Tufts University establishes $4 million dollar tissue engineering resource center
...eated this Center to meet the demand caused by the widening gap between clinical needs and available replacement tissues and organs," said David Kaplan, chair of the biomedical engineering department at Tufts' School of Engineering and professor of chemical and biological engineering. The Center has a core...'Defensive' action by influenza viruses demonstrated by Hebrew university researcher
...he drug is unable to bind and create a seal, or by widening its channel so that the blocker can get in, but can't totally seal the channel. Arkin notes that the latter action is the more surprising and unexpected one. While counteraction of the virus to the drug has been previously noted, this is the first ti...Out-of-balance ecosystems play role in demise of amphibian populations
...know whether changing environmental conditions are widening the window of susceptibility." It may be that tadpoles are developing more slowly so that they are at the most susceptible stages for longer periods of time than in the past, she said. "Or are conditions bringing susceptible early life stage tadpoles......cing vasoconstriction, insulin induces NO-mediated widening of the blood vessels. The findings point to an association between insulin and NO in the vasodilatory response and the impact of cigarette smoking on vasodilation could have exerted an effect on the level of postexercise perfusion of the observed gas...JCI table of contents, 2 June, 2003
...or anti-inflammatory activities. Their role is now widening following evidence that one such multifunctional peptide, LL-37, induces angiogenesis, a process essential for host defense, would healing, and tissue repair. TITLE: An angiogenic role for the human peptide antibiotic LL-37/hCAP-18 AUTHOR CONTACT: Ro...New hope for preventing major problems of the retina
...atory effect on flicker-induced vasodilatation, or widening of the vessel's tubes. Local retinal vascular effects were studied in healthy human subjects after intravenous administration of dopamine. The authors of the study, "Effects of Dopamine on Human Retinal Vessel Diameter and its Modulation During Flic...EMBO to coordinate EU funded project to support science teachers
...in English in Heidelberg (23-24 May 2003) aimed at widening the platform for international exchange. "Improving the training opportunities for teachers is critical, and should occur increasingly at international level because of the vast benefits that can be gained by an exchange of experience and best practi...Jefferson Lab experiment generates THz radiation 20,000 times brighter than anyone else
...ir; better characterization of semiconductors; and widening the frequency bands available for wireless communication. To produce for the first time ever, intense terahertz radiation, researchers from JLab and two other Department of Energy laboratories -- Brookhaven National Lab and Lawrence Berkeley Nationa...Getting at the roots of terrorism
... population growth itself now retards development, widening the rich-poor gap and increasing the distress to those left behind. Why, then, have many countries (e.g., in Latin America) sharing some socioeconomic and demographic conditions with the countries in our sample not generated the same sort of terroris......ated on blood vessels. Activation of D1 results in widening of the arteries. Dopaminergic D1 binding kinetics were evaluated in the hippocampus, thalamus, hypothalamus and cortex of the control and SH rats. Results obtained indicate that controls had significantly higher D1 receptor density in all brain area...Gene plays key evolutionary role in food-gathering behaviors
...e as nurses by going through a series of gradually widening orientation flights. During this time there are changes in brain chemistry and structure, endocrine activity and gene expression. Robinson and colleagues theorized that increased gene activity was necessary to drive behavioral change. Other genes ...New indicators for predicting hypertension in African-American males
...ressure, appears to point toward a decrease in the widening of the blood vessel during mental and physical stress in normotensive African-American men which results in a weakened buffering of blood pressures. The Study A study was undertaken to determine whether differences in arterial compliance and autonom...February media highlights - GSA Bulletin
...d therefore widened. This addition of sediment and widening of the margin caused the outer margin to start to ...Rivers deposited large amounts of sediment further widening the northern California margin. Around 1 Ma, the outer portion of the margin, which had been continu......aul A. Scott, warns that this conceptual divide is widening asmolecular biologists discover genetic roles in more illnesses -- cancer,Alzheimer's, lupus, sclerosis, HIV susceptibility, and others -- that appear topromise ever more important biological breakthroughs and wonder therapies. "Discoveries ...