Scientists to prototype cyberinfrastructure for research and education access to ocean observatories
...D will form LOOKING's optical core, with plans for eventual links to NASA research centers, institutions in Mexico and Canada, as well as other U.S. universities that do ocean research. Researchers at the University of Illinois will provide optical networking and visualization expertise on the project. "OptIP...New anti-inflammatory strategy for cancer therapy identified by UCSD researchers
... and robust induction of circulating TNFα and eventual acceleration of cancer growth. However, administration of an anti-TNFα antibody five minutes after LPS challenge neutralized most of the circulating TNFα, inhibited NF-kB activation in cancer cells, and prevented the inflammation-induced a...Columbia research to examine gene influence on severity of peridontal disease, therapy response
...continue to see deterioration of gum condition and eventual loss of teeth. The research is part of an effort at CUMC to eradicate periodontitis in these patients and better understand how the gum disease develops, and will allow the development of pharmacologic therapies targeted specifically to a person's o...Single isolated mouse skin cell can generate into variety of epidermal tissues
...ways been to understand biology with an eye toward eventual clinical applications," Fuchs says. "So far, this study has provided some of the answers that we will need to make this possible." One possible application for the findings is to see if these methods can now be adapted to isolate human hair stem cell...New genetic research demonstrates possible cause of inherited form of Parkinson's disease
...eurons. This creates a blockage that leads to the eventual death of the neurons. The study was conducted in dopamine neurons taken from mice. Dr. Sulzer likens the situation to a garbage truck stalling at the entrance to the town dump. "If the truck breaks down right in front of the dump, not only does it...Penn scientists identify novel pathway in aneurysms
...aortic aneurysms by blocking their progression and eventual rupture," he adds. A gene for the 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein, which is required to synthesize leukotrienes, potent inflammatory molecules, has been associated with heart-disease risk. Leukotrienes, which constrict airways in asthmatics and con...Early clinical treatment can halt progression of Alzheimer's disease, UCI researchers find
...tributes to the destruction of brain cells and the eventual loss of memory. The belief among many neuroscientists that the accumulation of amyloid plaques is the initiating trigger of the disease process constitutes the "amyloid cascade hypothesis" a controversial theory in neuroscience. By showing that the ...Symptoms of foodborne botulism may help predict fatality
..., drooping eyelids and slurred speech, followed by eventual paralysis. Researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Republic of Georgia's National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) studied 706 cases of botulism in Georgia, which has the highest reported rate of foodborne...Triple-vaccine strategy stimulates strong HIV-specific immune response in monkeys
...monstrating the potential of the new strategy. For eventual clinical use, vaccines incorporating more elements of HIV would be needed to elicit sufficiently broad T-cell responses to be fully effective. A unique advantage of the triple-vaccine approach tested by the researchers is that it avoids generating pr...Newly grown kidneys can sustain life in rats
...pigs is similar to that in humans, and Hammerman's eventual goal is to use embryonic pig tissue transplants to help renal failure patients live longer. Working with embryonic tissues that grow into organs inside the patient lets Hammerman avoid hyperacute and acute vascular rejection, two immune system respon...Volcanic soils yield new clues about the emergence of powerful chiefdoms in Hawaii
...aunched an invasion in 1795 that culminated in his eventual conquest of the entire island chain. But one question has long troubled anthropologists, ecologists and historians alike: Why was large-scale sweet potato farming confined to just a few areas of Maui and Hawaii? After all, the Polynesians first arri...Continents played key role in collapse and regeneration of Earth's early greenhouse, geologists say
... Here the rocks reveal an odd twist in the story - eventual regeneration of the greenhouse. Recall that 3 billion years ago, Earth was essentially Waterworld. There weren't any plants or animals to affect the atmosphere. Even algae hadn't evolved yet. Primitive photosynthetic microbes were around and may have...Cranberry breeding program may soon bear fruit for growers
...icipatory plant breeding," says McCown, "where the eventual recipients (the growers) take part in the initial breeding program by helping to design goals, evaluate new varieties in their fields and fund the research." HyRed's development has been supported, in part, by the Wisconsin Cranberry Board and Ocean...U of T researchers isolate gene for Crohn's disease
...ant protein's effects on cell function to with the eventual goal of developing of therapeutics. However, Siminovitch says there is still much more work to be done in understanding Crohn's disease. "This isn't the only gene involved in Crohn's disease and there are also disease-causing interactions between gen...Jefferson scientists use gene therapy to restore function of damaged heart cells in lab
.... The work takes the scientists one step closer to eventual clinical trials in humans. Walter Koch, Ph.D., director of the Center for Translational Medicine of the Department of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, and his colleagues at Duke used a virus to car...Chestnut trees to spread across landscape again, says Purdue scientist
...Center are developing blight-resistant hybrids for eventual planting throughout Indiana. He has established a large test stand of hybrid trees at Purdue's Horticulture Park, and as part of his continuing work to develop a blight-resistant line, he plans to inoculate these trees with the fungus to determine th...Study reveals important new factor in cystic fibrosis lung inflammation
...onged airway inflammation in CF lungs leads to the eventual cardio-respiratory failure that is the primary cause of death in people with CF. "It's traditionally been thought that the basic problem in the CF lung is an inability to clear bacteria, with infection leading secondarily to lung-damaging inflammati...Stem cells found in adults may repair nerves
...nstitute, and other institutions may contribute to eventual treatments for injured spines and diseased retinas, according to a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Much of this research focuses on stem cells, one of several types of general cel...Woodpeckers: There's a fungus among us
...buting to the complexity of snag decomposition and eventual cavity generation by woodpeckers," Farris said. "Forest management could benefit from a consideration of these processes when managing snags on public and private lands."...... enough about these cells to extend hopes of their eventual usefulness in medical treatments."...