K-State, other universities to study how climate affects plant evolution
...sponses in Arabidopsis plants. Working with seven leading laboratories in Europe, the researchers will plant and study Arabidopsis at six diverse sites, ranging from subarctic locales in Finland -- which at times during the year have just three hours of sunlight -- to the Mediterranean coast of southern Sp...Information system to help scientists analyze mechanisms of social behavior
...Program at Illinois, is one of six scientists with leading roles in BeeSpace. Robinson also is coordinating the honey-bee genome project, which began in 2002, with sequencers at the Human Genome Sequencing Center at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. "Honey bees are complex social animals with highl...New way to protect brain from stroke damage
...brain injury." In the United States, stroke is the leading cause of severe, long-term disability and the third leading cause of death, according to the American Stroke Association. About 700,000 Americans have a stroke ...Protein is key for digestive function of the pancreas
...emptied via a process called exocytosis into ducts leading to the small intestine. In some pathological con...ackwards into the blood, damaging the pancreas and leading to a condition called pancreatitis. The complex mechanisms involved in exocytosis are not entirely u...Chemical signals health of brain cells Symposium
...ld on NAA, the Symposium features presentations by leading investigators and a poster session. The meeting is organized by the National Institute of Mental Health and is co-sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, ...Researchers identify distinctive signature for metastatic prostate cancer
...ed to the prostate. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men, and an estimated 230,000 cases will be diagnosed this year, according to the American Cancer Society. Treatment for prostate cancer can cause significant side effects, including sexual and urinary dysfunction, yet may no...Columbia research to examine gene influence on severity of peridontal disease, therapy response
...d bone that support the teeth. The disease is the leading cause of tooth loss in adults. Currently, periodontitis is classified into two groups chronic and aggressive that are categorized based on clinical signs after consideration of medical and oral health history. However, distinguishing these two dis...New research suggests early diet may play key role in protecting against childhood leukaemia
...being hosted by CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA, Britain's leading charity devoted to the conquest of the disease. Professor Moolky Nagabhushan of the Loyola University Medical Centre, Chicago will present evidence that the low incidence of leukaemia in Asia is due in part to the protective effect of turmeric, a sp...Charting the future in prostate cancer care: A call to action
...t to the Nation on Prostate Cancer, authored by 24 leading prostate cancer experts. A distinguished panel will present the major findings of the Report and its authors' calls to action to address the urgent need to improve the management of prostate cancer and accelerate the development of better treatments...Joslin Diabetes Center adds first affiliate in California at Irvine Medical Center
...illion Americans have diabetes, which is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. Diabetes can lead to many medical complications, including heart attack, stroke, blindness, nerve damage, kidney failure and poor circulation. "There is an epidemic of diabetes in Orange County and throughout th...Disruption of protein-folding causes neurodegeneration, mental retardation
...nzymes they need to perform their recycling tasks, leading to abnormal accumulation of the molecules the lyso...g factory as the location of biochemical reactions leading to brain cell death in children with this disease. "Our finding is exciting because children with G...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
... protein kinase (JNK) pathway may be an early step leading to neuronal apoptosis via mitochondrial apoptosis-related proteins. Proapoptotic proteins of the BcL-2 family, like Bax, can be activated by BH3-only proteins, like Bim, resulting in Bax integration into the outer mitochondrial membrane, formation of...Second call for proposals for the European Young Investigator Award
...t the career development of the next generation of leading researchers and, at the same time, to increase the attractiveness of the European Research Area on an international level for the long term. A EURYI Award will give young researchers the opportunity to establish and lead an independent junior researc...Computer scientists at UH developing 'nurturing' computers
...he College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics are leading the way with ATHEMOS (Automatic THErmal Monitoring System), a system pioneered by Pavlidis and his group that allows a computer to perform touchless physiological monitoring of its human user, including measurements of blood flow, pulse and breathing...New evidence of radiation risk in childhood leukaemia
...being hosted by CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA, Britain's leading charity devoted to the conquest of the disease. The link between ionising radiation and childhood leukaemia is well-established. Increased rates of childhood leukaemia were found in those exposed at a young age to the atomic bombs in Japan. And thos...Rising childhood leukaemia incidence prompts conference
...en organised by CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA, Britain's leading charity devoted to the conquest of the disease in children. Professor Coleman, who is Professor of Epidemiology and Vital Statistics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said that between 480 and 500 children under the age of 15 are...Research suggests unborn children may be at risk from environmental pollution
...being hosted by CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA, Britain's leading charity devoted to the conquest of the disease. Environmental factors are thought to play a major role in the increasing incidence and as Alan Preece, Professor of Medical Physics at the University of Bristol, explains, the unborn child is particula...Recent evolution at a single gene may have brought down heart disease risk in some human groups
Heart disease is Europe's leading cause of death, but new research shows that the disease's toll would be much greater had natural selection not shifted the frequency of susceptibility genes over the past few tens of thousands of years. The work underscores the role of ancient natura...'Defensive' action by influenza viruses demonstrated by Hebrew university researcher
...he revelation can have significant consequences in leading drug researchers to develop new and more effective...npleasant seasonal nuisance. In the U.S. it is the leading cause of death from infectious diseases, claiming about 40,000 lives annually, mostly among the elde...As informatics grows, Indiana University helps set 'research agenda'
...rld's first PDA; * Jean Camp and Markus Jakobsson, leading experts on cybersecurity and Internet privacy; * Christopher Raphael, a professional oboist (and soloist with the San Francisco Symphony) who is developing software that recognizes and analyzes music; * Alessandro Vespignani, a Wired magazine Rave Aw...