New molecular regulators of hyperthyroidism and goiter
...Gq/G11-mediated signaling has an essential role in transmitting TSH-induced signals and therefore in regulating thyroid gland function. This makes Gq and G11 potential new targets for the treatment of hyperthyroidism and goiter. In the study, Stefan Offermanns and colleagues from the University of Heidelberg, G...JCI table of contents: Aug. 9, 2007
...Gq/G11-mediated signaling has an essential role in transmitting TSH-induced signals and therefore in regulating thyroid gland function. This makes Gq and G11 potential new targets for the treatment of hyperthyroidism and goiter. In the study, Stefan Offermanns and colleagues from the University of Heidelberg, G...Argonne wins three R&D 100 awards for innovative technologies
...aditional chemical gas detectors, which operate by transmitting a signal and then processing the reflected response, PmmWS works similarly to an infrared camera, as it emits no signal but merely captures emitted radiation from a gas plume. Using their spectroscope, the researchers were able to detect nitric o...New amfAR research grants to optimize HIV treatment
...into care among high risk populations: The risk of transmitting HIV to others is particularly high during the first few months of HIV infection and as such represents an important time for counseling newly infected people as well as their partners. Dr. Remien will interview at-risk populations from community-base...Children born after PGD as healthy as those born after conventional IVF treatment
...ring. PGD is a new option for couples at risk of transmitting genetic diseases. Instead of carrying out a prenatal diagnosis followed by a termination of pregnancy, in vitro fertilisation (IVF) with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (where a sperm is injected directly into an egg) is performed, followed by gen...University of Pittsburgh scientists find new contributor to aggressive cancers
...lp cells attach to one another and are involved in transmitting chemical signals between cells and the ECM. In this study, the researchers, led by Jianhua Luo, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor in the division of molecular and cellular pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, examined whether thi...Resistance genes in our food supply
... of commensals, especially food-borne microbes, in transmitting resistance genes are becoming a concern to the scientific community," says Hua Wang of the Ohio State University, presenting May 23, 2007 at the 107th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) in Toronto. The culprit is a proc...HIV in breast milk killed by flash-heating, new study finds
...ure and death, and actually outweighed the risk of transmitting HIV through breast milk," said Abrams. "This has been a desperate dilemma for mothers in developing countries. Our method of flash-heating breast milk could be particularly important at the time the mother stops nursing. Roughly 300,000 infants contr......sity investigate the reliability of thin axons for transmitting information. They show that noise effects in ion channels in the brain are much larger than previously assumed meaning the fidelity of transmission is compromised. Neurons in the cerebral cortex of the brain can have a wiring density of up to 4km...Highlighted sessions of ASBMB's 2007 Annual Meeting
...drug users are at increased risk for acquiring and transmitting HIV and Hepatitis C virus (HCV), potentially increasing infection rates in minority communities. ANTONIO ESTRADA, Director of Mexican American Studies and Research Center and Professor of Public Health in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public ...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, March 2007
...ins responsible for sensing their surroundings and transmitting that information inward. Despite being studied for decades, little is known about how these methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins translate their exquisite detection abilities into a signal. The work of Igor Zhulin of ORNL's Computer Science and Mathe...Tracking sperm whales and jumbo squid
...ptured squid were outfitted with a pop-up archival transmitting tag, which periodically sampled the animals depth. Unlike the instruments used on whales, the squid tags were designed to detach at a predetermined time, then float to the surface and transmit stored data to the satellite. Results During the st...Study advances evidence for receptor's role in alcohol pleasure and problems
...ors, the mu-subtype is most likely responsible for transmitting alcohols positive effects. "We also know that there are several genetic variants of the human mu-opioid receptor," notes first author Christina Barr, V.M.D., Ph.D., a lead investigator in NIAAAs Laboratory of Clinical and Translational Studies and ...DNA nanoparticles hold promise in gene therapy for Parkinson's disease
...uce dopamine, a chemical messenger responsible for transmitting signals within the brain. Loss of dopamine causes critical nerve cells in the brain, or neurons, to fire out of control, leaving patients unable to direct or control their movement in a normal manner. The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's ......nodes, so that a unit can wake up its neighbors by transmitting a short tone." Previous protocols required individual units to be active for approximately 2-3 per cent of monitoring time- that is, active about 29-45 minutes of every day of sensornet activity. SCP-MAC reduced the monitoring time to less than two...Pregnancy hormone key to repairing nerve cell damage
...hat coats nerve cells and plays a critical role in transmitting messages in the central nervous system. A collaboration between the laboratories of Drs. Samuel Weiss and V. Wee Yong of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, the study is the first to determine that prolactin, which increases in the body during pregnancy, ...Are scientists making progress in being able to regenerate bone tissue?
... donors are less successful and there is a risk of transmitting viruses from the donor to the recipient. Given all these problems with bone grafts, scientists have attempted to engineer bone tissue. Bone tissue engineering using bone marrow stem cells has been suggested as a promising technique for reconstructin...Uric acid and spinal cord injury treatment
...nd that under normal circumstances aids neurons in transmitting signals for cognitive functions in the brain, such as learning and memory. In the case of spinal cord injury or stroke where there is physical cell damage, however, an excess of glutamate is released and it accumulates around the remaining intact neu...Critical hearing gene helps send auditory messages to brain
...t, inner hair cells are "the genuine sensory cells transmitting information on the temporal structure and intensity of sound to the central nervous system," Petit said. While outer hair cell defects can lead to considerable hearing loss, she added, a loss of inner hair cell function results in total deafness as ...Forsyth scientists find linkages between serotonin reuptake inhibitors and bone mass
...-- serotonin is the chemical substance involved in transmitting signals between neurons and which plays a role in anxiety and mood disorders-- and bone destructive cells (osteoclasts). (Fluoxetine is a serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRIs).) However, it was not clear what role serotonin played in bone metabolism....