Transgenic Rice Plants Resist Insects, Drought And Salt Damage
...r of biochemistry, 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 ...NADC Examines TB In Cattle and Swine
...ter in Ames, Iowa. Carole Bolin, an NADC research leader and a Consortium principal investigator,conducted tests for diagnosis of bovine tuberculosis with NADC researchersDiana Whipple and Belinda Goff. They sought to determine if tuberculin skintests used in the U.S., Canada and Mexico are compatible with...NCAR Scientists Trek To Africa For Biosphere-Atmosphere Chemistry Study
...on we're asking," says NCAR/EXPRESSO field project leader Alex Guenther, "is whether the tropics serve as a net source or a net sink for carbon. Right now, we don't really know. One study won't answer the question, of course, but it will provide a starting point. Tropical forest landscapes are an important ......egion's high-tech industry to become a world-class leader in the global marketplace -- may be severely impacted if these cuts are implemented." During the past several years, congressional and White House proposals have called for reductions in civilian R&D spending of as much as 25 to 33 perce...Herpes-Based Gene Therapy Is Key To Promising Liver Tumor Vaccine
...e andrelatively rapid," says Dr. Federoff, a world leader in the useof herpes particles in gene therapy. He and Dr. Fong hope to trythe therapy on human patients in the future....Herpes-Based Gene Therapy Is Key To Promising Liver Tumor Vaccine
... and relatively rapid," says Dr. Federoff, a world leader in the use of herpes particles in gene therapy. He and Dr. Fong hope to try the therapy on human patients in the future. Memorial Sloan-Kettering is the world's oldest and largest private institution devoted to prevention, patient care, research and ...Better Peroxidase Improves Disease Diagnosis
... president for technology for Enzymol, a worldwide leader in developing peroxidase technology. "It's a cleaner technology, and it's cost effective." Manufacturers became interested in soybean peroxidase because the supply of horseradish peroxidase was limited and the horseradish enzyme wasn't very stable at...Scientists Discover How Genes Work Together To Control Neural Development
...sor of biology atthe University of Pittsburgh. The leader of the other research team isGerald M. Rubin, of the University of California at Berkeley. The researchis expected to contribute to the understanding of the nervous system andthe brain, which is made up of billions of neurosn. To make their discove...Female Fireflies Lure Males For Defense Chemical
...rnell's Schurman Professor of Chemical Ecology and leader of the investigation into firefly fatal attraction. "This is 'reflex bleeding' that commonly occurs when fireflies are disturbed." Tiny droplets of blood from Photinus fireflies -- and from Photuris fireflies that eat them -- contain enough lucibuf...MGH-Led Team Finds Gene For Crippling Neurologic Disorder
...eld, PhD, of the MGH Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, leader of the research team. "In contrast to other movement disorders, like Parkinson's disease, there is no visible evidence of damage to the brain and no truly effective drug treatment. Only after identifying the responsible gene and then determining th......Haley, UT Southwestern's chief of epidemiology and leader of the medical center's Gulf War illness research. "We need to determine the prevalence of neurotoxic poisoning among Gulf War veterans while we develop a cost-effective screening test and identify treatments for the sick veterans." The agreement bet...Duke Lemurs Are Released In Madagascar
DURHAM, N.C. -- The leader of an unprecedented effort to return endangeredlem...m free for the first time in their lives. Project leader Charles Welch reported that the black-and-white ruffedlemurs were released on Monday and immediately...Guidelines For Next Generation Of Environmental Policy
...ded Swiss industrialist Stephen Schmidheiny, a key leader in the1992 U.N. Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro; and JohnTurner, president of The Conservation Fund in Arlington, Va., and formerdirector of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Our goal is to develop a new way o......lumbia faculty in 1993, is widelyacknowledged as a leader in the field of olfaction. Despite a relatively briefscientific career, he has already received a number of awards, the most recentbeing the Nakanishi Award for Excellence in Olfaction Research. Most recently,he has demonstrated that olfactory neur....... Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, a leader in environmental andenergy sciences, now is focusing its scientific and technological resources onthese emerging problems of agriculture and food production. "We have the scientific and technical expertise necessary to help bringabout positiv......mited or no effectivetreatments. The Company is a leader in the use of structure-based drug design,an approach to drug discovery that integrates advanced biology, biophysics andchemistry. The Company is concentrating on the discovery and development ofdrugs for the treatment of viral diseases, multidrug r...AAAS Honors Three USGS Scientists As Fellows
...e biological sciences. He iscurrently the station leader of the Colorado Plateau Field Station at NorthernArizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz., which emphasizes research on plant andlandscape ecology, endangered and declining vertebrate species, and spatialanalysis and information management as it applie...Timber Supplement From Paper And Plastic
...according to CSIRO researchers. CSIRO project leader Dr Bob Coutts says that industrial-scale trials have begun with a paper/plastic product and it shows promise of being suitable for some applications that currently use timber. "Basically the ingredients are any waste thermoplastic material and...Population Growth Costs Include Global Warming Impact
...Nordhaus, economics professor at YaleUniversity, a leader in attempts to estimate the future economic impacts ofglobal warming. "We calculate three ways an extra person affects the economy --he or she consumes natural resources, requires a share of capital resources suchas buildings and computers, and gene......director of the Center forHearing and Deafness and leader of the research group. "Then we found people with no loss, and we figured it was related to alow-noise environment. Now we believe that at least some age-related hearingloss is due to a genetic deficiency in antioxidant enzymes, such as SOD....