Brain imaging study explains Williams syndrome language gifts
Findings: A team of neuroscientists led by UCLA researchers used a novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique to create the first detailed images showing how Williams syndrome affects the cerebral cortex. The study finds sharply defined cortical thickening and complexity in the area of the brain import...Propensity for obesity, diabetes, may occur in utero
...hildren," based on metabolic research pioneered by researchers at the University at Buffalo. Previous studies b... develop the same maladjustments, they found. The researchers now have shown that this metabolic "malprogramming" is permanent and occurs in utero, resulting in t...Study finds possible mechanism for link between sleep disturbances and metabolic syndrome
...e that transmits a satietysignal to the brain. The researchers also found that Clock mutant mice hadreduced levels of the hormone ghrelin within the hypothalamus, indictingthat ghrelin may participate in the neuronal relay linking sleep,wakefulness, and appetite. Together, these alterations in neural andperipher...Genetic variation linked to alcohol dependence found in a Russian population
...the mechanism increases the risk. For this study, researchers recruited and drew blood samples from 113 Russian alcohol-dependent men at a St. Petersburg treatment center and100 local military personnel as controls. Each sample was genotyped for seven GABRA2 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), which are var...ANNA awards Nurse Researcher of the Year to Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member
...ctice, and I think it is important for them to see researchers awarded for their work and to value the use of research findings in clinical practice," she said. Thomas-Hawkins is currently focusing her research on the study of illness perceptions and interpretations of elderly individuals with chronic kidne...Adolescents not receiving health counseling, Stanford study shows
...Have you ever used marijuana?" Still, the Stanford researchers consistently found gaps between expert recommendat.... The average checkup lasted about 16 minutes. The researchers also looked at teens' illness-related visits, to see who went to the doctor and why. While girls wen...Nanoparticles offer new hope for detection and treatment
...dinary means of detection, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The researchers demonstrated that very small human melanoma tumors growing in mice--indiscernible from the surroundi...High levels of immunosuppressant may lead to tumor recurrence
...ents between 2 and 40 months after transplant. The researchers found that the absence of recurrence was significantly related to blood levels of cyclosporine, which were higher in patients whose tumors recurred. Other factors, such as recipient sex, underlying liver disease, or the use of cyclosporine with other...Emory holds national conference on HIV vaccine and drug research
...enter. The organizing committee includes Emory HIV researchers Eric Hunter, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar at the Emory Vaccine Center; Dennis C. Liotta, Emory professor of chemistry; Harriet L. Robinson, professor and director of the Division of Microbiology and Immunology at Yerkes National Primate ...Monoclonal antibody cures West Nile virus-infected mice
... their initial pool of West Nile virus antibodies, researchers identified 46 that could bind to the West Nile vir...envelope protein, a task known as epitope mapping, researchers modified a yeast-based screening system. The system let them test individual antibodies for their ab...Promising new West Nile therapy cures disease in mice
...ne currently exist, but a newly published paper by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis points to a ...ems successfully fend off the West Nile virus. The researchers tested their antibody in mice and say its success warrants further development and testing in people...New grants to Georgetown to help build national cancer biomedical informatics grid
...hysiology & Biophysics. Clarke leads a team of 15 researchers at Georgetown participating in what is dubbed "caB...unded by the National Cancer Institute. Currently, researchers work on projects that are often limited to a single institution or, in the case of testing therapies...New study shows simple actions wipe out huge higher heart risks for Asian diabetics
...igher mortality rate compared with Caucasians. The researchers also point out that, on top of these increased dia...uch more challenging for this community group. The researchers studied what the effect would be of a special effort to target and reach out to the Asian community ...Risk scores may identify young individuals with atherosclerosis
...l causes (accidents, homicides, and suicides). The researchers developed a risk score from CHD factors like age, sex, smoking, and obesity to identify young individuals with a high probability of having advanced atherosclerotic lesions, with a one-unit increase being equal to a one-year increase in age. A one-un...Relatively few US adults report having a healthy lifestyle
...ions that would result in a healthy lifestyle, the researchers found. Mathew J. Reeves, Ph.D., of Michigan State ...getables a day; and regular physical activity. The researchers combined these four characteristics to generate a single indicator for a healthy lifestyle, scored b...Age is not a limiting factor in combined therapy for lung cancer
...vival over chemotherapy alone. Since that finding, researchers have developed new protocols for combined modality treatment to improve survival. Investigators led by Steven E. Schild, M.D. of the Mayo Clinic and the North Central Cancer Treatment Group conducted a clinical trial using two different approaches to...High risk of second cancers in survivors of childhood soft tissue sarcomas
...second cancers. Randi J. Cohen, M.S. and a team of researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) evaluated data from 1499 children included in one of the largest, most comprehensive cancer databases in the U.S., called the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Cancer I...Jefferson Lab scientists build small-animal imager for German Cancer Research Center
...ned. "We'll also use this opportunity to teach the researchers how to use the camera and conduct their own calibr...us in developing the working relationship. The two researchers have known each other since their years at Duke University Medical Center. "We stayed in touch over ...Fatal brain disease holds clues to dementia
.... Dr Anthony Hannan and his team collaborated with researchers from Oxford University and Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology in Poland on the project. Their findings were reported in the March 23 edition of The Journal of Neuroscience. The Howard Florey Institute is Australia's leading brain research centr...American Academy of Neurology sums up scientific highlights from 57th annual meeting
...sk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to researchers from California. Men who served in World War II an...only a small percent of all cases. At the meeting, researchers described the most recent gene discovery, LRRK2, whose function is not yet known, which may be respo...