Born to run? Capacity for aerobic exercise linked to risk of heart disease
...nd tested so far stands at 2,912. Britton and Koch hope their rats will help scientists evaluate new therapeutic drugs for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, or develop diagnostic tests to identify people most likely to develop these diseases as they get older. The rats are available for study by other ...Study provides insights on why some prostate cancer becomes resistant to hormone withdrawl therapy
...nberg's lab is now studying this pathway, with the hope of providing more insight into the drug discovery process....Columbia research lifts major hurdle to gene therapy for cancer
...ientist at Columbia University Medical Center. "We hope it will be particularly powerful in eradicating metastases that we can't see and that can't be eliminated by surgery or radiation. Gene therapy, especially for cancer, is really starting to make a comeback." The virus's selectivity for cancer cells i...Chimpanzees show quality of relationship drives sense of fairness
...ating reactions to unfairness in more detail. They hope to uncover the specific situations that lead to such reactions. The goal of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center is to view great apes as a window to the human past by studying their behavior, cognition, neuroanatom...UCLA researchers detail the evolution of quantum dot imaging in the journal Science
... recent advances in UCLA laboratories, researchers hope that qdots might be used one day as a one-two punch to both diagnose and treat cancer (see attached figure). The qdot technology will enable researchers to locate a tumor within the body, look at it very precisely at the cellular level to determine w...Indiana University scientists' research success puts Indiana in new stem cell business
... endothelial stem cells and progenitor cells, they hope to create cell therapy products to treat people wi...e of interest to scientists testing compounds they hope would block the growth of blood vessels, which in turn could block the growth of tumors, said Ingram...Spectroscopy for the real world
...ological, physical, and biochemical processes. Our hope is this tool will give researchers a comprehensive...he near future, for example, Salmeron and his team hope to analyze how other gases that play a role in ozone destruction, such as chlorofluorocarbons, chang...New nicotine-like imaging agent holds promise in PET studies, may help diagnose Alzheimer's disease
...gets in the brain where nicotine acts, researchers hope to address several major health problems, said SNM member Jogeshwar Mukherjee, Ph.D., associate professor in residence at the department of psychiatry and human behavior, Brain Imaging Center, at the University of California at Irvine (UCI). A team o...Compound from rare plant shows promise in treating breast cancer
...stem scientists Deborah Lannigan and Jeffrey Smith hope that, after further testing, their discovery could translate into a successful drug for the treatment ofbreast cancer. The disease is the second leading cancer killer of women in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society, with an estimated 4...Heart specialists call for cardiovascular screening for all young competitive athletes
...fficult to implement in all European countries, we hope that the successful Italian experience will lead to its widespread adoption under European regulations."(ends)...NJIT professor receives NSF CAREER award for emergency response research
...elop an online community for all participants. "I hope to see high school and university students, researchers and emergency response personnel communicating with each other over time through this community," he said. Electronic resources will be available to this on-line community and to the public thr...Pro-inflammatory protein contributes to Crohn's disease according to UCSD School of Medicine study
...n important target for Crohn's disease therapy, we hope that a better, more effective IL-1 inhibiting drug can be developed for testing its efficacy in these patients," Karin said. Crohn's disease is thought to involve an interaction between a genetic defect and environmental factors such as bacterial inf...Calit2 launches prize program to encourage bioinformatics research by UCSD undergraduates
...and Computer Engineering in the Jacobs School. "We hope that the new bioinformatics awards will encourage more undergrads to commit not only to doing research in this field, but also to embarking on a career of publishing and academic advancement." The undergraduate research symposium which Eskin hopes ...Six research units given the go-ahead
...From the findings of this research, the scientists hope to gain insights into the evolution of the biogeosphere. Further information Further information on Research Units is available online at: http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/coordinated_programmes/research_units/ ....EMBO, HHMI join forces to promote brain gain
...e of local support in the long-term, EMBO and HHMI hope to help strengthen science in Central Europe," said Frank Gannon, executive director of EMBO. "EMBO's involvement in this initiative represents our continued commitment to supporting countries throughout Europe that wish to develop and enhance their ...New stem cell source could boost bone marrow success
...ncharted part of the umbilical cord, providing new hope for bone marrow transplants and tissue repair. The study, published in the February issue of Stem Cells, outlines how researchers discovered that the jelly-like connective tissue surrounding the blood vessels of the human umbilical cord, the so-cal...PCRM develops world's first cruelty-free insulin assay
...ay kits are available commercially from Linco. "We hope that by making the test readily available and competitively priced, researchers and medical labs will use it," said Barnard. "We have proven that if researchers are willing to make the effort, there are effective, humane alternatives to animal-based ...UCF stem cell research may hold promise for treating Alzheimer's disease
...es at UCF's Burnett College of Biomedical Sciences hope to eventually show that stem cells transplanted from a patient's blood or bone marrow will be an effective treatment for Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases because they can replace cells that die from those ailments. The researchers are work...Research focusing on why estrogenic hormones produce differing results
...rmones produce unintended results in women, giving hope to the idea that new drugs might reach their targets and work more effectively. Ultimately it could mean that postmenopausal women would know that hormone-replacement therapy would have only its intended result. "It's very difficult right now for wo...Amgen's decision to block reinstatement of GDNF is faulted by a leading Parkinson's advocacy group
...ific data about the long-term effects of GDNF. We hope very much that this company, which has long held a position of high respect in the business and health communities, will consider reversing its decision, and soon. In the meantime, the coalition of patient-voluntary groups which besides PDF includ...