Children Become Gorillas In VR Zoo
...at the youngster as she playfully lungesat him and strikes aggressive poses she's learned from the others. Butwhen his stares and annoyed coughs go unheeded, he suddenly charges thejuvenile, screaming and beating his fists against his chest. Wisely, sheflees. Excited and a little scared, the female retreats...Duke Researchers Find Second Gene Linked To Blood Vessel Disorder
...agic telangiectasia(HHT), a bleeding disorder that strikes 1 in 40,000 people. Geneticist DougMarchuk, postdoctoral researcher David Johnson, the study's lead author,and colleagues from Duke and from six other research institutions reportedthe finding in the June issue of Nature Genetics. The study was funde...Cholesterol Anchor Helps Signaling Proteins Direct Development
...tz syndrome, a serious developmental disorder that strikes approximately one in every 9,000 babies. The disorder disables the body's ability to make cholesterol, producing multiple serious birth defects. The other study author was Keith E. Young, also of Hopkins and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute....North America Hit Hard By Asteroid Strike In Yucatan 65 Million Years Ago
...ial is propelled in waves downrange after anobject strikes a planetary surface at an oblique angle. Schultz used a high-powered gun to recreate the dynamics of an objectstriking Earth's surface at a 20- to 30-degree angle. The experiment producedhorseshoe-shaped craters, while high-speed film captured gas a...Divorce, Insect Style: Termites Swap Mates
...or life -- or whether the urge to wander sometimes strikes again....UNESCO Director-General Reaffirms That Human Cloning Is Contrary To Human Dignity
... merit of the Declaration resides inthe balance it strikes between guaranteeing respect for fundamental rights andfreedoms and the need to ensure the freedom of research. The Declaration is thefirst international text to apply the ethical standards of human rights topotential interventions in the human genom...Hormone Control Of Rare Leukemia Sheds Light On Molecular Basis Of Cancer
...any other cancers. APL is abone marrow cancer that strikes about 3,000 people in the United States everyyear. "This study gets at the exact biochemical and genetic cause of theuncontrolled cell growth in this leukemia," says Mitchell A. Lazar, MD, PhD,chief of the division of endocrinology, diabetes...One Year Follow-Up Of Non-Invasive Angina Treatment Suggests A Lasting Benefit
...with coronary-artery-disease, is a chest pain that strikes when the heart musclehas trouble obtaining sufficient oxygen to fulfill its pumping dutiesadequately. The pain may recur continually, even in patients who takemedications or who have had major bypass surgery or angioplasty to cleararteries that supp......ease of theblood vessels of the legs which usually strikes young men -- respond well to thegene therapy. Isner says this finding is intriguing since these patients havegenerally been considered to be unresponsive to any therapy. In addition, patients with sensory neuropathy -- acute loss of fee...Jefferson Scientists Link Some Cases Of Scleroderma To Damage From Lingering Fetal Cells
...erma, an autoimmune disease. Systemic sclerosis strikes about three to eight times more women than men, usually between the ages of 45 and 55. GVHD is a sometimes dangerous complication seen when the body’s immune system rejects a bone marrow transplant. "What’s unusual is that......he staining. Head and neck cancer, which strikes more than 30,000 people in theUnited States, is difficult to treat. Risk factors for head and neck cancerinclude smoking and alcohol consumption. Researchers at UPCI are at the forefront of experimental work indeveloping molecular diagnostic...Jefferson Researchers Provide Leads To Potential Parkinson's Treatment
...States suffer fromParkinson's disease. It commonly strikes people over 50. Symptoms include handtremor, slowness in movement, difficulty initiating movements, difficultywalking, shuffling feet, decrease in speech volume, fatigue, and balanceproblems. In Parkinson's, sufferers lack the brain chemical dopamine...Virus Linked To Causing Enlarged Hearts In Children With Certain Genetic Makeup
... per 100,000 people. The idiopathic formtypically strikes early in life, and 75 percent of children who develop thisdisease die within five years. Viruses such as CVB are thought to beresponsible for causing about half of the cases of myocarditis in North America,according to Trucco. "It's important to r...UV Skin Damage In A Different Light
...d that sunlight triggers a harmful reactionwhen it strikes a molecule in our skin--ironically a molecule once...ess. They discovered that when this type of light strikes t-UA, it zapsthe molecule into an excited "triplet" state that sparks the creation of oxygenradicals...Debilitating Pancreatic Disorder Linked To Cystic Fibrosis Gene
...vy alcohol use. However, chronic pancreatitis also strikes patients who are not drinkers, and inalmost all these cases, the cause is unknown, or idiopathic. The new study shows that in many patients with idiopathic chronicpancreatitis, there is a genetic explanation for their condition, theresearcher...... example, and harmonic ratherthan discordant music strikes us as more pleasing in part, studies suggest,because of the way the inner ear is structured. Ryan says that the sensory exploitation model challenges, but does not supplanttraditional theories of sexual selection of the last 30 years. In general, t...Microbiologist Develops Method For Dyeing Fabrics With Gold
... the colors ofprecious metals" is a quotation that strikes the heart of Dr. William Todd, andwell it should. Todd, a researcher in the Department of Veterinary Science at theLouisiana State University Agricultural Center, has developed a method fordyeing fabrics with precious metals -- and at an af...Gene Identified For Heart Defect That Causes Sudden Death In Young People
...hat causes ARVD in the familyto chromosome 3. ARVD strikes about 1 in 5,000 people and accounts for about 15 percent of suddendeaths in young people, say researchers. It is an autosomal dominant disease,which means a person needs to inherit a defective gene from only one parent todevelop the disorder. Chil...X-Ray Concentrator Will Expand Window On High-Energy Universe
...ransparent pieceof glass act as a mirror: If light strikes glass at a shallow angle, the lightis reflected, as if by a mirror. This is called "grazing incidence reflection"since the light just grazes the surface. "Normally, X-rays refuse to be reflected unless the angle of incidence is verysmall," Joy said. ......od in the ocean because diseases arelike lightning strikes -- they hit unexpedly, burn through a population, andthen they are often gone." Harvell and Kim conduct their studies from the Keys Marine Laboratory inLong Key, with the assistance of Reef Relief in Key West. Their research issupported by the Nati...