In search of genetic precision
...t research. The editorial says that scientists and journals need to work out how to bring together all the accumulated evidence and hence need to rethink the problem of how to make available all data that has been collected, whether published or not, or reporting a positive or negative association with diseas...Genetic heterogeneity of Icelanders
...in this type of research: "One solution may be for journals to impose more rigorous checks that would discourage hasty submission of manuscripts without adequate proofreading, for example by informing all submitting authors that sequence electropherograms routinely will be checked in the course of the reviewi...New study sheds light on the responses to diuretics
...gy--Renal Physiology. The publication is one of 14 journals published each month by the American Physiological Society (APS). Methodology Male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 170-230 g were placed in metabolism cages three days prior to the beginning of the study. Control and treated rats were designated rand...Worlds leading journal editors urge self-governance and responsibility ...
...nnual Meeting and scheduled for publication in key journals next week, supports the concept of self-governance...nd effectively with security issues;Scientists and journals should consider establishing processes for reviewing risky papers; andIf potential risks outweigh be...Life sciences publishers take steps to address potential misuse of information by bioterrorists
... the ASM on January 10, 2003, to assess what steps journals might take to help protect against the misuse of l...tific advances. As a publisher of 11 peer-reviewed journals in the microbiological sciences, the ASM is on the front lines in dealing with publication of inform...Stanford researcher advocates far-reaching microarray data exchange
...lution of microarray databases, and he hopes other journals will soon follow suit. "The development of these standards is extremely important to the future of database development," Sherlock said. "As the standards get nailed down, the databases will have to catch up and accommodate them."...Proposed treatment for diabetes could have devastating side effects
...These results have been published in peer-reviewed journals [for example, Kappos et al, Nature Medicine, Oct. 2000]. Peptide immunotherapy has the potential to improve the lives of people at risk from developing asthma or autoimmune diseases - from patients with type 1 diabetes to multiple sclerosis sufferers...Diamond film may enable critical new sensors for bioterror
...een reported in a series of articles in scientific journals and at scientific meetings, is centered on a newfound ability to make highly stable, DNA-modified diamond films. The ability to build a stable platform that can "constantly sniff" for anything unusual - and that can be integrated with microelectronic...Supplements that increase the effects of resistance exercise identified
...lacebo-controlled studies published in peer review journals were selected. Studies were excluded if there was any dietary restriction imposed that could compromise the hypertrophic consequences of the resistance exercise. The study had to be at least three weeks in duration and had to involve subjects carryin...Common Indian spice pigment can prevent onset of alcoholic liver disease, study finds
...d publishes 3,800 articles in its 14 peer-reviewed journals every year....Embryonic facial development subject to insult or repair longer than expected
...ne March 18 by Development, and will appear in the journals print version in early May. Lead authors are Diane Hu, MD, a senior research associate at UCSF, and Ralph Marcucio, PhD, a post-doctoral scientist in the Helms lab. The team seeks to identify the proteins that are active in the FEZ and other tissues ...As harmful as osteoporosis but less well known - New research better explains sarcopenia
...hysiology--Endocrinology and Metabolism, one of 14 journals published each month by the American Physiological Society (APS). Methodology The study population consisted of 526 subjects (mean age: male 65 + 15; female 66 +16). Subjects affected by diabetes mellitus and major clinical cardiovascular diseases ...Study provides new insights into the functional neuroanatomy of motor imagery
...e Journal of Neurophysiology, one of 14 scientific journals published each month by the American Physiological Society (APS). Their research entailed using a fMRI to measure blood-oxygenation level-dependent changes as an index of neural activity. Performance during motor imagery was objectively confirmed b...New research tool allows perimenopausal women to assess their ovulation status
...Endocrinology and Metabolism, one of 14 scientific journals published each month by the American Physiological Society (APS). Methodology Women were enrolled from all seven SWAN clinical sites. Eligibility criteria required an intact uterus and at least one ovary present at the time of recruitment; at le...Biotech regulations impede crop domestication
...riday in Science, one of the leading international journals of scientific research, Strauss argues that the time has come to dramatically reduce the level of government regulations when genetic engineering is based on "native or homologous" genes, or those commonly found within related plant species. This co...Q Fever microbe's genome is deciphered
...Academy of Sciences (PNAS), and will appear in the journals April 29 issue. The sequencing project was supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The TIGR study found that the C. burnetii genome appears to be in the...Gastric emptying for specific foods may be key to managing deadly illnesses in elderly
...gyGastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, one of 14 journals published monthly by the American Physiological Society (APS). Methodology Twelve healthy older subjects (six male, six female), age 72.9 + 2.1 years; body mass index (BMI) 25.3 + 0.5 kg/m2, were enrolled in the study. Each subject underwent con...Tiny protein prevents disease-related cell death
... in the journal Nature (currently available at the journals website), suggest a novel target for therapeutic design based on inhibiting the cell destructive activity of Bax. Bax protein is known to promote the cell death program (also known as apoptosis) latent in all cells. It does so by attacking the cells......ication inany of BioMed Central's 90 peer-reviewed journals in which allthe research content is free. BioMed Central is the largest openaccess publisher of biology and medicine journals, with abusiness model based on charging for research articles to bepublished and then making the content free to readers. Up...... "He has already successfully published in the top journals in the field. His arrival at Binghamton has tremendously benefited the materials effort on campus, and its infrastructure has significantly enabled his research." Oliver's work, Whittingham noted, has been advanced by the Provost's $300,000 investmen...