Genetically modified crops not necessarily a threat to the environment
...p plants into the wild. Use of transgenic crops is becoming more common as farmers reap benefits from the plants' decreased susceptibility to disease and increased marketplace value. IU biologist Loren Rieseberg and former postdoctoral fellow John Burke (now at Vanderbilt University) reported in the May 23 is...Mouse model offers new explanation for kidney disease and failure
...p these diseases and potentially prevent them from becoming sick."...Many pregnant women may have depression, but few getting treatment, study finds
...ay be feasible across the board. Such screening is becoming standard at U-M obstetrics clinics. The survey included a standardized validated questionnaire of current distress and depressive feelings (CES-D), a standardized validated questionnaire about alcohol use (TWEAK), and questions about lifetime and re...KEPPRA international Phase IV SKATE study results show favourable efficacy
...ks). It makes KEPPRA a good candidate for possibly becoming a first-choice add-on antiepileptic drug (AED). The interim results were based on data from 731 patients recruited from nine countries; Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Finland, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, UK and Argentina with 117 investigato...NIEHS, NTP director receives honorary doctorate
...tor of the Howard University Cancer Center before becoming director of NIEHS and NTP....Ovarian tumor cell sensitivity then resistance - to chemotherapy linked to genetic abnormality
...splatin can be seen as the price the cell pays for becoming cancerous," remarks D'Andrea, who is also a professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. "Even as the cell becomes more aggressive, it gains a new weak spot." Unfortunately, that weak spot doesn't last forever. Cancer cells often "learn" how t...Pathogenic yeasts and fungi: A growing health concern
...sands of deaths each year. "Fungal pathogens are becoming much more prevalent in systemic infections because...ficant side effects and to which the pathogens are becoming increasingly resistant. "Antibiotics can kill bacteria without bad side effects, but because fungi c...UC Riverside's department of biology receives $953,000 GAANN grant
...eously allowed to pursue their research while also becoming more well educated about important issues in biology that span many different disciplines. We found that the students also left with a much greater awareness of the importance of educational outreach to K-12 schools." Because of the grant, students ...War on germs gets cutting-edge weapon from ancient world technique
...s. And its especially useful today, when germs are becoming increasingly resistant to modern antibiotics. "Research shows that the mechanisms by which silver ions act against microbes are different than those by which antibiotics act, explains Dr. Bhatkal of AgION Technologies. Silver also has multiple mec...Pregnant African American teens need more calcium for healthy fetal bone development
... Health. "With more than one million teenage girls becoming pregnant in the United States each year and a half million of these pregnancies resulting in live births, this study could provide critical new data to help improve health in this at-risk population." Shih-Chen Chang, a PhD candidate in the Departmen...Gametes and embryos from mammalian stem cells: religious and ethics perspectives
...In this way, nature reveals its own vulnerability, becoming increasingly pliable in our hands. Where will we find wisdom to guide us?"...Researchers discover structure of Nature's 'circuit breaker'
...e on the cell membrane changes -- with the outside becoming more negative -- triggering these ion channels to open and allowing potassium to flow out of the cell. This outflow of potassium allows the membrane to return to its resting state and prepare for the next impulse. According to MacKinnon -- whose past...Four gene 'micronet' found to regulate social behavior in female mice
...ther forms of cognition as managed by the brain is becoming widely accepted among scientists who study brain and behavior," adds Pfaff. "So 'smartness' about social life is different from smartness about SAT scores." According to Thomas R. Insel, M.D., director of the National Institute of Mental Health, the ...Adult stem cells shown to develop into all brain cell types
...ells us that these adult stem cells are capable of becoming nerve cells that communicate with other nerve cells within the brain and form proper neural circuits that permit the chimerical mice to function normally, said co-investigator Catherine Verfaillie, M.D., director of the Stem Cell Institute at the Uni...Scientists observe nanosize microtubules 'treadmilling' across plant cells
...wing a track, it turns direction and follows them, becoming a part of the helical array," Ehrhardt said. "There's nothing actually physically moving anything, and that makes treadmilling a really unexpected mechanism for assembling higher-ordered structures," Shaw observed. What guides the microtubule to it......rectly to livestock, which harbour the bug without becoming ill. Meat can be contaminated when the animals are slaughtered, and manure can also be a source of infections. So Andrew Brabban at Evergreen State College in Washington state and his team wanted to test different antibiotics to find those which wou...Whale study links genetics and reproductive success
...n over the next 75 years, with some maternal lines becoming more common than others. "The humpback whale population in the Gulf of Maine represents an opportunity to compare the life histories of a large group of well-studied individuals with genetic structure," said Dr. Howard Rosenbaum of WCS's Science Reso...Texas A&M, Ecor Corp. sign deal to produce health-related proteins
...nd CEO, Michael A. Zito, said, "ECOR is focused on becoming a major player in the commercialization and delivery of proteins that help lengthen people's lives. By working with strategic partners like Texas A&M University, we feel a sense of pride in helping promote improvements in human health and healthcare...Obesity in Costa Rican children 'alarming,' likely future health burden
... indicate that the relative risk of an obese child becoming an obese adult is six to seven times greater than that of his/her non-obese peers. Therefore, the researchers say, referring to their own study, "the likelihood that those children will also be overweight or obese as adults suggests there will be an ...The roots of human behavior? AAAS and The Hastings Center host a public meeting
...characteristics, from a supposed propensity toward becoming naval officers (supposedly a genetic trait called thalassophilia, for "love of the sea."), to qualities like "pauperism" and "feeblemindedness." Along with these investigations came the idea that undesirable traits could be bred out of a population,...