UCLA scientists produce functioning neurons from human embryonic stem cells
...f human neurological diseases that may provide the answers were looking for. We dont know what causes prefrontal dementia, Huntingtons disease or schizophrenia. The key is likely in the quality of neuronal communications. By studying the chemical and electrical transmissions, we may be able to determine what...MIT study: Maturity brings richer memories
... the volunteers, the more frequently their correct answers were enriched with contextual detail. Going back to the brain scans, Ofen found that the enriched memories also correlated with more intense activation in a specific region of the PFC. We found no change with age for memories without context, Ofen...St. Jude study solves mystery of mammalian ears
...tions about how the body works, and then use those answers to solve medical problems in the future. The long-standing argument centers around outer hair cells, which are rod-shaped cells that respond to sound waves. Located in the fluid-filled part of the inner ear called the cochlea, these outer hair cel...First genome-wide study of infectious disease opens new avenues for HIV treatment, vaccines
...borative nature of this work. It demonstrates that answers to important questions, requiring analysis of large amounts of clinical specimens, can be obtained quickly, says Peggy Johnston, Ph.D., director of NIAIDs Vaccine Research Program....Fruit fly research may 'clean up' conventional impressions of biology
...es," Bialek said. "Perhaps more important than the answers we have found so far, this work has led us to sharpen the kinds of questions we ask about living cells as we try to understand them with the same kind of mathematical precision that we understand the rest of the physical world."...Ancient retrovirus sheds light on modern pandemic
...erstand why our defenses are the way they are, the answers inevitably lie in these ancient viruses more so than the ones that have affected us only recently, such as HIV."...International team to honor 30th anniversary of deep-sea vent discovery in Galpagos
... of Earth's most extreme environments in search of answers to questions about crust formation, the origin of life, ocean chemistry and more. "It remains one of the most exciting discoveries in the past century," Tyler said. The Galpagos Islands provide a fitting venue to hold this celebration, said Mari...PET/CT: The best test for women with ovarian cancer
...acer FDG, thus reducing costs and providing better answers for patients and referring doctors," said Fulham. Ovarian cancercancer that forms in tissues of the ovaryis the leading cause of death in women with gynecologic cancer, noted Fulham. In the United States, reports indicate that more than 22,000 new...1 month post launch, Interactive Autism Network reports 13,000 participants
...of this project, and ultimately, to the pursuit of answers in autism." IAN has become successful in registering families largely due to the tight knit nature of the autism community and the outpouring of support from parents. Testimonials continue to echo the great need for and tremendous potential of IAN...Study revises dynamin's role in nerve cell function
... proteins that interact with dynamin 1, we'll have answers on hand to help fix that." Dynamin 1 is one of a family of enzymes involved in synaptic vesicle endocytosis -- a reverse of the process of transmission of cellular signaling chemicals, whereby molecular components of the vesicle are retrieved from ...Scientists offer new view of photosynthesis
...s that had been haunting them for 20 years. The answers may be good news for the development of organic solar cells, which have been of commercial interest due to their relatively low cost compared to traditional silicon solar cells. "Some of the problems that you have with the organic photovoltaics aris...Unicellular microRNA discovery
...y doing in the green alga. I hope we will know the answers soon," says Dr. Qi. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of conserved, approximately 21-nucleotide long RNAs that regulate the expression of genes by either cleaving complementary mRNA targets or repressing their translation. MiRNAs have been identified ...Army research mission focused on autism
...might craft funding mechanisms to get the research answers to improve the lives of persons with autism. Reyn...ich treatments work with which kids. We need these answers now." With a mission-driven approach, the ASDRP offer three types of funding opportunities: To enco...JCI table of contents -- April 19, 2007
...mune system not attack a developing fetus? Several answers to this question are provided by a new study of mice from researchers at New York University School of Medicine. In the study, which appears online on April 19 in advance of publication in the May print issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigatio...Researcher focuses on pros, cons of antioxidants from fruits and vegetables
...d how much is too much? Talcott is looking for the answers to these questions through her research. "My overall goal is to find out more about the safety and efficacy of phytochemical dietary supplements," she said. Because these items are already popular with consumers, "we need to follow up with researc...2007 Communicator Award goes to glaciologists from Bremerhaven
...win the Communicator Award. They have been seeking answers to what has become one of the most urgent issues for mankind the development and change to our climate in the eternal ice for two decades already. The 15 geophysicists, geologists, geographers and meteorologists in the working group have been takin...Little lifesavers -- Nanoparticles improve delivery of medicines and diagnostics
...le particles filled with medicine may also contain answers to some of the biggest human health problems, including cancer and tuberculosis. The secret is the size of the package. Using an innovative technique they invented, a Princeton University-led research team has created particles that can deliver med...Disease can be our ally, not just our enemy, says new book by UCR evolutionary biologist
...personalities, to how we choose our mate. It also answers questions such as: Why do men die younger than women? Why do we and lots of other animals get sexually transmitted diseases? Why do we have sex at all, rather than simply splitting off copies of ourselves like certain geckoes? And how is our obs...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- March 21, 2007
...oors and enormous intellectual capital to provide answers to questions that have puzzled and perplexed humanity for centuries. We are at a wonderful time for chemistry, Whitesides says. It is, I believe, in the position of physics in the 1910s, just before quantum mechanics made the world impossibly stran...Immune response to cancer stem cells may dictate cancer's course
...s of patients. "This raises more questions than it answers right now," he says, "but these studies provide new targets which we can develop vaccines and drugs against."...