Preventing a pandemic: Study suggests strategies for containing a flu outbreak
...hai 2000 census and a previous study of the social networks in the Nang Rong District in rural Thailand. With this information, they simulated a population of 500,000 in which individuals mixed in a variety of settings, including households, household clusters, preschool groups, schools, workplaces, and a ho...NIGMS funds new stem cell centers
...nic stem cells. The team will also analyze genetic networks and study DNA replication and gene expression in stem cells. The Burnham Institute in La Jolla, California (Evan Snyder, M.D., Ph.D., principal investigator)--$1,060,699 for the first year of funding to study the molecular signals that enable stem ...... play a pivotal role in establishing transatlantic networks and exchanging information between Europe and the US. The San Diego meeting marks the fourth conference held by the German funding organisations to provide support to and facilitate networking between German researchers working in the United States. ...Scientists get look at genes' defensive playbook
...AINESVILLE, Fla. -- Using a new method to identify networks of infection-fighting genes, scientists writing in...f Mountain View, Calif. The results identified the networks of genes that helped the body respond to the challenge. "We were able to identify changes in functio...Markers of brain cell development may help success of stem cell transplants
...al cord injury and stroke can destroy these travel networks as well as brain cells. Labs such as Dr. Yu's are doing stem cell transplants to re-establish roadways and get undifferentiated stem cells to repopulate such ravaged areas. He hopes the new developmental markers will help in this effort by showing wh...Researchers discover key to human embryonic stem-cell potential
...factors that are responsible for activating entire networks of genes necessary for generating many different s...inactivated as the embryo begins to develop, these networks then come to life, and the stem cell ceases to be a stem cell. The new work provides the first wir...... placing Dmir-1 within established transcriptional networks in muscle. However, the authors find that muscles form normally in embryos in which expression of Dmir-1 has been ablated by gene targeting (Dmir-1 KO). A defect is only revealed when larval growth is initiated by feeding, which triggers paralysis ...Brandeis leads collaborative team in researching chemical processes in brain
...nsmit information; our goal is to build structured networks of these cells to study how electrical impulses propagate through these networks." Toward that end, the team will also develop and employ methods from biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics to understand these complex chemical and biological net...Researchers: Deep sleep short-circuits brain's grid of connectivity
...s awake, rippled across the brain, traveling along networks of nerve fibers to different cerebral destinations... another. In the brain, messages are relayed along networks of nerve fibers. Cells transmit information along those fibers electrochemically. Anatomically, the ...NSF awards 19 new projects to better undestand genetic processes in plants of economic importance
...oybean to identify all of the genes and regulatory networks required to make a seed. Knowledge gained from studying soybean seed, an important source of human and animal nutrition and a raw material for industrial applications, will likely be applicable to seeds from all plants. Another subset of awards cent......linking molecules can be used to assemble filament networks and bundles. The bundles represent 'nanoropes' and...contain actin filaments and microtubules that form networks and bundles. These filament architectures are determined and controlled by crosslinking proteins, wh...Javits Award funds neurology of animal movement study
...mechanisms underlying the activity of small neural networks in crustaceans, such as lobsters. These circuits, called central pattern generators, generate the sequences of commands for simple rhythmic movements. With the grant, he will study the neuronal mechanisms that allow an animal to generate flexible mov......tudy, Callaway and Yoshimura sought to look at the networks that pair together excitatory and inhibitory neurons. These neurons work directly with each other to shape responses to stimuli. This "go-no" kind of interaction is necessary, Callaway says, or a positive feedback of chemical signals across neuronal ...Proteins take on new roles in malaria parasite
...he team made the discovery while comparing protein networks of P. falciparum to protein networks in four model organisms: yeast, fruit flies, roundworms, and Helicobacter pylori, the bacteria that ...Researchers develop new method to help find deadly malaria parasite's Achilles heel
...d interactions may be erroneous. "All the protein networks described so far are incomplete and statistically noisy," said Ideker. "But whether they are incomplete and noisy in the same way or not, we can say with confidence that this particular stage of Plasmodium is different from the other organisms we've ...UK's first optical network gives boost to e-Science
...dth (1Gbit/sec) optical network, linked to similar networks around the world, enables researchers to transfer ...nd one in Japan, they will demonstrate how optical networks could transform major radio telescopes, widely dispersed across the globe, into the equivalent of on...Researchers discover new form of cancer gene regulation
...wn as pattern formation, are controlled largely by networks of genes and proteins called signal transduction pathways that receive signals from outside of the cell in the form of protein interaction with the cell surface. Through a series of intracellular events, these signals trigger gene activation or repre...Grid bridges 4,800 miles for molecular repositories
...le there have been attempts to launch similar grid networks in the United States, none are currently active, Straatsma said. The PNNL node on the BioSimGrid coincided with the lighting of a new high-speed, high-capacity fiber optic connection between PNNL's campus in Richland, Wash., and Seattle. This connect...Information & communications technologies key to sustainable development in Africa: UNU
...n University Network (AFUNET), opening up existing networks and connecting them. Launched by UNU, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and CERN, AFUNET is working to enhance Internet connectivity at African universities and support its research and education networks. AFUNET proposes and entity ...Scientists evaluate impact of preemptive malaria treatment for infants
...n achieve results if they have the funding and the networks to aggressively pursue malaria research in Africa," said Andreas Heddini, the MIM Secretariat coordinator. "There are many other areas of malaria research that could benefit from a similar level of support and coordination." Background to the Ghana...