Researchers Probe New Depths In Plant Communications
...began to assist whole-plantcommunication. The lead authors of the Science paper are three postdoctoralresearchers in the Lucas lab: Beatriz Xoconostle-Cazares, YuXiang and Roberto Ruiz-Medrano. Their co-authors are threeother UC Davis postdoctoral researchers -- Hong-Li Wang, JanMonzer and Byung-Chun Yoo -- ...A Fifth Of Asian Children Deficient In 'Sunshine'
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Successful Hemophilia B Gene Therapy In Dogs May Justify Human Experiments
...ans. Besides Nichols and Brinkhous, UNC-CH authors of the reports includeDrs. Hui-Feng Lin, Darrel W. Stafford, Marjorie S. Read and Dwight A. Bellingerand medical student Dan Elwell. Hemophilia A, a different form of the illness caused by inadequatefactor XIII production, is about five time...Elevated Blood Levels Of Inactive TPA Linked To Increased Stroke Risk In Young Women
...or smoking, two major risk factors for stroke, the authors report. While the adjusted risk was 3.9 times higher for women with the highest bloodlevels of TPA antigen (compared with women with the lowest levels), it was 2.5times higher for smokers (compared with nonsmokers) and 1.6 times higher forwomen with...Major Heart Defects Can Be Identified In Fetuses By 14 Weeks Of Gestation
...resent. In their study of 29,154 pregnancies, the authors report that 50 (1.7 per 1000) involved a fetus with a major heart defect. Hyett et al recommend that fetuses identified as having increased nuchal translucency should be referred for specialist fetal echocardiography. Contact: Professor Kypros Nico...Fossil Eggshells Hold Clues To Major Animal Extinctions As Reported In Science
...imateplayed a role in Genyornis ' extinction. The authors bolstered this conclusion bycomparing eggshell dat... by hunting, asmany researchers have proposed. The authors conducted carbon isotope studies onthe eggshell fossils to reconstruct Genyornis ' diet. The bird a...Researchers Discover Mechanism That Drives Daily Body Rhythms
...th research fellows in pediatrics at MGH, are lead authors on the Cellpaper. The discovery is also significant because it sheds further light on abiologically unique phenomenon, Reppert says. "We're talking about a time domainthat is unusual in biology. We're talking about a cell being able to keep24...... recommended by their physicians. Other Dartmouth authors of the paper include Dr. Richard Rothstein, professorand chief of gastroenterology, who headed of the Dartmouth portion of the study;Dr. E. Robert Greenberg, professor of community and family medicine, who headsthe Norris Cotton Cancer Center; and Dr...How Super Are The "Super Aspirins"? -- New COX-2 Inhibitors May Elevate Cardiovascular Risk
...addition to seniorauthor FitzGerald, the remaining authors are F. Catella-Lawson, MD; I. A.Mardini, MD; S. Kapoor, PhD; and J. A. Lawson, BS. Funding for the study wasprovided by G. D. Searle and Co....Maternal Anxiety May Affect Fetal Development
...ek's BMJ. In their study of 100 pregnant women the authors found that women who were more anxious during pregnancy had significantly abnormal patterns of blood flow though the uterine arteries. They say that this suggests that the psychological state of the mother may affect fetal development and therefore...Adult Cells Undergo Identity Switch Reported In Science
... reported in the 22 Januaryissue of Science , the authors transplanted adult stem cells from thebrains of ad... brain, namely neurons and their supportcells. The authors injected the NSCs into a second group of mice whose hematopoieticstem cells (these cells reside prim...NIAID-Supported Scientists Discover Origin Of HIV-1
...ansmission events from chimpanzees tohumans. The authors believe that HIV-1 was introduced into the human population whenhunters became exposed to infected blood. Furthermore, they speculate thathumans might still be at risk for cross-species transmission because thebushmeat trade -- the hunting and killi...Fly Tumor Points Way To New Understanding Of Cancer Development
...ertebrates and vertebrates. In twofell swoops, the authors have thrust a previously obscure fly mutation to thecenter of the cell cycle and mammalian cancer." A key to the experiments was Xu's team's technique for producing "geneticmosaic" fruit flies. In such mosaics, researchers can manipulate selectedc...Researchers Determine Three Dimensional Structure Of Melatonin Producing Enzyme
...day/night rhythms has been determined. The authors of the paper were Alison Burgess Hickman and David C. Klein,of the Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology at the National Institute ofChild Health and Human Development (NICHD) and Fred Dyda, of the Laboratory ofMolecular Biology at the National In...UCSF Researchers Pinpoint Molecule That Triggers Deadly Progress Of Pulmonary Fibrosis
...tly, these mice can not develop lung fibrosis.Lead authors on the Cell paper are John Munger, MD, assistant professor ofmedicine at New York University School of Medicine; Xiaozhu Huang, MD, assistantresearch molecular biologist; and Hisaaki Kawakatsu, PhD, postgraduateresearcher, both at the UCSF Lung Biolo...Largest Acoustics Meeting In History Expected
... the restored theater's acoustical properties, the authors find that the speech in the new theater is intelligible, but achieving an adequate volume level is more of a problem. (2pAAa3) --- The Silent Flight of the Owl. Next-generation commercial aircraft, such as the proposed Airbus A3XX, will be so large...Allelix Clones Receptor For Intestinal Growth Factor GLP-2
...rly in definedsegments of the small intestine. The authors report that GLP-2 binds to itsreceptor with high affinity and activates a well-known cAMP signaling mechanismwithin the cells. Consistent with the high specificity of GLP-2, theresearchers noted that closely related hormones from the glucagon family...Managing For Deer, Moose, Elk, Wolves -- And People
...of an elephantand disagreeing about its form," the authors write, "those engaged in the debateabout deer mana...he landscape as reflective of poormanagement. The authors conclude that the best hope for resolving is throughthe use of adaptive management, where policies a...Researchers Find How Two Cancer Genes Interact To Cause Malignancy
...g the normal functions alone," he said. Other authors of the Molecular Cell study were Rosalie Sears and Gustavo Leoneof Duke, and James DiGregori, formerly of Duke and now at the University ofColorado at Denver.......l junctions only to get stuck just beyondthem. The authors inferred the existence of a secondary blood-brain ... In addition to Muldoon and Neuwelt, authors include Michael A.Pagel, B.A., VAMC, and Robert A. Kroll, D.V.M., Simon Roman-Goldstein, M.D., andRu...