Cystic fibrosis splicing experiments offer hope for improved treatments
...disease often seen in Mediterranean and some Asian countries and involving defectivehemoglobin molecules that lead to red blood cell destruction in bone marrow," Friedman said. "Weapplied his method to a cystic fibrosis gene mutation discovered here at UNC-CH in 1991 and given thesomewhat arcane name 3849+10kb......e working with IDRC to introduce Fusarium to other countries afflicted with Striga. Congratulating both the Watson team and IDRC, Dr. Deborah Buszard, dean of McGill's Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences notes proudly, "Making the knowledge and technology freely available in the developing w...Researcher finds alternatives to antibiotics for growing chickens
...increase in antibiotic-resistant strains. European countries have banned the routine use of antibiotics in chicken feed. However, Cook believes that banning antibiotics would dramatically increase food costs, leave animal producers with few strategies to control diseases and pathogens, and greatly reduce inves...Advance in asthma research announced
...tists working together across different fields and countries for the common good." According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, asthma affected an estimated 17 millionAmericans, of whom 4.8 million are children under the age of 18. Among 5 to 24 year olds, the asthma death ratenearly......help animals cross roads safely. Fourteen European countries are collaborating to build wildlife underpasses, overpasses and tunnels in an effort to reconnect habitat that has been fragmented by roads. Forman's work is part of a special section of the February issue of Conservation Biology on the ecological e...... a more concerted effort, the epidemics developing countries are nowfacing will reach catastrophic proportions,...elopment pipeline, and HIVvaccines that low income countries can afford and use are still years away, he Several public/private partnerships targeting individual...ASU scientists probe salamander mysteries
...f collaborators includes over 20 scientists from 3 countries and pools the skills and perspectives of experts in genetics, ecology, modeling, virology, mycology, and bacteriology, among other disciplines. One of Davidson's goals as a participant in the project is to sequence the DNA of the salamander iridovir...Study points to U.S. as generator of greenhouse gases
...t global warming and what responsibilities various countries should have. It's also a detective story of researchers looking for the "missing sink" of carbon. More carbon, they say, is being injected into the atmosphere by industrialized nations than can be clearly accounted for in the Earth's atmosphere, land...New NASA web site features women's contributions to NASA's Microgravity Research Program
...a project that brings people together from several countries designing and building equipment for materials science experiments on the International Space Station. "It is fascinating for me to explore the effects of gravity on the processing of materials we use in our everyday lives," said Cobb. Cobb and th...... for free distribution, so that the women in those countries would have a choice." Professor Gandour became aware of carnitine, a muscle chemical, a decade ago when he was doing research to develop medicines for non-insulin dependent diabetes. "We made this analogue and, from its chemical structure, knew it co......ments of these technology applications to the countries in which we work so that we are building scientific and technical infrastructure there," said Richardson. "Ultimately, we want to have centers for GIS and remote sensing dotted all around the globe." To further that goal, Faust and col...Nearly identical controls of immune genes in mice and humans hint at new asthma treatment
...ract. "The marked increase in asthma in developed countries may represent the price we pay for shoes and concrete, which have eliminated the usual pathogen target and the timing during which this type of immune response would normally become directed to the gut," Locksley says. ......dical scientists in Canada and five Latin American countries --Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Venezuela. The five-year initiative will support the research of outstanding scientistsin fields such as genetics, epidemiology, bioinformatics, virology andneuroscience. The grants, to range from $50,000 to $90...ZymoGenetics discovers potential new therapy for autoimmune diseases
... Nordisk employs approximately 15,200 people in 68 countries and markets its products in 179 countries. Its B shares are listed on the stock exchanges in Copenhagen and London. Its ADSs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "NVO." A demerger of Novo Nordisk with the intention to spin off t...Brookfield Zoo hosts international ape conference
...onservation efforts. More than 400 delegates from countries around the world -- including Indonesia, Kenya, De...tendance of researchers from the African and Asian countries in which apes are found. Conference delegates will work together to form action plans and identify ...Biomedical scientists from Russia to Rio to explore biology's frontiers at HHMI in June
...itic diseases. The biomedical scientists from 16 countries are all International Research Scholars of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. They will meet as a group for the first time at HHMI's headquarters in Chevy Chase. The meeting provides a forum for both technical presentations and discussions about ho...$1.5 million awarded to marine conservationists
...ine conservationists. The 2000 recipients are from countries across the globe including Argentina, Australia, C...from throughout the United States and more than 20 countries around the world. Noted past recipients include Jane Lubchenco, Valley Professor of Marine Biology a...To combat poaching, Florida officials use wildlife forensics
...ecies, from cows to horses to antelopes, from most countries in the world. The work quickly became useful in poaching cases. Unlike the lengthy buck season, doe season on Florida's public lands lasts only two days. In several instances, game officers have sent the lab samples of fresh venison confiscated from...Tropical tree distribution could have implications for forest management, conservation
...(60 to 130 acres) in five South American and Asian countries is described in this week's Science and shows most tropical trees are aggregated, or clumped. The size of the data set should help end decades of debate on this subject, according to Patrick Baker, co-author and doctoral student at the University of...Cincinnati Children's researchers uncover critical food allergy pathway
...icting nearly 30 percent of the population of most countries throughout the world, according to Dr. Rothenberg. "We have not only seen a marked increase in the incidence of allergic diseases (a doubling in recent decades), but the emergence of allergic reactions to common environmental substances has also inc...