Transport interrupted -- Texas A&M biologists trace cause of early blindness to tissue defect
... kill the cell," Perkins notes. "In this case, the transportation process in the photoreceptors was perfectly normal, but the neighboring RPE was defective, which is why the photoreceptors were dying." "For this particular disease, we now have the reason why people go blind. If our results translate into treating...Targeting tau: Inflammation study suggests new approach for fighting Alzheimer's
... the microtubules break up, thereby disrupting the transportation network in normal nerve cells. This has lethal con... dendrites are critically dependent on this normal transportation network. The misfolded tau proteins aggregate and form sheets called fibrils that accumulate in ...MU researchers to study how changes in infrastructure affect physical activity behavior
...cities are organized and built now favor motorized transportation and discourage physical activity. People no longer walk to school, work, the grocery store, or other places they go regularly. As part of the federally funded pilot program, Columbia has received a $25 million grant to fund the completion of compr...Firewood unintentionally transports emerald ash borer
...half mile per year. But over the years, it is the transportation of infested firewood into new locations that continues to bring new infestations. Today the insect is commonly found in the southern half of Michigan with scattered infestations in northern Michigan, an area in Canada just east of Detroit, northwest...UCF scientists' molecular discovery could help drugs target unhealthy cells
...t a molecular level would help us create a natural transportation system that could aid us in many ways in the future." Next, the researchers want to see if they can make the molecule carrier go around corners, rotate its cargo or send out photons to let scientists know where it is located. Rahman worked with S...Defective movement of cell's power plants implicated in commom inherited neurological disorder
...lso provides strong evidence that effective energy transportation is key to long cell life, according to senior author Robert H. Baloh, PhD, at the Washington University School of Medicine. Using rat tissue, Baloh and colleagues removed neurons similar to those affected in CMT patients. They then inserted mutant ...Rural America more prepared for disaster -- also more vulnerable
...d categories of potential hazards: weather events, transportation accidents and hazardous materials, and terrorism. "After 9/11, one county in Colorado did a big effort on anti-terrorism, but in 2006, they began shifting the focus to fire, flooding and flu because they saw the likelihood for these occurring as much...Leading cause of US food-borne illness makes its own pathway through cells
...rd the nucleus, and finally locate near the cell's transportation hub, the Golgi apparatus. "It's been known for over two decades that campylobacter can enter intestinal epithelial cells -- but until now no one could show how it was taken up or where it localized. That suggested it had evolved a special mechanism ...Roadworks on the motorways of the cell
...bled wherever a cargo needs to go, but during this transportation process they need to be kept stable. Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have discovered for the first time that a protein stabilises microtubules by binding to their weakest part, the so-called lattice seam. The study, ...Four Arnoux's Beaked Whales observed from Polarstern expedition
... The tanks were sitting on sledges ready for later transportation to the station by Caterpillars. The cargo had to be loaded on a secure area on the sea ice as ice conditions did not allow Polarstern to enter the "ice port" right next to the shelf edge. The first samples A Spanish team of scientists seized the o...The biggest bug in gut discomfort
...leus, taking up strategic positions near the cells transportation hub, the Golgi apparatus. Previous studies showing C. jejuni gaining intracellular access to intestinal epithelial cells despite its large size suggested to Watson and Galan that the bug had evolved a special mechanism to induce its uptake into the...Nuclear medicine patients: No-alarm holiday travel tips
...ectors are used in some major cities and in public transportation facilities," explained SNM President Martin P. Sandler. "Occasionally, a patient who has had a nuclear medicine procedure may be stopped by security personnel because he or she may trigger the alarm on a radiation detector. On rare occasions, this co...10 million people a year are affected by zoonotic viruses spread by non-human hosts
...l population growth around large cities, increased transportation and failing public control measures." Recent publicity about the risk of an H5N1 (bird flu) epidemic which killed just over half of the 145 people infected during the study period has centered on the risk of human-to-human transmission. It has a...Philippines president enacts new national conservation policy
...e corridor" that is vital to marine-based tourism, transportation and international shipping, and she praised CI and its partners in the Sulu-Sulawesi Seascape Project First Philippine Conservation Inc., First Gen Corporation, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and the local governments of Batang...Vaccine-producing 'plant-factories'
...entific dogmas regarding the mechanisms of protein transportation in plant cells. The research was carried out by a team from the Institute of Agrobiotechnology and Natural Resources (a centre jointly run by the CSIC, the Public University of Navarre and the Government of Navarre), made up of Javier Pozueta, Fr...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Nov. 1, 2006
...United States--without even counting utilities and transportation services, the study found. The findings, Suh said, mean that a shift to a services-based economy will not automatically reduce absolute emissions of GHGs given the dependence of services on GHG producing industries. ARTICLE #1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEA...Researchers to study why dead zone returned to Lake Erie
...provide habitat for wildlife and fish, and support transportation and agriculture production. Lake Erie is the smallest of the five Great Lakes....Identifying the 'nuclear' in nuclear medicine as high benefit
...tion detectors are used in major cities and public transportation facilities. Individuals who receive nuclear medicine procedures may trigger detector alarms and be stopped by security personnel. Common radioisotopes that are used in many nuclear medicine studies that could set off radiation monitors, each with var...The first tree genome is published: Poplar holds promise as renewable bioenergy resource
...mon tree may one day factor prominently in meeting transportation fuel needs, according to scientists whose research...partmental goal of replacing 30 percent of current transportation fuel demand with biofuels by 2030. DOE scientists envision a future where vast poplar farms in reg......sts craft greenhouse gas reduction policies in the transportation industry. The study will focus on the transportation industry, where emissions reduction policies have significant consequences on the economy and materi...