MIT researchers reverse symptoms in mice of leading inherited cause of mental retardation
...trikingly, PAK inhibition also restored electrical communication between neurons in the brains of the FXS mice, cor...ber and structure-as well as the weaker electrical communication between their neurons-were reversed. Reversing behavioral symptoms The FXS mice exhibited symp...Paving the way toward a vaccine against Alzheimer's disease
...hers also found that the antibodies helped restore communication between nerve cells. In Alzheimers patients, the protein clusters alter parts of the cell surfaces the synapses that help nerve cells talk to one another. As a result, thoughts are not transmitted, memory is lost, and new learning is hindered. But ...ASM scores a hat-trick at the 2007 Hermes Creative Awards
...ies. Submissions came from corporate marketing and communication departments, advertising agencies, PR firms, design shops, production companies and freelancers. MicrobeWorld Radio is a public outreach initiative that revolves around a daily, 90-second audio podcast series and biweekly video series designed to ...Another sexual attraction is possible ...
...offspring of such parents would inherit the mutant communication system of their parents, which could "spark" the divergence leading to the formation of a new species. The European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis, is a model species that is particularly well-suited to study the first steps along the road to speci...UD awarded $11M for osteoarthritis research and unique mentoring program for women scientists
...echanical engineering, is exploring the pathway of communication between bone and cartilage. Experiments have shown that bone cells from osteoarthritic patients can cause cartilage to break down. Wang is combining lab techniques with mathematical modeling to characterize the movement of molecules through bones in ...University of Colorado invention may allow thirsty crops to signal farmers
...irs, wells and rivers. Stoner likened the plant communication aspect of the invention to a scene in the 1986 comedy musical film, "Little Shop of Horrors," when a giant carnivorous plant tells humans to "feed me." "This technology allows plants to say, 'water me,' " he said. High eastern plains water-use h...Undergraduate research shows leaderless honeybee organizing
...cific message, but instead is a form of modulatory communication that alters existing bee behaviors (making bees perform their jobs more actively, perhaps) or changes bees response to other signals. Pierce and Schneider have documented in their current paper how workers use the vibration signal to prepare the ...Cell Press announces new partnership with the American Society of Human Genetics
...strengthens its commitment to fostering scientific communication through the publication of exciting original research. Cell Press is recognized for its close relationship with the scientific community and for consistently delivering the worlds leading research across the broad spectrum of life sciences. ASHG will...Pesticides choke pathway for nature to produce nitrogen for crops
...ssence, the agrichemicals are cutting the lines of communication between the host plant and symbiotic bacteria. This is the mechanism by which these chemicals reduce symbiosis and nitrogen fixation." Fox began the project as a doctoral student with John A. McLachlan, director of the Center for Bioenvironmental R...A new plant-bacterial symbiotic mechanism promising for crop applications
... Rhizobia family, have just revealed a new mode of communication at molecular level between these two organisms. Th...tion the universally recognized model of molecular communication that initiates the rhizobia-legume symbiosis. This common model requires the presence of several nod...Other highlights from the June 6 JNCI
...ppears to be involved in muscle development and in communication between muscle cells and the material surrounding the cells, known as extracellular matrix. Baoguo Ren, M.D., of the University of Pittsburgh, and colleagues identified integrin 7 mutations in specimens from several different types of cancers, and...Cellular message movement captured on video
...otein called paxillin moving abruptly from hubs of communication and transportation activity on the cell surface toward the nucleus. Paxillin was labeled with a red fluorescence marker to make it stand out in live cells. Its amazing to us. We thought the cell was so simple, said Shu Chien, the senior author of t...Molecular motors may speed nutrient processing
... the pipe;" and that it serves a role in cell-cell communication by launching vesicles that contain signaling proteins. Tyska and his team also plan to explore whether myosin-1a is serving a similar membrane-moving role in its other known location: the hair cells of the inner ear, and if other microvilli also use ...A first -- Hebrew University scientist observes brain cell development in 'real time'
... to reach other neurons and serve as the points of communication between the neurons. The model employed by Dr. Mizrahi in his research was the newborn neuron population which develops into the olfactory bulb of adult mice, providing them with a sense of smell. The development and maintenance of newborn neurons...The first issue of the HFSP Journal is now available
...HFSP Journal is a new journal which aims to foster communication between scientists publishing high quality, innovative interdisciplinary research at the interface between biology and the physical sciences. The first issue features: An Editorial from the Editor-in-Chief Arturo Falaschi from the Internatio...Latent memory of cells comes to life
... Center at the Niels Bohr Institute has shown that communication between nucleosomes and positive feedback are likely to constitute fundamental memory mechanisms in individual cells. The mechanism gives both stability and openness to new influences which the cell could need to change state. Nature has a partner wh...Left-right wiring determined by neural communication in the embryonic worm
...orms have a system of gap junctions -- "broadband" communication channels through which cells pass many kinds of mo...ndation -- found that the first step of left-right communication is carried out by a gene that makes gap junctions. And yet strangely, as far as worm researchers kne...Study finds regions of DNA that appear linked to autistic spectrum disorders
...rents and unaffected siblings may have very subtle communication impairments or behavioral tendencies that would be considered autistic only in their most severe forms. Those traits may indicate genetic tendencies that contribute to autism and now can be measured with a diagnostic interview tool called the Social ...Elastic interactions of membrane proteins
...outside world. A major part of this regulation and communication is performed by proteins within the membrane of a cell. How these proteins work is an important topic in biology, and one which these scientists have excellently clarified by computational techniques. Tristan Ursell and colleagues have examined the......n mice to see how the mechanism works to block the communication of gene-activating elements such as enhancers and promoters. The group is also working to identify any additional proteins that may play a role in establishing the insulator. Knowing what genes the virus uses to hide and re-emerge could give pharma...