Second Breast Cancer Gene Located
...r Center is very pleased to have beena part of the international efforts that discovered both of the breast cancergenes," said Dr. O. Michael Colvin, director of the cancer center. "We look forward to helping put this discovery to use as we developbetter therapies and prevention strategies to protect all women fro...Transgenic Rice Plants Resist Insects, Drought And Salt Damage
...try, molecular and cell biology, and leader of the international team that spliced other plant species' genes into rice. "Hundreds of millions of hungry people need this rice now, and the crop losses to insects, drought and increasing salinization of soils are devastating." According to Gary Toenniessen, deputy d......g prepared in southwest Michigan. Because there is international interest in large-berried seedless table grapes, Cornell has applied for a plant patent for Marquis. Patenting a grape carries an expensive up front cost for the University. "Cornell cannot afford to patent every grape released," said Reisch. Tram...Bee Sting Treatment Should Emphasize Speed, Not Method Of Removal
...ty. Writing in the Aug. 3 issue of The Lancet, an international medical journalpublished in Great Britain, the scientists challenge the conventional wisdomthat a sting should be scraped off the skin rather than pinched out. Theway it is removed has no bearing on the amount of bee venom that the stinginjects, acco...Hawaiian Whales Show 'No Overt Response' To Sounds Of ATOC Simulation
...ll be modified or halted. "ATOC is an important international study that can tell whether global climate conditions are changing, not only for those of us on the surface but for organisms in the oceans. Any noted changes in the ocean ecosystem could mean change on the surface ecosystem. It's definitely wor...Major Plant Genome Research Project Underway
...aliana Genome Research Project was launched by an international group of scientists who recognized the need for study of one plant with the basic properties of all plants. "During the past several years, Arabidopsis has become established worldwide as the species of choice for molecular genetic studies of plan...Gene Discovery Could Overcome Aluminum Barrier To Higher Wheat Yields Worldwide
...t Genetics Research Unit in Columbia, Mo. "If the international collaboration and support continues, we should be able to give wheat breeders lines that are more aluminum tolerant than existing varieties in about five years," Gustafson said. That would offer potentially higher yields for a hungry world, he added...Sea Turtles Have Favorite Oceanic Routes
...rtles is important to the development of effective international conservation strategies." The research, "Migration Corridor for Sea Turtles," published in the journal Nature (Nov. 28) was done by Morreale; Edward A. Standora, associate professor of biology, State University College, Buffalo; James R. Spoti...World's Experts Plan Global Locator Service For Environmental Information
...n locator records. It also fits in with many other international and national programs focused on improved access to information, including the Government Information Locator Service being implemented in the United States and elsewhere. A new server developed by the European Commission for this project, ...'BirdSource' Website For Citizen-Science Data
...The Lab and Cornell University together provide an international center for training both amateurs and professionals in the ecology, evolutionary biology and conservation of birds....Fund Aims To Repay Developing Nations For Valuable Genes
...y. Barton had been workingfor years in the area of international environmental law, with a particularinterest in the intellectual property rights of both plant breeders andnations supplying genetic material. He and Ronald decided to combine their legal and scientific expertiseto draft a proposal for a "Genetic Re......cation and career development, science policy, and international scientific cooperation. It publishes the weekly peer-reviewed journal Science and administers EurekAlert! [www.eurekalert.org], the online news service featuring discoveries in science, medicine, and technology.......ucation and career development, science policy and international scientific cooperation. It publishes the weekly peer-reviewed journal Science and administers EurekAlert! [www.eurekalert.org], the online news service featuring discoveries in science, medicine, and technology....President's Budget Proposal Cuts R&D By 14 Percent By 2002
...icy, science education and career development, and international scientific cooperation. The Association publishes the weekly peer-reviewed journal Science and administers EurekAlert! [www.eurekalert.org], the online news service featuring discoveries in science, medicine, and technology....First Planned Release Of Captive Lemurs In Madagascar Wilds Expected In Fall
...ject. Madagascar Fauna Group (MFG), the project's international sponsor, plansto systematically repatriate as many as 20 of the adaptable lemurs to theirancestral island nation over the next three years. The long-tailed, tree-climbingprimates now live in two U.S. research and breeding habitats: the Duke Universit...Huntington's Disease Findings Pave Way For Potential Cure
...ll nucleus. TheBates and Davies group and a second international team of investigators havenow, nearly 20 years later, explained what the Columbia researchers found. Usingnew "transgenic" mice developed by Dr. Bates to contain a disease-causingfragment of the human HD gene, the researchers saw in the nucleus of ea...Insulin Resistance Is A Risk Factor For Atherosclerosis In Whites And Hispanics
...." Howard presented the research during an international medical conferencein Winston-Salem. Howard and others studied insulin resistance as part of a broad-basedInsulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study. Preliminary findings in the studysuggest that 90 percent of diabetics and 10 to 20 percent of n...Experts: Public Will Accept Irradiation In Wake Of Meat Recall
...rradiated foods must be labeled with "radura," the international sign for irradiation, and must say that the food has been treated with radiation. So any consumer who's still hesitant to eat irradiated food can avoid it. Linton says, "If I had a crystal ball that could predict the future, I'd say the Hudson hambur...E. Coli Genome Reported: Milestone Of Modern Biology Emerges From Wisconsin Lab
...is a major partner in the Human GenomeProject, the international research effort to map the estimated 50,000 to100,000 genes and to read the complete set of genetic instructions encoded inhuman DNA. NHGRI also supports research on the application of genometechnologies to the study of inherited disease, as well as ......man bowel, will be published laterthis year in the international Journal of Nutrition . Dr Topping says resistant starch is now shaping up as a very importantdietary protection against cancer and other bowel diseases, which are responsiblefor over four per cent of all Australian deaths æ and kill more than...