Scientists find new evidence for specific actions of alcohol in brain
... psychiatry at the UNC School of Medicine. Earlier investigations have shown that alcohol-NMDA interactions influence many features of alcohol exposure, including effects on fetal development, seizures, gene expression in brain, intoxication, tolerance to ethanol and alcohol dependence. Conducted on rats, the ...Researchers say gene discoveries could translate to health benefits, but consent should be updated
...k of disease and disability. But even before those investigations begin, health professionals need to develop better models for assuring informed consent, the researchers say. Older models usually served earlier studies well, but applying them unchanged to newer, population-based genetic research could cause signif...Hidden toxin gene in chlamydia linked to chronic illnesses
... interacts with a person's immune system. Further investigations should reveal new ways to attack the bacteria, perhaps by using an antitoxin vaccine, as is done with tetanus and diphtheria, or by developing drugs that block the toxin's ability to destroy cells. NIAID is a component of the National Institutes of H...Clues to development of eye's light-sensitive cells found
...present only in rods and not in cones. While these investigations were in progress, Mears started to develop the Nrl-knockout mouse to study the role of Nrl in a living animal. During development, retinal stem cells differentiate into photoreceptors in response to external and internal cues. Since Nrl is needed fo...Palatin Technologies' PT-141 increases sexual behavior in female animals
...pany. The company is currently conducting clinical investigations with its lead drug, PT-141, for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, and is developing additional therapeutic compounds discovered using its enabling peptide platform technology, MIDAS. Additionally, Palatin is developing a product for infection im...Research season will feature use of sophisticated technologies to map Antarctica
...opes located at the South Pole will continue their investigations onto the origins of the universe, including the Degree Angular Scale Inferometer (DASI). Results from DASI last spring helped show scientists evidence of how the universe looked in its infancy. (See attached fact sheet on astrophysics at the Pole)....Nature's chemical weapons save lives
...rests is structural, synthetic, and biomechanistic investigations of marine natural products displaying potent physiological effects. One such compound, pateamine A, isolated from a marine sponge found off the shores of New Zealand, has been studied by Romo's group for seven years. Its novel structure and immunosup...Rutgers scientists to explore ocean depths off New York-New Jersey harbor
...e geology and geophysics at Rutgers, past undersea investigations show that the canyon has great potential for discovery of unusual deep sea creatures that may provide insight into how life began on earth as well as life that might be found elsewhere in the cosmos. "Surveys have shown an impressive diversity of se...Regeneration in the mammalian heart demonstrated by Wistar researchers
...bs and other body parts. "In more than 15 years of investigations involving muscle tissue, I'd never seen anything like this," says John M. Leferovich, first author on the study. "The observation was quite stunning." The current study follows on observations of the remarkable regenerative powers of the MRL mice fir...Israeli fertility experts call for international chromosome registry
... They underwent genetic screening as well as other investigations and this revealed a variety of abnormalities in 16 of the women and two of the partners. One woman out of 16 did give birth, a second has an ongoing pregnancy but the other 14 never conceived, had miscarriages or, in one case, had only immature eggs....Ancient oceans experienced a global surge in biological productivity
...how they're going to work in the future." Earlier investigations by several researchers had suggested that biological productivity rose dramatically in the Indo-Pacific region of the world ocean during the late Miocene and early Pliocene. Hermoyian and Owen wanted to find out whether this biogenic bloom occurred ...International scientists probe unsolved puzzles of the Earth and beyond at "Earth System Processes"
...ion of terrestrial plants. Hallam uses results of investigations over the past 20 years in biostratigraphy, facies analysis, and geochemistry, to evaluate possible causes. Cosmologist Charles H. Lineweaver, from the Physics Department at the University of New South Wales, examines the creation and the nature of Ea...Nuts cut coronary heart disease risk
...ded to corroborate this. Nuts studied in clinical investigations included walnuts, almonds, macadamia nuts, pecans, pistachio nuts and peanuts. Nuts are a rich source of unsaturated fatty acids, the "good" fats, and are low in saturated fatty acids, the "bad" fats. However, the researchers concluded that the f...Drug resistance found to vary by ethnicity
... always been an interest of mine not to confine my investigations to 18- to 35-year-old Caucasian males, which is where most drugs are studied, but to try to look at males and females of different ethnic groups," McLeod says. ...Alcohol, sucrose and genetics influence cardiovascular risk
...al by Lars Berglund provides an overview of APOE E investigations to date and suggests possible mechanisms whereby E2 and E4 alleles cause different lipid metabolism responses to nutrients. He suggests that, in such complex research, it is important to keep in mind that multiple comparisons of genotypes and differe...UF study shows all-time high number of shark attacks last year
...n Island. Such victims now help in scientific investigations by surfing the Internet for information on shark attacks, finding the ISAF's Web site and e-mailing their personal stories, Burgess said. The Web site is part of the museum's fishes Web site, which receives more than 3 million hits a month and ha...Touching effects: Visiting plants in the field may alter their future
... approaching plants. They also suggest additional investigations into how field visitations affect insect community structures. "Although questions remain about visitation effects," Cahill says, "we believe it is clear that field biologists working with plants can no longer assume that their activities in the fie...Mouse with iron disorder offers clues to Parkinson's, similar diseases
...lved in iron metabolism may be good candidates for investigations into the causes of these disorders. In addition, the brain areas affected in the IRP 2 deficient mice correspond closely to those affected in Multiple System Atrophy (formerly known as Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy). For this reason, the NICHD re...New research aims to help rowers take the strain off their backs
...ow this idea to be studied further and a series of investigations into it are currently underway. The research team also hopes to use the device to carry out studies comparing styles between individual rowers and between different boat houses and clubs. Dr Alison McGregor, Lecturer in the Department of Musculoskele......eir families." The researchers are expanding their investigations to include more samples, to look at other similar genes in the inhibin pathway and at other reproductive disorders involving inhibin such as polycystic ovarian syndrome and ovarian cancer. Dr Shelling said: "To verify our findings there needs to be m...