Eating After Exertion May Be A Key To Speeding Body's Recovery
...Layman said. These effects, he added, are probably derived from thesoluble fiber in oats. In the post-exercise study, funded by the National Institutes of Health,rats did exhausting running exercises, leaving them with low rates of muscle-proteinsynthesis and low glycogen levels. A follow-up meal of amino a...Pets Provide Physiological Benefits For Women Living Alone
...e physiological benefits that are similar to those derived from human companionship," said Karen Allen, Ph.D., UB research scientist and lead author of the study. "We don't know if pets substitute for human companionship. It's possible pets provide humans with some quantity we don't understand. What ...Hot 'Lanta: NASA, School Kids Team To Study How Trees Help Cities Keep Their Cool
...puter tools used for analyzing the images also are derived from methods used to study the planets. False Colors For True Images The red, green, and blue we know in human vision are just broad channels within the 400 to 700 nanometer (nm)wavelength band that covers visible light. ATLAS sees in six visible...New Evidence For Corn's Ancestry Could Lead To Insect And Drought Resistant Crops
...earcherspostulated that the earliest true corn was derived from a cross between Tripsacum and a now-extinct wild corn. Under that view, annuallygrowing teosinte -- the only kind then known -- was a later offspring ratherthan an ancestor. Archeological evidence in Central America backed up Tripsacum's role...Purdue-Made Soil Benefits The Environment
...soil, or roughly 200 tons. The name Soilermaker is derived from "Boilermaker," the nickname for Purdue sports teams and students. The latest phase of the project is a larger-scale pilot program, which has yielded about 1,000 tons of material in addition to the 600-plus tons now at the Chinook Mines. Purdue a...Where Fossils Fear To Tread: Scientists Follow Genes To An Ancient Ancestor
...al from which most of world's animals subsequently derived - invented a set of body-building genetic machinery so successful and malleable that it has survived to this day. "This is stunning," said Carroll. "Nobody thought that this animal was sosophisticated. We're talking about the common ancestor...Wild Plant Genes Increase Food Production
...the genetic base. New plant varieties are usually derived from crosses between close relatives, the researchers explained, and this results in a "genetic bottleneck" that can result in losing plant production and making plants more vulnerable to pests and disease. Said McCouch: "Owing to the advent of molec...Plant-Based Therapies Examined For Colon Cancer Prevention
Three therapies derived from plants will be tested at The RockefellerUniversity in New York City for their ability to prevent colorectal cancer,which afflicts some 150,000 Americans each year. The compounds have thepotential to be safer than cancer-thwarting nonsteroidal a...Strange South American Fossil Mammals Found In Madagascar And India
... that hypothesis with totally independent evidence derived from the fossil record." Significantly, gondwanatheres have not been found in Africa, which lends credence to the research team's conclusion that Africa was relatively isolated during the 35 million years of the Late Cretaceous. "It's not just ...Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Receives $1.1 Million Grant From National Cancer Institute
...Discodermolide is a promising anti-cancer compound derived from the marine sponge, Discodermia dissoluta, and was discovered and characterized by Longley and Gunasekera at Harbor Branch in 1990. Subsequent studies by the Harbor Branch team and collaborators revealed the compound to be a potent anti-tumor ag...Genetic "Short Circuit" Leads To Cleft Palate
...r," said Melnick. "We must know what products are derived from the genes in question and what other genes and molecules are affected in the chain of events that leads to the formation of the palate." The mouse model allows investigators like Melnick and Jaskoll to tackle such questions. Much of their work ...Gene Therapy Trial Takes Aim At Deadly Brain Cancer
...148; The treatment involves inserting a gene derived from a herpes simplex virus into glioblastoma tumor cells. When introduced during brain surgery, the therapy incorporates the gene for an enzyme, thymidine kinase (TK), into the DNA of actively dividing tumor cells. Patients are subsequen...UMass Researchers Announce Birth Of Genetically Modified Cloned Calves
...d will be human serum albumin, a protein currently derived from pooled human plasma that is used therapeutically to maintain volume in blood vessels. Approximately 440 metric tons of plasma-derived albumin are used annually worldwide. Combining cloning and transgenics to produce recombinant human albumin may...Researchers Take Major Step Toward Cracking Ebola Code
...ple, by incorporating it into gene therapy vectors derived from different,safer viruses in order to deliver therapeutic genes into endothelial cells incancer or cardiovascular disease. "The virus has developed an insidious means to target different cells in thebody to promote its growth at the expense of its...Hormone Control Of Rare Leukemia Sheds Light On Molecular Basis Of Cancer
...ns out that the active ingredientwas retinoic acid derived from vitamin A. The overwhelming majority of APLpatients treated with retinoic acid go into remission, but a small portion ofpatients do not." Retinoic acid and its receptor regulate gene expression using a complexinterplay of blocking a...Biotech Approach To Feral Cat Problem Devised
...ter-Weisbarth introduced a gene encoding a protein derived from the zona pellucida (ZP) surrounding the vertebrate egg into the Salmonella. The bacterial vaccine is capable of inducing the production of antibodies which recognize the ZP and block the ability of a sperm to fertilize the egg. While many peo...Transplanted Neurons Restore Function In Rats After Stroke
Transplants of human neurons derived from a tumor restored the movementand behavioral function of rats subjected to experimental stroke in a jointstudy by researchers at the University of South Florida College of Medicine andthe University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. The new finding...Researchers From Rockefeller University Develop Novel Method To Fight Cancer
...Scientists need to match specific proteinfragments derived from a person's tumor to his or her MHC molecule. "The discovery of this new pathway allows the dendritic cell's natural machineryto decide which pieces of the protein are useful to an individual's immunesystem," says Albert. "We hope that immunothe...