New drug with unusual promise enters ALS pipeline
... THA also blocks glutamatecleanup, and nerve cells wither in a way indistinguishable from the real thing. The Hopkins team has been refining their model for the past eight years,to the point, Kuncl says, where "it faithfully predicts substances known to haveeffects in patients with ALS." It's ......ower-than-normalprecipitation are causing crops to wither and streamflows to dry up. In Indiana,low stream flows have been reported in the Silver Creek and the East Fork of theWhite River where streamflows are 55 percent below normal. The MississinewaRiver, in Randolph County, in eastern Indiana, was nearly...Biological legacies a key of ecological rebirth after Mount St. Helens eruption
...ants, many of which prefer shady conditions, would wither because the trees were flattened or obliterated in the blast. But what del Moral and his fellow researchers found was that the patches tended to die back mainly at the edges. The exposed soil became aircraft carriers offering a safe landing for see......h plug up blood vessels with the gel. Tumours will wither and die if their blood supply is cut off, a process called anti-angiogenesis. "We're talking about mechanical anti-angiogenesis," says Sawhney. "We can shut off every street or alley supplying the tumour," he says. The same device is be...Purple potato boost for organic food industry
...nd cause the leafy top of the plant to turn brown, wither and die. As the infection advances, the blight attacks the growing tubers, causing them to disfigure, become inedible and finally rot away. * Control of potato blight traditionally relies on copper-based fungicides such as Bordeaux mixture (consisti...Autumn foliage may affect air quality, climate
...n contrast,when leaves lose their summer green and wither more gradually, as inthe southeast, the result is likely to be lower emissions that lingerover a longer period of time. Preliminary findings show thatconcentrations of at least two VOCs, methanol and acetaldehyde, morethan doubled after a week of col...Researchers reveal new secrets of the brain
...inforced, growing thicker, while those that aren't wither away. Right now, however, the theory is pure speculation. Next, they hope to test whether synapses that are used more grow thicker. Adult brains may forge new connections, but they are not nearly as malleable as developing brains, says Dr. Svoboda. ...Stuart Lipton honored with Jung Prize for Medicine
...ve diseases, the brain is attacked and nerve cells wither and die by a variety of overactive signaling pathways. These pathways signal important functions under "normal" conditions. Conventional treatments act by blocking the signals completely, which also blocks their intended function. Dr. Lipton disco......on should ensure that its poxvirus program doesn't wither on the vine," said Harrison. The CDC is one of the sites that maintains a stock of smallpox virus. "Without a serious poxvirus research program of high quality in the CDC, it would not be possible to provide adequate infrastructure resources for any ...