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Scientists to track impact of Asian dust and pollution on clouds, weather, climate change

...e areas of the brain involved in smell, they could follow in real time what areas of the brain were reacting and where the signals went by seeing differences in electrical current that indicated the presence of the algae gene. "This work provides a new method in live animals that will define the experime...

Common algae helps illustrate mammalian brain electrical circuitry

...e areas of the brain involved in smell, they could follow in real time what areas of the brain were reacting and where the signals went by seeing differences in electrical current that indicated the presence of the algae gene. "This work provides a new method in live animals that will define the experime...

Sleep disturbances affect classroom performance

...if necessary, added Pagel. Teens are advised to follow these recommendations to getting a good night’s sleep, which will help lead to better school performance: Get a full night’s sleep on a regular basis. Do not stay up all hours of the night to "cram" for an exam, do homework, etc. If extracu...

Anti-herpes treatment reduces HIV levels in women infected with both viruses

...eveloping countries between 2005 and 2008. We will follow the next stages of this research with interest." ...

FDA causes unnecessary scare about common painkillers

...entific evidence. With Celebrex, the FDA didn't follow the recommendations of its Advisory Committee to s... "Decisions by regulatory agencies are expected to follow explicit regulations and should be evidence-based," said Furberg. "Scientific studies point to clini...

Manual dishwashing study digs up dirt on dish cleanliness

...ng. When restaurants manually wash dishes, they follow a three-step process: Dishes are washed and scrubbed in soapy water, rinsed with clean water, and finally soaked in water containing germ-killing sanitizers. But employees often use water that is cooler than 110 degrees Fahrenheit—the minimum washing...

How fish mend a broken heart

...r that surrounds the heart, called the epicardium, follow suit, invading the wounded cardiac tissue and stimulating the growth of new blood vessels. "Zebrafish can survive pretty massive injury to the heart--the loss of about a quarter of their ventricle," said Kenneth Poss of Duke University Medical Cent...

New study aims to stop sepsis in its tracks

... attack or stroke, paramedics, doctors, and nurses follow standardized protocols for what to do right away, ... their attention on one patient at a time and will follow a scripted protocol to stabilize, diagnose, and treat sepsis. The protocol includes a sequence of...

OHSU researchers demonstrate how white blood cells cannibalize virus-infected cells

...were attacking. Slifka and Beadling's findings follow a discovery by David Parker, Ph.D., a professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology in the OHSU School of Medicine. Parker and his colleague, Scott Wetzel, noted a similar behavior in CD4+ T-cells, often called "helper" T-cells, which are less a...

Male contraception: One door opens, another closes

... the near future? "The trick is to make sure we follow up on the leads we have," says Lissner. "There's a tendency to support glamorous new research in the lab, but abandon it when it gets to the expensive part: actually testing it in men and getting it to market." This problem of moving leads from th...

Nature's process for nitrogen fixation caught in action

...ing News in 2005. So, does the biological process follow the same pathway as the chemical process? "Our research suggests it does not," said Dean. "Nature appears to do it differently." ...

Hopkins scientists link immune response to 'ghost' parasites and severely congested sinuses

... expressed, to make the chitinase protein. During follow up, they found that the 10 patients who had their polyps return had exceedingly higher levels of AMCase expression than the other sinusitis patients and controls. Gene expression of another inflammatory protein, called interleukin-13, already known ...

Train your brain to hear your friends at a party

... able to hear a person's voice in a noisy room and follow conversations is one of the most common problems f...ying and it took a huge effort of concentration to follow any conversation. During the week, I gave up and spent a lot of time at home on my own because it wa...

Gene-bender proteins may sway to DNA

... not be the wallflower that many had assumed. To follow in real time the structural changes that accompany protein-DNA binding, Ansari and her UIC colleagues used a test protein from bacteria and applied a laser pulse lasting about 10 billionths of a second to heat up and disturb the protein-DNA complex. ...

American scientist's research of life's first cells

...istry and protein-crystallography. He continued to follow these interests by pursuing PhD work in the group of W. Saenger at the Free University Berlin, Germany. There, Loll elucidated the three dimensional structure of photosystem II, in work done in cooperation with the group of A. Zouni from Technical Un...

Controlling antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in hospitals

...stration Medical Center report that hospitals that follow national guidelines on controlling antibiotic use have lower rates of antibiotic resistance. In a study published in the October issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the researchers studied four major types of antibiotic resistance...

New sunscreen ingredient to heal sunburn and help prevent skin cancer

...ncer prevention campaign. It is advising people to follow the smart advice: Spend time in the shade between 11am and 3pm Make sure you never burn Aim to cover up with a t-shirt, hat and sunglasses Remember to take extra care with children Then use factor 15+ sunscreen "UVB sunlight is associat...

The biggest bug in gut discomfort

...n intracellular niche. Watson and Galan set out to follow C. jejuni down the host cell’s endocytic pathway. Much of the cell’s incoming traffic is usually routed to compartments called lysosomes, where an acidic brew of hydrolase enzymes chews it up. By monitoring endosomal marker proteins, the researchers ...

Poor athletic performance linked to vitamin deficiency

...ve individuals may be inadequate, and athletes who follow the recommended daily allowances set by the U.S. government may be receiving lower amounts of nutrients than there bodies need, said Manore. Athletes who restrict calories or limit food groups like dairy or meat have an increased chance of deficiency...

Vaccine for brain tumors shows promising results

...nosis. The UCSF investigators will continue to follow patients for progression-free survival and overall survival. According to investigators, no adverse events or toxicity identified were considered attributable to the vaccine. Based on these preliminary findings, a larger phase 2 study is planned for ...

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