Carnegie's Global Ecology inks partnership with Japanese satellite firm
...earch and scientific education missions while also supporting the objectives of ImageONE," the Director of the Department of Global Ecology, Chris Field, said. "Carnegie's Department of Global Ecology is the newest Carnegie Department and our staff is leading the way in introducing new technology to this area o...Immunology symposium to honor Dr. Robert Good's legacy
...y Society. The society is a nonprofit organization supporting education and science in honor of Robert A. Good, MD, PhD, the father of modern immunology who translated his tremendous knowledge of cellular immunity into the first successful bone marrow transplantation. Dr. Good, who died in 2003, spent nearly 2...UCI among recipients of $3.9 million grant advancing wound healing research
...and how to create mitochondria that are capable of supporting the function of the blastema cells. The hope is that success in a mammalian model such as the mouse will pave the way for better understanding the regenerative process in humans. "The body has a great capacity for healing deep wounds, and we need to ...FSU research produces images of AIDS virus that may shape vaccine
...sized images of both the head of the spike and its supporting stalk. The spike head is responsible for binding the virus to the target cell. Its stalk is responsible for the fusion event in which HIV injects its genes into the human host cells for which the virus has a natural affinity - T lymphocytes and macro...Parasitic worms used to fight bowel disease
...an $10 million National Institutes of Health grant supporting the Food and Waterborne Diseases Integrated Research Network of laboratories launched by the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Some researchers argue that improved hygiene throughout the developed world may be responsible for i...Despite acidity, orange juice could still be a source of foodborne disease
... level, or a combination of both, are incapable of supporting the growth of foodborne pathogens or toxin production without storage time and temperature controls are defined by the U.S. Food Code as non-potentially hazardous foods. But this designation also includes foods that do not support growth but still m...Gene expression becomes heterogeneous with age in humans and rats
...ver, there has thus far been little or no evidence supporting the existence of similar heterogeneity at the level of gene expression. Lack of such evidence, in turn, gives support to a "programmed aging" hypothesis and argues against the more commonly accepted "stochastic aging" model, in which random biologica...UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine receives gift from Dolbys
...e are extremely grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Dolby for supporting us," Kriegstein said....A new view on Lyme disease: Rodents hold the key to annual risk
... disease risk--stemming from their crucial role in supporting white-footed mice, chipmunks, and likely other small animals, which in turn provide large reservoirs for B. burgdorferi. Acorns will not be a universal predictor of risk, the researchers acknowledge, since the disease occurs in areas without oaks. Bu...Research shows how visual stimulation turns up genes to shape the brain
...en compared gene expression profiles of the cortex supporting the open eye to that of the missing eye. They found that Bdnf is not alone--visual input changes the levels of expression of ten additional genes, dubbed the "common set," at all ages investigated. By chemically inhibiting a MAP kinase already known ...NIH holds state-of-the-science conference on multivitamin/mineral supplements, May 15 - 17, 2006
... vary widely, as does the strength of the evidence supporting such guidelines. In observational studies, MVM use has been associated with better health outcomes but there are few data available from randomized trials to provide more definitive evidence. As more and more Americans seek strategies for maintaining...New technology enables faster, more efficient cell harvest: Cell therapy meeting study
... promises to improve health and quality of life by supporting and activating the body's natural healing abilities....Periodontitis may increase C-reactive protein levels in pregnancy
...contribute to heart attacks or strokes." Evidence supporting the association between periodontitis and CRP is based only on studies in men and non-pregnant women. This is the first study that looked at the association between CRP and periodontitis in pregnant women. The results of this study are consistent w...Neurons find their place in the developing nervous system with the help of a sticky molecule
...tempt to travel the full distance to layer 2/3 and supporting the original hypothesis. The goal now is to determine how MDGA1 controls neuronal migration and what the long-term consequences are of its loss. Impaired function of neuronal adhesion molecules has been previously linked to neurological defects in ...Washington University's Sarah Elgin is re-funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute
...sking answerable questions. In this program we are supporting faculty to use research grade innovation to advance science education." Elgin's research focus is on the role of chromatin structure in fruit fly gene regulation. She holds appointments in biology, biochemistry and molecular biophysics, geneti...How embryonic stem cells maintain their identity
...hat are repressed by the Polycomb protein, further supporting a link between repression of developmental regulators and embryonic stem cell identity. "This paper connects the two classes of embryonic stem cell regulators and provides a foundation for understanding the basic circuitry underlying human developmen...Fruitfly study shows how evolution wings it
...tudies have also uncovered surprising new evidence supporting the idea that evolution is an incessant tinkerer when it comes to complex traits. The experiments are among the first to root out "the deep mechanics of evolution" that underpin complex traits, according to the study's senior author Sean Carroll, a H...Public Leadership in Neurology Award honors Cuba Gooding, Jr., for multiple sclerosis awareness
...d for this role. Gooding has gained recognition in supporting roles in such films as A Few Good Men, As Good as It Gets, What Dreams May Come, and Men of Honor. His breakout role was in the 1991 coming-of-age classic Boys N the Hood. In 2002, Gooding received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring his ac...Newly found species fills evolutionary gap between fish and land animals
...e shoulder, elbow and wrist joints were capable of supporting the body-like limbed animals. "Human comprehension of the history of life on Earth is taking a major leap forward," said H. Richard Lane, director of sedimentary geology and paleobiology at the National Science Foundation. "These exciting discoverie...New Arctic fossils fill evolutionary gap between fish and limbed animals
...t shoulder, elbow and wrist joints were capable of supporting the body like limbed animals. "Tiktaalik blurs the boundary between fish and land animals," said Dr. Neil Shubin of the University of Chicago, the other co-leader. "This animal is both fish and tetrapod; we jokingly call it a fishapod." The expeditio...