Color perception shifts from right brain to left Nov 20, 2008
Testing toddlers showed that the change occurred when the youngsters learned the names to attach to particular colors, scientists report in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "It appears, as far as we can tell, that somehow the brain, when it has categories such as color, it actually consults those categories," Paul Kay of the department of linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, said in a telephone interview. (USA Today -- Tech)
Cancer Drugs May Treat Type 1 Diabetes Nov 20, 2008
The report was published in this week's online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In their experiments, Bluestone's team found that in mice treated with Gleevec (imatinib) and Sutent (sunitinib) for seven weeks before the onset of type 1 diabetes did not develop the disease long after treatment was stopped. (MEDLINEplus)
Rational or random? Professor models how people send e-mails Nov 20, 2008
The findings are published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Amaral said he was inspired to create such an e-mail model after a recent paper said that the rational model -- where people respond to e-mails in the most efficient way -- was the correct model. (EurekAlert!)
Researchers make new electronics -- with a twist Nov 20, 2008
Their research is published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Electronic components historically have been flat and unbendable because silicon, the principal component of all electronics, is brittle and inflexible. (EurekAlert!)
Obama warns global warming is 'urgent' threat ... Nov 19, 2008
Dr. Edward Wegman--former chairman of the Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics of the National Academy of Sciences--demolishes the famous "hockey stick" graph that launched the global warming panic ... Dr. Claude Allegre--member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences and French Academy of Science, he was among the first to sound the alarm on the dangers of global warming. (The Drudge Report)
Protein Can Nurture Or Devastate Brain Cells, Depending On Its 'Friends,' Researchers Find Nov 19, 2008
In two separate studies in mice scheduled to appear online this week and in an upcoming issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, UT Southwestern research teams studied the protein Cdk5 and discovered both helpful and detrimental mechanisms it elicits in nerve cells. Dr. Amelia Eisch, assistant professor of psychiatry at UT Southwestern, and her colleagues uncovered a beneficial mechanism of the helpful "Dr. Jekyll" side of the Cdk5 protein, which is also thought to kill... (Science Daily)
Archaeologists say they found witch doctor skeleton Nov 19, 2008
The findings were recently published in the United States, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Type Size. (AZCentral -- News)
JDRF funded research shows promise for prevention, reversal of type 1 diabetes Nov 19, 2008
The JDRF-funded study, published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was led by Jeffrey Bluestone, Ph. D., director of the Diabetes Center at UCSF and an expert in the field of autoimmunity. (EurekAlert!)
EPA targets water runoff Nov 18, 2008
The EPA announcement comes on the heels of a National Academy of Sciences report released last month that faulted the agency for failing to protect the country's waterways from storm-water pollution. "If you look across the country," said Thomas Ballestero, a professor of engineering and hydrology at the University of New Hampshire's Stormwater Center, "most of the big impairments to waterways are storm water related or can be traced back to storm water.". (Boston Globe)
World's oldest nuclear family unearthed in Germany Nov 18, 2008
The finds are documented in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Burial as a nuclear family is different from the custom earlier in the neolithic era. (guardian.co.uk)
Motor neurone disease clue found Nov 18, 2008
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study raise the hope of new treatments being developed. The London-based team showed the molecule, Wnt3, plays a key role in establishing connections between nerve cells and the muscles they control. (BBC News -- UK)
Stone Age Family Lived Together, Died Together Nov 18, 2008
"Their unity in death suggests unity in life," researchers said in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. While tools and remains from the stone age have long been studied, there are few clues to the social relationships between people. (Fox News)
Improving Carbon Measurements In Global Climate Studies Nov 18, 2008
"This is critical because in the carbon budget analysis we need to be able to quantify the various sources of carbon dioxide, especially the carbon dioxide from anthropogenic activities and the uptake of carbon dioxide by plants. "Both are needed if we are to come up with better management strategies in reducing manmade emissions and in the case of plants increasing their carbon uptake," said Carmichael, who was named in September to a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) study on the significance... (Science Daily)
