International gathering of scientists looks toward future of cancer research
... research to clinical studies. "In our efforts to communicate with each other and the public, we often refer to the metaphor of a pipeline to describe the scientific process, with the output of that pipeline taking the form of new diagnostic tools and devices, vaccines and drugs," said Michael B. Kastan, M.D., ...Mental retardation cause may include cell miscommunication
...certain brain cells, drowning out their ability to communicate properly and potentially interfering with normal brain development. Scientists have long known that babies born with PKU lack or are deficient in the enzyme that converts the amino acid phenylalanine into a usable form. The amount of the amino acid i...Gladstone investigators discover how resting T cells avoid HIV infection
...cytokines (proteins that the immune system uses to communicate between cells) and recruiting and activating additional T cells. The new study shows that this activation process dismantles the highly effective A3G antiviral shield, making these cells highly susceptible to HIV infection. Greene's group is now look...Programmable cells: Engineer turns bacteria into living computers
...engineers at Princeton have programmed bacteria to communicate with each other and produce color-coded patterns. The feat, accomplished in a biology lab within the Department of Electrical Engineering, represents an important proof-of-principle in an emerging field known as "synthetic biology," which aims to har...Pitt Professor awarded competitive Sloan Research Fellowship
...d will fund Sommer's research into how brain areas communicate with each other during normal behaviors, and how this communication breaks down in such mental disorders as schizophrenia. Sommer studies the signals sent from deep brain structures, such as the cerebellum, to the prefrontal cortex, considered to be ...Unlocking mysteries of brain, grooming future med students goals of UH prof
...hrough an electrochemical process. These messages communicate feelings, movements, sensations, memories and thoughts. "My long-term research goal is to understand how neurons, particularly those in the cerebral cortex, produce thought and behavior," Colbert said. This research could lead to advances in trea...Social amoeba sheds light on communication in human brain
...o how cells in higher organisms, including humans, communicate with each other. The study, published this week in...more complex system." "Most processes cells use to communicate with each other have been around a long time in evolutionary terms," added Anjard. "For example, we...STN Expreses Version 8.0 gives information professionals advance analysis and security capabilities
...ts and presentations that are easy to assemble and communicate effectively the value they bring to information analysis. The new enhancements accomplish this goal." STN Express with Discover! Analysis Version 8.0 for Windows includes additional new capabilities, including CAS Registry Number and Role Repor...Vampires beware: Scripps scientists describe molecular basis of raw garlic's pungency
...li peppers and cinnamon sticks, and then they will communicate this information to the brain through the spinal c...1 and TRPV1 are both more than just receptors that communicate hot and cold temperatures or the pungency of garlic to the brain. These receptors also communicate p...Scientists journey to southern Africa to unravel the secret world of elephant communication
...es ago with the stunning revelation that elephants communicate over long distances using low-pitched sounds that ...tudies focusing on the ability of large mammals to communicate through the ground." Her insights generated international media attention after the Dec. 26, 2004, t...Expert system developed to enhance diagnostic accuracy of Alzheimer's disease with FDG PET scans
...mory and ability to learn, reason, make judgments, communicate and carry out daily activities. More than 4.5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease, including former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, who endured the disease for years before his death last June. An early, accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's ...Purdue researchers find key to rice blast fungus
...s in rice blast fungus that allows the pathogen to communicate with the plant....Neurotransmitters signal aggressive cancer, offer potential for early diagnosis
...ocrine tumor cells use GABA signaling processes to communicate with each other and with their environment. "Through carefully planned clinical trials, we may be able to evaluate the therapeutic potential of already available drugs that affect GABA signaling to treat these aggressive types of cancers," says Ippol...Study in Royal Society journal on world's only horned rodent
...ue. Social insects are famous for their ability to communicate with one another. Examples include the waggle dances of honeybees and the pheromone trails of ants. These communication systems allow social insect colonies to focus their foraging efforts rapidly on newly discovered food sources. Such information t...France's highest scientific honor awarded this year to Salk Institute scientist Ronald M. Evans
...es and dietary fats would use a common strategy to communicate to genes inside a cell's nucleus. They all rely on receptor molecules inside the cell's nucleus that function as on/off switches for genes as soon as they bind to a hormone molecule. By illuminating the structures of the nuclear hormone receptors an...Salk scientists overturn a dogma of nerve cell communication
...iology textbook invariably states that nerve cells communicate with each other through synapses, the specialized ...results opened up the possibility that neurons can communicate many other ways not just at the traditional places that are defined by their anatomy," says lead inv...Asthma, allergies may reduce risk of brain cancer
...d cytokines, which control how immune system cells communicate and behave. Ironically, these cytokines may calm the immune system in the brain by helping to inhibit inflammation, even though they also eventually lead to increased inflammation in the lungs, which is a primary symptom of asthma. It's possible, Sch...Hormonal signaling in the brain: radical shift in understanding information processing
...ons employ a vast diversity of chemical signals to communicate information, including more than 60 peptides. Many of these peptides, when released within the brain, trigger coherent, specific, complex behaviors, including sexual and social behaviors. Increasingly we are recognizing that peptide signals play a ke...Key process in gene regulation occurs in blood platelets, Univeristy of Utah researchers find
...s were engaged in earlier studies of how platelets communicate with certain leukocytes (white blood cells). During that investigation they found evidence of platelets making new proteins, which led them to pursue the mechanisms that are involved, said Guy A. Zimmerman, M.D., professor of internal medicine and on......es," said Steen. "We need devices that allow us to communicate between the two scales." Co-authors include Michael Vogel, a postdoctoral researcher in Cornell's Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and researcher Peter Ehrhard at the Institute for Nuclear and Energy Technologies in Karlsruhe, G...