Oxytocin/vasopressin research sees new clinical applications, key role in social behavior
...f steroid hormones in the brain, including hormone replacement therapy. Larry Young, Emory: vasopressin (VP) and oxytocin (OT) receptor roles in such social/emotional behavior as parenting, promiscuity and romance and in related disorders such as autism. 10 symposia from genomics to NH receptor analogs in clinic...Columbia University launches multi-year campaign to support stem cell research
..., neuroscience research, transplantation, and cell replacement therapy uniquely positions the university to push ...rvous system, liver, eye, skin, and heart. Beyond replacement therapy, the use of stem cells as a research tool will lead to new insights regarding mechanisms tha......ouny. "However, substituting these beverages as a replacement for water may cause significant, irreversible long-term problems and damage." Dr. Jones also encourages patients who have cavities caused by erosion to substitute a glass of water for one soft drink every day, and increase the water for soft drinks, ......oint tissue from patients who underwent total knee replacement for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoarthritis (OA), or non-arthritic injury. Using several molecular methods, Wakitani's group identified Wnt-7b and -10a as genes that were significantly upregulated in the arthritic knee tissues. However, protein ...Ethanol and biodiesel from crops not worth the energy
... "The United State desperately needs a liquid fuel replacement for oil in the near future," says Pimentel, "but producing ethanol or biodiesel from plant biomass is going down the wrong road, because you use more energy to produce these fuels than you get out from the combustion of these products." Although Pim...New study on OTC progesterone health risks in women published
...only prescribed in women, is often used in hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women, and for the treat... revealing the health risks of FDAapproved hormone replacement therapy (including oral progesterones and progestins) have contributed to dramatic declines in presc...Mutations in NOTCH1 gene cause aortic valve disease
...m buildup on their heart valves that they required replacement valves. The UT Southwestern researchers found that all the relatives with some manifestation of aortic valve disease had a mutation in a gene called NOTCH1. A second, smaller family in San Diego afflicted with the heart disorder also had members with...Woods Hole Research Center plans controlled burn in Amazon rainforest
...n forests in the Amazon could cause their eventual replacement by fire-prone scrub vegetation through a process call "savannization." This is the second phase of this work, the world's largest tropical fire experiment. One square kilometer was already burned in August 2004. This year, from mid-August to early Se...UCI researchers define estrogen's role in limiting heart disease in women
...is research provides further evidence that hormone replacement therapy after menopause can help prevent certain f... body's production of estrogen decreases. Estrogen replacement is used for symptoms associated with menopause and for the prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopau...New method shows it is possible to grow bone for grafts within a patient's body
...ous bone disease, it may even be possible to grown replacement bone at an early stage and freeze it so it can be used when it is needed, says Prasad. Despite the fact that living bone is continually growing and reshaping, the numerous attempts to coax it to grow bone outside of the body--in vitro--have all faile...Stem cells in bone marrow replenish mouse ovaries
...ause and could represent an alternative to hormone replacement therapy. Finally, the researchers would like to find out whether these stem cells could be coaxed to produce eggs in the laboratory, potentially providing a new source of eggs for therapeutic cloning....Amphetamines reverse Parkinson's disease symptoms in mice
... severe impairment in cognitive function. Dopamine replacement therapy which involves administration of the dopamine precursor, L-DOPA, remains the gold standard for Parkinson's treatment, said Tatyana Sotnikova, Ph.D., of Duke. However, the efficacy of the therapy wanes with time, and patients often develop flu...'License to kill' enables powerful immune attack cells in mice
...ntinually generated in the bone marrow, leading to replacement of the entire population approximately once a week. Scientists led by Wayne M. Yokoyama, M.D., the Sam J. Levin and Audrey Loew Levin Professor of Research in Arthritis, and professor of medicine and of pathology and immunology, discovered through e...UCLA researchers identify key enzyme linked to childhood blindness
...er patients for a long time. "This suggests that replacement of RPE65 by gene therapy should correct the blindness in these children, as was observed in mice and dogs with RPE65 mutations," Travis said. "This is a major breakthrough in understanding the visual cycle. It has ramifications for several inherited...Fuel cells might get hydrogen from water, organic material
...f fuel cells, which are looked upon as a potential replacement to fossil-fuel burning engines in automobiles. The technique requires only water, a catalyst based on the metal rhenium (REE-nee-um) and an organic liquid called an organosilane, which can be stored and transported easily. "We have discovered a catal......e, greatly reducing the need to haul and use heavy replacement batteries. "The need for electronic devices in remote areas is an increasing reality these days," says Rome. "Throughout history, humans have solved many problems by inventing passive devices to enhance the movements made by their muscles, such as sp...Rutgers entomologist honored by Chinese Academy of Sciences
...orms that are parasitic in animals or plants) as a replacement for chemical insecticides. Laboratory or field applications of nematodes have been effective against more than 400 pest species. In addition, Gaugler was a key player in securing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency exemption of entomopathogenic nema...Other highlights in the September 21 JNCI
...ebo-controlled study has found that use of hormone replacement therapy that contains estrogen and progestin for up to 2 years is associated with increases in mammographic breast density. Mammographic density has been associated with decreased sensitivity of mammograms and increased breast cancer risk. To assess ...New research could help us deliver genes for new bone formation
...of significant benefits for patients needing joint replacement or similar treatments. The new research will use tiny nanoscopic systems that cross the surface of a stem cell and then deliver the genes into that prompt the cell to turn into a bone cell. Professor Richard Oreffo at the University of Southampton a...Blood conservation strategies take center stage at Emory University Hospital forum
... blood loss such as heart bypass surgery and joint replacement procedures. Discussion at the event centered on three key topics: the risks of blood transfusion, the potential benefits of anti-inflammatory strategies and blood-sparing agents, and the overall need for better blood management strategies to improve...