Injecting stem cells from a woman's own muscle may effectively treat urinary incontinence
... surrounding the urethra. Each patient received an equal dose of stem cell injections using three different injection techniques a transurethral injection with either an 8-mm or 10-mm needle or a periurethral injection. Five of the seven women who participated in the study reported improvement in bladde...Genetic tug of war determines sexual differentiation
...und that two specific genes, Wnt4 and Fgf9, are in equal balance in the early stages of development in the mammalian gonad before it commits to either a male testis or a female ovary. If this equilibrium is tipped in favor of Wnt4, the gonad develops into an ovary, while an Fgf9 victory leads to the format...Striking the right balance between excitation and inhibition
...d inhibitory daughter cells, and how approximately equal numbers of each daughter cell are produced. In a study published in the June edition of Nature Neuroscience (now available online), the team found that a receptor protein known as Notch, which was already known to regulate maturation of neurons from...Researchers discover how bacteria sense their environments
...orld of intracellular communication. Ten angstroms equal a nanometer, which is one-billionth of a meter. Sang-Youn Park, a former graduate student in Cornell's Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and senior research associates Peter Borbat and Alexandrine Bilwes were the study's lead authors. The...Next generation of science stars: 5 female scientists receive 2006 LOral USA fellowships
...cientific competence of men and women may be on an equal footing, there is an undeniable divergence between men's and women's careers in the sciences after they reach their late 20s and early 30s. At each successive stage on the career path, women drop out at higher rates than men. For women in science, ...Universal design tackles little things with big impact
...f packaging. "Universal design principle is about equal security," Bix said. "Why should the disabled have less safe packages than I do? Is it an easy answer? No, but we can think creatively and do more."...Oxford Journals share evidence-based open access results with the community
...le experimentation with open access models, and an equal commitment to disseminating this information. Over 90 delegates from across the international academic spectrum attended the event, including researchers, librarians, publishers, editors, and representatives of several scholarly organizations. "Unti...Personality and parents' alcoholism interact to influence a person's risk of becoming an alcoholic
... with parental alcoholism, not all children are at equal levels of risk kids with high novelty seeking may be at much greater risk, and kids with low novelty seeking may not be at as high of a risk as originally thought."...Studies show that rockfish thrive with offshore platforms as their home base
... researchers determined that the 430,000 juveniles equal about 20 percent of the average number of juvenile bocaccio that survive annually for the geographic range of the species. "When these juveniles become adults, they will contribute about one percent of the additional amount of fish needed to rebuild ...Birds going extinct faster due to human activities
...disappear during the 21st century," he warned. "An equal number are so rare that they will need special protection or likely will go extinct, too." The forecast may be even bleaker for other types of animals, the researchers said. "We do not give the kind of special attention to other groups of organis...Science reporters' top challenges include finding photos and well-spoken researchers
...porters work at large or small newspapers, with an equal number at magazines. Other reporters worked for Web sites, trade publications, TV stations, wire services, radio stations, and other outlets. The EurekAlert! survey was conducted by the scientific marketing and consulting firm, Cell Associates,...Erectile dysfunction: Incidence rate linked to type and severity of coronary artery disease
...e study on 285 patients with CAD divided them into equal age-matched groups of 95: Those with ACS and disease in one vessel (group 1); Those with ACS and disease in two or three vessels (group 2); Those with CCS (group 3); A fourth (control) group, also of 95, of patients with suspected CAD but who w...Other highlights in the August 2 issue of JNCI
...nteract at the local level are important to ensure equal access to hospice care for all terminally ill cancer patients." Contact: Leah Gourley 617-432-0442 public_affairs@hms.harvard.edu High Processed Meat Consumption Linked With Stomach Cancer Eating processed meat is associated with an...Miscarriage significantly associated with increasing paternal age
...er, scientists seem to have forgotten that men are equal partners in reproduction, and their influence should be studied to the same degree. Our group has focused on men's influence on the health of their offspring, and we have made some fascinating discoveries," said Karine Kleinhaus, MD, MPH currently i...Remote control for human growth hormone gene expression
...he genomic level, a 14,000 base-pair separation is equal to the size of 10 growth hormone genes lined end to end. "The effects of the locus control region on human growth hormone expression is as if you turn a key in the lock of a house at one end of your street and find that this action opens the lock and...How secondhand smoke injures babies' lungs
...ple.Pregnant macaques were exposed to smoke levels equal to those that apregnant woman would breathe if someone in her home or workplacesmoked. Newborn macaques were exposed to secondhand smoke levelssimilar to those a human baby would breathe if it was cared for by amoderate-to-heavy smoker. What the re...Tight-knit family: Even microbes favor their own kin
...iments, a pair of strains were placed in a dish in equal proportion, and one of the strains in each pair was labeled with a fluorescent dye. Food was withheld, causing the microbes in each dish to form dozens of slugs and fruiting bodies. Upon observing their social development, the team found that indiv...'Portion distortion' may contribute to expanding waistlines, study reports
...ge juice provides 50 additional calories and could equal a five pound weight gain over the course of one year if consumed on a daily basis. Participants in the present study served themselves nearly 20 percent more cornflakes and poured almost 30 percent more milk on their cereal than participants 20 year...Pregnant drivers, football players safer thanks to a top Virginia Tech researcher
...e 50 to 100 head impacts per game, the most severe equal to the force of car crashes. Coaches and physicians with a number of football teams are using the system for real-time assessments of head impacts. Duma expects the study to result in designs for safer sports head gear, as well as new concussion trea...Identifying the 'nuclear' in nuclear medicine as high benefit
...m a diagnostic nuclear medicine study is typically equal to or less than the natural "background" radiation dose a person may receive every year from rocks, soil, space (air travel), building materials and radon. In use for more than 60 years, nuclear medicine is an established medical specialty that is o...