Weizmann Institute scientists discover a control mechanism for metastasis
...tients with inflammatory breast cancer, a rare but swift and deadly form of the disease, which is associated with elevated growth factor levels. The scientists found a strong correlation between high growth factor activity and levels of the 'plug' protein. High levels of this protein, in turn, were associa...Aggressive therapy best for certain AML patients
...ells show a genetic change that usually predicts a swift return of the disease following remission may remain disease-free longer when given aggressive therapy. The findings apply to people with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) whose cancer cells have normal-looking chromosomes and a gene mutation called ML...Bird sized airplane to fly like a swift
...s April issue of Nature. During its life, a common swift flies a distance that goes up to five times the di...tance to the Moon and back. Lentink c.s. found the swift is such an able flyer because it continuously adjusts (morphs) its wings to the prevailing flight co...First impressions: Computer model behaves like humans on visual categorization task
...uters. The brain has a much more sophisticated and swift visual processing system than even the most advanced artificial vision system, giving us an uncanny ability to extract salient information after just a glimpse that is presumably too fleeting for conscious thought. To explore this phenomenon, neurosc...European approval of HIV drug darunavir will provide a potent new option with Fuzeon
... includes the emergence of drug resistance and the swift loss of much needed active treatments. Dr Malte Schutz, International Medical Leader at Roche, further commented: "We welcome the European approval of Tibotec's drug, darunavir/r, and understand that this is an important development for patients f...Biodiversity of altered landscapes conference in Panama
...s may contribute to a sustainable future or to the swift demise of extremely biodiverse tropical forests and reefs. As the sixth annual meeting organized by PRORENA, a Yale/STRI initiative to study and promote the use of native species for reforestation, the goal of the conference is to encourage collabor...Springer joins Katrina relief effort with eBooks donation worth more than $1 million
...New Orleans' academic centers will contribute to a swift and complete resumption of research activities in the city." "Springer's donation of eBooks is extraordinarily generous and one of the finest examples of support we have received in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. This donation will help Tulane U...Survival of the selfless - scientists find cheats don't always prosper
...ally converting it into energy. While this ensures swift energy production for the individual, it is a wasteful method that reduces resources available for the group as a whole. The researchers were surprised to find that in a well-mixed population the cooperators were not excluded by the cheats. Further ...Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...eats have reinforced the need for an effective and swift acting vaccine. In the study researchers vaccinated mice with a bivalent vaccine, containing both SEBOV and ZEBOV genes, and found that vaccination led to efficient induction of EBOV antibody and immune responses to both species. In addition, a grou...MERIS monitoring tracks planetary photosynthesis levels
...It allows access to a large amount of data and the swift performance of a wide variety of data processing....A new link between stem cells and tumors
...lls were transplanted into flies, the results were swift and dramatic. The tissue containing the altered cells grew to 100 times its initial size; cells invaded other tissues, and death followed. The growing tumor became "immortal", Caussinus says; cells could be retransplanted into new hosts for years, ge...Scientists discover the molecular switch for nerve cells' insulating jelly rolls
...e fatty insulation around nerve cells that ensures swift and efficient communication in the nervous system. The study, published in the September 1, 2005, issue of the journal Neuron, may provide a new avenue for treating nervous system diseases such as multiple sclerosis, which are associated with damage ...Plunge into warmer waters this summer with ESA's Mediterranean heat map
...ting the waters is a traditional holiday ritual: a swift hand or foot in the surf to check sea temperature. Or there is the modern approach a flotilla of satellites identifying the warmest parts of all 2 965 500 square kilometres of the Mediterranean on a daily basis. An updated map of the sea surface tem...... warns that unless problems are detected early and swift action taken to find substitute drugs, previously treatable diseases could again emerge in more virulent forms. Public health officials cite antibiotic resistance as a growing problem for a host of diseases, from childhood ear infections to malaria. ...The Cochrane Library Newsletter, 2005, Issue 1
...----------- Haloperidol plus promethazine provide swift medical response if people with schizophrenia become aggressive People with schizophrenia and their families should be confident that if the person with mental illness becomes aggressive and out of control, he or she ......ed that researchers around the globe will now have swift and easy access to all HapMap data, free of any restrictions." Several recent developments prompted the consortium's decision to drop the licensing requirement. First, consortium researchers already have publicly released data on about one million si...