Save the rainforest - eat a tree
...new species can arise even when two groups live in close contact, such as trees living near each other but on different soils. How the study worked Fine and Mesones conducted the experiment from May 2001 to February 2003. The study involved 20 species of tree seedlings, matche......t nuances of form did Klete Keller recently use to close in on Ian Thorpe's world record in the 400-meter freestyle? The answer: skill, a lot of practice, and in some cases, a little help from some high-tech biomedical modeling taking place at USC Biomechanics Research Laboratory. The lab, in collaborati...Scientists pinpoint molecules that generate synapses
...rons, synapses sprout at places where neurons grow close to one another. In order for a synapse to actually...a molecule called FGF22, along with several of its close relatives, as key to setting in motion the construction of synapses. Umemori confirmed FGF22's role ...Protein key to trafficking in nerve terminals
... pore at the site of release. These vesicles stay close to release sites and are reused immediately. Interestingly, Dap160 is not only involved in retrieving vesicles from the membrane, but it is also implicated in kiss and run type vesicle recycling. This has important implications for the regul...Research reveals role of gene in infertility
...ole complex of proteins that holds the two strands close to one another." Many of the findings of the Ma's team's research are revealed is its exquisite electron-microscope images, which show more clearly than ever before the process of cell division in plants. "We are fortunate to have on our team a scie...Common therapy for HIV associated with cervical abnormality regression
...st still receive careful gynecologic follow-up and close routine monitoring." In an editorial, Long Fu Xi, M.D., Ph.D., and Nancy B. Kiviat, M.D., of the University of Washington in Seattle, further noted that the rates of regression in HIV-infected women receiving HAART remained lower than the rates seen ...How wounds heal Clues from flies
...ess wounds, cells at the wound's margin started to close the wound but often failed, and the wound did not heal. Score one for Mom. These results suggest that each stage of wound healing is controlled by distinct genetic programs and signaling pathways triggered by the wound. Since many aspects of the fly ...Mapping the evolution of a virus
...tion was particularly exciting because it involved close interaction between experts in computation and virology and medicine. Once we had created the map, we tested its reliability by making hundreds of predictions of how well certain strains might match up and then conducting laboratory tests to check t...Researchers identify gene for a primary form of sudden infant death sydrome (SIDS)
...system is regulated and highlights the benefits of close collaborations between researchers, physicians, and the patients they care for," said Dr. Erik G. Puffenberger, Laboratory Director at the Clinic for Special Children, the paper's first author. The discovery also demonstrates the rapidly increasin...European researchers tackle mitosis
... enormous amount of data will be accomplished in a close collaboration of scientists at EMBL and the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ). The end result of the work at EMBL will be a comprehensive list of genes required for mitosis in human cells. But most importantly, for the first time, scientists will ...Carnivore species are predicted to be at increased extinction risk from human population growth
... a species with a long gestation period that lives close to densely populated human areas are at greater risk than species with similar gestation periods that live near sparsely populated areas. When under heavy pressure from people--whether hunting or habitat loss--species with long gestation periods can...'Extinct' bird rediscovered in Mexico
...um), a bird not seen or recorded by scientists for close to a decade and thought by some to have gone extinct, was sighted last month by a team of field biologists, American Bird Conservancy and Conservation International announced today. Its rediscovery immediately makes it the single most threatened bird...Mosquito researchers track dengue fever in Sonora, Mexico
...nora and of the four types of dengue virus and its close relative, West Nile virus. "The ecology, distribution and genetics of the mosquitoes and the viruses need to be studied simultaneously to understand how they interact to cause disease," Markow said. Other UA members of the team are Michael Worobey,...EC boosts European electron microscopy research
...hodology in the individual partner laboratories. A close cooperation of the 3D-EM Network with the European...gy. The training activities will be established in close collaboration with the European Molecular Biology Lab, Heidelberg (EMBL), the organizer of the renow...RICE gets $1.1m from DOD to study neurofibromatosis
... no idea how they're getting there. So we open and close specific tunnels until we find the ones that are the most important paths." Stern's team has identified 10 signaling proteins, including PKA, that appear to play a role in NF, and Stern suspects they'll eventually find at least twice that many are in...Bacterial protein recycling factor possible key to new class of antibiotics
...osome. In addition, the RRF binding sites are very close to where the two ribosomal subunits are held together, which explains an earlier observation that the disassembly reaction by RRF may be followed by dissociation of the two subunits. In short, the recycling process goes like this: RRF, along with EF...Infusion of two peptides acts to accelerate appetite satisfaction
...any of the new findings, research has identified a close relationship between the gastrointestinal endocrine system and the brain in regulating food intake. The relationship is expressed in coordination where circulating hormones convey information about food intake and appetite to brain pathways that cont...$6 million appropriation to focus Sandia research on drinking water desalination, removal of arsenic
...be to pilot promising new technologies as they get close to commercialization. WERC will handle transfer of the technologies to companies that will commercialize them and sell them to the water utilities. The pilot-scale testing program, led by Sandia researcher Malcolm Siegel, will evaluate a variety of i...Endometriosis: Could angiostatic therapy be the new treatment of the future?
...at using human endometrium would make the model as close to the human situation as possible," said Ms Nap. "We found that angiostatic therapy inhibits the number of newly developed blood vessels around lesions. However, the mature vessels, which are protected by smooth muscle cells, were not inhibited. W......The oil companies have seen incremental production close to what they predicted and from the scientists' point-of-view, we've been able to see a response to our techniques and been able to monitor it very, very closely," said Rostron, the hydrogeology co-ordinator on the project. "Everything we've done has...