Study: Eat leafy green veggies to help prevent cataracts
...wo antioxidants get into the eye. It's what Bomser hopes to learn next. "Lutein and zeaxanthin accumulate in the retina and in the lens of the eye, but we're not sure how they reach the eye in the first place," he said. "They travel through the bloodstream, but the lens doesn't have a blood sup...Stanford biologist working to restore native forests to Hawaii
...actors into a "decision analysis" model, Goldstein hopes to determine what tradeoffs will make koa forest r...c principles to projects like koa restoration, she hopes to change the way we view our natural assets. She already has had some success in Costa Rica, where ...Scientists solve the mystery of how Botox attacks nerves and eliminates wrinkles
...mely clever machinery." New applications Brunger hopes to determine the structures of other botulinum enzymes, along with a closely related neurotoxin that causes tetanus, another serious muscular disorder that affects hundreds of thousands of people worldwide every year. "Perhaps one could develop drugs...Research led by UGA professor reports first routine tool use by wild capuchin monkeys
...A number of puzzles remain, some of which Fragaszy hopes to understand better when she returns to the site in January. First of all, some of the cracking stones are large, water-smoothed rocks, which aren't found in the immediate area. Where do they come from? Have the monkeys transported them over a very ...... research is the biology of the blood vessels. She hopes to create the foundation for new methods of treatment for cardiovascular diseases through improved understanding of the biological and pathological processes in the vessel wall. The main topic of her research is programmed cell death (apoptosis) in t...Four Max Planck Partner Groups starting in India
... Director at the Max Planck Institute for Physics, hopes for important impulses thanks to this cooperation. - The Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart will be establishing a Partner Group with the topic "Clarification of chemical bonds and physical properties of new materials," which ...Potent anticancer drug increases function of axons in mouse model of neurodegeneration
...k, and transmission of nerve signals fails. In the hopes of restoring the microtubule tracks to their original supportive structure, the researchers gave mice Paxceed to replace the now unavailable tau. The team, led by Bin Zhang, PhD, a Senior Research Investigator in Trojanowski's and Lee's laboratory, g...Healthy mix of GI tract microbes are key to preventing allergies and asthma
...sensitized to them." In future research, Huffnagle hopes to learn whether changing only the diet of his experimental mice will alter gut microflora and change the immune response to allergens in the same way as antibiotics. Noverr plans to focus on identifying the microbial compounds that activate the immu...ESA's Huygens begins its final journey into the unknown
...ouch to complete this amazing mission. Now all our hopes and expectations are focused on getting the first in-situ data from a new world we've been dreaming of exploring for decades". Huygens approaching entry Final stage of a seven-year odyssey The Cassini/Huygens mis...$6.7 million for bionic war on disabilities
...y will be used in initial tests, but Smith says he hopes a wireless version ultimately will be available to help restore speech. Scientists at the New York State Department of Health recently gained publicity for a noninvasive method of allowing paralyzed people to control computers or other devices b...Backcountry water quality tests are good news for campers
... water quality findings in the Sierra that he also hopes to research: Lakes are typically 'cleaner' than creeks, possibly because the ultraviolet rays of sunlight work better at killing off bacteria in calm waters of a lake than in the tumbling flows of a stream; Algae growth in backcountry wate...UCLA researchers detail the evolution of quantum dot imaging in the journal Science
... "Qdots as biological probes have lived up to the hopes of their initial promoters," said the article's senior author, Shimon Weiss, a Jonsson Cancer Center researcher, UCLA professor of chemistry, biochemistry and physiology and a member of the university's California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI). "This ...Despite causes of lupus proving complex, critical 'checkpoint' suggesting new therapy is revealed
...g this pathway to disease," says Diamond. "We have hopes of confirming this pathway in humans with lupus." What may be even more interesting in the Rockefeller team's findings is that the experiment restored the health of mice with lupus-like symptoms by increasing Fc receptor inhibition of auto-antibody f...Man and mouse share genome structures
...tones can, when mutated, cause leukemia. Bernstein hopes to apply the new technology to characterize chromatin structure in leukemic cells and gain insight into the molecular basis of disease. "The human genome still has many surprises lurking within it," said Lander, director of the Broad Institute and se...AAAS announces winners of the 2005 Fellowships for Reporters from Africa
...ing as a science reporter for the past five years, hopes that he can help to "alleviate global problems" by responsibly reporting science and technology developments throughout Africa. Nurat Miquidade , Radio Mozambique Miquidade has worked as a radio reporter for nine years. Her stories are broadcast i...Bioartificial kidney under study at MCG
..., despite dialysis, that has not changed much." He hopes the new device, developed by Dr. H. David Humes at the University of Michigan, can help turn the tide for some patients by more closely mimicking the many important functions of the kidney. In ICUs today, doctors may opt for newer continuous dialysis...Mapping the underwater world in 3-D
...ercial applications and with this new partnership, hopes to foster strong links between academia and industry with the aim of focusing research on commercial requirements and developing further the University's marine reputation."...Transgenic plants remove more selenium from polluted soil than wild plants, new tests show
...t their wild-type counterparts. The results raised hopes that the plants might become a viable alternative for cleaning up polluted soil. The new research findings, published Feb. 1 in the journal Environmental Science and Technology , show that three transgenic lines of the Indian mustard plant, Brassic...Calit2 launches prize program to encourage bioinformatics research by UCSD undergraduates
... The undergraduate research symposium which Eskin hopes to turn into a quarterly event is targeted at undergraduates from any of the four bioinformatics host departments (see above) who are not currently enrolled in the bioinformatics program. A 45-minute information session was followed by an informal r...Heroes of the sea, Pew Fellows' fifteenth class tackle sharks, reefs, mangroves and more
...vement of eggs and larvae along coastal Chile, she hopes to promote more effective Marine Protected Areas. Ms. Sarah Fowler is the Director of Marine and Coastal Ecology for NatureBureau International, based in the United Kingdom. A shark specialist, she will use her Pew Fellowship to protect dwindling po...