Life Science Weekly back issues from September 2008:
U.S. Hospital Sales Opportunities Maximized Through Functional Optimization.
Sep 02, 2008 ... The U.S. hospital marketplace is multifaceted and can be divided into multiple market segments. In this challenging marketplace, pharmaceutical and biotechnology sales people must negotiate increasingly complex organizational and decision-making structures to effectively represent their ...
ACOEM Chronic Pain Guidelines Now Available Online.
Sep 02, 2008 ... The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) published new medical treatment guidelines for providing care to workers with chronic pain. The new guidelines, which represent the latest chapter in ACOEM's comprehensive publication Occupational Medicine Practice ...
Dakim's mPower Adopted by 150 Senior Living Communities; Cognitive Fitness System Combats Memory Loss & Dementia.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Dakim Inc. announced that its (m)Power(R) Cognitive Fitness System has now been adopted by more than 150 senior living communities to help residents protect themselves against dementia. More senior living providers use (m)Power than any other brain fitness program because it is the only ...
New Study Suggests Increasing Prescription Co-payments for Chronic Diseases May Worsen Health Disparities, Adversely Affect Health.
Sep 02, 2008 ... The relationship between medication adherence and income level may contribute to the disparities in health observed across socioeconomic groups, according to a recent study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. The study, funded by GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK), investigated ...
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Publishes Data Showing Ranolazine Shortened QT Interval and Improved Cardiac Relaxation in Study of Patients With Long QT Syndrome.
Sep 02, 2008 ... CV Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVTX) announced that the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology has published a study of ranolazine showing that ranolazine significantly (p<0.001) shortened the QT interval of patients with a hereditary form of long QT syndrome called LQT3. Ranolazine ...
Economic Softening Hits Leading Commercial Real Estate Index.
Sep 02, 2008 ... The softening of economic conditions in recent months should impact commercial real estate markets in the months ahead, according to a forward-looking index for the commercial real estate sectors published by the National Association of Realtors(R) (see also National Association of ...
Multi-Service Business Gateway Worldwide Market Update Now Available.
Sep 02, 2008 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a8e2ff/multiservice_busi) has announced the addition of the "Multi-Service Business Gateway Worldwide Market Update" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets Ltd.). This research is an update to the ...
Data on animal endocrinology published by W.J.J. Gerrits and colleagues.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Domestic Animal Endocrinology, "We studied effects of protein intake at two protein-free energy intake levels on plasma glucose and insulin concentrations, urinary glucose excretion and on liver and intestinal fat content in milk-fed ...
New animal endocrinology findings from McGill University published.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Domestic Animal Endocrinology, "Recent studies have shown that factors from adipose tissue influence and regulate the reproductive system. Hormones such as leptin and resistin are now known to regulate several reproductive processes." ...
Reports outline molecular cell research study results from National Institutes of Health.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research, "A20 is a tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-inducible zinc finger protein that contains both ubiquitinating and deubiquitinating activities. A20 negatively regulates NF kappa B (nuclear ...
Research conducted at Y.L. Zhou and co-authors has provided new information about animal endocrinology.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "The objective of this study was to determine the mechanism by which insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF1) stimulates proliferation of mammary epithelial cells, using the bovine mammary epithelial cell line MAC-T as a model. IGF1 ...
Study data from Jagiellonian University update understanding of animal endocrinology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "The objective of the study was to demonstrate the presence of estrogen receptor at (ER alpha) and beta (ER beta) protein and corresponding mRNA in porcine ovarian follicles and corpora lutea obtained on day 10, 18, 32, 50, 71 and 90 post coitum (p.c.) using immunohistochemistry, Western ...
Findings in biochemistry and biophysics reported from Nancy University.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from France, "Oxidation of Met residues in proteins leads to the formation of methionine sulfoxides (MetSO). Methionine sulfoxide reductases (Msr) are ubiquitous enzymes, which catalyze the reduction of the sulfoxide function of the oxidized methionine ...
Investigators at University of Bristol zero in on biochemistry and biophysics.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Chaperonins are multi-subunit complexes that enhance the efficiency of protein-folding reactions by capturing protein substrates in their central cavities," scientists in Bristol, the United Kingdom report (see also Biochemistry and Biophysics). "They occur in all prokaryotic ...
Findings from Princeton University advance knowledge in biology.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... "This study addresses the causes and evolutionary consequences of introgressive hybridization in the sympatric species of Darwin's ground finches ( Geospiza) on the small island of Daphne Major in the Gala ' pagos archipelago. Hybridization occurs rarely ( less than 2% of breeding pairs) ...