Anthropologist Assembles And Copies Skeleton Of Extinct Lemur Nov 18, 2008
This reconstruction was recently published in the Aug. 5 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA.. In August 2008, Godfrey and Natalie Vasey, an anthropology professor at Portland State University in Oregon, visited the Vienna Natural History Museum with the express purpose of reuniting the parts of the subadult lemur skeleton. (Science Daily)
Shifts In Soil Bacterial Populations Linked To Wetland Restoration Success Nov 18, 2008
Their report on the study will be published online November 14 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Soils in undisturbed wetlands present harsh conditions, with elevated acidity and low oxygen and nutrient availability in which fewer bacterial groups can survive and grow, they explained. (Science Daily)
World's Earliest Nuclear Family Found Nov 18, 2008
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nov 17, 2008; 18226-18231 vol105 no.47. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
Evidence Of 4,600-Year-Old Nuclear Family Unearthed Nov 18, 2008
Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers say, "Their unity in death suggests unity in life.". In addition to the nuclear family found in one grave, there was also a second grave holding three children two of whom were siblings. (KWTX.com, TX)
Earliest Known Nuclear Family Found; Died in Massacre? Nov 18, 2008
The new find hints that family relationships played a hefty role in the society, according to the study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Continued on. (National Geographic)
Caltech researchers get first 3-D glimpse of bacterial cell-wall architecture Nov 18, 2008
Their research appears in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). "Bacterial cells rely on a cage-like net that surrounds them to maintain their integrity," Jensen explains. (EurekAlert!)
Cancer Drugs Stop Type 1 Diabetes in Mice Nov 18, 2008
"The fact that the treated mice maintained normal blood glucose levels for some time after the drug treatment was stopped suggests that imatinib and sunitinib may be 'reprogramming' their immune systems in a permanent way," said Bluestone, whose research appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Type-1 diabetes affects an estimated 5 to 10 percent of the 20 million Americans with diabetes. (Newsmax)
Corn Found As Key Ingredient In All Types Of Fast Food Nov 17, 2008
Their findings have been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. (dBTechno)
What's Really In Your Fast Food? Nov 17, 2008
A study released today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences contains controversial claims about menu items served at McDonald's (nyse: - - ), Wendy's (nyse: - - ) and Burger King. Article Controls. (Forbes)
Cold case: world's oldest family identified Nov 17, 2008
But "it appears that the burial orientation pattern was overruled for each boy to face a parent to express a biological relationship," Dr Haak, whose study is published in the Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences, said. The 13 people were all participants in a prehistoric tragedy. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Foreign enrollments rise Nov 17, 2008
His research, based in part on National Academy of Sciences data, suggests that the institute's annual reports understate how much U.S. higher education spends on foreign graduate students. In 2006, U.S. universities were the primary source of graduate-level financial aid for 90. (USA Today)
Study explains why eating red meat raises cancer risk Nov 17, 2008
The study published online this week in advance of print publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) found a molecule produced after consumption of these foods induces inflammation that boosts the cancer risk. The molecule of concern, according to Ajit Varki, M.D., coauthor of the study, of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and colleagues, was a non-human cellular molecule called N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc). (Food Consumer)
Re-examining Supreme Court support for sterilization Nov 17, 2008
Support for eugenics came from members of the American Medical Association, the National Academy of Sciences and pillars of "progressive" society ranging from Woodrow Wilson to Alexander Graham Bell. "Three generations of imbeciles is enough," declared Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in the 1927 Supreme Court case, , that enshrined involuntary sterilization of the "feebleminded" the long-sought goal of eugenicists as the law of the land. (USA Today -- Tech)
Through website, patients creating own drug studies Nov 16, 2008
