Physiology News - Fields of Scientific Study News RSS FeedsFields of Scientific Study :: PhysiologyPhysiology News Stories, Current Physiology News Events, Discoveries and Articleshttp://www.brightsurf.com/rss.news.xml?search=Physiology Physiology News Stories Current Physiology News Events, Discoveries and Articles New study further disputes notion that amputee runners gain advantage from protheses A study by six researchers, including a University of Colorado at Boulder associate professor and his former doctoral student, shows that amputees who use running-specific prosthetic legs have no performance advantage over counterparts who use their biological legs. (2009-11-05) Experimental agent reduces breast cancer metastasis to bone Researchers have reduced breast cancer metastasis to bone using an experimental agent to inhibit ROCK, a protein that was found to be over-expressed in metastatic breast cancer. (2009-11-04) Sex-based prenatal brain differences found Prenatal sex-based biological differences extend to genetic expression in cerebral cortices. The differences in question are probably associated with later divergences in how our brains develop. (2009-10-26) Novel findings shed light on how N-type channel function is modified by lipids The November 2009 issue of the Journal of General Physiology (JGP) contains two papers by the Rittenhouse laboratory that describe novel findings on how N-type voltage-gated calcium channel (VGCC) function is modified by lipids. (2009-10-26) Probiotic Found to Be Effective Treatment for Colitis In Mice The probiotic, Bacillus polyfermenticus, can help mice recover from colitis, a new study has found. (2009-10-26) Identifying the metabolism of a healthy embryo could improve infertility treatment Embryos that are most likely to result in a pregnancy are crucial to the success of in vitro fertilization (IVF) but are difficult to identify. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine, led by Emre Seli, M.D., are developing a fast, non-invasive test to help assess embryo viability for IVF. (2009-10-21) National Science Foundation congratulates Nobel Laureates in medicine/physiology, chemistry and economics The National Science Foundation (NSF) congratulates the 2009 Nobel laureates, particularly those who have received NSF funding over the years: Jack W. Szostak, who shared the prize in physiology or medicine; Thomas A. Steitz, who shared the prize in chemistry; and Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson who earned the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in economic sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel 2009. (2009-10-15) Scientists reveal new pattern in our daily clock The findings of a study published in Science today turn a long-held theory on circadian rhythms on its head and mean that we may now be able to develop new drugs and approaches to tune the daily clock to treat sleep disorders and to aid recovery from long-distance flights. (2009-10-09) Will giving coffee to babies keep them awake as adults? An F1000 evaluation looks at a Canadian study on how giving caffeine to newborn rats has a long-lasting and detrimental effect on sleep and breathing in adulthood. (2009-10-09) Inside the first bird, surprising signs of a dinosaur The raptor-like Archaeopteryx has long been viewed as the archetypal first bird, but new research reveals that it was actually a lot less "bird-like" than scientists had believed. (2009-10-09) |
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