Animal welfare can now be objectively measured
...ace and quiet in the shed, freedom of movement and bodily care (for example whether the animals were able to wallow in mud), and the opportunities they had to rummage and root around. The better these provisions and conditions, the higher the score on a well-being scale from 0 to 10. The researchers then d...Understanding tuberous sclerosis
...he development of benign tumors throughout various bodily organs. Patients often display skin rashes, seizures and mental retardation as a result of these tumors. Although TSC affects 1 in 6000 live births, or 50,000 people in the United States and over one million people worldwide, until relatively recen...The cult - and culture - of anorexia
...actices, though allegiance, hierarchy,language and bodily markers. "What I found was that people with anorexia transform many of the thingsthat we might consider to be fundamental to social relationships," MsWarin says. "These are things like relating to family, friendships, thesharing of food, and sharing ...Researchers uncover a protein defect that causes a milder form of cystic fibrosis
...iosynthesized in the cell actually carries out the bodily function. In the case of the CF gene, the protein (named CFTR) regulates the necessary balance of sodium chloride (salt) across the cell membranes in the lungs and pancreas. "We now have a clearer picture of why the protein doesn't function properly ...Researchers describe atomic-size 'sorter' that performs vital cellular function
...requency of nerve signal firing and other critical bodily functions. The research greatly refines our understanding of how potassium ion channels manage to close milliseconds after opening, and like the newly seen selectivity filter, offers insights that will aid in designing drugs that control the channels...Inventor of artificial hand sees 'bionic' replacement parts becoming more human
...om electromagnetic interference and corrosion from bodily fluids, Craelius said. Battery capacity and recharging are also concerns as the devices handle an increasing number of tasks. "Finally, users who subject themselves to brain implantation of hundreds of electrodes are not going to want bulky plasti...New sensor being designed to detect, identify invisible agents faster
... hospitals to do lab work on site. Sample sizes of bodily fluids needed could be greatly reduced. In some instances, such as crime investigation, a hand-held Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) device could duplicate the DNA present in a very small sample, such as one drop of blood, so that multiple tests can b...Experimental Biology 2002, Translating the Genome
...e as lifes basic building blocks and carry out all bodily functions) and drug discovery. The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics offers hundreds of sessions on the latest advances in therapeutics, including how pharmacology meets the human genome; pharmacogenetics and epidemiolog...URI oceanographers test method to control metamorphosis in summer flounder
...a medication, such as Synthroid, to maintain their bodily levels of thyroid hormone. Thyroxine was removed after one week. By the time the flounder were two months old, the growth variability had been reduced, so that fish of the same age were closer in size. The thyroxine addition caused most fish to settl...Bandage could repair damaged tissues
... scaffolding could threaten cellular activity. Any bodily injury -- a cut, burn, fracture -- razes the molecular support for cells, thereby disrupting their functions. Treating these injuries, Kao says, requires rebuilding the scaffolding where the cell and molecules interact. "Most bandages don't do this,"......normal 46XX chromosome but varying degrees of male bodily features while males have a normal 46XY chromosome but female bodily features. Abstract no: 0-077 (Monday 15.45hrs CET Hall F2) URL: http://conf.eshre.com/PDF/O...Gene therapy treats first disease affecting multiple organ systems in a large animal
...in dogs have targeted disorders affecting a single bodily function, such as vision or blood clotting. Like many diseases that we might eventually like to treat with gene therapy, this one has complex, multisystemic effects." The experiments involved seven dogs with mucopolysaccharidosis VII, a disorder i...Food pathogen vector shows promise against cancer
...thin other cells to eventually shut down necessary bodily functions. From his work with these pathogens, Darren Higgins, HMS assistant professor of microbiology, has discovered how to create a vector to promote health. In the published study, researchers infected mice with an especially virulent line of mel...Genetic variant protects people against malaria
...imply renders the malaria parasite less harmful to bodily systems. In fact, the NOS2 gene variant confers such overwhelming protection that Tanzanian carriers have an 88 percent lower risk of becoming ill with malaria than those without the trait, the study showed. In Kenya, its carriers have a 75 percent ...Purdue researchers discover basis for biological clock
...al Sciences. "Since the clock affects nearly every bodily activity, this discovery holds myriad potential applications, from minimizing jet lag to determining when best to administer cancer drugs." The research, which appears in the journal Biochemistry, is the culmination of four decades of work and a lif...Scientists hone in on cause of amphibian deformities
...damage in adult frogs, and induce various types of bodily deformities in frogs and salamanders. It is less relevant to the range of leg deformities seen in nature, and does not lead to the growth of extra legs. Water Pollution: Toxicologists studied whether widespread water pollution, especially that caus...Drinking water can help your diet
...n important nutrient and is vital for a variety of bodily functions and processes including removal of waste products, carrying nutrients, and regulating body temperature," she said. "Water helps reduce fluid retention, and helps keep bowel functions normal." How much water is enough? Vitolins says one w...Pitt researchers develop non-invasive glucose sensor
...on-invasive method to measure the glucose level in bodily fluids. Researchers Sanford A. Asher, Ph.D., professor of chemistry in the faculty and College of Arts and Sciences, and David Finegold, M.D., professor of pediatrics in the School of Medicine, created a thin plastic sensor that changes color based o...Gene newly identified by Columbia researchers may improve hair removal
...RNA molecules that translate the gene into working bodily materials. By binding to the RNA in this way, the antisense molecule inactivates it, and thus the protein it encodes will notbe made. One of the regulatory genes discovered in Dr. Christianos laboratory appears to have such an important role in hai...... , which had been obtained from the blood or other bodily fluids of victims of the disease and collected by the state agency. The researchers used two DNA typing methods to define the L. monocytogenes strains. Analysis of the DNA typing by statistical methods provided evidence for regional and time-consi...