Researchers look to stem cell therapy and bone marrow transplants to find a cure for diabetes
... transplantation followed by islet transplantation seemingly experienced a reversion of their diabetes, however the four controls that received islets without prior hematopoietic transplantation remained diabetic. "The results of this study were negative in that we did not see regeneration of ...Findings offer clue to how molecule can both stimulate, suppress cell growth
...chers at Vanderbilt-Ingram has found a clue to the seemingly contradictory biological actions of TGF-b. Their findings are published online this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science ( www.pnas.org ) and is expected to appear in the print version later this month. "TGF-b usually causes ce...New findings implicate cell size controls in a variety of diseases
...t for all of them. The tie that binds these three seemingly disparate medical conditions is a biochemical chain of events that govern cell size. At the end of this chain, a known drug may work to replace missing or broken parts of the biochemical chain. "We were doing basic cell biology, investigating how ce...Physics tip sheet #39 - Nov. 17, 2003
...t and the length of alpha-helices in proteins, two seemingly very different phenomena, are actually both incidences of the same physical processes of diffusion and fragmentation, according to a new paper. Structures like crystals and the building blocks of proteins gradually grow and shrink randomly due to di...Researchers find new form of hormone that helps songbirds reproduce
...H-III to try to determine how the brain interprets seemingly fleeting and subtle environmental cues such as temperature fluctuation, rivalry and vocalization. The response to these cues can have a profound impact on reproduction success, Bentley said....Genetics mutations resulting in delayed puberty are focus of MCG study
...with all their possible mutations, which include a seemingly infinite number of combinations of the bases adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine. The sequence of these bases determines gene function by determining the protein it produces; genetic mutations occur when the order is altered, changing gene functio...Can viruses that infect bacteria fight plant disease?
...ed by pathovars of Xanthomonas campestris. Though seemingly effective in certain situations, it is likely that phage therapy against bacterial plant pathogens will not prove to be a magic bullet in all cases, said Gill. The natural interactions between phages, bacteria, and plants are still not well understoo......bara. Although these small, 6-inch shorebirds had seemingly abandoned this site for breeding because of human disturbance, after a 400-yard nursery was protected, it fledged 39 young snowy plovers this summer. Their success owes much to the combined effort of researchers, managers and volunteers, and an ongoi...Sex a necessary evolutionary commodity, new study shows
...you can do it all yourself? What's more, producing seemingly extraneous males significantly slows population growth because hermaphrodites would otherwise be producing other self-propagating individuals. In other words, asexual populations should rapidly replace sexual ones because they can reproduce twice as ...A new molecular culprit for type II diabetes, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
...y. Misfolded proteins are the basis of a number of seemingly unconnected diseases, including age-related diseases like type II diabetes, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, as well as "mad cow" (BSE) and other prion diseases. Despite many years of investigation, the actual mechanism of misfolding has eluded researche......o get there, they needed to start out by measuring seemingly strange things such as how many sniffs a rat takes per second. The answer, according to the new study: about eight sniffs per second. Believe it or not, the "eight sniffs per second" measurement has helped resolve a hotly debated issue in neuroscienc...Unfaithful songbirds increase offspring fitness
...man . Bird parents typically raise their young in seemingly peaceful cooperation and were therefore seen as reflecting the ideal of monogamous partnership. This view has changed dramatically over the last decade: since molecular 'fingerprinting' techniques became available, behavioural ecologists have routine...Snowy plover 'nursery' success earns Resource Stewardship Award
...bara. Although these small, 6-inch shorebirds had seemingly abandoned this site for breeding, after the 400-yard nursery was protected, it fledged 39 young snowy plovers this summer. The success of this combined effort of researchers, managers and volunteers has earned national recognition for three groups: U...Exercise measures identify heart disease in seemingly healthy women
...an women who were above average. Among women with seemingly low risk for heart disease based on traditional cr.... They studied death rates and causes among 2,994 seemingly healthy women who were followed for an average of 20 years after their exercise test by annual maile...Weather extremes shed light on prairie's past and environment's future
...d its rich soils, especially tall grass areas that seemingly should support diverse forests, however, have long fascinated scientists. Newly available, long-term climate data now say the area is the product of weather extremes. Compared with adjacent regions, the tall-grass area of the plains endures more fre...UCF brain cell research spawns hope for longer life
...ype of scientist -- one who can collaborate across seemingly unrelated disciplines. Combining the fields of biomolecular science with engineering offers a significant step in that direction. Pappachan Kolattukudy, director of UCF's Biomolecular Science Center and a consultant on the project, said the collabora...Common nutrients fed to pregnant mice altered their offspring's coat color
...ata confirmed the hypothesis and demonstrated that seemingly innocuous nutrients could have unintended effects,...ns of it. "Diet, nutritional supplements and other seemingly innocuous compounds can alter the development in utero to such an extent that it changes the offspri...Carnegie Mellon professor skeptical about use of hydrogen-fueled cars
...e FreedomCar Initiative is attractive because it's seemingly a magical high-tech solution," Keith said. "But solutions should be problem-driven, and there are more cost-effective solutions for many of these serious environmental and energy security problems we face." Keith noted that if the administration real...Study shows enzyme helps guard against Alzheimer's disease
...may prove to be the missing link between these two seemingly distinct areas of disease, both of which grow much more common with age. "Pin1 represents a new category of genes whose expression is required to guard against age-dependent neurodegeneration," explains Lu. "We now need to conduct further studies t...... his female mate, seating himself comfortably in a seemingly custom-made hollow. During the ride, the male sups on an all-you-can-eat protein-packed wax the female secretes from a gland near her head. All that remains for the male is to get down to the serious business of mating with the female. "The male ca...