Diatom genome reveals key role in biosphere's carbon cycle
...ty of life on our planet," Armbrust says. "Diatoms display features traditionally thought to be restricted to animals and other features thought to be restricted to plants. Diatoms, with complete disregard for these presumed boundaries, have mixed and matched different attributes to create an incredibly succ...32 new grants made for innovative technology R&D
...r proteins presented by the body's natural antigen display systems known as HLA. Revivicor, Inc. (Blacksburg, Va.) Production of Fully Human Polyclonal Antibodies in Genetically Modified PigsDevelop pigs with human genes for the production of fully human polyclonal antibodies that can be used to treat...College students recognized & rewarded for their innovative work
...icrofluidic control for cell biology using Braille display (micro plumbing), University of Michigan The winne...iques, then places it on top of a portable Braille display which features small metal pins that rise and fall to create Braille letters. Gu discovered that th...An embryonic stem cell model for Parkinson's disease
... and especially DJ-1-deficient dopamine neurons -- display heightened sensitivity to oxidative stress, caused by products of oxygen metabolism that react with and damage cellular components like proteins and DNA. In a second paper, they link DJ-1 dysfunction to the aggregation of alpha-synuclein, a hallmark ...Embryonic stem cells correct congenital heart defect in mouse embryos
... without this protein, called Id "knock-out" mice, display severe cardiac defects and die at mid-gestation. "In this current study, with the repair of congenital heart defects in our Id knockout embryos, we observed that the stem cells provided normal signals to themselves and also to their neighbor cells t...First-ever Texan/German symposium opens doors
...rs research developments that range from improving display devices to genetic profiling. Opening the door t...substrates, bioimplant materials and materials for display technologies used in advanced electronics. ...UCSD medical researchers use brain cell transplants to correct muscle spasms after aneurysm surgery
...reatments using implanted pumps. These approaches display limited efficacy with accompanying side effects and eventual drug tolerance. The ischemic spinal cord injury that occurs during surgery is usually due to clamping of the blood flow to the spinal cord, to permit repairs of the aorta, Marsala said. Th...Reductions in blood oxygen levels in newborns could contribute to ADHD development
...til later, when juvenile animals are old enough to display these behaviors. The Emory scientists found that juvenile rats exposed to repetitive drops in blood oxygen levels as newborns also had a 50 percent increase in the level of dopamine stored in the brain tissue of the striatum compared to control rats...... reality, only about 10 percent of autistic people display signs of genius--typically in mathematics, music, and art. Although autism has long been identified as a genetic disease, the genes that contribute to autism have been difficult to track down. Unlike Huntington's disease or Down syndrome, in whic...Support for fragile X syndrome needed
...ity, hyper-arousal and anxiety. Many affected boys display autistic-like features or pervasive developmental disorder. "Unfortunately few resources are available in Montreal and Quebec to inform parents, clinicians and teachers about the syndrome," explains Kim Cornish, director of McGill's Neuroscience Labo...Study identifies molecular complex vital to creation of miRNAs
...ice lacking the gene for DGCR8 to see whether they display any of the characteristics of DiGeorge syndrome. He also aims to study DiGeorge syndrome patients to see whether they exhibit the excessive accumulations of primary RNA that might be expected due to a DGCR8-deficient, and therefore nonfunctional, mic...Low-carb diet during pregnancy improved triglycerides, fat metabolism in offspring
... The mothers on the low-carb/high-fat diet did not display differences in body weight in comparison to the standard diet mice. All pups were weaned from breast milk onto the same standard high-carb diet into adulthood. Importantly, the adult offspring of low-carb/high-fat mothers had reduced liver trig...Scientists first to grow common cause of food poisoning in the lab
...endritic cells, sentry-like cells that pick up and display proteins from pathogens. "We think there may be dendritic cells just beneath the lining of the human gut that are providing the gateway the virus needs to cause disease," Virgin says. To grow the virus in the lab, researchers took dendritic cells a...New system reduces risk of burns during interventional X-rays
...n the patient's skin as a color-coded graphic on a display screen," he said. As the dose accumulates, the color on the display changes from green, which is acceptable, through yellow to red, which is a signal that the patient c...International team finds gene variants that affect response to HIV infection
... grab pieces of the proteins made by the virus and display the protein fragments on their surface. Other immune system cells recognize the foreign proteins presented by the HLA molecules and kill the infected cell, thereby stemming the infection. The research team found that an individual's response to HIV ...Study identifies key aspect of immune response against HIV
...agments of viral proteins from within the cell and display them at the cell surface, thereby alerting the body's "killer" T cells that something foreign is within the cell and it should be destroyed. Three genes called HLA-A, HLA-B, and HLA-C encode Class 1 molecules, and it is known that the HLA-B genes ar...Genetic defect confers risk of major depression, resistance to SSRI drug therapy
... had not been diagnosed with major depression, did display clinical symptoms, including generalized anxiety, mild depression and a family history of mental illness or drug and alcohol abuse -- further suggesting a higher susceptibility for certain neuropsychiatric disorders in the presence of the abnormal ge...Alcohol vulnerability linked to action of insulin
...esearch has demonstrated that the flies and humans display many of the same vulnerabilities and behavioral responses to alcohol. "This finding opens promising new avenues for the treatment of alcoholism," said Ulrike Heberlein, PhD, UCSF professor of anatomy and senior author on the paper. "Insulin is al...'Casanova' field crickets - live fast, die young
...d longevity was a consequence of heightened sexual display ("calling)" was the finding that males raised on both high and medium protein diets lost a greater proportion of their body weight after each night's "calling" than those fed on a low protein diet," says UNSW's Dr John Hunt, an ARC postdoctoral resea......thogens. TITLE: Human intestinal macrophages display profound inflammatory anergy despite avid phagocytic and bacteriocidal activity AUTHOR CONTACT:Phillip D. Smith University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Phone: 205-975-9254; Fax: 205-934-8493; E-mail: PDSmith@UAB.edu . ...