High blood pressure, low energy -- a recipe for heart failure
... heart failure in some cases. "ERR and some of its partners in the cell are a little like puppeteers controlling the expression of genes for energy production," Kelly says. "This research is especially exciting because ERR can be activated with small compounds, making it a good target for drugs." ...Parents seeking sex abandon 1 in 3 offspring
...es and females can mate with up to seven different partners in any one breeding season and frequently vary their attitude to childcare between different clutches. Over the course of a breeding season more than half of all clutches are cared for by the female, with up to a fifth cared for by the male. The re...New target for HIV/AIDS drugs and vaccine discovered
...of Nef function, mechanism of action, and cellular partners might aid the discovery of suitable drugs able to block the activity of this smart protein. Quaranta added, An exciting possibility is the design of a vaccine including a mutated Nef protein unable to assist the virus in the control of its host. Th...New proteomics research promises to revolutionize biomedical discovery
...earchers was basically to identify the interaction partners of many proteins of well-known function, using sop...hat proteins interacting together are likely to be partners in the same biological pathway and, consequently, to serve the same (or related) function(s). By sys...Measuring the unseeable: Penn researchers probe proteins' dark energy
... to a protein partner one at a time. These binding partners included proteins important in smooth muscle contraction and a variety of brain functions. Using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, the investigators were able to look at the changes in the internal motion of calmodulin itself in each of the...Malaria -- Effective insecticide-repellent synergy against mosquito vectors
...to these insecticides. IRD researchers and their partners (1) obtained encouraging results by combining a non-pyrethroid insecticide, propoxur, and a repellent, N,N-diethyl toluamide (DEET). They based their investigations on previous work which had revealed a strong synergy between the two components. A co...A new plant-bacterial symbiotic mechanism promising
...des Symbioses Tropicales et Mditerranennes and its partners (1), taking as model a symbiosis between a tropical aquatic legume, Aeschynomene, and Bradyrhizobium, bacteria of the Rhizobia family, have just revealed a new mode of communication at molecular level between these two organisms. The bacteria of this...Co-operation between GSF and clinic improves outlook for sarcoma patients
...arch in co-operation groups together with clinical partners and the creation of clinical research platforms is an essential prerequisite for the prompt application of knowledge from fundamental research to clinical practice and vice versa....Revolutionary global environment fund announces $50M expansion
...ronment fund that revolutionized how international partners work together to protect the worlds biologically r...pital their natural environment. The other CEPF partners are the World Bank, the Government of Japan, the Global Environment Facility, and the John D. and Ca...Illinois researchers presenting at ASPB Annual Meeting in Chicago, July 7-11
...f Chicago researchers in conjunction with research partners from other national and international labs. Three of these Chicago-based studies focus on new and innovative plant genome technologies. The first study was managed by Justin Borevitz of University of Chicagos Ecology and Evolution Department. Bore...Male or female factor infertility -- men suffer just the same
... again after 12 months of treatment, only if their partners had not become pregnant during this time. The men were divided into four categories; unexplained infertility; female infertility; male infertility; or mixed. We found that social stress, marital stress, coping effort, and physical stress in......tinues to work with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe recovery and storage of nuclear materials. Meeting Presentation: Wednesday, July 11, 2007, 8:45 AM PDT, Paper WAM-D.2, "Global Orphan Source Recovery Strategy and Implementation." V. BETTER TRAINING FIRST RESPONDERS F......y are now trying to figure out what substances MIF partners with to do its dirty work....Military bases can benefit by addressing sprawl issues and biodiversity
...reas near training and testing areas. Buffering partners can share the costs of acquiring property interests from willing sellers or participate in land easements, where current property owners keep the land but sell the development rights to a buffering partner. In turn, the buffered land protects the com...$125 million bioenergy initiative powered by Midwest ag industry, MSU research
...ring combined with knowledge from the rest of the partners forms a team designed for progress and action. If we're going to start using plants in significant ways beyond food, there are a lot of issues that come into play that we need to figure out, Keegstra said. Sustainability, competition for food, envi...UC Davis is partner in new $125 million federal bioenergy research center
...for transportation, buildings and industry will be partners in a new$125 million federal bioenergy research ce...lion will come to UC Davis, Ronaldsaid. The JBEI partners are UC Davis, UC Berkeley, Stanford University, theLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley L...ORNL-led team wins DOE bioenergy center
...mploy the interdisciplinary expertise of the teams partners in biology, engineering and agricultural science ...addition to ORNL, the DOE Bioenergy Science Center partners are the University of Tennessee, Dartmouth College, the University of Georgia, the Georgia Institute...UGA scientists receive $20M in federal bioenergy initiative
...mploy the interdisciplinary expertise of the teams partners in biology, engineering and agricultural science a... addition to UGA, the DOE Bioenergy Science Center partners include: the Oakridge National Laboratory (ORNL), University of Tennessee, Dartmouth College, the Ge...2 MSU professors spearhead international water project
...ect will live on. We are working with industrial partners in the United States and abroad to ensure that the project is sustained after the NSF funding is over, he said....Bee researcher at Arizona State University is 1 of 20 new Pew Scholars in the biomedical sciences
...cy, inform the public and stimulate civic life. It partners with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations and concerned citizens who share its commitment to fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society. The Pew Scholars are among Americas finest biomedical research ...