Scientists crack code for motor neuron wiring
...n deciphering the Hox code. "In developing ways to recover from spinal cord injuries, much attention has focused on getting the axons of cortical neurons to grow past the lesion site and innervate target neurons in distant parts of the spinal cord," he said. "Now, it may be that the spinal cord circuit is st...Highlights from October ESA journals
...ench scientists discovered fish in coral reefs can recover from massive die-offs within five years of a major incident. For the fish populations to return however, the rest of the ecosystem from landscape to other organisms must remain intact, and there must be similar, unaffected regions of fish nearby t...Vanadium appears to play role in speeding recovery from infections
... easily toxic element may help prepare the body to recover speedily from infections from gram-negative organisms such as E. coli. In research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, scientists are trying to understand how recovery might be encouraged and why people with diabetes tend to have linge...Oral ZYVOX shows cost savings for outpatient treatment of skin, other infections vs. vancomycin
...2; p<0.0001). "In short, patients were able to recover at home with less medical intervention than patients taking vancomycin," said Yehuda Carmeli, MD, MPH, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass. and study investigator. "As the medical community strives to provide the best patient care whil...Scientists get first glimpse at how plants, most animals repair UV-damaged DNA
...a billionth of a second, the damaged DNA bases can recover their original form and the dimer will be gone, as if the UV damage never occurred," Zhong said. But even within that short time, there's a danger of the donated electron jumping back to the photolyase enzyme before the repair is done. Zhong's work h...Poaching, logging, and outbreaks of Ebola threaten central African gorillas and chimpanzees
...at apes reproduce slowly, with limited capacity to recover from decimated populations. "This devastating mix of threats leaves us on the brink of losing some of our closest living relatives," said Russell A. Mittermeier, president of Conservation International and chairman of the Primate Specialist Group of ...Environmental lessons from tsunami as world's coastal population doubles
...nd 1998 and were much more able to adapt, cope and recover from Hurricane Ivan in 2004. Traditional farming ...d coastal mangrove forests can adapt to change and recover from storms and floods and still provide services of protecting the coast and absorbing pollution. B...Circulating stem cells play small role in lung repair
...rds carbon dioxide. The processes by which alveoli recover from damage are complex and incompletely understood, Zander said. Previous research showed that type II pneumocytes in the lungs are known to play a central role, but the role of the bone marrow-derived version of the cells is less clear. "The lung...Strong impact of wintering waterbirds on zebra mussel populations at Lake Constance, Germany
...t on the littoral community, but the mussel stocks recover every summer during the absence of their main predators....Woods Hole Research Center plans controlled burn in Amazon rainforest
...e fires on the forest, and the forests' ability to recover from repeated burning, Woods Hole Research Center scientists will burn two and a half square kilometers of forest in the transition forest of northern Mato Grosso state, at Fazenda Tanguro in Querencia, from late August into early September. The go...U of MN researchers reverse memory loss in mice
...hat people with Alzheimer's disease may be able to recover memory and improve in cognitive function if they can halt progression of the disease. The study measured the mice's spatial memory through a water maze--a pool of water with a submerged platform. The use of this maze taps into the hippocampus, an a...Children who stop breathing during sleep show brain damage
...to stimulate the regrowth of lost nerve fibers and recover some functions." At least 70 percent of CCHS children tested possess a mutation of PHOX2B, a gene related to brain structures that control blood vessel diameter. Harper hypothesizes that the mutated gene prevents normal development of these regio...Purdue scientists may have found key to halting spinal cord damage
...ecomes completely nonfunctional but then starts to recover quickly. Over the course of the next few days, in response to the secondary damage, the spine's function again begins to drop, and within about three days it has leveled off at a point of near non-functionality. "What our group did was measure the le...Rare chalk grassland takes 50 years to recover from military use
...alk grasslands may take at least half a century to recover from the damage done to them by military training, according to new research published in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology. Working with historical aerial photographs taken on the Salisbury Plain Training Area between 1945...Pediatric center to offer novel rehabilitation approach for spinal cord injury
...studied for their potential in helping individuals recover neurological function such as sensation and movement. Early in Reeve's treatment, many scientists were skeptical about these methods, calling his recovery of sensation and movement a near miracle or scientific anomaly. But as additional cases have v...Mass production of human papillomavirus could lead to gains against cervical cancer
...n create mutations at will in the virus genome and recover these mutant genomes in infectious virus particles, to study their effects on the virus's ability to infect its target cell," said Ahlquist. Importantly, said Ahlquist, the system successfully produces multiple types of HPV. "We found no specificity ...Leading scientists rank endangered dolphins, porpoises most in need of immediate action
...n. The list of dolphins and porpoises that could recover if changes to fishing methods and other conservation efforts are made includes harbor porpoises in the Black Sea, where thousands of porpoises are killed each year; Atlantic humpback dolphins off the coast of west Africa; and franciscana dolphins in ...Survey seeks top scientists for study of research creativity and innovation
...onments that tolerate failures and allow people to recover from them," he said. The study is expected to shed light on such issues as: How to balance support between individuals and groups, When and where multidisciplinary research is most appropriate, and The best ways to stimulate and reward creativ...World-first technology enables study of ancient bacteria
...ct, called HYACINTH which is developing systems to recover gas hydrates and bacteria under high pressure. He has turned to experts in the University's Manufacturing Engineering Centre to help create a system that would enable his team to grow, isolate and study these ancient bacteria in the laboratory. "DNA ...Shift of weather patterns necessitates rethinking of reforestation methods
...tions before they've had a chance to acclimate and recover from the stress of planting. Rethinking planting ...roughout mid-summer gave the new seedlings time to recover from root damage. But weather patterns have changed, Taylor said. "Using a Texas Forest Service an...