Hopkins to found first center for comprehensive study of epigenetics
...tics. "This center reflects a trend at Hopkins to shift toward interdisciplinary research, really pulling ...es will determine whether and how epigenetic marks shift over time and how a child's epigenetic marks differ from his or her parents'. "The genetic sequence ...Joslin researchers identify key molecule in Type 1 diabetes progression
... knows exactly what causes the balance of power to shift between these two types of cells to cause diabetes. To study this question, Anne E. Herman, Ph.D., Diane Mathis, Ph.D., and Christophe Benoist, M.D., Ph.D., of the Section on Immunology and Immunogenetics at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston studied ...Two billion vulnerable to floods by 2050; number expected to double or more in two generations
...otal picture," he says. There needs to be a shift in the international mindset from reaction and ch... perspective of human security requires a paradigm shift in thinking towards disaster prevention and preparedness, says Dr. Bogardi. "Instead of star...Fox Chase Cancer Center's Alfred Knudson Jr. named 2004 Kyoto Prize winner
...arch Center in the 1960s and '70s led the paradigm shift away from mainframe computing and opened the door for the personal computer revolution; and Prof. Jurgen Habermas, a philosopher at the University of Frankfurt and permanent visiting professor at Northwestern University, whose communicative ac...From lung to gut the Wnt signaling pathway transforms cell fate
...ing in lung progenitor cells can induce a dramatic shift in lineage commitment and the generation of intestinal cell types," write the authors. Understanding the mechanism by which these progenitor cells can switch their fate and create other tissues of the same embryonic origin could be of great importanc...Beware cancer, insomnia and liver disease UH students are taking aim
...t-effective approach to the more traditional phase shift experiments that are time-consuming and costly to perform. "My research could ultimately provide a test that may be able to identify drugs to attenuate light-induced phase shifts by simply running them through pupillary light experiments," Figueroa...Alternative states in the ocean
..., Paine and Trimble describe a dramatic assemblage shift on a rocky intertidal shore in Washington State (USA). The change was initiated during the extreme 1997/98 El Nio and has involved replacement of the original algal dominated assemblage by a mussel bed. Starfish are capable of controlling the distri...Study examines future of species extinction, conservation
...ity's resistance to an environmental condition can shift over time due to yet another force - changes in food-web interactions resulting from the extinction of individual species. All species are part of a food web, whether they are predators, prey or even competition. And, when a member of the food web go...Earth, sky tapped in unique global climate change study
...edicted over the next several decades could mean a shift in the dominance of these important plant species. And that could alter the way land is used and the types of wildlife able to survive there, Volder noted. Briske and Tjoelker spent a year designing and building the elaborate, experimental system....Artificial light-dark cycles expose circadian clocks at odds with each other
... la Iglesia said. "Many of the people employed on shift work are internally desynchronized. They have a rest-activity cycle that is out of synch with the rest of their cycle, and some can't cope with this," he said. "The same thing happens to pilots who are constantly travelling across time zones." There...Findings redefine mechanism of action of RNA helicase enzymes
... action of RNA helicases and constitute a paradigm shift in assessing roles of these enzymes in virtually all biological processes that involve RNA." In an accompanying perspective article, Patrick Linder of the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland, writes, ...Biological oceanographers examine 'regime shifts' in complex marine ecosystems
...pulation dynamics of an entire ecosystem. A regime shift occurred at several levels of the food web in the ...and. This 69-year data set indicates that a regime shift in the haddock population occurred in 1965, most likely triggered by high fishing mortality. "The ...Bye-bye Bio 101: Teach science the way you do science
...ncil and funded in part by HHMI, have called for a shift to scientific teaching, which is defined as using ..." Handelsman points out. In some instances, this shift is happening. Pioneer reformers such as Handelsman are spearheading fundamental changes in the way s...New research explores 'early bird' and 'night owl' sleep patterns
...the chromosomal region(s) that influence the phase shift in the circadian pattern of slow wave sleep and activity could also help understand the complex basis of the early bird and night owl pattern of sleep that is observed in our society. This research would be important in establishing the genomic basi...Global warming and the onward march of the pine
...te change, with high mountain forests predicted to shift their ranges up-slope at the expense of alpine vegetation. According to one of the authors, Dr Stefan Dullinger of the University of Vienna, "Shrinkage and fragmentation of alpine habitats, as a consequence, may pose a serious threat to populations o...More than 300 critically endangered species completely unprotected, new study shows
...e "global gap analysis" authors state that a major shift in conservation planning is required to avoid large-scale species extinctions over the next few decades. The prevailing strategy for global conservation, forged at the 1992 World Parks Congress, calls for protection for 10 percent of every major biom...Researchers caution against linking strep, neuropsychiatric disorders
...diately, as soon as they recognize it, their minds shift into high gear, questioning why the child has these symptoms." Kurlan says that about one in every five children has some tics at some point while growing up, and another one in five will show some obsessive-compulsive behavior. Most of these will o...New software developed at Rensselaer predicts promising ingredients for new drugs
...a new breed of drug discovery methods that marks a shift in industry practice--a shift away from cell-based assays performed in the lab toward math-based models calculated on the computer...Survey reports fall in stem cell transplants for breast cancer
... the power of the graft versus tumour effect. This shift was now being seen in solid tumour treatment with small studies testing whether inducing graft versus host effect in solid chemotherapy resistant metastatic tumours would produce a similar benefit. However he urged caution. "Although these pilot stu......nd may ultimately uncover ways to better cope with shift work and jet lag. Hardin's enthusiasm for this burgeoning field is obvious and his contributions significant. He was trained as a molecular geneticist, joining the UH faculty in 1995. He has won a number of awards for his research, among them the...