Leibniz Prize winners 2007 announced
...arify why endocrine pancreatic cells in overweight persons produce insufficient amounts of insulin; this research has received international attention. In addition, Brning has succeeded in identifying and characterising nerve cell populations in the hypothalamus that regulate food intake. The key control sig...Project to intensify agricultural production in Great Lakes -- Africa's most impoverished region
...utrients." Tiny Rwanda is typical. More than 340 persons are packed into each square kilometer, and population is growing by almost 3% annually. Almost all of Rwanda's population are subsistence farmers. Using existing technology, food production can be increased only by clearing and farming the ecological...Complaints about memory are associated with Alzheimer-related brain damage
...y complaint scale. "Our results suggest that older persons with and without dementia possess some insight to their level of functioning, and this insight is related to actual changes in the brain," said Barnes. "The data suggests that if you're having complaints there's probably something going on. In other ...Spike in testicular cancer is focus
...icated because genetic susceptibility may modify a persons risk from environmental exposures. We will try to assess the potential gene environment interaction on the manifestations of the disease....Nanotech tools yield DNA transcription breakthrough
...bating the bacterial diseases that kill 13 million persons each year worldwide. "For six decades, antibiotics have been our bulwark against bacterial infectious diseases, but this bulwark now is collapsing," said Ebright. "For all major bacterial pathogens, including tuberculosis, strains such as XDR-TB ...Radiation increases risk of second primary tumors for childhood survivors
...nstitute in Bethesda, Md., writes, "By identifying persons at high risk of long-term treatment effects, it may be possible to reduce the growing number of patients who develop secondary malignancies by individualizing treatment."...VIB and Johnson & Johnson set up a new fund
...6 (3-7 pm) the 4 winning teams as well as relevant persons of J&J PRD, COSAT and VIB will kick-off the fund with presentations of the winning projects for all interested VIB researchers....Genetic disorder linked to rapid lung function decline in some World Trade Center rescue workers
... simple blood test that should be performed in all persons with family members having A1AT deficiency and in all persons who have no risk factors for early onset of COPD but are showing symptoms of disease." An estimated...Updated Iraq survey affirms earlier mortality estimates
... in Iraq since March 2003 is 13.3 deaths per 1,000 persons per year compared to 5.5 deaths per 1,000 persons per year prior to March 2003. This amounts to about 2.5 percent of Iraqi's population having died as...Targeting wolbachia, doxycycline reduces pathology of lymphatic filariasis
...n use, could provide an ameliorating treatment for persons suffering from the ailment, though mass treatment may still be a long way off. Dr. Achim Hoerauf (University of Bonn, Germany) and colleagues used a double-blind trial in Ghana as the foundation of their report. In the course of the research, which...Variation in 3 genes influences risk of age-related macular degeneration
...irreversible visual impairment and blindness among persons aged 60 and older. Their analyses, for the first t...irreversible visual impairment and blindness among persons aged 60 and older. With the elderly population steadily growing, the burden related to this loss of ...How HIV 'exhausts' killer T cells
...persistent infection, but much lower on T cells of persons immunized with vaccinia virus, a live virus vaccine against smallpox that is effectively cleared by the immune system. According to Walker, those findings indicate that activation of the PD-1 pathway occurs during the immune system's general response...Americans less likely to accept evolution than Europeans
...urprisingly, Miller and colleagues also found that persons with strong pro-life beliefs were significantly more likely to reject evolution than those with pro-choice views. "The total effect of pro-life attitudes on the acceptance of evolution was much greater in the United States than in the nine European...Unique Huntington's study moves forward
... "The experience from PHAROS also informs us how persons at high risk to develop a disabling genetic disease deal with lingering uncertainties about their future health and complex choices about their participation in research," said Shoulson, part of a Rochester team that treats Huntington's patients from...$14.6 million NIH Grant will build on macular degeneration findings
...variation in the factor H protein that predisposes persons to developing AMD is found even more frequently in people with MPGN II, suggesting that intense, focused efforts on MPGN II will provide a unique opportunity to understand the cause and to develop treatments for both of these diseases," Smith said. ...Computer card game detects cognitive changes
...ent algorithms, may be able to distinguish between persons with memory problems and cognitively healthy seniors. People with mild cognitive impairment are at high risk of developing dementia, which is most commonly caused by Alzheimer's disease. The discovery could help doctors plan early treatment strateg...Smoking increases risk and omega-3 fatty acids decreases risk of blinding disease
...irreversible visual impairment and blindness among persons aged 60 and older. With the elderly population steadily growing, the burden related to this loss of visual function will increase. Limited treatment options exist and prevention remains the best approach for addressing this public health concern. ...Virus linked to Thoroughbred abortion epidemic
...ith liver damage or hepatitis of unknown cause. In persons who previously had transfusions or dialysis, and then developed hepatitis of unknown cause, 47 percent had antibodies to vesivirus.In the newest study with Thoroughbred horses, when a different criterion for a "positive" exposure to vesivirus was use...Mice lacking key immune component still control chronic viral infections
... increases the risk of some cancers, especially in persons with weakened immune systems. Immune system cells known as CD8 or cytotoxic T cells are responsible for recognizing virus-infected cells and killing them or sounding alarms that summon other defensive measures. To enable this recognition process, ot......ation from 1999-2004. The median hearing levels of persons aged 20-69 have changed little from the NHANES conducted from 1971-1975, which examined adults who were 25-74 years of age. In addition, the recent NHANES indicate that, as a function of ethnicity, non-Hispanic blacks have the best hearing and non-Hi...