New research on endocrine disrupting chemicals to be presented at ENDO 2005 87th Annual meeting
...bolic disorders and cancers, and their effects can cross generations. At the Forum on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals studies will be presented highlighting the first research to conclude there is an effect of endocrine disrupting chemicals on humans, and the effects that these chemicals can have on succee...Geckos: It's not always about sex
...e. "This makes them a bit like mules, which are a cross between a horse and a donkey," said Kearney. "Mules are very robust animals, but they cannot reproduce." Kearney's research suggested that the hybrid forms of Bynoe's geckos could not only reproduce through parthenogenesis, but were "super tough," ju...Unweaving amyloid fibers to solve prion puzzles
..."This gives us insight as to why some prions can't cross the species barrier while others can--as they have with mad cows and humans.," says Lindquist. That gap has also been observed between other species, she notes: "In fact, some type of prions from infected hamsters can't make the species jump into mic...UCLA engineering professor Jennifer Jay named recipient of Presidential Early Career Award
...n science and engineering as they leap the fences, cross the boundaries and build the blocks of new and exciting areas of science," said Arden L. Bement Jr., National Science Foundation director. "They also pass on to many students their imaginative thinking, built into creative educational activities -- a...NIH awards $10.4 million to Scripps Research Institute and Scripps Florida
...is a series of separate initiatives, many of which cross the traditional boundaries between the NIH's 27 institutes and centers. One of these initiatives is the "Molecular Libraries and Imaging" initiative, which aims to provide university investigators and other publicly funded researchers with high-throu...Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Many of 2 billion dryland dwellers at risk as land degrades
...rowth of health and education infrastructure. "The cross boundary nature of the problem makes desertification a global concern one that receives too little attention," says co-author Zafar Adeel, Assistant Director of the United Nations University water academy in Canada, the UNU International Network on ...Electronic connectivity isn't all that great, warns computer guru at NJIT talk
...or social and cultural (language barriers, lack of cross cultural understanding, political and economic barriers and so on). The social and cultural gaps are more challenging than faster or more pervasive Internet connectivity, he added. Kolb then challenged the audience to think of what distance might me...First high-tech incubator at a women's college says girls can do science
..., which has proven to be successful in promoting a cross cultivation in ideas and new technologies from businesses to academia. Evident Technologies, which is headquartered in Troy, is a pioneer and world leader in the development of quantum dots semiconductor nanomaterials engineered to enable the creatio...Amazon symposium to address large-scale conservation
...-scale, integrated approaches to conservation that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. Large-scale conservation of the greater Amazon Basin region will depend upon (1) conservation analyses that describe the complex interactions among ecosystems, economies, and climate that will unfold into the fut...Neurotransmitters signal aggressive cancer, offer potential for early diagnosis
...iagnosis and treatment options. "We used a way to cross from basic sequence information in genomes to information about the substances likely to arise in tumors" says Ippolito. The research team first analyzed the activity of genes in the mouse tumors using GeneChips, miniaturized arrays of gene sequence......ss-pollination takes place but which varieties to cross with which? Sylvester Tumusiime (University of Nottingham, UK) will be presenting his work on coffee breeding on Monday 11th July at the Society for Experimental Biology Annual Main Meeting in Barcelona [session P4/E4.26] which shows that this probl...Impaired clearance of amyloid-beta causes vascular damage in Alzheimer's disease
...ides accumulated because they could not adequately cross the blood-brain barrier to be cleared from the brain. Over time, Aβ accumulation increased in the cerebral microvessels of the thalamus and subiculum of the brain. This resulted in degeneration of blood vessels as evidenced by reduced vessel d...Scientists discover that three molecules may be developed into new Alzheimer's drugs
.... It is also important to find molecules that will cross the blood brain barrier. They then set up a test of nearly 400 small molecules that fit their criteria. The test results showed three small molecules that can inhibit the enzyme. These are candidates for development as drugs. Kosik explained that pro...Invasive honeysuckle opens door for new hybrid insect species
...rchers can estimate what the first generation of a cross between blueberry and snowberry flies looks like g... there are no longer any offspring of the original cross mating around to investigate. So, Schwarz used a standard approach and looked at genetic markers in...Critical step traced in anthrax infection
... insight into the broader question of how proteins cross cell membranes. The findings appear in the July 29 issue of Science . An anthrax bacterium secretes three nontoxic proteins that assemble into a toxic complex on the surface of the host cell to set off a chain of events leading to cell toxicity and ...Scientists discover global pattern of big fish diversity in open oceans
... the 1950's Japanese longline fisheries data and cross referencing these data with scientific observer data from the US and Australia, this study is the first to map communities of these open ocean travelers. Pelagic longlines are the most widespread fishing gear in the open ocean baited lines up to 100...Divergent mating systems and parental conflict as a barrier to hybridization in flowering plants
...of self-compatible individuals, but the reciprocal cross fails. Since both pre- and post-zygotic consequences of this imbalanced conflict can perturb successful fertilization and development, they provide barriers to hybridization and may facilitate speciation....Gap-climbing fruit flies reveal components of goal-driven behaviors
...y were thus forced to decide whether to attempt to cross the gap "by foot." The researchers found that the ...first visually measure the gap width and then only cross the gap if it is a traversable width. If the chasm is short, flies engage in an extraordinary crossi...JCI table of contents September 1, 2005
... the generation of toxic products from glucose and cross these mice with atherosclerosis-prone mice lacking a protein called Ldlr. They found that AR expression modulates atherosclerosis development in the diabetic animals. Thus, inhibitors of AR or other proteins that mediate glucose toxicity may be use...K-State eye researchers focus on stopping spread of damaged eye cells
...ere's not much being done right now on delivery to cross the blood-ocular level. That's really in its infant technology right now. So, I think it would be very significant if we can get this done." Team members also include K-State's Harriet Davidson, professor of clinical sciences; John Tomich, professor ...