New view of leukemia cells identifies best treatment options, Stanford researchers say
...single, uniform entity. When they take a sample to determine how far the cancer has progressed, the entire cancer gets graded on a scale of 1 to 4, with 4 being the most severe. But Nolan and Irish found that many different populations can exist within a cancer at any point in time. Some of these populations a...Gene defects found in age-related macular degeneration
...the function of the resulting fibulin proteins. To determine whether disease-causing mutations existed, they co...he NEJM study. These steps will help researchers determine whether the fibulin proteins do have an altered function that would produce AMD. The discovery of t...Study shows that ultrasound accreditation improves the quality of ultrasound practice
...minations." This study sought to determine the effectiveness of AIUM accreditation in improving compliance with standards and guidelines for the performance of obstetric and gynecologic ultrasound examinations. A random sample of consecutive AIUM accreditation applications from practices that...Why some neonates need caffeine
...tilation through peripheral chemoreceptors and (2) determine the potential influence of sleep states. The mechanism of caffeine's action on the peripheral chemoreflex was assessed by monitoring immediate changes in the respiratory pattern in response to a 30-s hyperoxic test performed during active sleep or qu...How wounds heal Clues from flies
...mammalian wound response has challenged efforts to determine their individual roles. Michael Galko and Mark Krasnow of Stanford University turned to the quintessential genetics organism, Drosophila melanogaster, to create a novel system for studying wound healing. After stabbing fruitfly larvae with a needle t...UAB creates the first Internet server to search for genetic diversity
... In the case of our own species, these differences determine whether a person has blue or brown eyes, fair or dark skin, or a higher or lower risk of getting a certain type of cancer. This is why genetic variability, as well as being a key element in evolutionary biology and in biology in general, provides ver......hemical, anatomical and histological parameters to determine whether long-term ingestion of a high protein diet could have adverse and/or beneficial effects in an obesity prone strain of rats. The authors of "A long-term high-protein diet markedly reduces adipose tissue without major side-effects in Wistar mal...Wildland fires: After the smoke clears
...systems, economic impact. Burn severity maps help determine where assistance and treatment is needed. Landslide and debris flow assessments help determine vulnerable areas. Rapid deployment of streamgages provide early warning for floods. Assessments of...Carnivore extinction risk determined more by biology than human population density, says study
...ted together with a range of biological traits, to determine the most important predictors of extinction risk status, within a comparative statistical model. As a measure of extinction risk status they took each species' position on the IUCN-World Conservation Union Red List which rates how likely a species is...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 2004
...ts are helping University of Tennessee researchers determine the age of anthropological finds. A Dosimetry Appl...nesia. By testing the bovid tooth, researchers can determine the age of the rare human tooth while still preserving it. They conservatively estimate the tooth i...Rutgers chemist uses NMR to elucidate protein-DNA interaction
...roscopy, Kalodimos and his co-workers were able to determine how proteins slide along the lengthy strands forming the helix structure of DNA until they reach their intended destination a specific DNA sequence. More important, they illustrated in detail how proteins single out their partner DNA out of millions...European researchers tackle mitosis
...ed by all the partners in this European project to determine the biochemical regulation of mitotic genes, and to test them as tools for cancer diagnosis. All data produced through MitoCheck will be readily available to the scientific community and the public through databases at the DKFZ, and at The Wellcome ...Carnegie Mellon neuroscientist develops tool to image brain function at the cellular level
...d been located, Barth then examined each neuron to determine how its electrophysiological and synaptic properties changed in response to sensory input. Her results are the first to show alterations in the rate at which neurons transmit electrical signals after increased sensory input in vivo. Barth's technolo...Institute for OneWorld Health receives Gates Foundation grant
...evelopment of Sanaria's unique vaccine platform to determine whether we can produce a potent vaccine, practical...elcome the opportunity to work with Dr. Hoffman to determine whether Sanaria's simple and elegant approach could form the basis for an effective malaria vaccine,...Gene profiles could improve acute leukemia diagnosis and lead to better treatments
...ch subtype of AML a patient has makes it easier to determine the best treatment and that treatment's chance of success, according to Downing. "This study will also contribute to our understanding of the various underlying causes of AML. In other words, it will help take a lot of the educated guesswork out of m...Funding to commercialize technologies of UC San Diego engineers tops $1.2 million
...carry out the tests in vivo in adult mini-pigs, to determine whether such stratified constructs are better than the established microfracture type of repair. Positive results could stimulate further industrial interest, and pave the way for immediate applications in animals (e.g., dogs, horses) as well as huma...Study reveals evolution on the (butterfly) wing
... remains of how the two genes actually function to determine wing patterns. And as the scientists pursue the mystery, they hope to gain new insights into the intricacies of evolution at the molecular level and how natural selection drives evolution....Secret behind hard exoskeletons, spreading wings revealed
...ng biochemical methods, the researchers set out to determine bursicon's genetic sequence and molecular structur... first phase of the work, the team went to work to determine the genetic sequence of bursicon. Using cockroaches, Honegger's students were able to collect and pu...LSU researcher discovers new bird
...ord his observations and its DNA will be tested to determine its specific relationship to other birds. However long it takes, Lane is understanding of the pace of science. He's been in a similar situation before. In 1996, while on another expedition in Peru, he discovered the Scarlet-banded Barb...UCSD biologists discover cell's defense mechanism against class of disease-causing bacterial toxins
...e first author of the research paper, set about to determine the biochemical and genetic mechanisms that allowe...rbeil at UCSD's medical school, developed a way to determine which roundworm genes were activated when they came into contact with the pore-forming Cry5B toxin a...