New findings lead researchers to question basic assumptions of fisheries management
... D.C., this week warn that fundamental assumptions underlying current fisheries management practices may be wrong, resulting in management decisions that threaten the future supply of fish and the long-term survival of some fish populations. The symposium, organized by Steven Berkeley of the University of Calif...Animal parenting, personality and pair-ups
... have delved deeper into the biological mechanisms underlying the animals' mating behavior. Prairie voles mate for life, while a closely related species, the meadow mole, is promiscuous. The difference seems to be that the receptors for a hormone called vasopressin are concentrated in different brain areas for...El Nino forecasting could aid fisheries management, disease control, marine species protection
...be done with the computer and satellite technology underlying these advances. Richard Barber, who is Harvey W. Smith Professor of Biological Oceanography at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, will outline additional uses of el Nino forecasting at an 8:30 a.m. Feb. 20 symposium during ...UAlbany CNSE enters NanoBio alliance with Albert Einstein College of Medicine
...from industry on fundamental cutting-edge research underlying the real-world problems that most concern industry....Advocate for gender equity in the sciences honored by the Association for Women in Science
... of now classic experiments designed to reveal the underlying logic of limb regeneration. She has served as program director of the National Science Foundation Developmental Biology Review Panel. A fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, she serves on the editorial boards of several j...Cracking the olfactory code in bees
...es would go even further toward cracking the codes underlying animals' perception and memory....Fox Chase Cancer Center scientists identify immune-system mutation
...8 protein, attracted to class I MHC. However, the underlying molecular pathways that regulate this process have remained obscure. "The mutant HD mice are unable to generate mature helper T cells, even though their immature T cells carry the CD4 protein," Kappes explained. "Instead, the mutation redirects them...Tailing the cause of a rare heart disease
...nt tail of a fish, researchers have pinpointed the underlying cause of a rare, mysterious heart disease that is preceded by hearing loss. Discovering the genetic cause of this disease provides researchers with a wealth of new ideas about the molecules involved in building the developing heart, as well as how di...VCU researchers identify networks of genes responding to alcohol in the brain
...xpression are thought to be an important mechanism underlying long-term memory and learning, including that whic...rences are thought to be related to the mechanisms underlying the different behaviors that the B6 and D2 mice show with alcohol. Researchers also determined wheth...UNC findings may help explain cause of most common movement disorder
... Chapel Hill may have identified the genetic basis underlying essential tremor disease, the most common human movement disorder. The discovery comes from studies involving a strain of genetically altered mice that show the same types of tremor and similar lack of coordination as people affected by essential tre...Olfactory receptor cells may provide clues to psychiatric disease
...e cells in the brain, making it difficult to study underlying neurobiological causes of the disease during its a...de needed insight into the neurobiological factors underlying psychiatric disease. Rawson notes, "The calcium dysregulation that we see in ORNs of bipolar patien...JCI table of contents March 1, 2005
...from Cornell University, delve into the mechanisms underlying the angiogenic effects of BDNF in adult blood vessels. The researchers show that BDNF and VEGF have comparable efficacy in inducing growth of tiny blood vessels in organs that contain cells that express the BDNF receptor TrkB. The also show that BDN...Boosting blood vessels with BDNF
...from Cornell University, delve into the mechanisms underlying the angiogenic effects of BDNF in adult blood vessels. The researchers show that BDNF and VEGF have comparable efficacy in inducing growth of tiny blood vessels in organs that contain cells that express the BDNF receptor TrkB. The also show that BDN...Fine-tuning calf nutrition could reduce nitrogen pollution
... "As a consequence of their rapid growth rate, the underlying physiology and hence, nutrient needs, of young dairy calves change on almost a weekly basis," Lambert said. The indicator amino acid oxidation process is much quicker and more accurate, but also more expensive to set up and conduct. Lambert has here...New slant on vision research: Neurons sensitive to viewing angle
...on which neurons fire. "The issue is, what is the underlying neural mechanism that supports the ability to recognize objects viewed from different angles?" said Sheng He, associate professor of psychology, who directed the study. "This study supports the idea that we have explicit representations in our brains...JCI table of contents April 1, 2005
... disease, with little known about its etiology and underlying mechanisms. It clearly has an inflammatory compon... at Hokkaido University investigate the mechanisms underlying cyst formation in a new mouse model of ADPKD. They find that the mice, which lack a gene called PDK...APS announces 2005 Young Investigators Awards
... Allen's research focuses on the molecular biology underlying muscle adaptation to exercise. In particular, he is studying the cellular and molecular mechanisms that repair muscle following strenuous exercise. He is specifically interested in the role of connective-tissue degrading enzymes known as matrix met...Cooperation is keya new way of looking at MicroRNA and how it controls gene expression
...fatal. Indeed, aberrant expression of genes is the underlying cause of many different diseases. For example, th..., the loss of control of genetic expression is the underlying cause of various forms of cancer--for instance the overexpression of genes that cause the cell to gr...Gene variant increases risk of age-related macular degeneration
... The genetic advance sheds light on the mechanisms underlying the disease and could lead to new avenues for trea...vely reverse the course of the disease. While the underlying causes of AMD had remained largely unknown, risk factors include age, smoking, high blood pressure, ...Scottish scientists win 800,000 to boost research into fighting killer viruses
...in the UK and beyond. Research into the mechanisms underlying this form of lung cancer could provide strategies to understand the onset and progression of human lung cancer, the leading cause of deaths in cancer patients....