New Cancer Switch Discovered By Duke Medical Center Pharmacologists
...ould kill normal cells. Reporting the findings are assistant professor of pharmacology Ann Marie Pendergast, and graduate students David Cortez and Lisa Kadlec. In a third paper in the Nov. 21 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Mikhail Gishizky of SUGEN Inc. along with Pendergast and Cortez repor...Researchers Pinpoint Site For Petit Mal Seizures In Brain
...r with fewer side effects, said Dr. David Hosford, assistant professor of neurology at Duke and the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Petit mal or "absence" seizures affect 100,000 children in the United States and account for one-fifth of all childhood epilepsies. About 20 percent of children with peti...Second Breast Cancer Gene Located
...half of inherited breastcancers," said Futreal, an assistant research professor of surgeryand assistant professor of genetics. "Our findings strongly suggestthat BRCA2 accounts for most of the remaining 5...Heat-loving Microbe Repairs Its DNA With Light
...ound to repair the damage. However, Dennis Grogan, assistant professor ofbiological sciences at the University of Cincinnati, found thatthe repair process requires assistance from the environment, inthe form of visible light. This light-driven repair of DNA, knownto microbial geneticists as "photoreactivation,...From Corn Rootworms To Art, Cornell's Reactor Is At The Core
...Cornell resource to study, along with Paula Davis, assistant professor of entomology, the behavior of this major corn pest in the hope of developing a natural way to control it. By using the 500-kilowatt nuclear reactor on campus, the entomologists can get sharp pictures on film of their corn roots and the roo...Duke Researchers Show "Editing" Can Fix Faulty Genes In New Approach To Gene Therapy
... genetic information,according to Bruce Sullenger, assistant professor of experimental surgeryand genetics. The Duke team already has begun exploring use of these newtherapeutic approaches for sickle cell anemia and even to "sabotage"the AIDS virus. "This research proves that we can use nature's ownprocesses ......r energy, Kane, doctoral candidate SerbanSarbu and assistant professor Brian Kinkle used a technique knownas stable isotope ratio analysis (SIRA). This was the sametechnique used to demonstrate that the communities living arounddeep sea vents were chemoautotrophic. By comparing the distinct ratios of two carbo...Bee Sting Treatment Should Emphasize Speed, Not Method Of Removal
...rious time intervals. Visscher and Scott Camazine, assistant professorat Pennsylvania State University, also showed that welt size is a good measurementof envenomization, by measuring the welts from injecting known quantitiesof bee venom into their skin with a syringe. The longer the sting was allowed to rem...Environmental Reform: The Next Generation Project
... the world," said Professor Esty, who was a deputy assistant administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during the Bush administration. "Our goal is to develop a new way of thinking that can serve as the framework of environmental policy for the next 25 years." Demonstrating a wide scope of ex...Asian Beetle, New In This Country, Threatens Brooklyn's Shade Trees
...rd Hoebeke, Cornell senior extension associate and assistant curator in entomology. It did not have a ticket to ride. "I don't know how it got here from Asia," Hoebeke said. "As if the trees in an urban environment are not traumatized enough as it is. This doesn't bode well for a tree that is under a lot of...Duke Ecologist Says Logging Is Creating 'Mahogany Deserts'
... 99 percent of cases,it's being mined." Snook, an assistant professor of the practice of conservation biology atDuke's Nicholas School of the Environment, details her findings in an articlepublished in this month's Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. Shewill also discuss her research at the Internationa...Major Plant Genome Research Project Underway
...tant plant species, according to Mary Clutter, NSF assistant director for biological sciences, and will lead to the creation of new and improved plants and plant-based products. "Because plants are vital to our existence, increased understanding of the biology of plants will impact every facet of our lives, f...Animal Studies Indicate Aging Brain Responsive To Estrogen
...t of psychology -- experimental,and Einstein is an assistant research professor in the medical center'sdepartment of neurobiology. Their research was sponsored by the AmericanFoundation for Aging Research, the National Institute for Aging, and theAlzheimer's Association. Although they are working with aging r...Medicinal Leech May Offer Clues To Neural Regeneration
... University biologist Christie Sahley and research assistant Orie Shafer have found that nitric oxide synthase, or NOS, is activated when parts of the nerve cell are damaged in the medicinal leech, a three-inch-long invertebrate known for its ability to regenerate its neural connections. The Purdue group now i...Cornell Scientists Find Way To Boost Rice Crop Yield -- They'll Walk On The Wild Side
...opulation." Tanksley and Susan R. McCouch, Cornell assistant professor of plant breeding, along with other Cornell researchers are announcing their research in the journal Nature, (Nov. 21, 1996) in an article, "Genes from the wild boost rice yields." The research was done by Tanksley and McCouch, as well as ...Plants Have Future As Environmental Clean-Up Agents
...countylevel," said Ann Feyerharm, special projects assistant for RileyCounty. "I never would have heard of it if it hadn't been for Dr.Erickson and Dr. Davis." Feyerharm said one of the most attractive aspects ofbioremediation to Riley County was the cost. Traditional clean-upmethods could have cost an estima...KU Researcher Eyes The Rain Forest Through The Trees
...f the state of Kansas. So when Valery Terwilliger, assistant professor of geography at the University of Kansas, talks about deforestation in Central and South America, she makes her point quickly. "There are now many regions where we can stop asking the question, 'Is all this deforestation going to have an im...Optical Microscopy Shines Light On Biology
...ears. At the University of Kansas, Robert C. Dunn, assistant professor of chemistry, has reached that goal by improving on near-field optical scanning microscopy, a technique that can be used to look at individual molecules. In instruments that use this process, the object to be viewed is placed close to a sp...New Sensor Provides First Instant Test For Toxic E. coli Organism
...mass manufacture and sale. Stevens, who is also an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley, developed the sensors in concert with Berkeley postdoc Quan Cheng. The device is a modification of one originally described in the journal Science by former Lab scientist Mark Bedn......netics and fly sexual behavior;and Barbara Taylor, assistant professor of biology at Oregon StateUniversity and an expert on genetics and the fly's nervous system. Co-authors include postdoctoral research fellow Stephen F. Goodwin andresearch associate Adriana Villella of Brandeis; postdoctoral fellowAnuranja...