Histamine, anxiety and alcoholism
...ountered by alcoholics." Oroszi and his colleagues examined two distinct populations of alcoholics 218 Finnis... measure of anxious personality. Researchers also examined two groups of nonalcoholic "controls," 313 Finns (220 males, 93 females) and 140 Plains Indians (36 ...NYU study reveals how brain's immune system fights viral encephalitis
...y can fight viral encephalitis. Specifically, they examined how type I interferons--proteins made by the body that are released in response to stimuli, notably infection--work in neurons and to determine if nerve cells' response to interferons is similar to that of other cells. Examining the effect of the vi...Chemists identify key gene in development of type 1 diabetes
...ant to the development of type 1 diabetes, we then examined whether anti-MIF treatments could attenuate the disease progress in its early stage. Indeed, our small molecule, ISO-1, reverted the disease development. All these findings are new. Yousef Al-Abed Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry North Shore-LIJ Res...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...The high frequency of NoV infection among TD cases examined in this study suggests that further investigations concerning the role of these viruses in TD are warranted." (A.R. Chapin, C.M. Carpenter, W.C. Dudley, L.C. Gibson, R. Pratdesaba, O. Torres, D. Sanchez, J. Belkind-Gerson, I. Nyquist, A. Karnell, B. ...The Bacteria's guide to survival
...r - through tiny tugs on cell membranes. The study examined gene activity in human epithelial cells infected with Neisseria gonorrhoeae , the bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea. By comparing cells infected with normal N. gonorrhoeae to those infected with a mutant strain w...Regular exercise helps protect muscles in elderly from soreness, injury
...ts response to the given workload. The researchers examined muscle tissue taken from each horse's forelimb (tr...aged sarcomeres compared to the muscle tissue they examined prior to the workout. "It wasn't serious damage, but the horses probably felt a little sore afterwar...Yeast finding links processes in heart disease and cancer
...the right stuff. Graduate student Adam Hughes then examined the role of these similar genes to prove that they in fact duplicate the human process. Indeed, the yeast gene they called sre1 triggered activation of cholesterol-producing genes, aided by a gene called scp1 that behaves like SCAP. As in humans, sre...NC State scientist finds soft tissue in T. rex bones
...ft behind stretchy bone matrix material that, when examined microscopically, seemed to show blood vessels, osteocytes, or bone building cells, and other recognizable organic features. Since current data indicates that living birds are more closely related to dinosaurs than any other group, Schweitzer compared...Quality of mom's time, not quantity, most important in early infant development
... Development Study of Early Child Care. They also examined videotaped observations of mothers interacting with their babies to measure how sensitive mothers were to their children's needs and visited the mothers' homes to observe the quality of the home environment. They found that although mothers who we...Protein protects kidneys from damage caused by chronic renal disease and injury
...studies, conducted during the last six years, have examined the effects of BMPs on renal disease. BMP7, in particular, plays an essential role in kidney disease and development. "When BMP7 binds to the type 1 receptor on a kidney epithelial cell, it triggers signaling proteins called Smads, which are inside t...'Invisible' influences reveal unconscious pathways used in visual perception
...are interpreted. In the study, Clifford and Harris examined the influence on conscious vision of an "invisible" image--in this case, an image that had been experimentally masked and could be perceived by the brain but not consciously detected. The researchers showed that such an invisible image received in on...Weather forecasts may be predictors for prevalence of West Nile virus
...osquito ecologists Richard Lampman and Weidong Gu, examined whether changes in vector abundance may be related to weather conditions. The northern house mosquito became dominant earlier in the summer in years when temperatures exceeded 81 degrees Fahrenheit more frequently than normal, they discovered. Likew...Separate genes influence speed, accuracy in decoding written words in dyslexia
...ocations on four different chromosomes. When they examined influences on speed and accuracy, they found three other locations on different chromosomes. However, the signal from chromosome 2 was the most robust, particularly when the researchers only looked at speed and not accuracy in decoding. They said ev...Earth's services in peril, report concludes
... medicines." Only four of the ecosystem services examined by the assessment were found to be increasing in their ability to benefit human populations, while 15 were in decline. Five more were found to be in a stable state overall. "Much of the increase in food and timber production we've seen over the las...Rounduphighly lethal to amphibians, finds University of Pittsburgh researcher
...hed in the journal Ecological Applications, Relyea examined how a pond's entire community--25 species, including crustaceans, insects, snails, and tadpoles--responded to the addition of the manufacturers' recommended doses of two insecticides--Sevin (carbaryl) and malathion--and two herbicides--Roundup (glyph...US-India research team completes analysis of X chromosome
...Regions that were identical or nearly so were then examined carefully by IOB biologists. "We didn't want to start out by saying that genes had to look a certain way," says Pandey. "So our only initial assumption was that if a genetic region is important and codes for a protein, the sequence will be conserved ...Was Agns Sorel, the first official royal mistress of France, poisoned?
...nt techniques. The hair and bits of skin have been examined close-up thanks to the X-rays of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, and have unveiled some hints that would be able to lead researchers to the cause of Sorel's death. X-ray Micro Fluorescence experiments have been performed on beamline ID18...Social stress boosts immune system's flu-fighting abilities
...ough the nose. About a week later, the researchers examined the spleens and lungs from all of the mice. (Immune cells, including T cells, are activated in the spleen and lymph nodes, and then move to the lung cells where the flu virus has infected lung cells.) The researchers measured the levels of flu-specif...In asthma, it's not the drugs but the inflammation that increases cardiovascular risk, damage
...ophils were isolated from the peripheral blood and examined for their activation state by measuring stimulated release of the enzyme myeloperoxidase. Neutrophils isolated from asthmatic animals showed an enhanced rate of MPO release compared to those from control animals (substrate consumption rate of 1.52 +...Pediatric burn victims' recovery, diabetes, metabolism aided by fenofibrate (Tricor)
...es. "Both the liver and the muscle in the leg were examined to try to understand which organs were responsible for the changes in insulin sensitivity, Cree explained. After treatment, there was no change in the placebo group, but whole body glucose uptake during the clamp, the measure of insulin sensitivity, ...