Negative effects of plastic's additive blocked by nutrient supplements
... offspring from the negative effects of BPA. The results of the study, which was supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Energy, were published early online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science July 30. In their experiments, the Duke team studied a well-docum...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...sed a spike unless the fiber was refractory. Their results suggest that spontaneous release from the ribbon can be described as a homogeneous stochastic process with interevent distributions composed of an exponential and gamma component, with a modification to account for spike refractory periods. This mode...Injection drug use and HIV and HCV infections among Ontario prison inmates
...s in remand facilities and provincial prisons, the results of these studies have important public health implications and point to the need for preventive measures. In this Ontario study, Dr. Liviana Calzavara and colleagues assessed data from 1877 adult and young offenders admitted to 13 remand facilitie...MIT team building robotic fin for submarines
... because of its distinctive swimming motion, which results in a constant forward thrust with no backward drag. In contrast, a human performing the breaststroke inevitably experiences drag during the recovery phase of the stroke. Tangorra and others in the Bio-Instrumentation Systems Laboratory, led by Prof...Injection drug use the most important risk factor for HIV and HCV infections among Quebec prisoners
...s in remand facilities and provincial prisons, the results of these studies have important public health implications and point to the need for preventive measures. In the Quebec study, Dr. Cline Poulin and colleagues gathered data from 1607 inmates (1357 men and 250 women) at 7 provincial prisons, where ...Insulin grown in plants relieves diabetes in mice; UCF study holds promise for humans
... were producing normal levels of insulin. Those results and prior research indicate that insulin capsules could someday be used to prevent diabetes before symptoms appear and treat the disease in its later stages, Daniell said. He has since proposed using lettuce instead of tobacco to produce the insulin ...First new multiple sclerosis gene found in 30 years
...own as genomic convergence, in which they took the results of many studies looking for common elements. From ...plex diseases like multiple sclerosis is to see if results from one study population can be confirmed in others said Silke Schmidt, Ph.D., co-first author of t...Wild weather forces farmers to adapt
...he July-August 2007 issue of Agronomy Journal. The results from the study were originally presented at the 2005 ASA-CSSA-SSSA annual meeting. Because crop performance is greatly influenced by the sequence in which crops are grown, USDA researchers set out to explore the short-term effects of sequencing a ...A new brake on cellular energy production discovered
... a chemical process inside each mitochondrion that results in the production of the cell's energy currency, the molecule ATP. As important parts of the respiratory chain are encoded by mitochrondrial DNA, mtDNA, the cell can adapt its energy production to varying needs by increasing or reducing the expres...Isoprene emission from plants -- a volatile answer to heat stress
...en oscillate, with short heat spikes). Thus, their results clearly indicate that isoprenes have an important role in protecting the leaves from the harmful effects of high ambient temperature. How does isoprene confer heat tolerance? Does isoprene act as an antioxidant due to its chemical reactivity" And m...A friendly foe -- Bacteria residing in the gut boost immune response to tumors
...tumor regression in these animals. In summary, the results of the study demonstrate that the disruption of the host/microorganism balance by TBI and the resulting transient bacterial infection is a key mechanism driving the increased reactivity of tumor-specific CD8+ T cells and subsequent tumor regression i...JCI table of contents -- July 26, 2007
...tumor regression in these animals. In summary, the results of the study demonstrate that the disruption of th... mobility in treated versus untreated animals. The results of the study suggest that SUR1-regulated NC[Ca-ATP] channels in the lining of capillaries are critic...Hepatitis C helicase unwinds DNA in a spring-loaded, 3-step process
...dreds of thousands of molecules at a time, and the results describe a whole population of reactions. Using single-molecule fluorescence analysis, the research team tracked how the hepatitis C helicase, NS3, unwound a duplexed DNA molecule tagged with a fluorescent label on each strand of its double-strande...Presence of wolves allows aspen recovery in Yellowstone
...y is possible when the predators are returned. The results are especially encouraging for the health of Americas first national park, but may also have implications for other areas of the West and other important predators. After an absence of 70 years, wolves were re-introduced to Yellowstone Park in 199...U-M team identifies gene that regulates blood-forming fetal stem cells
...t'll give us a new target for cancer." The Sox17 results will be published online July 26 in the journal Cell. U-M's Injune Kim is lead author of the paper; Morrison and U-M's Thomas Saunders are co-authors. "Identification of Sox17 could also facilitate efforts to form blood-forming stem cells from huma...MicroRNA works with Ago2 protein to regulate blood cell development
...nct effect on different blood cell lineages. The results have caused us to think about the differential sensitivity of distinct developmental processes to microRNA levels, says Tarakhovsky. It remains to be seen to what extent specialized functions of developing cells in the blood system depend on microRNA...Smithsonian Fragmentation Project threatened by Amazon Colonization Plan
...ation project more than 25 years ago. In fact, the results of the science were doing could be more profitable for Brazil. Intact forests could have great economic value in the long term for the purpose of stabilizing global climate and for conserving biodiversity. The scientists emphasize that such Brazilia...Learning a second language -- Is it all in your head?
...uccessful to see if altering the training paradigm results in more successful learning, Wong added. According to Warrier, Northwestern research professor of communication sciences and disorders, the researchers were surprised to find the HG important in second language learning. The HG, which contains the pr...UCLA study links air pollution to clogged arteries
...ograms per cubic meter rise in particulates. Our results emphasize the importance of controlling air pollution as another tool for preventing cardiovascular disease, Gong said.......d the self-sustaining nature of alcoholism. "The results suggest that females are more vulnerable to neurotoxic consequences of alcohol withdrawal," Wiren noted. "Everyone should be concerned about chronic alcohol consumption and severe intoxication, but females may be more vulnerable." This data is "consi...