New Study Shows White Males Have More Receptors For Patent Blood-Vessel Contracting Substance
...y now arescientists discovering why. A new discovery by researchers at the University of Georgia may helpexplain one aspect of the tangled problem. Using small pieces of left-oversaphenous vein tissue from heart bypass surgeries, they compared the veins ofwhite men and women and discovered a startling ...Wistar Research Yields Information About Colorectal Cancer Cell Invasion
...egastroenteritis (rotavirus), and cytomegalovirus; discovery of molecules likeinterleukin-12, which are helping the immune system fight bacteria, parasites,viruses and cancer; and location of genes that contribute to the development ofdiseases like breast, lung and prostate cancer. Wistar is a National Cancer...Study Shows Zebra Mussels Can Colonize Sand And Mud
...nsaid. He says the potential implications for this discovery are great. “The only clear thing we know for sure is that zebra mussels cangrow on soft substrates,” Berkman said. “All you can do is identifyproblems that haven’t been studied and begin developing the necessaryecological baselin...Perkin-Elmer, Dr. J. Craig Venter, And TIGR Announce Formation Of New Genomics Company
...ological knowledgefrom genomic data, including the discovery of new genes, development ofpolymorphism assay systems, and databases for the scientific community.Perkin-Elmer and Dr. Venter believe that this information has significantcommercial value and that the new company can provide this information morerap...Biggest Acoustics Meeting Ever
...ltrasound and Cancer Therapy Yet another exciting discovery in medical ultrasound has recently been made: administering ultrasoundduring the application of chemotherapy or gene therapy seems to increase the effectiveness of thesetreatments. In the realm of cancer treatment, George H. Harrison ( harriso@umabne...Fetal Lead Exposure May Reduce Immunity
... as cancers, say Cornell scientists who report the discovery in the current issue of the journal Toxicological Sciences (Vol. 42, pp. 129-135). "We found that low levels of lead in embryos -- levels that do not affect the mother's immune system -- produce serious long-term immune system defects as the young ...Wistar Scientist Awarded American Cancer Society Grant For Research On Gene Therapy
...egastroenteritis (rotavirus), and cytomegalovirus; discovery of molecules likeinterleukin-12, which are helping the immune system fight bacteria, parasites,viruses and cancer; and location of genes that contribute to the development ofdiseases like breast, lung and prostate cancer. Wistar is a National Cancer...Remarkable Skull Of Predatory Dinosaur Unearthed On Madagascar
...ecently recovered on the islandof Madagascar. The discovery is announced in this week's issue of the journalScience by a team of researchers funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)and led by paleontologist/anatomist Scott Sampson of the New York College ofOsteopathic Medicine of the New York Institute...Scientists Unearth Remains Of A Predatory Dinosaur In Madagascar
...ontinents split millions of years ago. The discovery was reported in the May 15 issue of the journal S...ater. "We were initially disappointed when discovery of the tail did notimmediately lead to discovery of the hip and then the rest of the skeleton,"Kraus...New Vancomycin Structure May Point To Path For Overcoming Antibiotic Resistance
...more effective versions of the antibiotic with the discovery of a novel form ofvancomycin. The Penn X-ray crystallography results, published in the May issueof Chemistry & Biology, may explain why certain variant molecules synthesized bychemists at Eli Lilly and Co. show marked activity against vancomycin-resi...Wistar Scientist Awarded US Army Prostate Cancer Research Program Grant
...egastroenteritis (rotavirus), and cytomegalovirus; discovery of molecules likeinterleukin-12, which are helping the immune system fight bacteria, parasites,viruses and cancer; and location of genes that contribute to the development ofdiseases like breast, lung and prostate cancer. Wistar is a National Cancer...ASU Scientists Join NASA Astrobiology Institute
...n extreme environments on Earth, together with the discovery of planets in other solarsystems and the evidence suggesting that water is present elsewhere in our own solar system hintat the possibility that life may exist elsewhere. We will be exploring, with other members of theNASA Astrobiology Institute, how...American Cancer Society Grant Extended For Wistar Study Of Molecular Changes Leading To Cancer
...egastroenteritis (rotavirus), and cytomegalovirus; discovery of molecules likeinterleukin-12, which are helping the immune system fight bacteria, parasites,viruses and cancer; and location of genes that contribute to the development ofdiseases like breast, lung and prostate cancer. Wistar is a National Cancer...Researchers Discover Novel Gene Family Responsible For Pacemaker Activity In Brain And Heart
...rsity report in the May29, 1998, issue of Cell the discovery that the pacemaker activity in both theheart and t...ential therapeutic applications of the gene family discovery arediverse. "In the brain, epilepsy may result from excess use of the pacemakerchannel. Suppressing ...Researcher Uncovers New Species Of Fungus In Wisconsin Lake
...d the Big Muskellunge Lake where it wasfound. The discovery is part of a growing interest in freshwater fungi and thepotential medicinal value that they may have, said Payam M. Fallah, a doctoralstudent in the department of plant biology at the University of Illinois. "When a tree falls in the water, you have...Micro-Plants Yield Pharmaceutical New Wave
...r focus being marine biotechnology. The recent discovery of these biologically-active compounds in certain Australian microalgae highlights the potential for a new biotechnology dimension for Australia's oceans, she said. "Australia's oceans are immense, and while we are beginning to understand more ...Rockefeller University Researchers Continue Search For Genetic Ties To Hearing Loss
...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 ...Molecular "Fossils" Of Early Life
...h Came First -- DNA, RNA Or Proteins? The discovery provides important clues to the chicken-or-egg dil...t such adiscovery would not surprise Breaker. The discovery nearly two decades ago ofnaturally occurring RNA enzymes, or ribozymes, earned Yale biochemist Sidne...Duke Researchers Call Gene Therapy A Promising Strategy For Sickle Cell Anemia
...genetic informationfrom DNA to protein. Before the discovery of ribozymes, scientists believedonly proteins could perform such cutting and splicing activities. Sullenger hasdevised a strategy to use this natural process to fix defective RNA -- in thiscase, a defective globin gene. "The fundamental rol...Chern Memorial Award Presented To Wistar Institute Postdoctoral Fellow
...egastroenteritis (rotavirus), and cytomegalovirus; discovery of molecules likeinterleukin-12, which are helping the immune system fight bacteria, parasites,viruses and cancer; and location of genes that contribute to the development ofdiseases like breast, lung and prostate cancer. Wistar is a National Cancer...