Environmental costs of home construction lower with wise choice, reuse of building materials
...has started a new $1 million research project that expands the current effort to include all U.S. wood-product supply regions, other non-structural wood products and additional research on design and process changes to reduce environmental burdens. ...Columbia, Stony Brook, Guidant to develop biological pacemaker based on gene & cell therapies
...aordinary venture with Columbia and Guidant vastly expands the possibilities to enhance research into gene therapy," said Gail Habicht, Ph.D., Stony Brook vice president for research. Research will be conducted in four laboratories at the universities: those of Michael R. Rosen, M.D., Gustavus A Pfeiffer P...T. rex owes its giant size to the ultimate teenage growth spurt
...he way these large bones form: their marrow cavity expands and changes shape as they grow, erasing some of the internal lines. This study, however, focuses on smaller, nonweight-bearing dinosaur bones, including ribs, gastralia, and fibulas. These bones do not develop hollow cavities or remodel as they grow,...Forest fire sensor inspired by nature
...t fire. So when a fire occurs the sphere heats up, expands and, in this way, directly stimulates the mechanor...diation in a similar spectrum as cuticula and also expands in response. This expansion is measured by the scientists. "The whole thing already works quite well...Study by Tufts biologist provides window into progression of some degenerative diseases
...A mutation, one in which a repetitive DNA sequence expands from a small number of copies to a larger number. ...sease in the next generation. The CAG repeat also expands further in the affected brain cells of patients, which could explain why those brain cells die first...Researchers develop blood test that can detect genetic changes in progressive breast cancer
...ime and selective pressures, this small population expands and becomes the predominant one. Overexpression of the HER-2 gene occurs in about 20 percent to 25 percent of breast-cancer patients. Prognosis is poor, as the cancer cells often resist radiation therapy and almost all drugs. ...Gene at root of urban air pollution's lung effects
...y injury induced by ozone, he added. The new study expands TLR4's role in directing the lung's response to environmental exposures by highlighting its potential importance in exacerbation of asthma following ozone inhalation. The researchers found that ozone levels comparable to those experienced during cons...Computer model shows increased US threat from soybean rust
...igh risk once the pathogen that causes the disease expands its range into the northern part of South America," said aerobiologist Scott Isard of the geography department at Illinois. "We have received credible reports that this has already happened, although the Brazilian government has not confirmed it so f...Astrazeneca announces EU marketing approval for Faslodex(TM)
... continued, "The addition of a new endocrine agent expands our options for endocrine treatment sequences, and...onal countries when the number of EU member states expands in May 2004. The approval of 'Faslodex' is based on data from two pivotal phase III trials,1,2 which...Stress hormones and heart failure
...with urocortin II. "We hope that this study expands our understanding of the potent actions of urocortin II in cardiovascular physiology and points to a precise targeting of the CRF2 receptor for improved treatment of heart diseases," Vale said. "We believe urocortin II represents a new clas......re-med student. The new method combines and expands upon three existing technologies for detecting genes: (1) in situ hybridization (ISH), a technique used to detect genetic material (DNA and RNA) in individual cells; (2) immunohistochemistry, in which antibodies detect antigens that are linked to gen...Faulty DNA replication linked to neurological diseases
...cker." To study how and why the inherited sequence expands so rapidly, the scientists watched the replication of different lengths of the triplet repeat sequence, using a simple unicellular organism, yeast, as a convenient model. While yeast is far more primitive than humans, its mechanism of DNA replication...Dana-Farber scientists discover natural blocker of HIV-1 virus
...vard Medical School graduate student. "Our finding expands our vision of what we might be able to manipulate to block the very early stages of HIV-1 infection," Sodroski says. Human cells contain a similar TRIM5-alpha protein but it is less effective than the monkey version in blocking HIV-1 infection. It's...Separation day arrives for Mars Express and Beagle 2
...hich uses a memory metal collar, which when heated expands and fractures each bolt. Release of the Frangibolts was initiated a few days after launch, shortly after insertion of Mars Express into its transfer trajectory between Earth and Mars. The second element, the ejection mechanism, releases the probe fo......tainly it's possible somewhere else. This bacteria expands the limits of life, so if you can find places on Mars that are minus 20 degrees centigrade, you should take a look." Nealson and Jakosky looked to the Martian polar regions for a habitat similar to the one in which cryopegella survives. While tempe...As autumn approaches, this chickadee's brain begins to expand
...atial organization and memory in many vertebrates, expands in volume by approximately 30 percent by adding new nerve cells. In songbirds, the hippocampus is located on the dorsal surface of the forebrain right beneath the skull. In mammals, the hippocampus is located beneath the cortex. In the spring, when i...New study rebuts claims about Icelandic genetic heterogeneity
...holson, K. Stefnsson and P. Donnelly, both greatly expands sample sizes from individual populations and the number of genetic loci analysed, and uses population genetics simulations to demonstrate that genetic drift, not admixture (as claimed by E. rnason), has been the overriding factor influencing patterns...Natural hormone could reverse heart damage
...ion in which the main pumping chamber of the heart expands and stiffens, preventing proper blood flow to the body. Hypertrophy, which results from stress on the heart (for example, through high blood pressure or obesity), starts off as a compensatory mechanism but soon runs out of control, says lead study a...First descriptions of Indiana bat maternity roosts in the southern US
...ternity colonies. This is very exciting because it expands the kind of habitat this endangered species can potentially use to reproduce in." Like other tree-roosting bats, female Indiana bats choose several alternatives to their primary roost. The study found that the primary roosts were generally located in...UGA scientists discover gene that maintains genome integrity by limiting DNA replication
...tigation for cancer researchers. The current study expands on research from other scientists, including work from the Imperial Cancer Research Fund published in September 2001 in The EMBO Journal. Using yeast as a model organism, a team led by Nobel laureate Paul Nurse found that the limited expression of tw...