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Molecular Partners Required For Appropriate Neuronal Gene Repression

...tly that goal. " "The work of these investigators offers new hope to people with MS and their families," said National MS Society Oregon Chapter President Graham McReynolds. "Treatments and nerve repair research that once seemed decades away may now be within our grasp. This is a time of great promise for ...

Scientists and engineers apply nature's design to human problems

...ics and robots. Yen noted that biomimetry even offers inspiration for the way students -- and faculty ?learn. "Like animals, we can learn by playing," Yen explained. "We're looking to nature as our template." WRITER: Jane Sanders ...

Many cats unaffected by catnip, C&EN reports

...ceptors in its nose and mouth, she says. C&EN offers one tip for cat owners: Store catnip in your freezer to preserve its potency. Nepetalactone is volatile and will degrade over time otherwise. The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit organization, chartered by the U.S. Congress, with a multidisc...

Dalai Lama, top scientists to discuss science & clinical applications of meditation

...on in TIME Magazine.The Mind & Life conference offers science and medical professionals a rare opportunity to learn about the intersection of meditation and medicine. The conference, which will be held in dialogue format, will feature sessions on meditation-based clinical interventions: science, practic...

Emerging staph strains found to be increasingly deadly and deceptive

...ibiotic-resistant strains, and this promising work offers several new approaches." According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "recent reports of 'community-acquired' MRSA infections raise concern ?If MRSA becomes the most common form of Staphylococcus aureus in a community, it will make t...

Study provides insight into cellular defenses against genetic mutation

...r notice by NMD. "NMD is an elegant process that offers a number of targets for future medical therapies," Maquat said. "Beyond its role in screening out faulty mRNAs through immediate decay, we have also learned that the NMD factor Upf1 is part of a related process that regulates the expression of many n...

Minimally Invasive Cancer Treatments Highlighted

...by normal tissue.?/p> Interventional radiology offers many non-surgical advances, such as delivering chemotherapy directly to the affected organ (chemoembolization), killing the tumor with heat (radiofrequency ablation) or freezing the tumor (cryoablation) to treat cancer locally, without harming the he...

Prenatal exposure to marine toxin causes lasting damage

...in. While the researchers note that eating seafood offers significant health benefits, they said their findings suggest that the current threshold of toxin at which affected fisheries are closed should perhaps be lowered. The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) set the current limit based on levels safe for a...

Sudden change in social status triggers genetic response in male fish, study finds

...fessor of Human Biology at Stanford. This finding offers the first direct evidence that changes in social status also trigger cellular and molecular changes in the brain, he adds, which could have significant implications for understanding how other vertebrates, including humans, respond to social informat...

CO2 sensing proves critical for fungal pathogens to adapt to life in air and human hosts

... groups of researchers are reporting new work that offers insight into how carbon dioxide (CO2) governs the morphogenic changes that allow pathogenic fungi to survive in different environments and invade the human body, and they provide new evidence for how CO2 sensing and metabolism utilize evolutionarily ...

New vaccine platform may fight infections with causes from influenza to bioterrorism

...xpressed on activated T-cells of the immune system offers protection from infection even in the absence of essential immune cells. Pneumocystis is a common and very serious infection in people with deficient function of CD4+ T-cells, such as patients with transplanted organs, HIV and children with leukemia...

Computer models aid understanding of antibody-dependent enhancement in spread of dengue fever

...ences suggests that antibody-dependent enhancement offers an evolutionary trade-off between advantage and disadvantage for the dengue virus. The findings could one day lead to new strategies for developing and deploying vaccines. Using computational models based on epidemic theory, the researchers examined...

Deep treasure to be found in Oculina Bank

...esolution multibeam sonar map of the region, which offers unprecedented resolution to reveal bottom features that were previously indistinguishable. The team will explore various areas using the ROV to compare observations with what appears on the map. This will allow scientists to associate certain colors ...

First big influenza genome study reveals flu evolution

...project to sequence the influenza virus. The study offers a unique snapshot of the rapidly evolving flu viru...gh-throughput influenza genome sequencing pipeline offers a pivotal strategy for crafting emerging vaccines that work. "Right in the middle of flu season, we ...

Machinery of the 'marijuana munchies'

...ns because blocking the cannabinoid receptor, CB1, offers a promising approach to treating obesity. One such compound, rimonabant (trade name Acomplia TM ) is already undergoing clinical testing. In an article in the December 22, 2005, issue of Neuron, Young-Hwan Jo and colleagues report how the circuitry ...

Brain activity related to processing faces is similar in people with, without autism

...how anatomical structures in black and white, fMRI offers digitally enhanced color images of brain function, depicting localized changes in blood flow and oxygenation. When particular regions of the brain increase their neural activity in association with various actions or thought processes, they emit en...

Genetic testing still smart choice, despite uncertainties

...for genetic diseases during in vitro fertilization offers couples the best chance for a healthy child, but a genetic glitch could potentially cause doctors to misdiagnose a small fraction of them, University of Florida researchers say. Citing concerns about the accuracy of preimplantation genetic diagnosi...

Penn Surgeons Use Completely Robotic Surgery to Successfully Treat Prostate Cancer

...nence.?br /> Robotic technology offers a number of advantages during surgery. For instanc...entimeter. Robotic technology also offers a number of advantages after surgery. Because laparoscopic surgery is minimally invasive and no larg...

Scientists learn to predict protein-stabilizing ability of small molecules

...nence.?br /> Robotic technology offers a number of advantages during surgery. For instanc...entimeter. Robotic technology also offers a number of advantages after surgery. Because laparoscopic surgery is minimally invasive and no larg...

New understanding of regeneration gained by Forsyth scientists

...th Institute research with the flatworm, planaria, offers new clues for understanding restoration of body structures. Researchers at The Forsyth Institute have discovered how the worm's cells communicate to correctly repair and regenerate tissue. Forsyth scientists have found that gap-junction (microscopic...

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