Hopkins Scientists Clock The Speed Of Comprehension
...he patient with a new test could cause problems in understanding whatobjects are; misinterpretations of verbs, colors, or shapes; and word-findingdifficulties in spontaneous speech." Hart says the finding suggests that there may a stage in languageprocessing where different kinds of language activities, al...In an important early step toward understanding the chemistry of human thought, Stanford chemists ...t the vesicles contain is an important step toward understanding cellular communication, the researchers maintain. Eventually, Zare and Scheller hope to extend the t...... Investigation . "This is a big step toward better understanding and better treatments for a prevalent and very dea...y . This mouse model should "hasten scientific understanding for dilated cardiomyopathy and improve therapy for heart failure," suggest the researchers. It shou...Space Grown Insulin Crystals Provide New Data On Diabetes
...tal growth experiment in space areleading to a new understanding of diabetes -- a hormone deficiency disease. This ... services. NASA research has furthered the understanding of many diseases,including AIDS, heart disease, cancer, respiratory syncytial virus, sickle cellanem...New Tests Demonstrate MuchLarger, More Specific Immune Responses To Viruses
... new findings have "triggered a revolution" in our understanding ofthe virus-specific T cell responses by "finally developing accurate methods" tomeasure these responses. "The size of the antiviral response is much greater than our previousestimates, and radically changes our perception of the T cell respo...Georgia Scientists Study Salt Marsh To Understand Global Warming
...unal activityand hydrology of the marsh system. An understanding of theserelationships is crucial to predicting the effects of global warming onthe coastal environment. They are presenting their findings to date at the joint meeting of theEcological Society of America and the American Society of Limnology andOcean...Molecular "Fossils" Of Early Life
...nzymes. "Our latest findings not only improve our understanding about theorigins of life, they also expand our skills in molecular evolution," he said. "While we may not be able to resurrect fossilized creatures like they did in'Jurassic Park,' we very well may be able to recreate many of the ancientenzymes that ...Master Molecule Forms Brains In Frogs And Elbows In Mice
... the likely applications of his research to better understanding not just the classic "joint diseases," such as arthritis, but also a gamut of medical conditions in which there is either too much or too little bone for the body to handle, such as osteoporosis. Harland's most recent work, in collaboration with Dr. ......"This is not only an important step forward in our understanding ofdisorders that affect both hearing and vision, b... Boys Town National ResearchHospital is focused on understanding how the Usher syndrome Type IIa proteinfunctions. Based upon the similarity of the predicted...Peptic Ulcers: Stress Does Matter, After All
...s an important role, it gives us a great model for understanding how psychological factors can tip the balance toward disease, in the uneasy equilibrium we all live in with a whole variety of infectious agents." Although less frequent in recent years, peptic ulcer is still an important cause of suffering a...Report Focuses On Managed Care Impact In Clinical Microbiology Labs
...eases. The Society's mission is to promotea better understanding of basic life processes and the application of thisknowledge for improved health and environmental well being. The colloquium report is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.asmusa.org/acasrc/aca1.htm . It can also be obtained by fax...... sound. PHI's technology is based on a fundamental understanding of how and why plantsproduce such unique compounds. Unlike humans and animals, which have a varietyof mechanisms available to protect themselves from both external and internalstresses, plants have only one major defense mechanism: chemistry. Over t...DFG To Set Up 14 New Collaborative Research Centres
... and BochumUniversity. The aim is to gain a better understanding of highly organised systems and toprovide a basis ...se complex processes in order to gain a consistent understanding offriction, covering phenomena from nuclear friction to friction processes occurring in brakelinings...International Research Team Announces Discovery Of Two Species Of Feathered Dinosaurs
...he many specimens that has contributed to this new understanding wasfound in 1996 at the same site as Caudipteryx a...haeopteryx. "For more than a century, scientific understanding of bird evolution reliedalmost exclusively on a handful of fossils, all of which were discovered in ...Gene Variant Found That Can Help Protect Against Nicotine Addiction
... findings from this study and its implications for understanding and treatingnicotine addiction. We have long known that individuals vary in their vulnerability to becoming addicted, and thisstudy identifies one gene involved in those individual differences. In addition,understanding the critical role this e...New Strategy Discerns Early Stages Of HIV Infection, Paving Way For Targeted Study And Therapy
... investigators, couldrevolutionize the approach to understanding early HIV infection, developingappropriate early treatments and estimating the incidence of HIV infection on anational scale. The multi-institutional finding was reported in the July 1 special issue ofJAMA. The general diagnostic approach will also ...Seeing Blue-Yellow Color Perception For The First Time
...ndation fordesigning artificial retinas and better understanding rare eye diseases. Usingthe intact retina of a macaque, the scientists created a three-dimensional mapof the location of the blue-yellow cells by taking electron micrographs of 320cross-sections of the retina. "We photographed the mosaic of retinal ...Discovering Virology From Beijerinck To Hyperlinks
...r work in virology, particularlywith regard to the understanding of genetic information and the biological roleof virus encoded proteins," says Karen-Beth G. Scholthof, faculty member atTexas A&M University and APS member. "TMV continues to be in the forefront ofplant virology, generating new concepts and findings...Williams Syndrome: New UD Study May Shed Light On Rare Genetic Disorder-And Normal Development
...llgenetic defects. This, in turn, will enhance our understanding of how normaldevelopment occurs." The musical and ...ains as they try and fail the simple exercises. By understanding the nature of the spatial deficits, the researchers hope tounderstand what parts of language go unco...'Molecular' Computers? Munich/UD Researchers Report First Glimpse Of Artificial Molecule In Action
...te interconnections, which should promote a better understanding of realsystems. As conventional, semiconductor integrated circuits keep shrinking, van der Weidenotes, the number of wire-based interconnections between individual componentscontinues to increase, too, causing operational problems. "When you put mill...