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Arctic expedition will investigate alien-like glacier

...he secrets about the beginning of life and provide insights for future exploration of our solar system. A team assembled by the University of Calgary's Arctic Institute of North America plans to spend two weeks studying a sulfur-spewing spring on the surface of an ice field not far from the North Pole this s...

Gut microbes' partnership helps body extract energy from food, store it as fat

...croorganisms that live in our guts can provide new insights into health. The study is will be published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. To one day consider manipulating gut microbes for medical benefits, such as weight loss or gain, scientists need to know who's living in our d...

Gorilla susceptibility to Ebola virus: the cost of sociality

...lies--live in groups. These findings provide new insights into what is still a poorly understood disease and could shed light on the evolutionary costs experienced by primates living in groups. The authors note that thousands of gorillas have probably disappeared as a result of the Ebola outbreak studied he...

Methane-belching bugs inspire a new theory of the origin of life on Earth

...biochemical mechanism. Their results also provide insights into the evolution of the microbial production of methane, the primary component of natural gas. A detailed understanding of methane biosynthesis could lay the foundation for a new alternative energy source, by raising the possibility of cost-effici...

Scientists tie several cancers to common 'oncogene engine'

...ana-Farber researchers are already using these new insights in clinical trials of a cancer vaccine, GVAX, that previously has produced rare but dramatic responses in some patients with advanced melanoma. "We have just opened a trial to offer the same vaccine to patients with all of the other cancers in this r...

Ring-like formations in drying DNA drops could affect hybridization studies

...e-ring" formation in drying drops of DNA. To gain insights into the physics behind the ring phenomenon, Wong's team experimentally studied the dynamics of drying DNA droplets on glass surfaces. They report their findings in a paper accepted for publication in the journal Physical Review Letters, and posted o...

AIDS vaccine research offers new insights on survival

New insights into how a subpopulation of helper T-cells provides immunity and promotes survival following infection with an AIDS-like virus offer a new means of predicting an AIDS vaccine's effectiveness, a discovery that could help scientists as they test these ...

Scientists discover new regulating mechanism in cells

...lecular Biology. "Our findings provide important insights into how cells regulate certain growth-proteins, many of which play an important role in cancer, and how viruses use cell mechanisms to establish an infection," says principal investigator Kathleen Boris-Lawrie, professor of veterinary biosciences an...

Plant diseases threaten chocolate production worldwide

...million more metric tons per year," he said. New insights and current research on cacao diseases, as well as resistance to and management of the diseases, will be addressed during the Cacao Diseases: Important Threats to Chocolate Production Worldwide symposium held July 30 from 1:30-5 p.m., during the join...

Mouse study reveals new clues about virulence of 1918 influenza virus

... response to the 1918 influenza virus provides new insights into the killer flu, report federally supported scientists in an article appearing online today in the journal Nature. Key among these insights, they found that the 1918 virus triggers a hyperactive immune response that may contribute to the lethalit...

High-tech research shows cocaine changes proteins and brain function

...n-drug related causes. "The findings provide new insights into the long-term effects and damage that cocaine...g-term consequences of cocaine use and may provide insights into novel targets for medication development," Hemby said....

MIT engineers probe spiders' polymer art

...ngineering, McKinley's laboratory will use the new insights about spider silk to team up with MIT's Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies to emulate the properties of silk through polymer processing. "We're interested in artificial materials that emulate silk," McKinley said. Tailoring the properties of ...

New mechanism explains glucose effect on wakefulness

...echanism of glucose inhibition, thus providing new insights into cellular pathways regulating vigilance states...ncluded that their findings "provide important new insights into how the brain tunes arousal and metabolism according to body-energy levels." ...

How nature tinkers with the cellular clock

...ges in the regulation of each mechanism." The new insights gained have broad implications. The principles discovered might govern also the control of other temporally regulated systems like embryonic development. The fast evolution of temporal regulation also raises the question in how far general conclusion...

Looking to a new era in bee research

...a Royal Entomological Society journal, provide new insights into diverse topics in honey bee biology, includin...rs address ways that honey bee studies can provide insights into human health. These papers cover the genetic bases of honey bee venom allergens, along with mec...

Scientists solve 30-year-old mystery of mutant mouse's kidney woes

Researchers seeking insights into kidney failure in human infants have located the source of a 30-year-old mystery mutation that causes similar problems in a mouse line. Scientists have known of the mouse line's naturally occurring mutation since the early 1970s. Researchers a...

UCSD study reveals how plants respond to elevated carbon dioxide

...earchers say that their findings provide important insights into the cellular and genetic mechanisms through w...who directed the project. "Our results provide new insights into how an increased concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide leads to changes within a plant ce...

Key gene controlling eye lens development identified

...all development of the eye, and gives us important insights into the interplay of genes during this time," said Wei Liu, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in Oliver's laboratory. Lui is first author of the paper. ...

Mayo Clinic collaboration mining of ancient herbal text leads to potential new anti-bacterial drug

...hink that the contributions of an ancient text and insights from traditional medicine really may impact modern public health," explains Brent Bauer, M.D., director of the Mayo Clinic Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program. For thousands of years, people around the world have lived intimately with ...

International team analyzes human genetic variation in key immune region

...system diseases. In addition, the results offer insights into the evolutionary history of the MHC region -- its early origins and the evolutionary forces that have helped to shape it over time. The findings also suggest that analyzing select SNPs within the HLA genes may offer a more economical alternative...

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