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Researchers identify protein pathway involved in Parkinson disease development

...dentified in Parkinson disease development. These new findings show how the mutations affect cellular function and could provide a target for drug therapies to treat the disease. The research by a team of Emory University scientists will be published June 18 in the Public Library of Science Biology (PL...

3-D ultrasound scanner provides in-depth view of the brain

...sound images of blood vessels in the brain. The new advance is the latest in a series of developments Smith's team has made since developing the first 3-D ultrasound scanner in 1987 for imaging the heart from outside the body. "Wherever there is a commercial 2-D niche now, we are working to put a ...

CU study reveals why starling females cheat

...ing strategies," said Rubenstein. "It adds a whole new layer of complexity to the story."...

Electric fish conduct electric duets in aquatic courtship

... researchers developed custom software that offers new techniques for separating and documenting electrical pulses based on sex. They video recorded four pair of mating mormyrids (a feat in itself, since the species rarely breeds successfully in captivity) and identified nine common motor displays and 11...

Surprising origin of cell's internal highways

...bilt University Medical Center reveal a surprising new origin for these cellular "highways." In the June ...s needed for movement to the cell front. "This new microtubule subset that we discovered directly connects the Golgi to the cell front, so it would be ...

The mouflons of the Kerguelen archipelago

...this study by Denis Réale and his co-workers sheds new light on mechanisms that can regulate this genetic diversity. ...

Researchers develop buckyballs to fight allergy

A research team has identified a new biological function for a soccer ball-shaped nanop...response, setting the stage for the development of new therapies for allergy. Allergic disease is the sixth leading cause of chronic disease in the United...

Turn-ons and turn-offs for neurons

...ronal physiology, and animal behavior. Hence, this new research is an important step in both the development of highly reliable gene-switches for experimental neuroscience and in our understanding of mechanisms governing gene regulation in the brain. Indeed, the epigenetic mechanisms in charge of switchi...

Male circumcision overstated as prevention tool against AIDS

In new academic research published today in the online, o...ld and has uncovered some surprising results. The new study finds that the number of infected prostitutes in a country is the key to explaining the degree...

Gene therapy study shows safety and statistically significant improvement in Parkinson's disease

...aging first step in the development of a promising new approach to Parkinson’s disease therapy, but also provides a platform to translate a variety of new gene therapy agents into human clinical trials for many devastating brain disorders,” said Paul Gree...

Revealed -- Mosquito genes that could be controlling the spread of killer viruses

...y viral diseases to humans have been identified in new research out today in Science. The immune system ...s is an area of future research that could lead to new ways of combating these diseases. One possibility would be to affect the activity of the genes and t...

Scientists close in on missing carbon sink

...ng, burning, and other forms of clearing land. The new research indicates, instead, that tropical ecosyst...tmosphere to be absorbed in other regions. But the new analysis of aircraft samples shows that this is not the case. "With this new information from air...

AAAS decries latest stem cell veto

...te for the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act. The new approaches addressed by the order are still in the...as the potential to delay development of important new therapies by cutting off a promising avenue of research," said Alan I. Leshner, the chief executive ...

Smoking rate has plummeted in New York City

...paign aimed at prompting more smokers to quit. The new report is available online at www.cdc.gov/mmwr/ . Beginning in 2002, and after a decade with no progress, New York City increased the tobacco tax, eliminated smoking in virtually all workplaces, and launched hard-hitting anti-tobacco ads. By all in...

Antarctic icebergs -- Hotspots of ocean life

...icebergs in the nearby Weddell Sea. According to a new study in this week’s journal Science these floatin.... At the same time, the wealth of data brought new challenges in how to manage this avalanche of information. “The whole is definitely greater than the...

Putting feelings into words produces therapeutic effects in the brain

..., writing in a journal — help us to feel better" A new brain imaging study by UCLA psychologists reveals why verbalizing our feelings makes our sadness, anger and pain less intense. Another study, with the same participants and three of the same members of the research team, combines modern neuroscienc...

Modified mushrooms may yield human drugs

... according to plant pathologists who have inserted new genes into mushrooms. "There has always been a re...t thanks to the human genome project, before long, new drugs will be available for thousands of other diseases," Dr. Romaine said. "We need a new way of ma...

St. Jude study shows genes play an unexpected role in their own activation

...-factors to activate all its target genes. The new findings showed that phosphate-tagged CREB binding to CBP/p300 at KIX does not account for most gene activation controlled by the cAMP messenger molecule. Instead, the binding of CREB to KIX is necessary for only part of the activation of certain tar...

Understanding why C. difficile causes disease -- it's hungry

...hey are starving. That just might help them find a new treatment for what can sometimes be a very difficu...ction in the hypervirulent strain, we might have a new way to treat the disease," says Sonenshein....

Definitive evidence found of a swimming dinosaur

...y at La Virgen del Campo opens the door to several new areas of research," said Costeur. "New biomechanical modeling will increase our understanding of dinosaur physiology and physical capabilities, as well as our view of the ecological niches in which they lived." ...

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