Investigators at Leiden University have published new data on biology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "A core area of speciation research concerns the coevolution of species- specific signals and the selective sensitivity to such signals. Signals and responses to them should be tuned to each other, to be effective in intraspecific communication," investigators in Netherlands report (see ...
New biology findings from University of California published.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Deeply sampled community genomic (metagenomic) datasets enable comprehensive analysis of heterogeneity in natural microbial populations. In this study, we used sequence data obtained from the dominant member of a low-diversity natural chemoautotrophic microbial community to determine how ...
New biology research from University of California discussed.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Sex ratio theory provides a powerful source of testable predictions about sex allocation strategies. Although studies of invertebrates generally support predictions derived from the sex ratio theory, evidence for adaptive sex ratio biasing in vertebrates remains contentious," scientists ...
New biology research from University of Connecticut outlined.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Pollinators mediate the evolution of secondary floral traits through both natural and sexual selection. Gender-biased nectar, for example, could be maintained by one or both, depending on the interactions between plants and pollinators," researchers in the United States report (see also ...
New biology research from University of Lisbon discussed.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Lisbon, Portugal, "Polyploidy, hybridization and variation in mating systems are central issues for a deeper understanding of animal evolution. The Iberian species Squalius alburnoides represents an example combining all three phenomena." "Previous ...
New biology research reported from University of Iceland.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Reykjavik, Iceland, "Large white-headed gulls provide an interesting group of birds for studies of hybridization. The group is composed of 20 species of recent origin, often with weak reproductive barriers." "Here we report the results from a ...
New biology study findings have been published by scientists at Charles University.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Prague, Czech Republic, "The relative homogeneity of pelagic environments has been regarded as the reason for the absence of hybrid zones for hybridizing planktonic Daphnia ( Crustacea: Cladocera); occasional dominance of interspecific hybrids over ...
New biology study findings have been reported from R.B. Stelkens et al.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Kastanienbaum, Switzerland, "Theory suggests that genetic polymorphisms in female mating preferences may cause disruptive selection on male traits, facilitating phenotypic differentiation despite gene flow, as in reinforcement or other models of speciation ...
New biology study results from Dalhousie University described.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Halifax, Canada, "We examine estimates of dispersal in a broad range of marine species through an analysis of published values, and evaluate how well these values represent global patterns through a comparison with correlates of dispersal. Our analysis ...
New findings from L. Choleva and co-authors describe advances in biology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Libechov, Czech Republic, "Interspecific hybridization may result in asexual hybrid lineages that reproduce via parthenogenesis. Contrary to true parthenogens, sperm- dependent asexuals ( gynogens and hybridogens) are restricted to the range of bisexual ...
New findings from University of Cambridge in the area of biology published.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "For sensory signals to control an animal's behavior, they must first be transformed into a format appropriate for use by its motor systems. This fundamental problem is faced by all animals, including humans," scientists in Cambridge, the United Kingdom report (see also Biology). ...
Reports from Leiden University highlight recent research in biology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences, "The evolutionary outcome of interspecific hybridization, i. e. collapse of species into a hybrid swarm, persistence or even divergence with reinforcement, depends ...
Reports from University of Paris advance knowledge in biology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Cryptochromes are a class of flavoprotein blue-light signaling receptors found in plants, animals, and humans that control plant development and the entrainment of circadian rhythms. In plant cryptochromes, light activation is proposed to result from photoreduction of a protein-bound ...
Reports summarize biology study results from University of Porto.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Cross- breeding between wild and free- ranging domestic species is one of the main conservation problems for some threatened species. The situation of wildcats ( Felis silvestris silvestris) in Europe is a good example of this critical phenomenon," researchers in Portugal report (see also ...
Research conducted at M. Casini and co-authors has provided new information about biology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Anthropogenic disturbances intertwined with climatic changes can have a large impact on the upper trophic levels of marine ecosystems, which may cascade down the food web. So far it has been difficult to demonstrate multi-level trophic cascades in pelagic marine environments," scientists ...
Research from University of Frankfurt in the area of biology published.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Since the time of Charles Darwin, studies of interspecific hybridization have been a major focus for evolutionary biologists. Although this phenomenon has often been viewed as problematic in the fields of ecology, taxonomy and systematics, it has become a primary source of data for ...
Research on biology discussed by scientists at Queen's University.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Sexual selection could be a driving force in the maintenance of intraspecific variation, but supporting observations from nature are limited. Here, we test the hypothesis that spatial heterogeneity of the visual environment can influence sexual selection on colourful male secondary traits ...
