Using brain activity to identify risk for disorders
... indicate the most severe of risk factors. Either perspective both supports and extends P300 research that began in the early 1980s. An individual's electroencephalogram (EEG) - a recording of the continuous electrical activity going on in a person's brain - is like a distinctive fingerprint. Even when we're u...Hopkins scientist evaluates latest findings on the ancestry of whales
...ssue of the journal Science, Rose provides outside perspective on a report in the same issue that fills an import...issue of Nature, is that it unifies the scientific perspective on whale evolution, says Rose. "What's most important about these new fossils is that they contain...Plant health scientists issue statement in support of biotechnology
... plant disease management through biotechnology in perspective with other disease management approaches, including social, economic, and environmental issues and concerns. Biotechnology must be practiced in a responsible way, respectful of human, economic and environmental impacts, states Noel Keen, current AP...T cells can halt development of skin cancer, Yale researchers find
...d importance of viewing the immune system from the perspective of having both a 'local' and a 'circulating' component," said primary author Michael Girardi, M.D., assistant professor of dermatology at Yale School of Medicine. Using genetically engineered or "knockout" mice that can't produce gamma-delta T cells...Two UT Southwestern scientists elected to National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine
...cal relevance, I hope to be able to bring a unique perspective to the issues being addressed by the IOM."...Arsenic and old telomerase: Hopkins researchers unravel effects of arsenic on human cells
...a cancer cell," says Dang. "Our findings put into perspective how arsenic can be used in combination with other drugs in chemotherapy to fight cancer." Arsenic is a naturally occurring element found throughout the earth's crust and also in water, air, plants and animals. It is released into the environment t...New application of imaging technique can change how scientists look at proteins
... explore how fibronectin works from an engineering perspective - why it's strung together like a strand of pearls and how structural changes affect function - Vogel's group labeled the protein with fluorescent dyes. The dyes include donors and acceptors, which interact with one another if they are close togethe...New book distills essence of gene regulation (and more)
...terested in development or evolution an intriguing perspective on the molecular origins and "evolvability" of complex systems. Each chapter of Genes & Signals is headed by an illustrative, philosophical, or whimsical quote. For the final chapter heading, Ptashne and Gann echo the unifying theme of Genes & Signal...Media Advisory 2 - 2002 Ocean Sciences Meeting: press conferences scheduled
... sea. Biologists are now seeing the ocean from the perspective of large oceanic animals including seal, whales, and turtles. These large migratory animals find that most of the North Pacific is unproductive. They are more wide ranging than previously thought, but feed primarily in a small number of very specific...Tidying up transcription factors
...tbook, "Molecular Cell Biology." "We need a global perspective such as this in order to form new ideas about how cells deal with the necessity to change transcription rates," says Brivanlou, head of the Laboratory of Molecular Vertebrate Embryology at Rockefeller. Transcription is the process by which cells "rea...Study shows plants inherit traits from more than gene sequence alone
...esired gene product is not produced. An epigenetic perspective suggests that the source of this silencing can be found in incorrect modification, packaging, or location of the inserted gene inside the nucleus. In this example, that means no resistant crops, but understanding gene silencing is of interest to more...New solutions needed for extinction prevention and for sustainable management of marine resources
...ture of using marine resources with a conservation perspective in mind. Together with biologist Rafe Sagarin, a postdoctoral scholar at Hopkins, Micheli initiated and organized the AAAS symposium. Partnerships between local communities and scientists in the central islands of the Philippines, for example, result...Does a vegan diet have a moral basis?
...mal science at Oregon State University, adds a new perspective to a millennia-old debate: Is it right for people to kill animals in order to feed themselves? Davis turns that question on its head. How many animals must die, he asks, in order for people to feed themselves? To address the question, Davis applies a...New protein plays espionage role in bacterial attack on plants
... cell membrane. It is logical from an evolutionary perspective of defense that you put the putative receptor, in this case RPM1, in the right cellular compartment to interdict the molecules that are going to get the host in trouble, Dangl said. But until now, no one had found a direct interaction between the pat...April GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY media highlights
...on, the authors simulation results provide a fresh perspective and a new model for the long-standing debate regarding the origin of brines in sedimentary basins. Oxygen and neodymium isotope evidence for recycling of juvenile crust in northeast China. Chun-Sheng Wei et al. Department of Earth and Space Science...Spinal cord injury and Alzheimers risk among topics at American Chemical Society meeting
...Dealing with terrorism: an industry and government perspective A one-day symposium will explore how the chemical industry and government are dealing with the threat of terrorism. Topics will include protecting chemical research facilities, risk assessment and reduction, and the response to bioterrorism by the ...New Science Press launches Proteins: From Sequence to Structure
...ctional properties of proteins from a post-genomic perspective for students of biochemistry and bioinformatics, and working scientists in need of a primer. Proteins: From Sequence to Structure can be accessed for a year for a subscription of $10, including updates to the PubMed-linked bibliography. The authors...UB study finds early nutritional modification programs metabolism, predisposes to obesity
...al Biology 2002 meeting. The study provides a new perspective on obesity, according to Patel. "We are always looking at what happens later in life. Maybe we should be looking at the role of early metabolic programming," he said. "The results from this study involving the high-carbohydrate-fed rat model sugge...Scientist explores the future of research collaboration
...ts college, "to help provide a useful comparative perspective for enhancing our understanding." In those interviews, done in the summer of 2000, the motivations for collaboration ran from access to expertise, equipment, and funding to professional advancement, from the ability to tackle "bigger" problems to net...... better therapies in the future." An evolutionary perspective should also prove valuable for medical researchers. "Chimpanzees, for example, do not suffer from some of the diseases that strike humans, such as malaria and AIDS," said Robert H. Waterston, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Washington University School ...