Study begins to reveal clues to the cause and progression of sepsis
...psis have been steadily increasing over the years, little is known about the condition. Past investigational...with one of the deadliest diseases, yet we know so little about the condition. The situation is similar to what this country experienced over 50 years ago wit...New study warns limited carbon market puts 20 percent of tropical forest at risk
...the global carbon market, leaving governments with little reason to protect them, said study co-author Gustavo Fonseca of CI and Brazils Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. The HFLD countries are Panama, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Peru, Belize, Gabon, Guyana, Suriname, Bhutan and Zambia, al...Clones on task serve greater good, evolutionary study shows
..., sunshine and soil. But even in that stable home, little variations occur. One plant in the A family might ...ller than their parents, some are stunted by those little environmental hiccoughs. The scientific intrigue comes when scientists call a big family reunion, ...Interaction of just 2 genes governs coloration patterns in mice
...iological Sciences. "However, we know surprisingly little about how these adaptive color patterns are generated. In this paper, we identify the genetic changes producing a simple color pattern that helps camouflage mice inhabiting the sandy dunes of Florida's Gulf and Atlantic coasts. These 'beach mice' hav...Gene regulation, not just genes, is what sets humans apart
...ing regions of neural-related genes had shown very little sign of positive selection in these studies. Yet, as far back as 1975 when Mary-Claire King and Allan Wilson first said humans and chimps were 99 percent the same genetically, they had offered the suggestion that greater differences might be found in...High blood pressure, low energy -- a recipe for heart failure
...s. "ERR and some of its partners in the cell are a little like puppeteers controlling the expression of genes for energy production," Kelly says. "This research is especially exciting because ERR can be activated with small compounds, making it a good target for drugs." ...ESF EURYI award winner aims to stop cancer cells reading their own DNA
...r at present, and these have fundamentally changed little in 30 years. In the case of solid tumours, surgery can be used to cut out the cancerous tissue, while radiation therapy can kill the malignant cells, and chemotherapy stops them dividing. Dekkers work is aiming towards a new generation of drugs that ...Rain forest protection works in Peru
... 255,000 square miles of tropical forestsan area a little larger than France. In 2001, the Peruvian government placed 31% of the managed forests into permanent resource production. By 2005, a region about the size of Honduras (about 40,000 sq. miles)was put into long-term commercial timber production. In re...Smithsonian scientists show differing patterns of rainforest biodiversity
...espread and the biological communities change very little even across large distances. The widespread distribution of insect species was a surprise, given the sedentary lifestyles of many species. Some spend their entire lives on a single plant, but theyve got wings. They may not want to fly, but they ca...Study finds gender differences in renal and other genes contributing to blood pressure
... statistical power to detect genes contributing as little as three percent to blood pressure variation. The research team also scored over 60,000 genotypes at 35 gene locations involved in two major pathways regulating blood pressure, kidney or adrenergic or regulation. The genotyping was confined to the t...Cardio exercise benefits in male vs. female hearts
... respectively) on pathologic hypertrophy, but very little research has been conducted on the physiological remodeling of the heart. Methodology In this study, the researchers focused on chronic voluntary exercise, an important factor which protects the heart against cardiovascular diseases. The researc...Satellite tracking reveals threats to Borneo pygmy elephants
...gmy elephants. Its amazing that we still know so little about one of the biggest land mammals on Earth, said Matthew Lewis, program officer for WWFs Species Conservation Program. The only reason we now have a good understanding of where these elephants travel from day to day is because satellite collar te...Experiment suggests limitations to carbon dioxide 'tree banking'
...s that are poor in nutrients and water we see very little response. In sites that are rich in both we see a large response." The researchers found that extra carbon dioxide had no effect on what foresters call "self thinning" -- the tendency of less-successful trees to die off as the most-successful grow ......eived pollen from other plants of the species. A little sex goes a long way, Nordborg said. The researchers arrived at their findings by studying common combinations ofgenetic variants. Certain variants at different points on the genome tend to go together, likeblond hair and blue eyes in humans. T...Other highlights in the Aug. 7 JNCI
...er risk for second cancers later in life. There is little data on mortality rates of testicular cancer survivors with a second cancer. Catherine Schairer, Ph.D., of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., and colleagues compared the number of deaths from a second cancer in testicular cancer survi...Indo-Pacific coral reefs disappearing more rapidly than expected
...ysis of coral loss in the region, where relatively little was known about patterns of reef loss. The Indo-...e when everything in the forest is gone except for little twigs,a few lone trees Selig said. ...Biologist traces coconut's history through DNA
... popular in lore and on palates for centuries, yet little is known about the history of coconuts domestication and dispersal around the world. Now, a biologist at Washington University in St. Louis is embarking on the task of understanding the plants history by exploring the genetics of the coconu...In a first, Einstein scientists discover the dynamics of transcription in living mammalian cells
...A forms the basis of all cellular activities. Yet little is known about the dynamics of the process how efficient it is or how long it takes. Now, researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have measured the stages of transcription in real time. Their unexpected and surpr...New mechanism links smoking to lung damage
...portholes in the cell surface--that can, with very little provocation, turn into major breaches in the cells... of Chicago. "We were surprised to find out how little it took to cause such damage, only a small change in membrane electrical properties," he added, "and...Disabling a sensory organ prompts female mice to act like male mice
...en species are gender based," Dulac explained, but little is known about the underlying differences in the brain that govern the characteristic patterns of gender-based behavior. Scientists have explored many avenues to explain sexually dimorphic behavior. To try and ferret out its cause, they've looked at...