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Case Western Reserve University researchers find protein associated with brain cell death

...nt causing the most destruction and decreasing the possibility of injuring or interrupting other biological processes. ...

Smooth sailing: 'cruise ship virus' tackled by UH, Baylor College of Medicine

...ul in detecting the Norwalk virus, it opens up the possibility of creating a similar diagnostic tool for a variety of other infectious diseases." ...

Successful transplantation from pig embryos to mice

... Institute's Immunology Department has brought the possibility of transplants from pig embryos one step closer. The results of the study appeared in the June issue of PLoS Medicine. In previous work, Reisner and his team had shown that each embryonic organ has its own 'time window' during which the chances for...

Ready, set, mutate?and may the best microbe win

...olecular response, and it points to the intriguing possibility of developing a system to predict the specific mut... form of the bacteria and studied, to rule out the possibility that mutations in other genes were responsible for the competitive advantage. Shamoo said it's sign...

HIV-1's high virulence might be an accident of evolution

... the researchers said. The results also raise the possibility that treatments that could carefully limit the immune system in infected humans--mimicking the tight balance maintained in the other primates--might offer a new approach to HIV therapy, Kirchhoff said. "A strong immune response can be good in the sh...

Scientists reverse evolution

...ancient gene from descendant genes also raises the possibility of a new type of gene therapy, in which a portion of a related gene could be inserted into a disease-causing mutant gene to restore its normal function and cure the disease, Capecchi and Tvrdik say. Genes that Divided are Now Reunited The stu...

Some people would give life or limb not to be fat

... rather walk away from their marriage, give up the possibility of having children, be depressed, or become alcoholic rather than be obese. Five percent and four percent, respectively, said they would rather lose a limb or be blind than be overweight. "We were surprised by the sheer number of people who reported...

Federal testing for mad cow disease a failure, law review editor says

... "cannot be overstated" as a measure to reduce the possibility that BSE may spread to the American dinner table. Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease takes a similar form in humans as BSE does in cattle. Muscle control is lost, limbs become uncontrollable, and voices become erratic and strangely pitched. A 14-year-old En...

Stem cells found in adult skin can be transplanted and function in mouse models of disease

...d isolate these Schwann cells from SKPs raises the possibility that we could treat humans with Schwann cells derived from human skin stem cells, and perhaps even use the patient's own skin to generate Schwann cells for treatment." The research showed that these SKP-derived Schwann cells can myelinate axons in c...

Science captures the essence of fruit

...he scientists say; "Nature Identical". While the possibility of 'fermenting' genes to produce compounds has been well understood for many years, science has generally lagged behind in identifying which genes are needed to produce the desired outcome. HortResearch has now overcome this issue by using research i...

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

...or a new alternative energy source, by raising the possibility of cost-efficient conversion of renewable biomass into clean fuel. James G. Ferry is Stanley Person Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Christopher House is Assistant Professor of Geosciences, both at Penn State. They will announce...

Scientists tie several cancers to common 'oncogene engine'

...ung adults. The scientists had been alerted to the possibility of MITF involvement because clear cell sarcoma tumors are sometimes pigmented ?a process requiring the MITF transcription factor. In this form of sarcoma, Fisher explained, the MITF gene is overactivated by an abnormal joining, or fusion, of two othe...

Pure novelty spurs the brain

...ded. Finally, they said their findings raise the possibility that selective brain injury to the hippocampus could eliminate the positive effects of novelty in such patients and constitute one source of reduction in recognition memory in the patients. ...

Biological motors sort molecules one by one on a chip

...stitute of Nanoscience are currently exploring the possibility of inserting these kinesin-motors and microtubules...illed two birds with one stone. In addition to the possibility of steering individual microtubules, they were able to prevent the microtubules from derailing from ...

Dopamine drug leads to new neurons and recovery of function in rat model of Parkinson's

...athology." Several previous studies point to the possibility that drugs like pramipexole and ropinirole might modify the course of PD, but this effect is difficult to test and has never been proven, says Dr. Eckman. While these drugs are useful in treating the symptoms of PD, they have not been designed to pr...

Brain region linked to fly slumber

...to have a role in learning and memory, raising the possibility that sleep and learning are somehow linked in the fly brain. This lends weight to the notion that, in flies, sleep may function to consolidate memories that are formed during the day -- something that is known to occur in vertebrates. Sleeping flies...

Origen publishes in Nature a robust and versatile method for creating transgenic chickens

...ibodies. Moreover, the new technology opens up the possibility of producing chickens with enhanced agronomic traits, including resistance to avian flu. "This research breakthrough came when we turned our attention to primordial germ cells, the precursor cells to sperm and eggs," said Marie-Cecile van de Lavoir,...

Gardenia fruit compound starting point for diabetes therapy

...ve some negative consequences. In addition to the possibility of new drugs, the findings might also prove a boon to the use of Gardenia extract itself for the treatment of disease, particularly in eastern Asia, Zhang said. Irrespective of genipin's potential for clinical applications, its benefits within the ...

RNA found in the cellular centrosome of surf clams

...d the centrosomes for RNA content. "Although the possibility of DNA inside the centrosome of the cell has been ruled out by others' previous work, the presence of RNA had not been confirmed or denied until now," says Palazzo. "Our results show there are at least five specific forms of RNA in the clam cell cent...

Study provides first look at the 'birth' of a retina cell

...healthy visual system develops. It also raises the possibility of re-directing the production of cell types as needed to stave off eye disease. The study reports on the role of the gene regulator NRL, which was previously shown to be essential for the development of rods, the light-sensing cells required for v...

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