Saudi Arabia's KAUST names WHOI first research partner
...2009, KAUSTs aggressive global research program begins now with collaborative projects such as the WHOI initiative announced this summer. The University expects to conclude as many as four collaborations with leading institutions in other fields. A substantial grant program for individual investiga...Features of replication suggest viruses have common themes, vulnerabilities
... and newly made viral genomes to exit. The virus begins to co-opt the cell as a critical viral protein and viral RNA localize to the budding organelles, Ahlquist explains. "The virus takes over most of the available membrane. The protein creates a shell inside the spherule" to provide stability, and it is...The 'female advantage' in kidney disease does not extend to diabetic women
...t menopause, when their sex hormone -- estrogen -- begins to disappear from their system, the rate of kidney disease begins to increase. As a result, estrogen is believed to have a protective effect against developing kidney...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 1, 2007
...isely controlled amounts of the drug. Drug release begins when light falls on the compounds, and lasts only as long as the light continues to shine. The study reports successful laboratory tests of the system in the controlled release of three common medications used to treat pain and inflammation aspiri...Pregnant mothers join search for causes of autism
... Autism Risk in BabiesLearning Early Signs), which begins the search for causes and early markers for the disorder during pregnancy. Who:. A participant in the pilot phase of MARBLES will talk about why she became involved in the study. Irva Hertz-Picciotto, an expert on how environmental chemi...New strategy for treating allergic disorders
...ur bodys own substances and foreign substances and begins to attack our own tissues and organs. In other cases, the immune system responds mistakenly to harmless substances, such as the house dust mite, milk products, or pollen. This inappropriate immune system reaction to contact with such substances (alle......ponder cells in the lungs, called macrophages, and begins to multiply. The work is a significant advance because it will make it much easier to identify precise new targets for better anthrax drugs and vaccines, says Bergman, a research assistant professor of Bioinformatics at the U-M Medical School. In s...New databases put wings on search for bipolar risk genes
...aracteristiclike those whose bipolar disorder (BD) begins earlier than usual or those who also experience panic attacks. Suspect stretches of DNAincluding genesare more likely to stand out in such groups. The approach has been effective in finding genes associated with Alzheimers disease and breast cancer, ...Monell researchers find metabolic defect in liver that can lead to obesity
... the second enzyme, acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase, begins the oxidation process in mitochondria. When fed a high-fat diet, the obesity-prone rats overate and became obese, gaining 36% more weight than resistant animals. Fat oxidation was further compromised due to a decreased ability to make CPT1A, the ...Coming soon -- Protein synthesis without amino acids?
...e synthesis of short protein chains (polypeptides) begins with the production of their components, the amino acids. But it can be done differently: In the journal Angewandte Chemie, Chinese researchers report a considerably more convenient method that is similar to olefin polymerization, which is used for t...Antibody-altering protein found in developing B cells
...ctivated by the presence of a disease pathogen, it begins to make AID which directs and strengthens the B cells response to the infection by mutating the antibodies produced by the B cells. AID was originally thought to be made only by mature B cells and, as previously discovered by Imanishi-Kari and coll...Scientists to make news at Computational Biology Conference
...tendees to ISMB/ECCB 2007. The seven-day meeting begins when the site opens on Thursday, July 19, with seven special interest group meetings and one satellite meeting spanning two days. A selection of 14 half-day tutorials will be held on July 21 prior to the opening reception. Welcome ceremonies for the...Tumor painting revolutionizes fight against cancer
...search Center will help surgeons see where a tumor begins and ends more precisely by illuminating the cancer...e. Chlorotoxin:Cy5.5 activates within hours and it begins binding to cancer cells within minutes. The Chlorotoxin:Cy5.5 signal lasts for 14 days, illuminating...Early fire risk for mountains near Los Angeles
...ay to predict when the time of highest fire danger begins in the Santa Monica Mountains, based on the amount of spring precipitation, says the studys principal author, Philip Dennison, an assistant professor of geography at the University of Utah. We estimate that this year, the highest fire danger will beg...Researchers find gene that spurs development of the epididymis
... depend on an increase in testosterone levels that begins in the latter half of the life of an embryo. But...use embryo is about 13 days old, the Wolffian duct begins to grow and differentiate into the plumbing system connecting testes and vas deferens. This normally...New compound effectively treats fungal infections
...rning a genes DNA code into a protein. The process begins when the cell makes an RNA version of the genes code, called messenger RNA. Ribosomes, the cells protein synthesis machinery, then translate the messenger RNA into protein by stitching together the amino acids in the order specified by the message. T...Does stimulant treatment for ADHD increase risk of drug abuse?
...st that the developmental stage at which treatment begins and the duration of treatment are important variables that need further study." In the study, rats were given methylphenidate mixed with distilled water beginning one month after birth -- early adolescence for rats. Animals received either 1 or 2 m...Physicist cracks women's random but always lucky choice of X chromosome
...ns next is that material for a "protein plug" then begins to gather around both of the XIST suicide genes on each X Chromosome. This starts a race between the two build ups of protein. Inevitably one of these two nascent protein plugs narrowly wins that race and reaches an energy state in which it can pull ...Researchers shed light on shrinking of chromosomes
...mosomes shorten during cell division. Condensation begins early, when the cell starts preparing for division, and the chromosomes become shorter and shorter until they are about to separate and migrate towards the poles of the cell. It is at this stage that textbooks say chromosomes are shortest. Then, afte...PET/CT should be 'first-step' test for patients with Crohn's disease
...by Crohn's and related diseases. IBD most commonly begins during adolescence and early adulthood. "The clinical course of the disease is characterized by a succession of periods of clinical relapses and remissions," said Hustinx. "Its diagnosis relies on clinical and biological signs (markers of inflamm...