Dangerous Chemical Combination Presents Possible Scenario For Gulf War Illnesses
...tivate drugs or pesticides. This risk factor,which affects only 3 to 4 percent of the population, may boost the toxicityof these chemicals. "Individuals with genetic types of decreased plasma BuChe activityshould be considered potentially at higher risk when exposed to PB and relatedcompounds, and this may...Key to Triplet Repeat Brain Diseases Open Door For New Way To Understand, Treat Genetic Diseases"
...as DRPLA), an inherited neurological disorder that affects residentsof a rural North Carolina community. The scientists found that the syndrome was like Huntington's disease inthat it was attributed to genes that acquire excess CAG nucleotide sequences. Although the scientists do not know what the roles of...Nitric Oxide May Hold Key To First Treatment For Deadly Form Of Malaria, Duke Scientists Report
...xperiment also resemble the process by whichoxygen affects cell health and disease, the scientists say. "Now we have demonstrated that an NO group, attached to a thiol withina cell, has regulatory function," Stamler said. "There has beengrowing evidence that NO does its work in the body by signalin...Nitric Oxide Found To Control Cells By Turning On Genes; Suggests New Role In Health And Disease
...xperiment also resemble the process by whichoxygen affects cell health and disease, the scientists say. "Now we have demonstrated that an NO group, attached to a thiol withina cell, has regulatory function," Stamler said. "There has beengrowing evidence that NO does its work in the body by signalin...Antarctic Science Season Gears Up With Searches for Meteorites, Neutrinos, and New Life Forms
...atory is tracing how the sub-ice rift architecture affects the ice streams. The team uses an aircraft fitted with geophysical instruments to image the surface and bed of the ice sheet, while measuring the gravity and magnetic signature, a clue to volcanism of the rock beneath (this year's survey focuses on ...Study Examines How Mechanisms Evolve To Regulate Bee Development
... understanding of how the level of juvenilehormone affects the well-known division of labor among worker honey bees,which plays a key role in the ecological success of the species. This project, however, looked specifically at how juvenile hormone affectsthe behavior of the stockier, bigger-winged drones in...Two Long-sought Diabetes Gene Found
... maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY). MODY affects an estimated one percent to 18 percent of those wi...ad to new approaches for treating diabetes." NIDDM affects an estimated 100 million people worldwide, including 15 million in the United States, where it is th...Urbanized Watersheds More Sensitive To Climate Change
...ay." De Walle is trying to see how urbanization affects sensitivity of stream flow to climate change. Using population data from the U.S. Census Bureau, precipitation information from the National Weather Service and stream flow data from the U.S. Geological Survey, he is looking at four regions of th...ORNL Finds Common Genetic Cause For Epilepsy, Migraine
...e andepilepsy, the focus turns to how the mutation affects cells' function. "The implicated gene affects the movement of calcium into and out ofspecific brain cells," Stubbs said. "This calcium movement re......lled non-A, non-B hepatitis), caused by the virus, affects more than 3.5 million Americans. It is the major reason for liver failure necessitating liver transplants. "Many viruses that affect humans -- hepatitis, influenza, herpes, HIV, polio and a host of others -- have evolved mechanisms to resist ...Calorie Restriction Reduces Age-Related Muscle Loss
...l muscle in their currentstudy to determine how CR affects age-linked muscle mass loss. Known assarcopenia, the condition is thought to contribute to physical frailty inolder people. "Laboratory studies by our team and others have shown that CR canreduce the rate of skeletal muscle loss with age, but the ex...Resistance To Leptin Contributes To Obesity
... being more than 20 percent above a healthyweight, affects one in three Americans and is a major risk factor ...t by eating more food. To compare leptin's affects via injection and ICV infusion amongoverweight mice, the researchers selected strains of mice with d...Second Gene Responsible For Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Identified
...ment. TSC occurs in one in 6,000 live births and affects a total of 40,000 Americansand 1,000,000 people worldwide. It is called a complex because of the widerange of clinical manifestations. Clinical signs may be subtle and, as aresult, TSC can go unrecognized or misdiagnosed for many years. Although i...Huntington's Disease Findings Pave Way For Potential Cure
... years. Thisprogressive degenerative brain disease affects about 30,000 Americans; 150,000more have a genetic risk for developing the illness. The cause is a mutation ina gene located on chromosome 4: Instead of having molecule groups that repeat asmall number of times, they repeat 40 or more times and produ...New Gene May Intensify Breast Cancer Growth
...udies using thegene as a marker to find out how it affects the course of breast cancer. "Do thepatients who make a lot of the message from this gene respond differently totherapy, do they have a different clinical outcome, are their tumors different,do they develop at a different age or at a different rate" ...Female Adolescents Need Calcium During 'Window Of Opportunity'
...nfortunately familiar dowager's hump. Osteoporosis affects 35 million Americans -- nearly four times as many women as men -- at an annual cost of $13 billion. As the average age of the U.S. population rises, the problem is expected to get worse. Weaver's study found that adding more calcium to the diet works...Researchers Discover First Animal Strain Of Hepatitis E Virus
...r sanitation. The disease generally affects young adults and usually is not life-threatening, except in pregnant women infected with the virus where fatality rates of 15 to 20 percent have been reported. According t...Basin Traps Air Pollution In Mexico City: International Study Has Implications For U.S. Cities
...necessary tounderstand how the surrounding terrain affects the transport and diffusion ofpollutants." The study may help explain how fine particles form in the atmosphere.These particles are potentially the most hazardous because they can lodge in thelungs, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agenc...Gene For Last Major Form Of Batten Disease Discovered
...o has beendescribed. Late infantile Batten disease affects about 300 children and accounts for about40 percent of the NCL seen in the United States. Children with late infantileBatten disease appear normal until age two or three. Symptoms, which worsenover time, may include mental retardation, seizures, im...Oral Vaccine Protects Infants From Severe Rotavirus Diarrhea
...eveloping country. Worldwide, rotavirus diarrhea affects 130 million infants and children eachyear, some 18 million of whom have moderate to severe disease, resulting in873,000 deaths. The study was conducted by Albert Z. Kapikian, M.D., head of the EpidemiologySection of the Laboratory of Infectious Disea...