and when you burn them you get a whole cocktail of cancer-causing stuff. Puckett estimated that just more than half of the material processed in Guiyu actually got recycled judging from the tons of plastic leaded glass and burned circuit boards discarded near waterways and in open fields.
In 2002 BAN produced a film about his trip called Exporting Harm: The High-tech Trashing of Asia.
In 2010 The Economist honored him with one of its awards for energy and the environment (along with Steve jobs and Harald zur Housen a Nobel-winning cancer researcher).
The upshot is that shipments of recyclables into the country must truly be recyclables not contaminants or waste.
and it was found to provide better protection against infections by Mannheimia haemolytica bacterium than imported vaccines.
or respiratory diseases of goats and sheep caused by bacteria. It was developed and produced using sophisticated recombinant technology
which unlike the imported vaccines has been demonstrated to provide protection against bacterium infection in the small ruminants like goats and sheep.
Therefore STVAC7 was developed using local isolated bacterium that was found to be able to provide protection against infections by Mannheimia haemolytica bacterium A2 A7 and A9.
Whitefly experimentation to prevent contamination of agricultureon November 8th Jove the Journal of Visualized Experiments will introduce a new technique to aid in the development of defenses against diseases threatening food crops worldwide.
The whitefly method provides a means of interfering with the plant-contamination process as well as the cultivation of plants that are altogether resistant to infection.
and her colleagues write that numerous genera of whitefly-transmitted plant viruses (such as Begomovirus Carlavirus Crinivirus Ipomovirus Torradovirus) are part of an emerging and economically significant group of pathogens affecting important food
while omitting the possibility of cross-contamination to other viruses--an easily encountered problem because of the sheer number of whiteflies used in testing.
Such contamination would jeopardize the results of an entire experiment. After exposing large numbers of a particular plant species to a specific whitefly-transmitted virus a researcher can then note which individual plants resisted infection and why.
This article outlines how to generate hundreds or thousands of infected plants year-round by exposing them to whiteflies each week.
One of her creations gold nanoshells is the subject of several clinical trials for cancer treatment.
Dr Chatterjee's research uses an approach called TILLING (Targeting Induced Lesions In The Genome) an established non-GM method for creating
Wastewater can contain pathogens and dangerous metals like mercury chromium and arsenic said Pavlo Bohutskyi an environmental engineering doctoral student and leader of this team.
At the same time the pathogens in wastewater such as viruses fungi and bacteria could destroy the algae themselves
We found two strains that can grow well alongside pathogens and one that is already present in wastewater samples Bohutskyi said.
It has been proven to decrease the risk of obesity and diabetes. This discovery holds promise on many fronts beyond food systems.
and treat cancer. In diagnosing cancer nanoparticles with cancer-seeking properties might be injected into a patient before a medical scan.
If even an early form of cancer were present the particles would accumulate in the abnormal tissue
and make it visible for early diagnosis and the best chances for recovery. For treating the disease nanoparticles would preferentially collect in
and destroy only the abnormal cells sparing healthy tissue from the damage that triggers side effects with existing cancer chemotherapy.
and a growing recognition of the impacts of contaminants that cannot be removed easily by existing treatment processes.
and grab circulating tumor cells or CTCS that break away from cancers and enter the blood often leading to the spread of cancer to other parts of the body.
If more studies confirm the technology's effectiveness the Nanovelcro Chip device could enable doctors to access
and identify cancerous cells in the bloodstream which would provide the diagnostic information needed to create individually tailored treatments for patients with prostate cancer.
The researchers believe this technology may function as a liquid biopsy revolutionizing conventional biopsy practices
Today's biopsies require the removal of tissue samples through a needle inserted into a solid tumor a procedure that is invasive and sometimes painful.
Biopsies are extremely difficult in metastatic prostate cancer because the disease often spreads to bone where the availability of the tissue is low.
The biggest challenges in the treatment of cancer are that every person's tumor differs greatly
Researchers hope that by analyzing these CTCS doctors will be able to understand the tumor evolution in each individual.
and their invasiveness in a tissue culture dish doctors may be able to quickly adjust their treatment plans in response We are optimistic that the use of our Nanovelcro CTC technology will revolutionize prostate cancer treatment.
