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Chronic fatigue syndrome impairs a person's slow wave activity during sleep

...ted with altered amounts of slow wave sleep, which could reflect reduced electroencephalograph (EEG) activity and impaired sleep regulation. A study published in the May 1st issue of the journal SLEEP finds that CFS is also associated with a blunted slow wave activity (SWA) response to sleep challenge, su...

US control strategies may make flu epidemics worse, UCLA study shows

... researchers, the severity of such a health crisis could be reduced if programs were to provide several yea...r. Interestingly, however, some incentive programs could have the opposite effect. Providing free vaccinations for entire families, for example, could actual...

Climate change impacts stream life

...st 25 years, with temperatures warming faster than could be explained by background variations. An ecologi...ingtime abundance of macroinvertebrates in streams could decline by as much as 21 per cent for every 1 degree Celsius rise in temperature. Dr Durance add...

Vaccine prevents prion disease in mice

...i said much more work is needed before the vaccine could be considered for humans. "The human version of pr...mals also reduces the possibility that the disease could infect humans. ...

Keeping the immune system from starting a 'food fight'

...ol of Public Health of his team’s findings. "If we could find ways to strengthen STAMP2 or prevent its suppression, the body might retain control," effectively unlinking chronic overeating and obesity from other symptoms of metabolic disease. He cautioned, however, that the realization of such a treatment ...

Nitric oxide: Key to cardiovascular and pulmonary function and drug effectiveness

... when SNO compounds were administered to mice they could prevent the receptors from being "turned off" by the drugs. The researchers said these findings, if confirmed in humans, open up new avenues for the development of non-desensitizing drugs not only for heart failure and asthma but also for other co...

First clinical trial of gene therapy for childhood blindness

...Department of Health, is the first of its kind and could have a significant impact on future treatments for... through a maze without difficulty; something they could not do before the treatment. As this trial is the first to treat an eye disease using administration...

Legal ruling may put endangered species in danger

...zzly bears, and jaguars are among the species that could be hurt by the new definition, which limits endangered species to those simply "at risk of extinction." The scientists and philosophers protesting the ruling say that the original law defined an endangered species as one "at risk of extinction throug...

Simple home spit test to spot deadly pre-eclampsia

...lampsia (APEC). Earlier detection and intervention could save lives. Standard blood pressure and urine tests are unreliable, and there is a lot of scope for "user error", according to Michael Rich, chief executive of APEC. In addition, high blood pressure can be caused by a variety of factors other than...

Anthrax paralyzes immune cells with lethal toxin, UF research shows

...s and lymph nodes. "No one understands why, and it could very well be due to paralysis of platelets." During and Southwick are currently looking for additional proteins targeted by anthrax. They hope to develop a diagnostic blood test that detects the bacterium by checking for telltale changes in protein e...

New knowledge improves rice quality

...hers to develop better quality rice varieties that could fetch a higher price from consumers, especially in...ment of metabolites), we can do things now that we could only dream about before." During the workshop, the latest research was presented in several new a...

Targeting sugar on blood vessels may inhibit cancer growth

In a study that could point to novel therapies to prevent cancer spread,...d that by targeting the sugar, heparan sulfate, we could affect angiogenesis, which is the formation of new blood vessels," said Fuster. "In cancer, angioge...

How to steer a moving cell

... the first comprehensive profile of cell movement, could lead to a better understanding of cell migration in cancer metastasis and inflammatory disease. The study will be published the week of May 7-11 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Extra-cellular messengers call...

Scientists: As rainfall changes, tropical plants may acclimate

...sensitive to disturbances of those niches. That could be good for the plants because climate change is e...unrelated changes that accompany a warming climate could still affect plant distribution and growth, such as those that hold sway over pollinators, insect pr...

Newborn neurons like to hang with the 'in' crowd

...d and muscle out the old guys. "Adding new neurons could be a very problematic process if newborn cells would make connections all over the place," explains Fred H. Gage, Ph.D., a professor in the Gene Expression Laboratory and the Vi and John Adler Chair for Research on Age-Related Neurodegenerative Disea...

Students invent protective pouch to enhance cell therapy

...eeded insulin. The inventors say the same approach could be used in cell therapy for other ailments, includ...hese cells. The project is important because it could lead to better results from cellular therapy, in which live cells are injected to repair or replace ...

UQ research heralds vaccine technology breakthrough

...ot and, even better, the recombinant vaccine model could potentially be used for most infectious diseases and some cancers, Professor Tindle said. Playing a key role in the research group is international expert on recombinant vaccines, Dr Scott Thomson. Professor Tindle said gaining Dr Thomson's experti...

Invasion of the island bats

...nent colonization. Then again, these few instances could be interpreted as the exceptions that prove the rule, anomalies easily explained by the unique circumstances of each case. Analysis of bat DNA published in Journal of Biogeography reveal that several neotropical species descended from ancestors t...

Genetic roots of bipolar disorder revealed by first genome-wide study of illness

...argeting the enzyme produced by one of these genes could lead to development of new, more effective medicat...ation. Identifying and targeting these variations could help scientists develop additional medication options that take these differences into account. O...

New Brandeis research sheds light on memory by erasing it

... study, Lisman and his colleagues showed that they could saturate the memory stores. However, when CaMKII was chemically attacked and previous memory erased, it then became possible to insert new memories in the synapses. Alzheimer's and other diseases in which memory loss plays a major role will benef...

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