Tumor Suppressor Gene Located In Liver Cancer Cells
...that a mutation in the remaining copy can limit or destroy a cell's ability to produce functional protein. Next, the researchers began the arduous process of screening the large gene for one or more mutations that might disable it. Using a method to detect mismatches in genetic material, they compared stran...Bark Beetle Infestation Spurs Multifaceted Study
...s don't want to disturb the archaeological sitesor destroy the tree stumps which can give them information about dates,"says Taylor. "I'm looking at the tree stumps to try to reconstructthe forest structure before lumbering, the history of fire in the area andthe age of the trees before they were cut." Bec...Nitric Oxide May Hold Key To First Treatment For Deadly Form Of Malaria, Duke Scientists Report
...o repairthemselves, the macrophages can attack and destroy them. But the scientists discovered that the bacteria have an additional defensesystem. SNO compounds also attach to a transcription factor, a protein thatfinds specific genes on the bacterial genome and activates them. The genes,in turn, a...Nitric Oxide Found To Control Cells By Turning On Genes; Suggests New Role In Health And Disease
...o repairthemselves, the macrophages can attack and destroy them. But the scientists discovered that the bacteria have an additional defensesystem. SNO compounds also attach to a transcription factor, a protein thatfinds specific genes on the bacterial genome and activates them. The genes,in turn, a...New Nonviral Gene Therapy System Could Help Fight Cancer
...e method of choice," Wagner said. "But torepair or destroy diseased cells, it's not necessary to change thebody's genetic makeup permanently. The T7 system is a means todeliver a gene product or drug into a patient without that genebecoming part of the body's genetic machinery." While the gene therapy s...Project Shows Native Bacteria Can Destroy Widespread Pollutant In Groundwater
Native bacteria can be used to destroy one of the most tenacious and widespread contaminants that is poisoning the nation's groundwater, Stanford researchers have shown. The pollutant is trichloroethylene (TCE). In the 1980s, Americans used 150 million tons of TCE annually to dryclean the...Emory Researchers Advance Gene Therapy Studies For Metastatic Melanoma Treatment
...he mouse to mount a heightened immune response and destroy the tumor." "In our studies, positioning the GM-CSF in direct contact with the melanoma cells could make a big difference," adds Ansel. "It may pack a much bigger punch than when it is coursing through the circulatory system." Most clinical gene ...Duke Study Shows Early Marrow Transplant Key To 'Bubble Boy' Disease Cure
... be harmless to a person with normal immunitywould destroy a SCID patient. Until 1982, SCID was invariably fa...ith SCID because they haveno T-cells to attack and destroy the foreign donor marrow, as is the casewith cancer patients. "Patients with SCID have no immu......lies in the fact that it can beused toseek out and destroy the mRNAs associated with particular diseases -- or themRNAs associated with resistance to specific drugs. In fact, an EGS already hasproved effective against hepatitis in animal experiments at Innovir LaboratoriesInc., which has an exclusive licens...Experts: Public Will Accept Irradiation In Wake Of Meat Recall
...is little used and a lot misunderstood, but it can destroy the microorganisms responsible for food-borne illnesses and extend the shelf life of perishable foods. It is an FDA-regulated food preservation method, and currently it is allowed on foods such as spices, pork, poultry, and some fruits and vegetables...Discovery Of Genetic Pathways May Provide New Ways To Combat Candida Infections
...tem cells called neutrophils come to the rescue to destroy the filamentous Candida. However in patients with weakened immune systems, who lack healthy bone marrow and do not make neutrophils, this second line of attack is not available. In these patients, Candida can take over, as evidenced by the havoc th...Trojan Horse Virus Controls Hiv Infection
... used to shuttle into the bodyviruses or toxins to destroy infected or cancerous cells, ortherapeutic genes to protect uninfected cells against an invading virus. Moreover, such vectors could be used as novel vaccines todeliver antigenic genes to antigen-presenting cells, such as dendritic cells,for mounting...Smoking Mice Lead To Emphysema Breakthrough
...a was caused byneutrophils, white blood cells that destroy foreign invaders and, occasionally,cause inflammation. According to the most widely-accepted scenario, neutrophilsmount a counter-attack against smoke by congregating in the lungs and releasinginflammatory enzymes. The enzymes eventually break down e...New Way To Drive Chemical Reactions: Collision Of Liquids At High Speed
...de and other highly reactive intermediatesthat can destroy contaminants in the water." Some contaminants can be destroyed directly by the implosive collapseof the bubbles. Other less volatile contaminants can be destroyed throughsecondary reactions with some of the fragments, such as free hydrogens andhydr...Photocatalytic Air Cleaning System Promises To Help Allergy Sufferers
...ing system that uses light and simple chemicals to destroy the dust mites and mold spores that cause many allergies. Developed at the University of Florida's Solar Energy and Energy Conversion Laboratory, the photocatalytic air filtration system has been tested in medical and industrial settings and ...New Materials Remove Corrosive Gas In Coal-Gasification Process
...f hydrogen sulfide, a highly corrosivegas that can destroy pipes and turbines. Chemical engineers at the Universityof Illinois and the Illinois State Geological Survey are developing materialsto remove the hydrogen sulfide and convert it into economically valuablebyproducts. "A typical coal-fired power plan...Recombinant Protein Immunizes Mice, Promises New Strategy Against Infection And Cancer
...T cells or CTLs, thathome in on infected cells and destroy them. The goal of vaccine development is to produce a full-blown immuneresponse without causing full-blown disease. However, when vaccines containingsoluble proteins from the microorganisms are used to produce an immune response,the CTLs a...Dendritic Cell Therapy For The Treatment Of Cancer
...mmune system is not given a strong enoughsignal to destroy the tumour.There is even evidence that, in some cases, cancers are able to turn off theimmune response. For example, immature dendritic cells are found in somecancers. However, substances produced by the tumour prevent the cells fromdeveloping into......dividual achieve a better quality of life may also destroy that qualityif that knowledge is used inappropriately. Caplan will present hisarguments at the annual meeting of the American Association for theAdvancement of Science in Philadelphia. "Ironically," states Caplan, "the main obstacle to reapin......ree-oxygenradicals, destructive molecules that can destroy sensory hair cells of the innerear, suggests preliminary research conducted in the University at Buffalo'sCenter for Hearing and Deafness. Using mice lacking one or both components of the genes responsible forproduction of the antioxidant en...