Popular Alzheimer's theory may be false trail
GAINESVILLE, Fla. The idea that anti-inflammatory drugs might protect people struggling with dementia from Alzheimer's disease has received a blow with the online release of a study of human brain tissue in Acta Neuropathologica . Researchers with the McKnight Brain Institute of the Universit...Biologists Question Animal Brain Size Theory
Social behavior hypothesis contradicted in research paper FRIDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) -- Animals -- carnivores in particular -- that follow a social order do not necessarily develop bigger brains, say two biologists whose findings contradict the so-called Social Brain Hypothesis fo...Choice Theory Education Conference: Sacramento Saturday, May 30
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Intercoast College, Sierra Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, and Strategies for Change will host the William Glasser Institute's annual West Region Choice Theory Conference on Saturday May 30 at the Hilton Sacramento Arden West. The co...Einstein scientists propose new theory of autism
April 1, 2009 (BRONX, NY) Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have proposed a sweeping new theory of autism that suggests that the brains of people with autism are structurally normal but dysregulated, meaning symptoms of the disorder might be reversible. ...Mexico Presents Flawed Theory in Shooting Death of American Journalist
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) charges that Mexico's investigation into the shooting death of American video-journalist Brad Will has presented a scientifically flawed theory that ignores PHR's conclusive findings, including the discovery that one of the bullets was a ricochet. ...Parents stricter with older kids to set example: game theory study
Parents are more likely to punish their teen's risky behavior when there are younger kids in the family, driven by a desire to set a strict example for these siblings, says new game theory research from the University of Maryland, Duke University and The Johns Hopkins University. The research t...'Use it or Lose it': A New Theory About Preserving Erectile Function After Prostate Surgery
BOSTON, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Erectile dysfunction after surgery to remove the prostate (radical prostatectomy) has traditionally been attributed to nerve damage that theoretically should heal over time. But it can take as long as two years for the nerves to recover enough for a ma...St. Jude Identifies the Specific Cell That Causes Eye Cancer, Disproving Long-Held Theory
Researchers found that certain mutations enable specific cells in the retina to multiply and cause eye cancer, a finding that suggests deliberate genetic manipulations might coax an injured brain to repair itself MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Investigators at St. Jude Ch...Metabolic Solutions Development Company Announces Preliminary Results from Phase IIa Clinical Trial
...ific officer of MSDC. "These results are contrary to the commonly accepted theory of how leading diabetes drugs work and support our theory surrounding PPAR-sparing TZDs that led us to develop this lead compound and...Corgenix AspirinWorks(R) Test Recognized in POLYCAP Study at ACC.09
...consistently determine that response," said Gordon Ens, Corgenix Director of Clinical Affairs. The TIPS trial is the largest to date to test the theory that a single, low-cost, easy-to-take "super pill" can be used to reduce cardiovascular risk across a large population as effectively as several indiv...Artificial induction of immunity
...cial. Since Pasteur provided support for a germ theory of infectious disease, we have increasingly indu... and smallpox 2 Vaccination 3 Germ theory 4 Toxoids 5 Adjuvants 6 Te...l Society in those days, was an empiricist . The theory to support further advances in vaccination came la...Extracorporeal shockwave therapy
...ve to the affected area creates neo-vascularization (new blood flow) into the area. It is this new blood flow that promotes tissue healing. The second theory is that in chronic pain, the brain has "forgotten" about the pain and is doing nothing to heal the area. By having shock wave therapy a new inflammato...New theory on why male, female lemurs same size
When it comes to investigating mysteries, Sherlock Holmes has nothing on Rice University biologist Amy Dunham. In a newly published paper, Dunham offers a new theory for one of primatology's long-standing mysteries: Why are male and female lemurs the same size? In most primate species, males ha...New theory gives more precise estimates of large-scale biodiversity
Ask biologists how many species live in a pond, a grassland, a mountain range or on the entire planet, and the answers get increasingly vague. Hence the wide range of estimates for the planet's biodiversity, predicted to be between 2 million and 50 million species. A new way of estimating speci...MS study offers theory for why repair of brain's wiring fails
Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that damage to nerve cells in people with multiple sclerosis accumulates because the body's natural mechanism for repair of the nerve coating called "myelin" stalls out. The study, published today, July 1, 2009, in the print edition of " Genes ...Rumbaugh's theory links positions of Wilson, Skinner
Des Moines, Iowa May 1, 2009 When Dr. Paul Naour was looking for a conclusion to his book detailing a previously unknown 1987 tape recording of a conversation regarding human behavior between theorists E.O. Wilson and B.F. Skinner, he found it at Great Ape Trust, a scientific research institute...Researchers disprove 15-year-old theory about the nervous system
COLUMBIA, Mo. A delay in traffic may cause a headache, but a delay in the nervous system can cause much more. University of Missouri researchers have uncovered clues identifying which proteins are involved in the development of the nervous system and found that the proteins previously thought to ...Rethinking the genetic theory of inheritance
Embargoed Until January 18, 2009 at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time / 13:00 Eastern Standard Time (TORONTO): Scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have detected evidence that DNA may not be the only carrier of heritable information; a secondary molecular mechanism called epigen...Oregon theory may help design tomorrow's sustainable polymer
Tomorrow's specialty plastics may be produced more precisely and cheaply thanks to the apparently tight merger of a theory by a University of Oregon chemist and years of unexplained data from real world experiments involving polymers in Europe. The work, which researchers believe may lead to a ...New unifying theory of lasers advanced by physicists
New Haven, Conn. Researchers at Yale and the Institute of Quantum Electronics at ETH Zurich have formulated a theory that, allows scientists to better understand and predict the properties of both conventional and non-conventional lasers, according to a recent article in Science. The lasers th...Fluid theory confirmed by Foton
In scientific research, there is great satisfaction when theoretical work is eventually supported by experimentation. Such was the case this week for a team of Italian and US scientists when they received preliminary confirmation of a 10-year-old theory from a fluid science experiment that is curr...New clues about a hydrogen fuel catalyst
...ed from being based at PNNL. "An important part about this work is that we have these kinds of DOE teams where we can start with experiments and go to theory and back again. We get a lot more information this way than doing either one alone." ...Breaking barriers with nanoscale lasers
...to about 250 nanometers. The limit is sometimes called the diffraction limit, a property associated with any wave, such as a beam of light. Current theory says you can't make a laser smaller than this diffraction limit or smaller than 250 nanometers for a semiconductor laser for communications devices. ...Video shows nanotube spins as it grows
...al motion that accompanies nanotube growth. It brings to mind Galileo's famous quote, 'And yet, it does turn.'" In February, Yakobson offered a new theory suggesting that nanotubes grow like tiny, woven tapestries, with new atoms attaching to twisting atomic threads. The new video appears to support the ...