PTTG1, a novel transforming gene that incites the development and growth of pituitary tumors, is also expressed in colorectal tumors, pre-cancerous colorectal polyps, and abundantly in invasive colorectal cancer, reports Cedars-Sinai Research Institute investigators (Lancet, 2-26-00).
The end of February could mark another good weekend for aurora watchers, thanks to a large coronal hole straddling the disk of the sun.
The spectrum of active galaxy NGC 5548 is the most precise of its kind ever made with an X-ray telescope.
The discovery of key molecules that affect nerve growth both expands basic understanding of the topic and may lead to medical treatments for illnesses ranging from muscular dystrophy to nerve and spinal injury, a University of Idaho scientist believes (Neuron).
Sandia National Laboratories has created what are believed to be the world's first diamond micromachines.
"Violence," a new course at Williams College, aims to provide broad historical and comparative frameworks within which to locate and understand violence.
Experts at a conference on childhood obesity sponsored by Georgetown University said that increasing physical activity and emphasizing eating a wide variety of foods are the most important steps parents should take in preventing childhood obesity.
A documentary on the rise of the American gangster during the first half of the 20th century and his enduring influence on American culture through Hollywood will air on The Learning Channel.
A Rhodes College professor of international studies is one of America's leading scholars on U.S.-Taiwan-China relations and can provide analysis of a number of policy issues.
Research published in The American Journal of Psychiatry (March 2000) provides increased understanding of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, and offers a greater awareness of the family and hereditary links of the disorders.
Effective cooperation among police, prosecutors and professionals in child protective services, not courtroom testimony, may be the key to convicting child molesters, say University of Michigan and Western Michigan University researchers (Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal).
In the Feb. Neuron, a neuroscientist at Boston's Children's Hospital with his collaborators have reported that they have coaxed high-level neurons in adult zebra finches to be replaced by the bird's endogenous precursor cells.
NASA's Galileo spacecraft scored another daring success by completing the closest-ever flyby of Io.
The U.S. is home to the world's best neurosurgeon, M. Gazi Yasargil, M.D., "Man of the Century, 1950-1999," according to the recent cover of Neurosurgery.
Research by University of Illinois at Chicago scientists on a brain chemical called reelin is providing new clues to the molecular origins of schizophrenia.
Two natural compounds in animals and people may help protect red blood cells against damage that can cause some forms of anemia, including one in alcoholics, according to researchers at Ohio University and in Russia (Alcohol and Alcoholism, 2-00).
Business is the most dominant social organizing force in the world today and, as such, it owes significant obligations to society, according to a Vanderbilt University professor.
An oral medication, deferiprone, that may be helpful for patients with thalassemia and related blood disorders has fewer adverse effects on white blood cells than previously predicted (British Journal of Haematology, 2-00).
The 30th Annual Scholars' Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, which annually draws the world's top scholars in the Holocaust to remember and learn the lessons of 20th century genocide, will meet at Saint Joseph's University, March 4-7.
An intelligence test designed to assess an infant's cognitive development has been authored by two Central Michigan University psychologists.
While most college students head for the surf this spring break, Vanderbilt University students will be working with a program that provides resources and support for prostitutes who want to leave the streets and on several other projects.
Estrogen appears to have no effect on the course of Alzheimer's disease in older women who have been diagnosed with the disorder, a UC Irvine College of Medicine study has found (JAMA, 2-23-00).
Astronaut/engineer Neil Armstrong will announce the 20 greatest engineering achievements of the 20th century, as selected by the National Academy of Engineering, during National Engineers Week.
An interplanetary shock wave of plasma and magnetic fields passed by earth on Feb. 20, 2000.
After less than a week in orbit, images from the NEAR spacecraft show that Eros is no ordinary space rock.
Fear of Intimacy, a new book by Joyce Catlett and Dr. Lisa Firestone, addresses how psychological defenses formed in childhood can act as a barrier to closeness in adulthood.
The problem with mathematical models that attempt to mimic global water circulation is water itself, and a professor of atmospheric science at Colorado State University is seeking help with the challenge.
Green tobacco sickness may be increasing as family tobacco farms are consolidated into large commercial operations and work is done by migrant or seasonal farm workers, according to a Wake Forest University epidemiologist (American Journal of Industrial Medicine).
University of Arkansas researchers have made amino acid changes that have created a more stable protein.
Hindsight bias can predispose a jury in a medical malpractice suit to a guilty verdict, but perhaps more troubling is the consequences it poses for the education of physicians and medical students, says an Ohio University professor of psychology.
By improving and enforcing basic policy and practices of law enforcement agencies, approximately 20 percent more police homicide investigations can culminate in arrests, concludes a University of Maryland study.
UAB Hospital was the first in Alabama routinely to use state-of-the-art technology, called myocardial nuclear perfusion imaging, in an emergency setting to help diagnose heart attacks as they occur.
Federal authorities say they lack the resources to combat hacker attacks that lock up prominent Web sites, but a University of Alabama at Birmingham engineer says watchfulness is the best defense for business owners.
Farmers who want to see site-specific farming technology work before they try it for themselves can "drive by" Purdue University test fields on the Web.
Purdue Extension's presence at the 2001 Farm Progress Show has been a great way to showcase research and education for Indiana farmers and agribusiness.
An instrument that can detect tiny (nano) explosions could lead to an inexpensive hand-held device to screen people and luggage at airports or to detect land mines.
Programming a videocassette recorder or using a new computer can be frustrating, but when machines don't work, who do people blame? (Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2000).
Watching the amount of cholesterol and saturated fat in your diet can do more than save your heart; it can save money, too.
Hendrix has ended the most successful fund-raising campaign in its history, raising $47.3 million in five years to completely renew the college's science facilities.
While some workers benefit from state insurance mandates, many are actually worse-off, says the director of University of Alabama at Birmingham's Lister Hill Center for Health Policy.
A scientific award has been established to honor Dr. Paul A. Marks on the occasion of his retirement as President of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
HIV/AIDS statistics are driving the work of researchers and healthcare workers attending the 2000 National Conference on African-Americans and AIDS, Feb. 23-25.
Physicians should consider a biopsy to confirm a prostate diagnosis when the PSA test reading is at least 4.0 ng./ml, the PSA level of a patient significantly increases from one test to the next, or a digital rectal examination is abnormal, according to the American Urological Association (Oncology, 2-00).
A small tumor-like mass known as a hypothalamic hamartoma can cause patients to feel the desire to laugh, which is not always followed by laughter, according to a case reported in the Feb. 22 Neurology.
Optics in the new millennium: new synthetic molecules that, at relatively low laser power, trigger processes in three dimensions at shorter-than-light wavelengths.
Research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse explores how craving tobacco also increases the urge to use illict drugs if one already abuses drugs (Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2-00).
Pain -- Is it nature or nurture? Why does one medication give relief for one person but not for another? Is it the same for men and women? Research is providing an improving handle on how to deal with it.
While most scientists want to know how our solar system began, a University of Michigan physicist is more interested in how it will end: in the short term, we either freeze or fry, in the long term, we decay.
A LSU researcher's latest study provides concrete information about the probability of catastrophic hurricanes making landfall in the U.S. and shows that the hurricane activity of the most recent millennium has been mild.
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