Eating protein boosts hormone that staves off hunger
... of a high-protein diet, the researchers reported, demonstrating a direct connection between protein and PYY. When the researchers treated those hormone-deficient mice with PYY, the animals lost weight. "The findings show that PYY deficiency can cause obesity and that PYY appears to mediate the beneficial effe...UK e-Science Program wins award for leadership in grid computing
...d IT voted UK e-Science the "research organisation demonstrating the most innovative grid implementation in government research". The panel comprised contributors and editors of GRIDtoday, the weekly online publication covering developments in grid computing and service-orientated IT. Malcolm Atkinson, UK e-Sci...OHSU research demonstrates possible health risks for children born to overeating mothers
...udy helps answer the first part of the question by demonstrating the negative impacts of a high-fat diet during pregnancy in a very good model for human obesity: the Japanese macaque." Specifically, in studying pregnant female monkeys who ate a high fat-diet, the research team noted liver damage in 100 percent o...Bitter taste identifies poisons in foods
...bles were rated equally bitter by the two groups, demonstrating that variations in the hTAS2R38 gene affect bitter perception specifically of foods containing glucosinolate toxins. Together, the findings provide a complete picture describing individual differences in responses to actual foods at multiple levels:...When nerve cells can't make contact
...entical twins have been particularly convincing in demonstrating this fact - the probability that the identical twin of an autistic person will also be autistic lies between 80 and 95 percent. In 2003, French geneticist Thomas Bourgeron showed in an investigation of families with several autistic children that m...NSF awards $3.3 million grant to Cornell to bolster the percentage of women faculty members
...ADVANCE grant, Cornell can renew its leadership by demonstrating that reaching a critical mass of women scientists at an elite, research intensive university is not only possible, but critical to the quality of the institution," said Martin, "The presence of greater numbers of female faculty at Cornell will have a...UVA researchers find that hotel guests with colds can leave their germs behind after checkout
...ty five percent of the objects had residual virus, demonstrating that people with colds do not have to be present for their germs to linger. In order to infect an individual, germs must reach the eyes or the nose, usually by way of a person's own fingers. So researchers then set out to learn if germs lingering ......ll, the funding ranking covers various indicators, demonstrating research activity and its quality. Using the example of DFG awards, this was and is justified because the financial resources of the DFG are awarded only to those scientists and academics who, with their projects, join in the ever-intensifying compet...Squeeze play: Protein's grip like a baseball bunter's
...as one unit," said Rice co-author Kevin MacKenzie, demonstrating a swing with an imaginary bat. "But when you bunt," he said, sliding one hand up into the classic bunter's stance, "your arms operate independently, and that's what we're seeing calmodulin do in this case." Calmodulin is a vital biochemical player ...Embryo fossils reveal animal complexity 10 million years before Cambrian Explosion
...6, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences demonstrating the feasibility of the fossilization of embryos. The present analysis of fossilized embryos in Science leaves even less room for doubt that such finds are real. Fossilized embryos are very rare. Intact fossil embryos are even rarer. The Doushantuo...Rush and UCSF found gene therapy appeared to reduce symptoms of Parkinson's by 40 percent
...ferent doses, with patients receiving the low dose demonstrating approximately 40% improvement in UPDRS motor "off" scores by 9 months and patients receiving the 4-fold higher dose showing a similar effect 3 months sooner. Patients also demonstrated a 50% reduction in hours of "off" time (i.e., time when normal P...Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology
... and human isolates proved lethal for chicks while demonstrating similar virulence patterns, one of which was identified in 75% of the isolates. "The results obtained with the O18:K1:H7 E. coli strains that we have studied here show that various but closely related clones can be recovered from extraintestinal in...Researchers discover new gene responsible for brittle bone disease
...man patients who had OI due to mutations in CRTAP, demonstrating for the first time that CRTAP has an essential function in humans. In addition, the findings of the current study provide the first proof that osteogenesis imperfecta can be inherited in a recessive manner. Previously, the genes known to be involv...UGA scientists unravel 'molecular inch-worm' structure of walking-pneumonia bacterium
... in real time--giving new clues about function and demonstrating that, contrary to previous thinking, multiple new terminal organelles often form before cell division is observed. From the standpoint of basic science, this research demonstrates the feasibility of using fluorescent proteins to study how organelles...Spin-out company seeks medicines from South American rain forests
...opment of e-Therapeutics by financing research and demonstrating the company's capabilities in the pharmaceuticals and biotechnology markets....Accelerating loss of ocean species threatens human well-being
... biodiversity without this type of compelling data demonstrating the economic value of biodiversity." The good news is that the data show that ocean ecosystems still hold great ability to rebound. However, the current global trend is a serious concern: it projects the collapse of all species of wild seafood tha...ESA joins UN climate talks in Kenya
...ctivities developed to support the Protocol. It is demonstrating ESA's contribution to systematic global observations for understanding climate change. Some of the variables essential for understanding and monitoring the climate system can be efficiently observed from space since this enables their systematic, glo...Common ancestry of bacterium and plants could be key to an effective new treatment for chlamydia
...ge). "But we have now described a specific example demonstrating the common heritage. That specific example, an enz...ene had the same function as the Arabidopisis gene demonstrating their common ancestry," said Leustek. "If they had evolved separately, it would be impossible for th...Winners of the 2006 AAAS Science Journalism Awards
...adership." Gugliotta praised the "solid reporting, demonstrating how history informs modern science." Nijhuis said that "by describing the visible effects of global warming on familiar places -- Yosemite National Park, the Rocky Mountains -- I tried to bring the issue home without sacrificing the nuances of the sc...Pourqui lab identifies genes involved in formation of vertebral precursors
...amental aspect of the architecture of the spine by demonstrating the implication of a large network of genes involved in controlling the periodicity of the production of vertebral precursors in the embryo," said Dr. Pourqui. "I'm excited about this work because mutation of the genes involved in the segmentati...