Clinical Research

Cadherin, Protocadherin And Finding Hearing's 'Holy Grail'

According to new research, two key proteins join together at the precise location where energy of motion is turned into electrical impulses. These proteins, cadherin 23 and protocadherin 15, are part of a complex of proteins called “tip links” that are on ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 5 2007 - 3:57pm

Discovery: Nearly 350 Genes Related To Female Fertility

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found nearly 350 genes related to female fertility. Their research may open the door to much wider study in the poorly understood field of infertility. “This study gives us a way to begin to understand the ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 22 2007 - 5:03am

Extremes In Teenage Weight

Adolescents have grown taller and put on weight over the last thirty years, but the problem of underweight teens may be worse, a study in the online open access journal BMC Public Health suggests. An analysis of the height, weight, and body-mass index of t ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 3 2007 - 11:34pm

Science Is About Mistrust

I have mixed feelings about the proliferation of the term "Open Notebook Science". I started using the term a year ago to describe our UsefulChem project because it had no hits on Google and so it offered an opportunity to start with a fresh defi ...

Article - Jean-Claude Bradley - Oct 4 2007 - 7:33pm

Animal Biotechnology Helps More Than Humans

Laboratory animals are the source of major discoveries and breakthroughs in biology, not just in tackling disease but also unravelling fundamental molecular processes. Delegates at a recent research conference organized by the European Science Foundation ( ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 24 2007 - 5:34pm

Infection Link To Infertility In Cows May Help Treat Chlamydia

Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College, London, have made a significant breakthrough in their understanding of how infection of the uterus damages fertility in cows. Their findings, which show that common uterine infections can damage the ovaries, may ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 25 2007 - 8:38pm

In-Womb Lung Surgery Yields Premature Baby Miracle

Baby Miriam's mother lost her amniotic fluid in the 20th week of pregnancy, giving the baby a very slim chance of surviving birth and, even if she had, because her lungs had stopped growing, she would probably have suffocated shortly afterward. Doctor ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 28 2007 - 9:40pm

20 Year Study: Exercise Keeps Weight Gain Down

A consistently high level of physical activity from young adulthood into middle age increases the odds of maintaining a stable weight and lessens the amount of weight gained over time, according to a new analysis from Northwestern University's Feinber ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 6 2007 - 10:23am

The Biomechanics Of Amnion Rupture: An X-Ray Diffraction Study

Researchers at the University of Reading, School of Pharmacy have developed an important new technique to study one of the most common causes of premature birth and prenatal mortality. Dr Che Connon, a Research Councils UK Fellow in Stem Cells and Nanomate ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 7 2007 - 12:09am

Test Tube Babies And The Risk Of Genomic Imprinting Diseases

The number of “test tube babies” is growing year by year, and in highly developed countries it will soon make 1% to 3% of all new-borns. How safe are auxiliary reproductive technologies (ART)? Specialists of the Research Institute of Medical Genetics (Toms ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 19 2007 - 11:42am