Progress in breast cancer progression
...ogress from early to later stages is essential for devising appropriate therapies. Thomas Wirth and colleagues, from Ulm University in Germany, used a breast cancer model system to show that a protein called NF-kB, which works in the cell by turning on a variety of other genes, is involved in tumor progressio...JCI table of contents, 16 August, 2004
...ogress from early to later stages is essential for devising appropriate therapies. Thomas Wirth and colleagues, from Ulm University in Germany, used a breast cancer model system to show that a protein called NF-kB, which works in the cell by turning on a variety of other genes, is involved in tumor progressio...X marks the spot: Vector insertion is viral specific
...iruses. These findings are important for devising safer human gene-therapy vehicles. From studies in yeast, the researchers speculate that there is a system of biochemical recognition between proteins bound on human chromosomes and viral proteins, which helps guide integration, and that specific rec...Bacterial protein recycling factor possible key to new class of antibiotics
...sistant pathogens, this will be the best avenue of devising new antibiotics." Thirty Years of Searching The ribosome is the structure within cells on which amino acids are strung together to make proteins with the aid of transfer RNA (tRNA) and messenger RNA (mRNA). Kaji has spent the past 30 years working...Fox Chase Cancer Center's Alfred Knudson Jr. named 2004 Kyoto Prize winner
...ressor genes permit abnormal, cancerous growth, so devising ways to remedy such flaws or replace the gene's missing product through medication are of interest to researchers. The Inamori Foundation was established in 1984 by Kazuo Inamori, founder and chairman emeritus of Kyocera Corporation. The Kyoto Prize...Tests show biotech corn rules need revision
...volution of resistance in insects, was involved in devising the refuge guidelines. Using such biotech crops can reduce the need for chemical insecticides, he said. "If Bt crops were grown wall-to-wall, everyone would expect resistance in insects to evolve overnight," he said. "The EPA rules say that if you g...NCAR aircraft, ground instruments to track carbon dioxide uptake
...-emitting nations and industries are interested in devising strategies for meeting quotas and trading carbon credits. ACME (short for the Airborne Carbon in the Mountains Experiment) gives scientists an opportunity to combine airborne data with ground-based measurements for the first time to paint a more accu...Genetic screening study at Stanford ID's most aggressive adult leukemia strains
...e most common acute form of leukemia in adults. In devising a treatment plan, a doctor relies on indicators such as how the cancer cells look under a microscope as well as the patient's age and disease history to decide how aggressive the cancer is likely to be. But for some patients, those indicators aren't ...Decoding a sulfate-breathing bug
...sion process. "This knowledge is a prerequisite to devising more intelligent ways to prevent microbially induced corrosion." In addition, the genome sequence by defining genes of interest in the process of metal ion reduction and metal ion precipitation is expected to help scientists find ways to use ...Researchers find a protein that controls cell growth
...nes. The finding may provide new possibilities for devising cancer therapies that target this protein. "A tumor cell lacks the ability to limit its own growth," says Michele Pagano, M.D., Associate Professor of Pathology, who led the new study published in the March 11 issue of Nature. "APC puts the brak...New hereditary cancer mutation found -- arrived with a German immigrant almost three centuries ago
... have a simple way of detecting it, and we are now devising strategies to comb the nation for this mutation." So far, the scientists have identified 566 individuals in nine families who are descendents of that one early immigrant. Of these, 137 have undergone genetic counseling and testing so far. The test...House dust mite project aims to reduce asthma
...s the next step in developing the model for use in devising anti-mite strategies for a range of UK house types. It will include laboratory monitoring of mite population growth in a range of conditions, which will generate data essential to the effectiveness of the model. To validate the model, the project wi...Yeast helps researchers better understand Parkinson's mystery
... not take a whole lot to tip the balance back," by devising ways to improve the quality-control mechanisms in cells that normally dispose of misfolded proteins. Yeast is one of the most thoroughly explored organisms available to scientists, Lindquist notes, adding that the very simplicity of the organism, co...Researchers call for trials of menstrual cycle monitors used for natural family planning
...have developed a method of testing the monitors by devising a QI (quality index). The days predicted as fertile by each of the systems were compared with the fertile time revealed by ultrasound scans and the detection of the surge of LH (luteinizing hormone) in the urine and basic daily conception probabiliti...Historical coral reef declines featured in this week's Science
...f coral reefs, how they got to that state, and for devising a strategy for their restoration," said Pandolfi. This study continues the emphasis on marine history established in a Science cover story (July 27, 2001) by coauthor Jeremy Jackson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and STRI, and a large group of ...Popular Science announces second annual 'Brilliant 10:' the country's top young scientists
...as the Internet connects us to one another. She is devising a system in which our surroundings will constantly take their own measure and report back. Xiahui Fan, 31, University of Arizona, Tuscon, for his work in the field of cosmology. As a teen, Fan used his Beijing high school's rooftop telescopes to sea...DFG to establish 14 new priority programmes
...o Continual Flow" aims to elucidate the problem by devising new models and methods for recording and describing the phenomena which occur. (Coordinators: Prof. Dr. Karin Jacobs, University of the Saarland, PD Dr. Hendrik C. Kuhlmann, University of Bremen) Solid structures of nanoscopic dimensions show clearly...Summit generates possible solutions to exchange of invasive species in Midwest waterways
...commercial navigation and recreational boaters, in devising and implementing a solution. They have begun to develop an action plan for cultivating partnerships; facilitating research; and pursuing financial, political and technical support to address short-term and long-term management of the problem. Sponso...New tools speed drug discovery and disease research
...t Whitehead has greatly simplified this process by devising and publishing a web-based tool that can quickly narrow down siRNA candidates. "Scientists routinely came to Biocomputing asking how they could more efficiently predict siRNA targets," says Lewitter. "Unfortunately, without suitable prediction tools,...Researchers working to devise plan for Palo Alto Battlefield Restoration
...nd graduate student Michael Margo are charged with devising a plan that would re-create the vegetative appearance of the 1846 Palo Alto battlefield in Brownsville - the site of the first Mexican-American war. "The historical aspect of this project is something new and exciting to us as ecologists," Wu said. ...