High blood pressure, low energy -- a recipe for heart failure
... if you could feed the heart by using a drug that enhances ERR, for example you might enable the heart to better keep pace with its energy requirements." Although preventions and treatments are now available for heart failure due to high blood pressure, almost all of those drugs act outside the heart by di...Research shows skeleton to be endocrine organ
...comes from the skeleton. Additionally, osteocalcin enhances the production of insulin-producing beta cells, which is considered one of the best, but currently unattainable, strategies to treat diabetes. People with type 2 diabetes have been shown to have low osteocalcin levels, suggesting that altering the...NCRR launches national network to connect investigators based at minority institutions
...CMI). Funded by NCRR since 1985, the RCMI program enhances the research capacity and infrastructure at minority colleges and universities that award doctorates in the health and health-related sciences. In addition, the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, another component of NIH, w...President Bush announces 2005 and 2006 Laureates of National Medals of Science and Technology
... social, behavioral and engineering sciences, that enhances our understanding of the world and leads to innovations and technologies that give the United States its global economic edge. President Bush will present 2006 and 2005 Laureates with National Medals of Science and Technology during a White House ...Fedoroff, of Penn State, to receive National Medal of Science
...social, behavioral, and engineering sciences, that enhances our understanding of the world and leads to innovations and technologies that give the United States its global economic edge. The National Science Foundation administers the award, which was established by Congress in 1959. Fedoroff is one of th...Insulin sensitizer also serves as energy-conserving signal to the brain
...uid from the blood. Once in the brain, adiponectin enhances the activity of a metabolic enzyme called AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) to stimulate greater food consumption. Moreover, the researchers found that adiponectin decreased energy expenditure. They also showed that blood and spinal fluid adiponect...Doing nature one better: Expanding the genetic code in living mammalian cells
...code and insert non-natural amino not only greatly enhances researchers' ability and precision, but also provides novel tools for addressing challenging questions insurmountable with conventional means. We had tried using conventional mutagenesis to introduce mutations into the potassium channel but it did...Marine phytoplankton changes form to protect itself from different predators
...gnals from attacked neighbors, Phaeocystis globosa enhances colony formation if thats the best thing to do for survival, or it suppresses the formation of colonies in favor of growing as small solitary cells if thats the best thing to do, said Mark E. Hay, Teasley Professor of Biology at the Georgia Institute......aising chimpanzees in a human cultural environment enhances their cognitive abilities, as measured by their ability to understand how tools work. The findings have just been published online in the Springer journal Animal Cognition. The scientists compared three groups of chimpanzees: one with a history of...ASU research shows connection between testosterone, dietary antioxidants and bird coloration
... sword as it relates to sexual signals, because it enhances trait production but comes at a health price to the animal. This study shows that testosterone may not be as costly as previously thought, so long as animals can nutritionally offset the immune detriments of testosterone. They may even experience a...Natural compound and exercise boost memory in mice
...pound found in blueberries, tea, grapes, and cocoa enhances memory in mice, according to newly published research. This effect increased further when mice also exercised regularly. "This finding is an important advance because it identifies a single natural chemical with memory-enhancing effects, suggesting...$5M gift will attack Lou Gehrig's disease from all angles
...more of the growth factor VEGF to be produced and enhances nerve regeneration. Further research on this approach will be made possible by the gift. The research team also hopes to develop another genetic tool, called a silencing RNA sequence, to keep the cells of ALS patients from making mutant proteins i...Einstein researchers' discover 'radiation-eating' fungi
...ently showed that ionizing radiation significantly enhances the growth of fungi that contain melanin. For example, two types of fungi--one that was induced to make melanin (Crytococcus neoformans) and another that naturally contains it (Wangiella dermatitidis)were exposed to levels of ionizing radiation ap......n their geological history. This discovery further enhances the conservation importance of the West Indies, where habitat loss and climate change embodied in the intensification of hurricanes threaten natural habitats more acutely than on the continent....Fat tissue-derived hormone leptin increases e-cadherin expression, obesity-breast cancer link noted
...iol, that its ability to help cells aggregate then enhances the transformation of normal cells to cancerous cones, stimulating the growth of tumor mass. When the researchers used an E-cadherin antibody or a calcium-chelating agent to block E-cadherin function in the present of estradiol, this enhanced cel...UD chemical engineer receives NSF career award
...y used in semiconductor fabrication, and that also enhances their potential for membrane and separation applications. "There are plenty of applications for these nano-networks, such as conducting membranes for methanol and hydrogen fuel cells, thin polymer barriers on military clothing that are resistant to...Third primate genome, the rhesus macaque, helps illuminate what makes us human
...h in areas as diverse as HIV and aging, the genome enhances understanding of primate evolution. The macaque genome research appears in the 13 April issue of Science published by AAAS, the nonprofit science society. "The rhesus macaque genome helps illuminate what makes humans different from other apes," s...JCI table of contents: April 2, 2007
... it has long been considered a soluble factor that enhances inflammation. However, as Jingwu Zhang from the Institute of Health Sciences in China notes, "the paradoxical actions of IFN-gamma appear to follow the principle of yin and yang, as do many of nature's paradoxes. That is, the roles of IFN-gamma only ...Novel strategies for healthy aging
...bacco and rice plants that increasing glyoxalase 1 enhances resistance to stress conditions, which demonstrates that the enzyme plays a similar role in both animal and plant systems in preventing protein damage.......tation is intact, it holds the system in place and enhances the trapping of sediments and tends to minimize the erosion," Murray said. "Up to some high level of sea-level rise, the system is going to keep itself in place because of that vegetation." But the model also shows that removing some vegetation or ...