DuPont to launch soybeans into space
...h chamber developed by WCSAR. The chamber will be delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) from the ...ing innovative, standards-based education programs delivered via the Internet in order to educate the public about the science of space. WCSAR makes space avai...Three nations agree to share ice core thatmay yield clues about nature of Lake Vostok
...he Earth's climate. Research on these samples has delivered valuable insights for understanding the forces that drive climate change. The samples governed by the agreement were left at VostokStation until the 2001-2002 austral summer, when arrangements were made to bring out some of the remaining ice from a s...NNSA's Livermore Lab partners with cities and counties to track biological, chemical releases
... automated NARAC central system predictions can be delivered in five to 10 minutes. NARAC predictions can easily be distributed to multiple users such as local, state and federal government agencies. In addition, NARAC staff is on call around the clock to provide scientific and technical assistance and trainin...New technique to make gene therapy more efficient
... in positively charged peptides and are themselves delivered to cells via liposomes. In cells grown in culture, there was a 6000-fold increase in the expression of a gene packaged this way compared with unpackaged DNA in liposomes. Trials have now begun in 12 people with cystic fibrosis, who have a faulty gene...Research highights from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
...ty Housing Authority boiler plant in Manhattan has delivered cost savings of more than $300,000 in its first year. Decision Support for Operations and Maintenance, or DSOM, is a state-of-the-art monitoring and diagnostic system that optimizes system performance. Under a contract with the New York City Housin...Vitamin C transporter gene discovery in mice
...th problems occurred whether the newborn mice were delivered normally after 21 days gestation, or delivered early at 18.5 to 19.5 days by Caesarian section to avoid birth trauma. Also, the abnormalities in l...UT Southwestern, M.D. Anderson researchers identify lung-cancer tumor suppressor genes
...s with lung cancers will receive the gene therapy, delivered in a lipid capsule that is injected and binds to tumors in the body. This study, another productive collaboration with Dr. Minna and his team at UT Southwestern, is an excellent example of translational research, Dr. Roth said. The team in Dallas ide...Gender differences in fatigue explained by the use of the body's aerobic pathways
...r oxidative capacity to utilize the oxygen that is delivered to the muscle, or a combination of the two. Finally, the difference in fatigue is likely task-dependent and might change if the type of exercise changed....Researchers find synthetic molecules that may literally be the key to 'locking away' unwanted DNA
...at use drugs that act on DNA as such drugs must be delivered not only into the correct cell but into the nucleus as well. The next task for the researchers will be to increase the sensitivity of the synthetic molecule to ensure that it can be used to bind to very specific DNA sequences and thus be used as a mo...Minneapolis chemist wins national award for unique separations
...ed while oxygen seeped out, was collected and then delivered to a sealed box. Inside the box was Muggins, whose scientific bent was apparently surpassed by the urge to take a nap. The experiment worked so well that Cussler had to dismantle it. My students kept wanting to try it, but theyre too big, he said. Th...Michigan State scientists identify chemical come-on of sea lamprey
...a chemical that is manufactured in their liver and delivered through the gills puts a whole new spin on fish courtship. "People have often thought that it was the sexually mature male that goes after a female," Li said. "But now we know that in the sea lamprey it is the male that is sending the active signal,...Novel gene therapy approach in 1st human trials
...er the direction of Dr. Konstan, the research team delivered the healthy gene into CF patient Robert Calhoun in a saline solution dripped slowly into his nasal passages. Investigators monitor the salt transport in his nose, called nasal potential difference, as a barometer of the procedures success. CF patient...PNNL celebrates arrival of powerful NMR
...ized in England this past December. The magnet was delivered to PNNL on March 10 and lifted by crane into EMSL on March 13. Varian Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif., provided the rest of the NMR system, including the electronics, console, detectors, software and workstation. Both companies now will integrate and insta...Intracoronary gene therapy trial shows promise for treatment of angina
...erapy, a product called growth factor gene is then delivered through the tube into the coronary arteries. A total of 79 patients between the ages of 30 and 75 years old diagnosed with mild to moderately severe stable angina participated in the first phase of the AGENT study. The study was randomized, placebo-c...Multimillion dollar immunology research directed at edible or nasally delivered vaccines
...d adjuvants to be used to create edible or nasally delivered vaccines. Antigens are substances that, when introduced into the body, stimulate the production of protective antibodies. Adjuvants are immunological agents that increase the antigenic response. UVa will study the mechanisms of regulation of mucosal...Portable unit created to treat wastewater in remote locations
...t. The compact unit is designed so that it can be delivered to a site by helicopter for rapid response and the...ble communities for up to 550 people that could be delivered to war or disaster areas, with instant provisions for water and wastewater treatment, housing, food ...Hemophilia trials, other studies may herald successful gene therapies for human diseases
...re no serious side effects of the treatment, which delivered the gene by direct injection into the patients leg and arm muscles. Last year, The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia and Stanford University, in conjunction with the biotechnology company Avigen, Inc., began clinical trials that infuse the gene ther...February media highlights - GSA Bulletin
...ilt northward, and erode, and causing the sediment delivered by the Eel River to bypass the southern parts of the basin up to 80 km north. The bypassing sediment in turn were likely deposited further north within the basin or flowed down the Eel Canyon to pile up on the abyssal plain as the Gorda fan. Paleosei...Potential allergy vaccine boosts hope for sufferers
...omes a potential vaccine. "The modified protein, delivered to a patient in its pure form without other contaminants, reduces the risk of a patient going into anaphylactic shock by a possible factor of ten and increases the efficacy of immunotherapy." To reach this stage of the research took 6 years. The tea...... belief that only some sizes of molecules could be delivered slowly. Langers later research has led to the development of a number of novel biodegradable polymers with medical applications. One of these resulted in a drug delivery system for the treatment of brain cancer (developed with Dr. Henry Brem of John...