CCBAR
Newsletter - June, 2006
CCBAR
News
• The 2006
Chicago Biomarker Workshop will be held June 8-9, 2006. Please
contact Alicia
Frasier <frasier-alicia@norc.org>
if you have questions.
News
From the Nature Journals, Science, BMJ and PNAS
The quest for genetic
determinants of human longevity: challenges and insights
[Cell_Biology]
Elimination of damaged proteins during differentiation of embr...
During mammalian aging, cellular proteins become increasingly
damaged: for example, by carbonylation and formation of advanced
glycation end products (AGEs)....
[Psychology]
Sex-specific influences of vasopressin on human social communica...
Arginine vasopressin (AVP) and related peptides affect social
behaviors in numerous species, but AVP influences on human social
functions have...
[PERSPECTIVES]
BEHAVIOR: Enhanced: Foresight and Evolution of the Human Mind
Planning for the future is a fundamental human survival strategy. New
results suggest that great apes can anticipate future needs and that
this ability has roots more ancient than previously thought.
Biomarkers
and Aging in the News Media
• Does he like kids? It's
written all over his face
... “Women make very good use of any information they get from a man’s
face,” said co-author Dario Maestripieri, an associate professor of
comparative human ...
• Lesbians'
brains respond like straight men
Lesbians' brains react differently to sex hormones than those of
heterosexual women, new research indicates.
• U.S.
newborn survival rate ranks near bottom
An estimated 2
million babies die within their first 24 hours each year
and the United States has the second worst newborn mortality rate in
the developed world, according to a new report.
• Study:
DNA marker linked to prostate cancer risk
Read full story
for latest details.
• Type D
personality boosts heart disease risk
NEW YORK
(Reuters Health) - People with coronary heart disease and a
type D personality -- a propensity to experience negative feelings -
have a considerably increased risk of having a heart attack, needing
heart surgery or dying from heart disease, according to Belgian and
Dutch researchers.
• Breast-feeding
curbs obesity in at-risk kids
Diabetes that
develops during pregnancy is termed gestational diabetes
mellitus or GDM. "In a recent study of infants of mothers who had GDM,
we demonstrated that parental obesity and excessive intrauterine growth
resulting in neonatal overweight independently contribute to early
childhood obesity," Dr. Ute M. Schaefer-Graf and colleagues explain in
the medical journal Diabetes Care.
• For
Elderly, Extra Pounds May Lower Mortality Rates
UC Irvine study found that people in their 80s and 90s who were
overweight by BMI standards (25 to 29.9 range) had lower mortality
rates than those who were in the normal range (18.5 to 24.9). The
findings suggest that the BMI scale, which applies to all adults, may
not be appropriate for the elderly and should be age-adjusted.
• British
Woman Expecting at Age 63
Older Mothers: Wiser, Richer, Better ... or Just Plain Selfish?
• Vitamin
overload a risk, NIH says
Read full story for latest details.
• 1st
Signs of Dementia May Be Physical
The first signs of Alzheimer?s disease and other forms of dementia
among older people may be physical rather than mental, new research
suggests.
• Simple
Lifestyle Changes May Improve Cognitive Function And Brain Efficiency
A UCLA research study published in the June issue of the American
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry found that people may be able to
improve their cognitive function and brain efficiency by making simple
lifestyle changes such as incorporating memory exercises, healthy
eating, physical fitness and stress reduction into their daily lives.
NIH
Press Releases
Study
Finds Most Americans Have Good Vision, But 14 Million Are Visually
Impa...
9 May 2006 at 4:05pm
National Eye
Institute (NEI) News Release "Study Finds Most Americans
Have Good Vision, But 14 Million Are Visually Impaired", Friday, May 9,
2006
NIDA Research
Uncovers the Neurobiology of Dread
11 May 2006 at
1:22pm
National
Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) News Release "NIDA Research Uncovers the
Neurobiology of Dread", Thursday, May 11, 2006
NIEHS
Researchers Link Gene Variation to Coronary Heart Disease
11 May 2006 at
11:17am
National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) News
Release "NIEHS Researchers Link Gene Variation to Coronary Heart
Disease", Thursday, May 11, 2006
NIH
State-of-the-Science Panel Urges More Informed Approach to
Multivitamin/M...
17 May 2006 at
2:45pm
NIH Office of
the Director (OD) and Office of Medical Applications of
Research (OMAR) News Release "NIH State-of-the-Science Panel Urges More
Informed Approach to Multivitamin/Mineral Use for Chronic Disease
Prevention", Wednesday, May 17, 2006
NIH
Announcements
Human
Biospecimen Resources for Aging Research (R03)
International
Research Collaboration Behavioral, Social Sciences (FIRCA-BSS) [R03]
Basic
and Translational Research in Emotion (R01)
Events
2006
Chicago Biomarker Workshop, Chicago, June 8-9, 2006
C2S Summer Biomarker
Institute, Chicago, June 19-21, 2006
Application
deadline: April 7, 2006
2007
NICHD-NCES Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)
First Release Conference to be held May 8th-10th in Bethesda, MD. Application
deadline: September 1st
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