We know that cancers evolve over time and that every patient's cancer is a unique problem--the'one-size-fits-all'approach is not going to allow us to cure prostate cancer
or any other cancer said Edwin M. Posadas MD medical director of the Urologic Oncology Program at Cedars-Sinai's Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute and senior author
of the article in the March online issue of Advanced Materials. This evolution means that we need to be able to monitor these changes over time
The existence of CTCS and their role in cancer metastasis was suspected first more than 140 years ago
the Nanovelcro CTC chip laser capture microdissection and whole exome sequencing said Yi-Tsung Lu MD a postdoctoral scientist at the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer
This advancement will in principle allow us to track the genomic evolution of prostate cancer after we initiate a therapy
and will allow us to better understand the mechanism of drug resistance that is common in prostate cancer patients.
We hope the comprehensive understanding of cancer biology at the individual level will ultimately lead to better therapy choice for patients suffering from advanced cancer.
and pick up the CTCS from the Nanovelcro Chip virtually eliminating any trace of any contamination from white blood cells
and may help doctors personalize therapies to a patient's unique cancer. To date CTC capture technologies have been able to do little more than count the number of CTCS which is informative but not very useful from a treatment planning perspective.
His enthusiasm is echoed by Leland W. K. Chung Phd director of the Urologic Oncology Research Program at the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute.
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Science Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA and VA Greater Los angeles Healthcare System Beijing Genomics Institute in China Cytolumina Technologies
Cedars-Sinai researchers were supported by a Young Investigator Award and a Challenge Award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation research grants (P01 CA098912 and R01 CA122602) from the National institutes of health a Department of defense Idea
UCLA researchers were supported by a Creativity Award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation and research grants (R21 CA151159 and R33 CA157396) from the National institutes of health/National Cancer Institute Innovative Molecular Analysis
The first project was launched in 2009 by the Department of energy at a corn ethanol production facility in Decatur Ill. operated by the Archer daniel midlands Company.
Alvarez contended that confined animal feeding operations (CAFOS) are potential sources of environmental contamination by antibiotics
Jim Drouillard professor of animal sciences and industry developed a technique that enriches ground beef with omega-3 fatty acids--fatty acids that have been shown to reduce heart disease cholesterol and high blood pressure.
and other omega-3 rich grains have fewer respiratory diseases. The cattle also have higher fertility rates which helps offset infertility among dairy cattle.
and reduce diabetes in cattle. Research showed that omega-3 levels dramatically increased in the cattle as more flaxseed was introduced into their diet.
For instance the fibers can be wound to coat complex shapes. Because the fibers change color under strain the technology could lend itself to smart sports textiles that change color in areas of muscle tension
Killian and fellow scientists from Rice and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center co-founded Nano3d Biosciences in 2009 after creating a technology that uses magnetism to levitate
#Cow behavior changes in response to deterioration in healthwhen a cow develops mastitis her behaviour changes
A dairy cow becomes restless four hours after it contracts bacterial mastitis. Simultaneously the other symptoms of a steadily progressing inflammation such as increased body temperature
At a conventional milking stall mastitis is detected often as late as during a milking session
Mastitis is extremely harmful for both the farmer and the cow. When an inflammation has gained a footing the cow is seriously ill.
and Osaka universities who have come up with a simple way to spot contaminants. Because it's so easy to accidently introduce impurities into graphene labs led by physicists Junichiro Kono of Rice
Benefits of carotenoidswhatâ's more according to the researchers the inclusion of carotenoids in a diet can help to reduce risk of developing diseases such as certain types of cancer heart disease or damage to vision especially those related to an aging population.
Oats are now the third largest food staple in China growing in popularity as that country deals with rising rates of cancer diabetes heart disease and intestinal issues.
and for treating complex tumors and degenerative spine problems resulting in fewer complications and better outcomes for patients.
