Researchers determine genetic cause of Timothy syndrome
...rrhythmias, so she began collaborating with him to understand the disorder. Tragically, the first child died quickly, so the scientists were unable to explore the effects of the disease in that patient. "At that point, we only knew we were dealing with a severe arrhythmia of a type we had not seen befor...Molecular motor implicated in tissue remodeling
...icipate in all basic tissue metabolism, we want to understand how they function." Goldberg and his colleagues Savees Saffarian, Ivan Collier, Barry Marmer and Elliot Elson found that MMP-1 operates as a molecular motor--a molecule that converts chemical energy into motion. "This is the only extracellular motor ...Scientists sequence genome of kind of organism central to biosphere's carbon cycle
...rine environment, Armbrust says. It's important to understand because diatoms like Thalassiosira pseudonana and ...er workings of diatoms, we're better positioned to understand how changes in the environment will translate into increases or decreases in diatom abundance," says...EMBO Gold Medal 2004 goes to Spanish scientist
...rase RNA in the mouse producing a powerful tool to understand the role of telomerase on cancer and aging. In 1997, Blasco started her own research group in mammalian telomeres and telomerase at the National Centre of Biotechnology in Madrid. Most recently, the scientist moved her group to the Spanish National C...Researchers find color sensitive atomic switch in bacteria
..., Spudich said. "Understanding rhodopsins helps us understand the large number of related membrane receptors involved in cell signaling that govern biological functions," Spudich said. In the longer term, the novel protein found in Anabaena has the potential to be used in nano-machinery as a color-sensor; how...Pack-MULEs are toting a new look at plant evolution
...ear. "Even a lot of my colleagues say they don't understand my article," says Jiang, who one month ago left a ...ll continue to look at Pack-MULEs to try to better understand what their role is in evolution. She also will explore other questions such as the common use of MU...Alzheimer's disease is not accelerated aging
...y disturbed in AD," he continued. "We're trying to understand these things on a mechanistic level. With new methods to image amyloid deposition, we can look within the context of how the deposits change structure and function of the brain. Are there antecedent causes? Are some individuals more at risk? Are some...UT Southwestern biochemist honored with NIH Director's Pioneer Award
...link to sleep patterns may help researchers better understand and treat insomnia and other sleep-related disorders, while a clearer picture of the relationship between circadian rhythms and depression might impact drug discovery in the treatment of potentially significant forms of mood disorder. "Taking m...New molecular link key to cellular proteins involved in cancer progression, other diseases
...f the responsible enzyme should allow us to better understand the PcG silencing system and how it relates to human disease, such as cancer," said Zhang....Genetic differences might help distinguish thyroid cancers
...t. The research should also help scientists better understand the origins of the two diseases. The study is published in the a recent issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. "This finding suggests a potentially very useful diagnostic aid in those rare instances where the pathologist cannot distinguish bet...New Arizona State center brings science to policy on issues of water resources and urban growth
...nteractive models, visualizations and scenarios to understand complex relationships; investigating the cogniti...Phoenix and the Valley, and it will help us better understand how we manage growth and sustainability of a dynamic and thriving region in the U.S.," said Charles ...Study: Emission of smog ingredients from trees is increasing rapidly
... decades was previously unrecognized. "If we don't understand what's going on with biogenic (plant-produced) VOCs, we are not going to be able to weigh different air-quality strategies properly," said Purves. "It's a big enough part of the puzzle that it really needs to go in there with the rest." The study may...Gene clusters predict atherosclerosis severity, susceptibility
...identify clusters of genes that may help us better understand the progression of the disease," said Duke cardiologist David Seo, M.D. The results of the Duke research are scheduled to appear in the October 2004 issue of the journal Arteriorsclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology and are published early on-li...Atacama rover helps NASA learn to search for life on Mars
...rt, described as the most arid region on Earth, to understand the desert as a habitat that represents one of the... "The project is going a step further by trying to understand if signatures of microbial life can be unambiguously detected remotely using a robotic platform," Ca...Preclinical safety study shows adipose-derived stem cells improve heart function after heart attack
...n. Additional swine studies are underway to better understand and optimize dosing and efficacy in order to lay the foundation for clinical work." MacroPore Biosurgery and other investigators from around the world have shown that adipose tissue is a rich source of autologous regenerative cells. Adipose tissu...Alaska scientists find Arctic tundra yields surprising carbon loss
...ilability, but this project suggests that we don't understand decomposition as well as we thought we did. Better understanding of decomposition is necessary to be able to predict what will happen with climate warming in northern ecosystems."...UMaine anthropologist wins Solon T. Kimball Award
...nto a far more theoretical realm namely trying to understand the circumstances under which people develop rules in general." Acheson has studied the system of self governance in the Maine lobster industry and has chronicled the circumstances under which lobster fishermen developed informal rules and lobbied fo...Anthrax enzyme images reveal secrets of antibiotic resistance, suggest new drug design
...ind of visual information it's impossible to fully understand how the enzyme works, how the sulfa drugs interfere with DHPS and what kind of changes in the structure of DHPS make this enzyme resistant to sulfa drugs." White is senior author of the Structure report.The St. Jude investigators created images of t...Groundbreaking research could ignite new solutions to heat transfer in nano-devices
...level. This research can be used to help us better understand how molecules interact on these dimensions." The faculty and students involved were Dr. Deak and his undergraduate student Timothy Sechler; and University of Illinois chemistry professor Dana Dlott, Ph.D., Yoonsoo Pang, graduate assistant, and Zhaohu......is working with Koksal to create a model to better understand and predict deadly coral bleaching. ...