species could possibly reach. Los Pobladores 200: Descendents of the Founders El Pueblo de Los Angel
Website of this group "the primary goal [of which] was to locate and organize present day descendants of the original founding families of Los Angeles."Features details about group activities (such as the annual history walk on September 4, the date of the founding of Los Angeles), and an archive with names and brief histories of founding families and the soldiers who escorted them to El Pueblo de La Reina de Los Angeles. Spintronic Materials Show Their First Move
How much energy does it take for an electron to hop from atom to atom, and how do the magnetic propertiesof the material influence the rate or ease of hopping? Answers to those questions could help explain why some materials, like those used in a computer hard drive, become conductors only in a magnetic field while they are very strong insulators otherwise. Moth Released To Curb Spread Of Climbing Fern
More than 100 tiny moths from Australia were released in Florida this morning to begin a biological control effort against an invasive weed that has spread over more than 100,000 acres in the state. Gallstone Gene Discovered: Gene Variant Causes Two- To Three-fold Incr
Scientists have discovered a gene variant that significantly increases the risk of developing gallstones. It is estimated that one in ten Europeans has this variant in their hereditary disposition. For those affected, the likelihood of developing a gallstone in the course of their life is two to three times higher. Blind Humans Lacking Rods And Cones Retain Normal Responses To Non-vis
In addition to allowing us to see, the mammalian eye also detects light for a number of "nonvisual"phenomena. A prime example of this is the timing of the sleep/wake cycle, which is synchronized by the effects of light on the circadian pacemaker in the hypothalamus. 'Sinkers' Provide Missing Piece In Deep-sea Puzzle
One of the biggest questions in modern oceanography is how animals in the deep sea get enough to eat. After analyzing hundreds of hours of deep-sea video, Bruce Robison and his colleagues at MBARI found that "sinkers"--the cast-off mucus nets of small midwater animals called larvaceans--are a significant source of food for deep-sea organisms. They describe their findings in the June 10, 2005 issue of Sciencemagazine.
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