Endangered frogs coexist with fungus once thought fatal
...ntially thwart the extinction of these, and other, critically endangered frogs. ...Embryonic stem cells correct congenital heart defect in mouse embryos
...tein and stem cells. "We found that stem cells are critically dependent on the Id protein for self-renewal and differentiation," added Dr. Benezra. "A reduction of just 15-20 percent of the Id protein impairs the stem cells' ability to rescue these embryonic mouse heart cells. These cells are very powerful, but...Mechanism discovered for muscle wasting seen in diabetes, AIDS and other diseases
...tings of atrophy," the authors conclude. "This is critically important because unfortunately there are currently no drugs approved for the treatment of skeletal muscle atrophy." ...Biomedical engineers at case develop first sliver-sized sensor to monitor glucose levels
...vital biochemicals in the body, primarily those of critically ill patients." Gratzl and Tohda's research also may benefit our future astronauts. The research is being funded by NASA and the John Glenn Biomedical Engineering Consortium at NASA Glenn Research Center, and partially by Vision Sensors LLC, a Clevel...Yale professor named 2004 Biomedical Engineering Society Distinguished Lecturer
...enses. An important function of the lecture was to critically review a field of biomedical engineering and offer a vision of its future. Saltzman received his B.S. with distinction from Iowa State University and his M.S. and Ph.D in Chemical Engineering and Medical Engineering, respectively, from the Massachuse...Children's Hospital Boston geneticist awarded for research on muscular dystrophy
...to pinpoint the gene's importance in producing the critically needed muscle protein, dystrophin. In the 1990s, Kunkel demonstrated that injection of either blood stem cells or muscle stem cells can partially restore dystrophin in affected skeletal muscles, a finding that may lead to treatments for many types of...Loyola begins study on blood substitute in trauma patients at the scene of injury
... blood substitute designed to increase survival of critically injured and bleeding trauma patients at the scene of injury. Loyola has been involved in extensive public education, staff education and paramedic training since its Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Research Subjects (IRB) appr...International marine survey of coral death
...ated 15-year project, the assessment aims "to fill critically important information gaps in the fundamental understanding of coral reef ecosystems so that management and policy interventions can be strengthened globally," according to C. Drew Harvell, a Cornell University professor of ecology and one leader of ...How the battle of Waterloo could help doctors fight death from multiple organ failure
...) scientists who are launching a study of why some critically ill patients recover and others die from multiple organ failure - the number one killer of patients in intensive care. Speaking today at a public lecture held in London, Professor Mervyn Singer from UCL's Institute of Intensive Care Medicine said the...Russia- wide tiger count begins
...oaching of tigers, may be driving tiger numbers to critically low levels. Thus, an assessment of numbers of prey, such as deer and wild boar that tigers depend upon, is also built into the survey design. "Without information on the status of the prey base, we simply can't say with any certainty what the status...Tracking orangutans from the sky
... and Malaysia. The Sumatran orangutan is listed as critically endangered, the Bornean, endangered. In a new study published in the open access journal PLoS Biology , Marc Ancrenaz and colleagues report an innovative method for reliably counting orangutan numbers from the sky, and estimate that the entire popul...Global bird populations face dramatic decline in coming decades, study predicts
...e out of four may be functionally extinct-that is, critically endangered or extinct in the wild," said researche...nct by 2100, and that 700 to 2,500 species will be critically endangered or extinct in the wild. Even the middle-of-the-road intermediate scenario revealed that o...Cigarette smoking exacerbates alcohol-induced brain damage
... brains, particularly the frontal lobes, which are critically involved in higher-order cognitive functions such as problem solving, reasoning, abstraction, planning, foresight, short-term memory, and emotional regulation. "So, is all the brain damage described in alcoholics in treatment due to chronic excessiv...NSF funds Panikov's Alaskan Tundra Microbial Observatory project
...on of the observed climate and atmospheric changes critically depend on knowledge of permafrost microbiology. Broader impacts of the research include more reliable climate predictions, insights into life on other planets under ultracold temperatures, and development of highly efficient biocatalysts functioning...JCI table of contents, December 15 2004
...known as innate immunity. This form of immunity is critically dependent on signaling by Toll-like receptors (TLRs) that rely heavily on an intracellular adaptor protein called myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88). Acquired immunity is a form of cellular defense where foreign substances are attacked by lymp...JCI table of contents, 3 January 2005
...nsulin secretion Insulin secretion is critically dependent on the proper function of a complex network of interactions. In the January 3 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, two articles by Yoshiaki Kido and colleagues from Kobe University and Erik Renstrm and colleagues from Lund Univer...Put science at center of decision-making on third world development, experts tell UN
Science and technology is so critically important to improving conditions in poor countries that scientific advisors should join economists at the center of government policy-making on development issues, an eminent group of 27 international experts says in a landmark report to the United ...Combination therapy boosts effectiveness of telomere-directed cancer cell death
...is therapy to be effective, telomeres must be in a critically short state, requiring an extended treatment duration that can lead to drug resistance and other problems. Dr. Hiroyuki Seimiya from the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research in Tokyo and colleagues examined what happens to cancer cells when telome...Deciphering the genetic babel of brain cells
...e important because their degeneration contributes critically to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) and to the loss of muscle function in spinal cord injury. Better understanding of the genes that control the development of these neurons could aid in the development of treatments for these dis...... that's not uncommon, but it's most dreaded in the critically ill patient," Dr. Szerlip says....