Purdue Researchers Prod Plants To Clean Up Pollution
...ed in laboratory testing) that can't defend itself against cadmium. Then they figured out why it was so susceptible to cadmium poisoning. "Normal Arabidopsis plants protect themselves by linking the toxic metal to a peptide once it's inside the plant," Goldsbrough says. The bound, nontoxic form of cadmium ......terferon, one of the body's first lines of defense against viruses," said Dr. Michael Gale, Jr., UW microbiology fellow who is lead scientist and first author of the study. The drug interferon is an artificial version of naturally-occurring interferon, a protein secreted by cells that "interferes with" viral...Restoring Farm Land To Natural Wetlands Key To Stemming Flood
... struggle that pitted local fishermenand residents against landowners who sought to restrict access to bottomlandponds, lakes and sloughs previously regarded as "commons." "Private hunting clubs and, later, drainage and levee districts,built fences and levees in the bottomlands of the Illinois River and app...Duke Study Shows Early Marrow Transplant Key To 'Bubble Boy' Disease Cure
...ne cell function, which is essential forprotection against infection. The defect is said to occur once in every500,000 to 1 million births, but it could be more common, researchers say,because babies who die of a simple infection often are not given an autopsy. "Without an immune system, a patient is c...Duke researchers find existing drugs can stop fungus that attacks AIDS patients
...here is a pressing need for new anti-fungal agents against Cryptococcusand other fungi because we are identif...er step in developing an effective line of defense against thesepotentially deadly pathogens." Once an infection is established, treatment options are li...Stuttering Appears To Have Strong Link To Family Genes, Researchers Say
...children who stuttered, thenanalyzing the findings against models of how genetically based traits arepassed on, the researchers concluded "there is something genetic underlyingthe transmission of stuttering in general, and that most people who stutterhave that factor," said Nicoline Ambrose, a research assoc...Bacterium gobbles up chlorinated pollutants
...the talented bug alone may not be the magic bullet against the second-most-common ground water pollutant in North America. Still, knowing how Strain 195 works its magic in the laboratory will lead to better pollution cleanup strategies in the field, predicted James M. Gossett , the Cornell professor of civ...Enhancin Protein Attacks Insect Immune System
...the pest's intestines, rendering the pest helpless against a companion virus. "No one has really studied the ... important component in the insect's immune system against biological control agents. We've finally defined the site of the action of enhancin on the peritrop......e." All plants producetraits to protect themselves against pests and diseases, and in many cases, themechanisms of resistance in plants are unknown, said Roger N. Beachy, Ph.D., ofScripps Research Institute. Regulating these traits would be like trying toregulate the human immune system without knowledge of...First Salmonella Vaccine For Poultry To Be On The Market Soon
...hose two genes, the salmonella could defend itself against the chicken's natural host defense system, its ant...lmonella vaccine as a carrier to immunize chickens against another profit-robbing disease in poultry, Escherichia coli (E. coli). This vaccine has been design...UW Smogmobile Offers Cleaner, Safer Alternative To Gas Or Electric Cars
...car that will work with the environment instead of against it."...Gene Shears In Cutting Edge Anti-Aids Trial
...ich forms the backbone of the human immune defence against attacks byinfection. Loss of these white blood ce...rs licensees plan to test theribozyme gene therapy against a range of other human diseases. Research is also well-advanced into uses of ribozymes in the agric......rugs. In fact, an EGS already hasproved effective against hepatitis in animal experiments at Innovir LaboratoriesInc., which has an exclusive license from Yale to develop Professor Altman'spatented discoveries. Innovir is developing EGS molecules that target virusesthat cause hepatitis B, hepatitis C, psor...... proteins, called antigen 85, help defend the body against TB. Antigen85 activates the immune system after a ...or years in relation to itsprotective capabilities against TB. It wasn't until we purified the proteinsassociated with this enzymatic activity that we realized......s eager to be testedfor breast cancer, she decides against doing so because she isafraid her insurance compan...ce of GeneticSupport Groups. "The best protection against the misuseof genetic information and genetic testing is an informed consumer,"said Kimberly A. Quaid...Oaks' Defenses Help Gypsy Moth Caterpillar Fend Off Virus
... moth growth, butthat they also provide protection against the nuclear polyhedrosis virus," saysDr. Heidi Appel, research associate in entomology in the College of AgriculturalSciences. Oak trees make more tannins when gypsy moths chew on them and thetannins slow caterpillar growth, reduce the number...No Link Seen Between Breast Cancer And Pesticides, PCB Exposure For General Population
...reast-fed, appeared to offer women some protection against developing breast cancer later in life. These studies did not measure levels of organochlorines. "These chemicals are stored in fatty tissue, including breast tissue," Moysich said. "The chief mechanism for eliminating them from breast tissue...Jefferson Scientists Find Potential Deadly Effects Of Two Missing Cancer-Suppressor Genes
...e, have found that two genes that normally protect against cancer may play a greater role than previously suspected in female development. In the September issue of Nature Genetics , Richard Fishel, Ph.D., and postdoctoral fellows Aaron Cranston, Ph.D. and Tina Bocker, M.D., report that ...Common Childhood Virus Poses Threat To Adults, Research Shows
...ntibiotics for bacterial pneumonia don’t work against RSV,so if we think somebody has pneumonia and they really have RSV, we don’thelp them by giving them standard antibiotics,” said Andrew R. Murry,an Ohio State clinical instructor of internal medicine. When researchers scoured the medical r...Researchers Discover First Animal Strain Of Hepatitis E Virus
...rus could prove useful as a vaccine against the human virus. The similarities between the <font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial"> <font size="3" face="Arial">swine and human viruses also suggest that pigs might p...