Promising protein may prevent eye damage in premature babies
...ouse and human studies. This discovery has a big future in helping premature babies, said Alexander V. Ljubimov, Ph.D., a professor of medicine at UCLA and director of Ophthalmology Research Laboratories at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The idea is to administer this already clinically available protein to...Endosome-mediated signaling in plants
...hat these results will serve as a springboard for future studies aimed at unraveling the mechanics of how plants grow."...Pendulum love, science class gender gaps, musical mind mirrors, and unparticle physics
...ndex remains a question for further research. In future experiments, researchers will monitor the brain activity of participants who are listening to music. This study will assess whether the complexity of a participant¿s brain activity is affected by the complexity of the composition. In addition, they...UVa researchers restore genes in human inner ear cells
...e hearing function in guinea pigs suggest that the future of gene therapy in the human inner ear is sound, Holt said. Hair cells have hair-like projections that line the cochlea. In people with normal hearing, hair cells convert sound into electrical signals, which are ultimately transmitted to the brain....Microbes at work cleaning up the environment
... their own environments, and clean up crews of the future could potentially do the same thing on a larger scale. A team from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that bacteria from an abandoned mine excrete proteins that cause metal nanopartic...Study could impact noninvasive treatment of cancer tumors
...s-train our students also better prepares them for future careers in bioengineering research, said Monroe. ...Muscle weakness: New mutation identified
...pathogenesis and provide important information for future therapeutic strategies. Walter R. Frontera, an independent expert, says: "Dr. Ochala and collaborators have published elegant proof of the clinical consequences of mutations in the regulatory proteins of skeletal muscles. Their data provide strong s...Screening approach leads to discovery of gene linked to breast cancer
...f all breast cancers, making it a prime target for future drugs for the disease. The method used to home in on the gene -- a combination of three existing experimental approaches -- offers an elegant solution to one of the major hurdles of genome-age research: how to sift through the multitude of genes id...New findings challenge established views on human genome
...red many exciting surprises and blazed the way for future efforts to explore the functional landscape of the entire human genome, said NHGRI Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. Because of the hard work and keen insights of the ENCODE consortium, the scientific community will need to rethink some long-h...ENCODE map changes view of the human genome landscape
...ge amounts of genomic data and will be employed in future genome-wide analyses aimed at understanding the large-scale functional organization of complex genomes. Contact: John A. Stamatoyannopoulos, M.D. Depts. of Genome Sciences and Medicine University of Washington, Seattle jstam@u.washington.edu +1-2...New findings challenge established views about human genome
...red many exciting surprises and blazed the way for future efforts to explore the functional landscape of the entire human genome, said NHGRI Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. Because of the hard work and keen insights of the ENCODE consortium, the scientific community will need to rethink some long-h...The wider view from a detailed focus
...red many exciting surprises and blazed the way for future efforts to explore the functional landscape of the entire human genome. "Because of the hard work and keen insights of the ENCODE consortium, the scientific community will need to rethink some long-held views about what genes are and what th...Massive herds of animals found to still exist in Southern Sudan
...ognize the importance of wildlife resources as the future backbone of the economy and development of Southern Sudan. Added Luka Biong Deng, Minister for Presidential Affairs for GoSS, We are recognizing the results of our peace dividend with the return of internally displaced peoples and refugees, and the ...Study shows lizard moms dress their children for success
...esponding to cues that predict something about the future environment, but we're not sure yet exactly what that is," Lancaster said. "Orange-throated neighbors may indicate a trend in the frequency of orange-throated lizards within the population or in the overall population density." According to Sinervo...Food safety begins as vegetables grow
...ent their latest food safety research and describe future research needs at a symposium titled "Cross Domain: Emerging Threats to Plants, Humans, and Our Food Supply" on Monday, July 30 from 1 to 5 p.m. These experts from across the United States will discuss the environmental biology of bacteria in fresh p...Salvage logging, replanting increased biscuit fire severity
...fy the effect of salvage logging and replanting on future fire severity, is being published this week in Pro...fire, along with replanting new trees, will reduce future fire severity, said Jonathan Thompson, a doctoral student at OSU in the Department of Forest Science...Sensitivity to diverse range of chemotherapeutic drugs linked to common pathway
...e to chemotherapeutic drugs and sets the stage for future studies that may significantly enhance the ability to predict whether or not a particular tumor will respond to treatment. Resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs is the primary cause of treatment failure in patients with metastatic cancer. Dr. Julia...Researchers identify fifth gene responsible for Joubert syndrome
... who might unknowingly pass the condition to their future children. In addition to identifying a fifth gene for JS, the study also sheds light on the role of cilia in this disease and possibly others. Primary cilia are tiny projections on cell surfaces that allow the inside of cells to communicate with th...ASU research shows connection between testosterone, dietary antioxidants and bird coloration
...e said. This study certainly opens the door for future work on nutritional/antioxidant therapy for the hormonally immunocompromised, McGraw added. The interface between diet and health in animals is a fascinating one. But we need a much better understanding of their interactions, as with testosterone, a...Woods Hole Research Center scientists study impacts of industrial logging in Central Africa
... proliferation of road density are threatening the future of this important ecosystem. Woods Hole Research Center scientists are using satellite imagery taken from 1976 to 2003 to study the development of industrial logging and road density in Central Africa so that scientists, conservation agencies and oth...