Doernbecher Children's Hospital scientist earns coveted Javits award
... myelin, the insulationthat allows nerve fibers to rapidly transmit signals in the brain. Dr.Back and his team have shown that during human brain development, thereis a critical time period when the cells (oligos or oligodendrocyteprogenitors) required to make myelin are easily killed by low blood flowto the...Abnormal fat metabolism underlies heart problems in diabetic patients
...been termed "shotgun lipidomics" because they very rapidly determine which lipids are in tissues and blood. "...es of the puzzle of diabetic heart disease are now rapidly falling into place," Gross says. "By exploiting the novel technology of shotgun lipidomics, we have ...European Science Foundation's Forward Look reaches out beyond the endless frontiers
...rengths and weaknesses, e.g. existing potential to rapidly expand Nanomedicine R&D and lack of competitive edge in chip-based technologies Identification of short- and long-term opportunities, e.g. the design of nanopharmaceuticals and implantable devices for improved drug delivery or nanosensing in vi...Conventional plowing is 'skinning our agricultural fields'
...-based agricultural methods and the need to feed a rapidly growing world population are combining to deplete the Earth's soil supply, a new study confirms. In fact, long-established practices appear to increase soil erosion to the point that it is not offset by soil creation, said David Montgomery, a Univ......unn hemp. Its a tall, herbaceous annual that grows rapidly to a height of 6 to 7 feet. The regions aquifer provides drinkable water for nearly all of the rapidly growing population. Agricultural practices that impair water quality may also stunt a massive projec...Multicenter study nets new lung tumor-suppressor gene
...mutated LKB1. The LKB1-deficient tumors grew more rapidly and spread more frequently than the others, and comprised all three types of non-small cell lung cancer -- squamous cell carcinoma, large-cell carcinoma, and adenocarcinoma -- rather than just one or two, Wong says. "This suggests that LKB1 plays a r...Why nectar-feeding bats need a 'power drink' to fly
...mall amounts by flowering plants. These sugars are rapidly absorbed and digested, and by metabolising them directly rather than converting them to fat or glycogen and then using them up later the bats get the maximum energy they can from the sugars. This is important because they hover like humming birds, ...Human knowledge is based upon directed connectivity between brain areas
Which brain processes enable humans to rapidly access their personal knowledge" What happens if humans perceive either familiar or unfamiliar objects" The answer to these questions may lie in the direction of information flow transmitted between specialized brain areas that together establish a d...Scientists move closer to bio-engineered bladders
...adder is damaged, the urothelial cells are able to rapidly re-grow to repair the wound. The researchers hope to harness this property to engineer new bladders. The York researchers have developed a series of models that mean they can study human urothelial cells in the laboratory. Of these models, the most...FDA sees nanotech challenges in every product category it regulates
...t run in the first inning. But the agency must act rapidly to adopt and fully implement the Nanotechnology Ta...ort, FDA will not be able to keep pace with todays rapidly developing nanotechnology market or engender consumer and investor confidence in emerging products. ...Scratch no more: Gene for itch sensation discovered
...in the central nervous system. The discovery could rapidly lead to new treatments directly targeting itchiness and providing relief for chronic and severe itching. The "itch gene" is GRPR (gastrin-releasing peptide receptor), which codes for a receptor found in a very small population of spinal cord nerve ce...N.C. A&T food scientist develops process for allergen-free peanuts
...s. In industrialized nations, the allergy has been rapidly increasing in children, for causes that are not entirely understood. One study showed that between 1997 and 2002, peanut allergies in children doubled in the United States. Today, an estimated one percent of all children suffer from the allergy. Li......to produce varieties that are optimally adapted to rapidly changing environmental conditions," explains Weigel. He is already collaborating with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines to apply the methods and experience gathered with Arabidopsis to twenty different rice varieties...Rise of dinosaurs in Late Triassic more gradual than once thought
...ons of years, disproving the notion that dinosaurs rapidly replaced their supposedly outmoded predecessors. The fossils were excavated from the Hayden Quarry at Ghost Ranch, an area made famous through the paintings of Georgia O'Keefe, by a team of paleontologists from the University of California, Berkele......nces (PNAS) has far-reaching implications for the rapidly developing field of microbial ecology, as well as advancing microfluidics technologies, which could do for biology what silicon chips did for electronics. Quake and his colleagues have already used the device to analyze a rare bacteria found in the h...JCI table of contents: July 19, 2007
... recognize and bind self- and foreign lipids. They rapidly release cytokines that can promote or suppress different immune responses, however the regulation of these responses is not well understood. In a study appearing online on July 19 in advance of publication in the August print issue of the Journal of ...2007-2008 Genzyme/ACMGF Clinical Genetics Fellowship In Biochemical Genetics award winner announced
...point in history as newborn screening programs are rapidly expanding in the United States and we need physicians trained in metabolic diseases and who are able to adapt to the evolution of therapeutic approaches to genetic diseases, said R. Rodney Howell, MD, FACMG, president of the ACMGF....Gene discovered for type 1 diabetes in children
...tion, in which highly automated analytic equipment rapidly scans each patients DNA for more than half a million genetic markers. It was performed at the Center for Applied Genomics at Childrens Hospital. The Centers tools spell out a patients genotypethe specific pattern of variations among an individuals 30...Serica scientists win AOSSM Award for ACL (knee) tissue regeneration in preclinical study
... scar formation in the goat model, as indicated by rapidly declining scores for pain and knee size. The primary focus of our work over the past ten years has been to solve the unmet clinical need in ACL repair, offering surgeons and patients a device that would create the correct environment within the k...EPA foregoes opportunity to improve nanotechnology oversight
...ity present different hazards. Nanotechnology is a rapidly growing sector of the economy that will represent an estimated $2.6 trillion in manufactured goods by 2014, or about 15 percent of global manufactured goods output. In addition to the TSCA document, the agency issued papers for public comment perta...