Scientists identify 2 distinct Parkinson's networks
...ns network over time. The new report appears in an online version in the journal Brain, and will be published soon in a print version. The technology is now precise enough to diagnose the two brain networks one that regulates movement and the other cognition in individuals, and Dr. Eidelberg said that ...It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that (modern) swing
...d Duke's department of biology, has been published online in the journal Evolution. http://tinyurl.com/2spvwk Evolutionary biologists have been puzzling over why bird songs of a single species can vary significantly from one population to the next, but Derryberry's work shows the songs changing with tim...Tiny tweezers and yeast help St. Jude show how cancer drug works
...ts. A report on this work appears in the advanced, online issue of Nature. This is the first time that the tools of nanotechnology have helped scientists to develop a biological hypothesis that was subsequently tested by follow-up experiments in a living organism, said Mary-Ann Bjornsti, Ph.D., a member o...Gene's activity points to more lethal subtype of AML
...e Cancer Center, and their findings were published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Our study shows that high ERG activity predicts a poor prognosis in these patients, even when other molecular markers are taken into consideration, says first author Guido Marcucci, associate professor of inter...Study identifies a common genetic risk factor for colorectal and prostate cancer
... complete findings will be published in the July 8 online edition of Nature Genetics. This is an important finding because, for the first time, a common genetic risk factor for multiple cancers has been identified, says lead author Christopher Haiman, assistant professor of preventive medicine at the Keck...A gene that protects from kidney disease
...s against a serious kidney disease. In the current online issue of Nature Genetics they report that mutations in the gene cause nephronopthisis (NPHP) in humans and mice. NPHP is a disease marked by kidney degeneration during childhood that leads to kidney failure requiring organ transplantation. The insigh...Birds take cues from their competitors
...t also from their competitors. The findings appear online on July 5th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. Through a novel field experiment, the researchers showed that female members of two migrant flycatcher species can acquire a novel preference for nesting sites on the basis of the apparent a...Malaria-resistant mosquitoes battle disease with 'molecular warhead'
...rgeting it for termination. In a study appearing online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , the UT Southwestern group used a method called X-ray crystallography to uncover TEP1s three-dimensional structure. They found that the genetic differences between mosquitoes that are...New imaging method clarifies nutrient cycle
...cycle. Their study appears July 5 as an advanced online publication of The ISME Journal, at www.nature.com/ismej. A state of the art NanoSIMS instrument (short for nanometer-scale, secondary ion mass spectrometry) located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory can image and measure minute amounts of ...Researchers identify genetic mutation that may alter tumor cell proliferation
...therapies. The findings are reported in an advance online publication (AOP) of the journal Nature. The PI3-Kinase/AKT pathway is among the most commonly activated cellular pathways in human cancers and members of this pathway are among the most frequently targeted for new cancer drug discovery efforts. Ac...Scientific American launches innovative new version of magazine
...rint version will help drive more traffic to those online features. The July issue includes new advertisers,...gainst Google, Yahoo and countless other print and online sources of science information. This reengineering of the print publication continues towards this g...Male or female factor infertility -- men suffer just the same
...y supportive way. They might also be directed to online support services, and given the chance to speak to other couples with fertility problems But psychosocial counselling may be beneficial and more readily accepted in the later stages of treatment, when social networks are at their weakest, and also ...Chronically sleep deprived? You can't make up for lost sleep
...a night than they did 40 years ago, were published online recently by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). We now know that chronic lack of sleep has an effect on how an animal sleeps, said Fred W. Turek, professor of neurobiology and physiology and director of Northwesterns Center ...Bioinformatics-related methods are featured in Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
...atics software programs; both are freely available online ( www.cshprotocols.org ). The first freely available article ( http://www.cshprotocols.org/cgi/content/full/2007/14/pdb.top17 ) provides guidance on how to use the BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) program. BLAST is the tool that is most co...Satellite images reveal link between urban growth and changing rainfall patterns
...the Earth.'' In one study, published in the July online issue of the journal Global Environmental Change, Seto and her colleagues showed that inclusion in an international environmental agreement did not significantly improve the health of a coastal mangrove habitat in a wetland preserve in Vietnam. In th...More swimmers means more pathogens in the water
...d Giardia lamblia. The studies were made available online in advance of publication in the scientific journals Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Water Research. Exposure to microorganisms like C. parvum and G. lamblia can cause nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. They can be particularly harmful to pe...M. D. Anderson team identifies new oncogene for brain cancer
...nal Academy of Sciences. The paper will be posted online at the PNAS web site the week of July 2. Just because a gene is associated with cancer doesnt mean that its actually causing cancer. In this paper we show for the first time that insulin-like growth factor binding protein 2 (IGFBP2) connects with...New method for reading DNA sheds light on basis of cell identity
...g DNA. The work, published in the July 1st advance online edition of Nature, provides a framework for mapping the complete chromatin landscape of almost any kind of cell. One of the most surprising findings suggests that cells contain an explicit chromatin-based code that reveals the developmental choices t...Journal of Nuclear Medicine's impact grows, remains consistently high over past 5 years
...nitiated publish ahead of printpublishing articles online in advance of the print versionand free, open access to full-text online articles 12 months after publication, he added. I applaud the efforts of our editorial board members...Critical protein prevents DNA damage from persisting through generations
...ed V(D)J recombination. Now, in an study published online today in the journal Cell, Rockefeller University Professor Michel Nussenzweig, in collaboration with his brother Andr Nussenzweig at NCI and their colleagues, shows that when the ATM protein is absent, chromosomal breaks created during V(D)J recombi...