Researcher finds plant toxin that causes fungal suicide
...rbert Newby McCoy award. "Bressan's research is an excellent example of the payoff that comes fromdiscovery in basic science," says Randy R. Woodson, director of PurdueAgricultural Research Programs. "This discovery led his group to develop novelapproaches to control diseases in plants. Discoveries in this are......rtwo signals -- before it opens. As such, it is an excellent tool for creatingmemory, a process that fundamentally consists of associating two events. If twosignals arrive at the same time -- maybe one results from seeing a lit match andthe other results from a sensation of pain -- then the receptor is trigger...Scientists uncover how a colon-cancer prevention drug works
...n of NF-kB," Gaynor said. "Thiskinase should be an excellent target not only for the development of novelanti-inflammatory agents but also for the development of agents to inhibit thegrowth of cancer cells." Other UT Southwestern co-authors were internal medicine research assistant YumiYamamoto, instructor of ...USGS studies wildfire ecology in the western United States
...m, says Stephenson, is highly successful. "It's an excellent example of how research has fed into management and changed management direction." Nevertheless, says van Wagtendonk, "so much needs to be done, it's hard to get ahead of the game." One major constraint is smoke, which limits the amount of presc...Rett Syndrome traced to defective gene 'silencer'
...i's lab, suggested to Amir that MECP2 would bean excellent candidate gene. Sure enough, Amir found mutations in MECP2 that were shared by about 30 percent of their RTT patients. Zoghbi said that it is not yet clear exactly how MECP2 defects causeRTT. One hypothesis, she said, is that the defective MeCP2...Search and support for the rare white abalone is on; sex must occur with close neighbors
...ble?scontinuous video and tracking systems provide excellent records of surveyedareas and environmental conditions....On the floor of the sea: USGS biologists search for rare, white abalone
...le's continuous video and trackingsystems provided excellent records of surveyed areas and environmentalconditions. In May 1999, environmentalists petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Serviceto list white abalone as endangered. If listed, the white abalone would becomethe first recognized endangered marine...Study finds reliability problems with nerve test for carpal tunnel syndrome
...that between examiners, both cutpoints had good to excellent reliability. However, using the two definitions of normal resulted in marked differences in results. Each examiner had higher reliability with the higher cutoff point. "Presumably, the higher cutpoint reflected more serious nerve problems. This woul...Scientists discover how cells 'catch' a cold
... response on the binding site itself." "This is an excellent example of how interconnected scientific research has become,"said Energy Secretary Bill Richardson. "The physics and engineering that helped build the National Synchrotron Light Source are now making possible insights in other areas of science such ...Mutation on Y chromosome stops sperm production
...ared for the first time in WHT2780, and thus is an excellent candidatefor causing his infertility," explained Page. WHT2780 does not produce any sperm, but he does produce a messy mixture of sperm-precursor cells.Sperm cells normally pass through these precursor stages over a period of 65 days, as they moveth......s. The bioengineered bacteria have demonstrated an excellent safety profile in preclinical toxicology studies. Preferential replication allows the bacteria to produce and deliver a variety of anti-cancer therapeutic products at high concentrations to tumors while minimizing toxicity to normal tissues. By bri...Pioneering evolutionist Ledyard Stebbins dies at age 94
Editors: An excellent 1989 color photograph of G. Ledyard Stebbins at St...tion to his research achievements, Stebbins was an excellent mentor to graduate students,many of whom have become very accomplished scientists, and a well-liked ...Study: Commercial disinfectants effective, natural products less so
...y Clorox and Lysol disinfectant spray demonstrated excellent activity against poliovirus, eliminating more than 99.9 percent of the virus. Threats from poliovirus have been eliminated almost entirely in the United States, but Rutala and his colleagues tested the virus anyway since it is harder to kill than o...... data is sparse. They dive 600 metres down, giving excellent depth coverage. "We are collaborating to take advantage of all this data," says Boehlert. He and his colleagues are already using seal data to study ocean fronts in the northeastern Pacific. During one three-month period, seal tags have recorded ove...Gene tracking follows cells from embryo to adult
...ly switched on in neural crest cells, making it an excellent model for a "reporter" gene. Wnt1 can be modified to produce a molecule that scientists can easily recognize as the cells move through the developing embryo. However, Wnt1 switches off before neural crest cells reach their final destination, making ...Life sciences designated a Missouri lead industry
...panies. "A vibrant life sciences industry creates excellent jobs, lifting the state's entire economy and improving the quality of life for all Missourians," he added. Research funding coming to Missouri from the National Institutes of Health increased 46% between 1995 and 1999 when it reached $316 million. Th......call Z-15, has demonstrated in vitro that it is an excellent spermicide and that it inhibits HIV, yeast infection, herpes, and other sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs). "This is a product with a lot of potential that we will continue to work with to improve its activity against STDs," says Gandour. "We want...UNC-CH bus brings mobile lab, high-tech science focus to underserved N.C. schools
...cation, should broaden awareness of the variety of excellent programs at UNC-CH and elsewhere working to strengthen science education and steer students toward careers in science. Besides UNC-CH, members of the partnership consortium are Elizabeth City State, Fayetteville State, Johnson C. Smith, N.C. Agricul...Bionumerik reports data on two novel supercomputer engineered anticancer agents
...n Europe and 27.6g/m2 in the U.S. has demonstrated excellent safety results with only 3 out of 46 patients treated with standard doses of cisplatin +/- paclitaxel experiencing clinically significant grade 2 nerve damage (neurotoxicity). This number is substantially less than the expected number of patients wi......t are often disrupted in cancer, so it provides an excellent place to target therapy and prevention strategies," Matrisian said. "The goal is to re-establish the normal environment -- one way to think of it is to make the cells behave properly through peer pressure from their surroundings." Dr. Harold Moses...