Researchers report new gene test for isolated cleft lip and palate
...uses the cleft remains unidentified. The group is currently tracking it in a 140,000 base pair, or unit of DNA, surrounding the gene. The region contains an estimated 150 SNPs, one of which is likely to be the mutation. The countries involved in this study were: United States, Denmark, Brazil, Colombia, I......rch's Kellogg School of Science and Technology and currently a postdoctoral fellow at GNF, and Trey Sato, Ph.D., currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Scripps Research La Jolla campus who will arrive at Scripps Florida as ...Anti-bacterial additive found in Maryland streams
... higher than previously reported levels, which are currently used by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for evaluation of the ecological and human health risks of triclocarban. The antimicrobial was not detected in any samples of residential well water and municipal drinking water. "It's somewha...Study narrows search for genes placing men at increased risk for prostate cancer
...the National Cancer Institute. The researchers are currently scouring those genome regions, culled from more than 400 cancer-prone families, to identify specifically which genes lead to increased prostate cancer susceptibility. "This study will help us predict better who is at the highest risk for this disea...Putting energy into heart protection
...Dundee places these data in the context of what is currently understood about the molecular mechanisms for altering energy use under conditions of stress and how these finding might provide new directions for therapy in heart disease....JCI table of contents, 16 August, 2004
...Dundee places these data in the context of what is currently understood about the molecular mechanisms for altering energy use under conditions of stress and how these finding might provide new directions for therapy in heart disease. TITLE: AMP-activated protein kinase mediates ischemic glucose uptake and pre...Marijuana ingredient inhibits VEGF pathway required for brain tumor blood vessels
...s one of the most promising antitumoral approaches currently available," said Manuel Guzmn, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, with the Complutense University in Madrid, Spain, and the study's principal investigator. "The present findings provide a novel pharmacological target for cannabinoid-ba...Gene changes linked to increased eye pressure may have implications for glaucoma therapy
... implications for treating this disease. The study currently appears in the online October issue of the Journal of Cellular Physiology . "Pressure is required in the eye to keep its shape, and this pressure is maintained in the front part of the eye by a fluid, the aqueous humor," said Dr. Teresa Borrs, t...Flame retardant levels much higher in farmed salmon
... of PBDEs the penta and octa formulations and is currently considering a ban on the deca formulation. The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit organization, chartered by the U.S. Congress, with a multidisciplinary membership of more than 159,000 chemists and chemical engineers. It publishes numerous scie...Joslin Diabetes Center launches research section on developmental and stem cell biology
...ood system and one of the only types of stem cells currently used through bone marrow transplantation for the treatment of human diseases (including leukemia, lymphoma, immune deficiency and others). Transplantation of blood-forming stem cells may also be used someday to help people with diabetes, either by a...The telomere crisis: A crucial stage in breast cancer
... J. Lockett, will appear in Nature Genetics and is currently online at http://www.nature.com/ng/ . Berkeley Lab is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory located in Berkeley, California. It conducts unclassified scientific research and is managed by the University of California. Visit our website ...Scientists identify compounds that mimic calorie restriction
..., called PPARalpha, is a target for drugs that are currently used to treat high cholesterol and triglyceride levels in people at risk for heart disease. The investigators also compared responses in normal mice to mice that lack a functional PPARalpha to determine if PPARalpha was directly involved in any of th...Viral proteins may prevent bacterial infections
...thracis, the bacterium that causes anthrax and are currently testing it in animals as an adjunct therapy against the disease. The hope is that the enzyme will eliminate enough bacteria from the blood after anthrax exposure to extend the window of time during which antibiotic therapy will be effective. ...NHGRI adds 18 organisms to sequencing pipeline
...ience tells us that the most effective approach we currently have to identify the essential functional and structural components of our own genome is to compare it with the genomes of other organisms. With each new genome that we sequence, we move closer to the goal of finding all of the crucial elements of th...Endangered turtles' trek along ocean currents revealed by satellite
...curacy of 150 metres. Six American NOAA spacecraft currently carry Argos receivers, with ESA's MetOp series due to join the system following their initial satellite launch next year. The turtles' tracks were then overlaid with maps of sea level anomalies obtained by merging data with the radar altimet...Molecular therapeutics advance fight against brain cancer
...d on genetic alterations detected in tumors. He is currently investigating a variant of the epidermal growth factor receptor that is present in many primary glioblastomas to better understand the development of malignancy in the brain and how it relates to cancer cell division, survival, and movement....Outcome for acute lymphoblastic leukemia linked to gene expression patterns
...could be developed to overcome resistance to drugs currently used to treat ALL. Despite the pioneering role of St. Jude in increasing the cure rate of childhood ALL from 4 percent to more than 80 percent during the past 40 years, the cause of failure in the remaining 20 percent of children is largely unknown...8 environmental stewards win $900,000 in biodiversity awards
...sources. Conservation is my lifestyle." Wondafrash currently is studying environment and development at Reading University, U.K. A tie vote After extensive discussion, the nominators reached a tie vote for a fourth Leadership Award. They asked that the award be divided among: Christopher Birkinshaw , a plan...Social benefits of wound healing may not make any difference in animals with multiple partners
... paired, monogamous mice. These findings are currently published in the online version of the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity. Social contact benefited the monogamous mice corticosterone levels were lower, and wounds also healed faster. But separated pairs lost this benefit, even if the mice in......rculation pattern in the North Atlantic ocean that currently is responsible for warming much of Europe might have other ripple effects that would cause regional climate impacts to vary. "You'll always have some uncertainties when you are trying to predict the localized impact of global climate change," Bache...