Peto and Doll win King Olav Vs Prize for Outstanding Cancer Research
...ichard Doll, both of the UK, have been pioneers in mapping the health hazards caused by smoking. Their groundbreaking study in the 1950s and 60s proved there is a link between smoking and lung cancer. In fact, in the 1950s, their study identified smoking as a factor not only in lung cancer but in many other ......neuroscience community. But the results of a brain mapping experiment, published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on July 29, provide significant new support for the theory that attention is the glue that cements visual information together as people scan complex visual scenes. T...DARPA to support development of human brain-machine interfaces
...ific brain region," said Nicolelis. "Such improved mapping can translate into a better prognosis for the patient, since less tissue might have to be removed."Beyond medical uses, brain-machine interfaces also could be applied to enhance the abilities of normal humans, said the researchers. As examples, they ...Study identifies genetic fingerprint of healthy sperm
...erm of fertile men. The investigators used genetic mapping techniques to assess sperm mRNAs from 19 testes, a pool of sperm cells from nine individual ejaculates, and from sperm cells from a single ejaculate. Analysis of sperm cells in the study identified around 3000 individual mRNAs for the fertile male. ...Public strong on opinions weaker on knowledge
...isations. Whilst 47 per cent were able to identify mapping the genetic code as a recent scientific breakthrough, a third of respondents answered 'don't know' to the set of questions on this area of scientific research. Climate change. Two-thirds of respondents erroneously thought that the hole in the ozone ...Fred Hutchinson receives $12.7 million to lead prostate-cancer consortium
...isms of the disease. Fruits of their labor include mapping the region of a gene associated with inherited prostate cancer and primary brain cancer, as well as better understanding the genes expressed in the more common forms of prostate cancer. "The close relationship between these institutions and our long-...Carcinogen in cigarettes causes mutation linked to lung cancer
...an answer to this longstanding question by using a mapping technique that Dr. Tang pioneered. The technique p...y observed the effects of the chemical using their mapping technique. They found that the carcinogen preferentially bound to the K-RAS gene at a mutational hot...New system created by Rensselaer group speeds the mapping of blood vessel networks in live tumors
...partment of Radiation Oncology. Brown is using the mapping system in collaboration with Northeastern University and other schools. "The Rensselaer research team has generated truly impressive algorithms that trace out all the vessels in a 3-D network, as well as identify a number of properties of the vessels...Genetics of familial atrial fibrillation revealed, Science researchers report
...ch the researchers confirmed were hereditary. Gene mapping studies led the researchers to the critical region of chromosome 11 that was linked to AF. Sequence analysis revealed that there was a specific nucleotide substitution in the KCNQ1 gene in all of the family members affected with AF, but not in unaf...Premenopausal breast cancer linked with place of birth, residence at time of menarche
...methods to combine geographic information systems, mapping and visualization with epidemiology to help identify patterns of disease." Finding clustering of cancer patients based on where they were born and lived during early life is significant, said Peter Rogerson, Ph.D., UB professor of geography and a stu...Medical geneticist at Cedars-Sinai awarded $8.5 million NIH research grant
...he two groups by utilizing highly specialized gene mapping techniques. The study will be conducted at various centers throughout the country that are designated to collect and analyze data, including laboratories at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. In addition to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, centers involved i...NIH funds two UCSD scientists to venture deep into human genome
...ence is often referred to as the book of life, but mapping all the nucleotides in a genome does not immediately reveal meaning of the script," Ren said. "Learning how the human genome instructs precise expression of roughly 30,000 genes during embryo development and normal physiological processes has become ...Mayo Clinic researchers discover genetic syndrome linked to inherited birth disorder
...ompletion of the federal Human Genome Project, the mapping of all the major genes in the human body. It has produced a database that describes the DNA sequences of the entire human complement of genes, which is estimated to be around 30,000 genes. The Mayo Clinic research, "Microduplication 22q11.2: An Emerg...Scientists map maturation of the human brain
... of California, Los Angeles, developed a new brain mapping technique and applied it to high quality MRI scans... 52 MRI scans) and processed using the novel brain mapping technique. This technique, which the scientists developed at the UCLA School of Medicine, uses landm...Stereotactic lung cancer study produces positive initial results
... colleagues used 3-D imaging and stereotactic body mapping to precisely target the tumor down to a millimeter...he intensity of the photon radiation. Stereotactic mapping utilizes a specially designed, lightweight body frame that limits mobility to ensure the precision o...Bone marrow cells improve failing heart function
...the mononuclear cells. Using a guided imaging and mapping system, researchers carefully aimed the cells into the areas of the heart with blocked blood flow. The procedure takes about an hour and a half. The nine patients in the control group received no treatment. Patients were monitored on treadmill t...Better brain imaging helps surgeons avoid damage to language functions
...eviate severe seizures. The Washington University mapping technique, which captures functional magnetic reso...ve upon two much more invasive and dangerous brain mapping techniques, both of which are now commonly used before or during most brain surgeries. In a forthco...New project will develop cancer maps for Pennsylvania
...ollege of Medicine. "Our goal is to use the latest mapping technology to bolster the ongoing efforts of Pennsylvania communities to prevent cancer. Our communities deserve the latest technology." Armed with information about cancer rates in specific geographic areas, individuals, organizations, health care p...Carnegie Mellon statistics student honored for technique to aid in brain imaging
...that interferes with optical imaging, a method for mapping brain activity in which the surface of the cerebral cortex is videotaped over time. When researchers attempt to map brain activity that results from a specific stimulus, unrelated physiological processes such as changes in blood pressure can create n......nitoring (SLAM), enabling landslide susceptibility mapping across parts of Italy and Switzerland, two of the European countries most under threat. GNDCI is one of three national-level users working with SLAM, along with Italy's Ministry of the Environment and Switzerland's Federal Office for Water and Geolog...