Clemson bioengineer gets national boost
...t and paralyzing. Current treatments fall short of sparking a robust regenerative process that leads to a decent degree of functional recovery. Assistant professor Xuejun Wen wants to change that situation. He will use his five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Ins...UCLA study uncovers clues for why Graves' disease attacks the eyes
...igh-jacked T-cells mutiny over the normal T-cells, sparking the bodys immune reaction against itself." The next step is to identify what the T-cells are reacting to and how the receptor enables the cells to survive beyond their normal lifespan. The team plans to develop an antibody drug to block the rece...Imaging pinpoints brain regions that 'see the future'
... the future may go hand-in-hand, with each process sparking strikingly similar patterns of activity within precisely the same broad network of brain regions. "In our daily lives, we probably spend more time envisioning what we're going to do tomorrow or later on in the day than we do remembering, but not mu...There's something fishy about human brain evolution
...get the textbook story about tool use and language sparking the dramatic evolutionary growth of the human brain. Instead, imagine ancient hominid children chasing frogs. Not for fun, but for food. According to Dr. Stephen Cunnane it was a rich and secure shore-based diet that fuelled and provided the essentia...Study suggests way to re-energize immune response to chronic viral infection
...o administer PD-1/PD-L1 blockers, so the chance of sparking a runaway immune response seems unlikely. If human CD8 T cells are found to operate by a mechanism similar to that in mice, the new findings may offer a simple immunological strategy for treating chronic viral infections. Freeman's lab is also expl...HHMI and Science partner to improve science education
...levels, by providing a forum for sharing ideas and sparking discussion. The Institute, through its HHMI Professors Program and grants for undergraduate, graduate, and K-12 science education, already has invested more than $1 billion in science education since 1988. HHMI professors are accomplished researchers...UCLA discovery prevents cell abnormality leading to progeria
...eus. The accumulated protein deforms the nucleus, sparking miscommunications with other cells and leading to the genetic disease. FINDINGS: UCLA scientists studied cells isolated from people with progeria and cultured the cells with a drug that blocked the mutant protein from attaching to the cells' nucle...Scientists will discuss remarkable advances in whale research at the annual meeting of AAAS
...elped revolutionize whale research while sometimes sparking controversy. The most recent firestorm began in July 2003, when the journal Science published a study on humpback, fin and minke whale populations co-authored by Palumbi and graduate student Joe Roman. Using DNA analysis, Palumbi and Roman concluded ...Researchers find how protein allows insects to detect and respond to pheromones
...und that LUSH still binds to the olfactory neuron, sparking the neuron to fire a small electrical signal called "spontaneous activity." With the pheromone present, and bound to LUSH, the neuron exhibits a large burst of normal electrical activity. In mutants lacking LUSH, however, they found a 400-fold reduct...