New study offers clues to how breast cancer spreads
...f it this way - if c-Met is the switch and HGF the finger that flips the switch, matriptase makes a hole in the mitten to let the finger stick out to touch the switch." "The more we understand about the basis and predictors of metastasi...Rutgers researcher advances understanding of attention deficit disorder and schizophrenia
...ay they think, he noted, but just cannot put their finger on it. That's what we hope to find out with this research....Gene targeting technique extended to human embryonic stem cells
...s through self-mutilating behavior such as lip and finger biting and head banging. The study of genes derived from human ES cells, as opposed to those found in mice, is important because, while there are many genetic similarities between mice and humans, they are not identical. There are human genes that di...Three inferior prefrontal regions of the brain found receptive to somatosensory stimuli
...arly neutral for the finger. One subject found the finger stimulation mildly unpleasant, although they rated...unpleasant on the toe rated the stimulation of the finger as neutral. S T U D Y 2 Study 1 indicated that rCBF increases in areas of the ventral frontal lob...The brain uses the same neural networks to engage in conscious and unconscious learning
...onse key (in a row of 4) with the index and middle finger of both hands, each finger mapped to a key. Each stimulus stayed on the screen for 600 ms with a 250-ms interstimulus interval....Needle-free blood and tissue measurements
...gen saturation, employs a small clip placed on the finger or ear to measure the amount of oxygen carried by the blood, along with pulse rate. "Light in the near infrared region has slightly longer wavelengths than red light. It is important for medicine because those wavelengths, for the most part, actually...Prenatal alcohol exposure can damage both information processing and response capabilities
...physical response to the signal, such as lifting a finger or hand from an electronic switch," explained Roger W. Simmons, professor of exercise and nutritional sciences at San Diego State University - San Diego and lead author of the study. "Since most of the elapsed time between the signal and the respons...Flexible joints associated with chronic fatigue syndrome, researchers find
...he degree to which a patient could bend the pinkie finger back beyond 90 degrees; bend the thumb to touch the forearm; hyperextend the knee beyond 190 degrees; hyperextend the elbow beyond 190 degrees; and place the palms flat on the floor without bending the legs. Sixty percent of those with CFS showed joi...For elephants, its not just their ears and trunk that make them unique on land
...to separate them with some difficulty by pushing a finger or blunt instrument through the soft connective tissue joining the two layers. No satisfactory explanation has been advanced for the peculiar anatomy of the elephant pleural space. Snorkeling behavior in the elephant: Snorkeling at any substantial...Fluid forces within the body help invasive bacteria
...luid is trying to push it away. Just by using this finger trap-like mechanism, they're sensing the strength and direction of the flow. Bacteria will resist high forces that threaten to remove them from the surface, but might move along with a weak 'non-threatening' flow. In this way, they can move actually ...RING Finger proteins target cellular molecules for disposal
..., thus raising the possibility that different RING finger proteins will be involved in different cellular processes that might be involved in the development of cancer....Origin of bipedalism seems most closely tied to environmental changes
...uckle-walking features in the wrist and hand; that finger curvature is responsive to changes in arboreal activity during growth. Evidence from the wrist joint, in particular, suggests that the earliest humans evolved bipedalism from an ancestor adapted for knuckle-walking on the ground and climbing in tree...UNC geologist, students to unveil 221 million-year-old top N.C. fossil
...lso had a thumb hooked into the base of his second finger to make a powerful pincer-like grip. When you put those together, youve got a really super predator. The professor and his students also found a whole suite of bones where the reptiles stomach would have been, Carter said. Included was another new m...Braille reading strategies may enhance stimulation of the brain responsible for vision
...sion of the representation for the Braille reading finger in the somatosensory cortex given prior evidence of remarkable plasticity in this cortex Methodology Sixteen blind, proficient Braille readers from St. Louis were paid volunteers. A detailed neurologic history was obtained from each subject usin...Control of fat cell development demonstrated using Sangamo BioSciences' ZFP technology
...e publication of results using its engineered zinc finger DNA-binding proteins (ZFPs) to repress expression ...pproaches to the treatment of human disease." Zinc finger DNA-binding proteins (ZFPs) are the dominant class of naturally occurring transcription factors in o......ms, called gamma1 and gamma2. Using Sangamo's zinc finger protein (ZFP) technology to control gene expression, Dr. Camp generated two cell populations: one lacking the gamma2 isoform and another lacking both isoforms. Similar to Dr. Spiegelman's results, both cell populations were unable to differentiate in...Women more susceptible to orthostatic hypotension
...terial pressure was measured continuously from the finger of the left hand. The hand from which blood pressure was obtained was maintained at heart level throughout the testing periods, and baseline blood pressures were corrected against manually obtained systolic and diastolic measures before the onset of ...Meetings launch international program to protect food security and conserve biodiversity
... framework of activities on minor millets, such as finger millets and Italian millets, in a number of pilot sites across the countries. Last month, meetings were held in El Arish, Egypt, and San'a, Yemen, to review the details of a work plan developed in conjunction with local communities to enhance the us...U of Minnesota researchers identify gene for myotonic muscular dystrophy Type 2
...ed by an expansion located in intron 1 of the zinc finger protein 9 (ZNF9) gene. "These results enable us to focus our research and to work towards eliminating this disease for future generations of families," said Day. "But perhaps more importantly, for the first time there is indisputable evidence that R......ysicists and materials scientists, Percec hopes to finger synthetic molecules that mimic natural biomolecules ability to arrange effortlessly into larger structures. The effort will also include a group of international collaborators from the Max Planck Institute, the University of Mainz and the University...