Prenatal Stress Keeps Infants, Toddlers up at Night, Study Says
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... the inner ear amplify sound in mammals appears to have been settled more in favor of bouncing cell bodies...d explain why dogs, cats, humans and other mammals have such sensitive hearing and the ability to discriminate among frequencies. The work also highlights t...Carnegie Mellon scientists find key HIV protein makes cell membranes bend more easily
...ITTSBURGH -- Carnegie Mellon University scientists have made an important discovery that aids the understa... fusion intermediates. Through evolution, viruses have also become skilled at fusing with cells to unload their genetic contents, which turn host cells int...Genomic Analysis Uncovers New Targets for HIV Vaccine
...DNA of 486 people infected with HIV that appear to have helped some of the patients fight off the virus an...infectious disease," Goldstein said. "Past studies have looked at individual candidate genes. Since different people respond differently to infections, a be...Scratch no more: Gene for itch sensation discovered
...hington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified the first gene for the itch sensation i...n itching has been somewhat neglected. "Many genes have been identified in the pain pathway," says Chen, associate professor of anesthesiology, psychiatry a...FDA sees nanotech challenges in every product category it regulates
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Scientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered one way the p53 gene does what it's kno...microRNAs like miR-34a because a number of studies have demonstrated that these tiny RNA molecules are frequently abnormal in cancer cells. "P53 is one o...Research identifies protein that signals flowering in squash plants
...nalysis of translocation through the phloem stream have been developed in this system. However, most cucurbits are day-neutral plants, and to investigate the nature of the florigenic signal effectively, it was essential to utilize an obligate SD plant. In day-neutral plants, it is not possible to manipula...Cellular message movement captured on video
...ilaments (green). Credit: UC San Diego Scientists have captured on video the intracellular version of a p...oskeleton. Even without video evidence, scientists have confirmed over the past 10 years that higher organisms use paxillin as a transmitter of locomotion a...Researchers discover inherited mutation for leukemia
Researchers have discovered the first inherited gene mutation that ...n somewhat. "Recently, many cancer geneticists have come to believe that such subtle changes are common causes of cancer, and this is one of the first, ...... bushes. These common North American desert shrubs have been traditionally used by Native Americans as hea...w that male mice fed a normal diet and NDGA so far have survived in significantly greater numbers than mice on a normal diet. Scientists measured the differ...Enzyme delivered in smaller package protects cells from radiation damage
...borating with scientists from Stanford University, have developed a new, smaller gene therapy vector that ...sing concern that such high doses of radiation may have long-term negative effects on healthy tissues and organs, such as the kidney, liver and thyroid glan...Innovative smallpox vaccine research study to be conducted at Case Medical Center
...pox vaccine geared toward adults ages 18 to 34 who have never been vaccinated against the disease. The stu...nteers must be in general good health and must not have previously been vaccinated against smallpox. Smallpox is a contagious and sometimes fatal infecti...Cells re-energize to come back from the brink of death
...g offers an explanation of how abnormal cells that have cheated death once by disabling the main suicide pathway called apoptosis can also foil a backup self-destruct program, which allows them to survive and become cancerous. The St. Jude study also suggests that a drug that disrupts a cancer cell’s ...Brain inflammation may be friend, not foe, for Alzheimer's patients
... hallmark of the disease. While many scientists have assumed that inflammation as a result of disease o...sh in to turn off molecular events that scientists have widely considered to be detrimental in people with the disease. The findings could also renew effort...Blood test may help signal tumor's remission, return in throat cancer patients
...ns. In addition, because IL-6, IL-8, VEGF, and HGF have been detected in the blood of patients with breast...ther cancers, they suggest that this technique may have broader application in the monitoring of other forms of cancer. Further studies would need to be per......SW DPI scientists Matt Broadhurst and Paul Butcher have shown that mortality rates can be significantly improved through changed practices. Key recommendations from an initial two-year project are that fishers should Cut the line on fish that swallow hooks Remove hooks caught in the fish’s mout...