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Snapin: A protein with therapy potential for autism

...ypin, a protein that regulates dendrite numbers (a news release is posted online at ur.rutgers.edu/medrel/viewArticle.html?ArticleID=3708 ). Cypin works on tubulin, a protein that is a structural building block of the dendrite skeleton. Now Firestein's research group has turned its attention to the prote...

Looks matter to female barn swallows

...of the journal Science (Sept. 30, 2005). "The bad news for male swallows is the mating game is never over," said lead author Rebecca Safran, who conducted the study while a Cornell postdoctoral researcher in ecology and evolutionary biology, and in the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. "It is dynamic an...

Expanding forests darken the outlook for butterflies, study shows

...er forests and smaller alpine meadows. This is bad news for butterflies in the Rockies, such as the Parnasissus, which Roland studies, because they require two things that they can easily find in meadows: sunlight and stone crop. Butterflies need sunlight to elevate their body temperatures in order to fl...

'Sinkers' provide missing piece in deep-sea puzzle

...of the puzzle that has long been missing. Link to news release on web: http://www.mbari.org/news/news_releases/2005/sinkers.html ...

Old drug, new tricks: Prospects for slashing the impact of malaria

...usceptible to the effects of malaria, but the good news is that they too appear to have much greater immune protection conferred by the preventative or 'presumptive' use of Fansidar. This looks like a case of teaching an old drug new tricks - or perhaps the old drug teaching us that it can perform tricks ...

New processing method reduces peanut allergenicity

... soluble proteins," says Yu. "This finding is good news to individuals who are allergic to peanuts and important not only to the peanut industry but also to the food industry in general, where peanuts are used as an ingredient in food product development and food preparation." ...

Locusts' built-in 'surface analysis' ability directs them to fly overland

...ociety, Biology Letters, as well as in the science news sections of the journals Science and Nature. "In order to examine if the locusts are using polarized light in determining their flight path, we examined individual locusts' reactions in situations in which polarized and non-polarized light was refle...

Exercise aside, genes may ultimately dictate seniors' mobility

..., tended to have higher total body fat. "The good news is that regardless of genotype, the physically active people were at lower risk of losing mobility, suggesting that everyone should exercise to preserve mobility," said Pahor, a professor and chairman of the College of Medicine's department of aging ...

Experimental shingles vaccine proves effective in nationwide study

...(Whitehouse Station, NJ). "This is very promising news for older persons," says Stephen E. Straus, M.D., an infectious diseases specialist at NIAID and Director of the NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, who participated in the design, oversight and conduct of the trial. "Thes...

Continued reduction in the number of drug-related deaths in the UK

...n drug-related deaths in the UK. This is excellent news and could well be the result of both the drug misuse monitoring and prevention initiatives promoted and carried out in the last few years. We hope that this trend will continue. However, there is the need for continued vigilance and constant monitori...

Restaurant seafood prices since 1850s help plot marine harvests through history

... http://www.coml.org/embargo/embargo7.htm for full news release with embedded charts): 1) The price of abalone in San Francisco restaurants. Abalone does not appear on menus examined to date from the 1870's to the early 1920's. From the early 1920's to the late 1930's the price closely tracked the Consum...

Mammalian Transcriptome Mapped

...details on these results, see the Scripps Research news release at http://www.scripps.edu/news/press/090105a.html Antisense Transcription--What Is It? Another major finding of the transcriptome project is that there are far more antisense genes than anyone ever knew. Some genes have been known for a lon...

Biotech cotton 8: Bugs 0

...Arizona in Tucson. The surprising finding is good news for the environment. Arizona farmers who plant the biotech cotton known as Bt cotton use substantially less chemical insecticides than in the past. Insect pests sometimes evolve resistance to such chemicals in just a few years, a fate that was predi...

Researchers: Treated wood poses long-term threat

...cience & Technology Online News, the journal's news section. But because the wood can be in the ground for several years "the impacts can be significant, especially given the high concentrations of arsenic in the wood itself." The researchers concluded that by 2000, Florida had imported 28,000 metric...

Science's Breakthrough of the Year: Watching evolution in action

...world could suffer. A bit of good particle physics news did emerge in 2005, however ?researchers around the world remain committed to building the International Linear Collider, a multibillion-dollar global facility that may be the key to the future of particle physics. Areas to watch in 2006: This year...

Katrina floodwaters not as toxic to humans as previously thought, study says

... water quality of the Katrina floodwaters, is good news for those who've been exposed directly to the floodwaters, the scientists say. But the LSU researchers caution that the same floodwaters that were pumped back into Lake Pontchartrain contain high levels of some toxic metals, especially copper and zi...

Membrane research opens window to benefits for plants, humans

...wedish co-author Per Kjellbom in a Lund University news release. "If we can identify a chemical compound that can close the aquaporins in the kidneys, this can be developed into a diuretic drug. By the same token, compounds that stabilize the closed structure could be used in cancer treatment." Tajkhorsh...

A New Era of Hope for the World's Most Neglected Diseases

...rculosis, and malaria. Fortunately, there is good news to report. The ?005 reality,?argues Mary Moran of ...ewal of neglected-disease R&D activity is good news for patients with neglected diseases,?writes Moran. There are even more reasons for optimism. First...

Synthetic Protein Eases Arthritis Symptoms in Mice

...mice. “We’re very hopeful that this could be good news for arthritis sufferers,?says Dr. Lenardo. In particular, the researchers are intrigued by P60 PLAD’s apparent specificity: it seems to block the binding of TNF-alpha to TNFR-1, while allowing TNFR-2 to continue to function. This is important, notes ...

Sangamo BioSciences demonstrates its ZFP treatment protects cells from HIV infection

...tion. Dr. June stated, "After the recent negative news regarding trials with pharmacologic blockade of CCR5, it is very important that we focus on positive results involving this well-validated disease target. I am encouraged by Sangamo's findings and look forward to collaborating with the Company furth...

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