Abnormal fat metabolism underlies heart problems in diabetic patients
...with Barth syndrome have weak hearts and often die young from heart failure. These children have mutations that prevent cells from producing enough cardiolipin. The connection between cardiolipin and heart disease in Barth syndrome led the Washington University researchers to wonder if cardiolipin was also...ESF EURYI award winner aims to stop cancer cells reading their own DNA
...formation during cell division is being pursued by young Dutch researcher Dr. Nynke Dekker in one of this years EURYI award winning projects sponsored by the European Science Foundation (ESF) and the European Heads of Research Councils (EuroHORCS). Dekker and her team are trying to stop tumor development ...Sugar and spice and everything nice: Health differences in newborn girls and boys
...mia) might play a role. The researchers used 20 young (3-5 days) male (n=7) and female (n=13) Yorkshire piglets to examine their theory. They took a full thickness left ventricular biopsy to compare the baseline levels of metabolites in both sexes prior to isolating the hearts. The hearts were then subj...Ecologists work to link kids with nature
...utdoor recreation for the time and interest of our young people. Our kids need fewer adventure games and m...ymposium No child left indoors: Ecologists linking young people with nature co-organized by the Ecological Society of Americas Vice President for Education M...ASBMB taps 8 scientists and 1 politician for top awards
...Schering Plough Award was established to recognize young investigators for outstanding research at an early stage of their careers. During his short career, Strobel has become a major leader in the study of the structure, function and mechanism of RNA molecules involved in catalytic processes. John D. S...Improved NIST SRM aids lead poisoning detection
...l to the developing nervous systems of fetuses and young children, causing learning disabilities and behavior problems and, at high levels, seizures, coma and death. Children can be exposed to lead from lead-based paint in older buildings, or from contaminated soil near highways where vehicles once used ...Universe's stringy birth revealed by young Czech scientist in EURYI winning project
...fourth and final year, aims to attract outstanding young researchers from anywhere in the world to work in ...lsinki, Finland on 27 September 2007 with other 19 young researchers. EURYI is designed to attract outstanding young scientists from around the world to crea...Neurosciences and music meet in Montreal
...ntists, musicians, major researchers and promising young students to exchange information, share experiences and to discuss and disseminate the emerging scientific discoveries. The conference program is overseen by the International Organization Committee: Isabelle Peretz, Universit de Montral, BRAMS, Robe...Developing a more effective vaccine for tuberculosis
...the currently used vaccine (M. bovis BCG) provides young children with protection from tuberculosis, it is not effective at preventing the type of tuberculosis that most adolescents and adults suffer from. Therefore, there is an intensive research effort designed to develop new, more efficient vaccines tha...JCI table of contents: August 1, 2007
...the currently used vaccine (M. bovis BCG) provides young children with protection from tuberculosis, it is not effective at preventing the type of tuberculosis that most adolescents and adults suffer from. Therefore, there is an intensive research effort designed to develop new, more efficient vaccines tha...2007 EURYI: 20 young researchers to receive Nobel Prize-sized awards for breakthrough ideas
...(EURYI) scheme is going out with style! Twenty young researchers, which have been selected by high-leve...year. EURYI is designed to attract outstanding young scientists from around the world to create their own research teams at European research centres and...Measuring nectar from eucalypts
...n how much nectar is produced by retained trees or young trees regrowing after logging. Indeed, beekeeper... nectar production, especially the perception that young trees do not produce as much nectar as mature trees. The two eucalypt species chosen for research,...High rates of HIV infection documented among young Nepalese girls sex-trafficked to India
...een trafficked into sexual servitude prior to this young age. Approximately 600,000 to 800,000 people are...ients in India suggests that these men prefer very young girls, often presented as virgins, due to fear of HIV and other infection, as well as to the widespr...Parents seeking sex abandon 1 in 3 offspring
...he bird kingdom. Usually both parents care for the young although the female takes the bulk of care. In a score of species, such as in phalaropes and lily-trotters, males do all of the childrearing. As far as we know this willingness for both sexes to abandon the nest for the sake of new mates is unique,...Jan Lwe awarded 2007 EMBO Gold Medal
...Gold Medal recognises outstanding contributions of young researchers in the molecular life sciences. Consid...est scientists. Lwes many accomplishments in his young career illustrate the golden qualities that characterise all EMBO medal winners. Jan has single-hand...Injection drug use and HIV and HCV infections among Ontario prison inmates
...ple in provincial prisons in Quebec, and adult and young offenders admitted to remand facilities (jails, de...a and colleagues assessed data from 1877 adult and young offenders admitted to 13 remand facilities between Feb. 1, 2003, and June 20, 2004. Among the adult ...Injection drug use the most important risk factor for HIV and HCV infections among Quebec prisoners
...ple in provincial prisons in Quebec, and adult and young offenders admitted to remand facilities (jails, detention centres and youth centres) in Ontario. The Quebec study is highlighted below; the Ontario study appears in a separate release posted at EurekAlert today. In both the studies, injection drug us...First new multiple sclerosis gene found in 30 years
...opulations. Multiple sclerosis is most common in young adults, with more than 90 percent of the cases being diagnosed before the age of 55, and fewer than five percent diagnosed before the age of five. Women are two to three times more likely to develop the disease, which afflicts about 350,000 patients ...After a decades-long search, scientists identify new genetic risk factors for multiple sclerosis
...the most common disabling neurological disorder of young adults. It's an autoimmune disease, occurring when the body's immune system mistakenly attacks a protective sheath around axons the delicate cables that nerve cells use to connect with each other. Various immunosuppressant drugs can reduce symptom......ack, and for the first time in more than 50 years, young aspen trees are growing again in the northern rang... caused a significant reduction in elk browsing on young aspen shoots, allowing them to survive to heights where some are now above the animal browsing level...