Mayo Clinic discovers a key to 'low metabolism' and major factor in obesity
...ed to help expand scientists' understanding of the biology of obesity. Collaboration and Support In addition to Dr. Levine, members of the Mayo Clinic research team include: Matthew Clark, Ph.D.; Michael Jensen, M.D.; Paul Kane; Alisa Krizan; Lorraine Lanningham-Foster, Ph.D.; Shelly McCrady and Leslie Ol...New research reinforces importance of aerobic health
... genes," said Steven Swoap, associate professor of biology at Williams Colleges, a member of the research tea...oap is the chair of the biochemistry and molecular biology program at Williams College, where he has taught since 1996. His research has focused on the molecu...National Academies news: Academy honors 17 for major contributions to science
...nually for a recent notable discovery in molecular biology by a youngscientist - goes to DAVID BARTEL, member, Whitehead Institute forBiomedical Research, and professor of biology, Massachusetts Instituteof Technology, Cambridge. Bartel was chosen "for his discoveries on therepertoire of catalytic RNA, and ...Rebuilding wounded veterans: Annual review of limb loss & prosthetics research
...ne in a rodent femur model. This insight into bone biology will help define the patient selection criteria and enhance the success of the procedure. Pg. 775 Monolimb provides same comfort and flexibility as high-end prosthetic limbs Investigators study the effect of leg design on the flexibility and stru...NIH action plan charts future challenges for liver disease research
...tis. The explosion of knowledge about fundamental biology and genetics in the past 20 years now promises to provide significant improvements in management of liver disease and specific prevention of many of these important causes of disease and mortality among Americans." In 2003, the NIH created the Liv...Veterans in better health than other residents of nursing homes, new test for evaluating tinnitus
...thetic device to the femur. This insight into bone biology will help define the patient selection criteria and enhance the success of the procedure. Insole design impacts plantar pressure distribution This study quantifies the effects of insole contours on the plantar pressure distri...Poor response to chemotherapy does not mean poor outcome for patients with rare breast cancer
... treatment that is more adequately tailored to the biology of their cancer. "Before this study, I don't think anyone realized the disease should be treated differently," Cristofanilli continues. "Now we need to think about revising our clinical approach and, more importantly, the way we communicate prognosis...Mice with depression-like behaviors reveal possible source of human depression
...., associate professor of pediatrics, of molecular biology and pharmacology and of obstetrics and gynecology. "To test this, we developed an animal model that would tell us if changes in glucocorticoid receptor function could impart the animal equivalent of depression." The researchers engineered mice that l...Decreased sensitivity in the brain to estrogen may help explain menopausal changes
...s in the field who will present information on the biology of the menopause transition, common symptoms during this time, and possible treatments to an independent panel. This panel will prepare a state-of-the-science statement to provide guidance to women and their doctors, as well as to suggest future res...Tracing the life cycle of a manmade disease
... the integration of surgical innovation, molecular biology and material science," writes Harris, who is Alan Gerry Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School. Harris was a pioneer in the field of joint replacement, beginning in the late 1960s. But he and other surgeons gradually ob...UGA researchers receive NIH contract to create a stem cell-based drug assay for SMA
... associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at UGA. "In addition, there are libraries of compounds available for testing to see if protein concentrations go up without having to know the mechanism behind it." Michael and Rebecca Terns, both advisors on the SMA Project contract, have been study...First US SARS vaccine trial opens at NIH
...ful new tools from two different fields, molecular biology and information technology," says Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of NIAID. Instead of using weakened or inactivated virus, which is typical for vaccine development, the new vaccine is composed of a small circular piece of DNA that encodes the vira...Scientists align billion-year-old protein with embryonic heart defects
...eactions to drugs. "One reason for studying the biology of our genetic blueprint is so that we can understand how mutations in the genes encoding for proteins such as SRF may relate to human disease," says Joseph M. Miano, Ph.D., associate professor of Medicine in the Center for Cardiovascular Research at...Replicating an eel's nerve circuitry may aid paralyzed people
In a collaboration that blends biology and robotics, researchers at The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland are unraveling the circuitry in an eel's spinal cord to help develop a microchip implant that may someday help paralyzed people walk again. After a spinal cord i...Scholarship to attract 'top students' for optometry
...n optometry, she received her bachelor's degree in biology from Rice University and graduated from Thomas K. Gorman High School in Tyler, Texas. "UH has given me my whole career and expert training in my profession," Hopping said. "I appreciate and love my profession because it allows me to help peopl...Humble Planaria worm offers ideal model for drug withdrawal research
...even learn." Some might remember Planaria from biology experiments in grade school. According to Raffa, the worm was a popular research model in the 1960s, but hasn't been used much since. Because of its many advantages, however, he predicts they might experience a resurgence of use in scientific researc...Stem cells' repair skills might be link to cancer
...," says Phil Beachy, Ph.D., professor of molecular biology and genetics in Hopkins' Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. "Successful therapy depends on targeting the cells that drive cancer's growth and its spread, so we have to know which cells are impo...New Jersey Institute of Technology pioneers new way to teach engineers
... and chemical engineering, but also of physiology, biology and medicine. "The studio classes are ideally suited for interdisciplinary learning," says Foulds, "since the experiments we give them force our students to draw upon many fields." The studios, also, are equipped with sophisticated equipment. The ...Chemoprevention backgrounder: Working for a future of cancer chemoprevention
...the newest classes of estrogen blockers change the biology of breast cells. To do that, Arun uses a minimally invasive technique known as ductal lavage to collect and examine cells from breast milk ducts. She says that, so far, "COX-2 overexpression is strongly implicated in progression of breast precancer t...St. Jude scientist wins International Society of Experimental Hematology award
...o write about the field of hematopoietic stem cell biology and therapy. About ISEH From its beginnings in the 1950's as a group of scientists who sought to create a forum for the presentation and discussion of pre-clinical data in experimental hematology, the International Society for Experimental Hematolo...