Research on biology discussed by scientists at University of Saskatchewan.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Despite the importance of predator recognition in mediating predator-prey interactions, we know little about the specific characteristics that prey use to distinguish predators from non-predators. Recent experiments indicate that some prey who do not innately recognize specific predators ...
Research reports from Stanford University provide new insights into biology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from the United States, "Effective transboundary conservation of highly migratory marine animals requires international management cooperation as well as clear scientific information about habitat use by these species. Populations of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys ...
Researchers at Harvard University, Medical Department have published new data on biology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Prior research has identified the lateral occipital complex (LOC) as a critical cortical region for the representation of object shape in humans. However, little is known about the nature of the representations contained in the LOC and their relationship to the perceptual experience of ...
Researchers' work from University of Cambridge focuses on biology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Cambridge, the United Kingdom, "The similarity between many Old World parasitic cuckoos (Cuculinae) and Accipiter hawks, in size, shape and plumage, has been noted since ancient times. In particular, hawk-like underpart barring is more prevalent in ...
Scientists at Indiana University detail research in biology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Structurally segregated and functionally specialized regions of the human cerebral cortex are interconnected by a dense network of cortico-cortical axonal pathways. By using diffusion spectrum imaging, we noninvasively mapped these pathways within and across cortical hemispheres in ...
Scientists at University of Zurich release new data on biology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Zurich, Switzerland, "The competitive ability of hybrids, compared with their parental taxa, can cover a wide fitness range from poor to superior. For example communities of the Daphnia galeata - hyalina - cucullata species complex often show hybrid ...
Studies from University of Bristol add new findings in the area of biology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Bristol, the United Kingdom, "For prey animals to negotiate successfully the fundamental trade-off between predation and starvation, a realistic assessment of predation risk is vital. Prey responses to conspicuous indicators of risk (such as looming ...
Studies in the area of biology reported from Columbia University.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from the United States, "It has long been known that the brain is limited in the amount of sensory information that it can process at any given time. A well-known form of capacity limitation in vision is the set-size effect, whereby the time needed to find a target ...
Study findings from E.C. Anderson et al provide new insights into biology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Neutral genetic markers are useful for identifying species hybrids in natural populations, especially when used in conjunction with statistical methods like the one implemented in the software NEWHYBRIDS. Here, a short description of the extension of NEWHYBRIDS to dominant markers is ...
Findings from University of Cologne advance knowledge in cell biology.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... "PACSINs are intracellular adapter proteins involved in vesicle transport, membrane dynamics and actin reorganisation. In this study, we report a novel role for PACSIN proteins as components of the centrosome involved in microtubule dynamics," investigators in Cologne, Germany report (see ...
New cell biology findings from Albany Medical College, Medical College described.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Cell Cycle, "One of the surprising revelations of the initial stage of the ENCODE project was the conclusion that more than 90% of human genome is transcribed. A major component of this vast transcriptional output is represented by ...
New cell biology research has been reported by scientists at Yale University.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "MicroRNAs are small regulatory RNA molecules that exert post-transcriptional control overexpression of specific target mRNAs. (A) under barU-(r) under bar ich (e) under bar lements (AREs) are highly conserved 3'UTR sequences that alter ...
New cell biology study findings have been published by K.H. Walen and colleagues.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from the United States, "Cell senescence from exhausted cell expansions to cells with short, dysfunctional telomeres is considered to be a non-replicative, irreversible state with possibility in tumor therapy. This leads to questions of senescence-stability which in ...
New cell biology study findings reported from D. Hernandezgarcia and co-authors.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Experimental Cell Research, "The formation of the proamniotic cavity is the first indication of programmed cell death associated to a morphogenetic process in mammals. Although some growth factors have been implicated in proamniotic ...
New findings from University of Lethbridge describe advances in cell biology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Lethbridge, Canada, "The bystander effect is a phenomenon that occurs when exposed cells signal distress to their naive, unexposed neighbors. It is now accepted as a ubiquitous consequence of radiation exposure." "It is well documented to occur ...
Recent findings from Medical University of South Carolina highlight research in cell biology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Evolution is a complex problem by any standard. In an effort to fit the past events to the prevailing theory of evolution, the natural phenomenon has become so convoluted and polemic-ridden that it has floated clear out of the roam of science," scientists in the United States report (see ...
Research from S. Larrucea and co-authors in the area of cell biology published.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "Podocalyxin (PODXL) is an anti-adhesive glycoprotein expressed abundantly in the epithelial cells of kidney glomeruli. In contrast, we report herein that expression of podocalyxin(GFP) (PODXLGFP) in CHO cells increased the adherence to immobilized fibronectin, spreading, and migration," ...
