After a decades-long search, scientists identify new genetic risk factors for multiple sclerosis
...cribe the first genes conclusively linked to MS in more than 20 years," said Ursula Utz, Ph.D., a program ... Both studies involved scanning DNA samples from more than 20,000 MS patients and unaffected individuals in the U.S. and Europe, and looking for single nu...Using stem cells to help heart attack victims
...researchers hope that their research could provide more detailed information on the electrical activity of stem cell derived cardiomyocytes. In the longer term, this could facilitate their use in regenerating the damaged hearts of heart attack victims. Dr Chris Denning, of the Universitys Wolfson Centr...Risk genes for multiple sclerosis uncovered
...n individuals, and looked for variations that were more commonly inherited by people with MS compared to s... the samples were combined for a final analysis of more than 12,000 subjects. The only genetic link for MS previously identified using other techniques i...System to analyze beating heart stem cells could lead to heart attack treatments
...researchers hope that their research could provide more detailed information on the electrical activity of stem cell derived cardiomyocytes. In the longer term, this could facilitate their use in regenerating the damaged hearts of heart attack victims. Human embryonic stem cells promise unrivalled oppo...Wild weather forces farmers to adapt
... each year. However, before making the change to a more adaptable cropping systems strategy, researchers say its important to understand how short-term crop sequencing decisions affect key agronomic and environmental attributes. From 2002-2005, a team of researchers at the USDA-ARS Northern Great Plain...St. Jude study solves mystery of mammalian ears
...lify sound in mammals appears to have been settled more in favor of bouncing cell bodies rather than vibra...esence of outer hair cells makes mammalian hearing more than 100 times better than it would be if the cells were absent. As sound waves race into the inne...New research identifies anti-viral protein that may predict who might be at risk to develop lupus
... patients with low levels of interferon-alpha were more likely to have neither of the characteristic autoa...odies, while patients with the highest levels were more likely to have both. However the healthy family members with high interferon-alpha did not have eith...Prenatal stress keeps infants, toddlers up at night, study says
...pells out well-deserved respite it may carry even more value for babies. For them, sleep ranks as one of ... depressed or anxious during pregnancy experienced more sleep problems. For instance, mothers classified as clinically anxious 18 weeks into pregnancy, comp...Isoprene emission from plants -- a volatile answer to heat stress
...an antioxidant due to its chemical reactivity" And more generally: Is this effect of significance under natural conditions for poplar and other isoprene-emitting species" The researchers aim to analyse the biophysical and biochemical mechanisms of heat effects on photosynthesis and chloroplasts, and futur...Strength of connections between brain regions may affect an adolescent's response to peer influence
...ns that regulate different aspects of behavior are more interconnected in children with high resistance to... Neuroscience . "These findings may help develop more effective strategies to prevent the development of lifestyles of violence and crime, says John Sween...Gene expression pattern could lead to improved treatment of pediatric septic shock
... novel therapeutic targets as means for developing more effective treatment strategies. The study publi...derstand the biology of septic shock and allow for more effective therapeutic intervention. This includes the possibility of using zinc supplementation as a...New target for HIV/AIDS drugs and vaccine discovered
...Cs to help isolate and contain the infection until more potent reinforcements can be manufactured to eradicate the virus or bacteria. When DC cells can no longer adequately manage the immune response and when NK cells can no longer contain infections, the likelihood of survival without medical interventio...Surprising new species of light-harvesting bacterium discovered in Yellowstone
...elow 3. However, the Yellowstone environments are more alkaline, about pH 8.5 (on a scale of 1 to 14). B...and hot springs in Tibet and Thailand. As we look more closely, we may find relatives of Cab. thermophilum in the microbial mats of thermal sites worldwide...Report recommends off-site disposal of secondary waste
...cteristics. Managing waste listed as hazardous is more challenging because of added restrictions on shipp...pacity. The committee noted that changes to allow more off-site treatment and disposal will in most cases require modifications to the site operating permi...Innovative research technique reveals another natural wonder in Yellowstone Park
...owever, the Yellowstone Cab. thermophilum lived in more alkaline environments that are about pH 8.5 (on a 1-14 scale). "Finding a previously unknown, chlorophyll-producing microbe is the discovery of a lifetime for someone who has studied bacterial photosynthesis for as long as I have (35 years)," says ...More fish oil, less vegetable oil, better for your health
... Scientists have provided new evidence that using more fish oil than vegetable oil in the diet decreases ...ts showed that, in reactions involving COX-1, when more fish oil is present, it preferentially binds to COX-1, thus limiting vegetable oils access to this e...Smithsonian's National Zoo researchers use electronic eggs to help save threatened species
...The information we gather helps us both understand more about the biology of these birds and how to better...y bred. For captive populations like these, the more genetic diversity the better, Hallager said. Its really exciting. Hallager heads the Kori Bustard...$9 million EPSCoR grant to foster integrated research
...will bring diverse disciplines together to offer a more complete picture of northern ecological and social...ka EPSCoR has funded dozens of new researchers and more than 100 graduate student fellowships, and has facilitated numerous undergraduate research opportuni...... of electronics that are different, and maybe even more environmentally friendly, than the standard ones that are available today.'......tly higher expression in the tonsils while gingiva more strongly expressed keratin genes, which thicken th...iviral proteins in the tonsils renders this tissue more permeable to foreign invaders, thus allowing tonsils to function in immune surveillance. However, it...