Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
...cted in the laboratory. Then begins the process of tracking down the enzymes that actually build the molecule Prostratin. Once Keasling has pinpointed the key enzymes and cloned their genes, he plans to insert the genes into a strain of E. coli bacteria that he has created to produce isoprenoid compounds lik...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
...cted in the laboratory. Then begins the process of tracking down the enzymes that actually build the molecule Prostratin. Once Keasling has pinpointed the key enzymes and cloned their genes, he plans to insert the genes into a strain of E. coli bacteria that he has created to produce isoprenoid compounds lik...'Most recent common ancestor' of all living humans surprisingly recent
...tedly simulated history under varying assumptions, tracking the lives, movements, and reproduction of all people who lived within the last 20,000 years. These more realistic models estimate that the most recent common ancestor of mankind lived as recently as about 3,000 years ago, and the identical ance......(WCS) may have referred to the wolverine they were tracking as simply "M304," but "Lance Armstrong" may be more descriptive as the young male embarked on a six-week journey that covered some 550 miles within three western states. The results of the study are published in the latest issue of the journal North...Students build submarine to track Octopuses
...," Vincent said. The advantage of fully autonomous tracking is that octopuses spend a lot of time in their dens vegging out, which is pretty boring for researchers. Instead of waiting for hours on the surface, biologists could set up the robot to wait quietly for an octopus to emerge from its den. Then the su...Mitochondrial genes cause nuclear mischief
...ic groups, this may make them valuable markers for tracking both long- and short-term trends in human evolution and migration....DHA-rich diet protects brain from Alzheimer's damage, UCLA study shows
... parlay their findings into a new study focused on tracking DHA-related biomarkers in the urine and cerebral spinal fluid of Alzheimer's disease patients. "If we can detect biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease earlier, we can intervene with treatment sooner," noted Cole. The human brain absorbs DHA rapidly, ...Tiny collars fitted on youngest-ever tiger cubs
...lin Zapovednik, the researchers located the den by tracking a radio-collared 3-year-old tigress named Galia. O... Toni Ruth, who has used the devices for years for tracking mountain lion kittens in the Greater Yellowstone area, the collars will enable researchers to follow...Carnegie Mellon scientists reveal ways of studying, resolving PCB contamination in US rivers
...ener distributions over time in river sediments by tracking pairs of PCB congeners whose ratios do not vary fr...ediment data where Aroclors were dumped. By simply tracking changes in these congener pairs in future studies, scientists now will no longer need to know exactl...Researchers report new gene test for isolated cleft lip and palate
...left remains unidentified. The group is currently tracking it in a 140,000 base pair, or unit of DNA, surrounding the gene. The region contains an estimated 150 SNPs, one of which is likely to be the mutation. The countries involved in this study were: United States, Denmark, Brazil, Colombia, India, the...Endangered turtles' trek along ocean currents revealed by satellite
...gian , and Swedish . Scientists have been using tracking sensors to follow the long treks of individual lea...shed in Nature summarising the work done so far in tracking leatherbacks through the Atlantic, submitted by a team of researchers from France's National Centre ...New England forests at greater risk from air pollution
...air pollution in New England and the Southeast. By tracking lichen community composition and related air-quality scores, the researchers created regional pictures indicating which forest areas are under the greatest threat from air pollution. These pictures, notes Will-Wolf, look different between the two reg...Putting GPS to work, researchers shed light on road-following by pigeons
Using satellite tracking to study the paths pigeons take on homeward-bound ...eeders of racing pigeons as well as initial aerial tracking studies together suggested that pigeons may follow roadways and use highway landmarks as turning poi...JGI, VBI help unravel sudden oak death & soybean disease
...ng of the P. ramorum genome represents the fastest tracking from identification of a new plant pathogen to the...ce--for example, simple sequence repeats. Accurate tracking of P. ramorum will help determine the routes of spread, and to answer the question more accurately a...Virginia Bioinformatics Institute researcher advances fight against sudden oak death disease
...ng of the P. ramorum genome represents the fastest tracking time between the identification of a complex pathogen (in 2000) and the completion of its genome (in 2004). Tyler, along with representatives from the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI at www.jgi.doe.gov), United States Department of A...Nerac delivers journal tracking solution through TOC Journal Watch
... delivers a customized product to suit the journal tracking and document needs of a knowledge center. Through .... With TOC Journal Watch Plus, Nerac takes journal tracking and full-text document ordering to the next level. Through flexible programming capabilities, knowle...Using science to restore habitat for declining species
... been found. Since 2000, SRS researchers have been tracking Indiana bats to study the possible relationship between summer maternity locations and the decline of the species, which has continued despite the gating of major hibernation caves. In 2003, researchers published the first detailed description of the...UCLA chemists develop new coating for nanoscale probes
...nsitivity: observing a single molecule. Until now, tracking and following a single protein in the cell has been extremely challenging and was the equivalent of searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack. By using the new methods developed at UCLA, and observing with a fluorescence microscope ...Researchers find evidence that sea turtles navigate with magnetic maps
...le was placed in a cloth harness and tethered to a tracking device in the pool of water inside the magnetic coil. "Half of the turtles swam in a magnetic field that exists at a location about 350 kilometers north of where they actually were, she said. "The other half swam in a field that exists at an equivale...Researchers caution against linking strep, neuropsychiatric disorders
...team from 11 medical centers around the country is tracking the youngsters for two years, logging both strep infections and behavioral difficulties in an attempt to uncover any link between the two. Every three months the children receive a physical exam, including a blood test, regardless of how they feel, s...