Is Interleukin-6 the 'holy grail' of exercise mediation?
... should be reclassified as "myokines." She points out that because of its diverse effects, IL-6 has potential as a therapeutic drug in treating such metabolic disorders as obesity, type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis. Many roles and sources prompt additional IL-6 research Over the years, "increased l...Biologists ID molecular block for social 'cheaters'
... among microorganisms: when slime mold amoebae run out of the bacteria they eat, they group, then form a fruiting body in which about one-fifth of the single-celled individuals within the colony sacrifice themselves to form the stalk that holds up the spores. Before forming a stalk, the colony goes throu...... Human Genome Sequencing Center in Houston carried out the sequencing and assembly of the genome. Additio.... Sequencing at lighter coverage will be carried out in additional cattle breeds, including the Holstein, Angus, Jersey, Limousin, Norwegian Red and Brah......'s 50th anniversary. Although its mandate to carry out fundamental research on particle physics does not give CERN any role or responsibility in studies on environment, environmental protection and sustainable development, the Organization is nonetheless involved with the three main themes of the EnviroI...Old bones unearth new date for giant deer's last stand
... giant deer, previously thought to have been wiped out by a cold spell 10,500 years ago, instead survived... for a species which was being progressively wiped out by climate change and the spread of ice sheets, according to the study by UCL Professors Adrian List...Component of volcanic gas may have played a significant role in the origins of life on Earth
...Science and Technology at Scripps Research, worked out one possible solution with Leslie Orgel of the Sal...lds of di-, tri-, and tetra-peptides. They carried out the reaction in the presence of air, without air, and with and without other ingredients like metal ...UCR researchers identify key plant enzyme that defends against multiple infections
... fungal or viral infections. The development holds out hope of improving crop yields, which are dependent... play an essential role in initiating and carrying out programmed cell death in animals. Caspase-like activities have also been shown to be required for t...T cell's memory may offer long-term immunity to leishmaniasis
...y during chronic disease, the Penn researchers set out to find if such central memory cells exist in lei... about these new T cells, our next step is to find out how we can encourage the proliferation of central memory cells and stimulate them to fight disease."...MIT: Recycling of scrapped electronics studied
...lectronic devices are scrapped each year, and four out of five of them end up in basements or on sidewalks rather than in recycling facilities. But the electronics recycling business is expected to grow quickly. Regulations on handling large-scale electronics waste streams are becoming more stringent, an...New risks for bladder cancer identified by MIT team
...d via mass spectrometry. "So what popped out of this was actually pretty startling," Tannenbaum said. "Three of the nine compounds were indeed found to be significant risk factors for bladder cancer in nonsmokers. And except for one, none of those nine had ever been investigated before" for the...US Agency for International Development awards $34 million to Virginia Tech
...om invasive species." De Datta also pointed out that IPM CRSP research over the past decade has assisted the United States, most recently by preparing scientists for an insect invasion that threatened the $100-million-a-year olive crop in California. IPM identifies and targets crop pests su...World's top theoretical physicists converge to consider 'future of physics'
...w can dash to the blackboard to illustrate or work out their points. Three separate, motorized drop-down... positioned to close the "E," but the rest extends out towards the ocean beyond the top horizontal of the "E," not in the straight line of an arrow but the...Study describes basic mechanism in cell growth control involving damaged DNA
...ent continued replication. And that job is carried out by the ubiquitin ligases." The new study for the first time shows how this molecular choreography occurs: DDB1 serves as a DNA damage "checkpoint" molecule, taking CDT1 to CUL4. The ligase then tags CDT1 with ubiquitin, and 15 minutes later, CDT1 get...Electronics recycling made easy
...ic health by keeping potentially harmful materials out of the solid waste stream. Onyx offers advanced recycling services of these materials to a broad range of clients, including federal and state agencies and Fortune 500 companies. Onyx Environmental Services, one of four decentralized business units c...Protein protecting brain from toxins also blocks some chemotherapy from reaching tumors
...eaving the capillaries. And if such molecules slip out of the blood into the choroid plexus, Mrp4 shuttles them back out of the brain and into the blood before they can cause damage." The investigators also showed that ...UF scientists have bionanotechnology recipe to find elusive bacteria
...eated tiny hybrid particles that can speedily root out even one isolated E. coli bacterium lurking in ground beef or provide a crucial early warning alarm for bacteria used as agents of bioterrorism and for early disease diagnosis. The study will appear this week in the Proceedings of the National Acad...Acoustics meeting in San Diego
... 1960s technology. Now, manufacturers are rolling out MEMS microphones, silicon-based devices with cruci...er and classmates clearly without having to filter out excessive ventilation noise and echoes. With the recent introduction of the ANSI (American National...Mitochondria findings may help beat wide range of disease
...equires many additional cellular proteins to carry out this important function. "We observed two distinct stages, with the first involving outer membrane fusion yielding an intermediate structure of two conjoined mitochondria, followed by the subsequent fusion of the inner membranes giving rise to a sing...Touching research: How white blood cells navigate
...an other forms of communication ever can. It turns out the same is true inside our bodies, where just the...lu? What forces help keep those cells from getting out of control and attacking our own tissues? The group is focusing on white blood cells known as neutr...Study using robotic microscope shows how mutant Huntington's protein affects neurons
...tomated microscope system could be applied to sort out many important questions about how cellular changes or abnormalities affect disease, he adds. He and his colleagues are now planning studies to examine the role of proteasomes enzyme-filled compartments that break down and recycle proteins in HD. ...