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Deficiency of growth hormone and IGF-1 reduces cancer and kidney disease, but creates other problems
...6 percent increase in lifespan. All animals in the study lived until they died of natural causes. The researchers used several tests to measure memory and learning. They found that growth-hormone-deficient rats had impaired learning ability compared to normal animals of the same age. A similar pattern occ...MSI releases 'moleculizer' - a new approach to simulation of intracellular biochemical networks
...ing chemical reactions so that they can be used to study realcellular systems, where the huge numbers of potential species andreaction channels makes things very difficult."Computer simulations can be powerful tools in contemporary molecularbiology research, aiding scientists in analyzing data and in testi...An entropy-based gene selection method for cancer classification using microarray data
... redundancy among the genes. Results The present study identifies a subset of features by maximizing the ...ork done by others using the same data sets. This study presents an entropy-based iterative algorithm for selecting genes from microarray data that are able...Scientists document complex genomic events leading to the birth of new genes
...of the other 21 new genes we've identified in this study would reveal the functionally most relevant areas for primate evolution," Bork says. ...Nano-Probes Allow an Inside Look at Cell Nuclei
...m sulfide into fluorescent probes suitable for the study of living cells. This technology has been licensed to the Hayward, California-based Quantum Dot Corporation for use in biological assays. More recently, Chen and Gerion wondered if they could get even closer to the genetic action by transporting qua...Zebrafish may hold key to understanding human nerve cell development
..., according to newUniversity of Utah research. The study is reported in the January 6,2005 issue of Neuron and is co-authored by scientists at the Universityof Washington."Using zebrafish as a model, we've demonstrated that glial cells play apreviously unidentified role in regulating the development of sen...New studies suggest airborne SARS transmission is possible
...g the 2003 outbreak in Toronto, according to a new study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. A...can occur from a patient with SARS." The Hong Kong study provides additional, complementary evidence that the virus may be capable of spreading through the a...Harmful Bacterium Commonly Found in Poultry May Survive Refrigeration and Frozen Storage Combined
..., according to newUniversity of Utah research. The study is reported in the January 6,2005 issue of Neuron and is co-authored by scientists at the Universityof Washington."Using zebrafish as a model, we've demonstrated that glial cells play apreviously unidentified role in regulating the development of sen...Circles Of DNA Might Help Predict Success Of Stem Cell Transplantation
... to stem cell transplants." Other authors of this study are Raymond Barfield, Ely Benaim, Wing Leung, James Knowles, Dawn Lawrence, Mario Otto, Sheila A. Shurtleff, Geoffrey A. M. Neale, Frederick G. Behm and Victoria Turner. ### This work was supported in part by the Assisi Foundation of Memphis and AL...Ice core 'dipstick' indicates West Antarctic ice has thinned less than believed
... part to melting in West Antarctica. But in a new study led by University of Washington researchers, an ic...d from the mountains to the ice shelf. But the new study shows the ice could not be thick at Siple dome, so ice must have flowed toward the ocean with a very......, according to newUniversity of Utah research. The study is reported in the January 6,2005 issue of Neuron and is co-authored by scientists at the Universityof Washington."Using zebrafish as a model, we've demonstrated that glial cells play apreviously unidentified role in regulating the development of sen...UCLA scientists transform HIV into cancer-seeking missile
...ells in living mice, reports a UCLA AIDS Institute study in the Feb. 13 online edition of Nature Medicine. The scientists added the protein that makes fireflies glow to the virus in order to track its journey from the bloodstream to new tumors in the animals' lungs. "For the past 20 years, gene therapy ha...Gene vaccine for Alzheimer's disease shows promising results
... causedencephalitis.The key in the UT Southwestern study was finding another way tovaccinate patients witho...mune cytotoxicT cells, said Dr. Roger Rosenberg, a study author and director of theAlzheimer's Disease Center."This dilemma was discussed with my colleagues,...Scientists identify molecular events that drive cell senescence
