Duke scientists reverse a rare form of muscular dystrophy in mice using gene therapy
...ends to normallyinfect liver cells since the liver filters all blood within the body, Amalfitanoreported. He and his colleagues published the results of this work in theFebruary 1999 issue of Human Gene Therapy. "The liver normally makes and secretes a large number of enzymes and weused that to our...Report in PNAS on role of nephrin, the kidney filter protein
...ow, very little has been knownabout how the kidney filters the blood. The present work elegantly depicts (seeaccompanying images) the location of nephrin at the slit membrane using nephrinspecific antibodies that can be detected by electron microscopes. Thestructural domains of the nephrin molecule suggest......eams. Such growth can clog water intake pipes and filters and interfere with recreational activities, such as fishing, swimming and boating. The subsequent decay of the algae can resultin foul odors, bad taste in drinking water and low dissolved oxygen in aquatic habitats -- oxygen that is necessary for fi...The Sagan criteria for life revisited
...iate from the crater Tycho at bottom center. Three filters were used to make three separate exposures, combined in an exaggerated color scheme to emphasize composition differences - blue hues reveal titanium rich areas while orange and purple colors show regions relatively poor in titanium and iron. More inf...Tipsheet: Environmental Story Ideas
...W-Madison researchers have a couple newones: water filters and particle board. The biological systems engineering scientists are using separated and cleanedfibers from cow manure to make high-quality hardboards. Those fibers also havean uncanny ability to filter heavy metals from water. Richard Koegel, a US...Engineered Bacteria Scavenge Heavy Metals
...y in laboratory-scalebioreactors with hollow-fiber filters holding billions of bacterial cells whilewater-borne mercury is pumped through the bioreactor. Scaling up the process,Wilson envisions bioremediation using mobile bioreactors working at sites withwater or soil contamination, or with factory-based bi...Waste Makes Saleable Coal Product
...ousehold water purification pitchers and cigarette filters use activatedcarbon. "We know we can separate the fly ash from the unburned carbon, and sellthe fly ash to cement manufacturers," says Maroto-Valer. "However, untilrecently, uses for the remaining carbon were unknown because no one hadcharact...Offshore DDT Deposit Spreading, Research Suggests
... water (1,100 to 2,300 liters) through glass-fiber filters and resin-packed columns that collect both particulate-bound and dissolved contaminants. Dr. Zeng found that DDT and PCBs are widely distributed in the PVS water column and appear to be leaching from the sediments. DDT was detected in all of the sam...Growing Up On Their Own: Smart Plastics Organize Themselves Into Useful Optical Devices
...tions are widespread for a device that selectively filters outcertain wavelengths, or colors, of light. Optical data storage andtelecommunications rely on transmission and detection of specific wavelengths,and holographic memory systems are expected to do the same one day. The plasticsmight make possible bet...Perfect Powders For Improved Implants
...age the natural bone around them to grow,pacemaker filters and intricate firearm and watch parts. The process...for pressing into intricate components such as the filters used inpacemakers. As the titanium powders are spherical the material is less likelyto pick up too ...University of Florida Researchers Develop Filter Coating That Traps Bacteria and Viruses
...the researchers say. "The problem is, the filters in pools remove only a small fraction ofthebacteri...the coating enables pool filtersand other types of filters to trap bacteria, viruses and particles as smallas 500 angstroms. One angstrom measures one ten-bill...Climate Change May Impact Waterborne Diseases
...move the oocysts, but because of their small size, filters mustbe properly monitored and managed. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency iscurrently proposing expanding water treatment requirements to safeguard watersupplies from Cryptosporidium. "We are looking at a situation where there is no kn...Scientists Seek Early Warning Of Drinking Water Threats
...y water, and the city of Milwaukee is upgradingits filters and installing ozonation. Harrington emphasized that U.S. water-treatment standards are very good, andthat drinking water is generally quite safe. Water utilities are required tohave a multi-barrier approach to water treatment, where more than one te...Amphibian Mortality Due To UV Radiation
...d salamanders shielded from UV-B radiation bymylar filters to unshielded embryos. They found that 95 percent...embryos exposed to UV-B, while embryos under mylar filters werenot infected. The UV-B may work synergistically with the fungus, saidKiesecker, who reports see...Wake Forest University Study Takes Students In Flight With The Albatross
...other information for each bird to the schools and filters questions and comments from students for Anderson and other members of the research team. "Every person who subscribes and gets some benefit makes me happy," Andersonsaid. "It (the listserv) can be as big as it wants to be. Who would have thought...Study Focuses On How Plants Help Toxic Pollutants Travel Around The World
...xtracted and analyzed by a spectrometer.Fiberglass filters will be used to ensure that no particles get into the foam. Because the chemicals to be studied degrade so slowly and are believedto have such a negative impact on health, it is important that researchers havea better understanding of how che...