Blood pressure hormone may inhibit growth of lung cancer
...ts blood vessels, causing blood pressure to rise.A major class of blood pressure medications, called ACE inhibitors, work by reducing angiotensin II and increasing angiotensin-(1-7). Evidence from population studies in Scotland had suggested that people who were taking ACE inhibitors for high blood pressu...Ancient life form may help create newest technologies
...as far back as the time of the dinosaurs and, as a major component of phytoplankton, are an important basis...ell established, but many experts believe the next major technological breakthroughs will be created with devices that work at the much smaller nano scale, w...New UCF researchers, college will help fight Alzheimer's disease, cancer
...ative diseases and infectious diseases. "This is a major step in strengthening UCF's commitment to cutting-edge research that will help patients who suffer from life-threatening diseases," said Pappachan Kolattukudy, who was appointed dean of the Burnett College of Biomedical Sciences. "We want to build a ...New study to investigate demise of coral reef ecosystems
...y will assess whether or not this holds across two major coral reef regions of the globe, with clear implications for the future of one of the world's most biodiverse ecosystems."...LA BioMed Medical/Research Briefs, July/August 2004
...d Supports Stem Cell Initiative In coalition with major health and business groups throughout California, ... survive it. Dr. Chelbowski says: "Ethnicity had a major effect on poor prognosis cancer risk. In black women, a higher proportion of breast cancers are diag...Colorado River Conference Aug. 26
Issues affecting the Colorado River, the major river of the American Southwest, will be discussed Thurs. Aug. 26 at the University of Utah's Heritage Center. Titled "Water Management in the Colorado River Basin," the conference is sponsored by the Southwest Center for Environmental Research (SC...APS/IUPS launch PHYSIOLOGY bimonthly
...d genome projects for other organisms--have been a major boost to the discipline and its "role in integrating function from the molecule to the whole organism. "Now that we know the identities of the molecular players, physiologists are working to understand how these molecules work, the roles they play, ...Ottawa's leadership in biomedical and health research has paid off
...andscape in Canada and serving as the catalyst for major institutional change," said Dr. Eliot Phillipson, President and CEO of the CFI. "This transformation is happening rapidly thanks to the partnership approach and cooperation of all of those involved in the research enterprise. Together, we are givin...Plant gene discovery could enhance plant growth, reduce fertilizer needs and phosphate pollution
...ten nourishes undesirable algae. Agriculture is a major source of phosphate pollution, so anything we biologists can do to improve phosphate uptake in crop plants will make agriculture more sustainable and less harmful to the environment," she predicted. A thorough understanding of how symbiotic fungi...Casanova or caveman: Scientists isolate nerve cells that choreograph male fly's courtship behavior
...entally similar," he explained. "For example, most major developmental genes that build the body plan and various organ systems are the same in people and flies." Could the genes that control sexuality in flies also play a role in directing human sexuality? "If you look at the basics of fly behavior, you f...OHSU researchers discover possible method for early detection, prevention of premature birth
...Medical Association . "Preterm births are a major public health problem and are common in the United... finding a method for quickly detecting one of the major cases of preterm labor and then treating it, we believe this finding could have a very significant i...Scientists suggest framework for epigenetics in common disease
...cal approaches to analyze the data, will require a major collaborative effort and should be first on the to-do list." A first step toward these goals is the new, multi-institutional Center for the Epigenetics of Common Human Disease, which Feinberg is directing. With a $5 million, five-year grant from the ...Ancient brewery discovered on mountaintop in Peru
... mountaintop location. The closest water source, a major component in making chicha, would have been located down a long, steep mountain trail. When Wari colonists eventually abandoned the monumental complex atop Cerro Bal, the ceremonial drinking halls and brewing facilities were treated to elaborate cl...Misfiring proteins tied to inflammation and sick feeling of type 2 diabetics
...evels is compromised. A mechanism thought to be a major player in the onset of insulin resistance, Freund said, is serine phosphorylation, triggered by hyperinsulinemia, of the insulin receptor substrates. This phosphorylation, Freund said, "impacts other signaling cascades in cells, controlled by cytokin...NIH renews funding for continued Rb2 tumor suppressing gene research at Temple
...DK9 (cyclin-dependent kinase) and CDK10 (PISSLRE), major guardians of the human genome. CDK9 has proved to be multi-functional, with the discovery of its important roles in cell differentiation, HIV transcription and tumorigenesis. The author of more than 200 published articles, Giordano has done pioneer...Putting GPS to work, researchers shed light on road-following by pigeons
...nvironments, pigeons instinctively learn to follow major roadways in navigating their flight. The new findings are reported by a research group headed by Dr. Hans-Peter Lipp of the University of Zrich. Anecdotal evidence from breeders of racing pigeons as well as initial aerial tracking studies together su...Insecticide resistance: A constraint on evolutionary change
...y of mosquito species to develop resistance to two major classes of insecticides, carbamates and organophosphates (OPs). Previous work had shown that a single base-pair alteration, G119S, within the mosquito's version of the AchE1 gene conferred high levels of resistance to these insecticides. Not all mosq...NSF awards $10 million in grants to ocean sites for long-term ecological research
...and productivity ecosystems in most of the world's major biomes, both on land and in the oceans, are represented." Moorea Coral Reef LTER Site The new Moorea Coral Reef LTER site will be located at the site of the University of California's field laboratory on the island of Moorea in French Polynesia. ...Location of potential familial lung cancer gene discovered
... National Institutes of Health (NIH), identified a major lung cancer susceptibility region on a segment of chromosome 6. The findings appear in a just-posted-online edition of American Journal of Human Genetics * and will appear in print in the September 2004 issue. The Genetic Epidemiology of Lung Canc...Gene therapy reaches muscles throughout the body and reverses muscular dystrophy in animal model
...ng a delivery method for the whole body has been a major obstacle limiting the development of gene therapy for the muscular dystrophies. Our new work identifies for the first time a method where a new dystrophin gene can be delivered, using a safe and simple method, to all of the affected muscles of a mou...