So far, the data - which are still being gathered - indicate that the drug is considerably less effective than indicated by the Italian study, published in the journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. While that discovery has been disappointing, the online reporting is still useful, say its backers. (Boston Globe)
Repairing DNA Damage: Researchers Discover Critical Process In Cancer Treatment Nov 16, 2008
Now, according to a new study published in the early online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS), scientists from the Universit; de Montr;al and the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre have identified a new biochemical pathway which controls DNA repair ... About the study: The article "ATR kinase is required for global-genomic nucleotide excision repair exclusively during S phase in human cells," () published in Proceedings of the National... (Science Daily)
I. Bernard Weinstein, Who Studied Causes of Cancer, Dies at 78 Nov 16, 2008
He was a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences and in 1990 and 1991 was president of the American Association for Cancer Research. Dr. Weinstein is survived by his wife of 54 years, the former Joan Anker. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Predatory Bacterial Swarm Ripples Toward Prey Nov 15, 2008
Now, how the bacteria organize to form these traveling waves in response to the presence of prey is the subject of the UI team's latest study, which was published online Oct. 24 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Early Edition. "When an M. xanthus aggregate is placed inside a colony of E. coli bacteria, the M. xanthus proceeds to eat the colony from the inside out and creates a rippling pattern as the swarm moves through the prey cells," Kirby said. (Science Daily)
More of this story Nov 15, 2008
Marijuana is given equal status with heroin, cocaine and meth, without mentioning that the Food and Drug Administration had supported its use for medical purposes based on 1999 findings of the Institute of Medicine (part of the National Academy of Sciences) until reversing its position in 2006. Also, legal psychoactive drugs like alcohol and nicotine and prescription drugs warrant little mention despite the staggering costs in illness, death, lost wages and healthcare they pose to Americans. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Curtatone serving on national board attacking childhood obesity Nov 15, 2008
Established in 1970 under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine provides independent, objective, evidence-based advice to policymakers, health professionals, the private sector, and the public. The mission of the Institute of Medicine embraces the health of people everywhere. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Liquid Or Solid? Charged Nanoparticles In Lipid Membrane Decide Nov 14, 2008
The researchers report their work in a paper to be published next week in the Online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Using fluorescence and calorimetry methods, the researchers studied interactions between charged nanoparticles and membranes formed from single-component lipids. (Science Daily)
* Scientists find ancient sea creatures in amber Nov 14, 2008
The study, carried out in collaboration with the National Center for Scientific Research in Strasbourg, was published in the US-based Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This story has been viewed 1 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Advice and comment Nov 14, 2008
Again, we have a premier plant research community on the Torrey Pines Mesa, which includes seven members of the National Academy of Sciences, who are already working on problems that relate directly to crop yield and drought tolerance, so San Diego can lead the way in this area as well. Steve Kay Dean, division of biological sciences, UCSD Richard C. Atkinson Chair in the biological sciences, UCSD Adjunct professor, department of psychiatry, UCSD. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Corn the primary ingredient in American fast food Nov 13, 2008
Whether you're eating burgers, chicken or fries at the nation's top fast-food eateries, corn is what's for dinner according to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researcher Hope Jahren and colleagues at the University of Hawaii found corn was almost the exclusive food source for the cows and chickens that ended up served in fast food restaurants. (National Business Review)
Molecule That Stops SARS Invented Nov 13, 2008
The National Institutes of Health infectious disease biodefense program selected the team and funded the research that has been published in the online version of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Mesecar's team screened more than 50,000 chemical compounds for the necessary properties to both block the virus and have the potential to become viable drug treatments. (Science Daily)
Global Warming Link To Amphibian Declines In Doubt Nov 13, 2008
The team's findings were published in a recent issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The work is funded by the National Science Foundation. (Science Daily)
Indian finds remedy for respiratory disease Nov 13, 2008
The study has been published in the online version of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (ANI). (Sify.com, India)
Coal, energy commission moves forward on uranium study Nov 13, 2008
The study also will likely involve the National Academy of Sciences. "The question we want to answer is this," said Kilgore: "Is uranium mining safe at the site in question and what effect will it have on the environment, economy and quality of life of the area.". (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)
Statement From the Rosalind Franklin Society: Lawrence Summers Not the Right Choice for Cabinet Position in Obama Administration Nov 12, 2008
In 2006, a comprehensive report from the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine explored and evaluated the relevant literature and identified the barriers preventing women from further advancement in science. Those barriers are most certainly not innate ability. (PR Newswire)
How To Make Materials Everything-Proof Nov 12, 2008
The team's results were by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.. Getting such a liquid to bead up is much more difficult than doing the same to water, as gasoline like alcohol exhibits a lower surface tension than water does. (Scientific American)
Human hair linked to dinosaur claws Nov 12, 2008
The findings are published in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Genes are arranged on chromosomes like pearls on a string. The arrangement of most genes has not changed during evolution. Mammalian hair keratins and the hair keratins of the lizard are flanked by the same genes," he said. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Alzheimer's drugs 'help glaucoma' Nov 12, 2008
The research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is welcomed by a leading eye charity. This doesn't mean that everyone with Alzheimer's will develop glaucoma or vice versa. (Yahoo News -- Alzheimer's Disease)
Lymph Node Shots Tested for Grass Pollen Allergy Nov 12, 2008
Kundig and colleagues published their findings in this week's online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The authors noted that allergic asthma affects upwards of 35 percent of those living in Westernized countries. (U.S. News & World Report)
Wash up, ladies: Women lead in bacteria, hands down Nov 12, 2008
They identified 4,742 species of bacteria overall, only 5 of which were on every hand, they report on Monday s online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Fast food industry relies heavily on corn, researchers say Nov 11, 2008
Tests indicated that only 12 servings of beef had "an additional food source besides corn," the report published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences said. (All 12 came from Burger Kings on the West Coast. (CBC.ca)
Lizards, Birds Have Hair Genes Nov 11, 2008
The genes were expressed most strongly in the lizard's toes, indicating that the first hair genes played a role in claw formation, the study team reports in tomorrow's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "At least two of these hair protein keratins are formed in the growth zones of the claws," Eckhart said. (National Geographic)
Study: Corn key component of fast food Nov 11, 2008
The vast majority of the cows and chickens served at McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's were raised on corn, and sizzling corn oil cooked many of the fries, according to a new study in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Hope Jahren of the University of Hawaii said her researchers purchased three burgers, three chicken sandwiches and three orders of fries at three restaurants from each of the chains in Los Angeles, California; San Francisco, California; Denver,... (CNN -- Health)
Without enzyme, biological reaction essential to life takes 2.3 billion years Nov 11, 2008
Wolfenden holds posts in both the School of Medicine and in the College of Arts and Sciences and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. In 1995, Wolfenden reported that without a particular enzyme, a biological transformation he deemed "absolutely essential" in creating the building blocks of DNA and RNA would take 78 million years. (EurekAlert!)
Case Western Reserve University uncovers genetic basis for some birth defects Nov 11, 2008
The research, titled "Mouse and human phenotypes indicate a critical conserved role for ERK2 signaling in neural crest development" is published in the November 10 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ... To access the full study go to Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Web site. (EurekAlert!)
