Research Permits First-Ever Visualization of Psychological Stress in the Human Brain
...adds Wang. "Our findings should help significantly advance our understanding of this process." To date, most fMRI studies have indirectly measured changes in cerebral blood-flow and metabolism induced by neural activation, using a technique that is sensitive to the oxygenation levels in blood. “The fMRI tec...Seafloor creatures destroyed by ice action during ice ages
... that seafloor organisms were either erased by the advance of ice sheets across the Antarctic continental she...he Antarctic shelf, which were not affected by the advance of ice masses. Or these animals may have recolonised the Antarctic shelf from the deep-sea during th...Gene therapy may protect normal tissues during radiation retreatment for lung cancer
... that seafloor organisms were either erased by the advance of ice sheets across the Antarctic continental she...he Antarctic shelf, which were not affected by the advance of ice masses. Or these animals may have recolonised the Antarctic shelf from the deep-sea during th...Good news for the medical marijuana movement: pot proliferates brain cells and boosts mood
...ear. In a paper appearing online on October 13 in advance of print publication of the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Xia Zhang and colleagues from University of Saskatchewan show that a potent and synthetic cannabinoid promotes neurogenesis. This drug also exerts anti-anxiety and ...Delaware scientists make significant advance in study of small RNAs
...the University of Delaware have made a significant advance in the study of small ribonucleic acids (RNAs), di...abidopsis than previously had been identified. The advance is reported in the Sept. 2 issue of Science magazine. The research was conducted over the course of...Cyberkinetics, Case to develop system to help restore extremity function
... FES Center's world-class team of investigators to advance restorative rehabilitation for paralyzed people. I...g monkeys. Together, the team has the potential to advance cortical interfaces into the world of restorative rehabilitation as a "brain-body interface" (BBI). ...Scientists determine structure of enzyme that disrupts bacterial virulence
...fibrosis. "This study represents a significant advance in understanding how this enzyme can prevent certain bacteria from becoming virulent," explained Dagmar Ringe of the Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center at Brandeis University. "One of the promising aspects of potential therapies based ...Center releases new public survey on stem cells
...solate ESCs without destroying embryos, or a major advance in treating disease based on embryonic stem cell technologies. About 25 percent of respondents who initially favored the current policy or a complete ban of ESC research indicated that if the treatment scenario were to materialize, they would suppor...A new step towards an AIDS vaccine
...HIV. In a paper appearing online on October 13 in advance of print publication of the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nina Bhardwaj and colleagues from New York University report the mechanisms by which HIV-1 activates human pDCs. The authors show that pDC activation by HIV-1 requ...2005 AIDS figures released by WHO and UNAIDS
...r focuses on HIV prevention, was released today in advance of World AIDS Day, marked worldwide on the first of December. Several recent developments in the Caribbean region (in Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Dominican Republic and Haiti) give cause for guarded optimism—with some HIV prevalence declines evident...Earliest European Farmers Left Little Genetic Mark On Modern Europe
...r focuses on HIV prevention, was released today in advance of World AIDS Day, marked worldwide on the first of December. Several recent developments in the Caribbean region (in Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Dominican Republic and Haiti) give cause for guarded optimism—with some HIV prevalence declines evident...New neurons take baby steps in the adult brain
...ld ones. The discovery is described in the Dec. 11 advance online section of Nature. "GABA is important during fetal development, but most scientists thought it would have the same role it has with adult neurons, which is to inhibit the cells' signals," says Hongjun Song, Ph.D., an assistant professor in th...Magnetic probe successfully tracks implanted cells in cancer patients
...agnetodendrimers could be followed by MRI. But to advance to clinical trials, the research team switched from the experimental magnetic tags to formulations of iron oxide already approved for clinical use in Europe (as Endorem) and the United States (as Feridex). Because immature dendritic cells naturally t...Nanoparticles, nanoshells, nanotubes: How tiny specks may provide powerful tools against cancer
... size of the core and the shell. Two new studies advance the use of this technology. One, reported by bioengineering graduate student Andre Gobin, is the first to demonstrate how nanoshells and imaging can be used together to treat tumors in animal models. Gobin and a team of Rice researchers injected nano...Membrane research opens window to benefits for plants, humans
... The research, which appeared online this month in advance of regular publication by the journal Nature, involved a tandem of basic-science firsts that offer immediate real world applications, the scientists say. First, Swedish plant biochemists and crystallographers at Lund University and Chalmers Universi...Novel protein complex enables survival in hostile environment
... enzyme for cofactor biosynthesis and having it in advance gave the organism a selective advantage when oxygen, and consequently sulfite, appeared," Mukhopadhyay said. "Since we now know that methanogens had a way to handle sulfite toxicity, we could hypothesize that the rest of the sulfate reduction pathwa...Scientists use stem cells to grow cartilage
...show it may be as little as five years before this advance can be used to directly benefit patients for a huge variety of illnesses and injuries." The team included Professor Dame Julia Polak, Head of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Centre, Imperial College London, as well as Mr Neil Tolley...New GM mosquito sexing technique is step towards malaria control, report scientists
...o express a glowing protein in their gonads, in an advance that allows them to separate the different sexes q... By providing a way to quickly sex mosquitoes, the advance paves the way for pooling large numbers of sterile males which could be used to control the mosquito...Compound from marine bacteria shows potential as multiple myeloma therapy
...l toxicity to normal cells. "This is a laboratory advance that shows clinical promise," says Dr. Chauhan. "We think this is going to be the '2006 Model' of proteasome inhibitors." Michael Palladino, Jr., PhD, chief technical officer of Nereus Pharmaceuticals, said that the company plans to file an investi......current three-hour treatment standard ?a potential advance needed to benefit more stroke victims. Researchers at the University of South Florida found that human umbilical cord blood cells administered to rats two days following a stroke greatly curbed the brain's inflammatory response, reducing the size of...