Reduced daily eye patching effectively treats 'lazy eye'
...mpliance in early childhood, visual impairment can persist into adulthood. Patching the unaffected eye has been the mainstay of amblyopia treatment for decades. In March 2002, Hopkins researchers also reported the effectiveness of a second treatment, using atropine eye drops that dilated the unaffected eye, ...Chronic alcohol abuse damages regulating hormones
... not only account for some withdrawal symptoms but persist over long periods of strictly controlled abstinence. Although it is well known that chronic alcohol abuse causes a broad range of health complications, it remains unclear how much regeneration may occur during long-term abstinence from alcohol. A n...Seaweed uses chemical warfare to fight microbes
...echanisms that enable marine plants and animals to persist despite intense microbial challenges, researchers wrote. Ecologically driven studies, such as this one, which used . marine fungi in operationally simple assays, may be a promising strategy for uncovering novel natural products of commercial interes...Artificial organ research findings presented by University of Pittsburgh researchers
...te and form liver-like tissues in bioreactors, and persist in culture for many weeks. About 25 million Americans one in 10 have liver disease, according to the American Liver Foundation. More than 43,000 people die of liver disease yearly. Annual hospitalization costs exceed $8 billion. Dr. Gerlach's biorea...Lone gene could force re-think on pest insect control
...around the world declined. Mutations normally only persist if there is selective pressures from the environment that give individuals with the mutation an advantage over the rest of the population. When that pressure is removed, for instance the banning of DDT, individuals with the mutation are usually less...Helping coral reefs survive climate change
...tect patches of coral reef that are most likely to persist during continuing climate change. Establishing reserves that protect networks of these patches will help ensure that the corals that survive a major bleaching event will be able to replenish those that do not. The Nature Conservancy is currently appl...Hydrothermal vent systems could have persisted millions of years, incubated life
...years old, Lost City-type systems might be able to persist hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of years, says lead author Gretchen Frh-Green of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and co-authors from the University of Washington, Duke University and National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration...Neurons involved in drug addiction relapse identified
...tivity may reflect the processing of memories that persist even after a long abstinence and may partially explain why environmental cues can provoke a relapse, says primary author Mark West, PhD, a psychologist at Rutgers University. West's co-authors include Udi E. Ghitza, Anthony T. Fabbricatore, Volodymy...... hydrothermal vent and seamount communities, which persist for generations, reproductive hot spots may be seasonal and transitory. This makes such sites especially hard to find. We hope to learn more about why these animals aggregate on the ridge and use this information to narrow our search for other import...Study shows prions stick around in certain soils
...e'll be getting at is if prions are more likely to persist in some environments," says Pedersen, adding that results from all these studies will help natural resource managers and other experts perform risk assessments for the spread of CWD and similar diseases across the landscape. "Understanding the role o...Controlling the internal clock in darkness
...en clear that the circadian rhythms of an organism persist under such free-running conditions (for example, constant darkness), it was thought that the gene-expression patterns within the cells governing these biorhythms did not require any external, or extracellular, signals to continue ticking. In experime...U-M scientists find genetic 'fountain of youth' for adult stem cells
...ortant part of the mechanism used by stem cells to persist through adult life. Certainly there are other gene...cient mice. "This failure of neural stem cells to persist into adulthood closely paralleled the failure of Bmi-1-deficient hematopoietic stem cells to persist...Pack rat middens give unique view on evolution and climate change in past million years
...as early in the series of 100,000-year cycles that persist today. "There is a lot of controversy about how new species form," Barnosky said. "How long does it take? Is speciation something that happens when one population is isolated from other populations? Do you need a big selection event, such as climate ...High heart risk for lupus patients linked to death of cells lining blood vessels
...of fatigue, pain, organ damage and disability that persist for years. Many patients die prematurely of kidney failure, infection or cardiovascular diseases, such as heart attack or stroke. Even at a young age, many people with lupus have narrowed or partially blocked coronary arteries, mainly caused by chol...The dopamine receptor D1 gene and ADHD: A piece of the genetic puzzle?
...tionships and on self-esteem. ADHD symptoms often persist into adolescence and adulthood, resulting in lifelong difficulties in academic, occupational, social and family functioning. In addition, there is evidence that ADHD may be a risk factor for other serious mental health problems and specific learning ...Early treatment can prevent severe vision loss in premature infants
...ars to ensure that the benefits of early treatment persist into childhood. Each year ROP affects an estimated 14,000 to 16,000 premature, low birth weight infants in the United States and thousands more worldwide, making it a leading cause of vision loss in children. Of these cases, approximately 1,500 inf...Most clones doomed from the start, according to Temple University embryologist
... Cloned Embryos," highlighted the differences that persist between a normal embryo and a cloned embryo and stand in the way of cloning success. Contributing to the poor success is the inefficiency and slow rate of reprogramming. Reprogramming is the process whereby cloned embryo genes are turned off and norm...Seeking a mechanical solution to nation's number-one children's illness
...dren have repeated episodes of ear infections that persist into adolescence and even adulthood. Chronic infections can lead to loss of hearing and balance, as well as to more critical inner-ear infections. Meanwhile, researchers scramble to develop new antibiotics as bacteria become resistant to existing dru...Scientists urge caution when releasing engineered organisms into environment
...urally occurring genes, they have the potential to persist indefinitely in both cultivated and natural populations," Snow said. Finally, the panel calls for giving broader training to ecologists, agricultural scientists, molecular biologists, etc., to adequately address the report's recommendations. Collabor...Scripps scientists describe dangerous cocktail of alcohol, brain peptides, and neurotransmitters
...hdrawal, CRF levels increase and these changes may persist for a long time. It also suggests a possible way of treating alcoholism--using CRF antagonists, or compounds that block the effects of CRF. In the current study, when the scientists applied an antagonist of CRF, they found that alcohol no long...