Stress impairs thinking via mania-linked enzyme
...ing (NIA), and the Stanley Foundation. It explains how even mild stress can worsen cognitive symptoms, as...ts the brakes on PKC activity. The new study shows how PKC triggers cognitive symptoms in response to stress. When the stress-sensitive messenger chemical ...Research uncovers role of Apolipoprotein E in Alzheimer's disease
...Research Institute, for the first time has defined how the protein Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) contributes to both the formation of amyloid brain lesions and the memory loss associated with Alzheimer's disease. The research, conducted jointly by USF and the Byrd Institute, is published in the October 2004 i...Human embryonic stem cells promising for replacement of blood supply
...ell Institute are one step closer to understanding how blood cells develop through the use of human embryonic stem cells. The research better defines the conditions under which blood cell development occurs, making the process easier to replicate. The findings are published in the October issue of Expe...Gene linked to enlargement of the factory where proteins are processed
...Journal of Cell Biology report. The study explains how the cells are able to rapidly meet the need for increased production of specific proteins by coordinating the tasks of folding and packaging them. The need for close coordination of protein processing and packaging is especially critical in the case ...UGA scientist Moran receives $2.6 million from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for marine research
...the ecology and diversity of coastal bacteria, and how these bacteria affect the health of the oceans as ...of cultured marine bacterioplankton to investigate how bacteria influence sulfur emissions, carbon storage and energy acquisition in marine surface waters ...Bristol scientists find key to unlock body's own cancer defence
..., but not in prostate cancer, and have established how this form of VEGF works on blood vessels. The identification of how this new form of VEGF works, and its effects on tumours, means that it could be possible to prevent ...Are museum collections of ancient life representative?
...bout what lived on earth millions of years ago and how life evolved. Digging up stream beds, river banks,... compare the Eastover to other time periods to see how diversity of organisms changed over time, which may be in part a result of climate change." "People ...Researchers tracking sources of arsenic contamination in water
...logy are looking at where arsenic occurs in water, how it is getting there, and how to prevent it. They will present their findings at the 116th national meeting of the Geological Soci...Hurricane Ivan helps student study sinkholes
...long the New River in Montgomery County to measure how water and contaminants move within a sinkhole, that is, thehydrology and chemical transport in a sinkhole. He is looking at depth to bedrock (soil thickness), slope within the sinkhole, drainage area, and land use such as wood land, crop land, or pa...Plentiful fossils of dinosaur contemporary allow population study
...sing values are data. For instance, we can look at how many are missing a tibia, how many are missing a femur, how many are missing both, and how many fossils have all or most of the va...Stem Cells: Saving Lives or Crossing Lines?
...uman embryonic stem cell research and to recommend how to engage the public in a dialogue on this vital issue." Titled "Stem Cells: Saving Lives or Crossing Lines," the conference will address the medical, political and economic consequences of letting other nations take over the United States' leadersh...Joslin Diabetes Center awards 1st Mary K. Iacocca Faculty Fellowship
... to view cell processes in live animals and to see how one cell interacts with other cells in the body. Studying live-cell samples is a new approach in diabetes research and holds considerable promise for many fields of study, including islet cell transplantation (islet cells are the insulin-producing ce...Prominent physicist Freeman Dyson to speak at NJIT: Promises and perils of genetic engineering
...ok The Sun, the Genome and the Internet, discusses how modern technology can narrow the gap between rich and poor. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. Dyson's lecture is the third in NJIT's new te...Economics and ecology combine at UGA in NSF-funded study of evolutionary game theory
...ould be the preferred economic method for studying how two firms might compete with one another in the ma...theoretic framework, we can simultaneously capture how humans respond to the virility of a disease, and how viruses respond to treating a disease." "We are...Scientists raise concerns about second wave of 'mad cow' prion infection
...ecade or more, there is no way to determine who or how many people may be harboring the fatal prion nor how many of these people may be blood donors. A single vCJD-infected blood donor has the potential to a...Research confirms that vCJD prions can be removed from blood
... performed post-mortem, there is no way of knowing how many people may be harboring vCJD and donating blood. These events have spurred increasing concern about the possibility of a second and bigger wave of mad cow disease in humans. Public health officials and risk assessment experts believe that the p...Other highlights in the November 3 JNCI
...e Irinotecan Chemotherapy Effectiveness Assessing how quickly the body metabolizes the drug midazolam co...ed with CYP3A4 phenotype and is closely related to how quickly the body metabolizes irinotecan. They also found that a specific UGT1A1 mutation was associa...Stanford environmental molecular science institute will study pollutants, one molecule at a time
...vironmental Molecular Science Institute will be on how heavy metal contamination in water, soils and sedi... properties of solid surfaces and water; determine how microbial biofilms adhere to solid surfaces and interact with heavy metals; and identify the molecul...Initial sensor for p53 tumor-suppressing pathway identified
...n this pathway, what molecule is at the front, and how does it do its job? In a new study led by research...etecting DNA breaks - and we also have a good idea how it works." According to Halazonetis, the protein, known as 53BP1, recognizes a molecular site usuall......ng decrease in sea-ice. We don't fully understand how the loss of sea-ice here is connected to the warmi...wildlife, most of which feed on krill. By knowing how the environment affects this unique food web, we can predict how it will respond to future change....