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| Worry patterns vary for elderly ages 85 and older |
20 April 2007 - University of Michigan
A new study indicates that the elderly ages 85 and older mainly worry about health and memory, and some will seek more social contact as their worries increase with age. |
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| White, poor women with mental woes likely to seek treatment |
19 April 2007 - University of Michigan
White, low-income women are more likely to seek outpatient services to treat mental health problems than their African American counterparts, a new study shows. |
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| Turning green gunk to gold, anti-cancer gold |
18 April 2007 - University of Michigan
Combining synthetic chemistry techniques with a knowledge of the properties and actions of enzymes, scientists have been able to produce an exciting class of anti-cancer drugs originally isolated from blue-green algae. |
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| Fires fuel mercury emissions, U-M study finds |
17 April 2007 - University of Michigan
Forest fires release more mercury into the atmosphere than previously recognized, a multidisciplinary research project at the University of Michigan suggests. |
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| Scientists discover rules for some common virus shapes |
16 April 2007 - University of Michigan
A surprising discovery at the University of Michigan about how nanoparticles self-assemble into structures that resemble viruses gives scientists key insight into how common disease producing viruses might form in our bodies. |
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| U-M research: Moving beyond one treatment fits all |
15 April 2007 - University of Michigan
Not only does one treatment not fit all, but over the long haul, one treatment probably won't fit anyone suffering from depression, substance abuse problems, HIV infection and many other chronic conditions, according to a University of Michigan researcher. |
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| New online resource streamlines access to data on minority issues and populations |
14 April 2007 - University of Michigan
A new online Minority Data Resource Center at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research provides easy analysis of a wide range of topics related to racial and ethnic minority populations in the U.S. |
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| Scientists studying diseases will benefit from new protein interactions database |
13 April 2007 - University of Michigan
Research on disease processes will accelerate with a new multi-purpose protein database launched by the University of Michigan. This new tool will help biomedical scientists digest the enormous volumes of data being produced by modern biotechnology. |
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| Single protein in brain cells plays a key role in controlling body weight, response to insulin and leptin, and energy balance |
12 April 2007 - University of Michigan
A single protein in brain cells may act as a linchpin in the body’s weight-regulating system, playing a key role in the flurry of signals that govern fat storage, sugar use, energy balance and weight, University of Michigan Medical School researchers report. |
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| Immigrants and mental health: U-M study |
11 April 2007 - University of Michigan
Black Caribbean immigrants now make up more than one-quarter of the Black population in New York City, Boston, Miami and other U.S. cities. But until now, little has been known about this growing segment of the increasingly diverse U.S. Black population. |
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| Company formed around body friendly polymer coatings |
10 April 2007 - University of Michigan
A new company, Biotectix LLC, is being formed around intellectual property developed at the University of Michigan that could dramatically improve the functionality of medical devices that are implanted in the body, such as pacemakers and cochlear implants. |
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| Robotic exoskeleton replaces muscle work |
09 April 2007 - University of Michigan
A robotic exoskeleton controlled by the wearer's own nervous system could help users regain limb function, which is encouraging news for people with partial nervous system impairment, say University of Michigan researchers. |
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| Peregrines on probation: Population's prospects appear promising |
08 April 2007 - University of Michigan
The recently endangered peregrine falcon of North America got a health checkup of sorts and the prognosis looks good. A team of population geneticists, including a University of Michigan graduate student, got an unexpected result when they measured levels of DNA variation in the current cohort of falcons. |
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| Older stem cells don’t just wear out, they actively shut themselves down |
07 April 2007 - University of Michigan
The natural consequences of growing old include slower wound-healing and a brain that makes fewer new neurons because old tissues have less regenerative capacity. What has not been clear is why. A trio of papers published the journal Nature shows that old stem cells don’t simply wear out, they actively shut themselves down, probably as a defense against becoming cancerous from genetic defects that accumulate with age. |
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| U-M students don masks and wash hands for influenza study |
06 April 2007 - University of Michigan
Though washing hands and wearing masks are widely recommended as approaches that might prevent the spread of a global killer influenza, apparently nobody actually has any data on whether these things would work, says study leader Arnold Monto, professor of epidemiology in the U-M School of Public Health and an international authority on respiratory disease. |
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| Does he love you so? Maybe it really is in his face… |
05 April 2007 - University of Michigan
U-M social psychologist Daniel J. Kruger conducted a series of on-line experiments showing 854 male and female undergraduate students versions of composite male faces that had been altered to look more or less masculine by adjusting, for example, the shape of the jaw, the strength of brow ridges and the thickness of lips. |
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| U-M leading national effort to find the cause of autism |
04 April 2007 - University of Michigan
University of Michigan researchers are leading an 11-university consortium to gather and bank DNA samples from 3,000 autism patients over the next three years. |
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| Fires fuel mercury emissions, U-M study finds |
03 April 2007 - University of Michigan
Doctoral student Abir Biswas, the paper's lead author, came up with the idea for the project when he was a student at U-M's Camp Davis Rocky Mountain Field Station near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Wildfires were burning all around the station that summer, and smoke blanketed the camp. Around that time, Biswas happened to read a new scientific paper suggesting the possible role of fires in global mercury emissions. |
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| Intellectually stimulated children less likely to get spanked |
02 April 2007 - University of Michigan
Children who get high levels of intellectual stimulation at home, such as books and educational games, had parents who rarely used physical punishment, a new University of Michigan study indicates. |
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| Discovery could lead to more effective treatments for this deadly cancer |
01 April 2007 - University of Michigan
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have discovered the small number of cells in pancreatic cancer that are capable of fueling the tumor's growth. The finding is the first identification of cancer stem cells in pancreatic tumors. |
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| New isotope gives a glimpse of the origins of precious metals |
15 April 2005 - University of Michigan
The beginnings of precious metals like gold can be traced to the blink of an eye in an exploding star billions of years ago, and scientists at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University have been able to scrutinize a crucial step in that process. |
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| U-M team makes synthetic mother of pearl |
16 March 2005 - University of Michigan
It's possible to grow thin films of mother of pearl in the laboratory that are even stronger than the super-strong material that naturally lines the inside of abalone shells. The trick is to add compounds normally found in insect shells and fungi cell walls to the recipe. |
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| Polymers with copper show promise for implanted sensors |
15 March 2005 - University of Michigan
A University of Michigan team that previously demonstrated improved accuracy with intravascular sensors that were coated with nitric oxide-releasing polymers has promising preliminary results with a new strategy: creating polymer coatings that generate nitric oxide from components already in the blood. |
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| Probing the promise and perils of nanoparticles |
15 March 2005 - University of Michigan
For all its promise, the prospect of using nanoparticles in biomedical applications and consumer products has raised concerns about possible harmful effects of the miniscule materials. Scientists at the University of Michigan are addressing those concerns by investigating how certain kinds of nanoparticles damage cell membranes - enough to cause cell death in some cases - and how the damage can be prevented. |
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