ASU advance could provide insight into human's ability to recognize patterns
... beings can remember so many faces, but that it is extremely difficult for a computer to do," said Ying-Cheng Lai, an ASU professor of mathematics and a professor of electrical engineering in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering. Lai, along with former post-doctoral fellow Takashi Nishikawa (now at Souther...New research at UNC shows ribosomes do not function as conventional enzymes
...al involvement is that their catalytic effects are extremely temperature dependent. The question was whether the ribosome acts as an enzyme since there has been considerable interest in whether this particle does that." Ribosomes are critical sites of protein synthesis, he said. Inside those particles, amino a...Once a renin cell, always a renin cell
...gical stress. The mice we have generated should be extremely valuable to delete genes specifically in the renin-expressing cell and therefore determine the precise cellular function of those genes independently of systemic influences."...Closing in on treatment for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease?
...wer legs, feet and hands. The clinical picture is extremely variable, but older patients sometimes require a wheelchair. Today, only supportive treatment is available; there are still no effective therapies to retard or stop the progress of the disease. More insight into the molecular processes of this disea...Fire ant killing protozoa found in 120 Texas counties
... Mitchell said. The scientific community has been extremely cautious about introducing the protozoa in the United States, however, not knowing what effect it might have on the native ant species, such as harvester, carpenter and leaf-cutting ants, Mitchell said. Because of these fears, studies of the South ......d palm trees," said Arengo. "In reality these are extremely tough animals adapted to some of the most rugged conditions on earth."...White House lauds Physiological Society for mentoring underrepresented minorities in biomedicine
... over 30 years and a Mexican-American, it has been extremely gratifying to see the development of a diverse collection of programs designed to enhance the participation of members of underrepresented groups in science in general and the physiological sciences in particular." Dr. Pamela H. Gunter-Smith, Porter ...Annual Chemical Biology Symposium at Yale May 14, 2004
...ar & Developmental Biology. The symposium has been extremely successful. In recent years attendance has included more than 300 students and faculty from Yale, nearby universities, and companies. The noted speakers for this year include: Peter Kim, President of the Merck Research Laboratories, Tom Pollar...Researchers developing radar technology to detect mold behind walls
...etermine the feasibility of using millimeter-wave, extremely high-resolution radar to detect mold in these panels based on unique characteristics of the mold backscatter signature, extracted by unique signal processing techniques. Also, Harriman will investigate the possibility that X-ray and gamma-ray technol...Protein-centric drug development and functional glycomics enrich biopharmaceuticals pipeline
...e bins. Carbohydrate-binding proteins are becoming extremely useful in curing various illnesses. "The rapid evolution of glycomics as a natural extension of proteomics provides a better understanding of glycoproteins, glycosylation process, and its role in the protein function," explains Frost & Sullivan Ind...UCLA chemists develop new coating for nanoscale probes
...nd following a single protein in the cell has been extremely challenging and was the equivalent of searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack. By using the new methods developed at UCLA, and observing with a fluorescence microscope and high-sensitivity imaging cameras, researchers can track a ...New analysis gives cancer patients personalized prognosis
...sease outcome, said the researchers. "Cancer is an extremely heterogeneous disease," said co-author Joseph Nevins, Ph.D. "Therefore, every cancer has its own distinct properties. Our approach allows us to capture characteristic patterns underlying those different disease states and to utilize that information ...Measurement clarifies role between protein structure and cell adhesion
...ing models of cell adhesion are both correct. "Our extremely sensitive technique allows us to directly measure how these proteins bind to one another, and to further explore the relationship between their structure and function," said Deborah Leckband, a professor and head of chemical and biomolecular engineer...Seabed secrets in English clay
...ations that conditions in the Oxford Clay-sea were extremely dynamic at the time, probably in response to climatic changes," said Kenig. The finding suggests that use of fossils to reconstruct environmental records of the past needs to be interpreted with greater care because details from sedimenta...Mantis shrimp may have swiftest kick in the animal kingdom
...the researchers were finally able to visualize the extremely fast strikes. The BBC television crew spent a week in Caldwell's laboratory helping to set up scenes with peacock mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) as the aggressors and local Tegula snails as the victims. Though the rented $60,000 high-speed ...Risk of preeclampsia rises sharply with increased pre-pregnancy body mass index
...isms of the BMI/preeclampsia relationship could be extremely helpful in finding ways to treat the condition. While weight loss prior to becoming pregnant may hold the most promise in lowering the risk of preeclampsia, weight loss during pregnancy is discouraged, say the researchers. The dramatic increase in ob...Obesity alone not a good predictor of cardiovascular risk and death, fat distribution proved best
..., a surgeon who performs bariatric surgery for the extremely obese, says obesity clearly causes diabetes and hypertension, which in turn cause cardiovascular diseases. Yet, he points out, several large studies have failed to show that obesity and mortality are clearly related. For that reason, he used data fro...Vanderbilt doctors use Viagra to treat infants with pulmonary hyptertension
... or relaxes the blood vessels in the lungs, but is extremely expensive and impractical to use long term," said Moore. "It's more of a stop-gap measure until you find another solution but also helps us identify those children who might have a response to other medicines." Recent studies have shown that adults...Researchers go fishing, pull out antigens
...rers of the T-cell receptor, knew that it could be extremely helpful for both basic biological research and medical applications to know what protein a particular T cell bound to. He and his colleagues developed a system for doing that. Using genetic constructs and baculoviruses, they created a small ocean o......r and age more slowly than ordinary mice. Although extremely low-calorie diets have been shown by other scientists to produce very long-lived mice, the genetic approaches used in Miller's laboratory achieve longevity without the need to restrict food intake. Miller's mouse colony also includes strains of muta...