Call for EU to launch major project to map out all our proteins
... be identified as a protein, thats the most direct evidence we can have that a gene really exists, said Aebersold. It will though be hard to tell when the job is done, because the proteome, unlike the genome, is not a stable, defined physical entity. While the genome comprises the famous double helix of DNA t...Scratch no more: Gene for itch sensation discovered
...ction between GRPR and itching, offering the first evidence of a receptor specific for the itch sensation in the central nervous system. The findings are reported this week in Nature through advance online publication. Chronic itching is a widespread problem. It can be caused by skin disorders like eczema, or...Success rates for prostate cancer depend on experience of surgeon
...or operations) were nearly 70% more likely to have evidence of recurrence of their prostate cancer within five years than those whose surgeons had performed 250 operations (17.9% vs. 10.7%). Our findings also have implications for education in surgical oncology. Although the successful practice of surgery ...Prenatal alcohol exposure alters brain activity in the frontal-striatal areas
...ate that nine per 1000 births in this country show evidence of clinically significant effects of prenatal alcohol exposure." Inattention and behavioral disinhibition are considered hallmark features of prenatal alcohol exposure, added Fryer, also the study's corresponding author. "Anecdotal observations...Detecting transmissibility of avian influenza virus in human households
...avian influenza virus in the Netherlands. There is evidence to show that secondary human-to-human transmission is indeed a plausible explanation for the Dutch infection data. Based on the estimates of the within-household transmission, van Boven et al. concluded that less than half of the household infectio...CTRC enrolls first patients in novel phase II study for sarcoma -- living virus destroys cancer cell
...duration of those responses, and of describing any evidence of anti-tumor activity. REOLYSIN will be given intravenously to patients for five consecutive days. Patients may receive additional five-day cycles of therapy every four weeks for a maximum of eight cycles. Up to 52 patients will be enrolled in the ...Is nutrient loading a smaller problem than we think?
... of nutrient loading, they argue, and they present evidence gathered from more than 100 studies of coral reefs, rocky intertidal areas, and sea grass beds to support the claim. For example, the authors report that studies evaluating the relative effects of consumers and nutrient supplies on algal biomass ha...Steroids, not songs, spur growth of brain regions in sparrows
...ow University of Washington researchers have found evidence that one species of songbird apparently has something in common with a few baseball sluggers. Both rely on steroids, birds to increase the size of song production areas of their brain and some players, apparently, to knock a fastball out of the park...Study sheds light on why humans walk on two legs
...dmills, a team of anthropologists has gathered new evidence suggesting our earliest apelike ancestors started ...amined the early hominid fossil record, they found evidence of these traits skeletal characteristics of the hip and hind limb that allow for greater extension ...Fruit fly gene from 'out of nowhere' is discovered
...pecies diverged from a common ancestor. And early evidence indicates that the new gene is functional (as opposed to being nonfunctional "junk" DNA) and is likely to express a protein involved in late stages of sperm cell development (spermatogenesis). This finding is consistent with work of other scientists ...Neurons for numerosity: Parietal neurons 'sum up' individual items in a group
...the University of Illinois at Chicago report novel evidence for the existence of accumulator neurons, which re...he authors focused on the parietal cortex based on evidence that damage to this brain region disrupts basic mathematical skills, and is activated during functio...Effects of aging in stem cells
... to maintain and repair tissue. Unfortunately, new evidence published in the open-access journal PLoS Biology ... more (called up-regulation) as HSCs age fits with evidence linking inflammation and aging in the kidney, brain, and arteries. It may also help explain why HSCs......tudies on birds response to human music, anecdotal evidence suggests that certain species of bird listen to and replicate human song. My interest with the piece was to get us to think about the impact we have on the other species around us, she adds. The bird listening stations are part of the exhibitio...Rise of dinosaurs in Late Triassic more gradual than once thought
... in the campus's Museum of Paleontology. "Now, the evidence shows that they may have coexisted for 15 or 20 million years or more." According to primary authors Randall Irmis and Sterling Nesbitt, graduate students, respectively, at UC Berkeley and at New York's American Museum, the new bones provide anatom...Molecular detectors may refine cancer treatment
...cer Institute. Researchers also found the first evidence that slight molecular differences can exist even within the same samples from patients with adult T-cell leukemia, a cancer that strikes the immune systems own protective cells. Our selective aptamers clearly confirm there are several subcategories...Obesity found to be a risk factor for multiple myeloma
...s the risk of multiple myeloma, but there is ample evidence that regular exercise offers many other health benefits, Birmann said. The study findings do show, however, that the effect of BMI on risk of multiple myeloma is separate from any possible effect of physical activity. According to Birmann, prev...MIT IDs link between brain tumor proteins
... most adult cells. Until now, there had been no evidence of any cross-talk between c-Met and EGFRvIII in GBM. This discovery could offer an explanation for why GBM tumors are so invasive, because over-activated c-Met has already been implicated in very invasive types of lung and breast cancers. The resea...Researchers discover gene responsible for Restless Legs Syndrome
...l-aged children. The discovery provides strong new evidence that RLS is a genuine syndrome, a fact which has r...he subject of some debate. "We now have concrete evidence that RLS is an authentic disorder with recognizable features and underlying biological basis," says ...Gene variant increases risk of blindness
...ystem. The results of this research provide strong evidence that inflammation is an important part of the disease process in AMD. The goal of this type of research is to achieve a full understanding of the causes of AMD, which should lead to the development of better treatment and strategies for prevention......a. To ensure the validity of their single origin evidence the researchers attempted to use their data to find non-African origins for modern humans. Research Dr Francois Balloux explains: "To test the alternative theory for the origin of modern humans we tried to find an additional, non-African origin. We f...