Brain Protein "Rescues" Neurons From Atrophy
...y for promising further research that could have a profound impact on basic understanding of brain development and of learning and memory, as well as clinical treatment of neurological disorders such as epilepsy." According to Lo and Katz, future research will aim at understanding in detail the complex machin......ed that a single genetic deletion would have sucha profound effect on both biology and behavior," Caron said. ..." Caron said. "We believe these findingscould have profound implications for the treatment of Parkinson's disease." Knockout mice and schizophrenia The resea...Researchers Pinpoint Site For Petit Mal Seizures In Brain
...to more effective treatments, they can have a more profound effect on a child's development than merely preventing the seizure." Previously, the Duke researchers had reported that mice with petit mal seizures have an overabundance of a protein called a GABAb receptor in the brain. These receptor proteins are...Cornell Researchers Precisely Date Wood From Ancient Tomb In Turkey
... history and archaeology of the Near East have had profound effects on how we understand cultural interactions," Newton said, "such as the rise and fall of the Minoan, Mycenaean and Greek civilizations; event-based histories, like the Trojan War and the Exodus; and social evolution, like the Neolithic Revolut...Nitric Oxide May Hold Key To First Treatment For Deadly Form Of Malaria, Duke Scientists Report
...k." The findings offer both practical and profound implications, Stamler said. The immediate benefit of the research is to suggest a way that new antibioticdrugs might be developed, said Hausladen, the study's first author. Thesedrugs could plug up the transcription factor, known as OxyR, pr...Nitric Oxide Found To Control Cells By Turning On Genes; Suggests New Role In Health And Disease
...k." The findings offer both practical and profound implications, Stamler said. The immediate benefit of the research is to suggest a way that new antibioticdrugs might be developed, said Hausladen, the study's first author. Thesedrugs could plug up the transcription factor, known as OxyR, pr...Antarctic Science Season Gears Up With Searches for Meteorites, Neutrinos, and New Life Forms
... the earth's crust is pulling apart, possibly with profound effects on the ice streams' behavior, and hence on the ice sheet's overall stability. An aerogeophysical survey headed by Donald Blankenship of the University of Texas at Austin and Robin Bell of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory is tracing how the s...World's Experts Plan Global Locator Service For Environmental Information
...ce President said. "That information could have a profound impact on our ability to protect our environment, manage natural resources, prevent and respond to disasters, and ensure sustainable development. Unfortunately, many potential users either do not know that it exists or do not know how to access it. ......cy Programs . "Cuts to these programs will have a profound impact on the universities in the region. Ultimately, New England's economy and its workforce will suffer as a result of any significant reductions." During the past several years, congressional and White House proposals have called for reductions ...Guidelines For Human Germ-Line Interventions Topic Of AAAS Forum
...cinheritance of future generations, it raises more profound ethical and religiousissues than human cloning. The forum will include a scientific and clinical overview of germ-line genetherapy, a discussion of therapeutic v. enhancement applications, a presentationon the history and status of religious involvem...New Mathematical Model Could Help Predict Health Of Offshore Areas Where Rivers Enter The Sea
...n as deep as 80meters, aphysical change that has a profound effect on production of food for largeranimals. "There are front zones in lakes, too, and I am part of a team studying themin LakeSuperior and Lake Michigan," said Chen. "There, plume structures caused bysediments cause afront similar in some wa...Stress Lowers Sperm Count By Overwhelming Cells That Make Testosterone
...al comment. "It's well known that stress exerts a profound suppression on the malereproductive system, but we really haven't understood until now where or how inthe complex process of spermatogenesis it happens," Hardy says. "This is also anew way of understanding how enzymes work in Leydig cells." While Har...... a triple helix), knots and grids, that could have profound industrial and chemical uses, for prices of around 30 pounds sterling a kilogram. Conventional processes can cost around 1000 pounds sterling a gramme - a saving of 30,000%. A presentation on this work at a special event held at the House of Common...New Molecular Switch Is The Key That Unlocks DNA Repair
...tabolic events,” he contends. “It has profound implications regarding other DNA processes. From a cancer standpoint, there is clear genomic instability in most tumors,” he says. “Yet we don’t find mutations in the mismatch repair genes in all of these cancers.” Fis...Genes May Affect The Response To Drugs That Treat Mental Illness
... affects about 1% of thepopulation, and that has a profound social and economical cost. Treatment ofschizophrenia requires antipsychotic drugs which bind a wide range ofneurotransmitter receptors. However, which receptors are important for thetherapeutic action of antipsychotics is still not clear. In a previ...DNA Enzyme Works In Crystal Form; Yields New Insights Into Gene Copying
...Beese said. "I think these experimentswill give us profound insights into the molecular basis of these compounds'carcinogenicity." While such insights won't lead directly to new cancer treatments, Beesecautions, "a greater basic understanding of the cancer process often leads toinsights about...Biologist Experiments With His Own Front Yard
...any, 1997. Beautifully written, filled both with a profound love and respect for nature and with aninfectious sense of scientific excitement, the book talks about the small commonplace events that go oneveryday in the yard and flowerbed. "There's such a wealth of natural history out there, even in your y......g debate over humanorigins and different races has profound social and political implications. Aspaleontologists, Wolpoff and Caspari have traveled to London, Zagreb, Capetown,Canberra and Beijing. As husband and wife, they live with their children inMichigan. For more information or to arrange an intervie...Uterine Environment Boosts Learning Ability In Mouse Offspring
... show that a positive uterine environment can have profound effectsupon adult cognitive behavior." The research was supported in part by theNational Institutes of Health. The uterine environment study involved genetically identical mouseembryos of a strain known as BXSB/MpMob-+Yaa. The BXSB strain, de......art attack. "We were able to demonstrate a profound effect on the atheroscleroticdisease process," says lead author, Stephen MacMahon, Ph.D., associate professorof medicine at the University of Auckland."These results suggest that cholesterol lowering is likely to reduceatherosclerotic progression in ...