Wrapping a memory with an experience, capacity for recollection detected in non-human species
...den rush of detailed memory. The BU team chose to determine whether analyses related to this technique, known as receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, could be used to assess rat memory processes. With familiarity, previous encounters are not recalled. For instance, if you encounter someone you kn...Sandia experiments may reduce possibility of future water wars
...d in the greenhouse; the only way to do this is to determine accurately the amount needed at every step." Also, he says, the Mexican tests used only readily available wheat and corn; the Sandia tests include, in addition, triticale, sorghum, barley, and oats. The nutritional quality of the hydroponically grown...Screen siblings, parents of infants with severe heart abnormalities
...eart. Belmont said it is difficult to determine whether the 32 other abnormalities found represent an increase because data do not exist that show how common they are in the general population. "For many of those individuals, the problems are medically significant and need to be follo...Common cold virus can cause polio in mice when injected into muscles
...s from patients around the world. Their goal is to determine which genetic features of the Coxsackievirus induce polio and under what conditions....Rising childhood leukaemia incidence prompts conference
...ke some preventive measures. But, first we need to determine what these factors are." The conference, which will include many presentations of new data, will cover some of the 'usual suspects', such as radiation, parental smoking, viruses and air pollution. But other concepts that have received little attentio...Research suggests unborn children may be at risk from environmental pollution
...posure. Preece and his team at Bristol set out to determine the extent of placental transfer through a series of bio-distribution measurements and ex vivo experiments using donated human placentas. They found reasonable correlation between the placental transfer data from different models, allowing prelimina...Single isolated mouse skin cell can generate into variety of epidermal tissues
... finished. They used microarray gene expression to determine if the genes expressed by their stem cells were also expressed by other known stem cell types -- blood, embryonic and neuronal stem cells. "We have found more than 50 genes that are turned on by all the stem cells that our group and other groups hav...A genetic disorder yields insight into genes and cognition
...lies this inability. In particular, they sought to determine whether the functional disorder could reveal the "...experiments, the researchers asked the subjects to determine whether sets of geometric shapes could be assembled into a square. In another, they asked the patien...Study reveals first genetic step necessary for prostate cancer growth
...remained enigmatic. Further research is needed to determine which secondary mutations can push these early stage growths into prostate cancer. Greenberg said that tests to distinguish between men who only have Rb mutations and those who have acquired additional genetic defects could help doctors decide when o...NHGRI launches Centers for Excellence in Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Research
...ent genetic research regulations and guidelines to determine how adequately they address present and emerging ethical concerns, the center will conduct research and develop resources that will contribute to stronger policies and guidelines in genetic research. The Duke Center for the Study of Public Genom...Molecular motor myosin VI moves 'hand over hand,' researchers say
..." By examining the step size, the scientists could determine whether the protein used a hand-over-hand mechanism or an inchworm mechanism for movement. "The average step size for the myosin VI arm was approximately 60 nanometers, while the molecule's center of mass moved only half that distance," Selvin said....Green tea research leads to gum and other products
...s than populations that don't. His research helped determine that green tea polyphenols help eliminate free rad.... A National Cancer Institute grant is helping him determine the exact genetic behavior involved in this process. For instance, he has already found that a green...Other highlights in the September 1 JNCI
...s suggest that this new method may be able to help determine the optimal dose of interferon alfa for patients u...is little consensus among researchers about how to determine what interventions and changes would work the best. In a commentary on a 2003 workshop, Ross L. Pren...APS awards more than $140,000 to minority students of physiology
...he process of secretion. His research may help to determine the molecular mechanisms that regulate secretion in various tissues, such as the pancreas, mammary gland, and the lacrimal gland. Walson Metzger University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Mr. Metzger's research is designed to investigate h...Scientists fear new Ebola outbreak may explain sudden gorilla disappearance
...ces to enhance monitoring in the park, in order to determine which species, if any, have been affected by Ebola, and in which part of the park they reside. After affected regions have been identified, create geographical barriers, such as making rivers impassable, to decrease the likelihood of any further...Environmental costs of home construction lower with wise choice, reuse of building materials
...hese greenhouse gases linger in the atmosphere, to determine the global warming potential of different construction materials. They estimate the global-warming potential of the steel-frame home to be 26 percent higher than the wood-frame, and the concrete-frame home was 31 percent higher than the comparable wo...New genetic research demonstrates possible cause of inherited form of Parkinson's disease
...o see how this information can be used to possibly determine the cause of Parkinson's disease." Blockage Causes Neuron Death Neurons that release dopamine, the neurotransmitter that controls coordinated movement, slowly die in people with Parkinson's disease, causing progressively more limited m...University of Pittsburgh receives $10 million grant for head and neck cancer
... amounts of alcohol," said Dr. Romkes. "If we can determine who among this population will most likely develop cancer, we can screen and treat them earlier, potentially improving their prognoses and quality of life." To better identify these individuals, Drs. Romkes and Weissfeld will examine alterations in ...Unicellular organisms contribute more nitrogen to ocean that reported earlier
...searchers will conduct manipulation experiments to determine if phosphorus, iron or some other environmental factor is playing a role in determining the abundance, distribution and activity of these unicells, Montoya explained. In the South Pacific, Montoya expects to find high rates of nitrogen fixation by un......ists trace the origins of living things as well as determine the biodiversity, or richness in variety, in an area. Description is "the basis of all biological, phylogenetic and evolutionary study," Anker said. After description "we can make a lot of hypotheses and assumptions about the evolution of a genus--...