Better Peroxidase Improves Disease Diagnosis
...-- When Purdue University geneticist Rick Vierling first looked for ways to add value to soybeans, he didn't expect that he could help doctors diagnose AIDS in China. But that's exactly where his research is leading. In June, the Indiana Crop Improvement Association (ICIA) licensed the use of soybean perox...Two Parasitic Wasps Show Promise For Controlling Pest Flies
... central plains." The U. of I. study provided the first comprehensive documentation ofnaturally occurring fly parasites in Illinois. The most common speciesin Illinois appears to be Spalangia nigoraenea , the same speciesthat dominates collections in other portions of the country. A third species, Spal...Jefferson Scientists Discover Mechanism Of Viral Link To Disease Commonly Associated With Asbestos
...logy at Jefferson Medical College, have for the first time found direct evidence of a potential mecha...l trials in humans. Dr. Giordano was the first to identify and clone the pRb-2/p130 gene and demonstrate that it could halt the growth of tumo...CSIRO Discovery Fights Cell Ageing
...scoveries in molecular geneticsand ageing, was the first scientist to clearly show in laboratory experimentsthat old human cells can be rejuvenated. "Now, thanks to the work of the CSIRO team and other collaboratinglaboratories, we can create skin care products which contain a substancewhich has been show...Evolutionary Advantage Found For Sex
...o with it? Try fitter genes. In one of the first studies to scientifically prove an evolutionaryadv...olutionarybiology," Zeyl says. "This is one of the first examples of finding anevolutionary advantage for sex. "Vertebrates are almost all sexual, an...Second Look Acquits Gene Of Role In Breast Cancer
...ing to cancer cells'creation, but since this isthe first time we've observed such an error in a cancer cell's ability todecipher a gene, we're notsure yet if it provides any advantages to the cancer cell." With funding from the Department of Defense, Feinberg and Maxwell Lee,Ph.D.,studied TSG101 in no...Resistance To Leptin Contributes To Obesity
... to return their weight to the setpoint," explains first author Jeffrey L. Halaas, B.S., biomedical fellow ...the Rockefeller Institute for MedicalResearch, the first U.S. biomedical research center. Rockefeller facultymembers have made significant achievements, incl...First Salmonella Vaccine For Poultry To Be On The Market Soon
...e by the end of 1997. Megan's vaccine will be the first salmonella vaccine for poultry marketed in the Uni...at our vaccine works very well," says Curtiss, who first developed the strain for his vaccine in 1990, and has spent 17 years researching salmonella bacteria...UW Smogmobile Offers Cleaner, Safer Alternative To Gas Or Electric Cars
... a gas could power a car. But the UW group was the first to develop a heat exchanger system that prevents frost build-up from impeding the conversion process. The smogmobile's heat exchanger pulls liquid nitrogen from an insulated fuel tank through a series of aluminum tubing coils and specially designed p...Gene Shears In Cutting Edge Anti-Aids Trial
...nology has enteredclinical trials in adults as the first step in developing a potential treatmentfor the hu...sed into the HIV-infected twin. The trial seeks first to establish that the ribozyme is safe and hasno side-effects on the patients, and secondly to find ...New Haven, CT - Yale University biologists for the first time havesucceeded inpreventing the expression of ...that cause bacteria to becomedrug resistant in the first place). Once inside the bacteria, the synthetic genes produced small strings ofRNAnucleotide...Scientists Discover How Genes Work Together To Control Neural Development
...struction. In the process,they also discovered the first known biochemical function for the Phyllopodand Sina proteins. "Our test-tube experiments demonstrated that Sinaand Phyllopod bind to each other to form a partnership and that they alsobind to Tramtrack to form a triad," Carthew says. Using genetic...Penn State Researchers Study Used Mushroom Compost
...m soil. The research is funded at $186,000 for the first year. The project will be carried out on farm land owned by Vincent Santucci,operator of Elite Mushrooms in Avondale, Pa. A series of lysimeters --containers that will catch the liquid that leaches out of the substrate -- werebuilt at the su......lity or quantity of food supply. Now, for the first time, a University of Georgia ecologisthas been ab... studyhas been done in lakes, we believe it is the first for anyterrestrial species." The research was published today in the Proceedings of theNational...Evolution Re-Sculpted Animal Limbs By Genetic Switches Once Thought Too Drastic For Survival
...lved improved body parts. Today'sfinding marks the first time that changes in the control of homeotic genes...r swimming." But in more advanced crustaceans, the first segment in which Ubx-abdA is turnedon lies farther back along the body. In these animals, the first ...New Gene May Intensify Breast Cancer Growth
...ned. The researchers have also begun to design the first clinical studies using thegene as a marker to find out how it affects the course of breast cancer. "Do thepatients who make a lot of the message from this gene respond differently totherapy, do they have a different clinical outcome, are their tumors...Study: Device Prevents Epileptic Seizures, Doesn't Damage Hearts
...ent." Much confusion surrounds how to give first aid safely to a personexperiencing epileptic seizu... himself. You shouldalso call if it was a person's first seizure or if he or she asks to go to thehospital." "Don't put a spoon or anything else in t...Female Adolescents Need Calcium During 'Window Of Opportunity'
...ve maximum bone growth has been determined for the first time by a research team at Purdue University. The ...he new dietary recommendations for calcium are the first of a new set of dietary standards. For the first time the recommendations will be for both the Unite...Research Team Discovers Key Gene For Telomerase Enzyme In Humans
...were found to be similar, indicatingtelomerase was first developed by an ancient organism and subsequentlyinherited by all eukaryotes -- organisms whose cells have a separatenucleus and cytoplasm, including humans. "It means that studies on simple organisms like yeast are relevantto the human enzy...Progress In Prion Research: Three-Dimensional Structure Of Prion Protein Fully Uncovered
... Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich are the first tosuccessfully decode the three-dimensional struct...ttracted attention a year ago when theypublished a first part of the structure. The research results to be published onThursday in the review FEBS Letters in...