Latest Nitrogen metabolism Stories
HEIDELBERG, Germany, Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- International biotechnology firm Cytonet has launched a new clinical trial in Germany to compare the urea cycle activity of pediatric patients suffering from urea cycle disorders (UCD) to normal healthy children using an innovative assay to measure urea production. Researchers hope to provide a diagnostic tool to predict the severity of the urea cycle defect. An ongoing clinical trial in the United States and Canada will also help...
Boosts production of nitric oxide, reduces arterial stiffness Researchers studying why arteries stiffen in postmenopausal women have found a specific chemical cofactor that dramatically improves vascular function. Kerrie Moreau, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, discovered that BH4 or tetrahydrobiopterin plays a key role in arterial health of women. BH4 is a critical cofactor of the enzyme endothelial nitric oxide synthase or eNOS....
SUGAR LAND, Texas, Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CVR Partners, LP (NYSE: UAN), a master limited partnership and manufacturer of ammonia and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) solution fertilizer products, announced today that Kevan A. Vick, executive vice president and fertilizer general manager for the general partner of CVR Partners, LP and CVR Energy, has elected to retire after more than 35 years in the fertilizer industry. (Logo:...
COCOA, Fla., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GeNO LLC (www.genollc.com), a privately held, advanced development-stage technology company, today announced it has been awarded one new US patent for its proprietary Nitric Oxide generation and delivery technology. This patent brings the company's total issued US patents to ten. GeNO's tenth patent (8,083,997) on NITROSYL(TM) (nitric oxide) for inhalation concerns the conversion of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) to nitric oxide...
SUGAR LAND, Texas, Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CVR Partners, LP (NYSE: UAN), a master limited partnership and manufacturer of ammonia and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) solution fertilizer products, announced today declaration of a cash distribution of 58.8 cents per common unit for the fourth quarter of 2011. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080226/CVRLOGO) The distribution as set by the board of CVR GP, LLC, the general partner of CVR Partners, will be paid Feb....
Limiting certain essential nutrients for several days before surgery—either protein or amino acids—may reduce the risk of serious surgical complications such as heart attack or stroke, according to a new Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) study. The study appears in the January 25, 2012 issue of Science Translational Medicine. "Food restriction as a way to increase stress resistance may seem counterintuitive, but in fact our data indicate that the well-fed state is the one more...
Interdisciplinary panel reviews US nitrogen pollution trends, risks, and mitigation strategies Nitrogen is both an essential nutrient and a pollutant, a byproduct of fossil fuel combustion and a fertilizer that feeds billions, a benefit and a hazard, depending on form, location, and quantity. Agriculture, industry and transportation have spread nitrogen liberally around the planet, say sixteen scientists in the latest edition of ESA's Issues in Ecology series, "Excess Nitrogen in the U.S....
A 125-year debate on how nitrogen-fixing bacteria are able to breach the cell walls of legumes has been settled A 125-year debate on how nitrogen-fixing bacteria are able to breach the cell walls of legumes has been settled. A paper to be published on Monday by John Innes Centre scientists reports that plants themselves allow bacteria in. Once inside the right cells, these bacteria take nitrogen from the air and supply it to legumes in a form they can use, ammonia. Whether the bacteria...
NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB/QB: BNET) announced today the test results from the most recent round of sampling of its system at the Kreider Farms dairy operation. These samplings will be part of Bion's submissions to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) for the issuance of its final water quality permit and approval of Bion's nutrient credit verification plan for Phase 1 of the Kreider Project....
HOUSTON, Dec. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Apache Corporation (NYSE and Nasdaq: APA) today announced that it will acquire a 65-percent interest in Burrup Holdings Limited and plans to proceed with development of a technical ammonium nitrate (TAN) plant in the Burrup Peninsula region of Western Australia to be developed by a consortium including Burrup Holdings Limited. Apache said it is also negotiating to sell most of its interest in the TAN project to Orica, an Australia-based global...
