Rare Mutation Find May Offer Clues To Treating Osteoporosis
...Hart, a dentist and medical geneticist, called the discovery "quiteexciting scientifically," partly because it is the first mutation of its kindever found in humans. A Scottish sailor who came to the Colonies before theRevolution appears to have been the source of the first TDO mutation in theAmericas. ...New Sickle-Clawed Fossil From Madagascar Links Birds And Dinosaurs
...er a National Science Foundation(NSF) grant. This discovery was announced by a team of researchers -- led bypa...eek's issue of the journal Science. "This discovery is a wonderful example of how the fossil record providesthe basic data for formulating, testing, and...Mouse Gene Reveals Clues To Human Deafness
... location of this gene in only a year. The discovery is reported in the March 20 issue of the journal Science. Oz Vahava, a graduate student in Avraham's laboratory, initiated thestudy of the genetics of deafness in a number of generations of the Israelifamily. Hearing impairment was traced bac...UNC-CH Researchers Discover Key Cancer Control Mechanism
...y missing in human cancer." A report on the discovery appears in the current (March 20) issue ofCell, a scientific journal. Besides Xiong (pronounced "Jong"), authors are Dr.Yanping Zhang, a postdoctoral fellow at the Lineberger center, and Dr. WendellG. Yarbrough, assistant professor of surgery. ...Prostate Cancer Switch May Yield Map Of Cancer Machinery, Targets For Drugs
... throughout the body. The scientists said discovery of this single genetic switch could open aresearch pathway that might well lead to a road map of the complex changesprostate cancer cells undergo in their progression to a deadly form. Such a roadmap would yield not only molecular markers that would ...Growth Factors Shown To Increase Vitamin C In The Immune System
...stimulates the immune cell to takein glucose. This discovery just happened to coincide with earlier researchin his laboratory led by Dr. Juan Carlos Vera establishing that specificglucose transporter molecules were responsible for transporting vitaminC into cells. Coupling the findings from these two lines of ...Biotech Firms Develop Where Star Scientists Worked, Study Shows
...ctivity through1990. The primary criterion was the discovery of 40 or more genetic sequences-- the building blocks of biotechnology. These star scientists publishedalmost 22 times as many articles as the average scientist in their field. The researchers also identified 751 distinct U.S. firms that were involv...Can The Economic Promise Of Drug Discovery Continue To Preserve The Suriname Forest?
...e MBG biodiversity survey has also resulted in the discovery of fiverare plants and one plant not previously fo...ion market forplant-derived drugs. But the pace of discovery and development may be too slowcompared to the certain, immediate payoffs from lumber sales. ...Rockefeller University Researchers Hunt For Type 2 Diabetes Susceptibility Genes
...shave made significant achievements, including the discovery that DNA is thecarrier of genetic information and the launching of the scientific field ofmodern cell biology. The university has ties to 19 Nobel laureates, includingthe president, Torsten N. Wiesel, M.D., who received the prize in 1981. Inaddition ...Among Wrens, Moms Teach Daughters To Call, Dads Teach Sons, Study Reveals
... from their mothers. Jordan Price says the discovery is unique because it shows how soundsbirds produce can reflect both sex and kinship. He described the "his and her"vocal instruction as "a striking example of sex-specific learning." "Male stripe-backed wrens always produced calls acousti...MSU Scientists Eavesdrop On Bacterial
...disperse the biofilm." Costerton said the discovery of communication molecules in biofilmsextends into...SF), which funds theMSU biofilm center, called the discovery "an exciting event." "We're on the brink of a brand new technology," Fred Betz, an NSFprogr...Spinal Cord Injury Treatment May Improve With New Findings On Nervous System Damage
...rglutamate from overexciting the receptor. "So our discovery may have resulted from the fact that our oligodendrocytecultures were older than those that had been studied previously," Goldberg says. "Or it may have been due to the fact that they were cultured with astrocytesand therefore behaved more like they ...Obscure Enzyme May Play Major Role In Heart Disease
...harmful products," explains Aviram,adding that the discovery of this enzyme's activity opens a possible new routeto prevention of heart diseases. The real function of the enzyme has been something of a mystery since itwas discovered more than 40 years ago. Its previously known function was tobreak down......s agreement is the result of over 14 years of drug discovery research atHarbor Branch, and is the culmination of the last 8 years of research ondiscodermolide by the Harbor Branch team. Given the exciting and promisingpre-clinical data on discodermolide and the expertise in drug development whichNovartis prov...Desert Researcher Receives Environmental Award
...ota of both hotand cold deserts of the world. The discovery expanded what was formerlyconceived of as the limits of life on the planet. He discovered that somemicrobiota were hidden from view under the surficial crusts of porous rocks. Prior to his work, it was commonly thought was that there were no growing...Renowned Breast Cancer Experts Present Latest Findings At UCSF Cancer Center Symposium
..., highly efficientprocedures developed at UCSF for discovery and classification of geneticabnormalities and illustrate their use for analysis of breast cancer. Thesestudies clearly show that the genetic characteristics of breast cancers arehighly variable, even for tumors that appear clinically similar. Appl...New Species Of Winged Dinasaur Named For Yale Professor
... Adding even more fuel to the debate is the recent discovery in China'sGobi Desert of a flightless, turkey-like dinosaur that was able to move itssnout up and down like a bird. Some scientists believe that this creature,named Shuvuuia deserti -- which also lived about 70 million years ago -- and itsclose cous...Aspirin's Preventive Action In Heart Attacks Tied To Genetics
...thesurface of clotting cells called platelets. The discovery could be used to determine which people at risk for heart attacksand heart disease might benefit mostly from daily doses ofaspirin and which people might need other non-aspirin drugs to gain the sameeffect. The study by Ohio State University research...Two Environmental Articles: Deformed Frogs & Dioxin In Old Soil
...xins Found In Century-Old Soil Sample The discovery by K. C. Jones and his colleagues at Lancaster Universityin Lancaster, U.K., of a previously unopened bottle of soil collected in 1881from an agricultural experimental station northwest of London has allowed ascientific look back before the modern ch......unique biodiversity has been highlighted with the discovery by scientists from CSIRO and BacTech Pty Ltd, a P...uring toxic effluent from gold extraction. The discovery could also pave the way for a major advance in "clean green" processing of minerals such as gold, c...