Cut Pesticide Use In Half, Urges SFU Biologist
...o to thegrocery store," says Winston. "If the book achieves even thatmuch, I'll consider it successful."......tranded DNA, and thus helps explain howthis enzyme achieves its high accuracy of about one mistake per millionnucleotides. Mistakes cause mutations and, in certain genes, can lead to cancer. Editors: A more detailed version of this story is available on request. Theother researchers on this project include le...A 300-Million-Year Old Twosome: The Cycad And Its Pollinator
...roduction system beats all recordsof longevity and achieves a 100% fertility rate. Principal Investigator: Dr. Dennis Wm. Stevenson, Director, Harding & Lieberman Laboratories Public Relations: Annick Sullivan ...Novel Two-Antibody Strategy To Fight Cancer Awarded Patent
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...robes by secreting rapamycin. The "drug" rapamycin achieves inhibition in twosteps: First, it binds to a presenting protein, FKBP (for FK 506- b inding p rotein), and then the drug-protein complexbinds to the tor protein. Remarkably, Crabtree says, all of the mutations that improved proteinaffinity were at...How Can You Tell Whether Corn Is Fungus-Ridden?
...heeler at the University of Illinois. "The network achieves a 96 per centaccuracy in spotting clean and contaminated corn. It's definitely more sensitivethan the BGYF test," Greene says. Because the technique works on single grains, Greene believes it shouldbe ideal for laboratory testing of suspici...Pacific Northwest developments earn spots in top 100 list
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...elopingosteoporosis. The ideal program is one that achieves weight loss while maintaining skeletal integrity." In this study, women in the intervention group maintained calcium intake at or above the recommended dietary allowance byconsuming low-fat milk, cheese, or yogurt, or by taking calcium supplements. ...Researchers find new mechanism for growing new blood vessels
...e newly formed vessels were fully functional. PR39 achieves this affect by a new mechanism. The peptide blocks the degradation of a "master switch" transcription factor. Known as hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1alpha, it turns on expression of multiple angiogenesis-related genes, including genes for the growt...AVAX Technologies' AC Vaccine™ improves relapse-free survival
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...nd one that requires more energy at the outset but achieves remarkable stability. They suspect this design strategy is mimicked in other environments extremely vulnerable to protease destruction, including lysosomes in human cells, where proteins are broken down for recycling. The UCSF research is publi...Conservation International and National Geographic Traveler announce World Legacy Awards
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...rovides insight on the mechanism by which the drug achieves its additional anti-proliferative effect. At AACR, Cell Pathways scientists and collaborators at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons report that multiple cancer cell lines treated with CP461 become blocked in the cell cycle at prom...Recombinant Protein Expression Lab established at CU
...(equipment, personnel and know-how) are available, achieves three objectives: access for researchers who are not able to prepare such proteins on their own, reducing the cost associated with large-sale protein production, and expert help and training for interested investigators." One cancer researcher who un...Fertility treatments increase incidence of twins at a cost
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...donor cell selection during bone marrow transplant achieves immune reconstitution without recipient rejection Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), a common and serious complication of bone marrow transplantation where there is a reaction of donated bone marrow against a patient's own tissue, represents a major ......n V. harveyi, a marine bacteria that glows when it achieves a high-density population. They found that when placed in mazes the bacteria congregated in small rooms and dead-end pathways. Once clustered, the V. harveyi turned on the genes that make them glow. Biologists had previously believed that bacteria's ...