Oxygen sensing in worms may hold key to healthy blood pressure in humans
...s combine to lower the oxygen concentration in the immediate environment. We found that when we reduced the oxygen concentration in a Petri dish to 6 percent, the worms dispersed in three minutes." In that sense, Marletta says, the nematode's ability to sense oxygen is like a dinner bell. As Bargmann explains,...Funding to commercialize technologies of UC San Diego engineers tops $1.2 million
... further industrial interest, and pave the way for immediate applications in animals (e.g., dogs, horses) as well as human clinical trials....Report outlines steps needed to lessen smallpox threat
...n said that the group's top recommendation was the immediate engagement of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in the project. With the estimated price tag for developing two or three antiviral drugs at $1.5-$2.5 billion, it is likely that the government is going to have to consider new ways of operatin...Brain serotonin enzyme finding might explain psychiatric disorders
... serotonin," said Zhang. The findings will have an immediate practical impact, the researchers added. "Mouse strains that are the subject of much biomedical research have been known to have behavioral differences related to serotonin levels," Zhang said. "Now we've identified a major gene responsible." Exploit...Researchers discover how worms' noses sense oxygen
...ia together lower the oxygen concentration in that immediate environment," he said. "We found that when we lower the oxygen concentration to six percent, the worms disperse in three minutes." At high concentrations, oxygen is toxic and corrosive. Worms avoid high oxygen presumably because the oxygen creates hi...Make a splash for public health this summer
...de. Eight percent of those inspections resulted in immediate pool closures. "It's really a case of basic public health practices relaxing to the point of becoming a problem. We've observed that over the past two decades the number of reported outbreaks of diarrheal illness associated with swimming increased te...Deserts and rainforests are equally productive during drought
...ge are most important to ecosystem sensitivity and immediate responses will be more drastic," said Smith. If precipitation becomes more variable, the variability itself will increase the sensitivity and vulnerability of the ecosystem with the same impact as reducing the precipitation. Other investigators in...Tulane opens doors to discovery
...rsity School of Medicine alumnus Donald Palmisano, immediate past president of the American Medical Association, for a discussion of the future of health care policy. Tulane University has the 15th oldest medical school in the United States and the first medical school in Louisiana. The health sciences center...New national research effort needed to secure clean, adequate water supply in coming decades
... focus on short-term research likely to yield more immediate results. But it is long-term, basic research that will provide a solid foundation for applied science a decade from now, the committee said. It urged the federal government to commit one-third to one-half of its water research portfolio to long-ter...First ever standards linking climate change, biodiversity and poverty seek global peer review
...ed in Indonesia. "Integrated projects are the most immediate and realistic solutions to combat biodiversity loss, reduce poverty and fight climate change," said John-O Niles, CCBA project manager. "The standards will help the private sector and government funding agencies identify multiple-benefit projects th...2004 BP Conservation Programme winners pave the way for protecting wildlife
...ring support provided by this Programme builds the immediate capabilities of projects, but perhaps more significantly, builds the skills, enthusiasm and potential of individual team members. We aim to create a young global network of biodiversity conservation expertise, and my team are looking forward to assis...UNC scientists block cellular enzyme activity involved in cancer progression
...was discovered in the context of cancer, there was immediate interest in relating FAK activity to its potential role in the development and progression of tumors," Schaller said. One way cells sense and respond to their environment is through receptor molecules called integrins, which are located on the cell's...U-M scientists use 21st-century technology to probe secrets of M. tuberculosis
...le, are becoming more common. The immune system's immediate response to the presence of M. tuberculosis in the lungs is to surround the bacteria with immune cells called macrophages, which signal other immune cells to join them for a group assault on the invading bacteria, Kirschner says. About 90 percent of ...Baby born from sperm frozen for record 21 years
... stress when future fertility is unlikely to be an immediate priority. "It also suggests that we need to extend follow-up studies of cryobanked sperm up to 25 years at least. A recent study showed that only 27% of men who stored semen at our centre prior to cancer treatment used their samples within 10 years,...Mysterious beach closures may be linked to contaminated groundwater, study finds
...ck to shore. But Boehm and Paytan suspected a more immediate source of fecal bacteria - namely, the aquifer directly below the beach. Boehm had co-authored a study at Huntington Beach in 2002 that showed bacteria levels were higher during spring tides, when the difference between high and low tides is greatest...Stem cells toward sperm cells and back again
...emaining tissue to better heal itself. There is no immediate application for people, however, because little is known about the corresponding process in humans. "In fruit flies, we literally can count each stem cell in the testis because we can detect proteins that distinguish them, and we know exactly where t...Dramatic decline of California native frog linked to introduced trout in mountain lakes
...re other problems these populations face, but this immediate problem is solvable." "Vance's study is fabulous and of tremendous importance," agreed David Graber, senior science advisor to Kings Canyon and Sequoia national parks. He said that the parks are now engaged in a 10-year "management experiment" to see...ASU advance could provide insight into human's ability to recognize patterns
...lps solve this difficulty." Lai said that the most immediate application for this research is in artificial intelligence, where researchers try to get computers to reason as a human would. He adds that this advance could possibly allow the development of artificial memory devices that would use oscillators, wh...Study identifies which patients can benefit from targeted lung cancer drug and why
... Human Genome Project are converging to produce an immediate effect on cancer care." In the study, Dana-Farber...t of the idea that they may offer a way to have an immediate impact on cancer," remarks Sellers, who is also on the faculty at the Broad Institute and HMS. "This...UCSD finds genetic time bomb in heart that leads to heart failure in some patients
...or congenital heart malformations that improve the immediate function of the heart. However, surgical correction of certain forms of congenital heart disease may not fix the underlying molecular trigger that drives progressive heart failure and sudden death later in life, according to new research from the Uni...