Intervention cuts nerve damage, boosts life span
...sticity of mitochondria and suggest the intriguing possibility that genetic or pharmaceutical interventions altering mitochondrial respiration in adults could have significant positive effects on healthy life span" in other animals, the researchers wrote....Embryonic stem cells treated with growth factor reverse hemophilia in mice
...ture applications, not only as a novel therapeutic possibility for hemophilia but also for other genetic or acquired diseases of the liver, said senior co-author Dr. Jeffery A. Frelinger, Kenan professor and chairman of microbiology and immunology. "The data published in this study, show that embryonic stem cel...Open microfluidic and nanofluidic systems
...gent volumes, much shorter reaction times, and the possibility of massive parallel processing. In general, this should lead to increased throughput and, thus, to reduced cost of (bio)chemical analysis. In addition, such integrated labs-on-a-chip have many potential applications in biomedicine and bioengineering....Are IVF embryos starved of a vital ingredient?
...d normally and those conceived by IVF or ICSI, the possibility of long-term health effects still cannot be ruled out. There are certainly differences early on: singleton babies conceived by IVF or ICSI are more likely to have a low birthweight and to die soon after birth (New Scientist, 23 October 2004, p 10). ...Map of human genetic variation across populations may promise improved disease treatments
...alue," Atshuler said, while also acknowledging the possibility of exceedingly rare disease-related variations. "In addition to the potential utility for disease research, such data are a spectacular resource for population and evolutionary geneticists," he concluded. The SNPs analyzed here represent only a fract...Scientists rid stem cell culture of key animal cells
...r. Although the new work "dramatically reduces the possibility of contamination" from animal pathogens, Xu warns that the continued use of serum replacement and Matrigel means that contamination remains a concern. The ultimate goal, he says, would be to culture stem cells in media completely free of any animal p...An evolutionary road less traveled
...ll tribes of Thailand - who all farm - raising the possibility that the Mlabri descended from the ancient Hoabinhian huntinggathering culture of Southeast Asia. But, in a new study published in the freely-available online journal PLoS Biology , Mark Stoneking and colleagues reveal that the Mlabri are actually d...James D. Watson to recieve 2005 Othmer Gold Medal
... opened the way to countless new therapies and the possibility of longer, healthful lives." In 1953 Watson and his colleague Francis Crick successfully proposed the double-helical structure for DNA, a feat considered by many to be the greatest achievement of science in the 20th century. For this work, Watson and...TGen and Kronos initiate Alzheimer's disease study
...d Europe. "We could not be more excited about the possibility of discovering the remaining genes involved in the development of Alzheimer's disease," says the study's other principal investigator, Dr. Eric Reiman, Clinical Director of the Neurogenomics Division at TGen, Director of the Arizona Alzheimer's Disea...Growth in the sea comes down to a struggle for iron
...ly. Wells and his colleagues will be studying the possibility that small variations in iron throughout the world's oceans may have important ecological consequences as well. Their results will contribute to the diverse oceanographic understanding needed to determine whether or not adding iron to ocean waters is...Licorice licks herpes virus infection
...ns involved in latency like LANA and v-cyclin. The possibility that GA-like compounds might be useful in treating clinical KSHV infections is of considerable interest. GA represents the first example of an anti-viral agent that specifically targets the expression of a herpesvirus gene required to maintain the vi...JCI table of contents March 1, 2005
...ns involved in latency like LANA and v-cyclin. The possibility that GA-like compounds might be useful in treating...etero states, "these findings raise the intriguing possibility that decreased kallikrein-kinin system activity may play an important role in the pathogenesis of va...First ever estimate of cod fishery in 1850s reveals 96% decline on Scotian Shelf
... where has all this productivity gone? One obvious possibility is that other species are now far more productive than they were 150 years ago, when biomass accumulated in stocks of cod and other demersals (fish found on or near the seafloor) that were previously dominant components of the ecosystem. "Alternativ...'Grubby' research promises environmental/economic benefits
...lin, a Texas A&M entomologist, is looking into the possibility that black soldier fly larvae "grubs" to the uninitiated could be used to turn livestock manure into high-protein feed. The concept itself has been proven practical for reducing poultry litter: The flies lay their eggs in the animal manure without ...Research may provide ways to inhibit cancer's ability to resist treatments
...r picture of how the enzyme works and opens up the possibility that we can develop drugs that inhibit cancer's ability to repair itself and resist treatments," says Biochemistry professor Mark Glover, the lead author in the paper published in today's issue of Molecular Cell. Normally, explains Department of Onco...Researchers discover a good side to cholesterol in controlling cell signals
...can regulate key signaling pathways and raises the possibility that other lipid regulated signaling scaffolds can malfunction in other diseases." Other UT Southwestern contributors to the study were Dr. Jian Weng, assistant professor of cell biology, and Dr. Ping-Yuan Wang, postdoctoral researcher in cell biolo...Molecular thermometers on skin cells detect heat and camphor
...signals are communicated. Investigations into this possibility are ongoing....Oldest fossil human protein ever sequenced
...y of Sciences (PNAS). "This research opens up the possibility of getting detailed protein information from past ... DNA rarely survives, this new method opens up the possibility of determining these relationships in much older fossils which no longer contain DNA. The research ...Could microbes solve Russia's chemical weapons conundrum?
...ssian Academy of Sciences in Puschino examined the possibility of using P putida to transform the toxic by-products contained in reaction masses (RMs) that arise when mustard is destroyed by chemical detoxification (a procedure developed in response to the CWC). Currently, incineration or a process called bitume...Oceans more vulnerable to agricultural runoff than previously thought, study finds
...Massachusetts. "In the Gulf of Mexico, there's the possibility that hypoxia could occur at a local scale, which could be devastating to the shrimp and shellfish industries," Matson said. "Shrimp fisheries are very important economically, and they're already under a lot of stress from overfishing and aquaculture....