UD Education News: HHMI Award Supports Undergraduate Discovery
...ecular Biology. "Ilike immunology," she says, when asked about her career goals. "I'm thinking Imay go into that field." Another HHMI undergraduate researcher at UD, Amanda Simons of Mount Laurel,N.J., recently coauthored a scholarly journal article describing a yeast proteinthat may indirectly promote the......y phase," Peck said. "A lotof questions need to be asked and answered." By Melanie Fridl Ross......alinfluences as factors in behavior. Parents were asked about their child'sallergies and "acting out," such as hyperactivity, aggression and irritability;allergies and depression; and allergies and social anxiety. The study, whichlooked at more than 200 children 3-11 years old, may help physicians discov...... of common wordsthat 2-year-olds use. Parents were asked to check off specific words that theirtwins use. Children at age 2 have a huge variety in their vocabulary, ranging fromthose who speak no recognizable words to those who already use all 100 on thelist. The average number of words produced ...Angry Biotech Firms Are Blaming The Industry Leader For Bringing Modified Crops Into Disrepute
... Another senior figure in the industry, who asked to remain anonymous, ismore blunt, accusing Monsanto of "arrogant stupidity". He adds: "The issue withRoundup Ready soya beans is the elimination of choice. It's not about geneticengineering, it's an issue of 'no one's going to tell me what to eat'."...Williams Syndrome: UD Research Pinpoints Language And Learning Traits Of Those With The Disorder
... spatial language, Zukowski explains,subjects were asked to view 80 short, videotaped events. After each event,researchers asked, "What happened?" When describing such events as a doll falling into a bowl, children withWilliams Syndrome, like other subjects, correctly identified the moving object.But they ......ient.During electrical stimulation, the patient is asked to name objects and imitateactions. This procedur...nguageprocessing and production. People also have asked if there is a so-calledlanguage organ. Our work suggests that there is a whole network of areasrespo...Montana State University Scientist Contributes To Latest Dinosaur Discovery
... The American Museum of Natural History has asked Jackson to join theexpedition's return trip to South America in March. She'll be in charge of datacollection at the field site. "There seems to be an incredible amount of material," she said. "Theydidn't do a lot of collecting [last year] bec...Severe Pain Following Shingles Safely Relieved In Clinical Trial Of Anti-Convulsant Drug Gabapentin
...nvolved a total of 229 PHNsufferers. Patients were asked to rate the effect of gabapentin or a matchingplacebo on their pain, mood and level of sleep interference. Adverse sideeffects were also monitored. On a self-reporting ten-point "pain scale,"patients treated with gabapentin reported an average drop i...UCSF Study Finds No Association Between Hair Dye And Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
...ut hair color product use. Study participants were asked if they had used hair color products more thanfive times not including during the past year and, if so, the type of productused and age at first and last use, frequency of use per year, and colors ofpermanent dyes used. The National Cancer Institute ...Quality Control System Ensures Genetic Instructions Are Ready To Go
...and out of the nucleus, Dahlberg and Lund recently asked how cells determineexactly when tRNA is able to function. In their experiments, they showed thateach tRNA must be able to attach its amino acid before it is exported from thenucleus. "Like a last-minute quality-control check on the loading dock, thi...Pet Therapy Programs Help Patients In Rehab, Physical Therapy And More
...rprising results. In one case, says Feder, adoctor asked if Janie could visit one of his patients who was n.... He was really depressed, not talking. The doctor asked if I couldtake Bailey in for a visit. When we walked in the man was lying on his back, notsaying or ...Canine Cancer Survivor Is Pet Therapist Helping Kids With Cancer
...The children began to identify with Dani, and they asked all sorts ofquestions," said Lauri. "One girl asked me if Dani was scared when she had hertumor removed. I knew she was really asking for herself, to kn...Should Great Apes Be Given Legal Rights?
...ccupied byanother dangerously agitated chimp. When asked why he took such a risk, Swopereplied: "I looked into [the drowning chimp's] eyes. And it was like lookinginto the eyes of a man." Swope is far from alone in thinking that chimps, as well as orang-utans,gorillas and bonobos, are in some ways ...Researchers Identify Gene That Sets Boundaries For Heart Chamber Development
...ene to the hearts of chick embryos, the scientists asked whether they couldchange how VMHC1 or AMHC1 behaved. They found that Irx4 not only turns on VMHC1,but that it blocks expression of AMHC1. This suggested to Cepko and colleaguesthat Irx4 may work by allowing VMHC1 to be expressed in the ventricle whil...Emu Meat Not A Popular Choice Among Consumers, Study Shows
...ar taste of emu. In the study, researchers asked participants to sample cooked patties ofturkey, beef and emu and rate the meats for tenderness, flavor, texture,aftertaste and overall acceptance. The study, which was published in theFebruary issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association......rostate cancer and selected women,all of whom were asked to fill out questionnaires and donate blood samples forDNA analysis. Of each family that participated, blood samples were taken from an average ofthree to four men with prostate cancer. At least a dozen of the families hadconfirmed cases of both pros...New Gene May Help Scientists Understand More About How the Body Grows
...experiments. In gain-of function experiments, they asked what would happen ifderrière is activated i...mally active. In loss-of-functionexperiments, they asked what happens when derrière function is removed from theembryo altogether. "We found that wh......tion,"Barnett said. "We wanted to know why, so we asked what cell surface receptorsare found on the cells that transform but are missing on the cells that do not." Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) has been suspected to play a role intransformation of the AV cushion cells, so Barnett and Christop...