SPECT imaging can evaluate stem cell therapy effectiveness in patients with coronary heart disease
...Track). "Rather than just infusing the stem cells, closing one's eyes and hoping for the best, the imaging of F-18 FDG-labeled stem cells provides valuable information about the location and number of cells successfully implanted. One can then link this with eventual improvement in function, investigated by ...Several minute intermediate stage in virus-cell fusion discovered; opportunity for drug development
...before adopting its final size, or (in rare cases) closing permanently. This 'intermediate stage,' as the sc...d, you can tease it open a little bit but it keeps closing on you until there's enough pressure in the airlock to allow it to open all the way." Melikyan expla...Molecular spies illuminate drug resistance proteins
...g the crystal structures couldn't the opening and closing of the transporter in response to energy expenditure. Multidrug transporters like MsbA pump molecules out of the cell using the energy released by the reaction of ATP (adenosine triphosphate), the cell's 'fuel' source, and water. This characteristic...'Scientists@work' gives over 1800 Flemish students the chance to work in a biotech lab
...ury, and they are to present their projects at the closing celebration at Ghent University on 11 May 2005. Scientists@work in figures... 169 teams from 100 schools - for a total of 1815 students - started a project: 128 General Secondary Education, 40 Technical Secondary Education classes, 1 team from...Important brain finding results from boy's rare, fatal disease
...he symptoms of VWM. "This is another step towards closing the gap between the origin of the disease and how it is manifested in children," Proschel says. "Chances are that someday, we'll have to try to replace either the defective gene or the defective cells. That will mean either gene or cell therapy. In b...Water research initiatives at UW-Madison
...that comprise the "Wisconsin Buffer Initiative" is closing in on solutions to the contentious issue of riparian buffer zones on state waterways. Buffers are strips of vegetation near rivers and streams that help remove sediment and pollutants from runoff before it enters the stream. The initiative's key ques...21-22 April AAAS forum to discuss Pentagon R&D spending, other policy issues
...ng impact of the Chernobyl nuclear accident; and a closing plenary on the collision between science and socie...ssues as evolution and stem cells. Speakers at the closing plenary will include Eugenie Scott of the National Center for Science Education, on the evolution ba...HGM2005 (HUGO's 10th International Human Genome Meeting) will be held in Kyoto
...Brenner, 2002 Nobel Laureate, will attend and give closing remarks at HGM2005.Dr. Sydney Brenner, a 2002 Nobel Laureate and President of The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, will participate on April 20 (Wednesday) from 18:30. Plenary I April 18 (Monday), 2005 18:15- 20:15 at the Main Hall "Th...Glowing hearts shine light on heart disease
...ed suddenly, Anderson said. "We were interested in closing the loop: if we targeted CaM kinase for inhibition, could we prevent or reduce structural heart disease phenotypes that were relevant in patients?" Anderson asked. Because existing CaM kinase inhibitor drugs affect a number of different targets, the ...DNA 'packaging' linked with cancer
...he machinery that allows genes to be expressed, or closing it down, according to a study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Pathology. An editorial in the same issue of the journal says the study represents what it calls a paradigm shift in our understanding of how malignant cells opera...World's largest rainforest drying experiment completes first phase
...mount of water that they lose from their leaves by closing their stomates. The trees adjust to the resulting reduction in photosynthesis by diverting less of the sugar and other carbohydrates that they make to wood production. This finding has important implications for climate change since the amount of car...Symbiotic bacteria protect hunting wasps from fungal infestation
...ia to the ceiling of the brood cell before finally closing off the cell. The larvae then take up the bacteria and apply them to the silk threads of their cocoons. The researchers found that experimental removal of the bacteria caused increased fungal infestations and increased larval mortality in fact, litt...Technological revolutions in sensors, robotics, and telecommunications allow new views of ocean
... that managers can better understand the impact of closing areas to fishing. "Working on the fish in their natural environment is incredibly advantageous," says Lindholm. "We reduce stress on the fish during surgery and can watch recently tagged fish for several days to makes sure they return to normal be...Harvard scientists discover how the venus flytrap snaps
... the plant was stimulated and found that the rapid closing is due to a 'snap-buckling instability' that the plant itself controls." To trap its prey, the carnivorous plant relies on both an active biochemical and a passive elastic process, say Mahadevan and former students and postdocs Yol Forterre, Jan M...Novel approach yields predictions validated by experiments
...lly tested hypotheses generated by the model, thus closing the circle." Voit -- also a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar with expertise in mathematical and computational modeling -- reports this research with his MUSC colleagues in the Jan. 27, 2005 issue of the journal Nature. The researchers demon...$6.7 million for bionic war on disabilities
... restore the normal movement, both the opening and closing movement of the vocal folds," Smith says. The existing Utah Electrode Array will be used in initial tests, but Smith says he hopes a wireless version ultimately will be available to help restore speech. Scientists at the New York State Depa...Drilled shells show extinction's lasting effects
...k getting their feeding proboscisnipped off by the closing shell. The pattern of drill holes in fossil shells can give insight intowhat life in the ocean was like millions of years ago and how itcompares to today. In the laboratory, Gregory Dietl, a postdoctoral researcher at theUniversity of North Carolina...Cranfield collaborator receives multi million dollar financing
...pany financings of 2004, Pelikan has announced the closing of a $29.2 million Series D preferred stock financing with several leading international investors. This brings the total financing into the company up to $46.2 million since its founding in 2001. Pelikan's first product, which is expected to be laun...New study reveals locations of possible Alzheimer's genes
...ublishing Group. "We feel confident that we may be closing in on new Alzheimer's genes," says the study's senior author, Richard Mayeux, M.D., co-director of the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain at Columbia University Medical Center. "This is a major collection of famili...Researchers discover transport molecule that allows boron into cells
...ers are embedded in the cell membrane, opening and closing like gates to let charged ions and molecules enter and leave the cell. The movement of these molecules affects numerous essential cellular functions. Like other nutrients, cells must transport boron across the membrane to control its concentration...