Genetics play role in response to most common asthma drug
... arginine genotype might even be advised to use an alternate reliever medication." The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) recommends quick-relief medication such as inhaled albuterol on an as-needed basis for acute asthma symptoms. Other recommended reliever medications include inhaled an...Solutions to stop fishermen returning dead and dying marine animals back into sea - study
...coming, therefore, incentives must be generated by alternate means. "Granting better access to fishing grounds or allowing more fishing time to those who fish more selectively are methods that have proved successful. Once these incentives are created, fishermen's knowledge should be used to develop acceptable...Joslin Diabetes Center awards 1st Mary K. Iacocca Faculty Fellowship
...lty fellowship position, our goal is to reach into alternate fields of science, medicine and engineering to introduce new ideas and technologies to diabetes research," said George L. King, M.D., Director of Research at Joslin Diabetes Center, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and chairman of the...Reduced fish stocks linked to increased bushmeat trade, wildlife declines in W. Africa
...ce increased, residents substituted bushmeat as an alternate source of affordable protein and the number of bushmeat hunters observed by rangers in parks increased. Overall, the wildlife harvest has contributed to a 76 per cent decline in the biomass of 41 species of mammals in parks since 1970. The bushmeat ....... Investigating the second question of a possible alternate RET-independent GDNF receptor complex thought to involve neural cell adhesion molecules, they next examined Cis-only mouse olfactory bulbs. These bulbs are reduced in size in NCAM-deficient mice as the result of impaired migration of neural precursor...JCI table of contents, 3 January 2005
...discovered enzyme, endothelial lipase, provides an alternate pathway for the uptake of fatty acids in lipoprotein lipasedeficient adipose tissue in mice. This finding greatly contributes to our understanding of the metabolism of plasma lipoproteins. TITLE: Endothelial lipase provides as...Calcium may protect women from cancer
...n support of this theory is not very strong. "An alternate theory is that calcium has a direct impact on a whole series of biochemical pathways within the cells that line the colon and rectum. These pathways play important roles in regulating how these cells grow and mature and thus, can be important compone...JCI table of contents, April 1, 2005
...ng Agrp neurons and stimulating Pomc neurons. The alternate paradigm increases food intake and leads to obesity. In a study appearing online on March 10 in advance of publication in the April 1 print edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Gregory Barsh and colleagues from Stanford University examin...Plan to protect soybean crop is ready
...formation on recommended rates of use and possibly alternate use rates. "The hope is to minimize the impact of an Asian Rust epidemic by ensuring that soybean producers have the information they need on scouting and treating soybean rust," Holshouser said. Research continues on finding varieties resistant to A...For sardine and anchovy, El Nio events do not always have the same effects
...in habitat size for each species, to interpret the alternate fluctuations of anchovy and sardine populations at decadal scales, not only on inter-annual periods. When the environmental conditions are generally cold (La Nia, La Vieja), the upsurge of deep-oceanic cold water, rich in nutrients, is intense. The ...Whooping cranes stabilize vision to find food
...ociated with the head-bobbing behavior consists of alternate phases of holding the head still and rapidly thrusting it forward during each step. This behavior, found in birds but in no other vertebrates, gives them a vaguely comic appearance but is known to be critical for visual stabilization during body move...Scientists discover how plants disarm the toxic effects of excessive sunlight
...orm. However, photosynthesis can also generate an alternate form of singlet oxygen, which is a highly reactive and toxic substance that destroys biological molecules. "We've discovered a pathway that cells use to turn on certain genes and respond to singlet oxygen," says Timothy Donohue, a professor of bacter...Costly breeding programs for endangered species pay off
...y with offspring from other breeding pairs. In the alternate breeding scheme, the females were allowed to contr...e faster or have larger broods. For those animals, alternate breeding schemes might indeed prove more effective, and her group is conducting research to see if t...Women's health study finds vitamin E does not protect women from heart attack, stroke, or cancer
...n E or placebo and low-dose aspirin or placebo on alternate days. The participants were followed for an average of 10.1 years. The aspirin results published last March found no benefit of aspirin (100 mg every other day) in preventing first heart attacks or death from cardiovascular causes in women but did f...New clue to cocaine addicts' quirky behavior
...y reduce the capacity of these animals to consider alternate response strategies," concluded Goto and Grace. "In this way, the disruption of synaptic plasticity by cocaine sensitization may contribute to the affective- and context-inappropriate impulsive behaviors that are characteristic of drug addiction."...Other highlights in the September 7 JNCI
...ted that overexpression of the EMSY gene may be an alternate mechanism for suppression of the activity of the Brca2 protein, which could lead to the development of malignant breast cells. Connie J. Eaves, Ph.D., and David Huntsman, M.D., of the British Columbia Cancer Agency in Vancouver, and colleagues conduc...Immune system has evolved to prevent autoimmune disease
...eem said prior research has identified a number of alternate strategies the immune system could use to reduce the time needed to create an effective B cell. In addition, these methods also could produce antibodies that are more apt to bind with disease cells. The upshot would be an immune system that responds ...How the brain sorts babble into auditory streams
...w that when the frequencies are close together and alternate slowly, the listener perceives a single stream that sounds like a galloping horse. However when the tones are at widely separated frequencies or played in rapid succession, the listener perceives two separate streams of beeps. Importantly, at interme...UW study shows deer in CWD zone stick to home
...ions among themselves through direct contact. One alternate hypothesis is that areas where deer congregate - mineral licks, for example - may become hotspots for the disease. In those areas deer frequently lick the soil. They leave behind saliva that may also contain prions. Whether that behavior and the cons...Forsyth scientists identify a gene responsible for facial diversity
... Sciences, (PNAS), explores the molecular basis of alternate jaw types in this species-rich group. The opening and closing lever mechanisms of the lower jaw have traditionally been used to describe feeding techniques in bony fishes. Quantitative genetic analyses in cichlids demonstrate that opening and clos...