Invading Pests Harm People, Plants And Animals
...tists foundthat a single mowing at early flowering effectively controlled erect,high-branching populations of starthistle. They say that mowing as part of anintegrated approach with herbicide treatment, prescribed burning or biologicalcontrol should provide effective control of starthistle. Medflies are going bu......n," Dr. Latimer said. "In this way, the tumor can effectively repairtreatment-related DNA damage." To accomplish its work, Dr. Latimer's team used fresh tissues taken within fivehours of surgery and grown in culture. A patent is currently pending on thisculture method, which is the only one available t...The Largest Bacterium: Scientist Discovers New Bacterial Life Form Off The African Coast
...nd their energy source, sulfide, that can bestored effectively as sulfur. Thiomargarita is a close relative of these bacteria, but unlike their smallercousins they are unable to and do not need to move constantly up and down to getnitrate or sulfide. With the much larger pools of nitrate, stored in thevacuole, a...Study Bolsters Theory Of Plant Nutrients Trapped In Soil
... replenish soilnutrients, effectively keeping them out of reach of living plantsthat need those nutrients to grow. In his previous work, Patrick G. Hatcher, professor of chemistry at Ohio State, proved that molec......elaying pain signals to the brain, and pain can be effectively controlledat this location. The idea was to have ...tem. Although the nerve cells could not be made to effectively take up the gene, theywound up being exposed to beta-endorphin that was produced by neighboring shea...Bacteria That Gorge On Rotting Waste Can Break Down DDT
...il with large amounts of thewaste to make what was effectively a huge compost heap. The soil was tilled andaerated every few weeks, which provided both the nutrients and a cycle ofalternating anaerobic and aerobic conditions for local bacteria to degrade thepesticides. In a year-long test at an old pesti...Breakthrough On Microbial Disease Published In Science
...athogens with thediscovery of a "cloaking" device, effectively stopping them in their tracks inanimal studies. The findings, published in the May 7 issue of the journal Science, will be applied toward the development of a new generation ofvaccines and antibiotics, according to the researchers. Michael ...Echinacea Symposium Presents New Research On Chernobyl Victims
...r long-term studies including: An analysis of how effectively Echinacea purpurea, consumed as a food additive in...Echinacea purpurea food additives can be used most effectively to safeguard a population that is facing high levels of radiation exposure; A study of how Echinacea......ty and longevity," said Kenyon. "The germcells can effectively rule the life span of this animal." While the model proposed by the researchers is compelling in its symmetry, ittook the team months to isolate the specific contributions of the biochemicalsignals, and to determine the genetic controls they modulate...New Key To Saving African Elephants
...le per square mile. After thisthreshold, elephants effectively disappear. The sharpness of this declinesuggests that elephants can coexist with people up to a certain point but once thatthreshold is reached they go elsewhere, presumably to less disturbed areas. "The 'threshold hypothesis' will let land planners...... control with state estimation" (MPCSE)algorithms, effectively reduced peak glucose levels by 44 percent, in computersimulations, compared to algorithms published in scholarly literature. The system also reduced by 80 percent the "overshoot," or degree to whichblood-sugar levels rose above a targeted range of 81...Gene therapy could treat diabetic incontinence, suggest early studies at University of Pittsburgh
...dence really suggests that the introduced NGF gene effectively repairsthe bladder nerve, allowing animals to sense when they need to urinate. If wecan reproduce these results in diabetic people, we possibly could prevent manydisease complications down the road," added Dr. Goins, who suggested that thesame gene ...UT Southwestern researcher finds genetic cause for Gulf War syndrome
...r enzyme PON-R, which destroys otherchemicals more effectively than nerve agents, were no different in the sick andwell Gulf War veterans. "In our earlier studies when we found strong statistical links between Gulf Warsyndrome and veterans' reports of exposure to combinations of chemicals likepesticides and low-...Duke researchers discover protein that can alert immune system to fight cancer
... tissue." Tumor cells have evolved ways of effectively hiding from patrollingdendritic cells, making cancer virtually invisible to the immune system, whichcan only mount a very weak response at best. The Duke researchers, led byGilboa, have devised a way to engineer dendritic cells and grow them in the l...Antibiotics-resistant bacteria
... tightly packed DNA-Dps structure, the DNA is very effectively protectedagainst various assaults. "In natural environments, bacterial life alternates between short periods offeast and long periods of famine and stress," Prof. Minsky said. "In order tosurvive, bacteria have evolved sophisticated mechanisms that a...Birds beware! Pinecones armed and dangerous
...opment. Combining these elements allows us to more effectively answer ecologicalquestions which were previously difficult to explain."...Good news for "wusses": Research links pain sensitivity to gene
...es in the body and,like mutes on so many trumpets, effectively damp down pain's intensity. The study was supported by NIDA grants. Other researchers were IchioSora and Zaijie Wang, both from NIDA....Pacific Northwest developments earn spots in top 100 list
...s of conductive ring electrodes toconfine and more effectively focus and transmit ions to be measured. A nearly100 percent efficiency in moving ions to the analyzer results in an enormousgain in sensitivity, improved data collection, new applications and greaterunderstanding of the substances analyzed. The too...Scientists clear hurdle in effort to destroy experimental brain cancers with viruses
... the first time, to my knowledge, that someone has effectively infected threelarge tumors in a rat brain with this virus through the vasculature and caused all three to shrink," he says. A small percentage ofanimals even survived long term with the tumors gone--and this in a model in which all untreated rats die...World's biodiversity becoming extinct at levels rivaling Earth's past 'mass extinctions'
...hem. "There are a number of organizations working effectively in plant conservationnow that could benefit greatly from the kind of overall internationalcoordination that such a global body could provide," said Raven. "Theseorganizations include, but are not limited to, Botanic Gardens ConservationInternational...