Global Changes Alter The Timing Of Plant Growth, Scientists Say (September 6, 2006) -- Different plant species mature at different times. Scientists studying plant communities in natural habitats call this phenomenon "complementarity." It allows species to co-exist because it reduces ... > full story

Improved Treatment For Infants With Misshapen Heads (September 6, 2006) -- One child in 2,000 in the United States has a misshapen head resulting from a birth defect in which the bones of the skull prematurely close. The condition, called craniosynostosis, can constrict ... > full story

How Proteins Fold Into Their Critical Shapes (September 6, 2006) -- Experimental evidence provided by a Cornell researcher and colleagues at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., support a long-held theory of how and where proteins fold to create their ... > full story

Combined Therapies May Boost Immune Response And Long-term Protection Against Brain Tumors (September 6, 2006) -- One therapy for treating brain tumors alerts the immune system to the presence of foreign material. A second therapy enhances the first and prolongs the immune system's response. Now, in an animal ... > full story

Radiation Oncologists Use 'Cone Beam' CT To Improve Treatment Accuracy (September 6, 2006) -- Cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment for weeks at a time physically change, often shifting radiation target sites. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and the Kimmel Cancer Center at ... > full story

Edible Coatings: The Packaging Of The Future? (September 6, 2006) -- One of the most popular alternatives in the last few years is the edible coating -- a transparent film that covers the food item and acts as a barrier to humidity and oxygen. Moreover, these films ... > full story

Ultrasound Delivers Therapeutic Molecules Into Living Cells (September 6, 2006) -- Researchers have shown how ultrasound energy can briefly "open a door" in the protective outer membranes of living cells to allow entry of drugs and other therapeutic molecules -- and how the cells ... > full story

Eating Protein Boosts Hormone That Staves Off Hunger (September 6, 2006) -- The amount of a hunger-fighting hormone can be increased by eating a higher protein diet, researchers report in the September issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, published by Cell Press. The ... > full story

Real-time Traffic Routing From The Comfort Of Your Car (September 6, 2006) -- Engineers have developed a system for taking anonymous cell-phone location information and turning it into an illuminated traffic map that identifies congestion in real time. The system takes ... > full story

Proteins Necessary For Brain Development Found To Be Critical For Long-term Memory (September 6, 2006) -- A type of protein crucial for the growth of brain cells during development appears to be equally important for the formation of long-term memories, according to researchers at UC Irvine. The findings ... > full story

New Generation Of Super Microscopes Poised For Scientific Use (September 6, 2006) -- Super-high resolution optical microscopes, with powers that seemed physically impossible a decade ago, are poised to open a new era in imaging in molecular biology, according to a report scheduled ... > full story

Designer Babies: What Would You Do For A 'Healthy' Baby? (September 6, 2006) -- The well-educated are significantly more open to the idea of "designing" babies than the poorly educated, according to a new study by psychologists at the University of East ... > full story

Nanoscientists Create Biological Switch From Spinach Molecule (September 6, 2006) -- Nanoscientists have transformed a molecule of chlorophyll-a from spinach into a complex biological switch that has possible future applications for green energy, technology and ... > full story

Large Study Of World Trade Center Responders Finds Persistent Health Problems In Many (September 6, 2006) -- The Mount Sinai Medical Center has released the findings from the World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program, the largest multi-center clinical program providing medical ... > full story

X Rays Reveal Cell's Fight Against Cancer As Struggle Between Pro- And Anti-tumor Proteins (September 6, 2006) -- Molecular biologists document the first step in one type of tumor: a virus homes in on a cell's most important defender, inhibiting its anti-cancer ... > full story

Clue Found To Epstein-Barr Virus' Ability To Form And Sustain Tumors (September 6, 2006) -- Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health have found a viral target that opens the door for the development of drugs to destroy tumors caused by Epstein-Barr ... > full story

New Evidence Shows Antarctica Has Warmed In Last 150 Years (September 6, 2006) -- New research suggests that Antarctica has been getting gradually warmer for the last 150 years, a trend not identifiable in the short meteorological records and masked at the end of the 20th century ... > full story

Good Times Ahead For Dinosaur Hunters, According To Dinosaur Census (September 6, 2006) -- The golden age of dinosaur discovery is yet upon us, according to Peter Dodson at the University of Pennsylvania. Dodson revises his groundbreaking 1990 census on the diversity of discoverable ... > full story

Scientists Crack Genetic Secrets Of Human Egg (September 6, 2006) -- Scientists at Michigan State University report this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that they have identified genes unique to the human egg. The identification opens the ... > full story

Hormone-replacement Therapy Hurts Hearing, Study Finds (September 6, 2006) -- The largest study ever to analyze the hearing of women on hormone-replacement therapy has found that women who take the most common form of HRT have a hearing loss of 10 to 30 percent more compared ... > full story

Mature Muscle Fibers Can Revert To Become Cancerous, Researchers Find (September 6, 2006) -- Mature muscle fibers, rather than their less-developed neighbors, are the tissues that turn malignant in a soft-tissue cancer that strikes children and teens, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical ... > full story

Researchers Develop Mouse Model For Poorly Understood Human Myopathy (September 6, 2006) -- Researchers from the University of Minnesota have identified the importance of a gene critical to normal muscle function, resulting in a new mouse model for a poorly understood muscle disease in ... > full story

Drug Combo May Reduce Protease Inhibitor-related Hardening Of The Arteries (September 6, 2006) -- Researchers may have found a way to decrease the risk of hardening of the arteries that accompanies the long-term use of protease inhibitors, a class of drugs that has emerged as the most effective ... > full story

Too Much Manure, Mesquite Trees? Turn Them Into Biofuels (September 6, 2006) -- The twin problems of too much feedlot manure and too many mesquite trees could be solved by converting them into renewable bioenergy products, Texas A&M; University System agricultural researchers, ... > full story

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