Virus known for its photo ops makes its movie screen debut
...ng them to apply this knowledge for the benefit of human patients in the future. "Instead of a still photo ...to deliver beneficial genes to damaged or infected human tissue." The research was performed at Purdue and the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry in Moscow b...Muscles are smarter than you think
...e muscle fibres--which are half the thickness of a human hair-- is peeled away, without interfering with the ability of the muscle fibre to contract normally to electrical stimulation. This enabled the researchers to change conditions inside the muscle cells and study the effects of acidity on the force re...Plumbing trees' plumbing reveals their engineering skill
...above from a savanna to forest, due to grazing and human prevention of natural wild fires over the last 150 years. In their experiments, Jackson and his colleagues descended into the caves and sampled roots of four tree species -- a juniper, an evergreen oak, a deciduous oak and the deciduous gum bumelia, ...Newly discovered protein may be key to muscular dystrophy
...the role of a number of important molecules in the human nervous system. The researchers expect that the pr...ose found in C. elegans DGC mutants -- a model for human muscular dystrophy. While seven of the mutants involved defective DGC function, five others resulted...Ecologists help keep death off the roads
...ls find it easier to cross roads in the absence of human habitation. Fences or large, steep embankments deter animals from crossing roads and funnel animals to easy crossing points. At these points planners should install over- or underpasses for animals, the researchers say. The need to consider the impac...UCR earns $1.5 million grant to examine how engineered crop genes stray
...l because it will examine both the natural and the human factors that spread transgenes from engineered cro...ble wild relatives. A second team will focus on human elements, including farmer management and transport of seed through local and international trade. ...New clues to hereditary blinding disease found
... proteins implicated in many neurodegenerative and human diseases. The fact that a trace metal can have suc... treatment of neurodegenerative and other types of human diseases."...The solving of the human genome sequence was hailed a few years ago as biol...ike the first moon shot, the real milestone of the human genome project is not a singular event. The genome project's giant leap for mankind is coming not wi...Anti-bacterial additive found in Maryland streams
...ow the big question is what are the ecological and human health consequences of triclocarban in the environ...ronmental contamination discovered translates into human exposure and any corresponding long-term risks. Prior to Dr. Halden's research, the most recent data...International symposium on nutritional genomics
...butions to science and for his vision in promoting human health through better nutrition. Ames will be pres...versity, who has written extensively of the use of human subjects for clinical research; and David Castle from the University of Guelph, Canada, who is devel...Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...Wu. 2004. Development of a DNA vaccine targeting human papillomavirus type 16 oncoprotein E6. Journal of...covery of new bioactive natural products useful in human therapy." (S. Krief, M. Martin, P. Grellier, J. Kasenene, T. Sevenet. 2004. Novel antimalarial com...Stanford researcher's findings may shed light on common, deadly birth defect
...en though a bird beak seems quite different than a human nose or a mouse snout, the cells and pathways involved in brain and facial patterning are conserved between the species. Cordero used a chemical aptly named cyclopamine to interfere with developmental signals sent by sonic hedgehog, a protein previou...5AM Solutions releases Microarray Enterprise Manage(TM) Software
...bled researchers to understand the basic tenets of human disease, which will eventually lead to cures. Whil...to share data quickly and obtain real insight into human disease," said Dr. Dietrich Stephan, TGen's director of neurogenomics and Chairman of a Microarray C...X marks the spot: Vector insertion is viral specific
...s via gene therapy in animal models of disease and human patients. Viruses integrate into host DNA to repli...re three commonly used retroviruses integrate into human DNA. The team, led by Frederic Bushman, PhD, Professor of Microbiology, compared vectors derived fro...Rare mutations can significantly increase risk factor for heart disease
...didate genes in other clinically important complex human traits. Led by Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Helen H. Hobbs, who is at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, the researchers published their findings in the August 6, 2004, issue of the journal Science . Hobbs...Retroviral gene therapy? ASLV, HIV, and MLV show distinct target site preferences
...s where these viruses typically integrate into the human genome. The different vectors, they found, show di... Mitchell et al. studied vectors derived from the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), avian sarcoma-leukosis virus (ASLV), and murine leukemia virus (MLV). ...Possible new cure for psoriasis
...ly as an ointment. In addition, the first tests on human beings are planned for the immediate future....ASU researchers demonstrate new technique that improves the power of atomic force micrscopy
...take something very complex, like the surface of a human cell with all of the types of different receptors on it and ask questions about the local chemistry, like what is binding at those sites. That will provide the fundamental knowledge you need to develop new drugs."...Marijuana ingredient inhibits VEGF pathway required for brain tumor blood vessels
...esis, or whether the chemical might do the same in human tumors. To answer the first part of the question, the scientists induced gliomas in mice, which were subsequently inoculated with cannabinoids. Using DNA array analysis, the team examined 267 genes associated with the growth of blood vessels in tumo...Infant rats eagerly accept high concentrations of alcohol upon first exposure
...t exposure. This finding may have implications for human infants. Early exposure to alcohol is believed to.... This is of course not unlike adult humans." "In human drinking practice, " noted Elena I. Varlinskaya, research professor at Binghamton University, "compa...