Tropical plants go with the flow ... of nitrogen
...Department of Global Ecology. "This result gives a glimmer of hope that tropical ecosystems may have the capacity to adjust to certain aspects of climate change." Working in six well-known sites with variable rainfall on Hawaii's Maui Island, the researchers measured the soil content of nitrate, ammonia, a...The validity of a leading theory that has held a glimmer of hope for unraveling the intricacies of the brain has just been called into question. Dr. Ilan Lampl of the Weizmann Institute of Science's Neurobiology Department has produced convincing evidence to the contrary. His findings recently appeared in ...Calorie restriction in non-human primates may prevent and reduce Alzheimer's disease neuropathology
...nd lead author of the study. "The findings offer a glimmer of hope that there may someday be a way to prevent and stop this devastating disease in its tracks." AD is a rapidly growing public health concern with potentially devastating effects. An estimated 4.5 million Americans have AD. Presently, there ...New Down syndrome gene identified by Stanford/Packard scientists
...functioning normally. The finding offers the first glimmer of hope that doctors could one day interfere with or even reverse the cognitive decline that frequently affects those with Down syndrome in middle age. "We may now have the opportunity to make a big difference in people's lives," said neurologist ...Early California: A killing field
...te. The dream world of Disneyland, the glamour and glimmer of Hollywood, the Baywatch fun-in-the-sun culture all of this may trace a link to early historic descriptions of the land that now appear to be worlds apart from pre-European conditions." Himself a product of sunny California, Broughton grew up in ...Ray of hope for vultures facing extinction
Today saw a glimmer of hope for the three species of Asian vulture threatened with extinction. Oriental white-backed, long-billed, and slender-billed vultures in South Asia have suffered one of the most rapid and widespread population declines of any bird species, decl...Computers close in on protein structure prediction
... 16, 2005, issue of the journal Science, provide a glimmer of hope that scientists eventually may be able to determine the structure of proteins from their genomic sequences, a problem that has seemed insurmountable. "For more than 40 years, people have known the amino acid sequence of a protein specifies it...No small feat: First ever gene therapy success for muscular dystrophy achieved
...herapy will work in children, we have shown here a glimmer of hope by presenting the first evidence of a successful gene therapy approach that improved both the general health and longevity in mice with congenital muscular dystrophy," said Dr. Xiao. The most common form of CMD, and also one of the most sever...