Relaxed mice may provide clues for treating anxiety
...ven that enhancers of GABAA receptor activity have proven clinically problematic, the finding that PKCe deficiency yields anxiolytic-like results is promising and it is attractive to imagine that PKCe blockade would result in anxiolysis by making our brains more sensitive to our own endogenous anxiolytics" ...JCI table of contents: October 1, 2002
...ven that enhancers of GABAA receptor activity have proven clinically problematic, the finding that PKCe deficiency yields anxiolytic-like results is promising and it is attractive to imagine that PKCe blockade would result in anxiolysis by making our brains more sensitive to our own endogenous anxiolytics" ...Los Alamos garners six pollution prevention awards from New Mexico
...ulatory compliance, measurable waste reduction and proven leadership in environmental issues within the company and community. Only two New Mexico businesses have received the Excellent Level Award (Intel Corp., 2001 and McKinley Paper, 2002)....Gene therapy reverses muscular dystrophy in animal model
Researchers have proven that gene therapy can reverse the pathological features of muscular dystrophy in an animal model. Before, gene therapy had only been able to prevent further muscle-wasting in mice. "We expect to build on these results in the continuing search for a w...Vaccine prevents stroke in rats
... not linked to reduction of high blood pressure, a proven means of reducing the risk of stroke, Dr. Hallenbeck notes. If the vaccine proves effective in people, it would be used in conjunction with control of high blood pressure and other risk factors, he adds. "We think the E-selectin vaccine works by red...Tagging the great white shark...and a few of his friends
...inked data recorders, archival and sonic tags) has proven enormously successful. Animal movements and behaviors can be linked to oceanographic processes by integrating biological and physical data providing both atmospheric and oceanographic information, and offering unprecedented insights into the relati...New drug that enhances glutamate transmission in the brain being evaluated for fragile X
...16 (Ampalex), an Ampakine compound, which has been proven to enhance glutamate transmission in the brain through activation of AMPA receptors. Ampalex is made by Cortex Pharmaceuticals which will provide the study medication. The research is funded by the FRAXA Research Foundation. Fragile X is an inherite...Islet cell transplantation for diabetes turns corner
...m cells also can be genetically modified, and have proven to be useful in different animal models, as in a study presented by Dr. Bernat Soria of Miguel Hernandez University in Alicante, Spain. Mouse embryonic stem cells were successfully coaxed into producing islets that effectively normalized blood glucos...Macarthur Award winning physiologist to present Scholander Award and lecture
... a new satellite-based tagging technology that has proven that it can shed new light on tuna migration. The microprocessor tags were deployed in 1996 and 1997 by scientists from Stanford University, the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the National Marine Fisheries Service. The research effort found that tunas ta...New approach to malaria vaccine effective in mice
... alternative to drug therapy for malaria, none has proven effective at countering the disease. One of the keys to developing a successful vaccine lies in finding just the right molecule that can stimulate an immune response against the invading pathogen. Now, researchers led by Louis Schofield , a Howard H...Emory School of Medicine teams with deCODE Genetics to study link between genes and disease
...re are many more genes involved. These genes have proven very difficult to sort out in our heterogeneous U.S. population. Working with deCODE, we can use the genetic clues from the relatively homogeneous Icelandic population to determine whether implicated genes confer disease risk in more complex populat...Bioengineered, rhythmically beating heart muscle could aid cardiac research
...anes had developed a special tissue plate that has proven a useful framework in which cells in a liquid collagen gel could remodel on their own to form a more tissue-like structure. Other work elsewhere has involved rigid structures or lattices upon which cells attach to and grow. "The fundamental basis for...Industrial fishing threatens sharks, dolphins, billfish
...re part of the toolbox for managers, and they have proven to be effective," Hinke says. "We can model at a level now that permits us to tell how some of these animals might respond to different levels of pressure."......t earlier this week. "Scientifically, they haven't proven to be safe." The spokesman also said that Zimbabwe's beef sales to Europe could be under threat if any of the maize is fed to animals. Yet New Scientist has established that there are no restrictions in Europe on the sale of meat, milk or eggs from ...New metabolic 'switches' discovered
...eitman. "This novel class of G proteins, which if proven to be conserved in humans, could play a role in allowing our cells and bodies to sense unique signals important in both health and disease," Heitman said. The researchers' study focused on a yeast G protein-coupled receptor called Gpr1 that is couple......opy walk designs. Also a prolific writer, she has proven herself as a research scientist and as an author of books including her autobiography, Life in the Treetops. Robert H. MacArthur Award James H. Brown Given every other year to an established ecologist in the middle of an extraordinary career, the...Gene profiles predict survival
...s of cancer patients, an approach that has already proven effective in finding new agents to treat breast cancer and leukemia. Hurt said gene profiling will make it possible to obtain more information from clinical trials in the future....URI biological oceanographers study potentially toxic microalgae on the northeast coast
...ting humans, the species in strongly implicated or proven to cause human illness or fatality, or the species has produced a positive reaction in mammalian toxicity tests. They also included species harmful to marine life if one or more strains are known to produce substances harmful to normal life processes...New imaging technology promises better breast cancer detection in early stages
...y diagnostic screening tool, scintimammography has proven to be a highly effective adjunct in identifying lesions missed by mammography particularly in women with dense breast tissue, low suspicion lesions on mammograms, pre-menstrual women with lumps in their breasts and women with locally advanced breast...National Institutes of Health green lights additional research into new breast imaging system
...technology itself is continually being refined. If proven successful in clinical trials, the imaging system could be a viable addition to mammograms within three years, he predicted. Spartanburg's Schutz called the new technology "extremely promising," adding that "further studies will be necessary to dete...