Pesticides may promote Parkinson's disease and exercise may offer protection
...ffects in mice," notes Zigmond. "This opens up the possibility of using genetically modified mice to study the involvement of specific genes in both the development of the disease and in the protective effects of physical activity and other possible therapies." At Columbia University, Serge Przedborski, MD, PhD...Gene therapy approach reverses diabetic neuropathy in animal model, Pitt study finds
...that in a patient with wild type virus there is no possibility of our vector recombining with wild type and creating a new infectious virus." The University of Pittsburgh is unique in that it has the capability to create and manufacture clinical-grade virus vectors and is one of the only institutions developing ...Gut microbes can open gates in fat cells
... senior author Jeffrey Gordon, M.D. "It raises the possibility that an individual's predisposition to obesity or leanness may be partly determined by the composition of the microbes living in the gut." Gordon is the Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor and director of the new Center for Genom...Antibiotic-resistant bacteria increased after clindamycin use for common vaginal infection
...ier said she believes these study results have the possibility to significantly impact standard BV treatment. "I think any time you find out that use of an antibiotic results in a huge antibiotic resistance, it's important," she said. Treatment decisions, however, remain the province of individual physicians and...Sleeping, waking, ... and glucose homeostasis
...an rhythm generation. But the study does raise the possibility that when you eat may be as important to your health as what you are eating....Prominent physicist Freeman Dyson to speak at NJIT: Promises and perils of genetic engineering
...s Institute of Advanced Studies, will explore this possibility during the Nov. 10 technology forum sponsored by the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Dyson's talk, "Life After Darwin: the Open Software of Gene Transfer," will begin at 3 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom. The forum is free and open to t...Research confirms that vCJD prions can be removed from blood
...recent cases of transfusion-transmitted vCJD. The possibility of further increases in the number of human cases ...e events have spurred increasing concern about the possibility of a second and bigger wave of mad cow disease in humans. Public health officials and risk assessme...Growth factors confer immortality to sperm-generating stem cells
...rmatogonial stem cells indefinitely allows for the possibility to create sperm in vitro, that is, without implanting the stem cells in a recipient male. The technology could be useful for correcting some types of infertility in which the testicular environment is defective. Hiroshi Kubota, a research assistan...Tiny paddle oscillator senses the mass of a virus
...ogram is 1/1000th of a femtogram.) This opens the possibility that the method could be used to detect individual organic molecules, such as DNA or proteins. Other members of the Craighead Research Group at Cornell have experimented with "nanofluidics," creating microscopic channels on silicon chips through whi...Stowers Institute scientist named American Cancer Society research professor
...ries an award of $300,000 over five years with the possibility of an additional five-year renewal. The Society funding of Dr. Hawley's work will begin on Jan. 1, 2005. "The Society Research Professorship is tremendously well respected in the scientific community," said Dr. Hawley. "I am honored to join the ra...Global warming: Informal networking is the key to a swift response
...harp rise in atmospheric CO2 levels has raised the possibility of rapid global warming, but researchers at King's College London warn that some UK businesses, government departments and voluntary sector organisations are better equipped than others to respond to an increased risk of flooding, storms and extreme ...Avian cholera could spread from Great Salt Lake
...nd spreading this disease, we need to consider the possibility that grebes and other birds will spread avian cholera beyond the Great Salt Lake during their migration to wintering areas." Each fall about 1.5 million eared grebes congregate at the Great Salt Lake as they migrate south. Avian cholera is the most c...More mobility for researchers in Europe
...egun, the transfer can be limited to one year. The possibility of transferring equipment and larger investments needs to be considered on a case-by-case basis. It is important to note that while the EUROHORCs agreement is signed by all the participating organisations on a multilateral basis, each individual cas...Academy eBriefings offer comprehensive reports on more than 100 cutting-edge scientific issues
...le who are emotionally and physically healthy? The possibility of improving the general population's mood with medication raises provocative questions that get at the core of what it means to be human and a contributing member to society. As its name implies, eBriefings are multimedia online versions of Academy ...World's largest population study on BRCA1/2
...ase, its size and its coverage offered us a unique possibility to perform this analysis. Our objective was to assess the risk of cancer in high-risk breast/ovarian cancer families at a population level. Data about the risk in BRCA1/2 carriers are often contradictory, so a population-based data analysis in famili...Sex versus survival: A tradeoff at geographical range limits
...findings are provocative because they point to the possibility of rapid reproductive evolution in other species at the northern fringes of their range, Dr. Eckert explains. "This is significant because almost all of the designated species at risk in Canada consist of populations at their northern range limit." "...November nutrition news from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts
...labels for different reasons. The authors note the possibility that boys might read simply to assess total calories or proteins from a desire to "bulk up". Girls, they speculate, might focus on total calories. "Little has been done to evaluate the influence of the uniform nutrition labels since they were introd...Computer models to simulate hypothetical outbreak of avian flu
...ry 2005. "We need to take steps to prepare for the possibility of person-to-person transmission of the H5N1 virus," said Jeremy M. Berg, Ph.D., NIGMS director. "This modeling project will provide a tool that policymakers, public health workers and researchers can use to test intervention strategies should such a......m communities" "This finding raises the intriguing possibility that bacteria may have evolved mechanisms to produce diversity when they sense they are part of a group," Singh said. The study results may also shed light on why chronic infections caused by biofilms are so difficult to eradicate. "If this type of d...... reduced the need to run long distances. Another possibility is that early humans and their immediate ancestors ran to scavenge carcasses of dead animals maybe so they could beat hyenas or other scavengers to dinner, or maybe to "get to the leftovers soon enough," Bramble says. Scavenging "is a more reliabl...