Genes tied to abnormal immune response in mice with lupus
..., the immune system attacks and damages the body's own tissues and organs, including the joints, kidneys, heart, lungs, brain, blood and skin. Dr. Edward K. Wakeland from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and colleagues used a lupus-prone mouse model of SLE to characterize genes direct...Experimental Biology/Congress of the IUPS meets March 31 - April 6 in San Diego
...e to so easily slip out of the boundaries of their own specialty and listen to scientists who address some of the same problems the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease or cancer, for example - but who are armed with the viewpoint and tools of entirely different disciplines Media Contact: For inform...Hummingbirds lose power at high altitudes
... its own, perhaps indicating that it has taken its own evolutionary path away from the other hummingbirds. It grows as large as 26 grams nearly an ounce and almost twice as large as the next largest bird at 15 grams. Also, two boldly colored hummingbirds the crimson topaz, Topaza pel...Model simulates dynamics of heart rhythm disorders
...uter of the SARA and a mini-Beowulf cluster in her own department. With this she studied the behaviour of electrical wave patterns during certain rhythm disorders in the human heart. Heart rhythm disorders are abnormalities in the timing, sequence and coordination of how the heart muscle contracts. Thes...Shots fired at Bayonne range prove smart gun technology works
... the country will be able to ensure that guns they own will not fall into the wrong hands. The demonstration included a description of how the technology works. "Everyone has body features that are unique signatures," said Sebastian. "Fingerprints and retinas number among the best known markers. Ide...Encouraging results of gene therapy for severe combined immunodeficiency
...ildren with SCID had stem cells removed from their own bone marrow; the relevant 'good' gene was identified from bone-marrow cells and spliced into a leukaemia virus. This virus was then introduced back into the patients where the gene was replicated. Almost normal immune functioning became established i...Your brain and you: Forecasting the ethical challenges ahead for neuroscience and society
... much activity in this area now, it has gotten its own name, separate from bioethics more generally. It'... confront some of our best-held assumptions of our own nature. "Neuroscience is showing that not only perception and motor control but also character, co...Combined stem cell-gene therapy approach seen as potential treatment for cystic fibrosis
...osis (CF) could potentially be treated using their own stem cells that have been manipulated by gene ther... optimistic about the possibility that a patient's own stem cells which would not be subject to immune system attack could be manipulated by gene therapy......were sending the same movement instructions to our own body. But for those sports commentators who are ex-athletes, the mirror system is likely to be even more active because their brains may re-enact the moves they once made. This might explain why they get so excited while watching the game!" Deborah ...Inexpensive, mass-produced genes at core of synthetic biology advances at UH
...artment of biology and biochemistry at UH. "In my own research on neurological diseases, we've often wished we could rapidly synthesize many variations of large naturally occurring genes. The costs of current technology have prevented us from doing this, but Dr. Gao's research will break down that barr...ESA's Huygens begins its final journey into the unknown
...the lift. Each spacecraft will now continue on its own but we expect they'll keep in touch to complete this amazing mission. Now all our hopes and expectations are focused on getting the first in-situ data from a new world we've been dreaming of exploring for decades". Huygens approaching ent...Ants' 'genetic engineering' leads to species interdependency
...the work, but, as is evident from the researchers' own attempts at selective breeding and genetic engineering, combining genomes is an easy way to produce novel characteristics that may be highly advantageous for growth, environmental tolerance, or disease resistance. Regardless of the specific advantage...University of Chicago researchers discovered that humans are a 'privileged' evolutionary lineage
...Hughes Medical Institute. "We tend to think of our own species as categorically different being on the top of the food chain," Lahn said. "There is some justification for that." From a genetic point of view, some scientists thought that human evolution might be a recapitulation of the typical molecular ...$6.7 million for bionic war on disabilities
...ing paralyzed people to control computers or their own limbs much more quickly, Normann says.......oimmune antibodies, by contrast, attack the body's own cells, and those circulating in women with lupus and other autoimmune diseases can also cross the placenta and cause congenital heart block in the fetus. Scientists in Sweden now show how these antibodies cause heart cells to become paralyzed and ev...Don't count on vitamin C to boost your exercise performance
...ercising, ascorbic acid probably doesn't carry its own weight."...Systems microbiology has great scientific promise in health and environment
...s. "Specialists need to be knowledgeable in their own field, but they must have sufficient knowledge of the other areas of the project to be able to contribute fully," says Timothy J. Donohue, Co-Chair of the Colloquium Steering Committee, of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The report points out ...Satellite data to track wildlife: Elephants in space
...lite images, WCS scientists recently counted their own animal populations. High-tech maps produced by Quickbird, which orbited the Bronx Zoo in November 2004, have revealed incredibly clear images of everything from giraffes to Thomson's gazelles. According to members of the team, the detail of the image...Research turning up the heat on fowl bacteria
...ny bacterial disease: that bacteria regulate their own genes in order to cause whatever disease process they cause," says Dr. Thompson. "Bacteria exploit their hosts to live." And the human body is ripe for picking. "Think about it, inside human cells are tons of goodies, all kinds of sugars and other el...EB and IUPS - Where cures of tomorrow can be seen in the science of today
...y share information across the boundaries of their own fields and present the newest scientific concepts ...e to so easily slip out of the boundaries of their own specialty and listen to scientists who address some of the same problems - the pathogenesis of cardi...