Some Brain Cells 'Change Channels' To Fine-tune The Message
Johns Hopkins researchers have identified the proteins that allow specific brain cells to "change channels," a rare ability that tweaks what can come into the cell. The findings, described in the March 24 issue of Neuron, may let researchers harness the process, perhaps one day using it to protect cells that die in Lou Gehrig's disease. Much as turning the television dial changes what come...UIC researchers show protein routes messages in nerve cells
Nerve cells relay messages at blink-of-the-eye speeds by squirting chemicals called neurotransmitters across tiny gaps called synapses to awaiting message receptors. But lots of different receptors and neurotransmitters work simultaneously. Which goes where to send the proper message? Research reported in the July 20 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience (released online July 13) by a team...Medium is the message for stem cells in search of identities
Embryonic stem cells, prized for their astonishing ability to apparently transform into any kind of cell in the body, acquire their identities in part by interacting with their surroundings - even when they are outside of the body in a laboratory dish, University of Florida scientists report. Using an animal model of embryonic stem cell development, researchers with UF's McKnight Brain In...Squid skin reveals hidden messages
In the animal world, squid are masters of disguise. Pigmented skin cells enable them to camouflage themselves--almost instantaneously--from predators. Squid also produce polarized skin patterns by regulating the iridescence of their skin, possibly creating a "hidden communication channel" visible only to animals that are sensitive to polarized light. In research published today in the jou...Critical hearing gene helps send auditory messages to brain
By studying a gene earlier linked to deafness in humans, researchers now have new insight into the molecular process by which components of the inner ear send messages to the brain. The team reports its findings in the October 20, 2006, issue of the journal Cell, published by Cell Press. The researchers found that mice lacking the gene otoferlin are profoundly deaf. The animals' deafness r...MessageAmp II: Use Less RNA for Array Analysis
Amplifies as little as 100 ng RNA in a single round High Percent Present Calls and low 3'/5' ratios in GeneChip analysis Includes ArrayScript M-MLV RT engineered to maximize yields of full-length cDNA The best in vitro transcr...RNA Amplification Just Got Better: MessageAmp II
Compatible with GeneChip analysis Amplify as little as 100 ng RNA in a single round Includes the new ArrayScript engineered M-MLV RT, engineered to maximize yields of full- length cDNA cRNA synt...High court sends message on patent obviousness
is the requirement that the claimed invention is not obvious under 35 U.S.C. 103. Similarly, obviousness is a typical defense raised in patent infringement cases. Yet, overcoming obviousness objections, both in the PTO and in...$1.45 billion judgment against Morgan Stanley sends message revisit e-mail retention policies
The recent $1.45 billion judgment against Morgan Stanley in the Ronald Perelman case is a clarion call for revisiting your organizations e-mail message retention policies. First, a quick recap of the main points in the case: The financial services firm Morgan Stanley was sued by billionaire financier Ronald Perelman Morgan Stanley could not reliably produce e-mails for the court<b...Online Kiosks provides a new way to send a message
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. , a messaging system that allows businesses to use video messaging on an Internet-based platform. Designed to support multiple business opportunities without forcing major system alterations, the applications of the system...Media Messages Can Serve To Reduce Smoking Indoors
Passive smoking which usually takes place at home can be reduced by the health warning ‘Smoking is injurious to health’. An American Journal of Health Behavior// study has revealed this, which stated that smoking at home may be restricted as people realize the harmful effects of second hand smoke. Secondhand smoke exposure has been linked to lung cancer and heart disease in adults an...Vatican’s Message For World AIDS Day Condemns ‘Pansexual Cultur’
In a message for World AIDS Day, the Vatican has condemned a culture of sex that is encouraging the AIDS epidemic and asserted that the best way to prevent the spread // of the AIDS virus was keeping sexual activity restricted to marriage and intensifying the strength of the family. World AIDS Day, the international day of action on HIV and AIDS, is commemorated around the globe on...Mobile Phone Messages Assists in Unraveling Murder Mystery
It was a well-planned honeymoon murder, worked out to the last detail. But the mobile phone messages proved their undoing and helped// nail a new bride and her lover in the crime. The murder last Sunday of 30-year-old Anantharaman amid the idyllic locales of this tourist resort in Kerala's Idukki district had been scripted by his wife, 24-year-old Vidyalakshmi, and her lover, before th...Repeated Weight loss Messages Have No Effect On Couch Potatoes
The obsession of the media as well as the society of having slim bodies may not be enough motivation for couch potatoes to get up and exercise// , according to a UCLA study. In fact the repeated stress on weight loss may make obese people more determined to spend time doing nothing, the study said. Published in the June edition of the peer-reviewed journal Obesity, the cross-cultural s...