NIH gives $8M to University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine for myositis research
...he University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine are leading a worldwide effort to study a treatment for a rare autoimmune disorder called myositis, thanks to a five-year, $8 million contract from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Heal...Study begins to reveal clues to the cause and progression of sepsis
...e than 30 percent will die, making sepsis the 10th leading cause of death. While incidence rates of sepsis ha...lized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), the leading cause of severe sepsis. More than 30 percent of the subjects developed severe sepsis, of whom 26 per...Saudi Arabia's KAUST names WHOI first research partner
...ts to conclude as many as four collaborations with leading institutions in other fields. A substantial grant program for individual investigators and centers around the world and a student scholarship program will be launched this summer. Among KAUSTs four fields of research, ocean research is cr......, rendering conventional therapies ineffective and leading to an invariably poor prognosis. In a new study published online this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, Angela Johnston, Donna Senger, and colleagues at the University of Calgary injected immunocompromised mice with human gliomas and comp...Doernbecher Children's Hospital scientist earns coveted Javits award
...gining or learning words. Premature birth is the leading cause of cerebral palsy, explains Back,and in the United States, a child who will develop CP is born every 30minutes. In addition, he says, children are 10 times more likely to haveCP than cancer. "Dr. Back's groundbreaking work is increasing our k...Risk of common vaginal infection linked to preterm birth appears higher for blacks
...twice as many as previously thought, making it the leading cause of infant deaths yet the underlying causes of premature birth are not well understood. Reasons for the observed variance in BV rates among racial groups also are not well understood, Dr. Simhan said. There could be genetic differences that...X-ray images help explain limits to insect body size
... for what limits size in beetles: the constriction leading to the legs. A collaborative team of researchers...that the effect is most pronounced in the orifices leading to the legs, where more and more of the space is taken up by tracheal tubes in larger species, said ...New study suggests Concord grape juice may provide protection against breast cancer
...pyrene, that is able to initiate a chain of events leading to breast cancer. However, the introduction of Concord grape juice compounds blocked the connection of the carcinogen to the DNA of the healthy cells. The purple grape compounds demonstrated the capacity to inhibit DNA adduct formation as well as...Sugar and spice and everything nice: Health differences in newborn girls and boys
... can accumulate in the liver cells during ischemia leading to detrimental affects. Thus, to better understand the gender effects of infant liver transplantation, the researchers examined anaerobic end-product accumulation in newborn male and female livers during no-flow ischemia. Baseline liver biopsies we...Argonne wins three R&D 100 awards for innovative technologies
...is now the most popular mammographic technology at leading hospitals. UHRMS represents a form of computed radiographic technology, which means that instead of using traditional x-ray film to capture images, doctors can use a glass-ceramic imaging plate which then can be fed into a computer and digitized. ...High-intensity ultrasound may launch attack on cancer, wherever it lurks
...hen alerts the immune system to the cancer threat, leading to the production of tumor-fighting white blood cells. If the effect seen in mice holds true in human patients, such a treatment could be an important advance in many cancer therapies because of its potential to tackle both primary tumors and metas...AAAS analysis finds Congress would add billions to FY 2008 R&D investment
...ities. Today, it is considered one of the nation's leading nonpartisan authorities on the federal investment in science and technology. According to Koizumis latest report, the House has approved all 12 of its 2008 appropriations bills; the Senate Appropriations Committee has drafted 11 of its 12 bills, bu...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 1, 2007
... Worlds Top Chemical Societies Presidents of six leading chemical societies, meeting in Paris, have pledged to cooperate in promoting sustainable development, responsible use of natural resources, and other efforts in which scientists protect and maintain the earths environment, resources, and inhabitants...UF, French scientists seek test to detect gene doping in athletes
...ld we be able to detect that" asked one of Frances leading gene therapy researchers, Philippe Moullier, M.D., Ph.D., an adjunct professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at UF and director of the Gene Therapy Laboratory at the Universite de Nantes in France. Right now the answer is no, he said. But...Genetic analysis finds greater threat in frog-killing fungus
...ese frogs are now declining. The frog's decline is leading to an unraveling of a high-elevation ecosystem."...New mechanism links smoking to lung damage
..., turn into major breaches in the cells integrity, leading to rapid cell death. This discovery by researchers from the University of Chicago, the University of California at San Diego and the University of California at Los Angeles, suggests new ways to prevent smoking-related cellular damage and possibly...Multicenter study nets new lung tumor-suppressor gene
...e University of North Carolina School of Medicine, leading the work. If tumors with LKB1 mutations are found to be especially fast-growing, for example, patients with such tumors might be candidates for more aggressive therapy. People born with defective versions of LKB1 often develop Peutz-Jeghers syndrom...Human knowledge is based upon directed connectivity between brain areas
...hronization of their rhythmic activity (30-100 Hz) leading to emergence of short-lasting dynamic networks. An international team of scientists that includes biologists, engineers, physicists and psychologists has now investigated this network in humans by measuring electrical brain currents (EEG) and by ap...How cells change the pace of their steps
...ke one step per cycle: first, the cell extends its leading margin over the substratum forming a pseudopod or foot-like extension; secondly, the tip of the pseudopod develops an adhesion point that attaches to the substratum; next, the cell uses the new point of anchorage to contract; and finally, the trailin...National Ecological Observatory Network featured at ESA/SER Joint International Conference
... the presentations at the ESA/SER special session, leading NEON scientists will host a Graduate Student and Post Doc Bagels Roundtable on Tuesday, August 7, 2007, from 7:00 am - 8:00 am. Conference attendees may also learn more about the Observatory, including core site locations, by visiting the ESA/SER NEO...