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...tus National Monument in southern Arizona. But his primary site for more than a decade is a desolate, 30-acre patch of desert straddling three ranches near Bahia de Kino on the Gulf of California. Holland said he and his students sometimes go weeks without seeing other people at the sites, with the exception...Newly created cancer stem cells could aid breast cancer research
...nitial experiments, a few tissue slices revealed a primary tumor structure that resembled that of cancer patients with metastases. That prompted Ince to wonder whether the cancer cells he created would metastasize if the mouse lived longer. He repeated the experiment in other mice, reducing the number of c...New system of wastewater treatment could reduce the size of treatment plants by half
...ry plant currently has four stages: pre-treatment, primary decanting, biological reactor and secondary decant...plains the researcher - we could even suppress the primary decanting stage. In exchange, scientists from Granada have included a biological processes section i...ESF EURYI award winner aims to stop cancer cells reading their own DNA
...ith greatly reduced side effects. There are three primary ways of treating cancer at present, and these have fundamentally changed little in 30 years. In the case of solid tumours, surgery can be used to cut out the cancerous tissue, while radiation therapy can kill the malignant cells, and chemotherapy sto...JCI table of contents: Aug. 9, 2007
...itochondrial-dependent cardiomyocyte necrosis as a primary mediator of heart failure AUTHOR CONTACT: Jeffery D. Molkentin Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Phone: (513) 636-3557; Fax (513) 636-5958; E-mail: jeff.molkentin@cchmc.org . Steven R. Houser Temple University S...New test improves detection of liver cancer
...patocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most prevalent primary liver cancer. The disease most often appears following a chronic inflammation of the liver as a consequence of a hepatitis B or C virus infection or cirrhosis of the liver. Cirrhosis of the liver comprises a group of liver diseases in which the norma...Edible fish feasts beats malaria
... gambiae s.l. and Anopheles funestus, the region's primary malaria vectors, by over 94 percent. The fish also decimated three quarters of the culicine mosquito population. The findings present a win-win situation for Kenyans, who can use the fish to limit mosquito populations and gain food and income from ...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...strocaudal axis in ICC. They measured responses in primary auditory cortex including threshold, evoked potential magnitude, discriminable level steps, and temporal response patterns. These parameters generally were optimal at rostral and slightly ventral ICC stimulation sites. At least two functional regions...High-intensity ultrasound may launch attack on cancer, wherever it lurks
... therapies because of its potential to tackle both primary tumors and metastatic cancers that have spread to ... in the current form can only be used to treat the primary tumor, he continued. We now think that HIFU delivered in a different mode, with emphasis on using me...New mechanism links smoking to lung damage
...embrane of cells from the lungs and the heart--the primary targets of cigarette smoke. When they exposed these cells to low levels of an extract made from cigarette smoke, the non-junctional hemichannels opened. This allowed toxic molecules found in the smoke to flow directly into the cell, and vital meta...A low expression of MX2 gene exists in the white blood cells of narcoleptics
...er sleep disorder, are urged to consult with their primary care doctor or a sleep specialist.......bacteria pass unrecognized inside macrophages, the primary immune cells able to kill most bacteria. Somehow the bacterium avoids being killed and actually hijacks these phagocytes (microbe-killing cells), Bergman says. New drugs, he says, should target the bug during the brief window of vulnerability when...Rare example of Darwinism seen in action
...ertebrates (including fish and people), and is the primary fetal development growth hormone. Reznick and the other researchers found that the IGF2 gene sequences had changed in some species of the minnows, showing that segments of the gene had evolved. In earlier research, we had found that the placenta...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...utput of the ribbon synapse between hair cells and primary afferent auditory-nerve (AN) fibers in the absence of auditory stimuli. They recorded the spike activity in single AN fibers in anesthetized cats, then used the distributions of the interspike intervals (ISIs) to model spontaneous release. Taking int...Research shows NPD1 protects a key component of vision
...ansformed cell line called ARPE-19. They also used primary human RPE cells and found that they also synthesize NPD1. The researchers showed that neurotrophins regulate NPD1 by stimulating its production and also controlling its release. They found that the neurotrophin PEDF not only sparks the production of ...Researchers find pathway that controls cell size and division
...as yeast and bacteria nutrient availability is the primary determinant of cell size. In animal cells size is ... in uncontrolled growth and aberrant division. A primary focus of the Levin labs research is a protein called FtsZ. FtsZ is an ancestor of tubulin, the prote...New research identifies anti-viral protein that may predict who might be at risk to develop lupus
...uestion was whether interferon-alpha was playing a primary role in the disease or not. The blood samples s...hat high interferon-alpha levels play an important primary role in the disease. Next, the researchers examined the samples for two types of autoantibodies co...$9 million EPSCoR grant to foster integrated research
...tor and UAF anthropology professor. The projects primary emphasis on multidisciplinary collaboration is what makes it different from previous phases of the EPSCoR program. In order to understand the problems of a changing North, you need that integrated perspective, Schweitzer said. Thats where the rese...Study points to new way to predict death risk from torn aorta
...nter. Senior author Kim Eagle, M.D., FACC, is a primary IRAD investigator. He says, I believe that we are beginning a new era of scientific discovery in aortic diseases at U-M and in IRAD. By taking advantage of advances in imaging studies and genetic associations of aortic diseases correlations with this...