Duke Researchers Find Second Gene Linked To Blood Vessel Disorder
...ith tiny red blotches forming on skin or recurring nose bleeds.Others suffer migraine headaches or lesions in the lung or brain that canlead to fatal strokes or aneurysms. "By studying these genes for rare disorders, we are hoping to opena window into how the body's vascular system operates," Marchuk...A Sensor, A Switch, A Zipper: Protein Engineers Design Potential Tool
...ds such as benzene too weakly to beat your nose as a detection system," said Dr. Alber. Manipulation of coiled coils may also allow scientists to attach specific proteins together. In nature, coiled coils "zip" together two or more subunits of a protein. To take ......d a particular odor with the proteins in the human nose that detect it. They made their first match with the smell of meat. The research, by a team of biologists led by Stuart Firestein, associateprofessor of biological sciences at Columbia, is reported in the Jan. 9 issue ofthe journal Science. ...Study Shows Athletes Get No Kick From Nasal Strips
...the nostrils open. They make breathing through the nose easier during low or moderate activity, such as a ...t for a pass -- changes from breathing through the nose to breathing through the mouth as the demand for oxygen increases. A nasal strip would have to exte...Horses Prefer Bridles That Have A Bit Missing
...rty years researching disorders of the equine ear, nose and throat.He says the bridle may be the biggest advance in equine technology since peoplestarted riding horses. It will significantly improve the welfare of horses, hesays. Putting an object in a horse's mouth confuses the animal, stimulatin...New Research: Children Inhale Higher Percentage Of Pollution
...e UNC-CH scientists also will compare mouth versus nose breathingsince people switch from breathing nasally to breathing orally at some pointduring vigorous exercise. They want to know whether children switch earlier andwhether that causes them to trap more polluted air in their lungs. Among str...Ear Infection Complications On The Rise, University of Florida Researchers Report
...ntibiotics tochildren. It shouldn't be for a runny nose or a low-grade fever. Givingantibiotics for recurring ear infections as a prophylactic works for awhile, but then bacteria can become more resistant and harder to treat,"Antonelli said. To decrease the chances of a child getting complicated ear infe...Pet Therapy Programs Help Patients In Rehab, Physical Therapy And More
...oom,panting, sits down on the floor, and pokes her nose over the edge of the bed.She nudges the patient's hand, and licks it -- but just a little bit. She's beentaught that it's bad manners to lick patients excessively. Janie's a popularvolunteer. She's been coming to the cardiac units and the AIDS unit f...UCSD And NIH Researchers Isolate Candidates For Genetic Basis Of Human Taste
... to see in color andthe olfactory receptors in our nose endow us with great olfactorydiscrimination. In the case of taste, they are what make sweet cells respond tosweet substances, bitter cells to bitter compounds, and so on." "These two molecules have the hallmarks we expect of taste receptors," saidco-...UC Davis Researchers Get First Look At A Working Cellular Motor
...xic materials -- rather like the task of a human's nose -- and triggera response. The motor proteins' cargo were probably signaling components andbuilding materials for cilia maintenance, the researchers said. "Being able to actually see what happens inside the cilia should help us learnmore about the pro...Researchers Identify Molecule That May Be Key In Pheromone Processing
... pheromones are received by a structure within the nose calledthe vomeronasal organ (VNO), whereas odors are received by the main olfactoryepithelium (MOE). While pheromones are believed to play a role in the timing ofwomen's menstrual cycles, any larger role in human physiology is poorlyunderstood. Ear...Geologists at UNC-CH discover state's 'most spectacular' fossils
...t long creaturecalled Aetosarus that had a pointed nose and tail and looked like "a littlestreamlined armadillo." Beneath the larger animal were the remains of still anothercrocodile-like reptile known as a sphenosuchian. That creature, now beingstudied in Canada, walked on long, spindly legs like...Mayo Clinic study implicates fungus as cause of chronic sinusitis
...sinusitis, an inflammation of the membranes of the nose and sinus cavity. Itsincidence has been increasing steadily over the last decade. Common symptoms arerunny nose, nasal congestion, loss of smell and headaches. Frequently thechronic inflammation leads to polyps, small growths in the nasal passages wh...Virtual reality training tool pits emergency rescue teams against computerized terrorist attack
...amination procedures, place masks over a patient's nose and mouth,or place sensors or other monitoring equipment near the patient. Most important,they need to learn to protect themselves. "A player who dies a quick cyber death will not likely forget the importance ofpersonal protective equipment in the fu...Futurist research highlights chemists' national meeting March 26-30 in San Francisco
...ver another; food chemists' use of the electronic nose and electronic tongue, new tools to advance the science oftaste. Toxicology of Drugs of Abuse -Nicotine and marijuana. Environmental Endocrine Disruptors - Ne...Yale researchers may have solved mystery about why 'Lonesome George' refuses to mate
...he giant Galapagos tortoise, may be turning up his nose at potential mates on nearby islands because the females most closely related to him are on an island 200 miles away, say Yale researchers studying the tortoises. "The Darwin Research Station has been trying to mate him with females from islands clo...Lung ailments come with the paycheck for wide swath of workers
...s the problem by carrying latex particles into the nose and lungs. Powder-free gloves there have helped reduce asthma among workers. "It's often a very simple technological fix that solves these problems," Beckett says. Asthma can also be a problem for roofers. As part of the sealing process, roofers now...Smoking during pregnancy found to increase risk of cleft lip and palate
... are marked by obvious gaps in either the lips and nose or the roof of the mouth, due to incomplete fusing. Besides affecting a child's appearance, cleft lip and palate hinder the ability to breathe, eat, hear and speak. Correcting the defects involves many successive operations and years of therapy, but ...Oral exposure to anti-oxidant glutathione could help prevent flu infections
...ti-oxidant and that it is present in the mouth and nose linings, Dr. Jones exposed normal human airway epithelial cells in culture to flu virus either without or with glutathione in order to test its protective ability against the flu. With high concentrations of flu virus, the glutathione showed no prot......e added advantage of providing some relief for the nose as well as the chest," says Robert Wood, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics. "It's especially appealing because it is not a steroid and is given in pill form." Zafirlukast is one of a relatively new class of asthma medicines known as leukotriene...