Important brain finding results from boy's rare, fatal disease
...known as neurons, the brain's white matter is also vital to our health. Our white matter is mostly made up of glial cells that insulate the connections between neurons. In VWM, as the white matter gradually disappears, a child typically has trouble talking and walking. As the disease progresses over severa...Major advance made on DNA structure
...ys a key role in DNA's ability to repair itself a vital biological function. A more fundamental understanding of DNA structure and its relationship to genetic sequences, researchers say, helps set the stage for applied advances in biology, biomedicine, genetic engineering, nanotechnology and other fields....Scientists reveal how disease bacterium survives inside immune system cell
...sis. Recent evidence suggests that this process is vital to resolving human infections. A. phagocytophilum is unusual in that it can delay apoptosis in human neutrophils, which presumably allows some of the bacteria to replicate and cause infection. "This particular bacterium specifically seeks out neutro...Hopeful results from interrupted Alzheimer's vaccine study
...rocardiogram exams, blood and urine tests, regular vital sign exams, and tests of memory and thinking ability. All of the injections will be in the first year, with the second year for follow-up exams. U-M is not yet recruiting participants for this study, but is taking names of those people who might wan...How exactly does the brain control breathing?
... 100 years is what maintains this almost fail safe vital rhythm throughout life? Experimental Physiology editor Julian Paton invited two world renowned scientists Dr. Guyenet from the University of Charlottesville and Dr. Richerson from Yale University, to use the journal as a forum to discuss the issue an...Scientists discover odd-ball rodent
...ons to reduce unsustainable commercial hunting are vital to safeguarding remaining populations of the Kha-Nyou and a gallery of other unusual species. "Skeptics might say that if we are still discovering such amazing new animals, why are people worried about wildlife loss; but of course it is an indicatio...Consequences of exposure to an energy rich diet during development
.... Adult offspring also showed abnormal activity of vital proteins in the kidney. We do not know what the ideal diet would be during pregnancy, however, it is clear from our research and that of others that maternal obesity and a high saturated fat and calorie intake are not conducive to optimal developmen...Quantifying network vulnerability, and the best way to find hidden items
...or networks under attack, and good intelligence is vital for taking networks down. The researchers note that their analysis is also applicable to controlling the spread of contagious disease through vaccinations in populations connected by social networks. 2) Want to know the best way to find your lost so...Fox Chase study shows that weakened T-cell receptor signals change T-cell lineage
...ecise role remains poorly understood, they perform vital protective functions. Certain lung infections easily cleared from normal laboratory mice are a death sentence for those lacking gamma-delta T cells. Despite their clear importance in resisting disease, the processes controlling the generation of gam...Same fold in viral shells point to common ancestry
...for the assembly of the capsid, which protects DNA vital to a virus' ability to infect host organisms and reproduce. The T4 and HK97 viruses are called bacteriophages because they infect bacteria. "In the case of the T4 virus, the capsid is made of interconnected six-sided structures called hexamers, which...AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner urges US to continue collecting job data on women workers
..."rob businesses, non-profits, and governments of a vital indicator: how participation by gender in the labor market relates to income and productivity," Leshner wrote. [See the full letter at www.aaas.org/news/releases/2005/0519ombletter.shtml ] The gender data have been collected by the Bureau of Labor S...Stem cell research at Weill Cornell, The Rockefeller University, and Sloan-Kettering
...e-opened Gene Therapy Clinical Trials Unit will be vital assets in the translation of basic stem cell biology into clinical medicine. The Rockefeller University is widely recognized as a center of innovation in basic research to improve the scientific understanding of the biology of stem cells. Rockefelle...$10 million gift establishes Helen L. & Martin S. Kimmel Center for Stem Cell Biology
...he basic biology of stem cells in animal models, a vital platform for the eventual application of stem cells to treat a host of human diseases. Ruth Lehmann, Ph.D., the Julius Raynes Professor of Developmental Genetics and a leader in developmental genetics, will be the Director of the new Center for Stem ...Scientists journey to southern Africa to unravel the secret world of elephant communication
...scientific knowledge and sends us the humbling and vital message that we are not, after all, 'the measure of all things.'" Planthoppers and pachyderms Larom met O'Connell-Rodwell in Etosha in 1992, the year she began her work at Mushara. "I started doing research on elephants for the Namibian Ministry of...MSKCC researchers uncover structure of key protein complex in cells
... information both to and from the nucleus, and are vital to proper cell function. "The next step in this research is to probe the importance of the contacts observed in our structure with the biochemical activities and effects on the cell itself of disrupting these contacts," Dr. Lima said. He and his col...Clear rules needed to govern deep sea bioprospecting: UNU
...o future human well-being, provide our planet with vital climate-related and other ecological services, and have much to teach us about life processes," says UNU-IAS Director A.H. Zakri. "The unfettered and unregulated exploitation of international sea beds and the organisms living there could have seriou...For first time, brain cells generated in a dish
... and watched them perform. From that, they learned vital information for clinical applications such as bone marrow transplants. Now we have a tool to do exactly the same thing." By watching the cells perform, scientists can make judgments and influence the capacity of the cells to generate specific neurons...Logging changed ecological balance for monkeys, damaged health
...st, they report, are getting much less protein and vital minerals than their counterparts in undisturbed forests. Recovery of the forest also has been hampered by the growth of acanthus, an invasive shrub that has overwhelmed much of the forest floor where trees were removed, Gilllespie said. Because eleph...Deconstructing the genome of a notorious yeast
...e genome. This comprehensive annotation will be a vital tool for the C. albicans research community and will help in developing improved diagnoses and therapies to treat C. albicans infections....Bumblebees copy one another when contending with unfamiliar flowers
...ew twist to our understanding of how bumblebees, a vital floral pollinator, select the flowers from which they collect nectar. When faced with unfamiliar plants, foraging bees do not choose flowers entirely alone but instead copy the choices of other bees. The new findings suggest that bees adjust their be...