Research explains possible origin of Parkinson's tremors
...p A were suppressed. Terman's collaborators on this project include Alice Yew, assistant professor of mathematics at Ohio State; Jonathan Rubin, assistant professor of mathematics at the University of Pittsburgh; and Charles Wilson, p......U-M Institute for Social Research (ISR). With U-M collaborators Carl Simon and Kermyt Anderson, Low has been using statistical models to determine how much advantages in education and income compensate for delayed first births and lower lifetime fertility a few hundred years down the road. The analyses appear in...American Chemical Society to honor Albert Szent-Gyrgyi
...alysis of fumaric acid." In later years he and his collaborators achieved world renown in the field of the biochemical mechanism of muscular contraction. From 1948 until his death, he worked in the United States where he was also involved in cancer research. Scientists, doctors, and sailors knew for several cent...New study suggests that tamoxifen does not adversely impact brain chemistry
...nstitute (REI) in Torrance, California by research collaborators Rowan Chlebowski, M.D., Ph.D. and Thomas Ernst, Ph...e any neurologic diseases. Dr. Chlebowski and his collaborators concluded that both tamoxifen and estrogen may be neuroprotective and may have favorable modulatory ...New study shows ropinirole slows the loss of dopamine function in Parkinsons disease
...patients worldwide in the study. Dr. Watts and collaborators will present their findings at the American Academy of Neurology 54th Annual Meeting in Denver, Colo., on Tuesday, April 16. "We are really pleased with the outcome of this trial because it is one of the first of its kind to demonstrate slowing o...Late-onset schizophrenia found to be distinct condition
...s, but among the paraphrenics Dr. Casanova and his collaborators found a surprising deterioration of the skeletal structure of some brain cells. The key is the hippocampus, a sort of gateway for the brain that gives emotional and social context to information, Dr. Casanova said. After staining the cells and examin...First multimedia resource to give patients their own voice
...." The DIPEx team are now talking with potential collaborators to produce modules or similar sites in other languages and have just been approached to produce a breast cancer module in Italian. They are also in discussion about a possible version in the USA. There are plans for each illness module to be made av......fessor of psychology, who headed up the study. His collaborators are Centennial Professor of Psychology Randolph Blake, Assistant Professor of Psychology Ren Marois, graduate student Marci A. Flanery and Professor of Pathology and Psychiatry William Whetsell, Jr. After determining that WO had normal eyesight and ...Clot-busting drugs linked to increased mortality in elderly
...associate professor Dennis Ross-Degnan, along with collaborators from Boston University School of Public Health and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. The study was funded by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health. The researchers examined records of 2,659 patients with a...Researchers identify for the first time proteins vital to maintaining nervous system architecture
...ls to act on other nerve cells. Dr. Hobert and his collaborators are now trying to understand how the proteins interact with the other nerve cells to help them stay in their proper place. "Neurobiologists often study how the nervous system develops and how nerve cells interact during memory and learning," Dr Hobe...Foot-and-mouth 'on the move in Asia'
...the laboratory is also involved with international collaborators to develop a better diagnostic test for FMD, which...cines in an outbreak situation. A meeting of major collaborators on the project will be held at AAHL in Geelong in March, he says. As coordinator of the OIE program,...Study suggests mechanical forces drive early heart development
...you take this gene out and you see this effect. My collaborators and I are between the gene and the effect that people see. Were tyring to understand exactly whats driving the heart to respond the way it does. "Genetics researchers will say The heart either loops or it doesnt, and if it loops it either goes left...MetaPhore Pharmaceuticals initiates Phase I clinical trial of enzyme mimetic compound for oncology
...Dr. Wolfram Samlowski, one of MetaPhores principal collaborators with the Huntsman Cancer Institute. The natural SOD enzyme plays a central role in the bodys oxidative chemistry, regulating normal levels of free-radical superoxide molecules. In certain disease states, however, the bodys immune system prompts an...Ultrasonic microprobe may rapidly detect, identify cancer
...l feel no pain. In addition to OBrien and Zachary, collaborators on the project include materials science and engineering professor David Payne, electrical and computer engineering professor Doug Jones, postdoctoral research associates Karen Topp, Pengi Han and Michael Oelze, and graduate student Mark Haun....Science, engineering and technology newstips
...ines sponsored by the U.S. Air Force and involving collaborators at several campuses and institutes. "I realized that this work had wider applicability, and that we needed a general theory," said Krener. He expects to spend several years working out the new theory. Krener has worked at UC Davis since 1971, after...Widely used anti-bacterial inhibits parasites that cause malaria and toxoplasmosis
...nology at the University of Sheffield and were key collaborators in this work. They have studied the structure of FabIs from plants and bacteria and found that the malarial enzyme is most similar to that from plants. The malarial FabI has the same pattern of critical amino acids that bind triclosan as the plant ......ead Injury Center, McIntosh and his colleagues and collaborators in Neurosurgery, Bioengineering, Pharmacology and Pathology at Penn have made great progress in understanding and treating traumatic brain injury. Their accomplishments include the discovery of the first link between traumatic brain injury and the d......iology at Yale School of Medicine, said he and his collaborators have now identified the receptor responsible for i...r therapeutic possibilities." Strittmatter and his collaborators a year ago published a study identifying the Nogo protein as one important and selective blocker of ......on genetic diseases," he says. Dr. During and his collaborators hope to begin a new trial later this year or early next year using a new, improved, safe and effective system for the delivery of a therapeutic gene in Canavan disease. The protocol currently is under review by the federal Food and Drug Administratio...Pacific Northwest National Laboratory wins three R&D 100 awards
...'s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and their collaborators have developed three of the 100 most significant innovations of 2000, according to R&D Magazine. Resulting technologies are reducing losses on food production lines, helping to ensure the safety of food and may replace glass with engineered plastics...