Economist: Cuba's state-run baseball doesn't go to bat for players
...its state-run baseball system as a superior way to structure the game. Cuba not only reigns as the world's Olympic baseball champion, its citizens enjoy superlative professional play at bargain prices in ballparks largely free of commercial gimmicks and hype. But an economist now weighs in with research show...Optical technique identifies vulnerable plaques in cardiac patients
...atory was used for this first study to examine the structure of plaques in patients with cardiac disease. The study enrolled patients scheduled to undergo cardiac catheterization for whom angiograms or other imaging techniques had identified the arterial lesion responsible for their symptoms. Participants ei......journal. Dental erosion is the break down of tooth structure caused by the effect of acid on the teeth. Dental ...yer of hard tissue that helps maintain the tooth's structure and shape while protecting it from decay. "A low pH environment in the mouth helps contribute to den...New technique shows promise for improved straightening of crooked nose
...ry thin, exposing any irregularity. The underlying structure is springy and difficult to straighten. In addition, the author notes, any crookedness left after surgery is visually obvious to the patient. Martyn Mendelsohn, M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.S., of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia, reviewed...Mechanism of RNA recoding: New twists in brain protein production
...an coaxed fruit fly RNA to adopt a "mosquito-like" structure by making small changes in the molecule--a procedure he dubbed "guided evolution." Predictably, cells edited the reconfigured fly RNA in the mosquito-like pattern. In all species Reenan studied, the RNA region that regulates folding is located within...New ways to design safer & more effective topical (transdermal) drug delivery announced in the PNAS
... molecules penetrate into the skin by changing the structure of the SC. Different CPEs penetrate the skin in un...redicted. Simply put, the researchers draw a CPE's structure on a computer, input its molecular properties, and then compute its penetrability or effectiveness a...2005 Basic Research in Periodontal Disease Award
...e research concentrates on characterization of the structure and genetics of proteolytic enzymes of the periodontal pathogen, Porphyromonas gingivalis. To examine the hypothesis that bacterial protease inhibitors can act as specific antimicrobials, the group has developed close collaboration with a biotechnolo...2005 Pulp Biology Research Award
... in odontoblasts, leading to hypothesize that this structure could be involved in signal transduction. He is now investigating the expression and characterization of ion channels possibly involved in these processes. When viewed together, the long-standing contributions of Professor Magloire have increased ou...English-speaking Hispanic youth more likely to have sex early
...n of other social factors such as income or family structure to reported differences among ethnic/racial groups in sexual behavior, sexually transmitted diseases, and pregnancy, a focus on between-group differences within racial/ethnic groups is also necessary to understand these differences in behaviors, acco...New laparoscopic hysterectomy offers quicker recovery time than traditional surgery
... been afraid of losing the support that the pelvic structure gives or fear losing sexual function, this is an excellent alternative," Dr. Thompson said. UT Southwestern surgeons are among only a few in Dallas who are using this technology. "Physicians in the women's center are experts in this surgical procedu...Chemists synthesize molecule that helps body battle cancers, malaria
...ing ways to improve the molecule. By investigating structure activity relationships, they want to strip away nonessential structures, leaving a simpler and more potent core. "One frequent problem encountered with vaccines is ensuring that the vaccine is potent enough to elicit a strong immune response," Gin sa...Concerns over the future of children's health care in British general practice
... points, diabetes 99, and heart disease 121. This structure may encourage general practitioners to focus on and develop special interests in adult health and chronic disease, he says. General practice is at a crossroads. To maintain their place as the main providers of health care for children and young peopl...CK2 protein sustains colon cancer cells by sabotaging ability to commit suicide
...that CK2 exerts its anti-apoptosis effect within a structure called DISC (death-inducing signaling complex). The DISC is a large jumble of proteins that interact with each other after TRAIL binds to the outer cell membrane. After DISC forms, an enzyme called caspase-8 triggers the cascade of biochemical events...Potential drug target for treating cocaine abuse found
...ances that bind to them may depend on the chemical structure of those substances," says NIDA's Amy Newman, who synthesized the compound. The researchers found that their novel drug made contact with transporters slowly about 10 times slower than cocaine which, they speculate, may be why it does not have a st...Lack of specific collagen type leads to osteoarthritis
...II, VI and IX, and other proteins, the PCM forms a structure called a chondron, which is believed to provide a ...ype VI collagen acts like a scaffold that provides structure and stiffness to the PCM," Alexopoulos continued. "With this model for osteoarthritis, we have a bet......icks. By showing how universal tendencies in sound structure emerge from phonetically motivated sound change, Evolutionary Phonology undermines a central tenet of modern Chomskyan linguistics: that Universal Grammar, an innate human cognitive capacity, plays a dominant role in shaping grammars. Blevins argues ...Study finds new designer drug is potent treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia
...gs, researchers at Novartis determined the crystal structure of Bcr-Abl, and then constructed compounds that would lock into the receptor more securely than Gleevec. Investigators at Dana-Farber tested the new compounds to measure their effectiveness against CML in laboratory cell cultures and mice with the di...Impact of scientific advances on drug studies and membrane research to be explored
...fic advances to drug research, particularly on the structure and function of cell membranes, is among the topics to be addressed during the De Lange Conference at Rice University in Houston March 7-9. Titled "Frontiers of Medicine: Society, Pharmacology and Membrane Biology in the Genomic Era," the conferenc...Prestigious 2004 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize honors Maxine Singer
...tions have ranged from chromatin structure, to the structure and evolution of defective viruses, to enzymes that work on DNA and its complementary molecule, RNA. In the early 1960s, she investigated the genetic code with her NIH colleague, Marshall Nirenberg. More recently, she has studied a large family of re...Mothers' exposure to air pollutants linked to chromosome damage in babies
...mbustion-related urban air pollution may alter the structure of babies' chromosomes while in the womb. While previous experiments have linked such genetic alterations to an increased risk of leukemia and other cancers, much larger studies would be required to determine the precise increase in risk as these chi...