New Arizona State center brings science to policy on issues of water resources and urban growth
...ons, making decisions on growth and sustainability critically important to this region and others like it." Crow is one of the investigators on the DCDC project. The National Science Foundation is funding three Decision Making Under Uncertainty Centers and two research teams (without centers) in the prog...Spontaneous mutation produces new MAO A/B knockout mouse
...ility to produce MAO A. "Both MAO A and MAO B are critically important," says Dr. Shih. "When both are missing in mice, brain neurotransmitters levels increase greatly and body weights are smaller. The mice also show anxiety and aggressive behavior, especially under stress." Looking further into the matter, ...Disease diagnosis, drug development focus of UH prof's biochip research
...ug development. "The design of biochips depends critically on our understanding of how biological molecules interact with high-tech materials," Pettitt said. "The conference provides an opportunity for the materials science and biotech communities of the world to come together. And the proximity to Asia me......together a dozen experts from across the nation to critically examine the scientific basis for this growing consumer trend that has spawned an international growth industry. The speakers will address myths and misconceptions about pesticides, preservatives and other chemicals, as well as irradiation, organic fa...New understanding of the machinery of flinching
The flinch is a critically important protective mechanism by which animals and humans instantly protect themselves against threats ranging from an attacking predator to an incoming golf ball. Researchers Michael Graziano and Dylan Cooke have shed new light on the neural machin...MIT research that stops pain of needle jabs gets FDA approval
...ical anesthetic commonly used in pediatrics and on critically ill adults and children who must endure repeated needle sticks--it could become standard procedure in doctor's offices and hospitals. Another use would be before painful procedures such as angiography, balloon angioplasty, and the insertion of venous...The telomere crisis: A crucial stage in breast cancer
...eveled off, as in invasive cancer tissues -- where critically short telomeres are presumably maintained by reactivated telomerase. The mammary cell culture studies also confirmed that the probability of successful passage through the telomere crisis is low -- most cells damaged because of shortened telomeres ca...Why some animals have smaller eyes: Lifestyle matters
...have relatively large eyes because their vision is critically important to them. So do most nocturnal mammals," Howland says. "But a shrew's eyes are tiny because it spends most of its time underground, where things are dark, but where the shrew's senses of smell and touch are more important [than vision] for ...Fundamental change to Immunology 101
(Philadelphia) — T cells are critically important for human immunological defenses against pathogens, yet little is known about their early development. T cells are made in the thymus, but ultimately come from hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow, from which all blood-cell types beg...Early clinical treatment can halt progression of Alzheimer's disease, UCI researchers find
..."It turns out that the clearance of the tangles is critically dependent on their chemical state, that is, their 'phosphorylation state,' phosphorylation being the addition of phosphate groups to particular amino acids in a protein. Once the tangles become hyperphosphorylated, they are unaffected by the antibody...LA BioMed Medical/Research Briefs, July/August 2004
... advance since the discovery of antibiotics. This critically important statewide initiative closes the federal funding gap and sets a new state model for advancing scientific research. From an economic standpoint, California will benefit from patents and royalties that result from the research. Construction of...APS/IUPS launch PHYSIOLOGY bimonthly
...rnal of invited articles that identify, review and critically discuss the most important research and developments in the broad, integrative science of physiology. The editor is Dr. Walter Boron, MD, PhD, professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology at the Yale University School of Medicin...It's a no-brainer: Prepare for West Nile virus
...nts with unexplained weakness and in those who are critically ill to rule out acute flaccid paralysis syndrome, a severe neuromuscular complication of the disease which may lead to prolonged disability or death....Genetic model for devastating form of paraplegia suggests new treatments
...t protein interactions. All of these functions are critically dependent on dynamic changes in microtubule stability. Researchers in the laboratories of Kendal Broadie at Vanderbilt University and Andrea Daga at the University of Padova, Italy, collaborated on the first studies of the role that spastin plays in ...Most Americans not sure about the sources of high cholesterol
...und in the blood and all cells of the body. It is critically important in helping to form cell membranes, steroid hormones and bile acids. There are two sources of cholesterol: cholesterol comes from the food you eat and is produced naturally in the body. However, over time, excess LDL (or bad) cholesterol ...Society for conservation biology conference
...aimed at showing the impact of local poaching on a critically endangered blue-headed parakeet. The Society for Conservation Biology 2004 annual meeting will address these and other emerging topics through plenary sessions, symposia, workshops, organized discussions, and poster sessions. Awards will be presente...Early dexamethasone exposure has long-term neurodevelopment, neuroendocrine effects
...xt that the window of exposure to dexamethasone in critically ill ELBW infants spans an extensive period of perinatal viability, ranging from 24 to 40 weeks post-conception. It is during this time that the human brain undergoes significant structural and functional transformations, thereby making it particular...Hopkins to found first center for comprehensive study of epigenetics
...n cancer," says Feinberg. "This center is a first, critically important step toward creating a comprehensive picture of epigenetics and its role in human health." First on the center researchers' to-do list is development of technology to speed identification of epigenetic marks and their locations in the genom...2004 BP Conservation Programme winners pave the way for protecting wildlife
...on marine issues, ranging from the conservation of critically endangered Dugong in Mozambique, to the protection of threatened and commercially important reef fish in the Abrolhos Bank of Brazil, to the conservation of endangered rare corals in the Marshall Islands. Some teams will map their research areas, hi...Loyola decides to test new blood substitute in trauma patients at the scene of injury
... blood substitute designed to increase survival of critically injured and bleeding trauma patients at the scene of injury, beginning July 1, 2004, as part of a national clinical trial. Loyola's Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Research Subjects (IRB) approved the clinical trial following ...