Lethal Parasite Prime Suspect In Fish Kills At Salton Sea
...in tilapia from the Salton Sea, the parasite impairs respiratory function and can suffocate the fish. Diagnosis is based on finding the attached feeding stage of the parasite present in gill scrapings. Since the life cycle of Amyloodinium can be completed in less than one week at ......e that causes bilateral renal vasoconstriction and impairs renal tubular secretion....Space Grown Insulin Crystals Provide New Data On Diabetes
..., nor regulated properly. This metabolismdisorder impairs the body's ability to use digested food for growth and energy. Current treatment is to inject the insulin hormone. However, the peaksand valleys in insulin levels can lead to serious health problems, includingblindness, lack of circulation,...Gene Mutation Found For Common Form Of Mental Retardation
... not yet know if the newly discovered PAK3mutation impairs a neuron's ability to change shape, or if it causes physicaldefects in the neuron of any kind. The magnetic resonance image of the brain ofa person carrying the mutant PAK3 appears normal. "Everything is where it shouldbe," Walsh says, but he adds th...Data Support Idea That Zinc Plays Key Role In Fight Against Anorexia
... the processing capabilities of NPY and negatively impairs its normal appetite-stimulating effect.......the most common nutritional disorder in the world, impairs immunity andreduces the physical and mental capacities of people of all ages. In infantsand young children, even mild anemia can impair intellectual development. Anemia in pregnancy is an important cause of maternal mortality, increasing therisk of ...Mutation in PTEN gene can cause cancer and autoimmune disease
...on in bothcopies of the PTEN tumor suppressor gene impairs a cell's ability to program itsdeath, researchers have found that losing function of only one of the pair isenough to disrupt this vital signaling mechanism. Their findings, published inthe September 24 issue of the journal Science, show that inacti...Why are the elderly so easily fooled by con artists?
...many older people have localised brain damage that impairs their ability to avoid risky decisions. Daniel Tranel, Natalie Denburg and their colleagues at the University of Iowa in Iowa City were studying a group of elderly patients with known damage to the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, a part of the brain...Women with low body iron find exercise harder
...three other researchers shows that iron deficiency impairs the ability to increase aerobic endurance after a period of exercise training. "In other words, we now know that iron-deficient women don't benefit from training as much as women with higher iron status because of impaired metabolic responses to exe...Binge drinking: a dangerous rite of passage
...ld account for the findings of our study. Alcohol impairs activity at a receptor called the NMDA receptor. These receptors are highly concentrated in the hippocampus, a brain region critically involved in learning and memory. During withdrawal from alcohol, NMDA receptors can become overly active, which c...Insects caught in a nutrient-poor food web
... provided with a diet so poor in nutrients that it impairs growth. The researchers used basic chemical principles to evaluate the un-nutritious menu available for insects living in terrestrial habitats. They then compared it to the food available to plant-eating animals in lakes, where the animals seem to b...Molecule plays key role in cellular quality control machinery
...ns, misfolded proteins also accumulate and that it impairs cardiac function." In previous research, Patterson and his colleagues sought genes that might regulate the way myocardium (heart muscle) responds to stress. Last year, they were the first to clone the gene CHIP, whose protein apparently blocked the...Brain gene implicated in autism
...00 Americans, autism begins in early childhood and impairs thinking, feeling, language and the ability to relate to others. Evidence suggests that the disorder is at least 90 percent heritable, stemming from complex interactions among 3 to 15, or more, genes. The WNT2 gene attracted the investigators' a...Dopamine-dampening gene linked to prefrontal inefficiency, schizophrenia
...t's not yet known exactly how the COMT val variant impairs prefrontal efficiency, evidence suggests that by reducing dopamine it reduces signal-to-noise ratios of communications between neurons, much like static drowns out weak radio stations. "The COMT val allele is certainly not a necessary or sufficient...Stigma and global health: Developing a research agenda
... individuals from coming forward for diagnosis and impairs their ability to access care or participate in research studies designed to find solutions. Much attention has been paid to the plight of the stigmatized, including those with AIDS or suspected to have AIDS, those with leprosy, and those suffering f...Scientists identify a gene causing a fatal heart condition, common in an Israeli Bedouin tribe
...traction and relaxation of the heart. The mutation impairs the ability of the CASQ2 protein to attract and re...ino acid histidine instead of aspartic acid, which impairs the CASQ2 protein's ability to attract and release calcium ions. The protein carries a very strong n...Study to help solve health problems by understanding gene, protein behavior in cells
...r basis for our circadian rhythm, and it seriously impairs effectiveness when people cross time zones, do night work, or stay up for long periods of time," Tyson said. "The DOD is interested in improving human performance under such adverse conditions." The DOD is also interested, for obvious reasons, in t...$6 million grant to expand search for autism genes
...s Initiative. Autism begins in early childhood and impairs thinking, feeling, language and the ability to relate to others. While causes and effective treatments have thus far eluded science, evidence suggests that the disorder is highly heritable. However, it is thought to stem from interactions among mul...Pitt researchers find men and women have different genes behind depression
...m of clinical depression that runs in families and impairs the health and life span of family members. Out of 19 chromosomal regions that were associated with the development of RE-MDD, 16 were significantly associated with the disorder in either men or women but not both. According to Dr. Zubenko, these f...Alcohol-intoxication slows bodys efforts to restore normal blood pressure after small blood loss
...inas team found that alcohol intoxication severely impairs this sequence of events, causing lower amounts of the chemicals to be released into the circulation, thereby delaying rapid recovery of the circulatory system. Much research has been done in institutions across the nation on how to decrease the inci...