Getting on your nerves ... and repairing them
...kes RNAi a promising drug target. "Repairing and rebuilding damaged nerve tissue is one of the greatest medical advances not yet achieved," said Gerald Weissmann, MD, Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB Journal, "and this research is a huge leap forward. It's no accident that a Nobel Prize discovery should be follow...Pregnancy hormone key to repairing nerve cell damage
...hat a pregnancy-related hormone is responsible for rebuilding the protective coating around nerve cells. In a paper to be published in the February 21 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience, a team of researchers from the U of C's Faculty of Medicine reports that a study conducted on mice found that the hormone...National panel led by LSU Chancellor releases report on Corps of Engineers
...cts recognized as national priorities, such as the rebuilding of the New Orleans levee systems, to be undertaken without the danger of losing financial support before completion. "The Corps also needs to evaluate the potential impacts that projects may have on the surrounding environments," said Chuck Wilson,......mbed the GOS data for bacterial kinases, each time rebuilding their domain profiles by including the new members found in the previous round. All in all, they dug up 45,000 protein kinase sequences that fell into 20 distinct families, of which the eukaryotic protein kinases are just one. The additional 19 famil......f marine protected areas and this will help in the rebuilding of threatened fish populations," Dr Almany explains. In trials at Kimbe Bay, PNG, researchers tagged over 300 female clownfish and vagabond butterflyfish with a barium isotope. Females pass the isotope to their offspring and it lodges in their off...