Researchers develop new concept for single molecule transistor
...ble nature of the device. Wolkow, a world-renowned researcher in nanotechnology, says that although his results represent a key step toward molecular electronics, more steps are required. He advocates doing research on hybrid molecular/silicon devices. This way, we can piggyback on all the great capacity that h...Day care settings are a significant source of indoor allergens
...erved in most," said, Samuel Arbes, Ph.D., a NIEHS researcher and lead author on the study. "It is likely the pet allergens are brought in on the children's clothing." The study also found significant differences between carpeted and non-carpeted surfaces. Concentrations for five of the allergens were lower on...Research into the role of friendship among gay and lesbians
...ectors of society according to San Francisco-based researcher Dr Brian De Vries. DeVries says friends occupy an ... $2.3 million project led by University of Alberta researcher Dr Janet Fast, was announced in January 2003. Its overall objective is to create a deeper understan...OHSU researchers uncover cause, possible treatment for abdominal fat in postmenopausal women
...al nutrition) in the OHSU School of Medicine and a researcher in OHSU's Center for the Study of Weight Regulation and Associated Disorders. "We believe that by preventing this rise in cortisol, we can possibly delay or prevent weight issues and the many weight-associated disorders in some of these women." ...Study recommends new guidelines for air bag safety in children
... according to a new study by an emergency medicine researcher at Oregon Health & Science University's Doernbecher Children's Hospital. Current federally mandated warning labels in cars only indicate a risk of air bag injuries for children 12 and younger. The study, "Effects of Child Age and Body Size on Seriou...Breast cancer uses growth factors to lure stem cells
...le in this acceptance. Dr. Bao-Ling Adam, a cancer researcher and proteomics expert, helped measure levels of FGF2 and VEGF both proteins using a high-tech approach that enables evaluation of hundreds of proteins at one time. Cells need protein to survive and cells normally keep some proteins they make ...Mayo collaboration: Discovery blocks breast cancer growth, stimulates immunity
...s Keith Knutson, Ph.D., the Mayo Clinic immunology researcher who led the study. "The strategy we use in our investigation may actually be a way to target the T-regs directly, without using the indirect route of chemotherapy. Depleting T-regulatory cells may boost natural immunity against breast cancer." ...'Hazardous' drinking and drug use have serious health implications
...hological harm,'" explained Jennifer R. Mertens, a researcher with the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program's division of research and corresponding author for the study. "Hazardous drinking and drug use are much less severe, yet much more common, than dependence disorders. For example, a hazardous drinker ...University of Maryland scientist wins 2005 Kettering Prize
...he University of Maryland School of Medicine and a researcher at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, has won the prestigious Charles F. Kettering Prize for her pioneering work in developing aromatase inhibitors, a new class of drugs widely used today to treat breast cancer. ...Arteries bio-engineered from elderly cells
...om such bio-engineered arteries, according to lead researcher Laura Niklason, M.D., Ph.D., could be older patien...tional arteries. In collaboration with Duke cancer researcher Christopher Counter, Ph.D., an expert in telomeres, Niklason overcame this hurdle. Every time a cell...Bipolar disorder linked to specific brain regions; certain drugs alter brain metabolism
...ypomania, and major depression. Using PET imaging, researcher Carlos Zarate, M.D., of the National Institute of Mental Health, studied the brains of patients with bipolar II depression before their symptoms emerged, and repeated the studies after the patients had received a six-week course of the antidepressant...Patients, caregivers to hear research on a potential treatment option for primary immune deficiency
...ited States." Leading Primary Immune Deficiency researcher Dr. Melvin Berger will lead the symposium. He will provide a patient-focused look at the latest research that shows how changing the way in which immune-restoring immune globulin therapy is administered could offer patients a needed, safe and effecti...Researchers improve lung cancer survival rates
...re around the world," says Canadian Cancer Society researcher Dr. Timothy Winton, chair of the study and associate professor and director of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton. "In fact, when post-operative chemotherapy was adopted as a standard of care in breast...Genetically modified cells migrate to brain and treat neurodegeneration in St. Jude model
...enerating brain cells," said Renata Sano, Ph.D., a researcher in St. Jude Genetics and Tumor Cell Biology and the paper's first author. "The improvement was clearly linked to the ability of the corrected neurons to break down excess GM1 with the enzyme delivered by the monocytes. Overall, our findings suggest t...NIAID scientists unveil mechanism behind resistance to severe malaria
...tive effect through vaccines or drugs," says NIAID researcher Thomas E. Wellems, M.D., Ph.D., whose team's findings appear this week in the journal Nature. Hemoglobin exists in several varieties. Hemoglobin A is the most common, but in parts of West Africa, where malaria is rife, one-fourth of the population h...Johns Hopkins scientists use gene therapy to prevent heart arrhythmias from stem cell transplants
...he cure being worse than the disease," says senior researcher and cardiovascular physiologist Eduardo Marbn, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chief of cardiology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and its Heart Institute. "It was very discouraging to know that these patients developed arrhythmias, ye...Georgetown cancer researchers develop high throughput method
...dy. Rui and the study's first author, postdoctoral researcher Matthew LeBaron, Ph.D., created the technology, which they call cutting edge matrix assembly (CEMA), to construct what are known in the field as tissue microarrays. This new method can be done by using the tools that are already available in a medica...Japanese doctors likelier than US counterparts to involve patients' families in decisions
...ect cultural norms in the two countries, said lead researcher Baback B. Gabbay who was a fourth-year medical student at UCLA at the time the study was written. Family ties are stronger in Japan than in the U.S., where a tradition of individualism is more culturally ingrained. However, the degree of uncertainty...Routine vaccination could eliminate Hib disease in children in developing countries
...ection. When a case of the disease was confirmed a researcher recorded the vaccination status of the child. The investigators found that after the introduction of routine Hib immunisation, the annual incidence rate of meningitis in infants in The Gambia dropped sharply from over 200 per 100 000 to 21 per 100 00......ofessor of neurobiology and anatomy and the senior researcher on the project. "Glutamate is important for normal communication in the brain, but sometimes it's necessary to put on the brakes in order to preserve normal function. This receptor appears to slow down the rate at which glutamate is released across t...