Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
... sequence of Prostratin, a drug extracted from the bark of the mamala tree (Homalanthus nutans). The drug ... the drug has to be extracted from the mamala tree bark and stemwood. Researchers in the laboratory of Jay Keasling, UC Berkeley professor of chemical engin...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
... sequence of Prostratin, a drug extracted from the bark of the mamala tree (Homalanthus nutans). The drug ...he fact that the drug has to be extracted from the bark and stemwood of the mamala tree. Researchers in the laboratory of Jay Keasling, UC Berkeley professo...... of its leaf oil are similar to those of C. cassia bark oil. The leaves of C. osmophloeum , which grows in Taiwans natural hardwood forests, could be a more economical and sustainable source of cinnamon oil than isolating it from bark, Chang says. Though the team only tested the oil against the yellow fe...Chemical Society announces EPA awards for environmentally friendly technology
...ast cancer. Paclitaxel was first isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew tree. Harvesting the bark meant sacrificing the tree, which provides habitat for the endangered spotted owl. Bristol-Myers Squ...Virginia Bioinformatics Institute researcher advances fight against sudden oak death disease
... oak's trunk where the pathogen infects the living bark layer. The P. ramorum infection spreads around the trunk's circumference and cuts off food supplies coming to the roots from the leaves, eventually killing the roots. Thus, the tree's death begins with the roots, causing the upper tree trunk, bark, l...Using science to restore habitat for declining species
...t, the red-cockaded woodpecker pecks away the tree bark to make holes that leak sticky resin that deters snakes from entering the nest cavity. One of Conner's many studies suggests that the socially dominant breeding male can actually determine which tree will produce the most resin. Conner also studies t...Latest findings on PCBs to be subject of June workshop at Illinois
...uckle, University of Iowa; Break 4. PCBs in tree bark in Anniston, Ala. Mark Hermanson, University of Pennsylvania;5. Importance of atmospheric interactions to PCB cycling in the Hudson and Delaware River Estuaries, Lisa Totten, Rutgers University. Noon -- Lunch 1 p.m. to 4:45 p.m., session two: Human...Woodpeckers: There's a fungus among us
...itially puncture dead and dying trees in search of bark beetles and other wood-boring insects, a process that creates holes in wood that serve as infection sites for airborne fungal spores. As the birds return to these holes to feed, or to excavate them further for nesting, they pick up the fungi in thei...First descriptions of Indiana bat maternity roosts in the southern US
...nity colonies of 20 to 100 members under the loose bark of roost trees, the females each bear a single young. Declines in Indiana bat populations, first noted in the 1960s, were initially attributed to human disturbance of the hibernation caves. When populations continued to decline even after caves were ...OXiGENE announces launch of ophthalmic clinical trial at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
...ll grow fivefold. CA4P, which is derived from the bark of the South African willow tree, is believed to work by damaging and destroying these new blood vessels. While the initial clinical focus of the compound has been solid tumor cancers, CA4P also has been evaluated in mouse and rabbit models as a tre...Scientists break down patterns in nature
...at glean insects from leaves (such as warblers) or bark (such as nuthatches), or those species that catch insects in flight (such as flycatchers). As niches are specified more exactly, we move to the "terminal twigs" in the analogy: the individual species themselves. One "twig" might be a particular bird ...New book entertainingly tells 'What Good Are Bugs'
...leaf tree species, bores in the wood, feeds on the bark of twigs and mates on branches and trunks, weakening and often killing their hosts. To explain how insects feed plants, he uses a boyhood experience. After finding a leaf with many shiny, glimmering spots full of stuck insects, his high-school biolo...Rainforests at risk: Where theres smoke, theres even more fire
...y lack in drama, they make up for in ferocity. The bark of most tropical trees is thin. A small ground fire snaking through the rainforest can mortally wound 40 percent of the trees. Often, its a slow death. Small trees go first. Older trees eventually fall. The forest is thinned and weakened, leaving...SRS research highlights from the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Symposium
... cavity. While excavating, the bird pecks away the bark of the tree to form resin wells above and below th... also found that, during the day, the loose, flaky bark of longleaf pine trees harbored over twice as many arthropods as the bark of loblolly pines of simil...OXiGENE announces commencement of Phase I/II clinical trial of Combretastatin A4 Prodrug
...etic form of CA4, a natural substance found in the bark of the South African willow tree known as combretum caffrum. CA4 was identified and isolated in 1987 by Professor G. Robert Pettit, director of the Cancer Research Institute at Arizona State University. In the Phase I/II trial announced today, re...OXiGENE announces phase II clinical trial of lead anti-tumor compound in thyroid cancer
...etic form of CA4, a natural substance found in the bark of theSouth African willow tree known as combretum caffrum. CA4 wasidentified and isolated in 1987 by Professor G. Robert Pettit,director of the Cancer Research Institute at Arizona State University. "Our Phase II study represents an opportunity ...Outbreak of native oak borers threatens Ozark forests
...two-year life cycle. The larva burrows through the bark of the oak, carving out galleries in the cambium a...adults emerge from the oval holes they chew in the bark in odd-numbered years. The red oak borer is usually an insignificant pest that oaks can easily fend ...Ecological significance of tool-use in the woodpecker finch Cactospiza pallida
... almost exclusively on the extraction of food from bark and tree-holes and use tools frequently. They acquire a greater proportion of food with this technique than any other animal hitherto studied. In the dry areas tool use is even more profitable than using conventional foraging techniques. Although it...Plant compound kills brain tumor cells
...hort supply because it had to be isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew tree. However, as taxol proved clinically effective, researchers developed an alternate method of partial synthesis of the compound from a more plentiful precursor in the needles that made the drug available in sufficient supply. ...UPCI presents study on estrogenic activity of medicinal botanicals
...rogenic activity, and extracts of maca root, cramp bark and tumeric root were the least potent....