The surgeons said the technology has others applications for treating spinal disorders serving as a tool to remove tumors decompress the spinal column
A third study determined that the image-guided technique can be useful for other minimally invasive procedures including thoracic endoscopic spine surgery to remove tumors infections
Dong and his team will build miniature greenhouses that precisely control light intensity humidity temperature carbon dioxide chemicals and even pathogens.
and Madan Bhattacharyya who's studying how fungal pathogens interact with soybean seeds at different moisture levels.
and is an academic research tool that has many of the same features as powerful learning aids that are currently on the market.
These tools which are called sometimes digital tutors can be used as study aids or as platforms for administering homework
and death--food and water tainted with pathogens from fecal matter results in the deaths of roughly 700000 children each year.
and transferred to the fiber-optic cable system--similar in some ways to a data transmission line--can heat up the reaction chamber to over 600 degrees Fahrenheit to treat the waste material disinfect pathogens in both feces and urine and produce char.
Helps babies struggling to breathethe first clinical study of a low-cost neonatal breathing system created by Rice university bioengineering students demonstrated that the device increased the survival rate of newborns with severe respiratory illness from 44
The researchers found that premature infants with complications like sepsis very low birth weight and respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) benefited most from the new technology.
Survival rates more than doubled for babies with RDS and more than tripled for babies in the other two categories after treatment with bubble CPAP.
respiratory distress syndrome 64 percent with bubble CPAP compared with 23 percent without; very low birth weight 65 percent with bubble CPAP compared with 15 percent without;
and sepsis 61 percent with bubble CPAP and zero without. The improvement that we saw for premature babies with respiratory distress syndrome mirrored the improvement that was seen in the United states
when CPAP was introduced first here said Rice's Rebecca Richards-Kortum the Stanley C. Moore Professor and chair of the Department of Bioengineering and director of both BTB and Rice 360â°.
what he calls cattle fatigue syndrome. This isn't a new phenomenon Thomson said. We've seen this in other species. The swine industry 15 to 20 years ago discovered pig fatigue syndrome.
It occurred about the time they started feeding beta-agonists at a very high level to pigs.
and they don't have any clinical signs of injury besides that they don't move Thomson said.
They were able to recreate the same syndrome that we're now seeing in some cattle Thomson said.
what cattle fatigue syndrome is said Thomson but the reason more research must be done is that like the NANI pigs the syndrome has shown up in cattle that were fed a beta-agonist
and cattle that were fed not a beta-agonist. In our research when we've looked at cattle that are stressed not
when we have seen the issues with this fatigue cattle syndrome at packing facilities it's during the summer months
Some of the things that indoor growing environments don't have are pests, molds and infections.
it's probably a cancer or HIV patient that can't hold down food because of the disease's affect on their appetite.
The last thing they need to be introducing into their system are extra toxins and parasites.
but minutes after its birth the calf died of lung abnormalities (which have been cloned common among animals to date).
--which are critically important for tracking sources of contamination. We take our responsibility in the food supply chain seriously,
Now, we're able to extract contaminants from the wastewater--for example salt, which can then be used for road salt here in the Northeast.
management tips from Intel Pepsico grant supports clean water in rural China Many businesses blind to water risks
or optometrists, or dentists, teaching them how to take care of these needs for their own people.
The Renaissance Computing Institute in North carolina has developed an Outpatient Health Monitoring System (OHMS) for patients with chronic conditions such as asthma.
A few years ago, the notion of cancer treatment that was specific to a person genome was seen as a fantasy.
and after touching patients lapses that contribute significantly to hospital-acquired infections. Computer vision software can analyze facial expressions for signs of severe pain, the onset of delirium or other hints of distress,
For our health, we may see new ways to target infectious diseases and cancer, develop vaccines
and cell therapies, enable regenerative medicine, or make cancer cells self-destruct. The potential seems limitless.
and causes harm by taking away the livelihood of poor farmers. The Guardian goes on to say that similar stories will soon be told for vanilla farmers, patchouli farmers, rubber producers, coconut farmers and saffron growers.
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