Pharmaceuticals Manufactured In Insect Larvae
... man and because he's observant, he came up with a brilliant idea -- the HeRD system," Wood said. What Hughes observed is that insects prefer getting their footing on the edges of surfaces, not directly on flat surfaces. Hughes developed a box full of close-spaced pillars -- pillars shaped like small popsicl...Transposable Elements May Have Had A Major Role In The Evolution Of Higher Organisms
... from a stable position along a chromosome.Then, a brilliant researcher named Barbara McClintock (who was to win the NobelPrize) showed that some genes actually move around. These genes, which scientists now call transposable elements ortransposons, have been found in vast numbers in virtually every o...Birds Sing The 'Story Of Their Lives,' Theorize Duke Biologists
... of male birds, from themale peacock's tail to the brilliant scarlet of the male cardinal. The intricatewarbling of male song birds is, indeed, a highly exaggerated trait, Nowickisaid. "Bird song is far more complex than it needs to be for the informationit conveys," he said "It can be as complex as hu......ce, which is capable of producing the world's most brilliant X-raybeams. "It's always harder to study chemistry on a surface, where most catalysisoccurs, than in a bulk material," Stair said. "The great brilliance of the APSX-rays not only lets us probe the atomic structure of solid surfaces, butactually allow...Key Asthma And Allergy Molecule Pictured
...finityimmunoglobulin-E receptor with the extremely brilliant X-rays produced by theAdvanced Photon Source synchrotron at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. "We think this identifies the structure that all of the members of this antibodyreceptor family will have," says Theodore S. Jardetzky, the Northwest...Vastly Different Virus Families May Be Related
...ion protein" of a paramyxovirus usingthe extremely brilliant X-rays produced by the Advanced Photon Sourcesynchrotron at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. The fusion protein is embedded in the membrane that envelops the virus. Itserves as a grappling hook that snags the membrane of a host cell and pulls...Pioneering evolutionist Ledyard Stebbins dies at age 94
...lifornia, Davis, professor G. Ledyard Stebbins, so brilliant that his theories onplant evolution established the discipline, yet so chronically absorbed in his thoughts that he oncedrove 120 miles without noticing a dead rattlesnake on the hood of his car, died Wednesday at hisDavis home. He was 94. "There's n...President Clinton awards nation's highest honor for science and technology
...ker, executive director of the Foundation. "These brilliant pioneers will inspire a whole new generation of leaders in the coming millennium." MEDIA NOTES: Contact for Science Medalists at National Science Foundation is Bill Noxon 703-306-1070; contact for Technology Medalists at US. Department of Co......R)-carnitine. "Dr. Savle designed and executed the brilliant synthesis from inexpensive, synthetic compounds and asked Dr. Doncel to test this compounds," says Gandour. After initial success in in-vitro studies, "it became apparent that multi-gram quantities of starting material would be required. Savle took ...Molecular structure key to allergies and asthma is identified
...nd its high-affinity receptor, using the extremely brilliant X-rays produced by the Advanced Photon Source (APS) synchrotron at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. "In order to design drugs effectively, a chemist needs to know the structure and shape of the target molecules," said Theodore S. Jardetzky,...SGX signs agreement to build state-of the-art beamlines at advanced photon source
...y near Chicago, Illinois. It is currently the most brilliant source of radiation in the United States. "The next step in going from human genome sequence to new drugs is to understand the function of the encoded proteins. The ability to determine the structure of these proteins is a critical component of that...Argonne leads new Midwest Center for Structural Genomics
...chrotron facility that provides the country's most brilliant X-rays for research. This X-ray crystallography center allows rapid data collection and supplies the highest-resolution images of protein structures available anywhere. Joachimiak directs Argonne's Structural Biology Center, which in 1999 determined ...Ribosome insight could help combat antibiotic resistance
... Advanced Photon Source produces the nation's most brilliant X-rays for research. The facility, which opened in 1996, is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Basic Energy Sciences. The research reported today was funded by the Medical Research Council in the U.K. and the U.S. National Institutes...AFAR announces 189 new grants for aging research totalling $10 million
...ries, but will also launch the lifelong careers of brilliant new investigators," announced Dr. Frank Williams, AFAR's scientific director. The AFAR Research Grants provide $50,000 awards to junior faculty--Ph.D.'s and M.D.'s--who are often still considering their professional fields of inquiry. These grants a...Molecular structure could advance understanding of human disorders
...rystals of the CCS-SOD complex using the extremely brilliant X-rays produced by the Advanced Photon Source (APS) synchrotron at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. The results suggest that the complex is formed in a series of steps. The metallochaperone begins as two copies of CCS bound together (known a...NIH funds synchrotron beamlines to advance studies of molecular structures
...d on a spot smaller than the head of a pin. These brilliant X-rays allow researchers to solve structures faster and and more easily than ever before. Radiation generated by synchrotrons is also "tunable," meaning that scientists can select the wavelengths of X-rays that are optimal for their experiments. The...Gene therapy and sickle cell disease: Religious perspectives
...o make. Similarly, and even more sadly, I recall a brilliant young teacher in Ghana who, at 23 years old, was taken to the hospital one night by his parents to be treated for what everyone assumed was malaria, the symptoms of which are similar to the traumas associated with sickle cell disease. Much to the sho......eezing and bursting the bubbles, which then emit a brilliant but extremely brief flash of light called sonoluminescence. Sonoluminescences exact cause is still somewhat mysterious, but many researchers believe that the shock waves of the collapse generate high temperatures and pressures in the bubbles gas, whi......ced Photon Source, which produces the nations most brilliant X-rays for research.Research at the new beamlines ...ul X-ray sources, more than one million times more brilliant than a medical X-ray machine. This brilliance is needed to solve complex atomic structures, such as ......diation research. These beamlines will harness the brilliant X-rays generated at the APS and apply them to the study of protein complexes and other biomolecular structures. Detailed understanding of molecular shapes and interactions has allowed scientists to devise improved therapies for diseases ranging from ...