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Utah researchers confirm chromosome may harbor autism gene

...ons in FMR1 cause Fragile X Syndrome, an inherited condition that can cause mental impairments ranging from learning disabilities to severe cognitive problems. Fragile X syndrome has been shown to overlap with autism, and because FXR1 is similar to the gene that causes the syndrome, U researchers suspected FXR...

Attractive birds more immune against bird flu

... are in good health and that both the size and the condition of the ornament are heritable. This leads to the question of why evolution did not select the same appearance and good health for all individuals. Is there something in the environment that is constantly changing and can govern the genetics of appear...

Rutgers researchers find fat gene

...en at an epidemic rate during the past 20 years, a condition affecting about one-third of American adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One of the national health objectives for the year 2010 is to reduce the prevalence of obesity among adults to less than 15 percent. ...

Intimate kissing quadruples risk of meningitis in teenagers

...oday. Meningococcal disease is a life threatening condition with two incidence peaks: in early childhood and in adolescence. The incidence and fatality rate among teenagers in England and the United States rose dramatically during the 1990s, but little is known about the risk factors for this disease in ado...

Oops! Researchers publish new findings on the brain's response to costly mistakes

...kind of research will help us get a handle on this condition and see which normal brain circuits have gone awry in people with OCD." The new finding does not have immediate implications for the treatment of OCD, Taylor cautions, but further research could help lead to more tailored treatment designed for each ...

Relationship of brain and skull more than just packaging

...fants with particular types of craniosynostosis ?a condition where one or more of the sutures -- fibrous bands that connect the bones -- of the baby's skull close too early and deform the skull and brain. "We are interested in understanding craniosynostosis," says Dr. Joan T Richtsmeier, professor of biolog...

UMaine teams with fishermen to study affects of trawling on seafloor ecology

... recovering. While anything resembling a "natural" condition would certainly be far in the future, Knight found that significant gains had been made in the short term. "Scientists were predicting it would take decades for recovery, but didn't have an opportunity to look at it," said Knight. "This is the first...

Study: Paramedics save more lives when they don't follow the rules

...ble" initial heart rhythm. "Shockable" describes a condition in which the heart quivers rather than beats but can be shocked back into normal beat with a defibrillator. In contrast, the survival rate was only 20 percent in the 3 years before, when the standard CPR protocol was used. The current study, which ...

Mayo Clinic researchers challenge sepsis theory

...ed the accepted theory on the cause of sepsis -- a condition in which the body's cells generate fever, shock and often death. Sepsis is thought to occur when poisons from bacterial infection interfere with the cells. The Mayo researchers challenge that long-held concept with a new theory in an opinion piece i...

Pennsylvania researchers find liver transplants provide metabolic cure for rare genetic disease

...of 11 patients with a rare but devastating genetic condition known as Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD), accordi...ved a liver transplant due to an unrelated medical condition and physicians noticed the symptoms of her MSUD were alleviated. Based on this serendipitous result...

Engineered heart tissue offers insights into irregular heartbeats, defibrillator failure

...he characteristics of ventricular tachycardia -- a condition characterized by abnormally fast beating of the he...cing actually perpetuated and worsened the initial condition in about 20 percent of the cases," Bursac said. "That percentage approximates the frequency with whi...

Stem cell transplants improve recovery in animal models for stroke, cerebral palsy

...umbra." Animals in the model of cerebral palsy, a condition caused by an ischemic injury similar to stroke but occurring before or during birth, also experienced at least a 25 percent improvement over controls. Rodent stem cells were used in this model, a larger percent of donated cells survived and within tw...

Radiotherapy advance points way to noninvasive brain cancer treatment

... the majority of the cancer cell nuclei. The first condition is well demonstrated by MRI, while the second was recently demonstrated using microscopy techniques at the Synchrotron Radiation Center (SRC) in Stoughton. De Stasio, the first to introduce this technique into the biological and medical fields, is w...

First link of oral bacteria and preterm birth found in human

...rtum periodontal disease--a suspected facilitating condition for bacteria to enter the bloodstream. "If periodontal disease is not present, then this raises more questions about how the bacteria got into the amniotic fluid," said Han. Bergeyella is one of the 700 bacteria found in the mouth. It is also one ...

Prenatal nicotine exposure reduces breathing response of newborns...

...rtum periodontal disease--a suspected facilitating condition for bacteria to enter the bloodstream. "If periodontal disease is not present, then this raises more questions about how the bacteria got into the amniotic fluid," said Han. Bergeyella is one of the 700 bacteria found in the mouth. It is also one ...

Inflammation and drugs to control this activity studied in a variety of tumors sites

...ll growth and can be precancerous. Women with this condition have a four times greater risk of developing breast cancer. Hartmann and her co-workers wanted to find out whether or not they could use molecular tools, such as COX-2 levels, to predict who among the group of women with atypia would develop breast...

Alaska seal pup diet may hold key to decline of population

...lasek said. *Paper presentation: "Growth and body condition of harbor seals on high and low fat diets," 12:45 p.m.-3 p.m. Monday April 3, Physiological Ecology and Evolutionary Physiology, 492.3/board #C768. On view 7:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. in the Convention Center Exhibit Hall. Research was by Lori Polasek and Sha...

Trial success for diabetic nerve therapy

...s the study has massive potential for managing the condition and preventing thousands of foot amputations each ...rt later this year." The incidence of diabetes, a condition in which the amount of glucose in the blood is too high, is increasing dramatically with the World H...

New fruit fly protein illuminates circadian response to light

...l clock will reset in response to light. The human condition known as jet lag takes place during the period when the body is attempting to resynchronize to the environmental light changes brought on by travel, namely from one time zone to another. A mutant fruit fly that possesses jetlag-like behaviors enable...

Ritalin packs punch by elevating norepinephrine, suppressing nerve signal transmissions

...the brain as attention deficit disorder, a similar condition but one in which hyperactivity isn't a symptom. They also want to know whether Ritalin has any toxic or long-lasting effects, not only for ADHD patients, but also for individuals taking the drug who do not suffer from ADHD or ADD. Methylphenidate us...

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