Transplantation Society Congress
...o donation when critical care staff do the asking, finds international study Scheme that gives old kidneys...and Medicaid do worse after liver transplantation, finds study Friday, Aug. 30 Organ Commerce and Other Ethical Concerns (11:30 a.m.) An increasing nu...Long-term studies show most intersex adults happy with gender assignments at birth
...g with medical professionals which the first paper finds important. Seventy-five adult patients, also recruited from the historical files of the pediatric endocrinology clinic at Johns Hopkins, participated in the study. All had the XY genotype and an intersex syndrome. The 34 males and 41 females were ask...Biologists new experiment may vindicate Darwin
...tion is appearing after just 12 generations. If he finds that all the flies moving toward the light have few bristles, he'll be fairly sure that they will never again mate with the dark-loving flies. If left in this artificial ecosystem, the flies will likely develop into completely separate species. This ...Cystic fibrosis gene mutations missing from some cases
A new study from Johns Hopkins finds that some patients diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) lack any of the more than 1,000 reported disease-causing mutations in the only known CF gene. Scheduled for presentation Oct. 18 at the annual meeting of the American Society for Human Genetics i...Planting time for forest trees branches out to new seasons
... he explained. "When the forest products industry finds a good performing tree, they want its offspring to be just like it," Messina said. "So, they use vegetative propagation - taking cuttings continuously from the mother plant - so the offspring will be genetically identical." Those cuttings, rooted in ...International consortium launches genetic variation mapping project
... as an association study. If the association study finds a certain haplotype more often in the people with the disease, researchers would then zero in on that genomic region in their search for the specific genetic variant. The tag SNPs would serve as signposts indicating that a genetic variant involved in...UF study suggests schools boost empty calories to raise test scores
...ght naively assume." Other research, for example, finds that schools alter their discipline policies during the testing period or move more low-performing children into special-education classes in which students often aren't required to take these tests, he said. Diet is a plausible way to improve test ...Brain's method of creating mental images differs with the source of cues received
...ormation about an object from different senses, it finds a remarkably efficient way to sort out the discrepancies, according to new research conducted at the University of California, Berkeley. The researchers found that when sensory cues from the hands and eyes differ from one another, the brain effectiv...2,000+ brown recluse spiders in a Kansas home inflict no bites in the occupants, UCR study notes
...octors as "brown recluse spider bites." The study finds that even where brown recluses can be very common,...m these spiders are uncommon. Moreover, the study finds that in non-endemic areas, there aren't enough brown recluses to account for skin conditions diagnos...Sea squirt DNA sheds light on vertebrate evolution
...prised of only about 2,500 cells. The tadpole soon finds a home, settles down, and metamorphoses into its immobile adult form -- but while still in its swimming stage the tadpole has a stiffened rod running the length of its tail called a notochord, the forerunner of our backbone, as well as a primitive ne...A new study sheds light on how the tongue restores its ability to taste following surgery
...ses cannot be ruled out. Conclusions This study finds that upregulation of immune function with systemic LPS reverses the dramatic decrease in sodium sensitivity exhibited by the intact CT shortly after contralateral denervation. The authors suggest that sodium restriction leads to abnormalities in imm...People from distant lands have strikingly similar genetic traits, study reveals
...no genetic meaning," Feldman noted, "but our study finds that self-reported ancestry and genetic ancestry are largely coincident, so patient interviews can be very useful. On the one hand, grouping patients by genetic similarities will benefit future studies that will scan the entire human genome for poten...Cocaine harms brain's 'pleasure center,' addict study finds
...tween themselves and related brain cells. Dopamine finds its way to receptors on neighboring cells, triggering signals that help set off pathways to different feelings or sensations. Then, the dopamine is normally brought back into its home cell, entering through a gateway in the membrane called a transpo...Virginia Tech professor Marjorie Grene is the first woman in The Library of Living Philosophers
...siderable wisdom and humility, and that rarest of finds in the contemporary world, a true human being." In... impact in the fields" about which she wrote. "She finds a way to activate people in interesting ways." Grene became adjunct professor of philosophy and of ...Univ of MD study on prevalence of celiac disease
Largest study ever finds that one out of every 133 Americans may have celia...f Maryland Center for Celiac Research in Baltimore finds that celiac disease is much more common in this country than previously thought. For the study, pub...New hope for preventing major problems of the retina
... rabbit retinal vessels). Conclusions This study finds reveals that flicker response in both retinal arteries and veins is diminished by dopamine. Although this indicates a role of dopamine in the regulation of retinal vascular tone, it does not necessarily prove a crucial role of dopamine in the neurona...Teen girls with common hormonal disorder more concerned about fertility than peers
...strual problems and other hormone-related symptoms finds they are far more worried about their future fertility that their healthy age-mates and need more health care and counseling than they are getting. The findings, by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and Harvard University, were pub...Study examines chemical safety across United States, effects on population
... We don't do that for chemical safety." The report finds that the chemical industry still has a lot of work to do in some areas, especially in terms of keeping their communities informed about what's going on. While people surveyed in the study felt their community could respond well to a chemical accident...Rockefeller, Weill Cornell researchers find link between estrogen, brain structure changes
...oration with Rockefeller University investigators, finds the same results in animal tissue experiments. Both the first study, at the test tube level, and the Milner tissue study were conducted simultaneously but independently, and serve as sort of "blind controls" in support of each other. "We found a...Body hormone ghrelin, a food intake and weight gain influence, is found to promote sleep
...ables remained unchanged. Conclusions This study finds that the body's endocrine system may offer a means for the body to obtain deep sleep, that which contributes to the body's overall health. These findings could have important implications for long-term health, since the pursuit of a "good night's sle...