The relationship between lawns and allergies and asthma
...on. Ultimately, they hope this research will help everyone make informed choices about lawns and sports turfs. This summer the researchers are measuring the differences among a number of turfgrass types under test plot conditions. They are tracking maintenance items such as fertility, mowing height, mowing ...Penn researchers discover key to how SARS virus infects cells
...king of the field," says Bates. "Up to this point, everyone thought all of the activation steps were at the cell surface or due to the low pH environment in the vesicle. Our paper shows that it's not just low pH, but the cathepsin proteases in the vesicles that clip the viral protein. This gives us a new targ...Bone marrow may be source of new egg-cell generation in adult mammals
...m cells because they are not in the ovaries, where everyone would have looked for them." The same markers were found in bone marrow and blood samples from reproductive age human females that the research team also examined. To verify the presence of functioning germline stem cells in bone marrow, the invest...Scientists discover stem cell origin of neck and shoulders
...the lead researchers at UCL, said, "Anatomists and everyone else would look at the skeleton and assume that the bone structures are uniform and are the basic components of vertebrate organisation. Our research suggests this is wrong and actually groups of stem cells create not only the muscles of the neck and...Cut global warming by becoming vegetarian
...pite plenty of evidence to support the theory, not everyone is convinced. Eric Lerner of Lawrenceville Plasma Physics, who organized the Portuguese meeting, says that certain properties of the cosmic microwave background - the so-called "echo of the Big Bang" - do not match predictions from the theory. Others...Enzyme affects hypertension by controlling salt levels in body
...w blood pressure develops. Dr. Huang said that not everyone who eats too much salt ends up with hypertension, but some population groups, such as African-Americans, are more prone to develop salt-sensitive high blood pressure, suggesting that genetic factors may play a role in the disease. One extension of th...Pomegranate juice for moms may help babies resist brain injury
...stopping it when it happens, but if we could treat everyone who's at risk preventively, we may be able to reduce the impacts of these kinds of injuries." The study, which appears in the June issue of Pediatric Research, was conducted in collaboration with POM Wonderful, a U.S. producer of pomegranates and pom...Groundbreaking study shows adult stem cells have same ability to self-renew as embryonic
... following the advances in stem cell research, and everyone is interested in the potential of stem cells to treat everything from diabetes to Parkinson's disease. But there are also many ethical concerns surrounding the use of embryonic stem cells, concerns that you don't have with post-natal or adult stem ce......s every year - about one and a half cans a day for everyone in the United States. Drinking these beverages places the people who may not follow proper oral hygiene techniques at a higher risk for cavities and other oral health problems. However, according to a report in the May/June 2005 issue of General Den...Diabetics susceptible to compromised cardiovascular function from high levels of air pollution
... and should be controlled," said Schwartz. Because everyone did not respond the same, Schwartz highlighted the need for studies to identify other susceptible populations in addition to diabetics....A radical solution for environmental pollution
...he enzymes that catalyze these reactions work, for everyone else it could mean less pollution."...Major losses projected for earthquake on little-known fault under Los Angeles
...egion, and it's not a question of if, but when, so everyone should take necessary safety precautions." Field added that because a Puente Hills earthquake would have widespread impact, emergency and public policy officials should plan accordingly. The loss projections assume that no efforts will be made to red...Disabling gene defuses rheumatoid arthritis in mice
...ic target, pursue it and attack it. "Classically, everyone thought that the T cells somehow recognized something specific in the joint like collagen or some other protein and attacked it," Peng explains. "In recent years, though, it's become more accepted that rheumatoid arthritis is also the result of a les...New book explains antibiotic resistance for a broad audience
...er-friendly, comprehensible style that will engage everyone from scientists to everyday citizens. "Most people have a love-hate relationship with antibiotics. They love the fact that antibiotics work most of the time and work quickly with few side effects. They hate the fact that more and more physicians a...Variation in immune response gene causes age-related macular degeneration when triggered
...imately half of the Caucasian population. But not everyone who has this genetic variant gets AMD, so what causes this mechanism to activate? "We believe inflammation from infections might kick start the process that leads to AMD," said Dr. Hageman. "The variation in Factor H strengthens the immune response,...Genes influence how heart failure patients respond to drugs
... for treatment of heart failure are that basically everyone should get this drug," Johnson said. "I'm certainly not sitting here saying we should change those consensus guidelines, which come about because of large clinical trials and because of benefits that are shown in large clinical trials. But we know th...Gene regions beyond protein instructions important in disease
...ctivity. The mutation diminished that effect. "Not everyone who has the mutation has the disease, but our analysis shows that the mutation clearly contributes to the risk of disease," says Emison. "Interestingly, the frequency of the mutation in different world populations mirrors that of the disease." The fr...Carnegie Mellon and U. of Pittsburgh create tool to understand neuron rhythms, learning
...apping in unison, but then someone sets a beat and everyone follows it. Populations of neurons with similar PRCs can work in the same manner, whereby steady outside input effectively drives them to synchronize their firing," Urban said. The new method combines computational and experimental approaches to sim...A new way to share models of biological systems
...dels in the public domain are freely available for everyone to make the most of them."...Panel discusses effect of individualized diets on chronic disease risk
...ollow, one population-based diet will not work for everyone according to Dr. Ron Krauss, Children's Hospital Center. During his presentation he elaborated on this point, showing lipid research which has identified types of diets that work for different genotypes of people. For example, in some individuals a...