Duke Researchers Find Second Gene Linked To Blood Vessel Disorder
...hey interact with each other, andhow each normally contributes to the ability of blood vessels to heal inresponse to injury. While a treatment based on Marchuk's work may be some years down the road,he emphasizes that for the first 98 years since the disease was describedin the medical literature, virtually no......C infection each year in the U.S., and the disease contributes to the death of more than 12,000 American annually; this toll is expected to triple by the year 2010, according to the CDC....Resistance To Leptin Contributes To Obesity
...ptin, which helps the body regulateits fat stores, contributes to obesity in mice according to the firstformal study of leptin intolerance, report scientists in the Aug. 5Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The findings also provideclues about leptin's action in the nervous system and may help to e...Researchers Discover New Genetic Risk For Alzheimer's Disease
...sease," Goate suggested. Amyloid protein contributes to the development of senile plaques, whichdot the brain's cortex in Alzheimer patients. Little is understood about thecauses of these deposits. "From our data, we might predict that APOE acts as a chaperon for theamyloid protein. With what ...Jefferson Researchers First To Create Genetically Engineered Mouse To Study Photoaging
...ter understanding of how ultraviolet lightexposure contributes to skin aging and skin cancer and the development of new,better sunscreens that may prevent both. Researchers from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas JeffersonUniversity, Philadelphia, have developed the first transgenic, or geneticallyalter...UF Researchers Use Gene Therapy To Prevent Hypertension, Organ Damage
...ut 40,000 people each year in the UnitedStates and contributes to the deaths of 200,000 others. The American HeartAssociation estimates as many as 50 million Americans 6 and older have highblood pressure, and 35 percent of them do not know it. High blood pressure is particularly prevalent in blacks, hea......ironment in the host. Because this gene expression contributes tothe virulence of the pathogens, the products encoded by the genes are referredto as "virulence factors." These factors contribute to the microorganism'sability to survive and grow at the site of the infection. According to Hoch, "Impairment...Scientists ID A Protein With Punch As Infection-Inflammation Fighter
...siology," Ross added. The most prominent cell that contributes to the tissue damage is called theneutrophil, and it produces the toxic oxygen products. They are ordinarily usedto kill microorganisms, but can be very damaging to tissues in reperfusioninjury. "It's sort of the price we pay for being able to make p...High Carbon Dioxide Levels May Be Killing Insects
...ty of South Florida in Tampa,says the new research contributes to the mounting evidence that the ecologicalchanges brought about by increasing CO2 levels are likely to be hard to predict."It looks like elevated CO2 has at least as many direct effects as indirecteffects," he says. Stiling looked at sever...Clean Air Act Reduces Acid Rain In Eastern U.S.
...rate another 30 percent and theagricultural sector contributes an additional 25 to 30 percent. Lighteningstrikes and biological processes produce the remaining nitrogen naturally.Consequently, it is much more difficult to control and regulate nitrogen oxides. In 1995, Phase one of the Clean Air Act Amend...Researchers Identify And Isolate First Gene For A Form Of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes
...ing a better understanding of how the WFS1 protein contributes tothe survival or death of those cells may give researchers clues about how totreat not only Wolfram Syndrome but also other diseases, such asinsulin-dependent diabetes. But even if the discovery of this particular genedoes not lead to therapies, it ...40 Percent Of Deaths Are Environmental
...ch year worldwide. -- Lack of sanitary conditions contributes each year to approximately 2 billion diarrhea infections and 4 million deaths, mostly among infants and young children in developing countries. In the United States, inadequate sanitation accounts for 940,000 diarrhea infections and about 900 deaths...Cells Keep Bad Guys In A Cage Until They Are Fit To Socialize
...d during recent years, themechanism by which GroEL contributes to the folding event has remained unclear.Two mechanisms are being considered for chaperonin-assisted protein folding inE. coli : i) GroEL/ GroES act primarily by enclosing substrate polypeptide in afolding cage in which aggregation is prevented duri...Test For Genetic Trait May Indicate Heart Benefits Of Hormone Replacement Therapy
...the blood vessels. Excess cholesterol in the blood contributes to fatty deposits that clog bloodvessels, triggering heart attacks and strokes. Research conducted by Superko and other researchers during the last decadesuggests that a person's response to cholesterol-lowering diets and drugs isinherited -- driven,...Quicker Implementation Of Research Results
...s in their companies. Thecentre of excellence thus contributes specifically to the technology transferfrom university to regional companies. This is one of eleven centres of excellence which were set up in 1995; theGrants Committee of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has now decided toextend their term ...Study Of Origin Of Species Enters The Molecular Age
... unable tomake sperm. The gene Ting thinks contributes to hybrid male sterility is a homeoboxgene. Homeobox genes, usually involved in development and cell differentiation,are some of the slowest evolving genes in all of nature. This means that theyare almost identical in organisms as diverse as worms ...Genetically Engineered Mice Exhibit Anxiety, Offering Insight Into Role Of Serotonin In Brain
...ploring the way in which the serotoninbrain system contributes to anxiety in humans. The model, reported in the December 7 issue of Proceedings of the NationalAcademy of Science, could help researchers come up with more refined targets forpsychiatric drugs. It also could serve as a model for examining inherited...Leibniz Prize Winners 1999 - Most Highly Endowed German Promotional Prize For Ten Scientists
...ic approach. Thissub-discipline of the geosciences contributes significantly to understanding thecharacteristics of the global environment and its changeability over time. Professor Dr. Hans-Christian Pape (42), Neurophysiology, University of Magdeburg(DM 3 million) Hans-Christian Pape graduated in biology from ......hereby leaving open the question of what mechanism contributes to blockedtransport of iron from the intestine to the gut. "We've discovered a homologue to ceruloplasmin that is located specifically inthe intestines," said Vulpe, "Hephaestin probably needs copper just likeceruloplasmin to do its job of iron expor...