Good news: As you age, leg blood vessels adapt so you can still exercise without fainting
...people age, he noted, "because keeping our rapidly expanding older population healthy will reduce the burden on our health-care system" as well as contribute to enhanced independence and quality of life in these individuals. Understanding the mechanisms by which blood flow to exercising muscles is altered wi...Protein protecting brain from toxins also blocks some chemotherapy from reaching tumors
...e transported by Mrp4," Schuetz said. "There is an expanding array of these types of drugs being developed; and unless there is a way to block Mrp4 when giving these agents, the effectiveness of these new agents could be significantly compromised." Other authors of this study are Markos Leggas, Masashi Adach...Frontiers in cancer prevention research: Defeating cancer before it strikes
...are gathering to share the latest research in this expanding and promising new field, with the hope this work will significantly reduce cancer incidence and mortality. The future of cancer prevention relies heavily on: identifying promising targets for drug development; understanding how personal decision...Discovery might improve design, effectiveness of anti-cancer drugs
...t how an inhibitor might be improved further -- by expanding it to fill the gap -- which is important in designing drugs. "Moreover, this specific enzyme is known to inactivate the anticancer agent cytarabine," he said. "That inactivation limits the effectiveness of cytarabine in cancer tissue such as in non-H...$2.8 million NIH grant awarded to UH for bionano training
...t awarded to the University of Houston is not only expanding research, but also preparing the next generation of scientists among Houston universities and medical schools. The T90R90 grant, earmarked specifically for bionano training and research, was awarded to UH through the school's Institute for Molecula...ENCODE consortium publishes scientific strategy
...lements that we are studying under ENCODE and also expanding the portfolio of technologies that we can apply to them," said Peter Good, Ph.D., NHGRI's program director for genome informatics. Recipients of the 2004 ENCODE Technology Development Grants and their total approximate funding are: Joseph R. Ecker,...Children's Hospital Boston geneticist awarded for research on muscular dystrophy
...involved in the metabolism of fats. Kunkel is now expanding on this work to find additional longevity genes. "With new technology, we can now analyze 10,000 genes at once, compare patterns from individual to individual, and look for genetic variations that many centenarians share," he says. As director of t...UGA scientist Moran receives $2.6 million from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for marine research
...ans. "Dr. Moran's work holds great promise for expanding our understanding of the ecology and diversity of coastal bacteria, and how these bacteria affect the health of the oceans as well as other natural processes," said UGA President Michael F. Adams. "We are very grateful to the Gordon and Betty Moore ...New bulls may revive the Texas state Bison Herd
...rease over time," Derr said. "If the population is expanding and more babies are being born than old ones are dying, the average would actually decrease. "We, as geneticists, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department as wildlife managers, had a concern that something wasn't going right. The managers were do...A genetic difference at the opiate receptor gene affects a person's response to alcohol
...important as heredity." "These findings add to our expanding knowledge about how genetic factors may influence responses to alcohol and the risk for developing alcohol dependence," said Hutchison. "Given recent growth in our knowledge about the human genome, we will see many more of these kinds of studies in ...Chromosome 16 publication fulfills DOE's human genome commitment
... provide a world-class sequencing resource for the expanding diversity of disciplines--geology, oceanography, and ecology, among others--that can benefit from the application of genomics. Priority is given to sequencing organisms that are relevant to DOE missions. "The Human Genome Project stands as the crown...NSTI announces schedule for 8th Annual Nanotech 2005 Conference
...nology Institute. "Now in our eighth year, we are expanding the scope of the conference with targeted vertical industry sessions that will focus on specific markets, such as nanotechnology in telecommunications, electronics and even cosmetics. We are expecting record attendance for 2005." Nanotech 2005 will ...Media fellowship on autism available at Vanderbilt University
...arch on Human Development is leading the nation in expanding the understanding of the potential causes, nature and prognosis of autism. The media fellowship will bring together researchers, education experts, advocates, parents and individuals with autism to discuss with journalists the latest research, the r...Racial groupings match genetic profiles, Stanford study finds
... as using genetics, then that could bring down the expanding cost of medical research....Not-for-profit publishers call NIH public access rule a missed opportunity
...reducing the size and therefore the cost to NIH of expanding PubMed Central," Hubel added. "Linking to journal sites is seamless and virtually invisible to those who use NIH's MEDLINE website to search for health information," noted James M. George, MD, president of the American Society of Hematology. "The 'F...Asthma gene clusters identified
... are likely to be involved as well. Dr. Hershey is expanding her research in cooperation with the Computational Medicine Center (CMC), a research partnership with Cincinnati Children's and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. The center specializes is combining computational resources with medicin...Charles Yanofsky named National Medal of Science winner
...es faculty since 1958, Yanofsky was recognized for expanding the frontier of knowledge in molecular biology and earning a reputation as one of the most important molecular biologists of the 20th century. His major contributions include establishing the ''one gene, one protein'' relationship; demonstrating the ...Methodist, UH system joining forces for biomedical research, clinical care
... Institute, reflecting the importance it places on expanding its translational research abilities. The Methodist Hospital Research Institute is a place where scientists from diverse specialties and backgrounds can share ideas and work together to translate the latest laboratory discoveries into effective new ...Genome-wide mouse study yields link to human leukemia
...oes through a pre-leukemic stage marked by rapidly expanding T cells and natural killer cells, both major components of the immune system. In comparing the mice in the pre-leukemic stage and those with ALL with normal mice, researchers found that methylation, a chemical process that adds methyl molecules to D...Until expanding agricultural development and modernization encroached on their forest homelands, the Mlabri lived mostly as nomadic huntergatherers in the forests of northeastern Thailand and western Laos. This lifestyle is unique among the other so-called hill trib...