Endurance running may be key to evolution of human body form
...tralopithecines are connected to their skulls, the better to climb trees and swing from branches. The shoulders of modern humans are disconnected from our skulls, allowing us to run more efficiently." Another of humankind's most distinctive features, the gluteus maximus muscle that comprises the butto......rotate independently of the head and neck to allow better balance, and skeletal and muscle features that mak...Humans also evolved with an enlarged heel bone for better shock absorption, as well as shorter toes and a big toe that is fully drawn in toward the other toes...Gene expression profiling aids in ovarian cancer prognosis
...le using microarray technology may help clinicians better determine the prognosis of patients with advanced ...umor cells, researchers have long suspected that a better understanding of the genetic profile of the tumors of individual patients could help in making a mor...Ubiquitination in real-time: A world first at the Universit de Montral
...ein that is attracting great interest, will become better known. Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2004 The...nation in real time, in living cells, will help to better target therapeutic molecules from which new medications might be produced....Tiny plant a model for commercially important trees
...ntial regulators of wood formation, we will have a better understanding of how plants produce this valuable commodity upon which we all rely," said Beers....Random gene activation helps ulcer bug escape immune system
...om the stomach wall will advance efforts to design better drugs and vaccines against the bacterium, which is...nd his Swedish colleagues are currently working to better understand BabB, investigating, among other things, whether the gene has a role to play on its own a...'Blind' cells see the light; maybe someday humans will, too
...ne scan of the retinal field and create much, much better spatial resolution." Current, admittedly early attempts at restoring sight with electrodes in the retinal ganglion cells, whose axons bundle together to form the optic nerve entering the brain, allow the patient to see little more than patches of lig...Acid-resistant bug doesn't give in to alcohol either
...lyst. The more things we can do with enzymes, the better for the environment, because they have no waste pr...pock said. "What I'm hoping to get out of it is a better understanding of how proteins work. Our contribution is to find out how a couple of examples work a...Census of Marine Life - Discoveries and Highlights 2004: Scientists add 4m+ records, 13,000 species
...g understanding of species behavior and suggesting better ecosystem-based management policies. Communicating about the Census Finally, to make the findings of Census scientists more accessible and to share the excitement of the technology that makes the dream of a Census a reality, CoML team members l...Purdue researchers align nanotubes to improve artificial joints
...experiments that bone cells in Petri dishes attach better to materials that possess smaller surface bumps th...eins and natural tissues, prompting cells to stick better and promoting the growth of new cells, Webster said. The findings also suggest that using such nanom...Hold the stuffing: Low-glycemic diet may help keep weight off
...r weight to that setpoint. A low-GL diet may work better with these internal biological responses to create the greatest likelihood of long-term weight loss." Confirming other research, Ludwig's team also found that the low-GL group had significantly greater improvements in insulin resistance (a risk facto...Studies in Royal Society journals include stress in birds and depletion of medieval fish stocks
...om biologists. This model is already helping us to better understand sensory systems, which is invaluable in our wider project, the construction of a whiskered robot that can navigate and explore like a real rat. Contact: Dr Ben Mitchinson, Adaptive Behaviour Research Group, University of Sheffield, SHEFFIE...Eelgrass provides a refuge from predators for some fish species
...e decline in predation. "Our results provide better insight into the different habitat value of eelgrass meadows. The findings support a continuation of efforts to protect and manage eelgrass meadows effectively." ...Scientists generate human islet precursor cells in culture
...IDDK's goals for long-term diabetes research is to better understand the beta cell and how it regenerates. These findings may eventually have implications for diabetes treatments, including islet transplantation. Islet transplantation involves the infusion of islets derived from donor pancreata into a per...How city dwellers and living things put the green into our urban open spaces
...ct aimed at working with a local community to make better use of community gardens, many of which have been long abandoned and are a danger to public health. And they cite examples of people who organise regular wildlife surveys and clean-ups in their local woods. A forum entitled 'Living cities: a new age...New findings in innate immunity may lead to treatments for atherosclerosis
...ed, patients with higher IL-10 serum levels have a better chance of recovery. Therefore, elevated IRAK1 modification and IL-10 levels observed in atherosclerosis patients may be a compensatory and self-protective mechanism." Manipulating innate immunity may eventually be a therapeutic strategy for treating ...Pain reliever may help treat life-threatening childhood disease
...tion of indoprofen will hopefully help us create a better drug." ...Stronger therapy better for AML with normal genetics
...apies each produced longer remission periods and a better chance of cure than did the two less-intense therapies. That is, four cycles of high-dose cytarabine or one cycle of high-dose cytarabine and etoposide followed by stem-cell transplant were more effective than was one cycle of high-dose cytarabine al...New pheromone creates buzz about the clout of older bees
...first two to three weeks of life are biologically better suited for brood care, thanks to some boosted blood protein. Bees forced out too early aren't great navigators, and since foraging is dangerous, they risk dying before their time. "Our idea has never been disproved, but the lack of mechanism drove...NIH makes award to UNC for Genome Fingerprint Scanning program
...ly assist researchers who are studying proteins to better understand complex diseases. The most common approach compares proteins expressed in diseased versus normal tissues to determine proteins whose expression levels or forms are significantly changed, indicating a potential role in the disease. One ex...