Plans finalised for satellites to help safeguard gorilla habitats
...ying capacity of the habitats are and how they are changing over time. This information is obviously also of use to local authorities charged with looking after the gorillas." The need to create an improved-resolution Digital Elevation Model (DEM) from satellite imagery was also stressed. In the Virunga Nati......eeders can find the qualities needed to respond to changing growing conditions and market demands. That raises questions of who should benefit from the genetic resources. The meeting will be hearing about initiatives to grapple with the formidable policy challenges to achieve fair sharing of the access to and...AgriTalk travels to the ASA-CSSA-SSSA meetings for the latest in agricultural research
...erence brings together leading researchers who are changing the face of modern agriculture," says the show's host Mike Adams. "It provides a great opportunity for our audience to interact with that resource and to hear what innovations are on the horizon." The hour-long program will be broadcast from Lobby B ...GenSAT (Gene Expression Nervous System Atlas) project announced
...tz discovered how to manipulate them by inserting, changing or deleting parts of the large gene sequences composing them. Once created, the modified BACs for individual genes are inserted into the genome of laboratory mice to assess gene expression. The BAC technology provides unparalleled insight because it ...Lifestyle changes clinically effective
...liminary. Men should talk to their doctors before changing their diets," she added.The study was carried out in TRAMP mice, a TRAnsgenic Mouse model of Prostate cancer developed by Dr. Greenberg and associates at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. These mice are biologically engineered to develop prosta...Landmark study offers new information about breast cancer genes
...nger women without breast cancer today to consider changing behavior to help modify their risks of developing breast cancer," she said. The field of genetic counseling, which now extends around the world, was born at Sarah Lawrence College in 1969 with the establishment of the first graduate program to train ...New medicines at risk from biodiversity loss
..., which like a gourmet chef it mixes in constantly changing proportions, thereby preventing evolution of resistance in their prey. Co-researcher Aaron Bernstein, also of Harvard, says "To date, only about 100 of the estimated 50,000 cone snail toxins have been characterized, and only a handful tested for phar...JCI table of contents, 15 October, 2003
...r T cells, has been shown to ameliorate disease by changing the immune response from pathogenic (Th1-type) to nonpathogenic (Th2-type). In contrast, Defu Zheng and colleagues from Stanford University School of Medicine and the La Jolla Institute of Allergy and Immunology in California found that in an altern...Setting the evolutionary record straight
...conditions, and also able to meet the demands of a changing environment."Although he never used the term, Hutton clearly articulated the principle of evolution by natural selection," said Professor Pearson. "However he specifically rejected the idea of transformations between species. For him, it was all abou...Building a better atlas of yeast proteins
...are encoded by messenger RNA," said Weissman. "But changing the mRNA level is only one of many mechanisms that...action of proteins as the cell grows and adapts to changing conditions. Such models will give biologists the scientific equivalent of a movie of the cell's mach...NSF awards $31.9 million in grants to study biocomplexity in the environment
...ractions; overlapping river and road networks in a changing landscape; and changing environments and their uses in the North American Arctic. In the CBC sub-category, scientists will ...Cancer prevention pioneer receives AACR/Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation Award
...ghly promising field with tremendous potential for changing the impact cancer has on our society. I feel very lucky to have been one of the people to open the door to an area with such exciting possibilities." When clinical trials suggested that chemoprevention wasn't potent enough alone to reverse more adv...PNNL wins record $10.2 million NIH grant for proteomics center
...cterization of the large, complex and continuously changing protein groups that make an organism and dictate its response and adaptation to its environment. PNNL advances have allowed the study of ever smaller biological samples, and faster, more complete characterization of proteins than ever before. The ...SARS virus can change quickly and unpredictably, analysis indicates
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---The SARS virus is capable of changing rapidly and unpredictably, which could present serious challenges for managing the disease and developing drugs and vaccines to combat it, research at the University of Michigan suggests. Ever since the SARS virus suddenly appeared in humans, scient...Rating the performance of residential fuel cells
...pply the needed information. They are studying how changing electrical and heating demands, outside temperatures, humidity and power systems affect the efficiency of fuel cells made by different manufacturers. NIST will submit its draft fuel cell test procedures and rating methodology to a standards committe...UCSD researchers discover gene able to suppress retrovirus insertion mutations
...y increasing the amount of RNA being initiated, or changing the ability to express a mutated gene, the new findings are the first to identify suppression at a later stage, when the mutated gene has been activated, but before it can do damage. In their experiments, the UCSD team began by investigating a gene...Leakey Foundation celebrates 100 years of human origins discovery
...rted in Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa are changing the way we understand the course of human evolution. New insights provided by long-term behavioral field studies and innovative technologies, including DNA analysis, have revolutionized our understanding of the relationship between humans and apes. ...Scientists switch components in cell circuits: Possible new technology, therapy
...ied on making many specific mutations in proteins changing their sequence a much more difficult undertaking, says Lim, than the modular replacement his lab accomplished. "Not only is the modular approach easier, but it can also yield proteins capable of integrating multiple signals, mimicking the sophistica...New Colorado U. study shows increase in fungal metabolism under the snow
...ns in late winter, a finding with implications for changing estimates of carbon dioxide levels in Earth's atmosphere. According to CU-Boulder Professor Steve Schmidt, the abundance of microbes under the snow -- primarily previously unknown groups of fungi-- is at its highest in the late winter months, breakin...Non-judgmental intervention may help binge eaters overcome disorders
...r interfered with their life goals and options for changing their behavior. Following the discussion, participants were given the self-help manual. Participants in both groups were mailed follow-up surveys to fill out two and fourth months later. In addition, they were contacted for a short telephone intervi...