Researchers Discover New Genetic Risk For Alzheimer's Disease
...e risk of Alzheimer's diseaseand suggests how this might happen. "We've discovered changes in the A...ng the level of APOE expression, this polymorphism might increase theamount of amyloid you deposit in your brain. In turn, that could increase yourrisk of ge...Cellular Engineers Design Custom Cell Surfaces Able To Adhere To Synthetic Materials
...roperties could be ingested by the cell, the sugar might beincorporated in an oligosaccharide and delivered to the surface. The resultwould be a cell with new surface properties. To demonstrate the technique, she and her colleagues chose an analogueof sialic acid, a sugar which in its natu......atthey have some kind of communication system that might be more complex than wehave heretofore thought," s...Mount Sinai, firstsuspected that chimpanzee brains might show the same asymmetry as those of humans. He sought the collaboration of Professor Holloway, who ...Tiger Beetles Go Blind At High Speeds
...riety of tiger beetle, Cicindela puritana , which might soon find itself on the endangered species list, lives along the banks of the Connecticut River throughout New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut. As natural predators, tiger beetles eat just about anything they can catch. Gilbert sai...Genetic Risk Factors For Anorexia Nervosa Sought
...elapse. Berrettini suggests thatimproved therapies might be one eventual result of the discovery of genetic riskfactors for anorexia. "There is not a single government-approved medicine to treat anorexia,"Berrettini says. "It's our hope that if we can find susceptibility genes, wewill then be ab...Iron Deficiency Increases Likelihood Of Bone Fractures
...orosis, but if we just concentrateon those two, we might not be doing ourselves any favors. We’ve overlookeda very important nutrient,” said Medeiros. Medeiros also said that since the study used young, growing rats, theirclosest human counterparts would be children and adolescents. Like ...Divorce, Insect Style: Termites Swap Mates
... of her lifewith a newfound mate, a female termite might invite another male to the nestsite to fight her m...r off in search of a better female. -- Nest mates might fight each other when a potential suitor is near. Bitingoff the tip of a mate's antenna might squel...'Rolling Circles' Provide New Way to Amplify and Detect DNA
... geneticresearch or routine laboratory testing. It might also open the door to new procedures requiring ver...therapy, whererolling circles inserted into cells might produce RNAs thattarget cancer-related genes and viruses like HIV. Kool's work is funded by th...Detective Work Uncovers New Tick-Borne Disease In North Carolina And The Southeast
... what genre of organism Lone Star ticksat the camp might be carrying. Ticks, as well as mites, fleas and lice,can carry rickettsiae, which share features of both bacteria and viruses.Like bacteria, rickettsiae have cell walls and enzymes, use oxygen, andcan be destroyed by antibiotics. Like viruses, they c...Research Aims At Nation's First 'Smart' Ground Water Regulations
... same. You may find that differences in conditions might make practices unacceptable that are used just a f...ore," Engel says. "A farmer's application computer might communicate with another computer to determine what's acceptable and what's not acceptable for that ...Memorial Sloan-Kettering Investigators
...of many types of cancers." One such cancer might be non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a disease that strikesfar more patients than APL: More than 50,000 people in the United States arediagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma each year. Mutations in a gene calledBCL-6 make up the most frequent genetic alteration...Emory University Fragile X Group Receives NIH Program Grant
...deperinatal testing of babies to determine if they might be affected by fragile Xsyndrome. Moreover, these data helped explain the "Sherman paradox", named afterDr. Stephanie Sherman, associate professor of genetics and a co-investigator onthe program project. Dr. Sherman first noted nearly a decade ago t...Gene For Inherited Syndrome Is Possible New Tumor Suppressor
...er inmany different organs. Unexpectedly, the work might also have uncovered a newcategory of tumor suppres..., "we have no clue as to how the loss of this gene might lead to cancer. That work will requiremany experiments to learn what other proteins this protein int...New Sensor Adds Precision To Search For Dangerous Gases
...ce storms, there were fears that many might die from noxious gases produced from burning kerosene lamps or stoves to keep warm. Now, physicist Dr. Bijan Miremadi has developed a unique gas sensing unit that could prevent disasters caused by dangerous ga...Study Finds Gene Is Associated With Higher Risk Of One Kind of Stroke Among African-Americans
..."Having the e4 allele in one's genetic makeup just might be one of thoseadditional risk factors if you are an African American," Alberts continued. Apo-E, which is located on the surface of circulating blood-fatparticles, normally binds to liver cells, helping them clear cholesterol fromthe blood...Three-Day Treatment Cures Decades-Old Case Of Malaria
...tic Diseases, suspected the fever and large spleen might be caused by malaria. In only three days, using five doses of anti-malaria medicine, she was cured. Vinetz, who has a reputation for tackling difficult research problems,noted that the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates characterized quartan f...USGS Cautions Proper Use Of Pepper Spray To Avoid Bear Attacks
...id their tents and sleeping areas of articles that might smell,including toothpaste, food and soap. Unfortu...bear can scent the red pepper spray, and if a bear might be attracted toa canister that has been fired and which has some spray residue on its exterior. Smit...Scientists Sift Through Trash In Search Of Perfect Landfill
...s we puton the curb and forget. Ham's latest study might be the clearest indication yetof what happens to landfilled materials. Knowing how and what materials degrade is the first step toward making landfillsbetter garbage-eating machines - and providing an energy source from methane,Ham says. At the start...Researchers Take Major Step Toward Cracking Ebola Code
...ls and hinders an early inflammatory response that might stop the virusfrom replicating. The second part of...ting other illnesses. The Ebola virus glycoprotein might also be used for therapeutic purposes, forexample, by incorporating it into gene therapy vectors der......does not cross over into thebrain," says Dang. "It might even be possible to alter 2-deoxyglucose so it behaves in this manner." Dang and colleagues plan to begin testing 2-deoxyglucose and othersugar-stopping compounds in animal models of tumors soon. Other authors on the paper were Yoon Chun an...