First global integrative medicine conference in North America
...nd seek to promote educational collaboration among cross multiple medical disciplines. During this meeting, researchers and health care providers will examine and address the validity of a variety of complementary and intergrative medicine approaches including massage, herbal therapies, acupuncture, dietar...DOE JGI finishes 100th microbial genome
...multi-celled organisms invisible to the naked eye, cross all main branches of the tree of life, Eubacteria, Archaea, and even the Eukaryota, which include microscopic fungi, plants, and animals. The 100th microbial genome, a project originally proposed by Dr. Kevin Sowers of the Center of Marine Biotechn...Tramiprosate (Alzhemed) preclinical results published in Neurobiology of Aging
...known as an amyloid β antagonist, designed to cross the blood-brain-barrier, bind to soluble Aβ peptide and interfere with the amyloid cascade, thereby leading to the prevention or inhibition of amyloid deposition and the toxic effects of Aβ peptide in the brain. About the Phase III Clini......r deadly contents when infected or cancerous cells cross the killer's path. In addition, they secrete cytokines, chemical messengers that jumpstart the T and B cell response. What the Salk and Pasteur teams discovered is that when all three Tyro3 proteins are missing, natural killer cells are still armed ...FDG PET takes its place as a valuable tool in diagnosing fevers of unknown origin
...a negative result from a PET scan, physicians "can cross out other diagnostic tests (such as chest X-rays and abdominal ultrasound) since those tests won't reveal causes for the fever," he said. In addition, PET contributed to the diagnosis of one-third of the patients, "picking up diseases that would have...Tuberculosis drug may cure Parkinson's-like illness
...r decades to treat tuberculosis and apparently can cross the blood-brain barrier because it is fat-soluble, or lipophilic. That's because the drug contains a structure known as a benzene ring, which enables it to penetrate the membranes. Findings will appear in the June issue of the Journal of Occupational...A link between obesity and memory? Saint Louis University research makes the connection
...lls us to stop eating. In obese people, it doesn't cross into the brain to help regulate appetite," says Susan A. Farr, Ph.D., principal investigator and associate research professor in the division of geriatric medicine at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. "We've now found leptin affects the brai...Butterfly speciation event recreated
...tripes, could be a hybrid species resulting from a cross between H. cydno and H. melpomene. He set up a long term research project to test this idea. Linares, with his students Camilo Salazar and Christian Salcedo, designed and performed a series of crosses between H. cydno and H. melpomene. The result wa...Iowa State plant scientists tweak their biopharmaceutical corn research project
...to produce a transgenic F1 hybrid. Seeds from that cross are being used this summer in a field trial on remote land owned by Iowa State. The breeding process in the field trial will not shed transgenic pollen. The transgenic crop will be detasseled. It will be surrounded by rows of non-transgenic corn, wh...Bacteria, beware: New finding about E coli could block infections, lead to better treatments
... alert the bacteria to its location. This cellular cross talk triggers a cascade of genetic activations prompting EHEC to colonize and translocate toxins into cells, altering the makeup of the cells and robbing the body of nutrients. An infected person may develop bloody diarrhea or even hemolytic uremic s...Symbiotic fungus does not depend on fungus-farming ants for reproduction, researchers say
...nland fungi populations. "The fungi are able to cross geographical boundaries too great for the ants, intermingling genes between mainland and Cuban populations, possibly through airborne spores," said Mikheyev....Oceanic invasions across Darwin's impassable barrier
...Instead, the researchers consider that fish larvae cross the barrier often enough to maintain genetic connections, but in a very haphazard and infrequent fashion, such that speciation did occur in most cases, but was prevented from happening in others. Two-way gene flow Conventional wisdom held that ther...Major initiative proposed to address amphibian crisis
...ne are insufficient to address global threats that cross boundaries of reserves and nations, the scientists said in their report....HIV infection requires B cells with special protein, University of Pittsburgh researchers report
... both T cells and B cells congregate and engage in cross talk, 26 percent of the B cells expressed DC-SIGN. In one set of studies involving cells from the healthy subjects, the team activated DC-SIGN using two molecules that T cells typically engage in their communication with B cells. Once activated, t...Viral genetic differences are possible key to HIV dementia
...sicians to select for antiretroviral regimens that cross the blood-brain barrier into the CNS most efficiently." Or, he speculates, "we might actually try to design a drug to target these genetic variants that are responsible for the neurological damage." Pillai notes that the issue of HIV dementia is p...Study documents marathon migrations of sooty shearwaters
...aska, and Japan in the north. These small seabirds cross the equator twice a year in pursuit of an endless ...he Southern and Northern Hemispheres. "When they cross the equator, they're traveling fast and not stopping much to feed. They feed near Antarctica during ...Case Western Reserve University paleontologist discovers South American mammal fossils
...-- Fossils of a new hoofed mammal that resembles a cross between a dog and a hare which once roamed the And...25-pound beagle and might have looked a bit like a cross between a dog and a rabbit. He added that this find illustrates the importance of studying museum...Researchers develop flood-tolerant California rice
...Indian and California rice and then continuing the cross breeding over several generations until all the Indian rice genes, except the cluster of genes needed for submergence tolerance, were gradually replaced with genes from the California rice. The result was California rice that can withstand floods in ...First-of-its-kind Italian school study finds high levels of prenatal alcohol exposure
...lly, and their ability to provide a representative cross section of the population, despite their time- and labor-intensive nature and the difficulties of securing administrative and parental approval. Both May and Sokol pointed out that a common problem of gathering data on pregnancy and drinking is t......commend longer exercise times, higher intensity or cross training to combat it," Dr King said. "But these studies show that a plateau in body weight occurs even in the face of a continued negative energy balance." In the first study, 30 obese men and women took part in a 12-week, laboratory-based exerc...