Brain imaging study explains Williams syndrome language gifts
... in language and related abilities. The ability to map these abnormalities in living patients demonstrates how genes control development of the human cortex, and also aids clinical prognosis and understanding of the syndrome's underlying genetic trigger. Background: Williams Syndrome is a genetic dis...Monoclonal antibody cures West Nile virus-infected mice
...s also using the yeast screening system to epitope map the sites on the dengue fever virus where antibodies can bind and inadvertently enhance infection instead of fighting it. "We don't really understand on a molecular level what's happening in these cases, which are called enhancing antibodies," Diamo...Cutting-edge technologies signify a new era for colorectal cancer screening
...algorithms to build a real-time, three-dimensional map of the patient's colon. The System then directs e...features, including the display of a real-time 3-D map of the colon and the ability for physicians to mark the location of polyps on this map. Researcher...Psychologist: Make culture part of the new collaborative science
... physical health assessments. The researchers will map how Japanese well-being predicts for health, and will also compare the data with findings stemming from "Midlife in the U.S. (MIDUS),"an ongoing longitudinal study spearheaded during the nineties by Ryff and several other scholars. Through MIDUS, res...3D atlas will help navigate the spinal cord
...by neuroscientists in all areas. As a geographic map to a traveller, a map of the spinal cord is needed by scientists studying the spinal cord of humans. Currently the princip...New computer program uses brain scans to assess risk of Alzheimer's
...ter molecules in the brain to create an anatomical map of the brain. The MRI was used in the study to determine the total volume of the hippocampus and then to define that portion (namely the HipMask) that was shared by all persons regardless of their disease status. PET employs radioactively labeled glu...NYU, Salk Institute neuroscientists offer new path for measuring visual responses to complex images
... motions. Historically, researchers have sought to map out this process by measuring how visual cortical neurons--nerve cells that make up the brain's cortex--respond to specific stimuli. However, researchers capture the processing of only a small fraction of visual reality under this method because it e...Functional MRI enables noninvasive evaluation of epilepsy patients
... to vital areas of brain function and to provide a map of the area. Until recently, the Wada test and electrical cortical mapping--both invasive, costly tests that require large medical teams--were the only methods for identifying these critical areas. fMRI, which uses radio waves and a strong magnetic......rn production path. The wafer can return a contour map of temperature data to show hot or cold spots on bake plates, analyze trends in temperature and create an animated movie of temperature variations over time. Lauf, Bible and Sohns are repeat winners. SeizAlert, developed by ORNL's Lee Hively and Kara...New proton therapy, breast CT clinical trials, radiation-resistant tumors
...echnique for verifying that PET tracers accurately map hypoxic regions. In animal studies of prostate tumors, they found that two specific PET tracers were reliable and one was not. By validating PET tracers in a two-step process (first, using animal tumor models and then patient tumor biopsies), resea...NMR method rapidly solves 8 target genomic structures
...obtaining nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data to map a protein's atomic structure. Genomics researchers were fascinated, but some also were a bit skeptical. Not anymore. In the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Thomas A. Szyperski, Ph.D., UB professor of c...Single-dose antibiotics reduce appendectomy complications
...varies enormously. "Practitioners are all over the map on this," he says. "They tend to practice the way they were taught." Babineau is skeptical about whether a single antibiotic dose would be sufficient in all cases. "The problem now is that we're under so much pressure to limit our antibiotic usage in...New technology shows our ancestors ateeverything!
...h data point," said Teaford. The result is like a map of the earth that shows mountains, valleys and plains in full relief, only at a microscopic scale. As anticipated from traditional examination of fossilized teeth, the tooth surfaces of P. robustus were more pitted and complex, while those of A. afri...Increased ovarian cancer risk not found in women with breast cancer family history
...ists in the US, Canada, and Israel, is underway to map undiscovered genes associated with hereditary breast cancer....Large tularemia vaccine contracts among new NIAID biodefense awards
...biocontainment facility construction program and a map of the previously awarded sites is at http://www2.niaid.nih.gov/Biodefense/Research/RBL.htm . Tularemia Vaccine Contracts Two contracts totaling approximately $60 million have been awarded to the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, (C. Rick Lyo...UCSD leads team to build Geographic Information System to assess toxic hazards from Katrina
...-based paint based on the age of homes. Or we can map the location of schools, and determine if they are in proximity of pesticide plants, and identify the contaminant risk for those children." The team's approach builds upon experience garnered by the SBRP Outreach Core over the past five years. Unde...Breast cancer increases while experts disagree on causes - Debate in crisis say academics
...local hearings at which participants were asked to map any local environmental hazards, as has been done in the US. A national hearing staged at the House of Commons drew together public health practitioners, advocacy groups, activists, environmental and non-governmental officers, dissident scientists, w...New ASU center will assess societal implications of nanotechnology
...eal time technology assessment" (RTTA), which will map the research dynamics of nanotechnology, monitor the changing values of the public and researchers, engage groups in discussions concerning nanotechnology and its possible future, and assess the influence of these activities on the researchers. "Only......lectroanatomical mapping allows you to create a 3D map of the heart showing electrical activity. By developing the 3D map using the Biosense Webster technology, doctors are able to pinpoint the exact timing or voltage of t...