UF Discovery Of Chicken Gene Mutation Aids Study Of Rare Inherited Eye Disease
... are highly specializedfor the work they do, which enables us to better target them for genetherapy." LCA-I is among the earliest and most severe forms of autosomalrecessive inherited retinal degeneration. Autosomal recessive diseasesoccur when a person receives a defective copy of a particular gene fr...University of Florida Researchers Develop Filter Coating That Traps Bacteria and Viruses
... Surface Science and Engineering, said the coating enables pool filtersand other types of filters to trap bacteria, viruses and particles as smallas 500 angstroms. One angstrom measures one ten-billionth of a meter.Viruses range in size from 500 to 1,000 angstroms, while the smallestbacteria measure about 10...Cubist Pharmaceuticals Describes New VITA™ Technology For Enabling Genomics For Drug Discovery
...targetin an animal infection model and immediately enables an automated highthroughput assay for the target, valuable data facilitating acceleration of thediscovery process is obtained. With VITA, we intracellularly express a peptidethat binds to a microbial drug target, thereby inhibiting its function. If ...Birds Of A Feather: The Physics Of Flocks
...d Toner show that the fluid-like behavior of birds enables errors to becomediluted quickly, even on a two-dimensional plane. To understand how thishappens, consider the following analogy. Imagine an inattentive driver on thehighway. He starts off by moving 65 miles per hour in his lane. But he startstalk...Researchers Link Gene Defects To The Course Of A Deadly Form Of Heart Disease
...s doctorswhat course the disease will take, and it enables them to treateach patient far more effectively. A blood test is currently being developed which will be able totell patients with Long QT syndrome which of the three genes iscausing their disease. Moss anticipates that the blood test willbe availabl...... has not been readily available.The REM technology enables the production of sufficient numbers of cells capableof eliminating infected or malignant cells to make adoptive immunotherapy aviable therapeutic approach." Researchers at Targeted Genetics and the Hutchinson Center have leveraged theREM technology...Chopping And Cooking Affect Garlic's Anti-Cancer Activity
...nding period"after chopping or crushing the garlic enables an enzyme naturally present incertain garlic cells...hopping or crushing the garlic opens the cells and enables the enzyme tostart a reaction that produces chemicals called allyl sulfur compounds thatpossess anti...Scientists Show For The First Time How Leprosy Bug Targets Peripheral Nerves
...e axonto form the myelin sheath. The myelin sheath enables the axon to greatly improvethe reliability and speed of the electric impulse, much like insulation onelectrical wires. When myelin is damaged, the nerve fibers are no longerinsulated and nerve impulses cannot be conducted efficiently. In the peripher...Experimental Therapy Makes HIV-Infected Cells Commit Suicide
...an enzyme called caspase-3, which, when activated, enables cells to commit suicide -- this enzyme normally is kept under lock and key. She joined the three pieces together with cleavage sites from HIV that tell the viral protease where to cut. She then exposed cultured HIV-infected cells to this fusion prote...New Worlds Of Order, Argentine Ants Succeed By Outnumbering The Competition
...which often connect with theoriginal colony. This enables a single "supercolony" to grow steadily largerover time. Infestations can grow at a rate of 200 meters (approximately 650feet) per year. Argentine ant invasions have proven problematic across the globe. Introduced tothe United States by way of cof......s may have identified the molecular mechanism that enables HIV to castits infectious net beyond those cells bearing the CD4 receptor, the loading dockthat HIV normally first engages on a cell's surface. The finding was presented earlier this week (February 1) at the Sixth Conferenceon Retroviruses and Oppor...Video And Data Link Provide Unique "Seal's Eye View" Of The World
... environmental characteristics. Thedata collected enables the researchers to compute the three-dimensional path ofindividual dives. "This combination of technologies will allow for major advancements inour understanding of the underwater behavior of marine mammals," noted PollyPenhale, who oversee...NYU And Rockefeller Scientists Design Molecules That Stymie A Notorious Bug
...ave discovered the structure of a keycompound that enables a dangerous bug to cause devastating infections. They havealso designed molecules that block the compound's effects, opening a novel wayto combat these infections. The scientists, led by NYU's Richard Novick, M.D., and Rockefeller's TomMuir,...Brief Exposure To High Temperature Has Lasting Effect On Nervous System
...ch the researchers measured in locusts, maybe what enables the animals to fly in very hot environments. The study, published in the February issue of the Journal ofNeurophysiology, is also the first to use a new technique, allowing scientiststo measure changes in neuronal activity in insects' minute ...Abgenix Reports Encouraging Preclinical Results With ABX-EGF In Cancer Research
...s developedXenoMouse technology, which it believes enables quick generation of highaffinity, fully human antibody product candidates to essentially any diseasetarget appropriate for antibody therapy. Abgenix has collaborative arrangementswith multiple pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies involving its ...Researchers: 'Exciting' Discovery Might Improve Cancer Treatment
... a half years ago thatNF-kappa B kicks in and soon enables many cultured tumor cells to escape death.After developing resistance to the therapy, the cancer cells continuereproducing and show no ill effects from the treatment. In the latest experiments, the scientists used a novel cancer genetherapy s......earchteam identified the capsaicin receptor, which enables us to detect the heat ofchili peppers, as well as temperatures of around 100 degrees. "While the capsaicin receptor is a very exclusive protein, restricted to sensorynerves, this new protein is more of a generalist," said David Julius, Ph.D.,senior a...New Cell Isolation Method Will Aid In Studying Tumor Development
...tion (LCM), a recent technologicaldevelopment that enables pure cells to be isolated from specific microscopicregions of mixed cell populations. Previously the use of LCM required biopsiedmaterial to be chemically fixed by formalin and embedded in paraffin or frozen.But the use of fixed and embedded samples ...The Largest Bacterium: Scientist Discovers New Bacterial Life Form Off The African Coast
...n the loose andunstable sediments off Namibia this enables them to lie in the sulfide-richsediment and wait for times when a passing storm transports nitrate-richseawater into their surroundings. As an adaptation to this mode of life, theyare surprisingly resistant to extreme conditions such as high concentr...