Transplant rejection averted by simple light exposure in Stanford animal study
...ng option for transplant patients and could be the basis for clinical trials in which patients are exposed to ultraviolet light before treatment. "What we would do is try to eliminate the host Langerhans cells before the transplant, as we did in the mice," Merad said. She noted that dermatologists now use ...The science of overcrowded life boats and other moral dilemmas
...e topic of destructive emotions. The event was the basis of the recent book Beyond Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Collaboration With the Dalai Lama. Michael Gazzaniga, director of Dartmouth's Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and a pioneer in the cognitive neuroscience and neuroethics fields, will als...ESA's minature Earth observer put to many uses
...operties of cotton might be used on an operational basis to estimate the crop's health, maturity and yield. Merton's team are documenting the spectral properties of cotton on a variety of scales, from looking at individual cotton leaves in the lab to making field acquisitions close-up, from using airborne...First target for childhood malaria vaccine
...Medicine, suggest that this protein could form the basis of a new vaccine against severe malaria. The malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which is transmitted by mosquito bite, replicates in human red blood cells, which then burst causing life-threatening fever. Infected red blood cells display...Researchers confirm genetic link between hereditary breast and prostate cancer
...ostate cancer but were otherwise unselected on the basis of personal or family history. The blood samples were tested for mutations of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes and compared to specimens taken from 1,472 healthy men. Investigators pinpointed BRCA2 not BRCA1 as the common genetic link to prostate cancer. ...University of Michigan symposium charts course for the future of telemedicine
...hese barriers in the United States and on a global basis "The appropriate use of telemedicine can redress the problems of equal accessibility and geographical variations in quality while keeping costs in check," said Rashid L. Bashshur, Ph.D., Director of Telemedicine at the University of Michigan Health...What it Takes: Design principles to broaden participation in SET
...ve information. Disaggregated outcomes provide a basis for research and continuous improvement. Sustained commitment enables effective interventions to take hold, produce results and adapt to changing circumstances. Its components are proactive leadership, sufficient resources and steadfastness in t...Biological oceanographers examine 'regime shifts' in complex marine ecosystems
...e focus of the paper is to establish a theoretical basis for the occurrence of regime shifts in the ocean. Our understanding of regime shifts relies on observations of organisms and their marine environment taken on times scales of years and decades. Given the size, scope and interrelatedness of marine eco...Researchers describe long-perplexing 'magic spot' on bacteria
... bacteria," she said. "Knowing this can serve as a basis for a new type of antibiotics. In related work reported in a recent issue of the Journal of Bacteriology, Artsimovitch led a team of researchers in learning how a protein that is specific to illness-causing bacteria might provide another potential pa...Sodium channel gene mutation identified in case of familial epilepsy
... the mutation known as R859C. "The whole genetic basis of epilepsy is exploding," says Sandra Helmers, MD, associate professor of neurology, Emory University School of Medicine. "The genes for this one particular form of inherited epilepsy (GEFS+) were initially described in the late 90s. This new findin...Experimental smallpox DNA vaccine protects primates from lethal monkeypox
... far, other approaches have used live virus as the basis for a smallpox vaccine," Hooper commented. "This is the first time that parts of the virus have been used and shown to work in primates as a protective vaccine for any of the orthopoxviruses." According to Hooper, epidemiological studies have shown ...New analysis gives cancer patients personalized prognosis
...s be made to dissect and understand the underlying basis for that conflict," West said. The newly developed predictive approach is now being further extended and evaluated in additional patient groups. Once complete, said Nevins, the test would be ready to incorporate into clinical practice in a limited wa...New research explores 'early bird' and 'night owl' sleep patterns
...compare genetic differences that might explain the basis of sleep disorders. Knowing what causes these dis...ity was found, then a dissection of the multigenic basis of the neurophysiological mechanisms involved in the control of slow wave sleep and behavior could t...Gene mutation found for a form of juvenile-onset motor neuron disease
...atients. We need to know more about the underlying basis of motor neuron degeneration to design rational tr...ast cells. In addition to revealing the molecular basis of nerve damage, genetic studies may also help neurologists classify and diagnose motor neuron disea...New York microbiologists awarded research grants in antibiotic resistance and lyme disease
...in a Guggenheim fellowship, which is given "on the basis of distinguished past achievement and exceptional promise for future accomplishment," Dr. Cabello joined the College in 1978. He was born in Santiago, Chile, and graduated from the University of Chile School of Medicine. Dr. Cabello did postdoctoral ...Rewriting textbooks on DNA crossover
...reviouslythought, and sheds light on the molecular basis of this process. Exchanging DNA Two copies of each chromosome are present in each body cell. Duringmeiosis, each chromosome lines up with its partner, and the DNAmolecules are cut in several places. The partner chromosome DNA actsas a template...Rutgers ecologists and Brooklyn Botanic Garden botanists to plan Beijing Olympics Forest Park
...g company, the CURE team formulated the ecological basis of the new park, including lake, stream, meadow, and woodland habitats. They received the Award of Excellence in the competition for the natural landscaping of the 2,200 acre site--about three times the size of New York City's Central Park. There wer...A new hypothesis about autoimmunity. Is it possible to be too clean?
... body and the development of autoimmunity. On the basis of this connection, the scientists are proposing a new hypothesis about the cause of autoimmunity, in which components of a person's immune system attack his/her own tissues leading to diseases such as Type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis. "Autoi...Keck Futures Initiative announces grant recipients
...table steady-states. Bistability can serve as the basis for all-or-none biochemical responses, for sustained "memories" of transitory stimuli, and for the temporal segregation of successive waves of a multiphase or oscillatory response. Farrell proposes to examine whether bistability may also allow the m......nd his colleagues sought to understand the genetic basis of reshaping the hindfin in different populations....als. However, knowing that such regions may be the basis for major evolutionary change adds new impetus to characterizing them more fully, and studying how t...