Student science contest participation influences study, career choices, alumni say
...ess but it became too costly and time-consuming to complete it." The ABC competition is very similar to what happens in academia and industry, Barfett has since realized. The skills learned have been very useful in the university setting and made him much more creative in thinking up new solutions on...Cigarette smoke causes breaks in DNA and defects to a cell's chromosomes, Pitt study finds
...division, so that each daughter nucleus receives a complete copy of the genetic material. The stage when chromosomes are segregated and become separated is called anaphase. Normally, each set of chromosomes is pulled with equal force in opposite directions so that each daughter cell receives the same number o...Scientists sequence genome of kind of organism central to biosphere's carbon cycle
... thought to be restricted to plants. Diatoms, with complete disregard for these presumed boundaries, have mixed and matched different attributes to create an incredibly successful microorganism. It's exciting to imagine the novelty in the oceans that still await our discovery." Other co-authors were Winnie La...New study indicates arsenic could be suitable as first-line treatment in type of leukaemia
...cs in Geneva that two courses of the drug achieved complete remission in over 90% of the 63 patients in a Phase II study being carried out at the city's Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Center. 88.5% of patients were still alive with a mean survival time to date of nearly 34 months. Of 11 patie...Alzheimer's disease is not accelerated aging
... function involves the cognitive processes used to complete complex, goal-oriented tasks. Elderly individuals with no symptoms of dementia may have difficulty attending to one thing when distractions are present, for example, or they may experience difficulties in complex, novel situations. Buckner says ...Phase II trials of second-generation antisense cancer drug planned following successful early study
...round 40 to 50 patients each and accrual should be complete in around six to 12 months, with results soon after that. "Of course, it is still early days, but we are optimistic. The drug worked well in animal models and we hope that we will be able to see benefits akin to some of the other targeted therapies n...Award winning researchers reveal potential new role for Glivec
...nd layer of the skin (the dermis)[1]. He said that complete control of the disease was achieved in eight out o... eight with locally advanced disease, two achieved complete response that was pathologically confirmed through resections of the regions where the tumour was pr...... is 70 percent complete, making it one of the most complete large dinosaur skeletons ever found in the Monument. This is only the second airlift of a dinosaur from within GSENM and one of only a handful ever conducted with assistance from the BLM. The site was first discovered in 2001 by Utah Museum of Natu...New hydrothermal vents discovered as 'South Pacific Odyssey' research begins
...and the biological communities they support in the complete absence of sunlight. The Lau Basin is flanked by two underwater mountain ridges that sit roughly between Fiji in the west and the Kingdom of Tonga in the east; the ridges run south toward New Zealand. "We are fortunate to have the full support of ...A long-necked sea predator from China described in Science
... the same marine limestone, Li discovered a nearly complete skeleton of China's first protorosaur. This skull measured 15.5 centimeters in length (about 6 inches). While Tanystropheus had a giraffe-style neck comprised of a small number (12) of extremely elongated neck or cervical vertebrae, the new fossil's ...The book opens on the first tree genome
...t Science Centre in Sweden, has released the first complete DNA sequence of a tree, Populus trichocarpa, the B...id L. Emerson, Canada's Minister of Industry. "The complete poplar code provides us with the starting material for understanding factors that control the essent...Environmental decontamination, greenhouse gases, and the genome of a methane-loving bacterium
...nation. And now, with the publication of the first complete genome sequence of a methanotroph, such efforts wi...utionary biology, and molecular biology report the complete genome sequence of Methylococcus capsulatus and shed light on the metabolism and biology of this ubi...'Fossil genes' reveal how life sheds form and function
.... The process of sweeping these genes away is more complete in these other species." Relic genes, sometimes called pseudo-genes, have been found elsewhere, including humans. Fossil olfactory genes tell the story of how humans came to depend more on sight as color vision displaced a sense of smell that, in the...Scientists explore genome of methane-breathing microbe
Rockville, MD The first complete genome sequence of a methane-breathing bacterium has revealed a surprising flexibility in its metabolism, suggesting an ability to live successfully in environments previously thought to be beyond its reach. The genome sequence of Methylococcus capsu...Information system to help scientists analyze mechanisms of social behavior
...h. "In biology research, we will develop the first complete analysis of the normal behavior of an animal at th...In informatics research, we will develop the first complete environment to conceptually navigate all the knowledge about a major model organism," Schatz said. "...New way to protect brain from stroke damage
...a portion of the damage. The normal brain requires complete oxidation of glucose to fulfill its energy requirements, the researchers explained. During ischemia, oxygen depletion forces the brain to obtain energy through anaerobic glycolysis, a process which results in the accumulation of lactic acid. Earlier ...Wiley publishes Welcome to the Genome: A User's Guide to the Genetic Past, Present, and Future
"Welcome to the Genome," that miraculously complete blueprint of you coiled tight as a spring in the nucleus of each cell of your body. If unspooled, the DNA from just one cell, while only a molecule in width, would stretch six feet in length. The information stored in its double helix structure cou...A liking for sweets, combined with novelty seeking, may predict alcoholism
... it interact with other markers/genes to lead to a complete understanding of the underlying risk factors for alcoholism and their implications for prevention and treatment? Answering the preceding is akin to finding the holy grail in our field....First glimpse of DNA binding to viral enzyme
...leaves or degrades viral "scaffolding" proteins to complete the maturation of newly synthesized virus particles. Mangel and others have been working to understand all the steps necessary for this enzyme's function, looking for new ways to stop its action and, therefore, block an adenovirus infection (see: ht......ute (JGI) in Walnut Creek, Calif., to sequence the complete mitochondrial genomes of 24 salamanders, all but t...maller than the nuclear genome, containing only 37 complete genes in most animals - just those needed to produce energy for the cell. They're inherited without ...