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Nicotine rush hinges on sugar in neurons

...old its shape, Chen said. The water molecule may enable the receptor to alter its shape in counterbalance to the bending hinge, said Chen, who explained, “Think of it as a lubricant.” Previously studied “homologs” of nAChR – proteins that share its structure but not its signaling function – are entirely...

CSIRO scientists join fight to save 'Tassie devil'

...breast cancer,” Dr Church said. “Such a test would enable the screening of captured animals prior to their release into the wild or placement into isolated breeding populations.” Dr Church and his team will look to extend their work using the Australian synchrotron infrared beam line when it comes on-line l...

Research team identifies new Alzheimer's gene

... Phoenix-based Kronos Optimal Health Company, will enable Kronos to develop a test that aids in clinical diagnosis and help determine a person’s genetic predisposition for developing Alzheimer’s disease. “This discovery allows us to accelerate the development process for creating a new diagnostic test th...

Study shows big power of small RNAs, not just proteins, in halting cancer

...ve identified a family of micro RNAs (miRNAs) that enable a critical tumor suppressor network, called the p53 pathway, to fight cancer growth. “At CSHL, we are moving simultaneously on several fronts to understand the p53 pathway because damage to this pathway is something that almost all cancers have in c...

Herpes virus hijacks DNA repair process

...he DNA repair response helps viral replication may enable us to develop novel strategies to treat infection." The paper appears online this week in Cell Host & Microbe. Scientists have known for some time that viral infection of cells activates the DNA damage response. But researchers had assumed th...

454 sequencing identifies HIV drug resistance at early stage

...ands of long clonal sequence reads that accurately enable the sensitive detection of rare mutations” explained Egholm Michael, Ph.D. vice president of research and development at 454 Life Sciences. “Ultra Deep Sequencing provides an essential tool for research on viral diseases and their treatments. The ab...

Want to save polar bears? Follow the ice

... grant from the Wendy P. McCaw Foundation and will enable landscape ecologists to bring nearly 30 years of d...ographical Information Systems (GIS) map that will enable conservationists to more accurately predict where sea ice—a vital habitat for polar bears and seals ...

How brain pacemakers erase diseased messages

... processes underlying deep brain stimulation could enable physicians to better fine-tune electrical implants, Grill said. That could be particularly useful for zeroing in on effective settings for implants used to treat diseases, such as epilepsy, in which seizures occur only sporadically, as well as condit...

Puzzling plankton yield secrets to role in evolution/global photosynthesis

...Overlapping genes conserved across the species may enable them to cross-regulate their expression, while spe...g in the oceans," said Grigoriev. "This will also enable us to predict the roles of these organisms in contributing to primary marine productivity." ...

How the brain's backup system compensates for stroke

...brains of stroke victims can quickly reorganize to enable the beginning of recovery of movement. Jacinta O'Shea and colleagues at the University of Oxford reported their findings in the May 3, 2007 issue of the journal Neuron, published by Cell Press. In their experiments, the researchers focused on a r...

How to steer a moving cell

...t developed in Klemke’s lab is the first method to enable researchers to study the entire network of signaling proteins. "To find out what goes wrong during metastasis, we need to understand how the signaling networks are controlled in normal healthy cells," said Klemke. "This is the first time a group ...

New technique will produce a better chromosome map

...ping fruit fly chromosomes. This new approach will enable them to construct the first accurate map of the chromosomes and tease out the secrets hidden in their stripes. Their work appears online May 6 in advance of publication in the journal Nature Methods. Fruit flies are well suited for chromosome s...

Scientists identify prion's infectious secret

...In order to glean insights into the mechanics that enable amyloid formation, Peter Tessier, a postdoctoral scientist in Lindquist’s lab, used peptide arrays—glass slides covered with thousands of tiny protein fragments. Traditionally, these arrays are used for finding binding sites within well-behaved prote...

World's leading scientists announce creation of 'Encyclopedia of Life'

...tanding of biodiversity across the globe. It will enable us to map and discover things so numerous or vast they overwhelm our normal vision." Scientists began creating individual web pages for species in the 1990s. However, Internet technology needed to mature to allow fast and efficient creation of a ...

DOE JGI sets 'gold standard' for metagenomic data analysis

... now exploring ways to analyze metagenomic data to enable accurate classification of sequence fragments into... first sheared into millions of small fragments to enable the amplification, labeling, and ultimately sequencing. Genome assembly is the process of putting t...

Researchers attach genes to minichromosomes in maize

...seases and disease symptoms. Minichromosomes could enable new and better production of these foreign proteins and antibodies. In addition, scientists also may be able to use them to develop plants better suited for biofuel production. “The technique used to create our engineered minichromosomes should be...

Dinosaur hearing, listening to muscle noise, quieter cubicles

...ions of selected meeting papers. These papers will enable you to cover the meeting, even if you can't leave your desk. NOTEWORTHY SALT LAKE CITY MEETING EVENTS For those at the meeting, there will be noteworthy sessions including an evening tutorial/concert featuring the Salt Lake City Jazz Orchestr...

Revealing the machinery underlying the 'plastic' juvenile brain

...neurobiology is what properties of the young brain enable it to so adeptly wire itself to adapt to experience—a quality known as plasticity. The extraordinary plasticity of the young brain occurs only during a narrow window of time known as the critical period. For example, children deprived of normal visua...

Brain maps online

...cribing the work. The high-resolution maps will enable researchers to use "virtual microscopy" to compare... the distribution of different proteins. They will enable better understanding of the organization of normal brains, and could help researchers in identifying...

Discovery of 'master switch' for the communication process between chloroplast and nuclei of plants

...is going through a certain particular pathway will enable researchers to design what the targets should be downstream from these pathways." Work for the project was supported by a grant from the Department of Energy, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, EMBO long term and Howard Hughes Medical Institute fel...

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