Endangered frogs coexist with fungus once thought fatal
...disease had been identified. The marked frogs were released back into the wild at the time the samples were collected. The authors found fungal infections in the samples of two species, including T. eungellensis . An analysis of tissue from recaptured frogs during the same period showed that the prevalence o...Research out this week helps us understand basics of how neurons communicate
...at cells with the mutant calcium channel no longer released neurotransmitter as efficiently as cells with the normal calcium channel." The research, done in collaboration with investigators at The University of Chicago and Tufts University, is important in helping us understand more about the important proce...Is Interleukin-6 the 'holy grail' of exercise mediation?
...in-6, which is produced by contracting muscles and released into the blood, and demonstrated that IL-6 has many biologic roles, including: Activation/inhibition of metabolic genes Induction of lipolysis, or the breakdown of fat Inhibition of insulin resistance, and Suppression of tumor necrosis factor ...Experts present new research on hot topics in aging at GSA's annual meeting in Washington, DC
...he Forum's first Older Americans report, which was released in 2000. Older Americans 2004 continues to monitor for health and well-being of older Americans through a broad range of indicators in five important areas: population, economics, health status, health risks, and behaviors, and health care. To help G...Ancient Chinese folk remedy packs anti-cancer punch
... Once inside the cancer cell, the iron is released and reacts with the artemisinin. That makes the compound both highly toxic and, because of cancer's rapacious need for iron, highly selective. Surrounding, healthy cells are essentially undamaged. "Our research in the lab indicated that the ...Intracellular protein localization involved in new tumor progression pathway
... a specific mitochondrial pool of survivin that is released into the cytoplasm when a cell receives signals to undergo cell death. Once in the cytoplasm, survivin inhibits enzymes called caspases which are required for apoptosis, and in doing so, blocks apoptosis. The researchers showed that by selectively ta...Nov. 18-21 nanotechnology conference in Irvine, Calif.
...ourage communication among scientists. It will be released simultaneously in Washington, D.C., and Irvine, Calif. Reporters who cannot attend may listen to a live audio webcast of the briefing and submit questions using an e-mail form at http://national-academies.org. 7 P.M. TO 9 P.M. AWARDS PRESE...Early life stress can inhibit development of brain-cell communication zones, UCI study finds
...und in the hippocampus, and small amounts that are released during stress may improve cellular communication. But when the investigators in this study grew the hippocampus of baby rats in a dish and administered higher doses of CRH to the cultured hippocampus, the dendrites matured poorly. In turn, the group ...Yerkes researchers to present array of new data at Society for Neuroscience Meeting
...m) observed, for the first time, vasopressin is released in the ventral palladium, a primary reward center of the brain, during mating. Other Yerkes-based studies demonstrate that this release triggers pair bond formation in monogamous species. (2 pm 3 pm) Yoland Smith, PhD, associate research professor ...Military hazards are greater for Native Americans, according to sociological research
...functioning currently, the study examined publicly released documents from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer relating to closed military bases in the approximately 3,100 counties in the contiguous 48 states. The research focused on sites containing unexploded ordnance, including landmines, nerve gases, and toxi...UCLA and Univ. of Utah researchers identify how a hormone regulates iron
... bowel disease -- often results in not enough iron released into the blood stream causing chronic anemia. "We have defined how the hormone hepcidin regulates the accumulation of iron by the body," says Jerry Kaplan, Ph.D., one of the study's principal authors and a professor of pathology and assistant vice pr...New AAAS report cites 'serious concerns' with electronic voting
... closely contested presidential election, AAAS has released a final report on the state of electronic voting s...l to verify the final count. An interim report was released last month. Reflecting the breadth of the issue, participants in the workshop included social and be...Research confirms that vCJD prions can be removed from blood
...ls, NY (October 25, 2004) - - New research results released today confirm that infectious variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) prions that cause the human form of "mad cow disease" can be removed from blood. The study, presented today at the annual meeting of the AABB, found that a new filtration technol...Deciphering the Arctic Ocean climate puzzle
...iming, and dominance over this time period will be released to the media in Bremen. Notes to editors and producers: Register to Attend Interviews with scientists from many countries (U.S., Sweden, The Netherlands, U.K., Germany) will be possible. Because arrangements will be made for the media with specifi...Scientists find acid rain an unlikely ally in the battle against a greenhouse gas
...t half of that, or 160 million tons, is ultimately released to the atmosphere. The other 160 million tons never makes it to the atmosphere because it is destroyed via oxidation as it moves from wet soils below the water table through dry soil to the surface. Despite substantial oxidation, natural wetlands rem...NASA & partners create new worldwide coral reef library
...are adapting to a changing environment. This newly released dataset will help provide the baseline against which future observations can be compared," said Gene Carl Feldman, SeaWiFS Project manager at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The SeaWiFS Project at Goddard developed the archive and ...Reports says Uganda's forests worth $350 million/year
NEW YORK (Nov. 8, 2004) -- A report released by the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Uganda's National Forest Authority says that Uganda's forests are worth some $350 million per year, with rural people supplementing up to 36 percent of their income with renewable forest ...Global warming's impact on US plants, animals determined from review of dozens of studies
...hike in temperatures over the past 50 years. Gases released from spent fuel are known to enter the Earth's atmosphere, trapping extra sunlight there similar to the way a greenhouse works. Studies since then have gone further, and also attribute a considerable chunk of recent climate change across the United S...Genetically engineered corn poses no immediate threat to Mexican crops
...n to native Mexican varieties prompted the report, released today, called "Maize and biodiversity: Effects of ...ation of regulatory policies, so GM crops that are released in our country are also evaluated for safety in other countries that import viable GM seeds....Reassuring findings from first study on sperm donor identification
...age when their biological father's identity can be released to them. The research was done through questionnaires and the adolescents answered the questionnaires independently of their parents, who were surveyed separately. In general, the young people's reports concurred with the responses of the parents (i....