American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 8, 2007
...ing Nobel Laureate Robert H. Grubbs, on chemistrys role in working toward better medications, more nutritious food, sources of renewable energy, and other innovations. The newly published report is available for reading and downloading at: http://www.chemistry.org/2006annualreport.html General Chemis...Facial attraction -- choice of sexual partner shaped the human face
...e discovered. Facial attractiveness played a major role in shaping human evolution, as studies on our fossil ancestors have shown our choice of sexual partner has shaped the human face. The findings appear in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE. The face holds the secret to determining the sex of o...Study begins to reveal clues to the cause and progression of sepsis
... that much of what we previously thought about the role the inflammatory response plays in sepsis was wrong or incomplete. We had thought the inflammatory response to infection was relatively short-lived, just a few days, and that it was similar in patients with similar clinical signs. Instead, we found t...New study warns limited carbon market puts 20 percent of tropical forest at risk
...n the very large and likely still underestimated role of tropical deforestation in causing climate change, these forest-rich countries should be at the forefront of worldwide efforts to sequester carbon, rather than being left out entirely, said CI President Russell A. Mittermeier, an author of the stud...Unravelling new complexity in the genome
... cancers, since we can anticipate a more extensive role for altered regulation of splicing events that similarly went unnoticed due to the lack of the appropriate technology allowing their detection....Diverse genetic abnormalities lead to NF-κB activation in multiple myeloma
...activation, the NF-κB pathway plays a central role in MM pathogenesis and is an excellent target for development of new therapeutics....Bursts of waves drive immune system 'soldiers' toward invaders
...ty regulation of white blood cell movement plays a role in heart attack - another promising target for applying the new insights of the regulation of cell movement, the authors say. White blood cells, or neutrophils, are the body's first line of defense against potentially harmful microbes, and are one...Does the desire to consume alcohol and tobacco come from our genetic makeup?
...smoking. Our sex specific findings may also play a role in the sex differences related to alcohol and tobacco use. ...Scientists show that mitochondrial DNA variants are linked to risk factors for type 2 diabetes
... type 2 diabetes. The study, which highlights the role of mitochondrial genome variation in the pathogene...rs for type 2 diabetes. Our study highlights the role of mitochondrial DNA variation in common genetic diseases, says Dr. Theodore Kurtz, the lead investi...ESF EURYI award winner aims to stop cancer cells reading their own DNA
...an enzyme called Topoisomerase IB that plays a key role in some of the molecular motors involved in the processes of DNA and RNA copying during cell division. These are responsible for reading the genetic code and making sure it is encoded correctly in the daughter cell. In healthy cells it is important t...Tropical insects 'go the distance' to inform rainforest conservation
...-author of the report. They also play an important role in our global climate and provide aesthetic, recreational and medicinal benefits. For these reasons and others, it is critical that we understand how these forests generate and sustain their diversity and what we can do to help conserve them. The ...deCODE discovers cause of major subtype of glaucoma
... LOXL1 protein made by this gene appears to play a role in the accumulation of microfibullar deposits that causes XFG, providing a promising mechanism to target for developing therapy. We plan to conduct additional studies to examine how we can take advantage of this finding to begin drug discovery, said ...Genetic variation helps to understand predisposition to schizophrenia
...n the brains of patients with schizophrenia. The role of this protein in the brain is not completely und...an adult brains, supporting the proteins important role in the developing brain. Since the Neuregulin 1 protein plays a key role in brain development and ...Gilbert Foundation and American Fed for Aging Research award grants on Alzheimer's disease
...g multi-dimensional MRI" Dr. Assaf will study the role that the biochemical substances APP a precursor pr...tion. Specifically, she will try to determine the role of early calcium signaling defects in AD, and, to determine if normalizing this calcium defect can r...Antioxidant overload may underlie a heritable human disease
... study provides the first bona fide example of the role that reductive stress can play in disease. Reductants, sometimes referred to as antioxidants, are elements or compounds that easily give up an electron to become oxidized, while oxidizing agents readily accept electrons. In the body, such oxidation...A study by the MUHC and McGill University opens a new door to understanding cancer
...ctor attaches itself to the surface of a cell, its role being to mitigate the cell proliferation and growth mechanisms induced by the factor. However, in some cancer patients this mitigation mechanism does not appear to function, partly because the ubiquitin does not attach itself correctly to the cell su...Research shows skeleton to be endocrine organ
...of Health. The researchers are now examining the role of osteocalcin in the regulation of blood sugar in humans and are continuing investigations into the relationship between osteocalcin and the appearance of type 2 diabetes and obesity....New molecular regulators of hyperthyroidism and goiter
The thyroid gland has an important role in determining how much energy the body burns. Thy...in mice Gq/G11-mediated signaling has an essential role in transmitting TSH-induced signals and therefore in regulating thyroid gland function. This makes G...JCI table of contents: Aug. 9, 2007
...m and goiter The thyroid gland has an important role in determining how much energy the body burns. Thy...in mice Gq/G11-mediated signaling has an essential role in transmitting TSH-induced signals and therefore in regulating thyroid gland function. This makes G...Study finds gender differences in renal and other genes contributing to blood pressure
...The results reinforce previous observations of the role of gender in cardiovascular traits and imply that the development of genetic diagnostic and therapeutic indices for hypertension must take gender into account to provide an accurate assessment and treatment of hypertension. ...