NIAID supports research into etiology of fungal-induced inflammation in chronic sinusitis
... Dr. Kita and Dr. Lawrence to further pinpoint the mechanism by which the fungus causes the inflammation, and s...bout CS, and will help us to better understand the mechanism of action of newer treatment approaches, such as anti-fungal therapy. As previously announced, Acc...For many insects, winter survival is in the genes
...ibution somehow," Denlinger said. "This protective mechanism is much more complex than we envisioned." ...Molecular motors may speed nutrient processing
...before they can enter the cell; that it provides a mechanism for altering the composition of the microvillar surface to handle changes in "what comes down the pipe;" and that it serves a role in cell-cell communication by launching vesicles that contain signaling proteins. Tyska and his team also plan to explo...Experts to address farmers' role in managing climate change
...essor at Kansas State University, will explain the mechanism behind soil carbon sequestration with an emphasis on agro-ecosystems. Dr. Rattan Lal, Carbon Management & Sequestration Center Director, Ohio State University and Soil Science Society of America President, will focus his comments on the potential o...Cytomegalovirus exacerbates atherosclerosis through an autoimmune mechanism
...esions typical of the atherosclerotic process. The mechanism involved in the vascular lesion is of autoimmune o...ls) and to cause their death (apoptosis) through a mechanism called "molecular mimicry." Using a biocomputational technique, the new study shows that the same ...Story ideas from the Journal of Biological Chemistry
...osis Researchers have discovered a new cellular mechanism that may better explain what causes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. ALS is characterized by the death of neurons that control voluntary muscles, leading to muscle weakness and atrophy. Around 25 percent of t...A first -- Hebrew University scientist observes brain cell development in 'real time'
...le of continuous change. This method provides a mechanism for observing, for the first time in a mammal, how a neuron develops into a rich and complex cell and how, once developed, neurons are maintained in the highly active and changing environment of the brain. As for further research that some day cou...Analysis reveals extent of DNA repair army
...licate a cell, there are enough problems that this mechanism is called into action."...Endogenous cannabinoids linked to fetal brain damage imposed by maternal cannabis use
...vinces the scientists that they have defined a key mechanism through which maternal cannabis use might impair f...ected offspring."Besides identifying a fundamental mechanism in brain development, our findings may provide new perspectives to identifying the molecular changes...New adult brain cells may be central to lifelong learning
...eurogenesis may represent not merely a replacement mechanism for lost neurons, but instead an ongoing developmental process that continuously rejuvenates the mature nervous system by offering expanded capacity of plasticity in response to experience throughout life."...Jet lag: It's all about chemical reactions in cells
... and Dartmouth researchers explains the biological mechanism behind how circadian clocks sense light through a process that transfers energy from light to chemical reactions in cells. The research is published in the May 18 issue of the journal Science. Circadian clocks in cells respond to differences in light...Parkinson's protein protects neurons from stress induced cell death
...of Neuroscience", the protein activates a survival mechanism which had been known for its prominent role in immune response. Usually, Parkinsons disease occurs after the age of 50 and in Germany about 400,000 people are affected. It is characterized by a decline of neurons in the so-called Substantia Nigra,...Repair of DNA by Brca2 gene prevents medulloblastoma
... showed that the Brca2 gene acts as a surveillance mechanism that triggers repair of DNA that is damaged when the cell makes a duplicate set of its chromosomes each time it divides," said Peter McKinnon, Ph.D., associate member of the Genetics and Tumor Cell Biology department at St. Jude. "The enormous rate o...Hyperactivity and academic achievement could be linked by genetics
...children to learn in the classroom. "Whatever the mechanism responsible, the finding of substantial genetic overlap between hyperactivity and achievement has important implications for research searching for genes associated with the two behaviors," according to Kimberly J. Saudino, associate professor of psy...Latent memory of cells comes to life
...amental memory mechanisms in individual cells. The mechanism gives both stability and openness to new influences which the cell could need to change state. Nature has a partner which controls the cells latent memory....Lipoic acid explored as anti-aging compound
.... Researchers said today they have identified the mechanism of action of lipoic acid, a remarkable compound that in animal experiments appears to slow down the process of aging, improve blood flow, enhance immune function and perform many other functions. The findings, discussed at the "Diet and Optimum Hea...Genome of yellow fever/dengue fever mosquito sequenced
...uitoes, the TEs become a tool to study the genetic mechanism of mosquito-virus interaction, to help us understand mosquito biology and reveal new ways to interfere with disease transmission," Tu said. According to the article in Science Express, the general failure to date of conventional disease prevention ...Natural immune-control system may aid treatment of autoimmune disease and tissue rejection
...ET. Because the technique utilizes the bodys own mechanism for controlling the immune system, it may prove mo...ssible to use antibodies to trigger the body's own mechanism for suppressing the immune response," Cantor remarks. "The results serve as a proof of principle tha...Newly identified mechanism for silencing genes points to possible anti-cancer strategies
... of cancers, and the newly outlined gene-silencing mechanism offers promising potential targets for anti-cancer...way we know that microRNAs can silence genes. That mechanism requires extraordinary specificity, however, and we suspected that microRNAs were also acting in som...