Phillip A. Sharp to present 2004 Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture at Chemical Heritage Foundation
...president. "Dr. Sharp combines deep originality of mind with unusual gifts of vision, perseverance, and diplomacy. He is not only a Nobel laureate and cofounder of a leading biotech company, but also a major architect of MIT's central importance in the life sciences. We eagerly anticipate learning from hi...Stress impairs thinking via mania-linked enzyme
... firing, the code cells use to hold information in mind from moment-to-moment. Exposure to mild stress activated PKC and resulted in prefrontal dysfunction, while inhibiting PKC protected cognitive function." "In the future, drugs that inhibit PKC could become the preferred emergency room treatments for ...US DHS sponsored evaluation confirms superior performance of Response Biomedical's RAMP anthrax test
...ilable, providing enhanced protection and peace of mind to millions of Americans, public safety personnel and corporations." About the Task Force on Bacillus Anthracis, funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Shortly after September 11th terrorist attacks, the U.S. was faced with an out...Endurance running may be key to evolution of human body form
...t," Lieberman says. "One that comes immediately to mind is our shoulders. The burly shoulders of chimps and australopithecines are connected to their skulls, the better to climb trees and swing from branches. The shoulders of modern humans are disconnected from our skulls, allowing us to run more efficien...Psychological stress and disease: UCSF-led study suggests connection
...dulate the rate of cellular aging." The link from mind to body "Numerous studies have solidly demonstrated a link between chronic psychological stress and indices of impaired health, including cardiovascular disease and weakened immune function," says lead author Elissa Epel, PhD, UCSF assistant profess...Your brain and you: Forecasting the ethical challenges ahead for neuroscience and society
...mmanent. "Current brain imaging is a far cry from mind reading, but there are clearly some kinds of personal psychological information that we'll be reading from brain scans in the near future. Certain personality traits, for example, are well enough correlated with patterns of brain activation that one...JCI table of contents, 3 January 2005
... COMMENTARY: TITLE: SDF-1 tells stem cells to mind their P's and Z's AUTHOR CONTACT: Connie J. Eaves British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Phone: 604-877-6070; Fax: 604-877-0712; E-mail: ceaves@bccrc.ca . A PDF of this article this arti...Priming embryonic stem cells to fulfill their promise
...signed the technique with other cell biologists in mind so that any of them could duplicate it with off-the-shelf chemicals and standardized laboratory machinery. "We think other researchers could easily use this technique with any other tissue in mouse, or human, or any other species," said Bhatia. Scie...Choosing where to look and changing your mind
...do make a choice, we might subsequently change our mind and select an alternative response before it's too late. In a study that casts light on the process of choosing between alternative eye movements, researchers at Imperial College London have demonstrated that the medial frontal cortex, an area of the...NJIT expert recommends 16 easy, affordable ways to make homes safer for people with disabilities
... dryers on the main level: A good idea to keep in mind if you are building a new property. Get rid of throw rugs: "At times throw rugs can be a real problem," Olsen said. Clean up clutter: This is obvious, the less things people have to take care of, the easier it is for them to function. Ols...Study methods, strains of Pfiesteria are both critical in determining organism's toxicity
... toxin production. "It's also important to keep in mind that Pfiesteria changes when it's cultured, after years of separation from its natural habitat," Burkholder added. "Many toxic strains of Pfiesteria, like other toxic algae, even lose their ability to keep making toxin, so young cultures should be us...Missing micronutrients - How best to nourish a child?
...d nutrition and how well children develop, both in mind and body, according to Demment. Their school performance, in turn, can have a strong influence on the growth of their nation's economy. Sound nutrition helps ultimately to fuel national development, he said. Biofortification, which uses conventional ...Finger length predicts physically aggressive personalities, study shows
...the idea was "a pile of hooey", but he changed his mind when he saw the data. Hurd and his graduate student Allison Bailey have shown that a man's index finger length relative to ring finger length can predict how inclined that man is to be physically aggressive. Women do not show a similar effect. A psy...Linking brain to mind in a common genetic disease
...ferences in brain structures may influence how the mind works. Researchers at The Children's Hospital of ...merging scientific field that investigates how the mind arises from the biology of the brain. One important factor driving the field is the application of t...Brain Awareness Week teaches kids how their brains work
...n of Intramural Research, students explore how the mind plays tricks with images it sees, such as an optical illusion drawing of an elephant with too many legs. One interesting scientific anomaly that the students explore is the Stroop effect. Students are asked to say the color of a printed word, not to ...Busy brains may stave off Alzheimer's signs
...or humans. "It's all very important in keeping the mind active and potentially staving off effects of old age." The b-amyloid peptides found in Alzheimer's are snippets of a larger protein called amyloid precursor protein. Researchers are still debating whether the b-amyloid peptides themselves or the pla...Understanding biological foundation of human behavior critical to improving laws
...us. "What we're learning about development of the mind and the biology of thinking is growing at a tremendous rate," Jones said. "The main significance of this article is that it demonstrates how the legal system can be more effective in pursuing its goals if it integrates life science and social science...Cure no quick fix for cancer survivors on long road to recovery
...s say survival often comes at its own price -- the mind may need mending even after the body heals. A national study of cancer patients who underwent bone marrow transplantation reveals cancer diagnosis and treatment has a profound and lasting emotional and physical impact that can persist for decades. I...Ophthalmologists and physicists team up to design 'bionic eye'
... from the flower enters the video camera. (Keep in mind that camera technology is already pretty good at adjusting contrast and other types of image enhancement.) The video camera then sends the image of the flower to the wallet-sized computer for complex processing. The processor then wirelessly sends it......d predictive manipulation of behavior." But, is it mind control? The authors demonstrate that even headless flies take mindful flight if the correct set of neurons is photo-activated. Miesenbck and Susana Lima, a graduate student and co-author of the paper, anticipate that a future remote control system m...