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...he participants for about six years. Investigators examined stored blood samples to determine the relationship among Lp-PLA2, traditional cardiovascular risk factors and CRP. The ARIC investigators used the PLAC test developed by diaDexus, Inc., to measure Lp-PLA2 concentration. The U.S. Food and D...New Royal Society journal studies
...r and loser effects impact hierarchy formation. We examined the impact of winner and loser effects on hierarch...ns of the utmost danger) of a small passerine, and examined the relationship between call physical properties and caller nutritional and immunological condition...Global warming: Informal networking is the key to a swift response
...al sector to the BSE and foot and mouth crises and examined how they might deal with possible future abrupt climate change. The groups included scientific officers at DEFRA, representatives of the Environment Agency and the Welsh Assembly and members of a dairy farmers' cooperative. The data collected fro...Ancient creature fossilized by the bacteria that ate it
... body of the animal, Babcock said. They also examined limestone deposits they found nearby, and identified fossils of a different kind of bacteria called archaebacteria. Genetic studies of modern archaebacteria have suggested that this group has existed for billions of years. But fossil remains of archa...Joslin and Stanford researchers find key clues to muscle regeneration
...ls that carried the fluorescent markers. They then examined the capacity of these three different cell types to generate new muscle cells in cell culture or in mice that had injured muscle tissue. "The results show that adult stem cells that are committed to the blood lineage do not normally differentiate int...Signal for inflammation linked to Ras-induced tumor growth
...at the State University of New York at Stony Brook examined whether Ras-mediated induction of the inflammatory mediator CXCL-8 was required for tumor growth and angiogenesis in a mouse model. The researchers found that CXCL-8 production was required for Ras-stimulated tumor inflammation, vascularization, and ...Small seasonal changes can lead to big flu outbreaks
...ctious diseases move through populations, recently examined the question of why most people catch the flu in the winter. "In this study, we found that it may be difficult or even impossible to pin down the cause of seasonality in influenza epidemics," Earn explains. "Large fluctuations in the number of flu c...JCI table of contents, November 15 2004
...e to environmental or genetic factors. The authors examined the effects of insulin on muscle PGC levels in you...darian and R. Bridge Hunter from Boston University examined mice deficient in the proteins p105/p50 (encoded by the gene Nfkb1) or Bcl3 (encoded by the gene Bcl...Aging affects susceptibility to type 2 diabetes
...e to environmental or genetic factors. The authors examined the effects of insulin on muscle PGC levels in young and old, identical and fraternal, non-diabetic twins. The authors demonstrate that the expression levels of PGC-1alpha and PGC-1beta in muscle are increased by insulin stimulation and decreased ...Safety of bismuth bullets questioned: Study
...een's universities and the University of Waterloo, examined the background levels of bismuth and lead in the muscle and liver tissues of mallard ducks, northern pintails, green-winged teals, Canada geese and snow geese. The waterfowl samples were all provided by hunters from First Nations Cree communities in ...Dinosaurs in bullet-proof vests
...as simply too stiff for that.' Torsten Scheyer has examined the dinosaurs' armour as part of his diploma thesis. The results are astonishing: 'The armour plating is not nearly as similar to those of the crocodile as was previously assumed,' he adds. 'Their microstructure is substantially more complex, at leas...... involve neural cell adhesion molecules, they next examined Cis-only mouse olfactory bulbs. These bulbs are reduced in size in NCAM-deficient mice as the result of impaired migration of neural precursors through a zone called the rostral migratory stream and swell with cells that have failed to reach their no...Abundance of myostatin in infected swine may result in reduced muscle mass
...or College of Medicine in Houston, the researchers examined myostatin gene expression in the infected pigs. Myostatin's role in muscle development is becoming clear, Johnson said. Mice with the myostatin gene deleted become muscle-bound, and a defective myostatin gene has been linked to double muscl...Researchers discover new way to boost grain crops' drought tolerance
...ts. Gallie said that he and his research team have examined the role of ethylene during plant growth and development since 1997. In the most recent study, conducted by UCR researchers and Pioneer Hi-Bred International, an Iowa-based developer and supplier of seed to farmers, the authors targeted ACC synthase....... I Run, Therefore I Am Bramble and Lieberman examined 26 traits of the human body many also seen in fossils of Homo erectus and some in Homo habilis that enhanced the ability to run. Only some of them were needed for walking. Traits that aided running include leg and foot tendons and ligaments that ac...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...ms," say the researchers. In the study researchers examined whether or not electric currents(direct currents and block currents) would be effective at causing aStaphylococcus epidermidis biofilm to detach from surgical stainlesssteel. Results showed a detachment rate of 78% after 360 minutes ofexposure to 10...New bulls may revive the Texas state Bison Herd
... data from the last several years in the model and examined the data year by year. "The idea is to have an estimate, not a definite, of what would happen. In the future is the population going to be driven to extinction? Or is it likely to recover? Given the current problems with natality and mortality and t...Study in Royal Society journal on possible genetic factors in social responsiblity
...Dr Y Touyama, Dr AL Wild and Dr AT Peterson We examined the potential worldwide distribution of the Argent... the efficacy of future pesticide applications. We examined a model of compensatory evolution in a haploid organism. A key finding is that reduction of the cost...Racial disparities noted in immune system genes
...ans. This is kind of a double whammy." Researchers examined the race-specific distribution of allelic variants in cytokine genes known to promote inflammation. Chromosomes and genes occur in alternative forms, and these alternative genetic forms are called alleles. Cytokines are proteins that are secreted by ...Say goodbye to Rudolph and other reindeer if global warming continues
...entury. That finding comes from a new study that examined the archaeological record in southwestern France, ...sue of the journal Conservation Biology. The pair examined the fossil record left in Grotte XVI, a cave above the Ceou River in the Dordogne region of France. ...