Gene predicts better outcome as cortex normalizes in teens with ADHD
...th attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who carried a particular version of a gene in a study ...d Philip Shaw, M.D., NIMH Child Psychiatry Branch, who led the research. ADHD likely stems from interactions between several such genes and non-genetic fac...UF, French scientists seek test to detect gene doping in athletes
...thletes body to levels found in the average person who has not been doping. Our research aims to develop the ability to detect gene doping, primarily in athletes. But it has a wider purpose, and thats to understand how gene therapies are disseminated throughout the body, added Snyder, whose research s...Genetic analysis finds greater threat in frog-killing fungus
...lonal reproduction," said lead author Jess Morgan, who was a UC Berkeley post-doctoral researcher working... on the pet trade were put in place," said Morgan, who is now a research scientist at the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries in Queensland, Aus...Satellite tracking will help answer questions about penguin travels
...ject is led by Dee Boersma, a UW biology professor who for 25 years has headed the Magellanic Penguin Pro... transmit the information back to the researchers, who will use it to update a public tracking map on the Internet at http://www.penguinstudies.org. ...Disabling a sensory organ prompts female mice to act like male mice
...ersity professor of molecular and cellular biology who led the new study. "It means you only have to buil...tly functional male behavioral circuit." "People who observe animal behavior have been struck by the fact that the biggest differences in behavior betwee...Multicenter study nets new lung tumor-suppressor gene
...l cell lung cancer development in mice," say Wong, who is also an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. "This suggests there may be additional lung tumor-suppressor genes yet to be discovered. Were currently examining whether these results apply to human lung cancers as well and, if ...Why nectar-feeding bats need a 'power drink' to fly
... highest rates reported in humans are for athletes who can fuel up to 30% of their metabolism directly from power drinks, they say. The reason these bats live on such an energetic knife edge is down to the food source they live on and the way they get around. They feed on floral nectars that contain si...MIT study: Maturity brings richer memories
...chacter, an expert on memory at Harvard University who was not associated with the study....Improved NIST SRM aids lead poisoning detection
...your shopping list, but for U.S. medical personnel who each year perform more than 2 million human blood measurements, Standard Reference Material (SRM) 955c from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cant be beat. SRM 955c is an improved version of SRM 955b, a material clinicians ...How cells change the pace of their steps
...l biology in UCSDs Division of Biological Sciences who co-directed the motility study with Lasheras. Our study not only makes a major advance in understanding this key concept in biology, but also provides new tools that will allow us to make even more significant advances in the future. By using a mode...Immunity in social amoeba suggests ancient beginnings
...ar, said the Baylor College of Medicine researcher who led the research that appears today in the journal Science. Dictyostelium discoideum usually exists as a single-celled organism. However, when stressed by starvation, the single cells band together to form a slug that can move. Eventually the slug ...New survey documents the headaches of computerized medicine
...h.D., M.L.S., M.S., M.B.A., the lead investigator, who is an associate professor and vice chair, departme...nds of errors may seem minor to these interviewees who seem confident that errors are most often caught before harm is done....Forecasting system provides flood warnings to vulnerable residents of Bangladesh
...stently reach many rural individuals in Bangladesh who are in jeopardy of losing their homes, businesses,...y their lives," says NCAR scientist Thomas Hopson, who helped develop the forecasting system. The system uses a combination of weather forecast models, s...ASU researchers partner with UOP to make biofuel for military jets a reality
... be converted into jet fuel. Hu and Sommerfeld, who direct the Laboratory for Algae Research and Biotechnology, have focused on algae as a source of renewable oil for more than 20 years. The benefits of oil produced from algae are endless, according to the ASU researchers. Algae are non-food/feed sour...Identified mechanism in the malaria parasite to help it adapt to infected individuals
...of the parasite, concludes Corts. The scientist, who leads a research line in molecular parasitology in the Genetic Translation Laboratory at IRB Barcelona, emphasises that this study has also revealed that none of these proteins acting on its own would be a suitable candidate to develop a vaccine beca...Discredited Korean embryonic stem cells' true origins revealed
...ite1339/mainpageS1339P1sublevel270.html ) Daley, who is a member of the executive committee of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute and president of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, notes that scientists now have two powerful tools: human parthenogenesis, which appears to be an efficient me......tion hazards in space," says LSD's Sylvain Costes, who led the study. "On a trip to Mars, astronauts will be exposed to cosmic rays for as long as three years, so NASA has been trying to come up with a mechanistic model of DNA repair to estimate the increased risk of cancer. We are helping to develop suc...Chickadee, nutchatch presence in conifers increases tree growth, says CU-Boulder study
...e trees, said study author Kailen Mooney. Mooney, who conducted the study as part of his doctoral resear...ue of Ecology, a monthly science journal. Mooney, who received his doctorate from CU-Boulder in 2004, will become a biology department faculty member at t...Success or failure of antidepressant citalopram predicted by gene variation
...is is a crucial need for the millions of Americans who suffer from depression, said NIMH Director Thomas ...D) study. The trial showed that depressed patients who dont benefit from the first medication they try have a fair chance of being helped by others. After ...A low expression of MX2 gene exists in the white blood cells of narcoleptics
...affects the same number of men and women. Those who suspect they might be suffering from narcolepsy, or another sleep disorder, are urged to consult with their primary care doctor or a sleep specialist....