Scientists build on case connecting inflammatory disease and depression
...y Dantzer and Kelley is part of a growing trend of laboratory research that is melding the fields of immunology, psychology, neuroscience and biochemistry. They hope to expand the immunology field at Illinois by developing a program for integrative immunology and behavior. "Right now at the University of Illin...Misfiring proteins tied to inflammation and sick feeling of type 2 diabetics
...HAMPAIGN, Ill. -- After a series of studies in the laboratory of Dr. Gregory Freund, a clearer picture is emerging: A disruption of signaling proteins in the immune system may be responsible for the inflammation that makes someone with type 2 diabetes feel sick and increases the risk of serious complications. ...Carnegie Mellon University hosts ACS-PRF summer school on green chemistry
...ing scientists from academia and industry, conduct laboratory work and engage in group exercises to understand green chemistry problems. With only a handful of U.S. academic centers offering curricula in green chemistry, the summer school provides a unique opportunity for junior chemists from across the America...New world record magnet for chemical and biomedical research
...ion and non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging of laboratory animals. With this instrument, scientists from around the world as well as those at the NHMFL will be able to expand the horizons of scientific investigation with NMR and MRI technologies....NSF awards $10 million in grants to ocean sites for long-term ecological research
...t the site of the University of California's field laboratory on the island of Moorea in French Polynesia. Coral reefs rank near the top of all ecosystems when it comes to biodiversity and annual productivity. "These large and diverse communities are fueled by efficient nutrient recycling processes, and by the...Family-friendly, flexible and far-reaching
...s move is to bring benefit to the candidate's home laboratory and promote collaboration. Candidates from develop... science through the establishment of a specialist laboratory (EMBL), the provision of training through practical courses and workshops and by stimulating mobilit...Report outlines vision and recommendations for microbiology in the 21st Century
...ddle and high school levels to include lessons and laboratory exercises in microbiology and improving efforts to increase the microbial literacy of the general public. The report is based on an Academy-sponsored colloquium that was held in Charleston, South Carolina, in September of 2003. Experts in the fields...Research reveals role of gene in infertility
...ct their studies with a mutant strain of the model laboratory plant, Arabidopsis, in which the RAD51 gene is unable to function because a piece of foreign DNA is inserted in the middle of the gene. Ma's team dissected the plant's tiny flower buds before they had a chance to develop, when they were only about 0...Study yields insights into precancerous condition
...l School. Earlier research conducted by Cantley's laboratory on two other genetic conditions with symptoms similar to PJS Cowden's syndrome and tuberous sclerosis had found that the diseases involved defects in the regulation of a protein called mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin). The researchers, therefor...Mapping the evolution of a virus
...certain strains might match up and then conducting laboratory tests to check the predictions. It's very gratifying that this basic research also has practical application to an important human pathogen, influenza." Experts estimate that influenza epidemics cause an estimated 500,000 human deaths worldwide each...UGA named recipient of $5.6 million grant from NSF for corn improvement
... plant called Arabidopsis, which is widely used in laboratory studies. Corn, unfortunately, presents much more difficult problems when it comes to understanding the function of centromeres. Still, the payoff could be enormous. (In 2003 farmers produced some 259 millions tons of corn in the United States...Patients' cells from tumors, the immune system merged for customized cancer therapy
...m dendritic cells, researchers associated with the laboratory of Donald Kufe, M.D., professor of medicine at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, created customized antigen-presenting immune cells that train T cells to hunt, recognize and destroy the patients' tumor cells. "We aimed to devel...Gene expression patterns may help predict risk and progression of prostate cancer
...he study, Dr. Luo, also director of the gene array laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh, and colleagues used high throughput quantitative analysis to genetically profile prostate cancer tissue and noncancerous prostate tissue samples. They analyzed 152 human tissue samples including 66 samples of prostate...Research to Prevent Blindness awards $4.8 million
...e years and up to $100,000 in a matching grant for laboratory construction. An additional $150,000 may be awarded during a two-year extension of the award. ...Protective mechanism exploited by tumors may provide new cancer treatment
...ile he is excited about the potential of using the laboratory findings to help patients, Dr. Munn says the steps from bench to bedside are still complex. In the last few years, scientists have recognized that the immune system is not a passive observer. Rather, there are ongoing natural mechanisms, including ID...Acamprosate: potential medication for treating alcoholism
...lcohol (0, 0.5 and 1.0 g/kg) during three separate laboratory sessions. Researchers collected the subjective, physiological and psychomotor effects of the alcohol as well as breath-alcohol levels at baseline and at 30-minute intervals for three hours following administration. Results indicate that acam...Oxygen sensing in worms may hold key to healthy blood pressure in humans
...levels, the condition under which nematodes in the laboratory are routinely kept. But the worms actually much pr...xplanation of aggregate behavior, long observed in laboratory nematodes, called "bordering and clumping," in which large numbers of the worms gather around the bo...'Anti-plume' found off Pacific Coast
...ak is able to monitor offshore activities from his laboratory at OSU's Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, where he uses an array of undersea hydrophones through a unique arrangement with the U.S. Navy. During the past dozen years, Dziak and his research team have recorded more than 30,000 earthquakes in...Sleepless over Seattle: Migrating songbirds forgo sleep but keep their wits
...nia, with flights typically occurring at night. In laboratory cages, during migratory seasons the birds get restless, with lots of hopping around and wing flapping. The researchers tracked the birds' movement in the cages and placed sensors on their brains to monitor their sleep patterns across the seasons. Dur......ogy, found that a group of sparrows studied in the laboratory dramatically reduced how long they slept during th...hern California twice a year. When in captivity in laboratory cages during periods when they would normally be migrating, the birds become active and restless at ...