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... baby," Steven L. Bealer of the University of Utah points out. His team of researchers decided to find out what factors might cause low weight gain. They studied how blocking the oxytocin (OT) hormonal system, which serves several functions in the birth process and milk delivery during nursing (lactation),...Woods Hole Research Center plans controlled burn in Amazon rainforest
... and monthly measurements of canopy closure at 400 points within each square kilometer of forest. After the ... forest; and soil moisture will be measured at set points in the parcels at regular intervals, to see how the changes in canopy may effect the water available...Scientists discover stem cell origin of neck and shoulders
... normally without us noticing it." As the joining points between muscles and bones have survived unaltered across hundreds of millions of year researchers can also start to map cell territories into fossils. For the first time the research team have been able to trace what happened to a major shoulder bone...New analysis services for the wine-producing sector
... years chlorophenols and chloroanisols in various points of the wine production process, including the corking process and barrels. These components, the degradation of which give rise to compounds which are attributed with the taste or the smell of being "corked" or "musty", is one of the most common def...Scientists at Galileo Pharmaceuticals confirm inflammatory response linked to glucose levels
...tress-induced plant compound libraries as starting points and applies its medicinal chemistry optimization to develop small molecule drug candidates for the treatment of inflammatory and metabolic disease. About Galileo's Lipoxygenase Program Galileo is developing several novel, potent and selective 5...Defective sweet taste receptor gene shapes cat cuisine
...s contain signals that indicate the start and stop points for information about the amino acid sequence of a given protein. We found a deletion of 247 base pairs in the gene that codes for T1R2 in the cat. As a consequence of this deletion, the stop point is shifted. The T1R2 protein is not made and thus...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 2005
...rate location and measurement of potential failure points in materials is the focus of a second-generation neutron residual stress mapping instrument jointly developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee. The project, headed by Cam Hubbard of ORNL's Metals and Ceramics Division,...Chickadees can help humans get their bearings
...he end of a long day in the office. This discovery points to the fact that our early experiences influence how we solve such problems and could mean that by varying the environments that we encounter early in life, we could broaden and hone our spatial navigation abilities," said Dr. Sturdy and Dr. Marcia S...Mechanism proposed for link between RU-486 and fatal infections
...utrition to the placenta and fetus. However, Miech points out, the antiprogesterone effects of mifepristone also cause changes in the cervix that allow C. sordellii, a common vaginal bacteria, to enter the cervical canal. C. sordellii thrives in this low-oxygen environment and derives nutrition from the dec...U Iowa researchers prevent hereditary deafness in mice
...the early stages, it is really exciting because it points to other options for people who have hearing loss other than hearing aids or cochlear implants." The gene-silencing technique used by the UI team is called RNA interference (RNAi) and works specifically against genetic conditions caused by a so-calle......ed evidence to support the epidemiologic data that points to the protective effects for melanin," said Rezai, who is testing ways to boost melanin levels, first in cells grown in culture and, if that appears promising, in animal models....Critical step traced in anthrax infection
... of the phi-clamp will prove to be one of the high points along the path to understanding how translocation occurs in this system," Collier said. One of the greatest strengths of the experiment, according to Collier, was the integrative use of technologies applied to the testing procedures. Both cellular sy...How do you spell recognition? C-O-R-E-C-E-P-T-O-R
...ted some of the specific details. One of the major points of contention has been over the nature of the interaction between the T cell receptor and coreceptor molecules. They both interact with the same target, but their interaction with each other has been hotly debated. Some immunologists have suggested...Scientists develop nanotech-laser treatment that kills cancer cells without harming healthy tissue
... Dai points out that the carbon nanotubes also can be delivered to diseased cells by direct injection. "In breast cancer, for example, there might come a time when we inject nanotubes into the tumor and expose the breast to near-infrared light," he says. This be...Omega-6 fatty acids cause prostate tumor cell growth in culture
..., colorectal, and some breast cancers." The study points out that 60 years ago in the United States, the di...modifying or slowing tumor growth." Hughes-Fulford points out that cPLA2 inhibitors would avoid the problems inherent in the class of drugs known as COX2 inhi...Scientists crack 40-year-old DNA puzzle and point to 'hot soup' at the origin of life
...ructures of our cells," said Dr van den Elsen, who points to several aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases - molecules involved in protein synthesis - which only look at pairs of bases in triplet codons, as well as other physical evidence in support of the theory. "As the code evolved it has been possible for it to ad...UT Southwestern researchers find differences in a predictor of heart disease among sexes, races
...t recommendations for CRP testing use the same cut points to determine risk for everyone. But one size may not fit all, and there may be important differences between genders and races. A study by UT Southwestern researchers, appearing in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, examines these dif...Quantum cascade lasers key to handheld gas and liquid sensors
...ts targets. Tiny liquid phase sensors at strategic points in the city's water mains detect the chemical as it passes and tell a computer to close down the affected pipes. Current technology is too cumbersome for this kind of rapid detection and response. But new advances in liquid and gas phase chemical sen......archer at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) points out that there is little convincing evidence that dietary antioxidant supplements such as vitamin E prevent heart disease, despite claims to the contrary. Instead there has been a surprise finding, which relates to a synthetic antioxidant, the drug......s of the insulin-resistant participants. This also points to a dramatic defect in insulin signaling and may explain the observed abnormalities in insulin-stimulated power production in the insulin-resistant study subjects, since phosphorus is a key element in the mitochondrion's complex energy-production pr...