ISN's Nexus Hypertension-Kidney debate
... ... ......Prize winners announced at ISN's World Congress of Nephrology
... ... Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 23, 2007 The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) today announced Vicente Torres, Professor of Medicine and Chair of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension (Mayo Clinic USA) and Jing Zhou, Associate Professor of Medicine an...Eduardo Slatopolsky honored with 2007 ISN Amgen International Prize
... Established in 2003, the ISN Amgen International Prize recognizes those who have increased the understanding and treatment of kidney disease through basic or clinical scientific research, leading to therapeutic advances. This year's priz...One Wwox isn't enough (to protect against cancer)
... ... The findings were published in the Proceedings of the National Aca...UCF student's research with Disney giraffes may help conserve several species
... ... ... "I find it fascinating, but I forget people find it odd," Few...The biggest isn't always best when it comes to treating cancer
... Now, in a study appearing online on August 24 in advance of publication in the September print issue of the Journal o...Conservation International & Disney discover new species in the 'Realm of the Yeti'
Scientists from Conservation International (CI) and Disney's Animal Kingdom found a vast array of exotic wildlifeincluding plant and animal species previously unknown to scienceduring a two-month expedition to little-known regions in the shadow of Mount Everest. The discoveries and observations announced today, coincident with opening of the Expedition Everest attraction at Walt Disney World Reso...In stretching, pain doesn't equal gain; but if NO isn't producing, stretching won't help
SAN FRANCISCO If you're a mouse, then stretching before you exercise is a good thing even as long as two weeks before your next cheese hunt or cat run. But if you're reading this for yourself, it's a bit more complicated. ...... When most of us think of stretching, we're imagining at a minimum jogging, and probably something more like downhill skiing or sprints. But when University of Michigan...How sweet it isn't -- preference for alternatives to sugar based on sour, bitter tastes
The most important factor in what kind of sweetener people prefer has little to do with how sweet it tastes. Rather, it has more to do with other tastes in the sweetener, such as bitterness or sourness, new research suggests....... Food scientists at Ohio State University asked 30 college students to rate 13 different sweeteners and sweet substances, including sugar, based on how much bitter, sou...Thomas Eisner to receive 2005 Rockefeller University Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science
A world authority on animal behavior, ecology and evolution, Thomas Eisner, Ph.D., has been chosen to receive The Rockefeller University's 2005 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science. Eisner will receive the prize, and give a lecture titled "The Ruling Class: Tales of Insect Survival," on Tuesday, October 11 at 5:30 p.m. in Rockefeller University's Caspary Auditorium....... The Lewis Thomas...Electronic connectivity isn't all that great, warns computer guru at NJIT talk
"Although sophisticated electronics gadgets are making the world appear smaller, distance should not die," said computer guru Darl Kolb earlier this week at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Kolb, a visiting professor from the University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand, championed redefining the notion of distance as the electronic world changes lives. UPS Information Services...JBC study shows that bigger isn't necessarily better for amyloid proteins
Bethesda, MD Scientists at the University of...California, Irvine have found evidence that disputes the popular belief that the long, insoluble amyloid fibrils found in amyloid-related diseases are what causes neurotoxicity. By comparing amyloid protein aggregates of different lengths, the researchers have shown that it is actually the smaller, soluble, oligomeric form of the proteins that inter...Pinatubo's rivers show the danger isn't over when volcanic eruption ends
Erupting volcanoes are among the most destructive forces in Mother Nature's arsenal. But where many people live on or near the flanks of such mountains, the real disaster often doesn't start until the eruption has subsided and the world has stopped paying attention.... It is then that rain-swollen rivers emanating from volcanic peaks can send massive lahars large waves of mud made up of water, a...After five years of work, Johns Hopkins researchers report that a particular genetic region long assumed to be a critical factor in Down syndrome isn't nearly as important as once thought. ...... , based on studies in genetically engineered mice, shreds a 30-year-old notion that genes in this region are largely responsible for the condition's characteristic facial features and some of its other c...