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M. D. Anderson Researchers Discover Key Protein In Psoriasis
Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center simultaneously have resolved a controversy over the cause of psoriasis and developed the first mouse model that fully mimics the human disorder. What's more, the scientists have demonstrated they can block the signals that lead to psoriasis in their mouse model with a topical skin treatment that can prevent new outbreaks as well as treat existing psoriatic plaques. Alzheimer's Cognitive Decline Slowed In Gene Therapy Patients
PET scans and cognitive tests have suggested that Alzheimer's disease patients with genetically modified tissue inserted directly into their brains show a reduction in the rate of cognitive decline and increased metabolic activity in the brain, according to a study published in the April 24, 2005 online issue of the journal Nature Medicine by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine. WW2 People's War
This site "aims to capture and preserve for future generations the story of the British people during World War Two."Hosted by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the site allows users to submit and read personal and family stories about British military and Home Front experiences during World War II. Searchable, and browsable by date, location, type of story, military unit, location in Britain, or key event (such asthe Holocaust). Includes a glossary. Envisat Radar Surveillance Protects Endangered Prehistoric Fish
A satellite surveillance zone within the southern Indian Ocean is helping protect the endangered Patagonian toothfish from pirate fishing vessels. Perched between Africa, India, Australia and Antarctica, the windswept French territory of the Kerguelen Islands is one of the remotest places on Earth. Even so, fishing vessels are lured there by the prospect of catching one valuable species found in its surrounding waters -- the Patagonian toothfish, also known as Chilean sea bass, or else 'white gold' for the high prices it commands on the black market. Multiple Dimensions Shape Our Perception Of Mind, Harvard Study Sugges
Through an online survey of more than 2,000 people, psychologists at Harvard University have found that we perceive the minds of others along two distinct dimensions: agency, an individual's ability for self-control, morality and planning; and experience, the capacity to feel sensations such as hunger, fear and pain. Researchers Discover New Way to Boost Grain Crops' Drought Tolerance
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside report the development of technology that increases the tolerance of grains crops to drought by decreasing the amount of an enzyme that is responsible for producing the plant hormone ethylene. Secondary Waste Should Be Disposed Off-Site Whenever Possible, Report
It is both technically feasible and advantageous for the U.S. Army's Chemical Materials Agency, to use off-site facilities to dispose of secondary waste during regular chemical agent disposal operations, says a new report from the National Research Council. Anti-Stress Formula Gives Calves A Boost
An "infant formula"for calves that may help them fight infection from Salmonella and other microbes--especially during stressful times--has been developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist Susan Eicher. Toward A Rosetta Stone For Microbes'Secret Language
Scientists are on the verge of decoding the special chemical language that bacteria use to "talk"to each other, British researchers report. That achievement could lead to new treatments for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including so-called superbugs that infect more than 90,000 people in the United States each year, they note. Nano-signals Get A Boost From Magnetic Spin Waves
A team of researchers from NIST, the Seagate Research Center and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies have resolved the question ofhow nanoscale microwave transmitters gain greater signal power than the sum of their parts -- a finding that will help in the design of nano-oscillator arrays for possible use as transmitters and receivers in cell phones, radar systems or computer chips. The answer lies in spintronics.
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