Different approach needed to protect brains of premature infants
...of a premature infant responds to injury has found vulnerabilities similar to those in the mature brain but also identified at least one significant difference, according to neuroscientists and neonatologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. In an animal model of brain injury, researchers...Genes found for successful smoking cessation
...hat nicotine dependence shares some common genetic vulnerabilities with addictions to other legal and illegal substances." Some of the specific genes identified might provide insights into why some people appear to have a susceptibility to addiction and why others are more successful in their attempts to quit. "...Reduced frontal-lobe activity and impulsivity may be linked to alcoholism risk
...roup of disorders may have some underlying genetic vulnerabilities in common that contribute to the disorders. One recent study of genetic and environmental contributions to internalizing and externalizing disorders determined that the single most important factor underlying externalizing disorders is a genetic lia...Nanotech tools yield DNA transcription breakthrough
...arch," he said. "Our basic research identifies new vulnerabilities within the bacterial version of the machine; our applied research exploits those vulnerabilities." One of the studies reported in Science was conducted by Ebright's laboratory in conjunction with Shimon Weiss' laboratory at the California NanoSyst...Institute of Medicine elects 65 new members, 5 foreign associates
...HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC, an agenda for addressing the vulnerabilities that have hindered the optimal functioning of the nation's drug safety system; PREVENTING MEDICATION ERRORS, which documents the impact of drug-related mishaps and provides an agenda for improving the safety of medication use; THE FUTURE OF EMERGENCY...Venomous cone snail biologist named to Institute of Medicine
...g the past year, institute reports have dealt with vulnerabilities of the U.S. drug safety system; medication errors and how to prevent them; recommendations to shore up the nation's struggling emergency care system; redesigning how health care providers' performance is measured and compensated to encourage improvem...NIH unprecedented genetic study may help identify people most at risk for alcoholism
...ences in addiction vulnerability." "We know that vulnerabilities to substance abuse involve complex traits with strong genetic influences," adds Dr. Volkow. "Finding ways to identify who is most physiologically vulnerable to addiction will be a tremendous step towards more effective prevention and treatment approa...New genetic findings add to understanding of OCD
... write. Hanna notes that the finding of genetic vulnerabilities for OCD are important, but so is the understanding of how environmental factors -- including hormones and infections -- may play a role in the onset of the disorder. He directs the U-M Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Division's Pediatric Anxiety and...Report warns about carbon dioxide threats to marine life
...arch strategies to better understand the long-term vulnerabilities of sensitive marine organisms to these changes." The report, "Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs and Other Marine Calcifiers," warns that oceans worldwide absorbed approximately 118 billion metric tons of carbon between 1800 and 1994. Oc...UCSD biochemists discover bacteria's Achilles' heel
...ome. The researchers say that their study reveals vulnerabilities in bacterial protein production that can be exploited to design new antibiotics. "Initiation factor 2, initiator tRNA and the Shine-Dalgarno sequence are great targets because they are essential to the unfolding process and they are conserved in b...The Future of Chemical Plant Security one-day symposium, Monday, Aug. 29
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 Reducing vulnerabilities at chemical facilities will be addressed during a special one-day symposium, "The Future of Chemical Plant Security: Where Will We Be in 2015," on Monday, Aug. 29, at the 230th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the worlds largest sci...Mass production of human papillomavirus could lead to gains against cervical cancer
Researchers may be on the verge of exploiting the vulnerabilities of a virus that causes cervical cancer, thanks to ...y the early process of infection and to search for vulnerabilities in that process, said Ahlquist. "The early stages of infection -- before the virus becomes establish...Scientists seek answers on what activates deadly anthrax spores
...how anthrax develops, but also pick out structural vulnerabilities that are key to designing new therapeutic agents to prevent anthrax. Interest in determining how to stop anthrax remains high, not only after the 2001 attacks through the mail that resulted in 18 cases and five deaths, but also after the recent scare......that the flies and humans display many of the same vulnerabilities and behavioral responses to alcohol. "This finding opens promising new avenues for the treatment of alcoholism," said Ulrike Heberlein, PhD, UCSF professor of anatomy and senior author on the paper. "Insulin is already known to act in the nervous...