Burnt coal from the age of dinosaurs sheds light on today's global warming
... off plants and animal species. Now, a new theory holds that OAEs in particular the Toarcian OAE, which occurred about 183 million years ago during the age of dinosaurs are triggered by the burning of vast underground coalfields. These coalfields were set ablaze by the intrusion of molten rock from th...JCI table of contents June 1, 2005
...pable of preventing these regulatory abnormalities holds the promise of eliminating the contribution of anorexia to the development of cachexia." TITLE: Role of leptin and melanocortin signaling in uremia-associated cachexia AUTHOR CONTACT: Robert Mak Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR USA P...University of Oregon scientist wins American Society for Microbiology award
...on as an assistant professor of biology, Guillemin holds adjunct assistant professorships in microbiology at Oregon State University in Corvallis and in the department of molecular microbiology and immunology at the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. She earned her bachelor's degree in biochem...Temple virologist receives $6.1 million NIH grant for neuro-AIDS research
...he Center for Neurovirology and Cancer Biology now holds three current NIH P01 grants, with Khalili serving as principal investigator on two of them....UCLA awarded more than $6 million for biodefense and infectious disease research
...enome and is largely unexplored," said Miller, who holds UCLA's M. Philip Davis Chair in Microbiology and Immunology. "We will work to learn the fundamental mechanisms of its cell biology and how it causes disease. It enters cells and injects proteins into cells using a molecular syringe." "Our center will...Mount Sinai Hospital researcher develops Canada's first embryonic stem cell lines
...op into any kind of function cells in adult bodies holds enormous promise for these cells to regenerate dam...orand Etvs University Budapest. Dr. Nagy currently holds the Canadian Institute of Health Records Senior Scientist Award 2002-2007....For first time, brain cells generated in a dish
...s, researchers describe a cell culture method that holds the promise of producing a limitless supply of a person's own brain cells to potentially heal disorders such as Parkinson's disease or epilepsy. "It's like an assembly line to manufacture and increase the number of brain cells," said Bjorn Scheffler,...K-State part of effort to completely sequence common wheat genome
...ize genome." The complete sequence of common wheat holds the key to genetic improvements that will allow growers to meet the growing demand for high-quality food produced in an environmentally sensitive, sustainable and profitable manner, he said. Gill said understanding the sequencing process is as import...Columbia University launches multi-year campaign to support stem cell research
...eader in this revolutionary health technology that holds the promise to benefit people suffering from a wide variety of debilitating health problems." Federal restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research funding and lagging state funds have limited available government support for this emerging and p...Geneticists oppose singling out Jewish women in European breast cancer patent
...gene, BRCA2, to which the US-based Myriad Genetics holds the exclusive, worldwide license. In preparation o...e is still ongoing. However, Myriad Genetics also holds exclusive worldwide license rights on the second gene, BRCA2, and the opposition hearings of this pa...JCI table of contents, July 1, 2005
...ntation of one's own germ cells after chemotherapy holds promise for restoring fertility, a major hurdle has been the risk of contamination by leukemic cells, which may induce relapse. Now, in a study appearing online on June 16 in advance of print publication in the July 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical...SEROQUEL: An effective treatment option for aggression in patients with schizophrenia
...nued Professor Arango. "In both respects, SEROQUEL holds advantages for both patient and clinician, making it a powerful treatment option for these distressing and challenging symptoms." SEROQUEL has been shown to provide first line efficacy together with trusted tolerability in treatment of schizophrenia ...'Win-win' economic strategy for mobile PET/CT imaging reported at SNM's 52nd Annual Meeting
...in Toronto. The powerful PET/CT imaging technique holds great promise in the diagnosis and treatment of many diseases; however, its significant price tag may be a major factor for many small community hospitals that need such services but lack funding or patient volume to support an on-site fixed dedicate...Munich researchers discover exciting possible new application of PET imaging for ovarian cancer
...g of various types of cancer, said Avril. "FDG PET holds promise to be more accurate than current CT and MR imaging for the assessment of response to chemotherapy," he explained, saying that the use of serial FDG-PET at baseline and after one cycle of chemotherapy to predict if patients would benefit from ...Purdue researchers find key to rice blast fungus
...elop appressoria and infect the plant. The pathway holds enormous potential of being used to produce new fungicides or new resistant rice plants to hold this pathogen at bay. However, rice blast fungus is able to quickly evolve new tricks to tackle rice plants, apparently because the fungus and the grain d...NYU's Center for Comparative Functional Genomics helps to unravel the function of microRNAS
...gorithm was based on a paper by Rajewsky, who also holds an affiliated appointment at NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and his collaborator Nicholas Socci published in Developmental Biology in 2004, where they discovered key components of microRNA--target site recognition. When applying Pi...MIT develops 'Anklebot' for stroke patients
...le Hogan, a principal investigator in the work who holds appointments in mechanical engineering and brain and cognitive sciences. The researchers also discussed several aspects of their work at the International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR) held June 28 through July 1 in Chicago. Hermano I...Genetics center to launch new genetic-testing initiative
...e news about a new genetic test and the promise it holds for improving well being and promoting health. At the same time, however, the public may not realize how little is known about how valid many of these new tests are, or how much good they actually do," said Ruth R. Faden, Director of the Berman Bioe...Scientists identify novel gene driving the growth and survival of melanoma cells
... this overcopied gene," explains Sellers, who also holds an appointment with the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT and with Harvard Medical School. Melanoma accounts for just six percent of diagnosed skin cancer cases in the United States, but it is the deadliest, causing three quarters of all skin cancer...African grey parrot is first bird to comprehend numerical concept akin to zero
...ning method called the model-rival technique, also holds promise for teaching autistic and other learning-disabled children who have difficulty learning language, numerical concepts and even empathy. The model rival technique involves two trainers, one to give instructions, and one to model correct and inc...