Gene regulation, not just genes, is what sets humans apart
... performance of genes, Wray said, resulting in the dramatic differences in the human brain. Though many stu...est like starchy root crops. The researchers found dramatic differences in the regulatory regions of their genes for breaking down more complex carbohydrates. I...Abnormal fat metabolism underlies heart problems in diabetic patients
...h.D., assistant professor of medicine. "We found a dramatic depletion of cardiolipin in heart muscle as early as five days after diabetes was induced in mice." "These results suggest that cardiolipin alterations underlie heart dysfunction in diabetic heart disease and may be a useful biomarker for diagnosing ...In limiting life span, study finds booming bacteria innocent
... The researchers showed that the insects exhibited dramatic increases in many types of bacteria during aging, both inside the body and on the surface. It was gradual across their life span, Tower said. It went from virtually undetectable to a million or more per fly. Using a scanning electron microscope to ...AAAS analysis finds Congress would add billions to FY 2008 R&D investment
...in the American Competitiveness Initiative and for dramatic expansion of spending to develop new craft for human space exploration, says Kei Koizumi, the programs director, in a report posted online on 6 August. The report, updating congressional action on R&D budgets as Congress began its August recess, i...Genetic analysis finds greater threat in frog-killing fungus
...s at the University of California, Berkeley. The dramatic decline of the mountain yellow-legged frog over the past several decades has been attributed to the introduction of non-native predatory fish in some areas and to chytridiomycosis, a quickly spreading disease caused by this waterborne fungus, Batrach...A sensory organ, not the brain, differentiates male and female behavior in some mammals
...vain for slivers of the brain that might drive the dramatic differences between male and female behavior. Now biologists at Harvard University say these efforts may have fallen flat because such differences may not arise in the brain at all. Rather, they say, the epicenter of sex-specific behavior in many s...Handicapping tuberculosis may be the way to a better vaccine
...ith the apoptosis-inducing strain to elicit a more dramatic immune response. The researchers observed that cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs), which are needed for eliminating a pathogen and establishing a memory response, proliferated much more in the mice that had been infected with the apoptosis-inducing stra...Genomics study provides insight into the evolution of unique human traits
...heat through sweating. The scientists also found dramatic gene copy number differences potentially associated with cognition, reproduction, immune function, and susceptibility to genetic disease....Insulin grown in plants relieves diabetes in mice; UCF study holds promise for humans
...world, Daniell said. This study would facilitate a dramatic change because so far there is no medicine that will cure insulin-dependent diabetes. Daniells method of growing insulin in plants is similar to what he used for an earlier study to produce anthrax vaccine in tobacco. In the earlier study, which al...Caffeine and exercise can team up to prevent skin cancer
... showed a nearly 400 percent increase. The most dramatic and obvious difference between the groups came from the caffeine-drinking runners, a difference that can likely be attributed to some kind of synergy, Conney said. The authors suggested several mechanisms at the biochemical level that might be respo...$9M grant awarded to University of Cincinnati for bipolar disorder research
...r disorder is a serious mental illness that causes dramatic shifts in a persons mood, energy and ability to function. It can strike at any age, but most commonly develops in adolescence or early adulthood. The disorder is characterized by alternating episodes of mania and depression, often with periods of nor...Success rates for prostate cancer depend on experience of surgeon
...g curve for this procedure was very steepthere was dramatic improvement in patient outcomes as surgeons experience increased up to 250 operations, after which increasing experience had little influence on cancer recurrence. Patients treated by inexperienced surgeons (for example, those with 10 prior operation...Killing only a few animals won't do any harm -- or will it?
...es though, killing even a few individuals can have dramatic consequences, causing populations to fluctuate wildly. The important question is: who gets killed" The effects of killing individuals crucially depend on the size of the victims, says Tobias van Kooten, assistant professor at Ume University in Sweden...5 OHSU faculty members singled out for honors
...o the states critical nursing shortage to foster a dramatic expansion in the capacity and enrollment of Oregons nursing programs. Through OCNE, students at the states eight community colleges, through a shared curriculum created in collaboration with OHSU, can earn an undergraduate nursing degree from OHSU wi...Soil particles found to boost prion's capacity to infect
...that cause chronic wasting disease (CWD) exhibit a dramatic increase in their infectious nature when bound to common soil particles, according to a new study. Writing in the journal Public Library of Science (PLoS) Pathogens, a group led by University of Wisconsin-Madison prion expert Judd Aiken reports tha...Common environmental chemicals in diet affect fetal ovarian development
... fertility. Over recent decades there has been a dramatic increase in the production of industrial and agricultural chemicals and heavy metals, and this has coincided with widespread reports of breeding problems in wild animals. Fertility also appears to be declining among humans and there has also been a r...Wolves of Alaska became extinct 12,000 years ago, scientists report
...red due to factors that included human hunting and dramatic global warming at the end of the Pleistocene, Van Valkenburgh said. Prior to the new research, it was not known whether todays gray wolves in Alaska and elsewhere descended from ancient gray wolves that roamed those areas in the Pleistocene or whet......st a world almost in freefall. "Drastic, rapid and dramatic change is needed," Wells says. The failure of global governance, Wells' research suggests is to blame, but the current political spectrum across the globe cannot hope to bring about the drastic and rapid changes the solution requires. Instead, Well...$125 million bioenergy initiative powered by Midwest ag industry, MSU research
...a proud day for MSU and the state of Michiganand a dramatic step toward an economy powered by strategic partnerships among states, research universities and industry, said MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon. MSUs Office of Biobased Technologies and our preeminent scientists are dedicated to addressing problems a...