Multinational research: protecting ecology means understanding people, too
...o has traveled through Latin America for 20 years studying reptiles, and Dr. Amanda Stronza, a cultural anthr... where long-time, experienced biologists have been studying the ecological problems for decades. More than one half of the Senior Executive Service members at ...The 'female advantage' in kidney disease does not extend to diabetic women
...Differences in Health, Aging and Disease have been studying the phenomenon and have identified a novel observation to help explain why. The leader of this research team and the Center's Director of Diabetes Research is Dr. Christine Maric. She will discuss the state of the team's findings entitled, "Sex, Diab...What we can learn from the biggest extinction in the history of Earth
...eds such as these offer two advantages for someone studying broad patterns in the history of life, according to Payne. Because ocean waters cover large areas for long periods of time and somewhat protect the underlying rocks from erosion, marine fossil beds tend to be physically larger and cover a longer peri......id. The researchers arrived at their findings by studying common combinations ofgenetic variants. Certain variants at different points on the genome tend to go together, likeblond hair and blue eyes in humans. This phenomenon, called linkage disequilibrium, is important because ithelps predict what an ...UCLA scientists produce functioning neurons from human embryonic stem cells
...kely in the quality of neuronal communications. By studying the chemical and electrical transmissions, we may ...nes are born equal is critical, Sun said. If youre studying a disease found in a certain part of the brain, you should use a human embryonic stem cell line that...Computer graphics spills from milk to medicine
... SIGGRAPH 2007 came from equations that physicists studying coated soot particles derived to deal with shortcomings in the Lorenz-Mie theory. Jensen and the students from Denmark also called upon their mother tongue, Danish, to pick apart a little-known paper published in 1890 in Denmark by the physicist Ludv...UCF research links proteins, stem cells and potential Alzheimer's treatment
...onference at UCF, has been spent his entire career studying the brain. Six years ago, he reported that brain stem cells transplanted into aged rats seemed to become functional neurons and improved age-associated memory loss, with no side effects. When Sugaya transplanted stem cells into the brains of Alzhei...Teamwork between 2 key proteins necessary for normal development and regulation of red blood cells
...007) Virginia Commonwealth University researchers studying hemoglobin genes, mutations of which play a role in genetic blood disorders like sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia, have identified two proteins that are responsible for regulating overlapping groups of genes during the development of red blood...Disabling a sensory organ prompts female mice to act like male mice
...ombination of sensory cues. Scientists have been studying the vomeronasal organ for a century and know its role as a detector of pheromones well. While it is known that the organ is wired to the parts of the brain that govern reproductive behavior, its influence on gender-based behaviors was obscured in pas...A sensory organ, not the brain, differentiates male and female behavior in some mammals
...aid for the brain." Dulac and colleagues are now studying the behavior of male mice mutant for TRPC2 to determine whether they display female-like traits. ...ESA announces 2007 award recipients
...es and now is an important tool used by scientists studying carbon. ...Forsyth scientists gain new understanding of adult stem cell regulation
... regeneration capability that makes them ideal for studying this process. The Forsyth team uses planarians and other animal models to study development and regeneration. The Forsyth team will publish this research in the August 16 issue of Development. According to the papers lead author, Nstor J. Oviedo, ...Cost-effective method for gene silencing is featured in Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
...mus organ culture is the only system available for studying the complete program of T-cell maturation in vitro, and the protocol will be useful to researchers interested in understanding the intricacies of T-cell maturation. It was authored by Drs. Graham Anderson and Eric J. Jenkinson from the MRC Centre fo...Particle emissions from laser printers might pose health concern
...ew. We came across it by chance. Initially we were studying the efficiency of ventilation systems to protect office settings from outdoor air pollutants. We soon realized that we were seeing air pollution originating indoors, from laser printers. The study found that indoor particle levels in the office air...'The Man Who Saved The Sea Turtles'
...vis said. Ive always spent a lot of time outdoors, studying birds and other wildlife. Ive also enjoyed reading naturalists accounts of their travels. So I found him to be something of a kindred spirit. What made Carr particularly interesting to me was the way his 50-year career mirrored the overall evolutio...Discovery in plant virus may help prevent HIV and similar viruses
...t Arabidopsis is a better organism than others for studying how the proteins regulate gene function and transcription, he said. However, blocking of one of the plant's genes caused some alteration of leaves, flowers and trichomes (tiny hairlike structures) and delayed flowering on the mutated plants, he sai...Rare example of Darwinism seen in action
.... The new research tested the conflict theory by studying samples of the IGF2 growth hormone (insulin-like growth factor 2) collected from 50 species of minnows. The IGF2 gene is found in all vertebrates (including fish and people), and is the primary fetal development growth hormone. Reznick and the othe...Huntington's disease study shows animal models on target
.... This implies that animal models are relevant for studying human HD and testing potential treatments. To come to this conclusion, the scientists measured the gene expression profile of seven different transgenic mouse models of HD, representing different conditions and disease stages. These profiles clari...Research teams uncover risk genes for multiple sclerosis
... connections represented in these studies. For studying these complex genetic diseases, where were looking at many genes contributing and each one contributing just a little bit, we need a very large group of patients and controls, said Oksenberg, who, along with Hauser, worked on both the consortium rese...... cells, and how they remain wonderful subjects for studying fundamental biological mechanisms at the molecular level. Jans adventure into the inner workings of bacteria began almost 11 years ago when he joined the MRC-LMB as a post-doc. His work with Linda Amos on trying to crystallise tubulin led to work o...