Alzheimer's disease is not accelerated aging
...als more at risk? Are some areas of the brain more vulnerable and is that why memory is more affected?" ...UCI scientists successfully target key HIV protein; breakthrough may lead to new drug therapies
... attacks the body's immune system, making the body vulnerable to infections and certain cancers. Symptoms of acute HIV infection may include fever, headache, fatigue and enlarged lymph nodes. The virus is spread most commonly by having unprotected sex with an infected person. Funded by the Arnold and Mabel Beck...Females may be more susceptible to overindulge 'sweet tooth' cravings than males
...he researchers' conclude that female rats are more vulnerable than male rats to this "sweet" form of diet-induced hyperphagia....Snakehead in your inbox? Welcome to the nonindigenous Aquatic Species Alert System
...er. "Waterways, lakes, and oceans are particularly vulnerable because underwater surveillance is certainly more difficult than monitoring land. We anticipate that this tool will be quite useful to the wildlife management community." Before the alert gets to your inbox, the information is checked against the Na...Viral suspect for amphibian decline traced to human spread through bait
...cting ecologies globally. "Amphibians are clearly vulnerable to environmental change, but the fact that they are being so broadly effected by emerging diseases is telling us that emerging diseases are having a major effect on the biosphere," said Collins. The finding has come out of a $3 million National Scien...Rising childhood leukaemia incidence prompts conference
...cerns that cancer treatments are leaving survivors vulnerable to future serious health risks that has prompted the charity to summon top international experts from Europe, America, Asia and Australia to discuss the problem and, it is hoped, set an agenda for future research. Conference chairman, Professor Denis...Optimizing protein's 'death domain' halts leukemia in laboratory study
...liked an overstretched Slinky. In this form, it is vulnerable to degradation, unable to enter cells, and left powerless to block the antideath BCL-2 protein. Walensky's goal was to return the isolated amino acid helix to its original shape after its removal from the BH3-containing protein. Drawing on his dual b...NHGRI launches Centers for Excellence in Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Research
...dicated to examining the intersection of genetics, vulnerable populations and health disparities in tobacco dependence, asthma and diabetes. Charmaine Royal, Ph.D., Howard University, Washington, $700,000 over three years. Dr. Royal plans to develop a center to analyze social and cultural identities of ind...Scientists fear new Ebola outbreak may explain sudden gorilla disappearance
...st elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis), and the vulnerable lion (Panthera leo). The massive 13,600 square kilometer park sits in northeastern Congo, near the Gabonese border to the west and Cameroon to the north. Scientists say multiple courses of action should be taken immediately: Field researchers a...Streptococcus infects humans by thwarting blood clotting
...rg. To develop the "humanized" mouse that would be vulnerable to bacterial streptokinase, Sun attached the gene for human plasminogen to a regulatory DNA sequence that normally activates the gene for a mouse blood protein, albumin. This protein is produced in large amounts in the animal. The result was a transg...OneWorld Health compiles comprehensive state of infectious diarrhea treatments, potential solutions
...development of new treatments for the world's most vulnerable infants and children," Dr. Hale said. What is being done about this today? Currently marketed antidiarrheal drugs are not safe for use in young children, and there are no approved drugs for children with diarrhea. Most therapies today target the ad...2nd media alert First Scientific Conference on Childhood Leukaemia
...ce of pre-leukaemic cells in babies that make them vulnerable to environmental triggers, and so on. The conference will also be told of the latest research relating to the precautionary principle, which questions whether the 'safe' levels of exposure to suspect agents are still set far too high. You are invited...Evidence for the impact of climate change on deep-sea biodiversity
...sity. They conclude that deep-sea fauna is highly vulnerable to environmental alteration, and that very minor temperature shifts in deep-water masses can rapidly and significantly alter both structural and functional deep-sea biodiversity. This study provides new elements towards a better understanding of the ...Plumbing trees' plumbing reveals their engineering skill
...And in laboratory experiments, they determined how vulnerable specific sections of root were to "cavitation," in which mechanical stress or drought induces bubbles that block water flow. The researchers found that trees adjust their root anatomy very effectively to work in different environments. Shallow roots ...Study suggests cell-cycle triggers might be cancer drug targets
...highly likely that cancer cells don't, making them vulnerable to future drugs aimed at D-cyclins, or their partners, the CDK kinases. In the Cell report, the researchers say they attempted to induce cancer in cells taken from embryos lacking the cyclins, and they remained stubbornly normal. By contrast, cells t...Study narrows search for genes placing men at increased risk for prostate cancer
...the genome containing genes that may make men more vulnerable to this common cancer. Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in US men. The findings appear in the August 18 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The researchers are currently scouring those genome regions, cul...Using statistics to decipher secrets of natural mutation
...es, form "hotspots" regions that are particularly vulnerable to alterations that convert one nucleotide to another, causing mutations. To understand these biases, Hwang and Green sought to develop a flexible approach to analyze the process of "neutral DNA evolution," in regions thought to lack genes and other...Rutgers-Newark scientist: Mosquitoes may carry lethal parasite
... any B. algerae in a mosquito's body away from the vulnerable wound site. If people are concerned about spraying insect repellents containing DEET on their skin, they can wear lightweight, long-sleeved shirts and long pants, and spray the DEET on the fabric instead. Taking garlic capsules, which cause the relea...Endangered turtles' trek along ocean currents revealed by satellite
... venture deeper than 250 metres down, leaving them vulnerable to the hooks of longline fishermen hundreds of thousands of such hooks are deployed daily across the Atlantic. Ongoing 'bycatching' of leatherbacks by fishermen has left the 100-million-year-old species on the brink of extinction in the Pac...... a genetic predisposition that renders some people vulnerable to inadequate serotonin activity may be at the root of the mood disorder. The researchers scanned subjects after their blood tryptophan levels were reduced by about three-fourths, using a radioactive tracer (a form of glucose, the brain's fuel) wh...