Carnegie Mellon develops non-invasive technique to detect transplant rejection at cellular level
...etime of immunosuppressive therapy and the risk of losing the new organ due to rejection. Physicians typically monitor patients for organ rejection following a heart transplant by performing frequent heart biopsies for the first year. Heart biopsies are invasive procedures that involve threading a catheter ...Brain derived neurotrophic factor alleviates disease symptoms in a mouse model of Rett Syndrome
...hs of age, when they enter a period of regression, losing speech and motor skills. Most develop repetitive hand movements, irregular breathing patterns, seizures and extreme motor control problems. RTT leaves its victims profoundly disabled, requiring maximum assistance with every aspect of daily living. Th...University presidents: NY must act on stem cell research
...ale, centralized effort is needed today or we risk losing our intellectual capital, and, thus, our potential." Federal funding restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research have prompted several states to establish state-based research funds aimed at capturing the scientific and commercial potential o...Mice lacking social memory molecule take bullying in stride
...ice and men, social status is important; for mice, losing to a dominant mouse usually means that they avoid the dominant and they avoid social situations," explained NIMH director Dr. Thomas Insel. "These new findings add to a growing literature on the molecular basis of social behavior, helping us to know...Less is more, gene study shows
...te evidence for the "less is more hypothesis" that losing certain genes offered tangible benefits, Zhang sai... the researchers next wanted to figure out whether losing the genes benefited humans in any way. Studies on mice suggested that loss of a gene called MBL1---w...Researcher tackles complexities of obesity, diabetes and their age-related complications
...that the price of leanness is eternal vigilance -- losing and keeping off weight requires a lifelong effort. It amounts to maintaining a constant, realistic balance between total calories consumed and total calories expended," said Dr. Hansen, a physiologist and psychologist specializing in obesity, diabete...STN AnaVist 1.1 offers new options for sharing
...alize the results in an iterative fashion, without losing momentum."...New cell imaging method identifies aggressive cancer cells early
...sing abnormal cell growth. "It's as if, instead of losing an arm, your arm was placed in another location. It's abnormal, but you have everything you need - just not in the right place," she said. "It's what happens in cancer, too; the needed proteins are still there but not in the right place anymore, so t...Poison dart frog mimics gain when birds learn to stay away
... can look like the less toxic poison frogs without losing any protection from predators. The result is surprising, because mimicry theory predicts that when all three frogs occur in the same forest, the mimics would look like the more toxic frog species, the more abundant of the toxic frogs, or look like bo...Rhinos clinging to survival in the heart of Borneo, despite poaching
...pped immediately. Their numbers are so small that losing one or two rhinos to a poacher could upset the remaining rhinos' chances of survival," said Sybille Klenzendorf, lead biologist of WWF's Species Conservation Program. "Conservationists and Sabah government agencies are hopeful that there is a chance...Soil erosion threatens environment and human health
...an 125 sources, reports: The United States is losing soil 10 times faster -- and China and India are losing soil 30 to 40 times faster -- than the natural replenishment rate. The economic impact of soil ero...Self-esteem falters among Chinese teens
...lt obese reported being more prone to rudeness and losing their tempers. The study appears in the March issue of the American Journal of Health Behavior. "Thin as the ideal body type is a relatively new standard in China, a trend fueled by increased wealth and media exposure to Western lifestyle," said lead...Mars challenge is protecting humans from long space travel and heavy metal ion bombardment
...a maximum of 30 months. "We run the possibility of losing nearly half the bone mineral in some regions of the body, which would make the astronauts' skeletons the equivalent of a 100-year-old person," he said. Such fragile bones could fractures, which would be a most unwelcome challenge. "Another that's les...No place like home: Ant navigation skills used in robot navigation
...ate ant that must take regular trips home to avoid losing its way. Dr Markus Knaden, from the University of Zurich, will report that a visit back to the nest is essential for ants to reset their navigation equipment and avoid getting lost on foraging trips. "Knowledge about path integration and landmark l...Rice tapped for model programs merging teaching, research
...ten by necessity large and impersonal, and we risk losing some of our best students if that is the only exposure they have to biology before their junior year," Bartel said. Bartel will develop a course designed to introduce freshman to the realities and excitement of lab research. The class will consist of...New research may explain why some who receive growth hormone therapy develop colon polyps
...y one functioning SOCS2 gene. "We discovered that losing this one copy of SOCS2, this 'haplotype insufficiency,' is enough to cause spontaneous polyp formation in these animals," Lund said, adding that the findings may have implications for humans. "Haplotype insufficiency animal models are much closer to ...Research provides clues to obesity's cause and hints of new approach for curbing appetite
...help explain why obese people have so much trouble losing weight as well as point to a different target for the pharmaceutical treatment of obesity. "There's been a lot of interest in leptin as a means to curb appetite and reduce weight but clinical trials have had disappointing results. Our studies suggest...'Dead zone' summer killed billions of ocean state mussels
...welling bacteria. "When we lose mussels, we may be losing the ability to prevent future dead zones from forming," Altieri said. "So these sorts of extinctions may trigger a downward spiral, with coastal zones less able to handle environmental degradation." According to a 2004 United Nations Environment Prog...Eat less, weigh more? Enzyme makes lean mice 'susceptible' to dietary fat
... is out of whack, so are the rules for gaining and losing weight. "How do you know when to stop eating?" asks M. Daniel Lane, Ph.D., senior author of the study and a professor of biological chemistry in the Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences at Hopkins. "The liver sure isn't going to tell you, it just......n. AIBS President Kent Holsinger said, "Science is losing a strong ally in Congressman Boehlert. We are pleased to honor him with this award." The awards presentation will take place on May 24 at 7 pm at the Westin Grand Hotel in Washington, DC. It will begin this year's AIBS Annual Meeting, which will addr...