Bush nominates NJIT space explorer Louis Lanzerotti to NSF governing board
...three books. The Board oversees NSF as it carries out its responsibilities to maintain the health of the Nation's science and engineering enterprise by funding research in basic sciences and engineering. It establishes NSF policies, identifies issues that are critical to NSF's future, approves NSF'...Keep genome data freely accessible
...open access to these data is a boon to science, it carries some risk: among the genome sequences freely available on the internet are those for more than 100 pathogens, including the organisms that cause anthrax, botulism, smallpox, Ebola haemorrhagic fever, and plague. It is possible that a government, a te...University of Alberta researcher looks for clues to mysterious disease
...osed to developing cancer. Ironically, the disease carries with it sensitivity to radiation, which means A-T patients cannot tolerate the therapeutic radiation usually given to cancer patients. That's where Campbell hopes to apply her work. Scientists already know that the A-T protein (ATM) is fundamenta...Bullish chemical could repel yellow fever mosquitoes
...d feeding of Aedes aegypti, a common mosquito that carries and transmits the yellow fever virus in some parts of the world. Evans and his group used a rhodium catalyst to aid the tricky synthesis of gaur acid, also known as bovinic acid. In doing so, the chemists also determined the exact chemical structure ...A novel, safer strategy for regulating gene expression
...the gene's messenger RNA (mRNA), the template that carries instructions for making the protein encoded by that gene. When the ribozyme cuts itself in half, the mRNA is cut in half, too disabling it and, in effect, turning off the gene. Inhibiting ribozyme breakage, which can be done with various drugs, leav...Study explores gene transfer to modify underlying course of Alzheimer's disease
... uses CERE-110 as the gene therapy agent. CERE-110 carries the Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) gene encased in a ha...oss and pain. The virus coating (AAV vector) that carries the NGF gene is well studied and has been used in several other gene transfer studies to deliver dif...Experimental drug shown to block mutant protein causing blood disease
...curs when two broken pieces of the chromosome that carries the FGFR1 gene join together abnormally. The findings suggest, the authors write, that PKC412 may be effective in treating MPD, as well as other diseases and cancers where mutant FGFR1 is the culprit. These include human skeletal disorders such as Pf...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
... making it very difficult to control. Listeriosis carries a high mortality rate and is therefore regarded as a serious problem worldwide. In the study a combination of oregano and cranberry extracts (75% oregano and 25% cranberry) was applied to meat and fish and refrigerated at 39 d...New way to protect brain from stroke damage
... stroke, the most common form, a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain becomes blocked by a clot. As a result, part of the brain fails to get the oxygen it needs, a condition that damages nerve cells. The effects of a stroke, which can include paralysis and problems with language and vi...Identifying tick genes could halt disease, bioterrorism threat
...e family to which I. scapularis belongs, Ixodidae, carries many of the microbes included on the CDC's Select ...e pathogens. The tick develops into a nymph, which carries the Lyme disease-producing bacteria to people, pets and other animal species. The tick's olfactory s...Gene changes linked to increased eye pressure may have implications for glaucoma therapy
... eye can become squeezed. As this is the area that carries the visual signals from eye to brain, vision loss can occur, Borrs said. In earlier studies, Borrs and her research group had shown that a greater outflow of fluid occurred when researchers artificially increased the pressure in human donor eyes...Jefferson scientists find gene expression pattern may predict behavior of leukemia
...ay chip Dr. Croce and his colleagues designed that carries all the known human miRNA genes compared the expression of miRNA genes in human CLL samples with that of normal white blood cells, or lymphocytes, called CD5+ B cells. CLL, the most common adult leukemia in the Western world, is characterized by an ...Bad news for pathogenic bacteria: Scientists find protein essential for bacterial survival
...nd an enzyme called RNA polymerase. RNA polymerase carries out transcription, the first step in gene expression. In recent work, Artsimovitch and her colleagues discovered that ppGpp regulates gene expression by controlling amino acid production in bacteria. A cell makes ppGpp when amino acid levels ar...Commercialization deal boosts hope for new sickle-cell drug
...f hemoglobin, the compound in red blood cells that carries oxygen. The hemoglobin clumps up and polymerizes forms long rod shapes. This polymerization bends the red cells into sickle-shaped structures, and also causes the cell to lose water. This dehydration, in turn, hardens the cells and promotes sicklin......erence machinery, provides the cutting action that carries out RNAi-mediated messenger RNA cleavage. The studies were conducted at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory by research groups led by Greg Hannon and Leemor Joshua-Tor. Hannon's group focused on sorting out the functions of four mammalian Argonaute family ...Researchers look into components of RNA silencing machinery
...ene expression, by destroying RNA, a molecule that carries out DNA's instructions. Two years ago, components of the RNA silencing machinery were shown to be absolutely required for forming heterochromatin, a chromatin state that silences DNA, suggesting a new rule in biology. But researchers from Texas A&M U...NSF awards $10 million in grants to ocean sites for long-term ecological research
...ndercurrent centered on the continental slope that carries water poleward from the tropics; and a highly seasonal circulation over and near the continental shelf, which shifts from a windward-driven equatorward flow that brings coastal upwelling in spring and summer, to a poleward flow in fall and winter. Sc...Natural selection at work in genetic variation to taste
...to defend themselves against herbivores. Everybody carries two copies of the PTC taster gene, meaning any individual could carry two copies of the PTC taster allele, two of the non-taster allele, or one of each. "We hypothesize that people carrying one copy of each allele are able to taste a broader range of...Researchers report major advance in gene therapy technique
...e on veins. "Injecting any substance into arteries carries a degree of risk since, unlike veins, only one artery feeds a whole limb," notes Wolff. In a related procedure, they experienced excellent results with high-pressure injection of genes into the tail veins of rodents, a technique that yielded extensi...Albany high school student adds to understanding of breast cancer gene
...icians determine the level of risk for a woman who carries specific versions of mutated BRCA-1 gene. ...