Stanford professor to discuss the ups and downs of 'team science'
...ciplinary research, they will take those skills of communication and experiences of collaboration with them into the workplace, Zare wrote in a chapter on collaborative research for an upcoming publication by the American Chemical Society. Shared goals Communication and the alignment of goals between resea...Getting on your nerves ... and repairing them
...lved in the nerve fiber creation did not depend on communication with, or transport from, the nerve cell body or its nucleus, or from surrounding support cells. Axonal nerve fibers can be as long as three feet (sciatic nerve), and this independence makes RNAi a promising drug target. "Repairing and rebuilding da...'Smart' prosthetics: restoring independence to people with disabilities
...of neurotechnology restoring movement control and communication to people immobilized by injury or disease. Were...er interfaces (BCIs) systems that create a direct communication pathway between the brain and an external device such as a computer or a wheelchair. One example o...Studies identify DNA regions linked to nicotine dependence
...oking-related genes identified normally facilitate communication between nerve cells in the brain. One gene in part...between excitatory mechanisms those that increase communication between nerve cells and inhibitory mechanisms those that slow firing between nerve cells. "An im...Super-thin membrane, 50 atoms thick, sorts individual molecules
...s without passing through themselves. The chemical communication between the helper and stem cells can continue as if the two sets of cells were in direct contact, but after the neurons are fully formed, they can easily be separated from the helper cells. The Rochester team is working to realize the potential of...RIT researchers developing 'micropump' for hearing-loss treatments
...ences in RIT's College of Science and professor of communication sciences and associate director of the International Center for Hearing and Speech Research at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf at RIT. "Although some people are helped with hearing aids, the majority of those with hearing loss or hear...Researcher receives grant to study creativity in the response to two terrorist attacks
...ls," said Mendona. "By examining actual records of communication and decision-making processes, we have a chance to develop a fuller, more accurate understanding of the response to large-scale disasters." The project is also intended to lead to recommendations about how to better use information technologies for...Study profiles rate of autism in Wisconsin
...cterized by avoidance of social interactions, poor communication skills, and unusual behaviors - have increased dramatically over the past 15 years, but it is unclear whether those increases simply reflect growing awareness and recognition of the disorder or something more, says Maureen Durkin, an epidemiologist i...Possible genetic link to schizophrenia identified
...ein that is crucial for dopamine-mediated neuronal communication in animals is DARPP-32. However, very little is known about the function of this protein in humans. In a study appearing online on February 8 in advance of publication in the March print issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Daniel Weinbe...JCI table of contents -- February 8, 2006
...ein that is crucial for dopamine-mediated neuronal communication in animals is DARPP-32. However, very little is known about the function of this protein in humans. In a study appearing online on February 8 in advance of publication in the March print issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Daniel Weinbe...Major society publisher announces support for public access to scientific literature
...ASCB believes strongly that barriers to scientific communication slow scientific progress. The more widely scientific results are disseminated, the more readily they can be understood, applied, and built upon. The sooner findings are shared, the faster they will lead to new scientific insights and breakthroughs. T...'Electric' fish shed light on ways the brain directs movement
...the Journal of Neuroscience, shed new light on the communication that takes place between the brain and body. The fish research may contribute to important medical advances in humans, including better prosthetic limbs and improved rehabilitative techniques for people suffering from strokes, cerebral palsy and othe...Noise echoes in cell communications
...n. A full understanding of how this simple form of communication works might show how to disrupt it, and the resulting infection. The team will next apply their idea to the nervous system, where the cell's entire job is to communicate. Published in top journals on theoretical biology, this collaborative resea...Molecular link between inflammation and cancer discovered
...rtain steps in development. Therefore p100 allows communication between inflammation and development. A small amount of dialogue between inflammation and development is beneficial, say the researchers, akin to how information from anti-terrorism efforts could be useful to crews building the state's infrastructu...Motor protein plays key role in connecting neurons
...ons first connect with the goal of helping restore communication lost in spinal cord injuries and other disorders. "Growth is precisely controlled during development," she says and errant growth can impair brain wiring or connectivity. "Myosin X gets the DCC receptor where it needs to be so it can interact with...Tears reveal some of their deepest secrets to researchers
...ing the role of oleamide in cellular signaling and communication in the eye, along with the role that the lipid may play in dry eye. "Dry eye is really a disorder of symptoms that irritate the eyes," Nichols said. "Not everyone with dry eye responds to the same treatment. If we could find individuals with varyin...Physicians face significant new liability risks with advent of personalized medicine era
...rformance of the tests, and the interpretation and communication of them. The next step, predict Marchant and his colleagues, will be lawsuits for failing to recommend genetic tests before prescribing medications, and the first such lawsuits have already been filed against a drug manufacturer. "There will lik...... it's those distinctive connections in the brain's communication network that differentiate between the "aware," or... occurs by simply thinking: The brain reroutes its communication pathways and its genetic instructions in response to experience. "When you first learn something, s...Scientists uncover potential key to brain blood-flow disorders
...omplish this, he and his research team studied the communication that takes place between neurons and blood vessels in mouse and rat brains. The research team discovered early on that neuronal activity appeared to be communicated to the blood vessels through intermediary cells known as astrocytes. Astrocytes, whi......rve cells. The more receptors each cell has at its communication points, or synapses, the better that messages are carried through the brain. A UIC research team led by David Featherstone, assistant professor of biological sciences, has discovered that receptor numbers are controlled by the brain's level of gluta...