For first time, brain cells generated in a dish
...od that holds the promise of producing a limitless supply of a person's own brain cells to potentially heal disorders such as Parkinson's disease or epilepsy. "It's like an assembly line to manufacture and increase the number of brain cells," said Bjorn Scheffler, M.D., a neuroscientist with UF's College of...GINA collaboration to boost response to summer fires
...tellites' multiple spectral bands, GINA is able to supply users with natural color images of smoke and terrain, as well as thermal images. MODIS images and fire detection points are processed by GINA and delivered to agencies within 40 minutes of reception. While MODIS data allows users to view the entire ...Stem cell training program to make its Stanford debut
...g a new research program. The cells are in limited supply and are notoriously difficult to maintain in a lab. They can't be frozen easily, they are sickly, they quickly form new cell types rather than remaining as stem cells and the cell population changes over time. The course, called the Frontiers in Huma...Fossils tell the hole story of killer drillers and their prey
...ology at Virginia Tech. Over time, "the basic food supply in the oceans---phytoplankton---increased significantly, organisms up the food chain became more meaty, and predators---bony fish, snails and crustaceans---increased in frequency and diversified," he said. As predators specialized in attacking their ...500 million years of errors: Brachiopod shells record shadow of arms race in ancient oceans
...nce."During this marine revolution, the basic food supply of the oceans phytoplankton increased significantly, organisms up the food chain became more meaty, and predators bony fish, snails, and crustaceans increased in frequency and diversified," Kowalewski said. This evolutionary "escalation" started ...Expert system developed to enhance diagnostic accuracy of Alzheimer's disease with FDG PET scans
...y (PET), a powerful medical imaging procedure, can supply important diagnostic information and confirm an Alzheimer's diagnosis. Conventionally, the confirmation of Alzheimer's is a long process of elimination that averages between two and three years of diagnostic and cognitive testing. Early diagnosis pro...Manatee eyes could be window to health status
...s could have a tendency to move into the cornea to supply oxygen because the tear film creates a barrier so thick that oxygen present in air can't penetrate it, said Don Samuelson, Ph.D., a professor of ophthalmology in the Marine Mammal Medicine program at UF's College of Veterinary Medicine. Manatees are ...UC Davis researchers discover receptor pathway for C-reactive protein and its effects
...nced chest pain or discomfort due to reduced blood supply to the heart. Reducing the concentration of CRP with drugs, such as statins, has been shown to reduce cardiovascular events. Treating other risk factors such as smoking, obesity, high blood pressure with angiotensin receptor blockers and diabetes wit...150K to find out why you're a slime ball
...eding off bacteria in the soil but when their food supply runs out they aggregate to form a 'fruiting body' of some 100,000 cells. "Some cells become spores, while others form a stalk beneath the soil surface. These stalk cells die; they sacrifice themselves so the spores can be dispersed to new feeding gro...Pomegranate juice for moms may help babies resist brain injury
...some premature babies are insufficiently mature to supply the brain with enough nutrients and oxygen outside the womb. Scientists know some of the factors that increase risk of premature birth, including diabetes, low economic status, youthful mothers, weakness in the cervix and a personal or familial histo...Not all industrial sectors respond the same way to changes and shocks
... to implement process improvements and rationalise supply chains. "In the biotechnology sector, young firms at critical business junctures may lack the competence to cope with changes in financial markets. For these firms, a failure to acquire finance can prevent commercialisation of technology and stunt gr...New results validating Pall prion reduction filter disclosed at ISBT Congress
... their respective practices to safeguard the blood supply from vCJD. Final results of these evaluations are expected by end 2005 or early 2006. According to Dr. William Murphy, Medical Director of the IBTS, which just completed the first phase of its evaluation, "IBTS has completed laboratory evaluation of...Whisky fans can drink to crop research
...this crop is used to make beer and whisky with the supply chain from farmer to product employing over 13,000 people, mainly in rural communities. Whisky is consistently the biggest food and drink export earner for the UK. The new 1.8m project "Association Genetics of UK elite Barley" is sponsored by BBSRC,......own the stem, in order to access its nest and food supply inside the stem. Tanja Bruening and Holger Bohn from the University of Wuerzburg, Germany are presenting their work on ant-plant partnerships at the Society for Experimental Biology Annual Main Meeting in Barcelona [session A 7.68 and A7.70]. The l...Mutations in NOTCH1 gene cause aortic valve disease
...s do not open normally, and the heart's ability to supply blood to the body decreases. Eventually the valve must be replaced. "Our work suggests that calcification of the aortic valve may be a manifestation of a mutation in NOTCH1 or related genes," Dr. Garg said. "In the long term, we may be able to use th...Unique interplay between tumor and blood vessel cells promotes angiogenesis and tumor growth
...unding tissues to promote development of the blood supply needed to support tumor growth. For the first time, it has been shown that signals expressed by tumor cells can directly interact with the outer membrane of adjacent blood vessel cells and influence growth and development. The research, published in ...Scientists discover more about how cancer cells form and grow
...could help in the fight against cancer. "The blood supply is key for tumor growth and tumor development," said Wang, the Richard H. Kingery Endowed Collegiate Professor at the U-M School of Dentistry. "If you cut off the blood supply, you stop cancer development." Wang collaborated with researchers Qinghua ...Highest concentration of specific ground water contamination in northeast US
...s agricultural areas, putting shallow ground water supply in these areas at risk for contamination. "It is not known if contamination of shallow ground water in urban areas will reach deeper aquifers that are generally used for supplying drinking water," states Michael J. Moran, lead researcher. "Few conce...Deep thinking: Scientists sequence a cold-loving marine microbe
...es of nitrogen and carbon, which could be in short supply in the extreme cold. The organism also engineers cold-hardy versions of ordinary enzymes found in free-living bacteria, such as enzymes that break down organic matter. C. psychrerythraea possesses genes that may break down complex compounds, includ...Bone marrow may be source of new egg-cell generation in adult mammals
...hat females are born with a limited, non-renewable supply of oocytes that are depleted throughout life. Ins...male mice are constantly turning over their oocyte supply and producing new oocytes and follicles, the tiny sacs in which eggs grow. The current study was des...