UCI study identifies how new neurons grow in adult brain
...ll growth in the adult brain may provide important clues to the potential use of stem cells in the treatment of memory-related diseases such as Alzheimer's. The study shows for the first time how newborn neurons in the adult brain grow and integrate into the area involved with learning and memory. The find...Study examines why new lung cancer treatment is effective for some patients but not others
...e of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, may provide clues to the mechanisms involved in both the drug response and in possible tobacco-related genetic changes in lung cancer. This information could help physicians select those patients who will most benefit from the drug and also provide information that co...Cell research uncovers intriguing clues to 'Trojan horse' gene in HIV infection
...culprits in HIV infection, her studies may provide clues to new treatments. Future drugs could target the proteins that help HIV survive. Many steps, and years of work, separate this knowledge from the development of actual therapies, but, said Dr. Finkel, "Our hope is that better understanding of how HIV ...Molecular analyses of leukemia patients suggest strategies for better treatments
... optimal treatment, and may even provide important clues for the cause of leukemia. Together, these advances might one day permit physicians to cure all patients, regardless of the type of ALL they have, and might even lead to ways to prevent this disease. ...Sounds of New York, evidence for a preferred ear, ultrasound for the eye
...everal papers show how sound can provide important clues into animal behavior-while also being strange or funny. Andrea Simmons ( Andrea_Simmons@brown.edu ) and Dianne Suggs ( Dianne_Suggs@brown.edu ) of Brown University have discovered a new vocalization in the male bullfrog called the "stutter" in which...Climate-based model to predict West Nile virus activity
... with microhabitat information provides scientific clues to how mosquito populations develop and age. Older mosquitoes are the carriers of WNV, becoming infected when they feed on "reservoir" animals, such as birds, and undergo an incubation period of the virus lasting five to 14 days. During subsequent bl...Envisat's rainbow vision detects ground moving at pace fingernails grow
...gns in the surface landscape, but in this case all clues have been hidden by later floods and sediment deposits." The discovery of this fault from space fleshes out the scientific understanding of geological processes in this volatile region, and makes more accurate hazard mapping possible in future. The ...Increase in childhood leukaemia may be part due to increased light at night
...otoreceptors in the eye and he will be sharing the clues about light perception pathways that his work is revealing. Professor Reiter will introduce the link between magnetic fields and childhood leukaemia, an association which is now thought to be related to the light at night effect since magnetic field...Mechanism found that 'protects' aggressive melanoma from angiogenesis inhibitors
...sis inhibitors in our study may provide additional clues about the mechanistic interactions between endothelia and proliferating tumors and suggest additional targets for antivascular and antiangiogenic drug therapy," Hendrix said. Hendrix's co-researchers on this study were: Richard E. B. Seftor;...Study lays down genetic basis for sinus disease and nasal polyps
...than normal. Changes in proteins and genes can be clues to a genetic basis or origin of a disease. This may subsequently lead to the development of new therapy for a condition (by controlling the actions of the protein). Three of the four "up" genes, including two proteins known to have antibacterial ...Hunt for autism genes to be led by Hopkins researchers
...the condition's genetic roots may reveal important clues to its biology, and hence targets for treating some of its effects or trying to prevent it. "The molecular genetic study of autism provides one of the best scientific opportunities in medicine: the chance to identify the missing or abnormal signals t...New hope for ALS seen with genetic techniques, growth factors
... mechanism of the glia cell attack. The team found clues that the glia no longer keep the environment safe for neurons, and that they may mount a lethal inflammatory response against the neurons. In other work, scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL) tackled a different ...UK researcher uncovers clues to Alzheimer's disease
...stry professor Allan Butterfield has uncovered new clues about how brain cells are damaged by Alzheimer's disease, evidence suggesting vitamin E may help prevent the debilitating illness. In Butterfield's study, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health, he focused on amyloid beta peptide, a co...New insights into muscle adaptation to exercise
...ever, are providing important temporal and spatial clues to the adaptability process. "Our data suggests that angiogenesis is one of the key early steps in skeletal muscle adaptation and may be an essential step in the adaptability process," Waters continued. "This understanding could be crucial for design...No increase in deaths for heart failure patients with pulmonary artery catheter
...y of the ESCAPE echocardiogram data should provide clues about these next steps," said Sopko. ...News tips for Tuesday, November 9, 2004
....m. Abstract 3035 Can parents' perspective offer clues to quality of life in children with heart disease? Prolonged life expectancy in children with heart disease prompts increased focus on their health-related quality of life (QOL). How do parents perceive physical and psychosocial aspects of emotiona...Marine sponge leads researchers to immune system regulator
.... Understanding the role of iGb3 may also provide clues about autoimmune disease. NKT cells play an important, although still poorly understood, role in regulating all sorts of immune responses. Defects in the system may allow the body to attack itself, leading to chronic inflammation or tissue damage. ...Ongoing transfusions needed to avoid strokes in children with sickle cell disease
...or Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, to look for clues about how the stroke risk happens and possibly for better ways to avoid stroke. "We can compare the serum of children who continued transfusion therapy and those who did not to look for differences," Dr. Adams says. The difference could be proteins t...Prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease varies by ethnicity
...sis and steatosis-related liver injury may provide clues to the development of new therapeutic approaches for the prevention and treatment of this disorder." ......zheimer's disease (AD). There are some tantalizing clues linking IDE and AD. This week Zhao et al. examine several aspects of this idea....