NSF announces six 'FIBR' awards to tackle some of biology's most challenging questions
...nventional disciplinary boundaries." Several of this year's FIBR awards will focus on the relationship between an organism's genes and the outside world. One project will examine how a plant evaluates the various cues of seasonal change so that it blooms when it has the best chance to reproduce success...USC study links historical increases in life span to lower childhood exposure to infection
...ience, Caleb Finch and Eileen Crimmins firmly link this gradual yet steady increase in human life span to ...th in old age lie in childhood. That is what makes this study different because we started looking at the person and their living conditions at a much young...Washington University in St. Louis leads group studying aging process
...gram at the National Science Foundation (NSF). In this project, a team of interdisciplinary researchers p...the non-vascular moss Physcomitrella use to handle this chemical environment," said Pakrasi. "We're approaching this in a systematic way, using global geno...Joslin researchers clarify mechanisms for beta-cell formation
...line the ducts of the pancreas.) And what signals this replication of beta cells to occur? To study th...r Biological Studies in San Diego, Calif., studied this compensatory growth in two different genetically engineered animal models of insulin resistance call...Folic acid vitamin use by women reaches all-time high, March of Dimes survey finds
...lity Weekly Report. "Frankly, we're surprised at this increase, but it's good news," says Dr. Jennifer L... "Although folic acid now has a higher profile in this country, we can't be complacent in our efforts to prevent disabling or fatal NTDs from occurring," s...Brain has center for detecting sound motion
...h the motion-detection region of the visual system this region "may constitute the core region for auditory motion analysis."...JCI table of contents September 15, 2004
...blem is that there are about 120 genes involved in this system, some that are found in the mitochondria, a...ram" approach to efficiently pinpoint mutations in this system. They utilize this method to identify a new cause for a lethal neonatal disease. The strate...9/11 search-and-rescue dogs exhibit few effects from exposure to disaster sites
...ical consequences for the human handlers. "Since this is the first major study on search-and-rescue dogs and their handlers, we hope this data can be used to establish a baseline for future studies," Otto said. "Not only will it help ens...New fruitfly model of diabetes has future implications for pancreatic cell transplantation
...cogen and fat to release as glucose. However, when this finely tuned system goes wrong, all-too-familiar d... how sugar is regulated at a very basic level. "At this point investigators would like to understand how this ancient mechanism for cells that sense the nut...Human chromosome 5 final sequence analysis released to public
..., with 12 more to go. As the new sequence reveals, this chromosome is a genetic behemoth containing key di...n genome project in the mid-1980s, could help make this important contribution." Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos national laboratory ...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
... a serious "who's who" problem. The fish deal with this by shifting the frequency of their EOD, the "jamming avoidance response."...Ecology of infectious diseases grants awarded
...seases (EID) program, the fifth year of funding in this multi-year effort. The joint program supports effo...nefits of an interdisciplinary research program in this area include: development of disease transmission theory; improved understanding of unintended healt...Venn diagram tactics to vet complex disease
...blem is that there are about 120 genes involved in this system, some that are found in the mitochondria, a...ram" approach to efficiently pinpoint mutations in this system. They utilize this method to identify a new cause for a lethal neonatal disease. The strate...Protein is key to fatal disorder and normal cell function
...plex fat molecule, within a cell. The breakdown of this transportation system results in uncontrolled apoptosis, or cell death, and the neural degeneration that is a hallmark of Batten disease. "Genetic diseases such as Batten disease provide a unique opportunity to understand the role of proteins, like c...Hardy buoys: Texas A&M project predicts oil spill movements
... General Land Office to loan buoys to the Navy for this operation. We then were able to install two buoys one-third of the way around the world on short notice, and the recovery mission was a success. It's just one example of how valuable and important these buoys can be. They serve the state of Texas ver...South Dakota Tech grad student finds rare whale
...onfirmation and to serve as a voucher specimen for this rare species' distribution. Almost nothing is known about the natural history of the Sowerby's beaked whale. They reach a length of approximately 18 feet long, travel in pods of up to 10 and presumably eat small fish and squid. Sowerbys are the mos...European common frog found to use novel mating strategy
...Vieites also noticed a possible female response to this so-called "clutch piracy." Many females delayed re... colleagues spent two years in the field observing this behavior, and took tissue samples to test the paternity of the eggs in numerous clutches. What they ...A liking for sweets, combined with novelty seeking, may predict alcoholism
...- sweet liking and novelty seeking. The results of this study confirmed our previous hypothesis that sweet...triguing that Dr. Kampov has some evidence linking this personality trait with sweet liking to indicate a higher risk for alcoholism. Researchers examined 1...Simian virus 40 not associated with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, study shows
...ponse to virion proteins, the results presented in this report do not support the idea that SV40 is a common infection of humans or a major cause of NHL. In the future, it will be of interest to develop additional serological assays for SV40 infection for studies of persons with cancer and the general pop......inguishable peaks and valleys appear, the peaks in this case representing previously unseen biochemical co...atory, and slow-spin technique inventor. "We think this new technique can be used to diagnose diseases and assess the body's response to drugs and even to o...