Insects implicated in the evolution of new human infectious diseases
...s luminescens infection are left luminous. Genome studies have found close similarities between the plague-causing bacterium, Yersinia pestis, and its ancestor, Yersinia psuedotuberculosis, which has been shown to be capable of causing disease insects, at least in the laboratory. Evidence suggests that the ...Clues to the puzzle of 'talking' root cells
...the Short-Root protein in living root cells. These studies indicated that in the cells from which the protein moves, it exists in the cytoplasm not associated with any molecular complex. However, the tracer did not reveal that the protein was moving from one cell to another. The researchers also fou...Gene therapy approach reverses diabetic neuropathy in animal model, Pitt study finds
...erapy can reverse diabetic neuropathy. While their studies have so far only involved mice, the results are si... clinical trial we must first carry out toxicology studies with the HSV vector to support its highly safe design. The vector itself is highly defective and inc...Chimpanzee 'workshop' discovered in Congo
...use among non-human large primates. Though earlier studies have documented tool use among chimps in eastern Africa and other regions, authors Crickette Sanz of Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, WCS researcher David Morgan of Cambridge University, and Steve Gulick of Wildland Security say th...Study: Inadequate physical activity worsens as teenagers become adults
...eath for Americans," Gordon-Larsen said. "Previous studies at UNC and elsewhere have shown that all major racial and ethnic groups and both sexes get too little physical activity, and black and Hispanic girls face the greatest risk of being significantly overweight or obese and inactive." In the new re...Yerkes researchers to present array of new data at Society for Neuroscience Meeting
...er of the brain, during mating. Other Yerkes-based studies demonstrate that this release triggers pair bond formation in monogamous species. (2 pm 3 pm) Yoland Smith, PhD, associate research professor and interim director of Emory's Neuroscience Graduate Program, and his research team: showed removing a ...NIH funds rare childhood disease to provide insights into the origins of adult cancer
... with research studies, provide access to research studies for patients, provide research results to patients, and serve as a resource to DBA patients and their doctors to guide diagnostic, therapeutic and reproductive decisions. "The children will lead" is the message that resounded with Drs. Vlachos ...Academics work to help stressed-out cats
...it doesn't get along with other cats in the house, studies have shown. Cat health professionals at the Univer...rised as feline idiopathic cystitis (FIC). Earlier studies led us to believe that stress could be a trigger factor for FIC, and we wanted to identify differenc...Paratek Pharmaceuticals presents multiple sclerosis data at Society for Neuroscience annual meeting
...maceuticals, Inc. announced results of preclinical studies demonstrating that a new class of compounds, orally available non-antibacterial tetracyclines, has shown promising activity in a preclinical animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS). Affecting approximately two million people worldwide, MS is a chron...Evidence that learning is consolidated during sleep
...id eye movement (NREM) sleep. Evidence from animal studies of learning and sleep indicated that spatial memories seem to be replayed in the hippocampus during the deep "slow wave sleep" (SWS) during the NREM sleep stage. Peigneux and his colleagues explored the memory consolidation process by asking voluntee...Trojan-horse therapy blocks buildup of Alzheimer's plaque
... penetrate the cell membrane to enter the cell. In studies of the molecules' effects on amyloid growth in cultures of neurons, the researchers confirmed that the Trojan horse molecules substantially reduced the toxicity of the amyloid by inhibiting growth of the shorter, more toxic chains of the amyloid plaq...ASU gets grant to develop high speed DNA sequence reader
...omes of hundreds or thousands of people as part of studies to identify genes that contribute to cancer, diabetes and other common diseases. The ASU team is utilizing part of the machinery of a human cell, which can read out the entire genome and make an exact complimentary copy of human DNA in about 24 hour...Diabetic damage to eyes, heart, nerves, kidneys may be explained by controversial theory
...ypoxia. Williamson and his coauthors used in vitro studies of rat retinas to show that both of these conditions decrease the ratio of NAD to NADH in different ways. Hyperglycemia does it by increasing the rate of transformation of NAD to NADH. Hypoxia makes it difficult for cells to turn NADH back to NAD. ...VYTORIN (TM) superior again to Lipitor at lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol
...RP, this is an interesting study finding. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings." ...enal insufficiency. In clinical studies VYTORIN was well tolerated with a low incidence of adverse events VYTORIN has been evaluated for s...'Broken' gene reveals evolution of salt retention and possible ties to hypertension
...es about 10 grams daily. Since 1972, a series of studies has attempted to connect excess salt intake to hig...three decades of ecologic studies, intrapopulation studies and clinical trials of salt reduction, the controversy over the benefits of lowering salt intake "co...Findings challenge Darwinian theory
...r, a U of A professor of biological sciences, says studies of hundreds of species have shown that a creature'...ifference in form," Dr. Palmer said. Further, studies on many other plant and animal species with both right-sided and left-sided forms showed that if two...Stress impairs thinking via mania-linked enzyme
...sible by a PKC inhibitor. Genetic and biochemical studies indicate that PKC may also be overactive in the brains of patients with schizophrenia. Antipsychotics, which are used to treat bipolar disorder as well as schizophrenia, block receptors in the brain that activate PKC....Research uncovers role of Apolipoprotein E in Alzheimer's disease
...e ApoE gene was present. "The implication of these studies is that the amyloid promoting activity of ApoE is essential for the development of both Alzheimer's pathology and cognitive decline," said Dr. Potter, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology who holds the Pfeiffer Endowed Chair in Alzheimer's...UGA scientist Moran receives $2.6 million from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation for marine research
..., a professor in UGA's marine sciences department, studies bacteria that are critical to the marine food web and the sulfur cycle of the ocean. Her research addresses issues ranging from marine biodiversity to global climate control. Moran is the first UGA scientist to receive an award from the Gordon a......to microbes is an ancient one. The research team's studies of germ-free zebrafish have documented a similar suppression of Fiaf when these fish are exposed to gut microbes. "Fiaf is one of many host factors that we are finding to be influenced by gut microbes," Gordon says. "There are 10-100 trillion microbe...