Scientists issue telomerase caution
... life-span of the cells. Telomerase expression was immediately recognized as a useful strategy for growing the large number of cells required for cell-based therapeutic procedures. Now, however, scientists report that using telomerase to extend the life-span of human tissue culture cells is associated with activ...Researchers develop tastier low-fat cheddar
... comparisons. "The results of this research can be immediately applied to the cheese vat," Warthesen said. "Cheese manufacturers can adopt this without fanfare or any major new investment. We've had positive feedback from the industry. Producers say this makes a good cheese."...Honey : Natures's sweetener may increase recuperation after workouts
...rwent an intensive weight-lifting workout and then immediately consumed a protein supplement blended with sugar, maltodextrin or honey as the carbohydrate source. Only the honey group maintained optimal blood sugar levels throughout the two hours following the workout. Additionally, subjects taking honey showe...Ancient feathered animal challenges dinosaur-bird link
...d I took one look at these fossils and we realized immediately this was a very old animal with feathers. We stayed up all night in a vacant store in the mall to study it." About another year of research in collaboration with some of the world's leading experts convinced the scientists they were looking a...Researchers announce first preimplantation genetic diagnosis for a rare inherited disease
...monia) which causes death. If detected and treated immediately after birth, a baby may live for longer, but death can occur unexpectedly at any time. The severity of the symptoms in girls carrying a deficient OTC gene varies widely from nothing to death in the neonatal period. Other symptoms include episodes......d diode laser beam to make a 'tunnel' in the shell immediately before the embryo is transferred to the uterus. Tw...ften used, also had a negative impact on the cells immediately exposed to it which could result in losing transferable embryos. His team had compared acid Tyrode ...Saving the whales -- how scientists measure success
Sex and the single whale? Whale sex does not immediately come to mind when one pulls up behind a "Save the ... be possible to adopt any single action that would immediately increase the population growth rate of the northern right whale," they state. In analyzing a variet...Unexplained infertility -- the way forward in the fog
...m or problems involving implantation of the embryo immediately after fertilisation Then treatment should follow five escalating steps: a course of antibiotics (tetracycline or doxycycline) for both partners + three attempts at intra-uterine insemination (IUI) + clomiphene citrate (a drug used to stimulati...Pigs at sea reveal latest clues in homicide research
... divers, who can quickly identify unknown species, immediately focus on the biology. The result is a well-rounded view of what's happening to these pigs." Coast Guard diver Tim MacFarlane is enthusiastic about his involvement. "We come across a lot of people in the water, and this research will give us a gre...Young women with heart disease at risk of 'menstrual angina'
...n. The early follicular phase-the week during or immediately after a period-produced the worst exercise performance and the quickest time to angina pain: 290 seconds. This phase is when levels of the sex hormones oestrogen and progesterone are lowest. The best performance and slowest time to angina pain, of 41...New gene monitors cell division, cancer clinical applications seen
...ings are confirmed, however, clinical applications immediately suggest themselves, according to Halazonetis, as do new avenues for drug development. "Patients whose cancers exhibit chfr defects would be likely to respond well to Taxol or other drugs that act by interfering with mitosis," he says. "Those cancers ...Ozone found to have direct effect on genes linked with plants' aging
...t not high enough to cause visible signs of damage immediately following the exposure. Ozone concentrations in polluted areas can reach the levels used in these experiments but not usually for six hours straight," Miller explains. The plants received ozone exposure a few days after they had produced a ...UCSF researchers identify regulator of critical brain messenger, hinting at therapy
...erve cells, glutamate usually affects target cells immediately adjacent to the sites of release. And a key aspect of the UCSF finding is the suggestion that the transporters for these two different types of neurotransmitters may contribute to their different functions. Many transporters function by pumping molec...Tiny sampling device promises big results for detection and analysis of chemicals
... example, to a soldier in battle who needs to know immediately what chemical he is encountering. He doesn't have a laboratory handy and doesn't have hours to wait for an analysis. "Because it can work with different types of microanalytical systems, this device is receiving a lot of attention," says research...More than 300 regularly prescribed medicines can damage the lungs
...ulmonary symptom. Third and last, the patient must immediately stop taking the suspect product, which is absolutely essential if sequelae are to be kept to a minimum."And Professor Camus concludes: "In addition to all those measures, there are many changes needed in epidemiology, if such cases are to be properly...NIGMS awards 'Glue Grant' to create virtual cell
...roduced in the core laboratories will be deposited immediately into the publicly accessible database. Why would any right-minded scientist agree to such stipulations? Gilman is relying on the fact that many investigators will jump at the chance to participate in an interactive, collaborative science project the......e Alliance will publish their data on the Internet immediately after it has been analyzed, instead of waiting to publish peer-reviewed papers. Alliance researchers have also agreed to give up intellectual property rights to the data. According to Al Gilman, director of the Alliance and a pharmacologist at Univ...Biodiversity databases: biodiversity information on every desktop
...ards says. Because biodiversity information is not immediately at hand, it is often not applied in policy or management decisions that affect the organisms involved, nor is that information readily accessible by research scientists. At the heart of GBIF will be a catalog of the scientific names of al...Prions may play crucial role in evolution.
... "Its an all or nothing switch, with the changes immediately inherited by all the progeny," said Lindquist. "But because the cell maintains the ability to switch back, the prion switch allows cells to occupy a new niche without losing their capacity to occupy the old." The researchers exposed seven distinct......ed cells to develop to the blastocyst stage, which immediately precedes implantation. Although cells from both groups of mice were fertilized at similar rates, significantly more of those from the mice who had received S1P developed normally into healthy-appearing blastocysts. "We targeted sphingomyelin and S...