Unique Huntington's study moves forward
...s these patients face portend concerns that nearly everyone will confront eventually, as researchers ferret out the genes that predispose some people to heart trouble, high blood pressure, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, stroke, and other diseases. People at risk for Huntington's disease today present a...High blood pressure induces low fat metabolism in heart muscle
...t has been affected by high blood pressure." Not everyone who has high blood pressure will develop hypertrophy, and not everyone with hypertrophy has long-term problems, according to de las Fuentes. Some people appear to be prote...Gabriela Cezar's stem cell research targets birth defects and cancer
... that, we have engineers and bioethicists. We have everyone working together, and that is one of our greatest strengths." "The other thing I really like about academia is the freedom to communicate," she says. Cezar is using this freedom to nurture collaborations across the country and across the globe, fro...Association between famine and schizophrenia may yield clues about inherited diseases and conditions
...'re looking for what causes an illness, you gather everyone with that illness together and look for mutations they share," said McClellan. "That may be why it has been so hard to find the genetic basis for schizophrenia. The cause may be different from one case to another."...Study shows hope for ridding lakes of clawed invader
... talked to lake associations," says Carpenter. "If everyone was willing to run half a dozen traps off their dock, it could be very effective." And one of the best parts of the study, according to the Wisconsin scientists, is that the rusty crayfish is edible. "The students up at our Trout Lake Research Stat...Under certain genetic circumstances, naltrexone may increase the urge to drink
...believes that the reason why NTX does not work for everyone is due largely to study-related issues. "There are three meta-analyses all concluding that naltrexone is efficacious in clinical trials taken as a whole," said Anton. "The reason why some are negative are: one, small sample size; two, increased ...Developing countries take the lead in a global program to catalogue human mutations
...vernment money. Rather than doctors having to give everyone newer and more expensive drugs, only that small proportion of people who carry the gene variation need the expensive version. Brahmachari's group have also identified two genetic variations that predispose people to schizophrenia (a disease that...Supercomputers to transform science
...presentation of the climate system. This will give everyone much greater confidence in the regional predictions of future climate change." Professor Steve Wiggins, Head of Mathematics and a co-instigator of the project, stated that "HPC has ascended to a new level of importance. Any university that aspires to...Dragonfly migration resembles that of birds, scientists say
...tes were available," Wikelski said. "Though nearly everyone hasheard of animal migration, we actually know very little about howanimals move. It could tell us a lot about the way speciesrespond to climate change and other disturbances. Becausethe economies of many nations are still largely agrarian, a betteru...Epstein-Barr virus might kick-start multiple sclerosis
...ystem attacking the body's own nervous system. Not everyone who is infected with Epstein-Barr develops MS, but the results of the new study, published in the June 2006, issue of the journal Brain, suggest that some individuals' unusually strong reaction to the virus may trigger the disease. The findings could...Massive marsh planting to begin in coastal Alabama and Mississippi
...tal ecosystems will need the constant attention of everyone involved. Projects such as these bring together the efforts of researchers, resource managers, and educators to fulfill a vital need of a healthy coastal environment. To learn more log onto: www.mobilebaynep.com for links to various organizations...Even at small scales, the big decisions are made at the water cooler
... to a group, or takes dictation from a leader, but everyone bases their behavior on what we might call 'informed pair conversations.' They participate in as many of them as they can, listen as much as they can, then act." According to this analogy, the retinal cells would transmit messages based on the inform...Picking the best parent for your chicks
... to evolve, you have to have mating patterns where everyone wants the same thing," said lead researcher Kevin ... Oh of The University of Arizona in Tucson. But if everyone mates with the same perfect-looking individual, ultimately that would result in inbreeding, he said....Researchers now able to look deep into heart to view triggers of a heart's beat
..., must be what causes arrhythmias as well. But not everyone with a long QT interval experiences arrhythmias. We're beginning to see that the determining factor is an added problem involving the sodium-calcium exchanger and may help explain the differences in risk between men and women," said Dr. Salama. The ...Open source and open medicine take centre stage at UN research symposium
... to protect private interests be reformed to "lock everyone in"? What results when government authorities promote free, open source software in their jurisdictions? Who (if anyone) should own or control access to the human genome sequence? What parallels can be drawn with the fundamental principles of 'openne...Brain communicates in analog and digital modes simultaneously
...derstanding of neuronal dysfunction." "It's as if everyone thought communication in the brain was like a telegraph, but actually it turned out to be more similar to a telephone," he said. Neurons receive input from other cells largely through synaptic contacts on their dendrites and cell bodies. The release...Tufts' David Walt named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor
...ght decide how to determine a genetic diagnosis of everyone in the class," Walt explains. "We can perform a laboratory analysis of an individual's blood to test for hundreds of thousands of things. This procedure would cost thousands of dollars today and require a $250,000 dollar instrument. How can we take t...Vitamin D and flavonoids examined for impact on breast and ovarian cancers
...ies are completed, the scientists recommended that everyone consume at least 1,000 IU/day of vitamin D3. Dietary Flavonoid Intake and Breast Cancer Risk among Women in the Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project: Abstract No. 4014 Flavonoids, a class of antioxidants found in plants, is associated with a re...Sweetgum tree could help lessen shortage of bird flu drug
...rts fear there wont be enough of the drug to treat everyone if a worldwide pandemic occurs. The supply problem resides in the drugs source: The shikimic acid used to make it is obtained almost exclusively from the Chinese star anise, a fruit that is found mainly in China and whose supply has dwindled due to h......impact the living environment, Weber said. "While everyone is concerned about this issue, there has been no really adequate way before this development to examine the extent to which they may get into human cells, and what will result if they do," Weber said. "Nobody has been able to do quantitative research...