Discoveries should aid research into cause of ALS
...ed by the Northwestern researchers provides direct links between protein oxidation, protein aggregation and neurodegeneration in SOD1-mediated ALS. This mechanism may play an important role not only in SOD1-mediated ALS but also in some other neurodegenerative disorders. "For some time researchers have bee...Nano machine switches between biological and silicon worlds
... if the biological motor is working, so the switch links the biological world with the silicon world of electronic signals. Here's how it works. The team uses a microfluidics chip that includes a number of channels measured in nano-metres. The novelty of microfluidics is that it can channel liquids in lami...Joslin's C. Ronald Kahn, MD, to discuss genetics of obesity at AACE meeting
... and fat. These experiments indicate the important links between obesity, diabetes, longevity and other disorders including Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Kahn's laboratory also has major interest in adipocyte (fat cell) biology, an important area of obesity research. He is also the leader the Diabetes Genome An...Massive marsh planting to begin in coastal Alabama and Mississippi
... To learn more log onto: www.mobilebaynep.com for links to various organizations and their activities. A complete schedule of the project and partners is listed below....Open source and open medicine take centre stage at UN research symposium
...es regular updates on the research in progress and links to available publications and outputs. It also frames UNU-MERIT's activities in a wider global context by reporting on events and projects in other UNU Centres and Programmes, and elsewhere....Woods Hole Research Center scientists create satellite map to show Chesapeake Bay urban development
...onmental change, including monitoring and modeling links between land use change, forest productivity, biodiversity, climate, and human health. Before joining the Center, he was on the faculty at the University of Maryland for seven years, where he maintains an adjunct associate professor appointment, and ...Studies explore the many complex linkages between smoking and cancer
...ON, D.C. - Researchers are delving deeper into the links between smoking and cancer, teasing out the genes and molecules involved as well as other factors that affect cancer risk. They have found, for example, a specific protein that decreases with smoking cessation. Genetic factors are also being implica...Equivalent of 2-4 drinks daily fuels blood vessel growth, encourages cancer tumors in mice
...research provides the first mammalian model of the links between alcohol, VEGF, and tumor growth, said Wei Tan, the study's lead author. The study increases understanding of how alcohol over-stimulates production of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) -- a substance that the body needs, but which can...Einstein researchers identify genetic variants that lend clues to living longer
...ence of hypertension. Altogether, the statistical links between APOC3 and longevity and the significant associations between favorable lipoprotein-related traits and longevity strongly suggest that the genotype contributes in several ways to cardiovascular health and longevity. While the genetic pathways...UC Davis study with mice links thimerosal with immune system dysfunction
... Researchers and parents have previously proposed links between childhood vaccines and autism, a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects language skills and social interactions. The UC Davis study indicates that in addition to being a direct neurotoxicant, thimerosal may also be an immunotoxicant, leavi...Researchers unravel DNA tangles and enzyme seamstresses
.... "One link could keep the cell from dividing. Two links are even more lethal," says Zechiedrich, who notes that "the results of these computer simulations are very striking." While Chan and his collaborators stress their results represent only a quantitative proof of concept, they do see the finding as pa...Largest study of human 'interactome' reveals a novel way
...versity School of Medicine. "This ability to find links between sets of proteins involved in different genetic disorders offers a novel approach for more rapidly identifying new candidate genes involved in human diseases," he says. The analysis included interactions among 1,077 genes coding for proteins ...2006 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases
...ng registration, program and hotel information and links to satellite meetings referenced above are currently available online at http://www.asm.org/Media/index.asp?bid=41039...The European Institute of Technology
...k and Dr. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis called for stronger links between the innovation, research and business communities. According to Dr. Chatzimarkakis the EIT is now foreseen as a network - linking the best departments of various EU Universities and industries/businesses to create "knowledge communities" wor...Marine mammals are on the frontline of failing ocean health
..., physicians, and veterinarians are uncovering new links between land-based pollution and diseases in marin...them, it will tell us about our own health and the links between our health and that of the environment." Cats and Otters: A Deadly Link to Land? When Pat ...CU, USDA team to curb two invasive, poisonous vines
...es studies of the plants' biology to identify weak links in the life cycle that should be targeted, if possible, for biological control," said Lindsey Milbrath, a USDA-ARS research entomologist at Cornell, adding that introducing any agent will require federal approval. "Our research will help guide the se...A new way of looking at molecular motors
...fication system also describes common evolutionary links between subclasses and protein components within myosins themselves. It includes myosins from insects, algae, parasites, and animals that have not been studied before. The work will appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, with...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...ydetection. The authors describe a gain factorthat links acoustic gaze (sonar direction)to locomotion (flight turn rate) thatchanged with behavioral state. Much likea visually guided animal, the bat can operatein scan mode without altering itsmovement direction, but in attack mode,the gain is high, and mov...Proteins' subtle 'backrub' motion could have important implications
...is. Proteins comprise strings of amino acids whose links form a "backbone." Each kind of amino acid sprouts a characteristic molecular "side chain," and together the backbone and side chains determine a protein's structure and function. The Duke researchers suspected the presence of backrub motions for ot...Gene thwarts some pathogens, gives access to others, could save crops
...future research. "It looks like this gene actually links pathogen response to plant growth and development," Mengiste said. "But how a single protein regulates these two processes that are singularly independent, we don't know. That is the main purpose of our future studies. "We need to figure out the deta...