Researcher Uncovers New Species Of Fungus In Wisconsin Lake
...hen of theIllinois Natural History Survey detailed another new fungus genus and species, Ascovaginospora stellipala, which Fallah found on dead stems andleaves of peat moss in two bogs in the same area of northern Wisconsin. With funding from the National Science Foundation, Fallah has been collectingsubme...Spinach Enzymes Neutralize Explosives
...cycling, the enzymes transform the explosives into another compound, abyproduct of the process. Future research efforts will determine if the byproduct made by the enzymes is of lowertoxicity. It may be possible to convert the byproduct for commercial use. Research to date suggests thebyproduct could be use...Georgia Scientists Study Salt Marsh To Understand Global Warming
...pidly. The 10-acre Sapelo study site also provided another advantage to theresearch team; years of research have been conducted at the site and,hence, a great deal is already known about the dynamics of theecosystem. The study represents a major departure from the typicalapproach to studying salt marshes, wh...Researchers Show Mechanism And Similarities Of Biological Clocks
... clock in mice forward like a watch spring, and in another paperanother team for the first time identifies th...g to and turningon a genetic switch that regulates another gene, which is called mper-1 becauseit is the mammalian version of the period gene, which is require...Gene Linked To Glaucoma, Hydrocephalus, And Other Birth Defects
...ients with the eye disease. Working independently, another group ofresearchers at the University of Iowa recently found other similar mutations inaffected families. Each mouse or person has two copies of each gene. The human FREAC3mutation appears to be dominant, meaning that only one "bad copy" of t...Crystal Structure Of Key HIV Protein Reveals New Treatment Targets
...nd thesemolecules, or even removing them, would be another line of attack against thevirus. A structure tha...ure is stable and thereforevulnerable, it could be another useful target for drugs or vaccines. A large "silent face" - a surface that does not react to anti...Jefferson Researchers Provide Leads To Potential Parkinson's Treatment
...endings. Dr. Schneider is "proposing to do another double-blind trial, but thistime get images of the patients' brains to visualize and count the number ofdopamine nerve terminals before the start of the study, and then again after sixmonths, one year, and two years being on therapy." He notes that "...Brain Antibodies Provide New Clues To Origins Of Tourette's
...ion, develop Tourette's onlyafter being exposed to another factor in the environment, such as an infection. The Tourette's gene has not yet been isolated. Further research is needed to confirm or clarify potential associationsbetween the antibody and clinical symptoms or a particular infecti...Researchers Discover Way To Grow New Kidneys In Rats
...immune response. A rat rejects anadult kidney from another rat within a week. "A rat kidney is sufficientlydifferent from a human kidney to be a poor transplant choice, but pig kidneysare similar in size and function to those of humans. Hammerman suggests thatdeveloping pig kidneys might be more suitable fo...International Research Team Announces Discovery Of Two Species Of Feathered Dinosaurs
... of the new species Unenlagia providedevidence for another stage in the dinosaur/bird transition. Thiseight-foot-long flightless creature was capable of moving its arms up and downin a manner that was a precursor to the flapping movement a bird uses in flightthat seems to represent a critical step towards p...New Biomaterial Has 'Star' Power
... danger areas, such as the aorta. Peppas says another future use for star polymer gels might be to deliver high concentrations of cancer-fighting drugs to a tumor. "One could imprint a gel so that some of the arms recognize specific cancerous cells, while other arms in the same gel carry an anti-ca...'Auditory Scene Analysis' Helps Find Mates
...nd the male resumes humming in hopes of attracting another female with more eggs. Wondering how the female fish find the right males, the Cornell biologists examined the structure and function of midshipman brains. From earlier studies with Robert Baker at the New York University Medical School, Bass knew t...Who Needs Flowers? Transgenic Plants Sprout Embryos On Leaves
...arent and perpetuate itsstrengths, said Harada and another author of the study,biologist Bob Goldberg of UCLA. "If the LEC1 gene paves the way to the development of seedswithout fertilization, it would have enormous potential,"Goldberg said. "Hybrid vigor could be fixed in a given line,making it unnecessary......achieve this anti-HIV-1 effect,researchers treated another group of immune cells called dendritic cells (DCs)with HIV-1 proteins and interleukin-12 (IL-12). Exposing DCs to viral proteins enables them to study the structure andthen teach other immune cells to identify any cell infected with these HIV......V-1 wasnot detected in semen samples. However, in another 28 percent of the men, HIV-1was produced at consistent levels throughout the 10 weeks of the study. "Again, this finding points to the necessity of viral load testing ofsemen samples in addition to testing blood samples. Seminal viral load...Scientists Learn How Cells Limit Their Stress
... stress. Now they have found in the cell's nucleus another signal molecule they callHSBP-1, the first known "off-switch" regulator of chaperone production. HSBP-1binds both to the chaperones and to heat shock factor and prevents the factorfrom activating genes to produce more chaperones. "This is the first t...Pharmacologists Discover Linkage Of Key Cell Switches
... cell processesby chemically adding a phosphate to another protein -- itself is regulated byanother enzyme called a phosphatase that is attached to it. Phosphatases areenzymes that remove phosphates from other enzymes. Thus, the scientists found that the kinase, called "Calcium-calmodulindependent pr...Researchers Document Transmission Of Protease-Resistant HIV
...elieved to have been transmitted fromone person to another through unprotected anal intercourse.Multiple mutations of HIV are required for the virus to become resistant toprotease inhibitors, according to Hecht, and it had been thought that thosemutations might make it more difficult for the virus to reprodu...Native Fish Found In U.S. Lake Ontario For First Time In 50 Years
... O'Gorman said the capture of this fish is another indication that Lake Ontario is becoming much healthier. The numbers of two other formerly abundant native fishes -- burbot and emerald shiner -- are increasing in survey catches. Also, hatchery lake trout are beginning to succes......ed chytrid infection. He found the same disease in another speciesRosen collected, a fatally ill Chiricahua l... never seen chytrids attack vertebrates. Meanwhile another pathology team was closing in on identifying the fungus, thistime in zoo frogs. Nichols had first sp...