Nutrition Therapy Helps Patients Emotionally, Research Shows
... "When people improve their diet, it helps contribute totheir sense of emotional and physical well-being and givesthem a feeling of control over their health," said M. RositaSchiller, professor of medical dietetics at Ohio S...Duke Scientist Reports Advances In Gene Therapy For Heart Failure
...c receptor kinase ( B ARK), which inhealthy hearts helps restore heart contractions to normal after norepinephrinestimulation. Studies subsequently showed that B ARK is elevated in failing humanheart tissue. In 1994, Duke researchers showed that mice genetically altered toproduce excess beta adre......ich reduces severe seizures. The mapping procedure helps theneurosurgeon plan this delicate operation. In the mapping, a small electricalcurrent is applied to the exposed cortex of the brain of an awake patient.During electrical stimulation, the patient is asked to name objects and imitateactions. This pr...Nuts And Oats May Build A Strong Heart
... rise in insulin levels. Insulin is ahormone that helps regulate blood sugar, but it may raise blood pressure in someindividuals. "There may be other as yet unidentified factors in oats thataffect the way the blood vessels react," says Saltzman. The men and women in the study ate one of two calorie-contr...Gene Influences How Lifestyle Affects Blood Cholesterol
...ein(HDL), called the "good" cholesterol because it helps remove LDL from the blood. People with low LDL levels and high HDL levels are at low risk for heartdisease. About 10 percent of the population carries at least one copy of thisform of the gene as part of their (apo)E combination, say researchers. On...NYU researchers: Plants have signaling mechanism similar to one in human brain
...fore the divergenceof plants and animals. It also helps explain why plants make neuroactivecompounds that act on receptors in the brains of humans and other animals. Coruzzi's NYU team and collaborator Hon-Ming Lam of the Chinese University ofHong Kong report their findings in the November 12th issue of N...Counting X Chromosomes To Determine Sex
...ve discovered a signal, which they callSEX-1, that helps the nematode worm C. elegans tally its X chromosomes.SEX-1, a hormone receptor found in the cell nucleus, belongs to a family ofproteins widely used by animals to translate environmental cues into decisionson how to regulate gene expression. A simi...Tumor Protein Structure Found At Cornell
Structure of protein that helps feed cancerous tumors is deciphered at CornellUniv... the three-dimensional structure of a protein that helps cells buildnew blood vessels. The researchers also have discovered how a drug now inclinical trials...Increase In Number Of Diesel Cars Is Counterproductive For Environmental Goals
...ct asbeing very positive for the environment as it helps to combat global warming.However, sincecombusting one litre of diesel oil produces about 15 per cent more carbondioxide than one litre ofpetrol, emissions of carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas, are onlynegligibly less from dieselcars. An incre...Tracking A Killer's Progression
...hehuman body works." The researchers' work helps biotechnology companies develop improvedtherapies for many diseases, Straley said. Scientists view Yersinia pestis as auseful model pathogen that merits the type of study underway in Straley's labbecause several broadly applicable principles have be......iversity of Heidelberg,Germany. "Cooling the body helps to relieve pressure in the brain." It took between 3.5 to 6.2 hours to cool the stroke patients to 33 degreesCelsius (91.4 degrees Fahrenheit), which was sustained for 48 to 72 hours. Pneumonia was the most frequent complication, occurring in 10 of t...Staring And Squirming Help Babies Explore
...e. "We think this may be an adaptive behavior that helps an infant to unlock herattention so she can take in a broader sample of the visual environment," saysRobertson. This association between visual attention and movement, Robertson says, alsoshows the role of variability in behavior and development: ...Cellular Target Of Leprosy, Deadly Viruses Found
...rn, linkscells to the scaffolding, or matrix, that helps knit together the body'stissues. When the complex is absent, cells do not interconnect properly with thematrix outside the cell. Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal inherited disease,is caused by a genetic lack of dystrophin. The muscle cells of pe...Researchers Discover How Green Tea May Prevent Cancer
...astoma. This enzyme, calledquinol oxidase, or NOX, helps carry out several functions on the cell surfaceand is required for growth in both normal and cancerous cells. "Normal cells express the NOX enzyme only when they are dividing in responseto growth hormone signals," Dorothy Morre says. "In contrast...Bones of Crocodile-like Beasts Tell Tale of Global Warming
...ing. Understanding how warming happened in thepast helps scientists predict how our planet might react in the future to theincreased CO2 being pumped into the atmosphere from car exhaust, coal plants,and other burning of fossil fuels. That model has come under closer scrutinyrecently as some scientists hav...At Night, Birds May Review The Songs They Learn During The Day
...ly believed that the activity of thesleeping brain helps to consolidate what was learned during the day, but howthis occurs has never been directly shown. "One would expect this area to be quiescent during sleep," says Margoliash,because the birds don't sing in their sleep. But even when the birds wereasl...Bird Dads Suffer Infidelity But Bring Up Baby
...ly." Another field observation by the biologists helps explain why male jacanas putup with such an unfair system: In heavily populated and highly competitivehabitats with limited space for nests some males never get the chance toreproduce at all. "I guess you could say the males are lucky to be seduced......e shown that this low-cost, over-the- counter drug helps prevent the blood clots that can trigger heart attacks and strokes.Aspirin, however, may have another benefit for people at high risk for heart attacks and stroke. Aspirin is an anti-inflammatory drug, and recent research suggests that the body's in...Molecular Doorway Holds Key To Gene Therapy
...enters the cell. The UNC-CH study not only helps clarify how AAV gets into cells, but also carries important implications for deciding which cells to target for humangene therapy using the virus. "We will only have a high probability of successfully delivering genesto patient cells if the c...Butterflies Help Reveal The Source Of Life's Little Luxuries
... of Wisconsin-Madisondescribe a genetic trick that helps explain the staggering diversity ofpatterning and ...ls and may be one of theunderlying mechanisms that helps explain how new morphological characteristics-- from teeth and tortoise shells to fur and feathers -...