Fluid

Seeing the war firsthand: a remarkable collection of original sketches comes to light after more than a century.(Joseph Becker's Civil War illustrations )
Civil War Times; 2/1/2010; 967 words; ...drawings as woodcuts, sending them to the printer. As a result, the works were significantly altered; what had started out as fluid, dramatic sketches often appeared stylized and stiff by the time they were published. The public never saw most of the original...

Researchers discover gene therapy to prevent progression of emphysema.
NewsRx Health; 1/10/2010; 1509 words; ...achieve localized secretion of therapeutic levels of human alpha-1 antitrypsin (hAAT) protein in lung epithelial lining fluid. "The progression of emphysema in mice exposed to elastase was significantly improved by the gene therapy as evidenced by...

Meddling in mosquitoes' sex lives could help stop the spread of malaria, says study.
NewsRx Health; 1/10/2010; 816 words; ...mass of proteins and seminal fluids known as a mating plug. This...the male mosquito's seminal fluid. This interaction causes the seminal fluids to coagulate into a gelatinous...mosquitoes in the lab, the fluids failed to coagulate and form...

Imaging tests identify role of allergies in chronic sinus disease.
NewsRx Health & Science; 1/10/2010; 905 words; ...rays) and ultrasonography. Changes to the skeleton, air fluid level, thickening of the mucus membrane in the sinus and other...cavity are swollen, the ostium can become blocked, trapping fluids in the sinus. "In conclusion, nasal allergy may be involved...

New Corynebacterium study results from V. Merhej et al described.
Heart Disease Weekly; 1/10/2010; 749 words; ...endocarditis (strain 5401744(T)) and from the hip joint fluid of a patient with an infected orthopaeclic prosthesis (strain...sp nov., isolated from human blood and human articular hip fluid. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology...