A class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may provide a boost to cardiovascular health by affecting the way platelets, small cells in the blood involved in clotting, clump together.
Researchers have developed a program that helps people monitor their normal day-to-day physical activity using an everyday device like a cell phone or mp3 player.
Researchers have found there are racial differences in the activity of enzymes that make or breakdown a major regulator of blood pressure. The results correlate with the bias of African Americans being more at risk.
One researcher is investigating how specific factors released from the placenta of women with preeclampsia inhibits the growth of breast cancer cells.
The use of antibiotics to treat bacterial infections causes a continual and vicious cycle that leads to the emergence and spread of resistant strains. What if it didn’t have to be this way? One researcher explains how it could work.
One study finds peer counseling substantially improved breastfeeding success. Researchers also found important effects of personalized breastfeeding support on infant nursing behaviors and found babies of mothers who received extra counseling were 3.5 times less likely to be hospitalized during the first 3 months of life.
New research suggests that hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) may be involved in decreasing bone mineral density during menopause.
While the importance of calcium nutrition throughout childhood and adolescence is well recognized, a new study suggests that calcium nutrition of the neonate may be of greater importance to life-long bone health due to its programming effects on mesenchymal stem cells.
A new study finds that chokeberry extract inhibits weight gain in insulin-resistant animals and modulates multiple genes associated with adipose tissue growth, blood glucose regulation, and inflammatory pathways.
Paying attention to how much vitamin D we get is likely important at every age and can especially help enhance the quality component of life as we enter our senior years.
Studies indicate that modifications that enhance the time a drug remains bound to its target, or residence time, may lead to better diagnostic and therapeutic agents.
The microscopic pathogen cryptosporidium lurks worldwide in water, contaminating swimming pools, water parks, and drinking water supplies. A top researcher has made a critical breakthrough in eroding cryptosporidium's defenses.
The following six summaries highlight the broad scope of scientific research that will be covered at the EB 2010 meeting, which attracts more than 10,000 biological and biomedical scientists.
Press registration is open for the Experimental Biology 2010 meeting. The six sponsoring societies for the April meeting are the American Association of Anatomists (AAA), The American Physiological Society (APS), American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP), American Society for Nutrition (ASN) and American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET).
Robert D. Wells, PhD, will become the 88th President of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology on July 1st.
In a letter addressed to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, FASEB President Dr. Steven Teitelbaum expressed concern over a proposal to substantially increase the record keeping requirements for research animals covered by the Animal Welfare Act.
The international genetics community will be represented by more than 2,900 scientists presenting their most recent research at the 51st annual meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics in San Diego, California, October 12-16, 2001.
The Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded the American College of Medical Genetics a two-year contract to outline a process of standardization of outcomes and guidelines for state newborn screening programs and to define responsibilities for collecting and evaluating outcome data.
At a July 18 Senate hearing, Past FASEB President urged lawmakers to allow for federal funding of research involving stem cells.
The Public Affairs Executive Committee of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology has approved a policy statement in regards to cloning humans and legislation designed to regulate and/or prohibit such actions.
Recently, members of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) were asked by the Public Library of Science (PLoS) to sign a petition that calls for a boycott of society journals that do not comply with demands made by the PLoS. FASEB denounces this coercive action.
FASEB will host Government-Academic-Industrial Partnerships: Bioethics and Genome Research to illuminate the complex relationships between academia, the government, and industry by focusing on the impact of these partnerships in genome research.
A draft policy by the Office of Research Integrity that would require all research staff supported by grants from the PHS to undergo training in the "responsible conduct of research," is too broad, has a flawed approach and could be prohibitively expensive, said the president of FASEB.
Research scientists and experts on laboratory animal medicine are urging the USDA to replace its working definition of distress in laboratory animals with a definition similar to the one proposed by the National Research Council's Institute for Laboratory Animal Research.
The level of support provided by NIH for equipment and instrumentation is insufficient, according to a survey of NIH supported investigators conducted by FASEB.
Patrick White will join FASEB as its Director of Legislative Relations on July 5; Mr. White will serve as senior legislative advisor, gather intelligence on legislative issues and assist FASEB leaders by proposing, planning and executing legislative and advocacy strategies.
The Board of Directors for FASEB voted May 9 to admit the Society for Gynecologic Investigation as an associate member; the addition of SGI brings the number of FASEB societies to 21.
The Board of Directors for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) has selected Bettie Sue Siler Masters, Ph.D., as its next Vice-President Elect for Science Policy.
Investigator-initiated, peer-reviewed, life sciences research at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration should be given the highest priority in fiscal 2001.
The Board of Directors for FASEB has selected Robert R. Rich, M.D., as the Federation's next President-Elect; he will assume his duties on July 1 and will succeed Mary J.C. Hendrix, Ph.D., as president of FASEB on July 1, 2001.
The American Society of Human Genetics and The American College of Medical Genetics Social Issues Committees urge great caution prior to subjecting adoptive children to predictive genetic tests (American Journal of Human Genetics, 3-00).
Clinton's budget request for R&D recognizes both the impressive scientific opportunities and the increasingly important role of science and technology in our society, said David G. Kaufman, president of FASEB.
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology has endorsed NIH's draft guidelines for stem cell research.
On May 11, the Board of Directors of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) unanimously approved the appointment of Sidney H. Golub, PhD, as the next Executive Director of the Federation. Dr. Golub is a Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the University of California, Irvine.
Report recommendations include: a 15% increase in the NIH budget for biomedical research to continue the five-year doubling which began in FY1999; a 15% increase in the NSF budget to support fundamental research in fields such as biology, physics, chemistry, and mathematics; significant increases in biological and life sciences programs within USDA, DOE, VA, and NASA.
Citing the tremendous advances in biology over the past 30 years and the extraordinary potential for the transformation of medical practice and human health,the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) urged a substantial increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and biomedical science.
A coalition representing 52,000 scientists released a comprehensive analysis of federally-funded biomedical research programs and their funding. The report finds that "the dramatic discoveries of the last two decades have given researchers new tools and insightsand have created exciting new opportunities for progress."
Ralph G. Yount, President of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), today criticized proposals to clone human beings. At the same time, Yount emphasized that certain cloning techniques are important tools for biomedical research.
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) has released its report on graduate education in biomedical sciences.
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