Changes in shape of single protein plays key role in the spread of cancer cells
...eting different tasks. For example, by alternately changing its shape from active to inactive forms, vinculin ... is a master conductor of much of the cell's life, changing its shape to conduct the cell's business according to the cell's immediate needs." Other authors of ...The common cold as cancer fighter? SLU prof's lifetime work moving into clinical trials
...eral new "adenovirus cancer gene therapy vectors," changing these genes so the virus will attack cancer cells. "Some of our vectors are designed to destroy many different types of cancers, others are designed to be specific to colon or lung cancer. In preclinical testing these vectors were highly effective ag...Scientists decipher genome of bacterium that remediates uranium contamination, generates electricity
...er species are so successful in rapidly colonizing changing environments. The finding also suggests that Geobacter species are ideal candidates for the development of novel biosensors. "Genomics is vital to the understanding of the molecular basis of energy production and bioremediation by microbes," says Cla...Abandoned penguin colonies may help refine Antarctic climate studies
... idea that Adelie populations can rapidly adapt to changing conditions. But it also helps illuminate the difficulties in interpreting the climate record. Iceberg B-15A, an enormous piece of ice that broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf in March of 2000, has caused much more ice than usual to accumulate for a nu...How lice and bird feathers stick together
...h. "We have shown that something as simple as the changing size of a parasite's environment the bird feather...ice co-evolve in an arms race over time, with lice changing size as birds, their beaks and feathers also change size," Clayton says. A copy of this embargoed ne...Changing one gene launches new fly species
...role, both adapting flies to a new environment and changing their sex appeal. Once two groups become sexually isolated, there's no turning back." The scientists used a new technique to knock out one gene from fruit flies and then replace it with one of two slightly different versions of the same gene. They ...Scientists develop a novel strategy to help prevent transplant rejection
...nd commercial rights to this broad new approach to changing immune responses have been assigned to Lorantis Ltd. The company recently announced that it has raised 25 million from private equity venture funds to develop products based on Notch signalling in transplantation, autoimmune disease and allergy. Dr....Marine scientists discover nutrient pollution boosts fungi, bacteria killing Caribbean reefs
... just wiped out, becoming functionally extinct and changing possibly forever the structure of those marine communities. It was analogous to losing all the pine trees in the Carolinas down into Georgia." Since no one had gone into the field to test the nutrient hypothesis about what was happening, the UNC sci...Global wetlands surveyed from space
... sound information about wetlands and how they are changing is often a critical gap. "By working with users at site and catchment scales the Globwetland project should contribute significantly to helping achieve effective management of these critical important ecosystems for biodiversity and human well-bei...Researchers design and build first artificial protein
... just cannot achieve. So you need to have a way of changing the boundary to find a protein that can actually be made, because the main constraint is that the side chains fit together perfectly in the interior of the protein. "Thus, the problem is that the number of alternatives can be huge. Even for one fixed...UT Southwesterns capital campaign passes $300 million mark
...western's Clinical Services Initiative is aimed at changing that by putting the patient's perspective at the forefront. We believe this initiative will provide a model for the rest of American medicine." UT Southwestern announced the Innovations in Medicine campaign in April 2002, with the goal of attra...Moderate alcohol consumption after meals can decrease levels of insulin
...n its own may promote a pseudo-diabetic condition, changing the way the body produces and uses glucose. This could have serious consequences because some of the cells in the body could be starved of energy, which could ultimately lead to disease." Kokavec added that these findings also support their previous...By the year 2050, human population could add 2.6 billion people, reports Rockefeller scientist
...ling to very low levels; increasing longevity; and changing mores of marriage, cohabitation and divorce. In a population with one child per family, no children have siblings, Cohen explains. In the next generation, the children of those children have no cousins, aunts, or uncles. If people are between ages 20...New pathway discovered at Stanford provides insight into heart disease
...ential, and given what we know about apelin levels changing a lot during heart failure, either blocking or enhancing this system may provide a treatment for heart failure." The apelin-APJ signaling pathway's role in cardiac health was discovered through straightforward techniques combined in such a way that m...Research sheds new light on evolution
...agues used a common plant called the monkeyflower, changing its genetic make up in a rather dramatic way to see if it would attract new pollinators hummingbirds instead of bees or vice versa. By moving a small piece of the genome between two different species of the plants the pink-flowered M. lewisii and t...Genetics mutations resulting in delayed puberty are focus of MCG study
...genetic mutations occur when the order is altered, changing gene function. "We are working our way through the genes we think could cause this and screening them for mutations at every possible base," said Dr. Layman. The gene chip machine dramatically increases the speed of this arduous endeavor. "It should ...Study predicts loss of monarch winter refuges
...dy demonstrates that it is important to consider a changing climate when making conservation decisions," said ...ditions, and the combination of habitat loss and a changing climate could have large consequences." The study represents the first use of ecological niche mode...Some re-established elk herds lack genetic diversity of ancestors
...t may become difficult for populations to adapt to changing conditions. "Genetic variation is the buffer against environmental change," Rhodes said. "If you have very limited genetic diversity, you may not have the genetic potential to respond if the environment changes." Reintroducing a population of animals...Scientists believe ancient arachnids may have spun silk like modern spiders
...Scientists believe the ancient climate of Ohio was changing around 300 million years ago, from wet tropical conditions to wet-dry seasonal conditions, which would have affected the lives of the plants and animals as well as how they were preserved. Easterday obtained the trigonotarbid fossils in 1999 from Gre......of partners--a groundbreaking discovery of nurture changing nature, says a University of Alberta scientist, part of a team which conducted the research. "We all know that we can alter our behaviour, depending on the environment in which we are raised," said Dr. David Pilgrim, from the U of A's Faculty of Scie...