Dalai Lama, top scientists to discuss science & clinical applications of meditation
...ork that has been unfolding in these areas, and to map out the potential for both broadening and deepening these investigations." "The meeting will provide an opportunity for scientists whose research is focused on basic mind-brain-body interactions to learn more about meditation and to contribute to an...Characteristic cardiac scar pattern predicts risk of fatal arrhythmias
...searchers used a technique developed at Hopkins to map and gauge the precise amount and distribution of scar tissue in the heart's muscle wall. The amount of scar tissue was measured as a percentage of the thickness of the muscle wall, which is on average about 1 centimeter. Composed of dense, fibrous ...Johns Hopkins celebrates its first century of neuroscience
...ns, Gerard refined the techniques and used them to map areas of the brain responsible for detecting the s...r findings by using microelectrodes to more finely map excitation in the brain, which revealed the brain's "columnar" organization, now known to be a unive...Heart mapping technique safely guides catheter repair of arrhythmia
..., Johns Hopkins researchers successfully used a 3D map of the heart and sensor-guided catheter to perform cardiac ablation, a mainstay treatment that stops abnormally fast and potentially fatal heartbeats, or arrhythmias. The Hopkins findings, to be presented at the American Heart Association's Scienti...Study shows success and less risk in treating kids with heart rhythm problems
...ed by a computer into a colorful three-dimensional map that is displayed on a monitor in front of the doctor. Although X-rays are still needed for part of the procedure, the new study shows that the dose can be greatly reduced with the 3-D mapping system. Children treated before LocaLisa was available we...Brain morphing technology simplifies the surgical treatment for movement disorders
... the target area in a new patient, the researchers map the reference atlas onto the patient's brain scan. When the neurosurgeons have used the system's predictions, they have hit the target area on the first insertion two out of three times, compared with one out of five times when working without it. "N...Feeling fat in the festive season? It's all in your mind
...body parts. Instead, the brain appears to create a map of the body by integrating signals from the relevant body parts such as skin, joints and muscles, along with visual cues. "Other studies have shown that people with injuries in the parietal cortex area of the brain experience the feeling that the siz...As Montreal Conference considers deforestation issues, ESA presents space solution
...n checked against the country's 12-yearly land use map of 90% to 95%. The products were also combined with digital elevation models to take account of the country's complex topography. "For us the advantage is that these products are available annually, and this is something that compares very positiv...Toward the future of cancer prevention
... findings eventually will provide a molecular road map to risk of cancer development as well as optimal cancer treatment. If oncologists knew who would be most susceptible to cancer development, it may be possible to use agents or behavior modifications as preventatives. If cancer does develop, oncologis...Study shows complex link between abuse and eating disorders
... the researchers developed a hypothetical model or map of associations between various factors. The factors in the model included childhood sexual abuse, general psychological distress, alexithymia, restrictive eating behaviors and attitudes, body dissatisfaction, and bulimic eating behaviors (such as bi...UCI wins $2.4 million grant to study how brain understands language
...which measures blood flow and allows scientists to map which brain regions become active during a task involving speech or language use. The team plans to conduct 200 fMRIs on healthy subjects, primarily at UCI. Simultaneously, the UCI team, together with researchers at the University of Iowa and USC wil......arious cell progeny. This should provide us with a map for the production of the blood cell types that contribute to the immune system.This year he also won the Burnet Prize....Blocking previously unrecognized links between inflammatory systems could make COX-2 inhibitors safe
...ry system and how to manipulate it, we have a road map for developing new drugs to treat inflammation and pain that permits simultaneous use of reduced dose levels of COX-2 inhibitors," Snyder says. "Our research suggests that the synergism between these two drugs would represent a highly effective and s...Web model of influenza-host lifecycles will aid scientists in creating anti-viral drugs
A "starry sky" map linking the myriad interactions between the influenza virus and its human host will help guide researchers in creating new anti-viral drugs, say researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. The on-line map, part of a project called Reactome, is in......o the act of sensing, but how does the rat's brain map out a three-dimensional object using this movement? Sensing begins in the neurons at the whiskers' bases, which then fire signals off to the brain. The scientists, Marcin Szwed, Knarik Bagdasarian and Ahissar, found that in perceiving each of the thr......kitt's lymphoma, for example, have DNA breaks that map to regions with the potential to form these odd DNA structures. "Our study shows that DNA itself can act as a mutagen, resulting in genetic instability," says Karen Vasquez, Ph.D., lead author of the study and assistant professor of carcinogenesis at...Children in the South face higher health risks
... epidemiological principles to assess, clarify and map the problem and then document this intuitive feeling by making it scientific and evidence-based - much like the first epidemiologists in London who recognized, mapped and then defined the cholera problem." Researchers warn that the study evaluated ch...Johns Hopkins scientists map brain area that may aid hunt for human brain stem cells
... neurosurgeon has provided the first comprehensive map of a part of the adult human brain containing astr...ed repair, what we have learned from this complete map of the lateral wall of the subventricle zone or SVZ, including the unexpected existence of ependymal......ous strains of H5N1 target human or bird cells and map how their specificity is changing. ...No-hands origami: New DNA self-assembly makes more complex structures, more easily
...DNA, including snowflakes, smiley faces and even a map of the Americas, are about 10-fold more complex than the field of molecular self-assembly has mustered to date, yet one doesnt even need a science degree to make them, according to Rothemund. The technique is simple because it starts with a single, c...