Inherited gene may increase risk for prostate cancer by 50%
...e for the majority of cases of this disease, which affects approximately 200,000 men each year. This finding led to the question as to whether or not mutations in this gene that are present from birth might increase an individuals susceptibility to prostate cancer. John Martignetti, MD, PhD, Assistant Profes...Mechanical tension helps shape lung development
...chopulmonary dysplasia, a serious lung injury that affects 30 to 40 percent of all premature babies, and lung hypoplasia, in which the lungs are compressed and cannot develop fully, often due to congenital diaphragmatic hernias, which occur in 1 of 2,500 births. Kourembanas is directing an NIH-funded projec...USGS featured at AAAS - Nation's largest science meeting
...p Groat for a discussion about how today's science affects tomorrow's water. For any natural resource, whether its water, minerals or energy decisions about future utilizations depend on having a clear understanding of the status of the resource, the amount that has already been extracted, the amount remain...Epilepsy and depression - A two-way street?
...between depression and epilepsy." Since depression affects about 5.3 percent of the U.S. population and epilepsy about 0.5 to 1 percent, session organizers said, knowledge of any relationships between the two disorders could help physicians find ways to improve care for both groups. The two-way relationship ...Animal parenting, personality and pair-ups
...ic variability and autism, which is a disease that affects social bonding and behavior. So, there's an interesting question there," Young said....Familiar blood pressure drug may prevent osteoporosis
...he most recent study, they showed that leptin also affects bone destruction or resorption through a receptor for the sympathetic nervous system present on bone cells. Mice lacking this receptor have "what every woman at time of menopause would like to experience," said Karsenty. "They make more bone, they de...... careers in science need to understand how science affects their daily lives, says Goldberg. He reaches from Los Angeles all the way to Japan with a hands-on, research Vbased exchange. Students from both countries work in his lab, manipulating the genes that tell a seed what to become. They also discuss the ...Probable trigger of kidney disease in diabetics identified
...ney disease in diabetic patients, a condition that affects one in three people with type 1 and one in ten people with type 2 diabetes. According to a new study led by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Thomas Jefferson University published in the February issue of PLoS Medicine, the link betwe...UT Southwestern researchers see hope for treating blindness in preemies
...nds to oxygen levels in cells and tissues and also affects the developing eye. Premature birth carries the ri...including retinopathy of prematurity, or ROP. ROP affects the retina, the part of the eye that detects light before it is transformed in the brain to an image...Plants, animals share molecular growth mechanisms
...Szymanski's research team is delving into how this affects the growth process. "DIS3 has two ends that are common in both plant and animal proteins," he said. "But DIS3 has a very large segment in the middle that is specific to plants. We'd like to know if this section is important and whether it regulates D...Fox Chase Cancer Center scientists identify immune-system mutation
...ed immune deficiency (SCID), a condition that also affects humans. In addition to providing a unique animal model to study the SCID syndrome, SCID mice have become a highly valuable tool for studying the immune system and are now used by scientists worldwide. Kappes' co-authors on the new Nature paper inclu...New treatment for inflammatory bowel disease
...ition called inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that affects nearly 1 million Americans. Published in the March 2005 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI), the study provides the first description of the molecular mechanism by which IFN-α/β inhibits the severity of colitis and maintains...Olfactory receptor cells may provide clues to psychiatric disease
... and neurodegenerative disorders, bipolar disorder affects nerve cells in the brain, making it difficult to study underlying neurobiological causes of the disease during its actual course. According to senior author Nancy Rawson, PhD, a Monell cellular biologist, "Previous studies have used non-nerve cell...Researchers investigate 'whole farm' approach to reduce dairy pollution
...h. Rather than just looking at how a single change affects phosphorus buildup and runoff, researchers will investigate how the various strategies reinforce one another. "It's really a matter of fine-tuning a system that isn't necessarily broken but could run better," Muir said. "We have also included the dai...Fruit fly study points to treatment for fragile X syndrome
...bits characteristics of the disorder. The disorder affects one in 6000 births and also causes accompanying sleep disorders, attention deficit disorder, hyperactivity, aggression, and autistic behavior. Researchers Sean M.J. McBride from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Thomas A. Jongens from University o...Future diabetes drugs may target new protein interaction
...ut we still don't know whether sirtuin1's activity affects lifespan in mammals." There is a precarious anecdotal link, however. In 2003, other scientists reported that a compound found in red wine activated yeast's sirtuin1-equivalent and extended the organism's lifespan. Moving up the food chain, decades of...Gene variant increases risk of age-related macular degeneration
...n (AMD). The chronic, progressive disease -- which affects as many as 15 million people in the United States -- is the leading cause of visual impairment and legal blindness in the elderly. A common variant of the gene, called complement factor H (CFH), explains approximately 43 percent of the risk of AMD a...Discovery may lead to better Candidiasis drug
... the membranes of the mouth, tongue and throat. It affects primarily people with weakened immune systems caus...motherapy or by diseases such as AIDS. Thrush also affects many denture wearers. The condition can be treated with antifungal medication in otherwise health...Acid rain likely stunts US forests
... largely because it's not been known how acid rain affects soil. "Russians invented the study of soil science and through their help, a large step forward has been taken in measuring acid rain effects on soils and trees," he said. "By providing the only preserved soil in the world collected before the aci......ould in the body," Yang said. "The growing surface affects how a cell forms, what it looks like and even how it expresses genes." Cells grown in the bioreactor could grow for a much longer period of time than they could in the flask, as cells had more room to grow in the bioreactor. "In the same amount of ti...