MicroRNA works with Ago2 protein to regulate blood cell development
...the maintenance of microRNA levels, says OCarroll, who recently accepted a position at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Rome. Within the blood system, low levels of microRNA are not life-threatening during development but do have a distinct effect on different blood cell lineages. The res...20 Kentucky firms share $1.9 million from state to match federal SBIR-STTR awards
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Governor Ernie Fletcher, who has worked to make Kentucky a leader in supporting innovative small businesses, today announced that 20 Kentucky high-technology start-ups will share nearly $1.9 million in state matching funds as part of an initiative to attract and support high-tec...Smithsonian Fragmentation Project threatened by Amazon Colonization Plan
...Economics and the Environment in Washington, D.C., who conceived and helped to establish the fragmentatio...And its a notoriously hard life for the colonists, who struggle to eke out a living in an area with many diseases but far from any medical services. Luizo ...Study points to new way to predict death risk from torn aorta
...And doctors dont have a reliable way of predicting who is most at risk of dying, and who might benefit most from surgery or other treatment. Now, a study published in the July 26 New Eng...Learning a second language -- Is it all in your head?
...e said. The 17 research participants aged 18 to 26 who had their brain scans taken prior to participating...ore successful second-language learners were those who showed activation in the auditory cortex (where HG resides). The participants all were native Americ...Discoverer of Sly Syndrome finds way of delivering medicine to fight rare genetic disorder
ST. LOUIS -- The scientist who discovered Sly Syndrome nearly four decades ago an...in barrier so that the enzyme missing in patients who have Sly Syndrome can get into the brain. Those who have Sly Syndrome lack the enzyme called beta-...Other highlights in the July 24 JNCI
...en and testosterone levels in postmenopausal women who later developed breast cancer and those who did not. They found that sex hormone levels and breast density are strongly and independently associ...Prenatal alcohol exposure alters brain activity in the frontal-striatal areas
...sers. "There is research showing that individuals who have been exposed to alcohol during gestation are more likely to develop substance-use disorders themselves," she said. "This finding is independent of other factors that might also influence development of alcoholism, like having biological relativ...Detecting transmissibility of avian influenza virus in human households
...ise from transmission from (i) animals (ii) humans who were infected by animals (primary human-to-human transmission), or (iii) humans who were infected by humans (secondary human-to-human transmission). It is efficient secondary human-to-...Drug protects brain cells in Huntington's disease model, researchers find
...le with Huntingtons was folk singer Woody Guthrie, who died in 1967. Huntingtons is caused by a dominant gene, meaning that a person carrying the gene is certain to develop the disease and has a 50 percent chance of passing it on to his or her children. Symptoms include jerky, uncontrollable movements ...CTRC enrolls first patients in novel phase II study for sarcoma -- living virus destroys cancer cell
...r Drug Development. Eligible patients are those who have a bone or soft tissue sarcoma that has spread to the lung and who are deemed by their physician to be unresponsive to or untreatable by standard therapies. These inc...Secondary waste from chemical weapons stockpile disposal
...ding, 2100 C St., N.W., Washington, D.C. Reporters who cannot attend may listen to a live audio webcast and submit questions using an e-mail form at http://national-academies.org . PARTICIPATING FROM THE COMMITTEE THAT WROTE THE REPORT: -- Peter B. Lederman (committee chair), retired executive direc...New model for autism suggests women carry the disorder and explains age as a risk factor
... cause of the disorder. Parents, especially women, who acquire the mutation but do not exhibit severe sy...s germ-line mutation. The children, mostly female, who receive such a mutation, but do not display the disorder, are the source of the high risk families. ...Eat fish -- especially if you drink high levels of alcohol
...re animal-sourced. A new study has found that men who binge drink have substandard intake of n-3 fats, o...rn diet. Researchers used data from 4,168 adults who self-reported their alcohol consumption as part of the 2001-2002 National Health and Nutrition Exami...Adult survivors of childhood leukemia exercise less, worsening high risk for obesity and illness
...ncer Research. Furthermore, adult survivors of ALL who received cranial radiotherapy (CRT), or whole brai...est levels of physical inactivity in ALL survivors who had received CRT treatment. Women who were treated with a moderate dose of CRT were twice as likely ...Study sheds light on why humans walk on two legs
...cs and biomechanics in adult chimps," said Sockol, who worked for two years to find an animal trainer wil...l longer distances on the ground and favored those who could cover more ground using less energy. "This isn't the complete answer," Sockol said. "But it'...Fruit fly gene from 'out of nowhere' is discovered
...inding is consistent with work of other scientists who are discovering that many of the most recently formed functional genes in any species also are expressed in male testes and appear related to spermatogenesis. "This is a de novo -- 'out of nowhere' -- gene," said Hsiao-Pei Yang, a senior research ...New joint replacement material developed at MGH put to first clinical use
...chanics and Biomaterials Laboratory (OBBL) at MGH, who developed the new material in collaboration with s...lasty Service in the MGH Department of Orthopdics, who performed the first implant with the new material. It should be suitable for higher-stress applicat...Brain's 'hearing center' may reorganize after implant of cochlear device
...aud and her team studied 13 profoundly deaf adults who had received cochlear implants, on average, eight ...e tones. Their results demonstrated that in people who had cochlear implants for at least three months, normal frequency organization was somewhat restored...N.C. A&T food scientist develops process for allergen-free peanuts
...ssful for families with peanut sensitive children, who must take extraordinary precautions to prevent contact with even small traces of peanuts or peanut dust. Tracking, record-keeping and labeling for peanuts is costly for industry, while schools and other institutions that serve the public have limited...