Diabetes and cancer: Alpha connection
...and the UCL Centre for Diabetes & Endocrinology to solve the mystery and yield important information for planned clinical trials with PI3K inhibitors. The study showed that p110 alpha controls the action of insulin and other key hormonal signals that play roles in growth, diabetes and obesity. p110 alpha ...Don't hold your breath: Carp can manage without oxygen for months
...ith a lack of oxygen might give clues as to how to solve this problem in humans. "Anoxia related diseases are the major causes of death in the industrialized world. We have here a situation where evolution has solved the problem of anoxic survival millions of years ago, something that medical science has s...Physics and biology team up to tackle protein folding debate
...cs and the laws of thermodynamics in an attempt to solve the problem. The result, which they have dubbed "Entropic Pulling", is a modified form of the Brownian Ratchet mechanism. Molecular systems, they explain, must obey the laws of physics and strive for equilibrium. In the process, they increase their e...Physical intelligence in rooks
...tory studies show that many tool-using species can solve problems such as the so-called trap-tube task, whi...a horizontal tube with a trap along its length. To solve the task, an animal must use a tool to push a piece of food out of the tube, away from the trap. How...Mars challenge is protecting humans from long space travel and heavy metal ion bombardment
... life medicine and physiology." And who's going to solve these problems? "Given the current time frame for ...el and how earthbound physiological research helps solve some of those issues (and vice-versa), the teachers and students have fun in separate afternoon labo...Microbiology meeting focuses on myriad of topics
...lution in science education, how bacteria can help solve the energy crisis, the long-term health effects of Hurricane Katrina, and how microbes communicate and coordinate with each other to build complex communities are just some of the many topics to be covered at the 106th General Meeting of the American...Identity theft, cancer detection among interactive demos at UH event
...e allowing computer scientists to create tools and solve problems in areas like the environment and medicin...formance computing booth used by UH researchers to solve problems ranging from modeling Houston's air quality to creating designer drugs targeted at cancer, ...Scientists elucidate the kinome of key model organism
...s amenable to a range of laboratory techniques. To solve the kinome of Dictyostelium, Dr. Smith and her colleagues at Boston Biomedical utilized the power of bioinformatics, a cutting edge scientific technique which employs databases and computer algorithms to allow researchers to gain information and comp...Biggest physics meeting of the year
...u , 402-472-9178) and colleagues have attempted to solve the problem by sealing drug-coated nanoparticles with layers of surfactant molecules that keep the chemicals in place until the particles reach their destinations. The method is currently undergoing animal studies testing the effectiveness of particl...National Academies News: Spring Programs at the Koshland Science Museum
...ace at the Koshland Science Museum and you need to solve the crime! Interview suspects and collect evidence with forensics experts, including a medical examiner, a first response officer, and fingerprint and DNA experts. Admission is $20; advance ticket purchase is required. GREEN DESIGN: ROOFTOP GARDENS ...Countdown to International Polar Year
...oadcast speech at the launch. IPY will address and solve global scale problems through an enormous range of science. From the ecology of the polar oceans, the dynamics of massive ice sheets and their effect on global sea level to the impact of space weather on global communications. The three fastest warmi...Scientist warns of threat to last stronghold of endangered turtle
...e USA (Duke University, SEATURTLE.org ) to try to solve the mystery of where the turtles' spend their time....Infection 'alarm' yields clues to immune system behavior
...f the paper. "Our analysis may help drug companies solve problems with the regulation of immune response levels, and do it in a smart way." In particular, Levchenko's team looked at the innate immune response, a localized reaction which normally stops an infection threat confined to a small part of the bod...A better tool to study role of iron in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's
...to look at one piece of tissue," Davidson said. To solve the problem, Davidson and Chris Batich, a professor of materials science and engineering, along with Albina Mikhaylova, Jon Dobson and Joanna Collingwood of Keele University, turned to an unlikely facility: the synchrotron at the U.S. Department of E...Broad Foundation donates $25 million to create new stem cell institute at USC
...n E. Henderson. "Our view now is that, in order to solve complex biological problems, scientists must move beyond the confines of their own discipline and explore new organizational models for team science. "This institute represents a major step forward in our research on diabetes and heart disease in add...Researcher looks for more targeted way to deliver cancer drugs
... to go to the liver, for example, but that doesn't solve the challenge of getting into the diseased cells and leaving healthy cells alone. Yang's approach is to give the patient an inactive drug that zeros in on the target cells, and then to inject a separate compound that tells the drug to activate only ...Science class experiment reveals vitamin B12 secret
...archers may have found the major clue they need to solve the mystery. Researchers led by Graham Walker, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) professor and American Cancer Society research professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have discovered the first known mutant bacteria with a spe...A rare alliance forged to protect Wisconsin waters
...o chaired the WBI process. "We're really trying to solve the significant problems of Wisconsin in a way that represents the essence of the Wisconsin Idea." Among the recommendations that Nowak will present is the use of a new watershed ranking system developed by UW-Madison researchers. The new system divi...Mathematics in fact and fiction discussed at AAAS Annual Meeting
...id Krumholtz, who helps his brother, an FBI agent, solve crimes using mathematical methods. In the initial episode, the mathematician, Charlie Eppes, developed a formula to determine the likely location and workplace of a criminal, based on his crime patterns. He also has used math to compare DNA sequences...Hooked on fishing, and we're heading for the bottom, says scientist
...hhead. But he emphasizes that research alone won't solve the crisis. It's time for dramatic political leadership to move from a global marine tragedy to a future with bountiful fish. Says Dr. Pauly: "Reclaiming the ocean and its resources from excessive use will be a key task for humanity in the 21st centu...