UNC scientists identify sticky protein in sickle cell red blood cells
... cell disease are stickier than healthy red cells, pointing the way to potential new treatments for sickle cell disease.The study shows that a protein found on the surface of immature red blood cells, or reticulocytes, is responsible for those cells' adhesion to blood vessel walls. Reticulocytes are found...Psychologist finds instance where 'two wrongs do make a right'
...object appeared was offset by the opposing 'wrong' pointing movement that was based on the body's distorted sense of its own position. As a result, the 'right' pointing movements are made in spite of an inaccurate sense of the visual scene," Dassonville explains. While...New AAAS report cites 'serious concerns' with electronic voting
...erns about the electoral system's integrity. While pointing out that problems can arise with any form of casting votes, the panelists noted that new touch-screen computer technology has come under sustained attack because most such systems leave no paper trail to verify the final count. An interim report was ...Study urges caution in contaminant source tracking
...nce of wastewater chemicals such as caffeine, when pointing to sources of contamination. Both the client and the analyzing laboratory have a part in making sure interpretations are accurate." Prior source tracking research reports cite accuracy ranges from 6090 percent for various source tracking metho...50,000-year-old plant may warn of the death of tropical ice caps
...son said. "The latest find is just one in a series pointing to the continued loss of mountain glaciers and hence the loss of the Earth's 'crown jewels,'" he said....Report assesses health implications of perchlorate ingestion
... The rest of the 15-member committee responded by pointing out that the key study examined the effects of four dose levels in a total of 37 subjects, and that four other studies had remarkably similar results. The committee was unanimous in all other findings and recommendations. The committee emphasized th...Brain region learns to anticipate risk, provides early warnings. suggests new study in Science
...a blue dash, which soon changed into a small arrow pointing either right or left. They were instructed to quickly push one of two buttons depending on the arrow's direction. To simulate conflict, researchers occasionally slipped in a larger second arrow that required participants to change gears and push the ......ted and is hampering the recovery of other whales, pointing to the need for resumed whaling. Yet the whales varied DNA reveals a different story, a past with an ocean teeming with whales. It also shows a steadily growing population, with drastic declines only showing up in recent history. Whales have shown re...Coastal dead zones may lead to ecosystem-based fisheries management
...Crowder said that his group's initial findings are pointing to various ways that living along dead zone edges may lower growth rates of some Gulf fish and shellfish. "None of these lines of evidence in themselves would make a compelling case," he said. "But when you pull them all together it makes for a prett...Study identifies mechanism of resistance to targeted therapy in lung cancer patients
...iminary results have yielded encouraging findings, pointing towards drugs that might bypass this method of resistance," says Johnson. "We're now in the process of planning clinical studies to test novel EGFR inhibitor compounds in lung-cancer patients whose tumors have become resistant to gefitinib." The resu...New lab technique identifies high levels of pathogens in therapy pool
...r of airborne pathogens in a Midwest therapy pool, pointing to the need for closer scrutiny of public hot pools, says a new study. Led by Washington University in St. Louis and involving the University of Colorado at Boulder and San Diego State University, the new study assessed the microbe population in a w...Separate genes influence speed, accuracy in decoding written words in dyslexia
...t meaning cues because of a large body of evidence pointing to it as a hallmark deficit in dyslexia. The UW group also has published a finding that this deficit is detectable in children and adults. Dyslexia is a complex learning disorder that affects 5 to 10 percent of school-age children in the United Sta...A decade after launch, ERS-2's mission continues
...he spacecraft was struck a blow as the last of its pointing gyroscopes failed. However all instruments were still functioning perfectly, so ESA engineers worked with industry to develop a new 'gyro-less' working mode to resume data delivery. Then in June 2003 the onboard Low Bit Rate data recorder failed, us...Fundamental genes regulate human blood stem cells
...of one gene, HES-1, ties in with previous research pointing to the importance of the cell-cycle-associated Notch signaling pathway. The second gene, HLF, is a DNA-binding transcription factor involved in preventing premature HSC death. Bhatia and colleagues showed that raising the amount of either gene in hum...Scientists find microRNAs regulate plant development
...s over-accumulate ARF17 mRNA within the hypocotyl, pointing to ARF17 as a major regulator of adventitious rooting and microRNA-mediated regulation as a major regulator of ARF17. In a third report, Dr. Nam-Hai Chua of Rockefeller University in New York and scientists at the Temasek Life Science Laboratories, S...A hope for oil spill bioremediation
...epleted 13C source such as the Prestige crude oil, pointing out to a natural population oxidizing this carbon source into CO2. This could be reproduced in the laboratory using water samples taken from the contaminated shore, although the process required nitrogen and phosphorus amendment, these two elements b...Scientists journey to southern Africa to unravel the secret world of elephant communication
...the environment better than we realize," she says, pointing to earlier studies showing that elephants will som...ly Idol has placed his flat on the ground, the tip pointing inward toward his front feet. Billy and the others remain still like statues for several seconds. Fi...Research zeros in on bipolar disorder genes, link with thyroid condition
...n abnormal thyroid condition and bipolar disorder, pointing to the possibility that a simple blood test could help identify those at risk. To further investigate more specific genetic linkages, Marion Leboyer, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Paris Faculty of Medicine, studied 87 bipolar sibling pairs from ...'Vicious cycle' of protein formation involved in Parkinson's disease
...in brain cells of people with Parkinson's disease, pointing toward a possible treatment for the condition. The protein clumping is part of a "vicious cycle," the researchers said. As the proteins cluster, they inhibit an enzyme that normally breaks them down, leading to the formation of even more masses. "It'...Electronic connectivity isn't all that great, warns computer guru at NJIT talk
...namic distance in a way that has meaning," he said pointing out how two-way radios connect mobile police, fire and service vehicles regardless of where they are physically located. Beyond the theoretical, Kolb also studies how groups and organizations manage distance and isolation, an issue for New Zealand fi...