Blocking the binge: UF researchers explore for uncontrolled eating
...ference in Hamburg, Germany. "What we really found intriguing here is that, for many of these patients,nothing else had worked previously, not only for their binge eating but also for any otherpsychiatric problems they may have had," Shapira said. While the results are promising, he cautioned that the drug's ef...Ice-covered antarctic lake may harbor unknown life
...rctic ice sheet. That possibility isone of several intriguing mysteries that justify undertaking the logisticalchallenges of exploring the lake, according to a new report from a workshopfunded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The report, "Lake Vostok: A Curiosity or a Focus for Interdisciplinar...When opposites don't attract: Understanding why may support new biomaterials, Science paper suggests
...her. Recently, however, researchers have found an intriguing exception to this rule,which may have implications for the development of new materials forsophisticated sensors and optical devices, says Nily R. Dan, an assistantprofessor in UD's Department of Chemical Engineering, in a July 16 Sciencearticle. "Ou...CU-Boulder to send experiments ranging from ladybugs to water quality on NASA shuttle
...s, or STARS program, said Klaus. "One of the most intriguing STARS experiments was developed by the all-girlJaviera High School in Santiago, Chile," said BioServe Associate Director LouisStodieck, principal investigator on the STARS program. Since space stationastronauts will grow plants for food, the Chilean ...New components of machinery that carries genetic information from nucleus
...ing to the scientists, their finding represents an intriguing newrole for a signaling molecule, derived from inositol, in the cell. In an article in the July 2 Science, Duke University Medical Centerpharmacologist John York and his colleagues reported studies in yeast thatrevealed the presence of enzyme...Common genes form new family tree for animals
...g molecular data" tomap kinship among animals. One intriguing upshot of the new study and others is that scientists, throughgenetic analysis, may learn something about the genes of an animal for which nofossil exists. Beyond 600 million years ago, the fossil record is skimpy atbest, and scientists have no clue ...Protein essential for making steroids turns out to be a "molten globule"
...aterial for steroids. "We know that we have a very intriguing protein with a crucial function," Bosesaid. "This research is a start on determining how it looks and how it works."...Experimental Staph Vaccine Broadly Protective In Animal Studies
...in the May 28, 1999, issue of Science. "This is an intriguing finding and a hopeful step against a very worrisomepathogen," says NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. "Within the last twoyears, S. aureus has become increasingly resistant to antibiotics. Mosttroubling is the emergence of strains that are parti...The Sagan criteria for life revisited
...e example of porphyrins on the Moon is particulary intriguing in the context of the Galileo flybys and Sagan's subsequent criteria for life. Porphyrins are the building blocks of brightly pigmented biomolecules such as hemoglobin and chlorophyll which reflect only certain wavelengths of visible light. Chlorophy...Researchers Discover Mechanism Of Cleft Palate Development
...ty to induce the activity of proteases. Thisis an intriguing finding because we believe that this animal study willtranslate very closely to humans." With the knowledge that disruption of EGFR function interferes with normaldevelopment of the palate, it may be possible for scientists to developtherapies for cl...Immune Response To Hepatitis B Spares Liver Cells
...the April 30, 1999, issue of Science. "This is an intriguing finding," notes NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. "By advancing our understanding of how HBV is cleared from the liver, it couldlead to better treatments for HBV infection. It also sheds light on how thebody protects against spread of an ongoing...Sandia Discovery About Protein May Help Clean Up Pollutants, Find Cures For Diseases
...ical and biophysical communities asone of the most intriguing new findings about proteins in recent years. Proteins -- strings of amino acids -- are found in all living cells and are wherethe work of a cell occurs. The heme, which consists of a ring of carbons andnitrogens, is the portion of a "hemoprotein" tha...New Class Of Molecular Cues Guides Nervous System Wiring
...top-and-Go" behavior of the protein,Slit, opens an intriguing new chapter in understanding how the nervous system iswired, say the scientists. If the researchers can understand the machinerycontrolling such wiring decisions, their insights may lead to new approaches toregrow or repair damaged or severed spinal ...... clearly seemed to do so. Abl provided an intriguing step up the pathway, since its substrate--aprotein called Ena--was known from other systems to bind profilin and affectactin. The second paper exposes the other half of the pathway from the membranedownwards. It begins with Dlar, a gene causi...Scientists Discover Key Cog In Receptor That Governs Ripening
...opsis. What that allsuggests, Bleecker said, is an intriguing economy of nature where genes areinvented just a few times early on, but are modified many times over the courseof evolution to fit the needs of different host organisms. The new mystery, hesaid, is precisely what role this gene plays in blue-green a...... inrodent models," said Goldsmith, "but this is an intriguing start."HIV generally infects the immune system's T-cells, which reside in the blood,latching first onto the CD4 receptor and then onto the CCR5 co-receptor locatedon the same cell's surface. The multi-step binding process culminates withHIV's fusion...Real Connection Between Oral Health And Heart Disease
...erature on both types ofdisease, Loesche has found intriguing connections that suggest possiblemechanisms: Blood vessels damaged by periodontal bacteria or their products. Onepossibility is that bacteria from the mouth -- or products released by thesebacteria -- travel through the bloodstream to other parts of......ycle. The flour beetle, in particular, presents an intriguing example for scientistsbecause populations of this species tend to be demographically stable undernatural conditions. "The really interesting finding to us was that relatively simple mathematicalequations could be used to predict, qualitatively, the d...Tracking A Killer's Progression
...nucleus of cells. "This finding raises the intriguing possibility that YopM may contributeto the development of disease by altering human gene expression," said SusanStraley, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and immunology, UK College ofMedicine, and director of the research team for the project. "We b...Scientists Finger A Molecular Kingpin In Body's Response To Cigarettes
...he molecular targets of cigarettesmoke suggests an intriguing line of research: a smoking vaccine,a compound that would somehow protect against the ravages oftobacco smoke. The team has published several papers on designs ofAH receptor antagonists, molecules that would tie up the body'sreceptors and make the bo...