New glycan arrays discover autoimmunogenic activities of SARS-CoV: concern over monkey vaccine
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...The ITALSCAR burn scar maps were produced across a wide variety of different forest classes. Burn scars were mapped pixel by pixel using an automated software system, followed up with manual photo-interpretation for quality assurance. To ensure confidence in the results they were validated using ground su...Scientists suggest framework for epigenetics in common disease
...in a number of as-yet-unknown genes because of the wide variation in severity, age of onset, ease of treatment, rate of progression and other factors. But the Hopkins scientists point out that epigenetic variation adds another layer of complexity that also could contribute broadly to diseases' variability...... technique in kinesiology that can be applied to a wide range of skilled performers athletes, musicians and workers at risk of developing repetitive stress injuries to improve performances without overloading the musculoskeletal system. Musculoskeletal dynamics "Integrating experimental and modeling...Bone, enamel, dentine, milk & saliva share gene family
...e ancestor of the family of genes that produce the wide variety of mineralized tissues. Gene families develop because of tandem gene duplication, which occurs when two copies of one gene are copied onto a new chromosome. This error in duplication allows changes to occur in one copy of the gene, while th...Why some neonates need caffeine
...espiration. Premature neonates are vulnerable to a wide range of disorders. This study provides an important answer as to why a common treatment works in alleviating a problem of "stopped breathing" during the sleep process....Researchers develop better understanding of immune response to viral infection
...ing cell type, dendritic cells (DCs), respond to a wide spectrum of viruses. However, a protein called toll-like receptor (TLR) 9 has been implicated. To better understand how the process is coordinated, Dr. Marco Colonna and colleagues from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis exami...Drug prevents chemotherapy-induced hearing loss, study finds
...l carcinoma, lung cancer, neurologic cancers and a wide variety of other malignancies. But it injures hair cells of the cochlea, the spiral, inner-ear structure containing thousands of tiny hair cells that vibrate in response to sound waves. "These hair cells are often destroyed," Dickey said. "It starts ......fects. This has led to a new investigation of the wide range of biochemical, anatomical and histological parameters to determine whether long-term ingestion of a high protein diet could have adverse and/or beneficial effects in an obesity prone strain of rats. The authors of "A long-term high-protein die...Dr. Patricia Limerick to speak at ESA annual meeting
...ic and environmental history. She has published a wide variety of books, articles, and reviews, including The Legacy of Conquest, and Something in the Soil: Field-Testing the New Western History. She is currently at work on an anthology of poems and essays called The Nature of Justice: Racial Equity and...Significant strides in small regulatory RNA research in plants
...regulatory molecule having broad significance in a wide range of developmental processes in plants and animals. miRNAs have been found to play specific roles in plant development, including the regulation of flowering time and floral organ identity, and leaf polarity and morphology. Researchers...Oxygen sensing in worms may hold key to healthy blood pressure in humans
...ic oxide or oxygen will have implications across a wide swatch of biology, including research into human cardiovascular diseases. Says Marletta, "What I love most about this project is that we started out simply trying to understand how the mammalian cyclase enzyme is able to bind to nitric oxide. It app...ORNL nanoprobe creates world of new possibilities
...on tool, allowing direct analysis of samples for a wide variety of applications, Vo-Dinh said. These applications range from environmental monitoring to intracellular sensing and medical diagnostics. ORNL is managed by UT-Battelle for the Department of Energy. Funding for the project is provided by DOE's ...Vollum scientists find new form of dopamine transmission
...ected that the neurotransmitter was dispersed over wide areas to reach receptors. "We've demonstrated that this synaptic current is over and done within a second," said John Williams, Ph.D., senior scientist at the Vollum Institute, OHSU School of Medicine, and a study co-author. "We knew dopamine was rel...When sun's too strong, plankton make clouds
...e research took place in the Sargasso Sea, where a wide range ocean data has been collected since the 1950s. A 1998 study relying on data from this area contained a 1992 to 1994 time series that focused on the cycling of organic sulfur from DMS in the ocean. Siegel has also been collecting data of changes...UCSD biologists discover cell's defense mechanism against class of disease-causing bacterial toxins
... allows cells to fight a class of toxins made by a wide variety of disease-causing bacteria. Their discovery, detailed in this week's early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could eventually pave the way for the development of new, more effective treatments for bacteri...Society for conservation biology conference
...sites in and around New York City will highlight a wide range of activities that enable the natural world to thrive in a heavily urbanizing region....Triple-vaccine strategy stimulates strong HIV-specific immune response in monkeys
...o manipulate in the laboratory and readily enter a wide variety of cells, including important cells of the immune system, to stimulate a vigorous, long-lasting immune response. A number of these vaccines based on common strains of human adenoviruses, including some against HIV, have returned positive resu...