Military to study better pain relief in battle zones
... of late July. Its known that battlefield pain, if not relieved adequately, can lead to post-traumatic stress disorders. A large multidisciplinary team of U-M scientists will use the grant to design multipurpose nanoparticles and test how well they perform several tasks under simulated physiological co...Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Surfactant maturation is not delayed in human fetuses with diaphragmatic hernia...eagues report that pulmonary surfactant content is not decreased in congenital diaphragmatic hernia. The paper is discussed in a related perspective. Cit...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...astic) in response to ongoing neuronal activity is not limited to synapses, as Pratt and Aizenman demonstrate this week. The authors examined the intrinsic membrane excitability of tadpole optic tectal neurons during the period from early synapse formation (stage 42/43) to stage 49, when tectal field rec...Jan Lwe awarded 2007 EMBO Gold Medal
...d Jan enthusiastically upon hearing the news. It's not always easy to convince people that working on the inner workings of bacteria is worthwhile and the EMBO medal will help a great deal. It's fantastic!. The EMBO Gold Medal and an award of 10,000 euro will be presented to Jan on 27 October 2007 at t...Research shows NPD1 protects a key component of vision
...its release. They found that the neurotrophin PEDF not only sparks the production of NPD1, but it acts sy...ynthesis. To answer the question about whether or not NPD1 could prevent cell death caused by an excess of A2E known to accumulate in the RPE during aging...Injection drug use the most important risk factor for HIV and HCV infections among Quebec prisoners
...ve inmates and 40% of the HCV-positive inmates did not know they had these infections. More than 90% of the participants infected by either virus reported being injection drug users before imprisonment. Given these data, the researchers conclude that HIV and HCV antibody testing and counselling should be...MIT model could predict cells' response to drugs
...only worked for other types of epithelial cells is not surprising because different tissue types process ...the context of a network governing cell functions, not just its effect on an individual molecule. Lauffenburger envisions that drug companies could use thi...Waters off Washington state only second place in world where glass sponge reefs found
...ut of the seafloor in copious amounts. Methane has not been detected by Canadian scientists near their glass sponge reefs, thus the Washington margin reefs could represent a new type of ecosystem on the shelf, one where the abundant biology is fueled by methane gas derived from ancient carbon in the sedi...Insulin grown in plants relieves diabetes in mice; UCF study holds promise for humans
...y. Insulin typically is given through shots and not pills so the hormone can go straight into the bloodstream. In Daniells method, plant cell walls made of cellulose initially prevent insulin from degrading. When the plant cells containing insulin reach the intestine, bacteria living there begin to sl...Researchers find pathway that controls cell size and division
...ite and the resultant daughter cells frequently do not contain all the genetic material that they should. By coordinating cell size with growth rate, cells are able to maintain proper distribution of DNA. This work is also something of a cautionary tale about the limitations of genome sequencing. More ...Caffeine and exercise can team up to prevent skin cancer
...ans. But a new Rutgers study has found that it may not be the best formula for preventing sun-induced skin damage that could lead to cancer. Low to moderate amounts of caffeine, in fact, along with exercise can be good for your health. According to the National Cancer Institute, sunlight-induced skin c......al of nitrogen within the water was efficient, but not related with buffer width; however removal on the ...itrate nitrogen (sometimes used in fertilizer) did not differ by width, flow path or vegetation type. Results from the study are published in the July-Augu...Strains of laboratory mice more varied than previously thought
... the pedigrees of the 15 mouse strains studied are not what they were previously assumed to be. It appear...ubspecies origin. The common laboratory mouse is not what we thought it was, said coauthor Gary Churchill, Ph.D., a Jackson Laboratory senior staff scien...First new multiple sclerosis gene found in 30 years
...ulating an electrical cord. For reasons that are not well understood, the bodys own immune system is believed to attack the myelin, which can cause short circuits in the bodys electrical system. This leads to the symptoms of the disease, which include muscle weakness, cognitive impairment, difficulties...After a decades-long search, scientists identify new genetic risk factors for multiple sclerosis
...trategy, and genomic data and techniques that were not available until recently. Both studies involved ...g the disease up to four-fold. Still, HLA does not fully explain the genetic basis of MS; scientists have long realized that other genes must play a ro...St. Jude study solves mystery of mammalian ears
... the role of somatic mobility driven by prestin is not simply to modify the response of the outer hair ce...ously discovered mutated form of prestin that does not make the outer hair cells contract in response to incoming sound waves as normal prestin does. Inst...New research identifies anti-viral protein that may predict who might be at risk to develop lupus
...lthy family members with high interferon-alpha did not have either autoantibody. This led the scientists to propose a two-hit model for the development of lupus. Genetics that cause high levels of interferon-alpha may predispose a person to SLE, but the disease appears only when something else, perhaps a...Seawater intrusion is the first cause of contamination of coastal aquifers
..., possibly, for salinisation if the return flow is not guaranteed. In fact, ironic as it may be, building up an artificial reservoir could render useless the natural groundwater reservoir downstream. Also, says Benavente, in very localised seawater intrusion areas, reducing pumping or extracting water ...Prenatal stress keeps infants, toddlers up at night, study says
...eeping, even hunger that is, if its formation has not been disrupted. This could explain why sound sl...nt come easily to kids whose signaling systems may not be properly calibrated, OConnor said. However, more research is needed to monitor this signaling pat...... uses, from production, to use, to disposal. We do not want a nanowaste problem to be a legacy of this technology....