Important brain finding results from boy's rare, fatal disease
... yielded important knowledge about how the disease affects the brain, but it also marks one of the first time...athan's cells. Since doctors know that the disease affects myelin, the fatty material that insulates nerves and allows them to send their signals crisply, Pros...'Dead zone' area in Gulf could be increasing, researchers say
...e very least, move to other areas, which adversely affects fishermen in the dead zone region. "Bottom-dwelling marine life, where some of the most intense hypoxia levels are, can easily die," he says. "This area is of immense importance to people along the northern Gulf of Mexico," he adds. "We plan to retu...Viral protein influences key cell-signaling pathway
...of studies led by Lairmore that examine how HTLV-1 affects T lymphocytes and causes cancer. The p12 gene is ...tely regulated in cells," Lairmore says. "When p12 affects that balance, it affects the activity of a variety of genes." The current study used a non-infectio...Royal Society study on adaptability of fish to warming oceans
...on synchrony has also an applied interest since it affects both the likelihood of extinction of endangered species and our ability to control pest organisms. Dispersal movements have been claimed to be a universal cause of population synchrony. However, our study, which for the first time combines experiment...Wisconsin researchers identify sleep gene
...ly not a good thing. We know that the mns mutation affects mortality, but we're not sure how." In earlier studies, Tononi's team discovered that fruit flies do, in fact, sleep. "The more behaviors we look at, in terms of sleep, the more we find that sleep in fruit flies is very, very similar to sleep in ma...Respiratory syncytial virus poses a significant threat to elderly
... a cause of illness in infants and children, often affects the elderly and high-risk adults as much as influenza, a study by University of Rochester Medical Center researchers demonstrates. Although pediatricians are well aware of RSV, most internists rarely consider RSV in adult patients. However, an estima...A new study examines how shared pathogens affect host populations
...ple to the idea that sharing pathogens necessarily affects host populations negatively. They show that if there is frequency-dependent transmission, a host can be rescued from pathogen-mediated extinction by the presence of a second host with which it shares a pathogen. Sharing a pathogen among one or more a...Genetically modified rice in China benefits farmers' health, study finds
...02 and 3.0 percent in 2003 reported adverse health affects related to pesticide use....Prenatal cocaine exposure exerts subtle effects on schoolchildren
... cocaine is not directly affecting outcome, but it affects this intermediary measure that we're looking at that then goes on to affect outcome. We think that head circumference may be some sort of a marker for what is going on in the prenatal environment, that it's a proxy marker for other things." Each year...Researchers estimate polluted O.C. beaches cost public $3.3 million annually
... economic impact of coastal water pollution, as it affects tourism, recreational values and other related factors. The O.C. beaches used in the study receive pollution primarily from treated sewage discharged offshore, and untreated urban runoff which flows directly onto the beaches. During the time of the s...Scripps research scientists identify infertility molecule
...rtility, at least in mice -- and one that directly affects the ability of mouse embryos to implant in their m... LPA Receptors and Implantation The pathway that affects implantation involves a particular type of receptor molecule -- a protein called a lysophosphatidic ...New insights into how Huntington's disease attacks the brain
...ces another 150,000 persons at risk. The disorder affects males and females equally and crosses all ethnic and racial boundaries....Epilepsy Foundation announces free forum
...t common disorders of the nervous system, epilepsy affects people of all ages, races and ethnic backgrounds. More than 2.7 million Americans are living with epilepsy, including 55,000 in Arizona alone. Every year, 200,000 Americans, develop seizures and epilepsy for the first time. The condition can develop...Scientists reveal how disease bacterium survives inside immune system cell
... and Dr. Borjesson is working to understand how it affects blood cells -- and neutrophils in particular. "Few people know about this pathogen, but it is important because it is transmitted by ticks and causes disease in both animals and humans," Dr. Borjesson says. Neutrophils, which make up about 60 percent...Gene implicated in chronic kidney disease
...is (FSGS), can lead to complete kidney failure and affects 20 percent of patients on dialysis. The finding could lead to more effective treatments, according to the researchers. By examining the genetic makeup of one large, multi-generational family with a dominant form of FSGS, the researchers linked a muta...Hopeful results from interrupted Alzheimer's vaccine study
... or even preventing the tragic brain disorder that affects 4.5 million Americans. That's the conclusion of two new papers published in the journal Neurology by an international team of researchers who vaccinated hundreds of Alzheimer's disease patients with beta amyloid, a protein that builds up in Alzheimer...PNAS highlights for the week of May 9 - 13
...searchers examined how this dispersal of the sexes affects the gene pool of the different populations. They studied mitochondrial DNA and genes from the Y chromosome, sex-specific tracers of females and males, respectively, from three matrilocal and three patrilocal populations. The analysis provided the rat...Science, AAAS select two for new minority internship
...porting. Since science is a global enterprise that affects everybody, those who cover it should reflect that diversity. "The goal is to expose the interns to science writing by showing them what science writers do," said Jeffrey Mervis, Science deputy news editor and head of the Minority Science Writers In...Natural electrical potential difference affects water transport in clay
...ical potential difference over the clay layer that affects the transport of water (streaming potential) and solutes (membrane potential) through it. The potential differences arise because the clay layer acts like a semi-permeable membrane, in a similar manner to the wall of a biological cell. In laboratory...Purdue study finds races react differently to dietary salt, calcium
...es, we still have to be concerned about how sodium affects heart health." The research results were based on ...ls, resulting in lower bone density. "Salt intake affects how the body uses calcium at a critical time of bone development in young girls, but in whites more ...