Clones on task serve greater good, evolutionary study shows
...ike family reunions, the competition is decided as everyone compares pictures of the grandchildren. In Arabadopsiss case, the solid Family A produces more children or flowers, than the erratic Family B.As it turns out, and perhaps not surprisingly, those genotypes that tended in general to vary more, tended ...Link identified between Alzheimer's disease and glaucoma
...sing in glaucoma. "However, this doesn't mean that everyone with Alzheimer's will develop glaucoma or vice versa. Glaucoma has a number of risk factors." Glaucoma affects over half a million in the UK and as many as 65 million people worldwide(1). Little is know about what exactly causes the disease, which ...COX-2 inhibitors delay pancreatic cancer precursors in mice
...cer. With these results, I certainly wouldnt say everyone should be taking COX-2 inhibitors to protect against cancer, said Eibl. However, with additional studies, we may find COX-2 inhibitors could help prevent pancreatic cancer in high risk populations. Pancreatic cancer is so deadly because it often g...Insulin grown in plants relieves diabetes in mice; UCF study holds promise for humans
...rmed that enough safe anthrax vaccine to inoculate everyone in the United States could be grown inexpensively in only one acre of tobacco plants ...UCLA researchers show that culture influences brain cells
...g without speech are used and recognized by nearly everyone in our society, but to someone from a foreign country, they may be incomprehensible. The opposite is true as well. Plop an American in a foreign land and he or she may be clueless to the common gestures of that particular culture. This raises a p...White blood cells are picky about sugar
...help the human body fight infection. Previously, everyone thought that these key cells of the immune system weren't picky and would eat anything that looked foreign, adds Fink, who is also an MIT professor of biology. Ifat's work has shown that the cells aren't little Pac-Men, but can discriminate one patho......e Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. Nearly everyone has some fat tissue they can spare, and this tissue could be a source of cells for cancer treatment that can be adapted into specific vehicles for drug transport. Mesenchymal stem cells help repair damaged tissue and organs by renewing injured cell...Antibody linked to MS significantly higher in spinal fluid of blacks
...the spinal fluid for elevated levels of IgG. Since everyone makes IgG as a part of normal immune function, scientists have to assess cerebrospinal IgG levels using an index that also factors in the amount of IgG in the patient's blood and the integrity of the blood-brain barrier, which limits access to the br...Marker predicts pancreatic cancer outcome after surgery, Jefferson surgeon finds
...or example. The findings make a strong case for everyone to have CA 19-9 scores checked after surgery, he says. These should be followed regularly. In addition, he notes, other researchers are studying whether the rate of change in CA 19-9 can predict survival. Future trials may involve examining the predi...Scientists ponder plant life on extrasolar Earthlike planets
...re is life on another world. I think that everyone thinks that there are Earth-like ones out there, but very few have been detected so far , he said. One of the things that Ive learned is that you have to free your mind from the constraints of thinking that life elsewhere has to be like life here. ...Nitrate in Lake Superior: On the rise
... Earth's supply of surface fresh water. Although everyone is exposed to small, harmless amounts of nitrate from eating fruits and vegetables, nitrate contamination of drinking water can expose people to harmful levels. Too much nitrate can reduce blood levels of oxygen, which poses a risk to infants and c...Innovative smallpox vaccine research study to be conducted at Case Medical Center
...ved vaccine, Dryvax, is not recommended for use on everyone because of the potential for serious side effects in certain individuals. For example, the current vaccine cannot be used in immune-compromised individuals, such as patients with HIV or individuals with certain skin conditions such as eczema, says Ro...UVa researcher studying disease that cripples newborns
...1000 of them. The Canadian team discovered that everyone with DM1 has the CTG mutation on chromosome 19, and this discovery led to the development of a simple gene-based diagnostic test for the disease. The test is now used around the world. Today, scientists are trying to understand how extra CTG repea...Fused nasal bones helped tyrannosaurids dismember prey
...est bite of any land animal. The T. rex just blows everyone out of the water when it comes to strength. "The fused nasal bones had been observed before, but no one but us and Emily Rayfield of Bristol hypothesized that the fusion enhanced the skull strength. Now we know it did." ...Computer model maps efficient inoculation of hospital staff in pandemic outbreak
...-- time spent away from patient care. "Just having everyone line up at the start or end of the day would require a lot of nurses to give vaccinations, and nurses will be in short supply if or when an actual pandemic hits," explains Dr. Hupert. Large hospitals, especially, face the challenge of inoculating t...Protein interactions targets for Huntington disease therapy
...ones that accelerate the age of disease onset. Not everyone with Huntingtons develops symptoms at the same age. Botas and his colleagues used a fruit fly model of Huntingtons to test the proteins effects. The sheer number of proteins identified could open the door to more studies farther down the line, he...Study finds regions of DNA that appear linked to autistic spectrum disorders
...etic Resource Exchange (AGRE). "We characterized everyone using the quantitative measures that the Social Responsiveness Scale provides," Constantino explains. "With the SRS, we looked not just at whether a person has autism but more systematically at the degree of autistic impairment. Then we analyzed thei...Study shows food preparation may play a bigger role in chronic disease than was previously thought
... AGE levels should be shown on nutrition labels so everyone is aware of them when buying or preparing meals and our studies explain why." A Simple Solution: Steam, Boil, Stew Despite the ubiquity of AGEs, Dr. Vlassara and her team offer simple, safe, and economic solutions that echo the recommendations gi...Health disparities -- Genetics, society and race play an important role in access to healthcare
...cial disparity," Gooden said. "We expected that if everyone was treated by similarly experienced doctors or hospitals, they would have had comparable outcomes. But that wasn't the case." "These results may have less to do with access to clinical care but more to do with lifestyle factors and the physical an......udies are needed to confirm this. At this point, everyone is encouraged to follow current guidelines that recommend a well-balanced, healthful diet in order to maintain a healthy BMI and to reduce risk of certain diseases. But we study nutrigenomics with the idea that we can pinpoint people who may be at hi...