Use of PET can reduce, may eliminate more strenuous drug development trials with animals
...ll animals. Small animals, especially mice, play a fundamental in the study of human biology and disease. Mice have nearly the same set of genes as humans, offering an opportunity to learn about the function of the many genes shared by both. This could lead to improved diagnosis of disorders such as Alzheimer's ...Royal Society study on adaptability of fish to warming oceans
...crash easily. Detecting objects in their path is a fundamental perceptional function of moving organisms. Contact...e the causes of such synchrony is considered to be fundamental questions in population biology. The issue of spatial population synchrony has also an applied inter...River restoration field booms, matures
...Journal of Applied Ecology that describes the five fundamental standards for ecologically sustainable river restoration, the papers document the maturing effort to reverse rising pollution levels and declining ecological health of rivers in the United States and around the world. "River restoration is evolving ...Fundamental genes regulate human blood stem cells
...nd suggest that a unique orchestration of pathways fundamental to all human cells is capable of controlling stem cell behavior," explains Dr. Bhatia....Major advance made on DNA structure
...of this biological blueprint for life. One of the fundamental problems in biochemistry is to predict the structu...repair itself a vital biological function. A more fundamental understanding of DNA structure and its relationship to genetic sequences, researchers say, helps set...NIH awards Georgia Tech/Emory $11.5 M for nano cardiology research
...ed States, there is a lack of understanding of the fundamental molecular biology behind the disease and how certain genetic factors contribute to plaque build-up in blood vessels. But biomedical nanotechnology might help shed light on the molecular mechanisms responsible for one of the U.S.'s deadliest diseases.......ate and consume glucose at a high rate. One of the fundamental questions being tested in the Thompson lab is the importance of metabolism in cancer and investigating how cancer cells differ from normal cells, allowing them to survive and replicate. (Thompson is the Chair of Penn's Department of Cancer Biology an...UCR chemist part of team identifying new areas of gene regulation
...acetylation, a modification of the protein, play a fundamental role in the regulation of gene activation and repression. The key findings of the current paper were the discovery of this acetylation at the core of the histone, rather than at the proteins' ends, which are where most gene regulation is thought to ...Mechanism for the captation of nutrients in plants- unknown to date
...cesses of captation This discovery breaks with a fundamental dogma in basic plant science holding that all substances penetrate the interior of the cell through the participation of specific transporters present in the plasma membranes - a model implying that, if hundreds of substances enter vegetable cells an...Brain chemical serotonin involved in early embryo patterning, Forsyth scientists find
...may have arisen through the adaptation of ancient, fundamental cell-cell signals to a new purpose as nervous syst... scientists work to understand the most common and fundamental mechanisms guiding pattern formation across phyla." Clinical Jean M. Lauder, Ph.D., Profess...DRI awards 2005 Nevada Medal to University of Washington archaeologist Donald K. Grayson
... President Dr. Stephen G. Wells said. "He has made fundamental as well as innovative scientific and historical contributions in many disciplines, strongly influencing those who work in them," Grayson is best known for his innovative research showing that climate change-and not "overkill" by early human hunters-...UQ researcher journeys to the centre of the cell
The discovery of a fundamental new route into cells may lead to new methods of drug delivery and to a better understanding of viral infection. Researchers from The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB), and the Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis...Shared computing grid cuts data mountains down to size
...nt scientific spheres - one seeking to explore the fundamental properties of matter and the other trying to wrest free the secrets of the human genome - both have the same dilemma: They are awash in a sea of data. To make sense of the human genome, for example, Schwartz and the small army of scientists engaged i...Monkeys adapt robot arm as their own
...ail, I and our colleagues are suggesting is that a fundamental trait of higher primates, in particular apes and humans, is the ability to incorporate these tools into the very structure of the brain. In fact, we're saying that it's not only the brain that is adaptable; it's the whole concept of self. And this co...How exactly does the brain control breathing?
...ing of exactly how the brain controls breathing is fundamental to the treatment of respiratory disorders. We know that breathing is an automatic rhythmic process that persists without conscious effort whether we are awake or asleep, but the question that has intrigued many scientists for well over 100 years is w...The effects of prenatal cocaine exposure
...nvironment, which is essential for explaining many fundamental biological processes by which a variety of cardiovascular dysfunctions and diseases emerge and evolve....High fidelity keeps human DNA assembly line humming
...ntrol things like viral infections and tumors this fundamental process has to be understood in every detail. This is basic science, but basic science with practical application." Burton and his team study how RNA is made from a DNA template. DNA is the genetic material that holds the blueprint for life. DNA dict...DOE JGI announces 2006 Community Sequencing Program portfolio
...territory, taking on one of the most difficult and fundamental questions in evolutionary biology--how new species evolve," said Dr. Richard A. Jorgensen, associate professor of plant sciences at the University of Arizona, and editor-in-chief of The Plant Cell. "The genus Mimulus is a fantastic model system for t...Plunge into warmer waters this summer with ESA's Mediterranean heat map
...es every six hours. "Interpolated SST maps are of fundamental importance to improve marine weather forecasts," says Rosalira Santoleri of the Italian National Research Council (CNR), part of the Medspiration team. "They are operationally assimilated into numerical models and allow a better initialisation of the...Scientists team up for multiyear studies of microbial mysteries
...s John Zachara and Jim Fredrickson, is probing the fundamental question of how subsurface metal-reducing bacteria interact with and transfer electrons to the mineral surfaces on which they live. More than two dozen researchers from 16 institutions will participate in the three- to- five-year studies, with a PNN...