... causedencephalitis.The key in the UT Southwestern study was finding another way tovaccinate patients witho...mune cytotoxicT cells, said Dr. Roger Rosenberg, a study author and director of theAlzheimer's Disease Center."This dilemma was discussed with my colleagues,...New insight into people who 'see' colors in letters and numbers
...e in a manner similar to real colors. Because this study uses both psychophysical and neuroimaging measures in the same subjects in the study of synesthesia, we are able to examine specific aspects of the synesthetic experience that previous ...Study Models Impact Of Anthrax Vaccine
... attack, which might not bepractical. However, the study found that anthrax vaccination given evenafter an ... strategiesfor containing an anthrax outbreak. The study is published in theDecember 16, 2004, edition of Nature. TheHopkins researchers developed a probabi...Estrogen-like Component of Plastic Stimulates Growth of Certain Prostate Cancer Cells
...acy for a subset of prostatecancers.According to a study published in the January 1 issue of CancerResearch...hemical are produced each year. Inparticular, the study showed that the affected class of prostate cancercell, characterized by mutated receptors for androg...Discovery Could Lead To Novel Approaches In HIV Treatment
...nfection. The researchers then used this method to study blood samplesfrom patients that had been recently infected with HIV and found that,already in the first months following the onset of infection, thymicfunction is decreased. Such a decrease results in a loweredT-lymphocyte production by the thymus.Th...New research indicates a 'troubled' greenhouse is brewing
...increase dramatically," says Greg Retallack, whose study indicating that a troubled greenhouse is brewing is published in the April issue of the journal Geology. In this case, the word "troubled" refers to the stormy conditions shown to have been in play during a well-known greenhouse event some 55 millio......tute of Mental Health. More information about this study (HPTN 035) is available at www.hptn.org/index.htm. The protocol chair of the study is Salim Abdool Karim, MBChB, Ph.D., of the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. ...Other Tagssyndrome 2syndrome 3syndrome 4syndrome 5syndrome 6syndrome 7syndrome 8syndrome 9syndrome 10menstruation 2attacks 2attacks 3attacks 4attacks 5attacks 6attacks 7attacks 8attacks 9attacks 10nerve 2nerve 3nerve 4nerve 5nerve 6nerve 7nerve 8nerve 9nerve 10stress 2stress 3stress 4stress 5stress 6stress 7stress 8stress 9stress 10little 2little 3little 4little 5little 6little 7little 8little 9little 10invaders 2invaders 3chemically 2chemically 3chemically 4chemically 5Other Contentspolysaccharidepolysaccharidepolysaccharidepolysaccharidepeptidepeptidepeptidepeptidepeptidepeptidepeptidepeptidepeptidedynamicsdynamicsdynamicsdynamicsdynamicsdynamicsenergyenergyenergyenergyenergyenergyenergyenergyenergypotentialpotentialpotentialpotentialpotentialpotentialpotentialpotentialpotentialpotentialpopulationpopulationpopulationpopulationpopulationpopulationpopulationpopulationpopulationpopulationgroupsgroupsgroupsgroupsgroupsgroupsgroupsgroupsgroupsgroups
(Date:5/15/2008)...COLLEGE STATION A large quantity of nitrogen comp...h the burning of fossil fuels and the use of nitro...the removal of some carbon dioxide from the atmosp... led by Texas A&M University Distinguished Profess... Duce. , The team of 30 experts from institution...
(Date:5/15/2008)...Stowers Institute researchers Karen Staehling-Hamp..., and Olivier Pourqui, Ph.D., Investigator, collab...ow that genes known to cause spinal mutations in c...t role in human patients with congenital vertebral...oday on the Web site of the American Journal of Hu...
(Date:5/15/2008)...Chemicals found in green tea may be able to stave ...tive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a new study p...an Thoracic Societys American Journal of Respirato...mined the effects green tea polyphenols (GTP), adm... intermittently deprived of oxygen during 12-hour ...
(Date:5/14/2008)...ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Researchers have developed what... 20 years for inhibiting a common target used to t... to a new class of AIDS drugs. , Researchers at ... develop the inhibiting compound, and then confirm...t HIV protease, which is an established target for...
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