Washington University in St. Louis leads group studying aging process
...grative Biological Research). Begun in 2002, FIBR stresses the integrative approach to studying biology, linking the disciplines of systems and computer science bioinformatics -- with genetics and molecular biology genomics. The FIBR program is removing the limits biologists have found increasingly frustr...Genetic map of important tree genes outlined
...ees might respond on a basic genetic level to such stresses as drought, exposure to cold, and pest attack," Strauss said. Using the expression of thousands of genes as "metabolic fingerprints," a method that is becoming routine with the advent of gene chips, researchers can also make major strides in understa...Alcohol-use and depression among pregnant and postpartum women
...the challenges of the postpartum period due to the stresses of parenting and changes in hormone levels, which can themselves sometimes result in postpartum depression, treatment during pregnancy is vital." "Although we know about the harmful effects of alcohol use and depression on women and their children du...More aggressive breast cancer tumors found in African American women
...tors, nutrition and healthcare behavior, but Jones stresses that while many factors contribute to the relatively poor outcome for some African-American breast cancer patients, understanding the underlying mechanisms is critical. "Our goal is to continue to illuminate the reasons for the differences, so we ...Common call for action on European Research Council (ERC)
... being done to establish an ERC. The petition also stresses the importance of involvement of the European scientific community in the organisation of an ERC and the need to adhere to strict criteria of scientific excellence....Cell study leap forward for tissue engineering, diseases
...of a tissue or organ growing in vitro. Winklbauer stresses that there is still much more work to be done to link the findings to formulating a cure for diseases. "Identifying this common mechanism is the first piece of the puzzle," he says. "We must now identify the molecules that allow this process to take ...Funding to commercialize technologies of UC San Diego engineers tops $1.2 million
...he spatial and temporal distribution of mechanical stresses acting on the vessel walls, the project could lead...l will be developed to compute the distribution of stresses along the aneurysm's wall to provide information on the possible location of rupturing and a quantif...UCSD team determines cellular stress within body is critical
...the body." One of the difficulties in studying the stresses that cells are exposed to within the body is the nearly impossible task of accurately recreating, in the laboratory, the complexities of a tissue with its unique microenvironment as it exists in vivo. To investigate osmotic stress, the Ho team gener...Memory fails you after severe stress
...being trained to withstand the mental and physical stresses of capture. After 48 hours without food or sleep, ...ia at Irvine, says the study is unique because the stresses were intense and real. "I think people will pay attention to this," she adds. Wells agrees: "What it...UF researcher: New low-carb potato to debut in January
... "The variety has high tolerance to environmental stresses like high temperatures or dry weather. In fact, under warm-weather conditions, this variety develops an extremely attractive appearance in terms of brightness of skin and smooth appearance," Northcott said. He said the potato skin de...Discovery of tiny microbes in ancient Greenland glacier may define limits for life on Earth
...ce sheets for hundreds of thousands of years under stresses that include subzero temperatures, desiccation, high pressures, and low oxygen and nutrient concentrations. Because the ice was mixed with the ancient permafrost at the bottom of the glacier, the microbes could have been trapped there for perhaps mi...Small, cold, & hungry: Ultra-small microbes from 120,000-year-old glacier ice sample
...ce sheets for hundreds of thousands of years under stresses that include subzero temperatures, desiccation, high pressures, and low oxygen and nutrient concentrations. Because the ice was mixed with the ancient permafrost at the bottom of the glacier, the microbes could have been trapped there for perhaps mi...Inflammation, hypertension are focus of major new MCG research program
...nship from different angles, from the psychosocial stresses that can elevate pressure to events within blood vessel walls that can keep it elevated. Dr. Brands' is using the male mouse's territorial instincts to look at whether interleukin-6 is necessary for blood pressure to go up during stress. "It's the fi...Study marks increased trends in infectious disease occurrences in our oceans
...opic for study in recent years. With rising human stresses placed on the environment, understanding disease dynamics is vital to conserving marine ecosystems, warn the authors. Environmental factors such as global change could have complex effects on disease, and they recommended that future research look mo...Fish no exception to trend in marine-organism disease
...y farmed oysters, could be experiencing increasing stresses from both climate and aquaculture practices. Corals had an increase in bleaching, although not in actual disease. Only sea grasses and sharks display no apparent increases in disease levels; both groups have disease, but it does not appear to b...Pollution history documented through shell remains provides tool to study ecosystem change
...ns to determine whether pollution or environmental stresses are threatening freshwater mussels. The GSA meeting is March 25-27 in Tysons Corner, Va. Brown measured the mercury content in freshwater mussel shells in the river near Saltville, Va., where industry had polluted the river from 1950 until 1972, me...Ontario researchers see increase in taste and odour-causing algae problems
...atterns are the result of one or more human-caused stresses operating at a broad, regional scale," says lead investigator Andrew Paterson, a former doctoral student at Queen's. "We present new evidence suggesting that disturbances such as acid rain and climatic warming may produce significant, unprecedented c...Discoveries reveal that gene regulation is bipolar
...se highly regulated genes tend to respond to acute stresses like environmental toxins, heat, and viral infection, and are often taken as representative of the types of regulation governing most genes--but this appears not to be the case." Now with the advent of DNA microarray technology, the regulation of all...Oxidation processes basis of interdisciplinary research, graduate training
...d that has a long life. "He's looking at oxidative stresses to see what is different from short-lived birds. He will provide genetic information." Now, oxidation is the basis of an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program at Virginia Tech. Duncan, Long, and Thatcher have received a five-year, $3.2 million National Sci...... that boost cells' ability to resist environmental stresses while inhibiting them from committing suicide. Th...e the cell to resist oxidative stress, or chemical stresses that can disrupt the cell's DNA, or genetic blueprint. "Aging involves damage to cells," sa...