* Science can solve many of the worlds woes X and create more Nov 10, 2008
The American National Academy of Sciences has warned that, Just a few individuals with specialized skills K could inexpensively and easily produce a panoply of lethal biological weapons K The deciphering of the human genome sequence and the complete elucidation of numerous pathogen genomes K allow science to be misused to create new agents of mass destruction. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Research Reignites Debate Over Vitamin D Guidelines Nov 10, 2008
This summer, the AMA called on the FDA to re-examine the current daily intake value established in 1997 by the National Academy of Sciences. Now, experts recommend at least 800 to 1,000 international units. (Click2Houston, TX)
How Body Determines Optimal Amount Of Germ-fighting B Cells Nov 9, 2008
The Cancro lab also described in a recent Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) paper that if BLyS is neutralized, most B cells die, but the ones in charge of remembering what the body has already been vaccinated against or has been exposed to, remain alive. Together, these findings should eventually lead to interventions that alter or adjust B cell behavior in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of autoimmune diseases. (Science Daily)
U.S. Approves Visa for Indian Scientist Nov 9, 2008
Wendy White, an official with the National Academy of Sciences, said targeting scientists based merely on their areas of expertise could make it harder to spot real threats. "If you are looking for the needle in the haystack, you have made the haystack bigger," she said. (Yahoo News -- Biological and Chemical Weapons)
President Renu Khator Unveils Bold New Initiatives For UH During Investiture Nov 8, 2008
"I am pleased to announce we are launching the UH Health Initiative with the recruitment, in the next few weeks, of a mega cluster headed by a member of the National Academy of Sciences," Khator said. -- The UH Arts Initiative will position the University of Houston as a world-class arts destination and as a national innovator in commissioning new work, employing and training thousands of artists and sponsoring world-class arts series. (PR Newswire)
Mechanism That Allows 2 Pacemakers To Control Breathing Pieced Together Nov 8, 2008
"The two-pacemaker system provides robustness and redundancy that protects us against a number of challenges from childhood to adulthood," said Poon, senior author of a paper on the work appearing in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of Nov. 3. Abnormities of the two pacemakers may be related to some cases of "crib death" in babies and some forms of central sleep apnea, which can affect premature infants and the elderly, Poon said. (Science Daily)
Might rock help soak up warming gas? Nov 8, 2008
The study by Kelemen and Matter will appear in the Nov. 11 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Not a silver bulletMany companies are hoping to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by siphoning off large amounts of carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants and storing it underground. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Interaction between gene variants may alter brain function in schizophrenia Nov 8, 2008
The report has been released online in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Schizophrenia is a highly genetic disorder, but we are learning that its genetics are not straightforward. In most cases potential risk genes appear to have very small effects on symptoms, making it difficult to attribute clinical findings to particular genes," says Joshua Roffman, MD, of the MGH Department of Psychiatry, the study's lead author. (EurekAlert!)
New Target In Brain For Treating Schizophrenia Identified Nov 7, 2008
The study will be published during the week of Nov. 3 in the online edition of the journal Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, with a print version to follow. Bita Moghaddam, a professor in the Department of Neuroscience in Pitt's School of Arts and Sciences and the paper's lead author, found that schizophrenia-like activity in the orbitofrontal cortex a brain region responsible for cognitive activity such as decision making could be triggered by the two different neurotransmitters... (Science Daily)
Being Unique Has Advantages: 'Rareness' Key To Some Insects Being Favored By Evolution Nov 7, 2008
The study is published in the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
How Tuberculosis Might Be Thwarting Immune System: Proteomics Study Yields Clues Nov 7, 2008
We were able to identify many new proteins that were not previously known to reside in the phagosome, said Wenqing Shui, a member of both the Bertozzi and Keasling research groups, and a proteomics specialist who was the lead author on a paper reporting these results in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). One of the new proteins exclusively found in our study, LC3-II, is considered a marker of autophagy, the process that enables cells to clean up their own cytoplasm, Shui... (Science Daily)
DNA-based Vaccine Against West Nile Virus Effective Even After Onset Of Disease Nov 7, 2008
5, 2002) U.S. government scientists have developed a hybrid vaccine that protects mice from West Nile virus (WNV) infection, as reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The vaccine. (Science Daily)
Molecule Stops DNA Replication In Its Tracks Nov 7, 2008
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008; 105 (32): 11116 DOI. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
Clue Discovered In Spread Of 'Superbugs' Nov 6, 2008
In a study that will be published in the Nov. 11 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, OMRF researchers Philip Silverman, Ph. D., and Margaret Clarke, Ph. (Science Daily)
