CSIRO scientists join fight to save 'Tassie devil'
...d Fibre Technology and Land and Water, are working together to hunt down the cause of Devil Facial Tumour Dise...ed with the disease. We are hoping we can work together to develop a pre-clinical diagnostic test based on recent developments in the diagnosis of human bre...A first: Simultaneous PET/MR images of the brain debut, increase molecular imaging capabilities
...al soft tissue contrast and high specificity of MR together with PET's excellent sensitivity in assessing physiological and metabolic state," he added. Combined or hybrid technologiessuch as PET/CT and SPECT/CTincorporate both imaging modalities into one machine but conduct the two scans sequentially (one ......t of the cell in exosomes are the ability to clump together and attach to the cells membrane, Gould says. I...s to normal human cells that force nearby proteins together into a clump, and this was enough to get them sent out of the cell in exosomes. If they added a teth...Study warns climate change and deforestation will lead to declines in global bird diversity
...change of their habitat due to climate change. But together these two factors will be devastating for bird populations. "This is akin to killing two birds with one stone," says Wilcove of Princeton. "Deforestation drives tropical species to extinction and also contributes to global climate change. Climate c...Fusing imaging technologies creates 'synergy,' helps diagnose heart disease accurately
...ionsbut our computer software puts the information together in 3-D," he explained. "This synergistic integrati... the value of a combined 3-D display of blood flow together with CT angiography imaging data," explained Josef Machac, SNM's Scientific Program Committee cardio...Cellular message movement captured on video
... by showing that paxillin and actin filaments move together we have some insight into the possibility of how p...cal adhesions. When we piece all of these things together we can get a more complete understanding of how the cell functions, both in migration and signal tra...Description of a gene implicated in the development of Fanconi anemia and predisposition to cancer
...ed the results in their May edition. This study, together with others published by Dr. Surralls team complements a model study described in the May edition of the review Cell Cycle that relates the genetic base of the disease with its clinical heterogeneous progression. This model is based on the fact that...GM field trials 'underestimate potential for cross-pollination'
...e the effects of wind on pollen travel. The model, together with measurements of cross-pollination and wind speed and direction from field trials, can be used to predict cross-pollination at other times and sites. 'If the production of GM crops becomes widespread in Europe, it is essential that measures are...Nobel laureate James Watson receives personal genome in ceremony at Baylor College of Medicine
...tics and genomics, said Gibbs. This project brings together research genetics, genetic diagnostics and genomics into the new vision of personal medicine. All of that is embodied in this project. A report on the project and a commentary on its ethical implications are scheduled to appear in the near future. ...West African Ocean sediment core links monsoons to global climate evolution
...ion. This is the first study to definitively tie together the influence of these two factors over several climate cycles, said Lea, who has published the collaborative results in the June 1 issue of the journal Science under the heading 155,000 Years of West African Monsoon and Ocean Thermal Evolution. He n...When the villain becomes your friend: The strange tale of muscle lactate
...tic acid"", and did they in effect put one and one together and make them a minus" De Paoli and colleagues looked at the effects of lactic acid and adrenaline on the processes that signal contractions in skeletal muscles. Using rat muscles, the study examined the combined effect of potassium ions, lactic ...2 million dwarfism study launched
...n 4,000. This is an exciting project that brings together an international group of experts to hopefully rapidly advance our knowledge of the genetic causes of dwarfism. By the end of this research we hope to have identified the major molecular problems that cause these disorders and to be much closer to ...Research identifies protein that signals flowering in squash plants
... the phloem to the floral meristems, where it acts together with other factors to induce flowering. The precis...J. Lucas from the University of California, Davis, together with a number of coauthors, provide strong evidence that FT protein acts as a florigenic signal in c...A living memory chip, black holes on the loose, and a clearer picture of ocean currents
...ous studies have shown, simply linking the neurons together leads them to spontaneously fire in coordinated patterns. In the study published this month in the journal Physical Review E the researchers found that they could deliberately create additional firing patterns that coexist with the spontaneous patter...Essential tones of music rooted in human speech
...t enables an ensemble such as an orchestra to play together in different keys and across many octaves. Although equal temperament tuning sounds pretty good, it's a compromise on the more natural, vocally derived just intonation tuning system, Purves said. The group's next study concerns our intuitive unders...German-Korean collaboration in Polar and Marine research will be intensified
...ve this, scientists from both countries are coming together for a meeting in Bremerhaven from 22nd-25th May. The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine research (a member of the Helmholtz Association) is the host. During a small celebration, Prof. Dr. Jrn Thiede, Director of the Alfred Wegener Institu...2007 National Soybean Rust Symposium to be held in Louisville, KY
... "This symposium is truly unique in that it brings together a diverse audience all with a common interest," said Raymond Schneider, symposium coordinator and plant pathology professor with the Louisiana State University AgCenter. Leaders in state and federal government, grower organizations, international ins...Nature surrenders flowery secrets to international team
...ular genetics and evolutionary processes that work together to create inflorescences as different as Forget-Me...are impossible. "What weve done here is to fit together fundamental science from different disciplines to create this exciting new theory," Harder says. "We...... lose their ability to deform and eventually clump together and get stuck in tiny blood vessels, or capillarie...croMechanics and Molecular Medicine), which brings together researchers from MIT, Institut Pasteur, the National University of Singapore and other universities ......hite blood cells that recognises the parasite and, together with antibodies, destroys it. In trials the team showed that human antibodies given to the mice protected them from the parasite. The team, who were funded by the Medical Research Council and the European Union, are now hoping to refine the model w...