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Large-scale genomics project will hunt genes behind common childhood diseases

...m the Children's Hospital network will be asked to contribute blood samples. For those who agree, a sophisticate...Clinicians will also ask the children's parents to contribute blood samples and divulge medical information, to strengthen the project's base of information. "Ou...

Nanotechnology being used to improve biocompatibility of human prosthetics and implants

...anostructures within a biocompatible coating could contribute greatly towards improving the effectiveness of these coatings. In this study by Singaporean researchers, K.A. Khor, H. Li and P. Cheang, from Nanyang Technological University, the nanostructures and in vitro osteoblast behavior of individual CP spl...

Brain's 'gambling circuitry' identified

... feedback from higher-level brain regions known to contribute to decision making." ...

Pure novelty spurs the brain

...N/VTA can code absolute stimulus novelty and might contribute to enhanced learning in the context of novelty," they concluded. Finally, they said their findings raise the possibility that selective brain injury to the hippocampus could eliminate the positive effects of novelty in such patients and constitute ...

Biofuels researcher searches for new sources

...convert biomass into sugars. "Biomass energy can contribute to cleaner air through reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. It can alsoimprove rural economies, and reduce energy dependence on foreign petroleum oils," said Ralph Peck, director of the Institute for Biobased Products at MSU. The institute has fun...

Transgenic goat's milk offers hope for tackling children's intestinal disease

...o be one of the main components of human milk that contribute to the health and well-being of breast-fed infants. For more than a decade, UC Davis researchers have been looking for ways to enrich the milk of cows and goats with some of the beneficial compounds like lysozyme that are found in human breast milk...

Jellyfish dominate fish in over-harvested Namibian waters

...tually overtaken fish in terms of the biomass they contribute to this ocean region. The findings represent a car...ic decline in fish populations could theoretically contribute to a substantial shift in the abundance of jellyfish. The researchers' findings indicate that jell...

Mapping the protein world

...molecules from pathogenic bacteria or viruses will contribute to design new revolutionary therapeutic strategies." To meet this objective the scientists intend to study crystals of proteins bound to diverse drug candidates or containing different types of large molecules. "ARP/wARP needs to meet a two fold ...

Stimulation of the semicircular canals can artificially control human walking and balance

...how the body's ability to sense head movements can contribute to balance control and guidance control--two critical aspects of bipedal locomotion--the researchers stimulated nerves that normally communicate signals from the so-called semicircular canals, structures that are part of the vestibular system that as...

Pak1 expression increases tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer patients

...gest that Pak1 activation and nuclear localization contribute to the reduced tamoxifen sensitivity that has been observed in some breast tumor cells. Therapies that target Pak1 expression or activity may therefore represent a strategy to increase the endocrine treatment response in breast cancer." In an acco...

Researchers offer clues to how leaves patterns are formed

...t, which is the dirt," he said. "Our findings will contribute to the way we will manipulate plant development to our advantage. Once we know all the players in the game we will be able to say, we want more leaves on this, more branches on this one or fewer flowers on this plant." ...

Scientists identify protein with a crucial role in cell death

...ngs, lead to a disturbance in brain cells and thus contribute to Parkinson's disease. A noble stranger... This starting assumption brought two top researchers together: Bart De Strooper, who has extensive experience in Alzheimer research and is thus also interested in the causes of Parkinson's disease, and ...

Study finds that a woman's chances of having twins can be modified by diet

.... Steinman has been studying factors that cause or contribute to twinning ever since he delivered a rare set of identical quadruplets in 1997 at LIJ Medical Center. His most recent study published in this month's Journal of Reproductive Medicine on fraternal, or dizygotic, twinning is the seventh in a series. T...

NHGRI announces latest sequencing targets

... rearrangements can wreak havoc on a cell, and can contribute to birth defects or cancer in humans. The gibbon ... model for studying variations in genomes that can contribute to health and disease. The genomic data provided by this effort will allow researchers to develop ba...

Autistic brain has fewer neurons for processing emotion

...studies that suggest amygdala abnormalities likely contribute significantly to the primary core deficit in social function that defines this disorder," says Emanuel DiCicco-Bloom, MD, professor of pediatric neurology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Authors Cynthia Schumann, PhD, of ...

CHAVI announces international search for genes affecting HIV response

... will allow us to dissect the genetic factors that contribute to disease." CHAVI also will establish an even larger cohort of HIV-infected patients in Africa and perform the same genetic analyses. Haplotypes, or genetic neighborhoods, are poorly known for people of African ancestry, Goldstein said. CHAVI will ...

Bird flu study highlights need to vaccinate flocks effectively

... quantify how incomplete vaccination of flocks can contribute to the undetected spread of the disease. Vaccination of commercial poultry against highly pathogenic avian flu like H5N1 is proving controversial because it is thought that it can lead to unseen transmission between poultry farms, a phenomenon know...

Five surprising facts about starvation that could change the international agenda

...pment agenda." Third, HIV does not appear yet to contribute substantially and directly to severe wasting in ch... the pandemic progresses, high HIV/AIDS rates will contribute to worsening nutrition, both from the direct effects of the disease and from an indirect impact on h...

Finding a better way to make biodiesel

...nomy," Lin said. "I thought as a scientist I could contribute something to the state." Current biodiesel production technology reacts soy oil with methanol using toxic, corrosive and flammable sodium methoxide as a catalyst. Getting biodiesel out of the chemical mixture requires acid neutralization, water wash...

Many cleaners, air fresheners may pose health risks when used indoors

...ion and on the chemicals in consumer products that contribute to outdoor ozone formation. However, now we've lea... the emissions from cleaning products and how they contribute to exposures of the users," Croes said. "Their results indicate that we need to look beyond the dire...

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