Organization for Human Brain Mapping annual meeting abstract highlights
... brain development To be presented June The study describes an MR image acquisition and processing tool capable of producing 3D images of the fetal brain while it is still in the uterus. Poster #1568 Activation of visual cortex by electrotactile stimulation of the tongue in early-blind subjects To be presen...Cancer could be caught before it develops
...ournal BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making describes the creation of the first comprehensive listing and classification of precancers, drawn from the medical literature. Using this classification, the precancers have been organized into groups that share similar biologic profiles and, hopefully, simila......etails the many roles water plays in our lives and describes ways that every citizen can use water wisely. Intended for educators, policy makers, and the general public, Water and the Environment is written in non-technical language, contains many photographs and graphics, and uses actual examples to demonstr...UC Riverside research featured on the cover of JALA
...nduced Electrical Fields for Bio-sensing The paper describes a method of assembling neurons patterned on an int...er Structures Induced by Electric Fields The paper describes a methodology for directed- and self-assembly of structures in the micro- and nano- scales. The desc...Insulin study sheds light on physics of crystal growth
... associates Olga Gliko and Ilya Reviakine. Vekilov describes the way molecules aggregate in step bunches on crystals as "competing for supply." He has determined that in insulin, the steps, or edges, of a particular crystal layer do not "compete" in this way for molecules. "What makes them compete for supply? ...Gene clustering helps rice plants fight pathogens
...esearch and co-author of a new research paper that describes the sequencing of the rice genome's chromosome 10. The paper appears in the June 6 issue of the journal Science. Learning more about a plant's defense mechanisms how it recognizes and fights the mutating pathogens can help save crops like rice, th...Deadly listeriosis often occurs in clusters, research finds
...mann, Cornell assistant professor of food science, describes examining bacterial samples from listeriosis victims from the New York State Department of Health obtained between 1996 and 2000. By matching strains of the bacterium using DNA fingerprint methods, Wiedmann and his colleagues were able to show conne......f Biology this week will simplify this task, as it describes a new online tool that dramatically improves predictions of how individual genes are regulated. Dr. Wyeth Wasserman and his team have created this powerful new two-step method for identifying which regulators of gene expression, called transcriptio...National Jewish faculty to present research at American Thoracic Society
...., will address that misconception to rest when he describes a growing population of cystic fibrosis patients over the age of 40. The growth in the adult cystic fibrosis population comes from two main factors. One, better treatment has increased the lifespan of patients diagnosed in childhood. Two, more patien...Critical early-defense trigger in plants found
... the latest (May 16) issue of the journal Cell , describes the discovery of the gene that codes for an enzyme (a protein that carries out a chemical reaction) that is activated when a plant senses it is being attacked by a pathogen. When activated, the enzyme produces nitric oxide (NO), a hormone that tells ...UC Riverside graduate student wins best poster award at international conference
... new genes. "The work presented in Andres's poster describes a novel approach for the cluster analysis of DNA microarray," said Tao Jiang, who is Figueroa's Ph.D. advisor. (Cluster analysis is the clustering, or grouping, of large data sets.) "Most existing methods are based on traditional statistical approa...New study in rats matches genetic influences and cognitive impairment
...ved in inflammation and oxidative stress, and also describes additional areas in which gene activity might play a role in brain aging. These include declines in energy metabolism in cells and changes in the activity of neurons (nerve cells) in the brain and their ability to make new connections with each othe...Early diagnosis of Usher syndrome type 1 made possible by new findings
... the Ashkenazi Jewish population today. Ashkenazi describes those Jewish people who came from eastern Europe. In earlier studies in Dr. Friedman's laboratory, a founder mutation, 167delT, was identified in the GJB2 gene, which is carried by 4% of Ashkenazi Jewish individuals. It is one of the major causes of...Stanford researchers isolate protein needed for stem cell maintenance
...athway is required for stem cell maintenance. Reya describes these studies in a second Nature paper published alongside Nusse's work. "It's a big deal to understand how these hematopoietic stem cells expand their numbers," Weissman said. With the ability to grow more stem cells in the lab, researchers would ha...Georgia Tech researchers use lab cultures to control robotic device
...rs in order to create a simulated animal, which he describes as a "neurally-controlled animat." "We call it the 'Hybrot' because it is a hybrid of living and robotic components," he said. "We hope to learn how living neural networks may be applied to the artificial computing systems of tomorrow. We also hope ...Advances in prosthetic, orthopedic, and audiologic diagnostic tools
...er advances prosthetics research, pg. 191 Article describes the development of a highly accurate mechanical digitizer for use in prosthetics research. Employing precision controllers, the instrument has far less errors than current commercial digitizers used for socket and cast shape assessment. The new digit...Novel method identifies 'hidden' genes
...oding for microRNAs. The paper published this week describes MiRscan and how it was developed to identify miRNAs in C. elegans. Bartel and his colleagues have now found and confirmed nearly 90 miRNA genes in C. elegans and estimate that there are fewer than 35 genes that remain either unconfirmed or undetected...Five studies look at risks of differing particulate matter, including exposures on 9/11
...ns University's Bloomberg School of Public Health, describes recent epidemiological studies that have prompted ...in and, perhaps, even to deeper brain regions. He describes how his laboratory found evidence for the movement of ultra-fine 30 nm carbon and metal particles fr...Scientists break down patterns in nature
...iences (PNAS), an international team of ecologists describes a fundamental theory that unites several patterns that previously had been viewed as unrelated. The theory simplifies various aspects of ecological complexity with an elegant model that unites all of them. It provides a theory for quantifying biodi...Discovery of how prolactin travels to gene's machinery helps explain its role in breast cancer
...seases. The University of Pennsylvania researcher describes his research at the Experimental Biology 2003 meetings in San Diego. He will be honored by the American Society of Investigative Pathology, at the EB 2003 meeting, with the Pfizer Outstanding Investigator Award. The award honors a decade of steady u...