Bacterial Toxin Surprises Scientists
...ikely--that the channel walls are not made exclusively of protein, but contain parts of the membrane. Despite their efforts, the researchers also remain baffled by exactly which parts of the protein are responsible for triggering channel opening and closing. As...Duke Researchers Find Second Gene Linked To Blood Vessel Disorder
...ene provides a blueprintfor a protein found almost exclusively in the cells lining blood vessels. "We realized when we found the first gene that some families werenot linked to this gene, meaning HHT really has several forms," Marchuksaid in the interview. "Now we have identified a second gene, and webelieve t...Cholesterol Anchor Helps Signaling Proteins Direct Development
...expectant mothers switch to a high-fat diet, based exclusively on these results, it might be interesting to take a look clinically at the effect of a mother's diet on the developing fetus," says Philip Beachy, Ph.D., an associate professor of molecular biology and genetics and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute i...... thegreen oak leaf roller moth was affected almost exclusively fromthe bottom up. In fact, there were no measurable top-down effectsat all for the green oak leaf roller moth. Years ago, theseresults would have seemed odd, since both species feed at thesame time on the same kind of oak tree. But ecologists areinc...Female Adolescents Need Calcium During 'Window Of Opportunity'
...nt, Weaver says, because bone growth occurs almost exclusively during adolescence, or during the years following the onset of puberty for women. "Your window of opportunity for bone growth occurs while you're pretty young," she says. Weaver and other researchers from Purdue and the Indiana University School of M...Max-Planck Researchers Unravel The Structure Of The Methane Forming Enzyme
...binding of coenzyme F430, a Ni-porphinoid which exclusively occurs in this enzyme. As substrates the enzyme binds methyl-coenzyme M (methyl-thioethane sulfonate) and coenzyme B (7-thioheptanoyl threoninephosphate). The highly resolved crystal structure allows a description of the binding modes of ...Pitt Researchers Construct Novel Delivery System For Gene Therapy Of Liver Disorders
...eneticsCorporation, Seattle, and the RCR Vector is exclusively licensed to TargetedGenetics. In the study, Pitt researchers detailed how they coated twisted strandsof DNA encoding for the a1-antitrypsin (hAAT) gene with lipids and added oil toform stable RCR structures with 65 percent of DNA incorporated...Doublecortin : A Novel Gene Involved In Cortical Development
...ormedcortex. The observation that the syndrome is exclusively transmitted by the mother,together with the severe forms affecting boys, pointed to sex-linked dominantgenetic transmission. The INSERM team first examined the hereditary transmission of genetic markerslocated on the sex chromosome X in members of t...New Company To Turn UNC-CH, Army Inventions Into Improved Vaccines
...new company in Durham. UNC-CH has licensed exclusively to AlphaVax four patents and twoapplications for patents expected to be issued. The company will develop andmarket the technology, which has broad applications for vaccines and genetherapy, company officials say. Initial targets include infectious di...Insect Taste Buds Target Of Control Method
...bitacin that is so attractive that they will feed exclusively on it, or by a powerful antifeedant....Among Wrens, Moms Teach Daughters To Call, Dads Teach Sons, Study Reveals
...f thespecies -- stripe-backed wrens -- learn calls exclusively 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." ...Scientists Seek Early Warning Of Drinking Water Threats
...sed by these pathogens. In many cases, people rely exclusively on theirbody's immune system to fight them off. Mortality rates can be high among thosewith undeveloped or weakened immune systems, such as the very young, theelderly, chemotherapy patients, AIDS patients and transplant recipients. In this project, t......re the Altamaha River empties, indicating they are exclusively marine and specializedfor the salty water found along the Georgia coast. Moran really needed more proof that the probe was correctly targetingmarine alpha bacteria, however. So she and Gonzlez used a technique calledpolymerase chair reaction ......ge, we randomly assigned 164 infants who had been exclusively breast-fed for 4 mo to continue being exclusively breast-fed until 6 mo (EBF group) or to receive iron-fortified foods in addition to breast milk fr......eveloped to incorporate, in vivo, deuterium labels exclusively into the glycolipid sugar moieties of the Purple Membranes, and neutron diffraction experiments revealed the crystallographically ordered positions of two glycolipids per bacteriorhodopsin monomer, thus represen...... It will occur at an international meeting devoted exclusively to the science ofacoustics: the Joint 16th International Congress on Acoustics (ICA) and the135th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), to take place betweenJune 20-26 at the Seattle Sheraton Hotel and Towers and the Westin Seattle. A...International Research Team Announces Discovery Of Two Species Of Feathered Dinosaurs
...tific understanding of bird evolution reliedalmost exclusively on a handful of fossils, all of which were discovered in thelate 1800s," says Luis Chiappe, research associate in the American Museum ofNatural History's Department of Ornithology and past member of the Gobiexpedition team. "The last decade has brou......sically, research in this field has focused almost exclusively onthe first few days after an injury. Scientists hypothesized that this is whenthe maelstrom of neurochemical changes occurred, and after that, the brain'sresponse calms down. "But this study points to the fact that things are not soquiet," comments ...New Hope On The Horizon For Patients With End-Stage Cardiovascular Disease
...eporters, please note thatthis telephone number is exclusively for media use. Thank you for not publishingit.......projects. Insteadof studying a biological molecule exclusively under the type of light that itabsorbs most, Dr. Simon suggested that scientists may need to expose themolecule to a whole spectrum of light, slice by slice, to fully understand themolecule's physiological effects. Please mention support for this wo...