Variation of gene associated with decreased risk of heart attack and stroke
...ischemic stroke and 864 hospitalized controls. The groups were matched for age, sex, body mass index, smoking, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes. The researchers found that the prevalence of this specific genetic variation (-765GC) was 2.41 times higher among the controls than among the MI a...22-amino acid bacterium created by Scripps scientists
...ere are novel amino acids that contain fluorescent groups that can be used to site-specifically label protei... therapeutically need to be modified with chemical groups such as polymers, crosslinking agents, and cytotoxic molecules. Last year, Schultz and his Scripps R...Feeding cottonseed meal to female fallow deer safe at low rates
...n center, 66 fallow deer were separated into three groups of 20 does and two bucks each. All groups were contained in individual two-acre Coastal bermudagrass pastures and fed daily. The control gro......ocks of several hundred birds called creches. "Two groups set out, one on each side of the group of chicks, fanned out, then herded them into the funnel," said Dr. Felicity Arengo, WCS assistant director of Latin America Programs. "There was some chaos and running around while we were herding the birds, bu...White House lauds Physiological Society for mentoring underrepresented minorities in biomedicine
...e the participation of members of underrepresented groups in science in general and the physiological sciences in particular." Dr. Pamela H. Gunter-Smith, Porter Professor of Physiology and Associate Provost for Science and Mathematics at Spelman College, noted that "Most, if not all, of the minority physio...Analysis uncovers critical stretches of human genome
...nts that are not in genes still tend to cluster in groups at certain places on the chromosomes. These clusters are often next to or surrounding genes that are known to play a role in regulating the activity of other genes in embryonic development. The conserved elements in the cluster can be up to a million...SPECT imaging shows promise for accurate, early diagnosis of Alzheimer's
...lood flow in the posterior cingulate cortex. Three groups were studied: 20 patients diagnosed as probable AD, 20 diagnosed as probable FTD, and 20 normal elderly volunteers. The researchers found that 16 out of the 20 who were clinically diagnosed as having probable AD showed a restricted blood flow in the ...Gene therapy reduces drinking in rats with genetic predisposition to 'alcoholism'
...logram of body weight per day. In this study, both groups were treated with gene transfer to increase the level of a brain receptor for dopamine, a chemical important for transmitting feelings of pleasure and reward and known to play a role in addiction. After the gene treatment, the alcohol-preferring rats...ESA's minature Earth observer put to many uses
...ted in making use of CHRIS data. Some 60 different groups responded, and we are hearing about their projects...ous and deciduous trees as well as spruce and pine groups while differing canopy shadows seen in multiple angle views yielded data on woodland density, tree ...Laser technique used to build micro-polymeric structure on a human hair, without harming it
...chnique, also being explored by a handful of other groups worldwide, makes it possible to create features that are 1000 times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. These new results show for the first time that MAP can be used to fabricate structures nondestructively on biomaterials, and point the way...Animal studies show promise treating severe chronic pain
...ies of these peripheral neurons bundle together in groups near the spine, called dorsal root ganglia. If RTX were applied directly to the ganglia, the scientists knew that they could selectively delete specific neurons, such as C-fibers, that express large amounts of the VR1 protein on their surface. By ...Scientists report how protons induce water cages
...blem with current technology. We collaborated with groups at Pitt and Georgia using experimental techniques developed in my lab and analyzed the results using Pitt's super computers." "Water is tricky because sometimes it is just a solvent. Like with coffee. All water does for me is hold the caffeine ther...In male monkeys, too much soy has adverse effects
...ith adult male monkeys who were divided into three groups and fed different amounts and types of protein. One group had about 125 mg of isoflavones a day. The second group had half that amount, and the third group's protein came from milk and animal sources. "In the monkeys fed the higher amounts of isofla...Kiratisin wins 2004 Dade MicroScan Young Investigator Award
...occus species belonging to the mitis and sanguinis groups of viridans organisms. He also identified several ...nnovative work; precise identification of viridans groups streptococci is particularly vital in treating infections caused by these organisms, some of which a...John Alderete honored with 2004 William A. Hinton Award
...lderete frequently addresses national and regional groups on health care and diversity issues. He is a longt...tion, the National Institutes of Health, and other groups as a consultant on minority recruitment and retention and issues of health and diversity. An el...Discovery helps explain how cells package DNA
...istones must be modified by the addition of acetyl groups during chromatin assembly. He also wants to understand the role of the Hif1 protein in the process and identify the unknown protein that's needed for the final step of chromatin assembly....Study identifies which patients can benefit from targeted lung cancer drug and why
...ers' group had found. "We were struck that certain groups of NSCLC patients appear to be more likely to have...ents with adenocarcinoma. These are the exact same groups that are most likely to experience tumor shrinkage when treated with gefitinib. Because Iressa is an...Genetic signature may predict recurrence in colon cancer patients
...rkers that can best discriminate between these two groups of patients, ultimately reaching the final 23-gene...to stratify this patient class into different risk groups could be a useful tool for aiding the development of new, targeted therapies for the disease. "It is...Gene-based screen sorts cancer cases, say Stanford researchers
... new targeted therapies." Over the past five years groups of researchers have used microarrays, which take a...nes are active in different tissues, to find large groups of genes that predict a person's survival. These studies have resulted in huge lists of mostly non-o...Protein-centric drug development and functional glycomics enrich biopharmaceuticals pipeline
...apeutic drug contains two additional carbohydrate groups that can extend circulatory half-life and magnify efficiencies. Active research on glycosyltransferases to understand the role of carbohydrate interactions in a cancerous cell is also likely to provide further opportunities for application of gly...