He searched for years and eventually lighted on a mixture of oleic acid (a fatty acid found in various vegetable oils) and nitrogen-containing compounds called amines.
The Lancet study compared cancer rates over a five-year period in 50, 000 people from several countries, some taking a folic acid supplement and some a placebo.
They began by finding a molecule that would carry a novel amino acid to a mammal cell's protein factories.
But stomach acid is a defense against bacteria, and a big new study found that acid suppression may have a surprising downside: more infections.
On that crucial dimension, if lithium-ion batteries are a 3, the next best technology, NiMH is a 2, and a lead acid battery, like the one you use in your car, gets a 1.
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Carbon dioxide, the most important greenhouse gas, is a mild acid.
Turns out the irrigated desert terrain, high altitude and resulting cool nights lengthen the growing season and create a more acid, but balanced, grape suited for sparkling wine.
America has had great success cutting sulphur-dioxide emissions, which are a precursor to acid rain, through a domestic trading scheme that may be a good model for any Kyoto-inspired carbon trading.
The patent on Prilosec, a stomach acid reflux drug made by London-based AstraZeneca (nyse: AZN - news - people), expires in April 2001, although it will likely be extended six months.
In LRC-CPPT, patients on cholestyramine, a bile acid sequestrant resin, had 20% lower LDL as compared to an 8% drop on placebo and, after seven years, had a 24% reduction in CV deaths versus placebo.
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Used in a room with elephant gray and even a bit of acid yellow, you get a palette that is sophisticated, a little Barbar, bonnie and bright without any superheroes, princesses or Disney characters (those will be brought in by the tenants themselves, no doubt).
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There were a couple of overalls acid colors or a jumpsuit in floral print, sheer tops, and slouchy pants and blazers.
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There are other grapes grown in Savoie, too, most notably Gringet (a high-acid white said to be related to a grape from Jura, in eastern France) and Mondeuse blanche and noire (the latter is a bit like Syrah), as well as a few others that are yet more obscure.
The A. fangi herb is rich in aristolochic acid, a carcinogen -- and users experienced an outbreak of urinary tract cancers.
In the procedure, called injection augmentation of the vocal folds, a doctor threads an endoscope through the patient's nose or mouth into the throat, then injects a tiny amount of collagen, fat, hyaluronic acid or a gel filler into the vocal cords to plump them up.
Gout, a condition in which the buildup of uric acid in the joints causes pain and swelling, is treated with alopurinol, a drug that prevents the uric acid buildup and has been available in the United States since 1964.
The sulfur dioxide and soot thrown off results not only in a polluted atmosphere but also acid rain that falls on a third of China's cities.
DuPont is fighting a similar battle over perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a chemical used to manufacture Teflon nonstick coatings that lawyers say lingers in cookware and can be released under high heat.
Rory Collins, co-director of Oxford University's clinical-trials service unit (which demonstrated the efficacy of aspirin against heart disease) has managed to piggy-back on a commercial trial in order to test the notion that folic acid, a food-supplement commonly given to pregnant women, may also prevent heart attacks.
Furukawa wants to reduce the price to of the salt-water system to half the cost of a conventional lead acid battery.
The 16-year-old was walking in a wood in Yateley, near Farnborough, on 9 January when a man threw acid at him.
For molecular diagnostic tests Beckman Coulter has developed a nucleic-acid- sample detection instrument that separates fluorescent-dye-labeled DNA fragments for pattern recognition or further identification.
If you are trying this and you are really honest, you might be looking at a stray amino acid or two, but not much in the way of innovation.
By patching in a plant gene, they have created a mutant strain that can make an enzyme which converts a natural amino acid called tyrosine into one of the synthetic forms.
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With a high sulphuric acid content, the cleaner was so strong that the accident and emergency department at the first hospital the boy attended had to be evacuated, said Michael Robinson, from the Baltimore County Fire Department.
Q-Med, a Swedish firm, and Inamed, based in California, use hyaluronic acid, a naturally occurring molecule that helps give flesh its fullness.
And in fact those same sulfate particles are a primary ingredient in acid rain, so loading the atmosphere with them is probably not a good idea either (although geoengineering proponents have suggested doing exactly that to help cool the climate).
Five-year-old Daniel Harrison has a fear of consuming food after he suffered from acid reflux as a baby.
Built of plastic to save weight, it was more akin to a scooter than to a bicycle, and it ran on a pair of lead-acid batteries, similar to those under the hood of a car.
The Housewives' Association discovered that a number of sake makers were putting salicylic acid into the liquor as a preservative.
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