Children who stop breathing during sleep show brain damage
...the Journal of Comparative Neurology, the research holds important clues for unraveling the mysteries of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), sleep apnea and numerous other conditions. "For a breathing researcher, this syndrome represents a rare opportunity from Mother Nature," explained Ronald Harper, Ph....France's highest scientific honor awarded this year to Salk Institute scientist Ronald M. Evans
...a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and holds the Salk Institute's March of Dimes Chair in Developmental and Molecular Biology. In 1985 Dr. Evans discovered the first blueprint of a series of genetic switches, known as receptors, that are able to control how the body uses sugar and fat. This bl...Elderly mice yield clues to the process of growing old
...med cell death underpins aging. A competing theory holds that oxidative stress -- the body's reaction to oxygen and the production of reactive, cell-damaging molecules known as free radicals -- is responsible for the aging process. According to the new Science report, markers of oxidative stress did not ...Beyond genes: Lipid helps cell wall protein fold into proper shape
...t of the lipid with the protein?" said Dowhan, who holds the John S. Dunn Sr. Chair in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and is on the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences faculty. Understanding the molecular basis for membrane protein folding will help researchers address serious diseases caused by mi...Researchers find potential Celebrex target in lung cancer
...s in patients with lung cancer. "If this research holds true in patients, it could provide a new avenue for using this drug in combination with other therapies to fight lung cancer," he said. ...Compound from Chinese medicine shows promise in head and neck cancer
...uth, throat and voice box. University of Michigan holds a patent on the negative isomer, (-)-gossypol, and has licensed the technology to Ascenta Therapeutics of San Diego, Calif., for commercial development. Wang is one of three U-M Medical School faculty members who founded the company and has significa...Fundamental discovery -- bone fracture
...reveal the location of the adhesive or "glue" that holds together mineralized collagen fibrils (protein fib...What we found is that there is a glue in bone that holds these mineralized collagen fibrils together, and this glue works along the same principles that our ...Space matters: Estimating species diversity in the fossil record
...ption and discover that the golden rule of ecology holds for the rock record as well. Just as geographic sampling influences diversity counts in the modern landscape, the species-area effect strongly influences counts in the fossil record. Taking this into account will alter historical estimates of species...World-record magnet to pull in scientific breakthroughs
...ches. The bore is the space within the magnet that holds the sample being tested. The larger the bore size, the larger the sample -- and the greater the range of scientific experiments that can be conducted. "The commissioning of the magnet lab's new 900-megahertz NMR magnet marks the successful completio...'Achilles' heel' of the herpes virus possibly found
... very exciting confluence of discoveries." The U-M holds a patent on the system and methods that the team used to make the discoveries. Coincidentally, the U-M team's findings about the B5 receptor are being published at about the same time as an Italian team's reports about a possible 'key' on the herpes ...FSU food scientist is lead scholar in trade
... means to testing large numbers of samples." Hsieh holds eight patented or patent-pending technologies and has been an invited speaker at more than 50 national and international conferences. ...Circulating stem cells play small role in lung repair
... cells and the donor pneumocytes, said Zander, who holds the Harvey S. Rosenberg, M.D., Chair in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the medical school and serves on the Council of the American Society of Investigative Pathology, a prestigious organization focused upon investigating mechanisms of disease....Ossur acquires US orthotics company Royce Medical
...its product line in 1981. Royce Medical currently holds 57 patents and fourteen patents are pending. Most products of Royce Medical are produced in Asia. Website: www.roycemedical.com . Refinancing and rights issue The seller of Royce Medical is Cortec Group Fund III LP., a leading private equity fund...Census of Marine Life explorers surprised by diversity, density of Arctic creatures
...4,500 to 5,500 meters below surface, research that holds huge promise for biologists. Says Dr. Ron O'Dor, Chief Scientist of the Census: "DNA research made possible through this project may allow us to reconstruct the history of marine evolution." More than scientific curiosity drives this enterpri...New understanding of cell movement may yield ways to brake cancer's spread
...i. "We now know this is done using a protein that holds true in most cellular systems. Seeing how this process directs cells can help us better address a host of diseases that result from too little or too much cell movement, or from cells moving in the wrong direction and to the wrong place." Dr. Vuori a...Researcher uncovers details of how cancer spreads
...ll surface, it degrades the connective tissue that holds the cancerous cell in place. The build-up of MT1-MMP also activates an enzyme called MMP2, which further degrades the connective tissue. In this way, the cancer cell loses its moorings and can float off to spread around the body. While no one has fou......ector of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History holds Columbian and U.S. citizenships and is fluent in b... Among the many awards he has received, Dr. Samper holds the National Medal for the Environment from the Republic of Columbia ....'Smart' nanoprobes light up disease
...g only a few nanometers, or billionths of a meter, holds the gold close enough to prevent the quantum dot from giving off its light. In their test system, the Rice team used a peptide tether that is cleaved by the enzyme collagenase. The researchers first showed that luminescence of the quantum dots was cu...Gene expression in the aging brain
...unt for the difference? One common theory of aging holds that damage is done to DNA and proteins by "free-radicals" (highly reactive molecules produced by the metabolic activity of mitochondria). It predicts that more metabolically active tissues will show greater age-related differential gene expression. ...Eye on the prize: UH optometry students set record with fellowships
...th diseased corneas, the University of Houston now holds the record for receiving the most fellowships ever...e received O.D. degrees from UH, and Jason Marsack holds an M.S. degree in biomedical engineering. All five are currently working toward completing their Ph...