Brain Protein "Rescues" Neurons From Atrophy
..." Katz said. "They also open the way for promising further research that could have a profound impact on basic understanding of brain development and of learning and memory, as well as clinical treatment of neurological disorders such as epilepsy." According to Lo and Katz, future research will aim at unders...Dangerous Chemical Combination Presents Possible Scenario For Gulf War Illnesses
...us system. Moreover, the anti-nerve gas agent PB further inhibits the action of thisscavenger enzyme, BuChE. While PB's intended purpose is to temporarily shieldand protect another similar enzyme, acetylcholine esterase (AChE), fromnerve gas damage, it cannot distinguish between AChE and BuChE and therefor...Tumor Suppressor Gene Located In Liver Cancer Cells
...te function of this gene, the researchers said. If further studies show that loss of the M6P/IGF2r function is important in the way chemicals cause liver tumors in rats, the scientists explained, then pharmaceutical companies could take into account the decreased likelihood of this genetic loss occurring in ...Race Plus Roaches: A Breathtaking Link
...esearchers hope to use this information to perform further studies that better their understanding of the root causes of cockroach allergen. The study was funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID). Other researchers include Sampson B. Sarpong, M.D., Robert G. Hamilton, Ph.D....Cornell Researchers Precisely Date Wood From Ancient Tomb In Turkey
...he Porsuk trees, was dated to 1628 B.C. -- lending further evidence that this was the year of the Thera eruption. The findings reported by the Cornell team move back the Aegean Late Bronze Age by as much as a century. This age has long captured the popular imagination, Newton said, because it encompassed su...Water Recycling Project Tested in Turkey Plant
...ylinders. Ozone gas is pumped into the cylindersto further clarify the water and kill microorganisms. Ozone kills bacteria3,000 times faster than chlorine. Depending upon the quality of incomingwater, the processors adjust the amount of ozone to maximize bacterial destruction,Baldwin said. AWPI personnel an...Virginia Tech Researchers Receive Patent For Rapid Virus Detection Technology
...to let engineers know whether they have to conduct further testsfor harmful viruses, Falkinham says. The test detects the presence orabsence of a virus indicator (coliphages). "The rapid virusdetection technology is based on the fact that many viruses causesusceptible cells to break open and release their ...Genetic Alterations Linked To Cancer In Some Blood Samples
...seminated cancer) were in the positive test group, further indicating that poor outcome may be associated with the presence of serum DNA alterations. These results must be confirmed in much larger clinical trials, Sidransky says. The technique used in this study was developed by Sidransky's team and first u......sure masses of individual pieces of a molecule for further characterization." The researchers -- McLafferty; Gary A. Valaskovic, a postdoctoral associate in McLafferty's lab; and Neil L. Kelleher, a doctoral student -- reported their studies in the journal Science (Aug. 29, 1996). Their work was funded by t...Harvard, Duke Researchers Discover 'Off-switch' Inside Human Cells
...ve state. The Harvard-Duke team is now performing further experiments to understandhow the action of RGS10 itself is regulated within the cell. "While this discovery is clearly important in the signaling processes,we have a long way to go in understanding exactly how it functions,"Casey said. "When we unde...'Juliet' Evades Primate Center Expedition
...tion aims to preserve the animals and to encourage further ecotourismin certain areas, Glander said. The Duke Primate Center houses the world's largest collection of endangeredprimates. Duke is also the only university-operated center that concentratessolely on studying and protecting prosimians such as lem......ces at UC Berkeley, also found it in samples taken further north in Marin County waters. Sloan and McGann then looked at many sediment samples collected in earlier years from the bay, to see if they could determine when it first arrived. While they did not find it in any sediment samples which had been coll......for Toxicological Research in Arkansas. "If further investigations in other study populations reveal similar associations between NAT2 genotype, cigarette smoking and breast-cancer risk, it would be an important insight into the etiology of this disease," she added. "It is one more cancer site in whi...Bacterial Protein Structure Hints At Mechanism Of A Class Of Premature Aging Diseases
...elates structure to function and takes us one step further in understandinghow RTP works," Bastia said. When DNA replicates, it unzips, starting and ending at specific sites.The helicases are responsible for pulling apart the DNA strands, which aretwisted in a helical pattern. "RTP ensures that when DN...Disease Resistance Mechanism Identified in Plants
...for-gene resistance mechanism, researchers plan to further explore the phenomenon. Biologist Greg Martin of Purdue University in Indiana says the findings will have wide application. "It turns out that plants resist diverse pathogens -- includingbacteria, fungi and viruses -- by using very similar d...Mechanism For Disease Resistance Identified In Plants
...for-gene resistance mechanism, researchers plan to further explore the phenomenon. Biologist Greg Martin of Purdue University in Indiana says the findings will have wide application. "It turns out that plants resist diverse pathogens -- includingbacteria, fungi and viruses -- by using very similar d...Prostate Cancer May Be Predicted 10 Years Before Diagnosis
...ority of men who have elevated PSA levels and have further diagnostic tests, such as prostate biopsies, do not have prostate cancer," says Dr. H. Ballentine Carter, a urologist at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine who worked on the study. Dr. Fozard adds, "This study shows that the ratio of free to total PSA ...A Sensor, A Switch, A Zipper: Protein Engineers Design Potential Tool
... signals. The scientists predict that with further refinements, their protein may one day be used to detect environmental toxins or--in a laboratory setting--act as a switch to activate genes or as a molecular zipper to join together proteins. The newly designed stru...ORNL Finds Common Genetic Cause For Epilepsy, Migraine
...onal Laboratory (LLNL), are likely to beuseful for further studies. "Knowing what it is that causes epilepsy and migraines could help us get acure or prevent future cases," Stubbs said. "It could also prove veryvaluable for testing drugs." Now that researchers have identified the likely cause for migraine an......how animals and people accomplish thefeat and draw further parallels between human and non-humanperception. The paper was written by Hulse, who is a professor inthe Department ofPsychology , and graduate students ScottMacDougall-Shackleton and Amy Wisniewski. The scientists combined the tape-recorded s...