Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston establishes first affiliate in Canada
...ervices are shared with the institution. This will complement the endocrine services offered by Dr. Farrukh Khan a board-certified endocrinologist who serves as medical director. "There is no doubt in my mind that the establishment of a Joslin Diabetes Center Education Affiliate right here in Bathurst is a ma...Assessing ecosystem services to identify conservation priorities
...ng framework that strategically targets the unique complement of features in a given region. Understanding the degree of overlap between lands that provide important ecosystem services as well as biodiversity, Chan et al. argue, will not only reveal hotspots for conservation, but also suggest new partners for...High-tech research shows cocaine changes proteins and brain function
... The researchers compared the proteome (the entire complement of proteins expressed at a given time) between the two groups by separating all of the proteins and then using high-throughput mass spectrometry which allowed the accurate identifcation of thousands of proteins simultaneously, Hemby said. The unbiase...SNM: Exploring molecular imaging potential
... care resources," he said. "Molecular imaging will complement the diagnosis and staging of disease in the absence of anatomic findings, help determine biological response to specific therapeutic agents, lead to an understanding of the pharmacology of new drugs using labeled analogues and initiate exploration of...Institute for OneWorld Health awarded $46 million grant to combat diarrheal disease
...to expand its unique research on new treatments to complement traditional approaches for fighting diarrhea. The announcement was made at Forum 10, the Global Forum for Health Research's annual meeting in Cairo, Egypt. OneWorld Health is a non-profit pharmaceutical company headquartered in San Francisco, Califor...Researchers writing story of the 'alcoholic lung'
...r-fluid barrier function improved. These findings complement their recently published study showing that this same GM-CSF treatment restores immune function in alcohol-fed rats. "These findings suggest that alcohol abuse dampens GM-CSF signaling, which, in turn, contributes to the alcoholic lung phenotype and...Malaria drug may treat metabolic syndrome's many symptoms
...one mice on a high-fat diet. The mice had a normal complement of ATM genes, which enabled them to respond to the drug, the researchers explained. Chloroquine also led to a decline in JNK activity in immune cells. The results uncover a potential role for ATM deficiency in the development of the metabolic syndro...ESA joins UN climate talks in Kenya
...ticularly useful to optimise energy production and complement traditional in-situ measurements, which are costly and provide only local information. ESA is also organising a Side Event 'Reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries: can it be measured?' on 9 November....Scientists urge collaborative action to address effects of global environmental change
...ch initiatives on human health and Monsoon Asia to complement existing projects on carbon, food and water systems. The Global Environmental Change and Human Health Project will identify and quantify health risks posed by global environmental change, and develop cost effective adaptation strategies. The Monsoon ...New test may identify cardiovascular disease earlier
...ew markers for measuring cardiovascular health, to complement such traditional measures as cholesterol and triglycerides. The markers also may prove useful as "early warning systems" for coronary artery disease, alerting physicians to patients who need preventive treatment to keep their disease from progressi...Gene linked to aggressive 'wet' age-related macular degeneration
...t and dry AMD are associated with a variant in the complement factor H (CFH) gene on chromosome 1. Hoh now reports they have found a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)a one-base change in the sequenceof the regulatory part of the HTRA1 gene on chromosome 10 that leads to greatly increased risk of developing...Parental genes do what's best for baby
...how an adaptive fit with their mothers genes; they complement each other and so work better together to produce the placenta.......al to national levels. These remote sensing tools complement traditional methods for tracking water availability and measuring the productivity of water used in agriculture. Because they often use highquality, public-domain satellite images that are available free of charge from reliable sources such as Unite...First molecular simulation of a long DNA strand shows unexpected flexibility
... cellular machines" Atomic level simulations can complement experimentation and narrow competing theories, said Onufriev. For systems as large as the nucleosome, simulations using virtual water may be the only practical way to estimate the stability of various confirmations, he said. How DNA bends and flexe...Supercomputing equipment to advance the frontiers of computational biology
...ersity Research (SUR) program, this Blue Gene will complement the $100 million partnership between Rensselaer, IBM, and New York state to create one of the world's most powerful university-based supercomputing centers. The equipment will provide a resource for scientists to gain experience with the Blue Gene ...Eculizumab is well-tolerated and shows significant improvement in PNH patients (Ph III)
...zed by destruction of red blood cells by the bodys complement system (a component of the immune system). Patients with PNH lack naturally-occurring complement inhibitors on the surface of their red blood cells that normally prevent red blood cell destruction....News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
... synaptic transmission. But different isoforms can complement each others function; thus, it has been difficult to come to firm conclusions using single knock-outs. This week, Ho et al. deleted the Mints using constitutive and conditional knock-out strategies. Deletion of Mint 1 and 2, the two isoforms specific...Nalco Company and Argonne National
...lities in advanced separations technologies, which complement Nalco's strengths, added Manian Ramesh, Nalco VicePresident, Research and Development. Partnering with Argonne enables Nalco to use a wider range of technical approaches and develop the best solution for the power industry." We are excited by the o...Neural stem cells lend the brain a surprising capacity for self-repair
...brain in which the SVZ resides. Without the normal complement of genes, that wall "disintegrated," he said, leaving holes in the brain. Surprisingly, they reported, the ventricular damage was eventually repaired. SVZ reconstitution and remodeling of the ventricular wall was driven by progenitor cells that esca......step toward predicting their development and could complement data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather satellites used to help calculate fire potential across much of the United States. By studying shrublands prone to wildfire in southern California, scientists found that NASA earth ob...