Mosquito genes explain response to climate change
...ncy. "Climate changes already are extending the growing seasons," Holzapfel said. "We know that portions of the country are becoming warmer and dryer than others. Plants and animals are not confronting this stress directly, but rather they are flowering, reproducing and going dormant at different times o...A new study links a stomach microbe to asthma prevention
...ime in human history that we have children who are growing up without Helicobacter guiding their immune responses," he says. "By the repeated courses of antibiotics given to children, we are changing human microecology and we dont know what we are doing." In the new study, Drs. Blaser and Chen e......her group, the research found. Although the faster growing zooplankton ingested roughly the same amount of methylmercury as the other group, they ended up with one-third the concentration of toxin in their tissues because, as they grew faster, the toxin was diluted. Methylmercury is a neurotoxin found in ...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- April 18, 2007
...ian wells, the article notes. Reisch describes a growing market for membrane filtration in Florida, Texas, California and other locales that must treat brackish water. Much of the demand in the United States results from increasingly stringent Federal regulations for drinking water drawn from surface sourc...Kent State University and Summa Health System receive NIH grant to study prehypertension
...lthier community and, hopefully, a reversal of the growing number of people with heart disease. As part of a mindfulness-based treatment, study participants will use meditation and thinking strategies to help reduce stress. Participants using progressive muscle relaxation will apply alternating tensing ...Discoveries thrust cancer-initiating stem cells into a larger role in cancer biology and treatment
... leukemia, breast and colon cancer that add to the growing evidence that perhaps cancer is, fundamentally, a ...ies: Abstract 1288 Colon cancer could join the growing list of stem cell-related cancers with the discovery of a population of highly tumorigenic primary h...Nutrients in certain vegetables may provide cancer-fighting benefit
... to not only stop human prostate cancer cells from growing in mice but also may cut off the formation of blood vessels that "feed" tumors, says a University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute study. The study, abstract number 4200, is being presented today at the annual meeting of the American Association for Ca...Omega-3 fatty acid may help prevent Alzheimer's brain lesions
...of Alzheimers disease. This latest study adds to growing evidence that diet and lifestyle changes may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimers disease. LaFerla and his team have previously shown that short but repeated learning sessions can slow the physical progression of Alzheimers in mice, suggesting th...Geisinger launches extensive study on obesity and related liver problem
... embarked on a massive study of one of the fastest growing liver problems. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease starts with the accumulation of fat on the liver, which leads to inflammation and scarring. It can progress to the point of permanent liver damage and lead to the potentially fatal cirrhosis. If the ...No sign that ethnic groups' genes cause diabetes, international research team says
...cation program in the country designed to meet the growing demand for physicians and public health leaders who are specifically trained to address the distinct and specific needs of medically underserved Latinos. ...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- April 11, 2007
...es at the same time Analytical Chemistry Amid growing concern about the accumulation of pharmaceutical a...g obesity, cancer and insulin resistance. There is growing concern that the chemical may cause similar adverse effects in humans, particularly in babies and yo...Gene that governs toxin production in deadly mold found
MADISON - For the growing number of people with diminished immune systems - ...ne system. But as medical advances contribute to a growing population of people whose immune systems are weakened by disease or treatment, the opportunistic fu...American Association for Cancer Research provides support for promising cancer scientists
...These awards and fellowships are part of the AACRs growing grants program. By the close of 2007, the grants p...wships were established in 1996 in response to the growing need for additional funds to train early career scientists. They are presented to postdoctoral and c...Liver regeneration may be simpler than previously thought
...ssue regeneration behave as if they were part of a growing organ in an embryo. In other words, the cells act as if the liver is growing, as do other organs in a developing embryo. Many of the proteins that induce organ regeneration have been identified and scientists are now trying to make organs regrow by...3 proteins may play important role in nerve-cell repair
...brain tissue of rats and mouse neuroblastoma cells growing in culture to learn more about the three proteins and their involvement in cAMP regulation. The researchers added additional copies of the three genes to the cells to increase the levels of the proteins, and then used a laboratory technique called...3 scientific societies applaud climate change report
...e areas of the world, such as those gaining longer growing seasons and those with sufficient water resources, other areas will be adversely impacted, and it is these areas that will need improved soil and water management practices. Society member scientists are poised to conduct further research into how we...Little lifesavers -- Nanoparticles improve delivery of medicines and diagnostics
...rough larger defects in the capillaries in rapidly growing solid tumors, Prud'homme said. Particles in this size range also could improve the delivery of inhaled drugs because they are large enough to remain in the lungs, but too small to trigger the body's lung-clearing defense systems, he said. This trai...India's biotech industry emerging as world innovator, collaborator, competitor
... firms are emerging as a major global player, with growing means and know-how to produce innovative as well as generic drugs and vaccines at costs small relative to those of giant Western firms, according to ground-breaking Canadian research published April 9. The budding of an innovative Indian biotech se......e gene must continue working for the tumor to keep growing and eventually spread. If that proves true, the SYT-SSX gene itself would be a target for possible new drugs to treat synovial sarcoma. But other genes that are overactive in synovial sarcoma tumors were identified in the new study, and they also ...Disease can be our ally, not just our enemy, says new book by UCR evolutionary biologist
...we have to scrub every surface we touch. Children growing up with more siblings and pets, and those that get more colds, end up with fewer allergies and a lower incidence of asthma, and scientists increasingly think that is because their immune systems are exposed to the normal barrage of particles that sti...