Researchers from Showa University detail findings in cell biology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "We found that a specific isoform of hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha (HNF-4 alpha), HNF-4 alpha 8, was expressed in mouse mammary epithelial NMuMG cells, and that its expression was repressed by TGF-beta," scientists in Tokyo, Japan report (see also Cell Biology). "The ...
Scientists at College of Medicine describe research in cell biology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "The cellular mechanisms used to generate sufficient microtubule polymer mass to drive the assembly and function of the mitotic spindle remain a matter of great interest. As the primary microtubule nucleating structures in somatic animal cells, centrosomes have been assumed to figure ...
Studies from D.C.F. Lanza et al have provided new data on cell biology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Campinas, Brazil, "FEZ1 (Fasciculation and elongation protein zeta 1) is an ortholog of the Caenorhabditis elegans protein UNC-76, involved in neuronal development and axon outgrowth, in that worm. Mammalian FEZ1 has already been reported to cooperate with ...
Study findings from M. Liovic et al broaden understanding of cell biology.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Experimental Cell Research, "Although mutations in intermediate filament proteins cause many human disorders, the detailed pathogenic mechanisms and the way these mutations affect cell metabolism are unclear. in this study, selected ...
Findings from University of London, Imperial College advance knowledge in cellular microbiology.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from London, the United Kingdom, "Rho GTPases are common targets of bacterial toxins and type III secretion system effectors. IpgB1 and IpgB2 of Shigella and Map of enteropathogenic (EPEC) and enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) Escherichia coli were recently grouped together on ...
Research from P.G. Dastidar et al broadens understanding of cellular microbiology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Calcutta, India, "Bipolar microtubular spindles are seen infrequently in Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites while monopolar or radial microtubular assemblies are common. Additionally, heterogeneity in nuclear DNA content and multi-nucleation is found in amoeba ...
Studies from H. Xie et al further understanding of cellular microbiology.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "To elucidate the role of Moraxella catarrhalis lipooligosaccharide (LOS) in otitis media with effusion (OME), the effects of LOS on adhesion antigens of human monocytes were investigated. M. catarrhalis LOS selectively enhanced ...
Data on life sciences described by M. Hasiwa et al.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Ispra, Italy, "Immune-stimulating microbiological components like lipopolysaccharide (LPS), lipoteichoic acid (LTA) and zymosan bound onto surfaces lead to severe problems when brought in contact with the organism via surgical instruments or implants. We have ...
Data on life sciences published by E. Giuliani and colleagues.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Florence, Italy, "Over recent decades, governments in industrializing countries have promoted policies to attract foreign investors, anticipating the benefits of technology transfer to host economies. During the 1990s, Costa Rica adopted an ...
Data on life sciences published by researchers at University of Tampere.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to a study from Tampere, Finland, "The stereotypical view of prostitution is based on the idea that sex work destroys the woman's capability for sexual pleasure and alienates her from her sexuality." "The author argues that the idea of the destructive capacity of sex ...
Findings from University of Bonn provide new insights into life sciences.(Report)
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Clinical Oral Investigations, "This study investigated the ability and efficacy of an Er:YAG laser with a fluorescence feedback system for caries removal in deciduous teeth. Seventy-nine carious lesions were excavated using a ...
New life sciences findings from University of Haifa described.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "The assumption that there is a break between what people think they are doing and how they are living, i.e. what is 'really' happening to them, is the cornerstone of a sociological explanation of alienation," scientists in Haifa, Israel report (see also Life Sciences). "This ...
New life sciences research from Staffordshire University described.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "There is no more serviceable celebrity than Tiger Woods. He is a colour-free emblem of a new America in which racism is dead and there are no barriers to progress for any member of its citizenry - a new racial order," researchers in the United Kingdom report (see also Life Sciences). ...
New life sciences study findings have been published by scientists at National Institutes of Health.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the International Journal of Stroke, "The second highest risk group for developing a cerebral stroke is the perinatal period, generally defined as 20 weeks of gestation through 28th postnatal day of age. In this commentary, a brief overview of ...
New life sciences study findings have been published by scientists at University of Gothenburg.
Sep 02, 2008 ... "This article explores the science-policy interactions between peer-reviewed literature and decisions and declarations on Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) projects in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) taken at Conference of the Parties (COP) meetings. The results are ...
New life sciences study findings recently were published by researchers at Dokuz Eylul University.
Sep 02, 2008 ... According to recent research from Izmir, Turkey, "Contronymy, a phenomenon which has received much attention in recent years, has often been described as sense opposition at the micro-level." "By extending current theories on the different types of paradigmatic sense relations ...