Second Breast Cancer Gene Located
... to track the gene to a regionon chromosome 13. A recent finding of a pancreatic cancer with a deletionof g...pecific gene involved," Stratton said."Due to many recent advances in molecular biology, we have managedto shorten the process for BRCA2 to half that time." ...Freshwater Sponges May Pose Threat To Zebra Mussels
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- While studying a recent increase in freshwater sponges in Lake Erie, resea... an answer is known. The research appeared in a recent issue of the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Kelch was a co-author of the pap...Race Plus Roaches: A Breathtaking Link
...rch from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. In a recent study of more than 80 Baltimore youth, the researc...se of absenteeism from school, says Eggleston. And recent epidemiologic data show that African-Americans living in the inner-city are hospitalized three times...Mutate Or Die: New Polymerase Gives Desperate Yeast An Option
...eviously unknownpolymerase in yeast, but only with recent technology could Nelson, working with Hinkle and Lawrence, prove it bypurifying the enzyme and demonstrating its function. Mutant yeast without the enzyme are slightly more likely todie than their zeta-carrying counterparts, but they're also fa...Cornell Researchers Precisely Date Wood From Ancient Tomb In Turkey
...a eruption had occurred around 1500 B.C., but more recent studies have strongly suggested the eruption occurred earlier, in 1628 B.C. The "Porsuk event," as Newton calls the growth spurt in the Porsuk trees, was dated to 1628 B.C. -- lending further evidence that this was the year of the Thera eruption. The...Researchers Use Hydrated Lime To Reduce Toxic Selenium Emissions
... from OhioState. The work, whichwas published in a recent issue of the journal Environmental Scienceand Technology, was supported by the OhioCoal Development Office,a collaborative effort between OhioState and four other Ohio universities....Humble Pocket Gophers Shed Light On The Genetic Fortitude Of Cheetahs
...ems were genetically almost identical. However, in recent years some ecologists have questioned the validity of that work. The UCSC study provides an independent check. ResearchersM. A. Sanjayan and Kevin Crooks used pocket gophers in the first attempt to repeat the 1985 experiment on wild animals. Just as ......nact into law - laws which will (i.e. California's recent On-board Diagnostic Law - OBDII which requires fault indicators on the dashboard of cars equipped with catalytic converters). Over 1 million ecus have been allocated to this Brite EuRam research collaboration. The core of this new programme will de...Protein Glitch May Be Early Problem In Inherited Alzheimer's
... in the brain. The study also was presented at the recent International Alzheimer's Disease Conference in Osaka, Japan. It was supported by the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute, the Adler Foundation, the Alzheimer's Association, and the Develbiss Fund....Nitric Oxide May Hold Key To First Treatment For Deadly Form Of Malaria, Duke Scientists Report
...ated on theproject. This is the second recent discovery Stamler has made in NO research. Earlierthis year, he found that an NO compound, combined with hemoglobin, is amajor regulator of gas exchange, as well as blood pressure, in the circulatorysystem. That work was published March 21 in the Bri...Genetic Alterations Linked To Cancer In Some Blood Samples
...um DNA in cancer patients," Sidransky said. "More recent studies suggest that cancer cells circulating in the blood may die and release DNA, which is carried through the bloodstream by plasma." In an accompanying study in Nature Medicine, a team from Switzerland (also co-authors of the Hopkins study) found...Nitric Oxide Found To Control Cells By Turning On Genes; Suggests New Role In Health And Disease
...ated on theproject. This is the second recent discovery Stamler has made in NO research. Earlierthis year, he found that an NO compound, combined with hemoglobin, is amajor regulator of gas exchange, as well as blood pressure, in the circulatorysystem. That work was published March 21 in the Bri...Duke Primate Center Sets October Expedition To Find 'Juliet'
...ose laws are hard to enforce, Simons said.He cited recent reliable reports of cages of illegally captured diademedsifakas presumably destined for the dinner table that had been seized bylocal authorities after at least one had already died. In the remote jungle,poaching and eating by villagers usually goes ...Duke Ecologist Says Logging Is Creating 'Mahogany Deserts'
...eration process may be even more complicated. In a recent revisitto Quintana Roo, Snook found that mahogany seeds can actually successfullygerminate and begin growing in the shade. It's only after they run out oftheir own stored food -- perhaps a year after germination begins -- thatthe tiny shoots need ope...Cholesterol Anchor Helps Signaling Proteins Direct Development
...imbs, eyes, spinal column, or other structures. In recent years, Hopkins scientists have discovered that hedgehog proteins split in two to activate. During the split, the activated form of the protein, known as the signal, becomes anchored to the surface of the cell that makes it. "It came as a complete su...Changing Continental Runoff Patterns Could Change Ocean Circulation
...oking at the early Eocene is that it was the most recent warm period in the Earth's history. Researchers believe that we are heading toward a warmer period, possibly much like the early Eocene. "From various indicators in the geological record, we know that during the Eocene, the bottom water in the......ked more than a pack a day in both the distant and recent past. Among rapid acetylators, there were no significant associations between breast-cancer risk and total years smoked, packs per average year or pack-years smoked. Neither genotype nor smoking history was associated independently with cancer ris...Animal Studies Indicate Aging Brain Responsive To Estrogen
...oranother 25 or 30 years after menopause is a very recent phenomenon in thehistory of humankind. Aging without estrogen may be the natural state, butit also may be like the loss of any other hormone. Perhaps what you shoulddo is replace it." Einstein said their research also suggests a possible mechanism t......ctivated, NOS produces nitric oxide, a gas that in recent years has been recognized to act as a signaling molecule in vertebrates, including humans. As a signaling molecule, nitric oxide sends chemical messages to other molecules, setting up a chain of command to produce a specific response or set off a ser......peak during the second year of life,according to a recent study of twins by Yale University psychologist J.Steven Reznick. The study, which was designed to show how a child'sgenetic makeup and environment influence the development of language andother cognitive skills, should reassure parents about the gen...