Transposable Elements May Have Had A Major Role In The Evolution Of Higher Organisms
...ssential role in the evolution ofhigher organisms, including humans." McDonald has studied and publish...yhad no real function. So, a number of scientists, including McDonald, began tolook at the bigger picture, sensing that transposons may be crucially importantto ...Short-Course TB Prophylaxis Effective In HIV-Infected Individuals
... reach of therapy in certain high-risk groups, including HIV-infected individuals and children living in households with people with infectious TB." Dr. Gayle adds that although preventive therapy for infected individuals in these high-risk groups can play a role in TB...At Life's Most Sensitive Stage, Embryos Cope With Stress
... may shed light on a range of biologicalquestions, including how drug resistance evolves, which species are mos...at happens in most stages of the fly's life cycle, including lateembryos, larvae and adults. However, built into the normal steps for developmentof Drosophila's ...Engineering Our Arteries: Replacements And Assisted Healing
... alternatives like bioengineered arteries -- including assisted healing that will stop clotting and allow healthy cells to grow. She is working to grow arteries by developing scaffolding materials on which genetically engineered cells can be planted. Li..."Discovering Biological Diversity" Is AAAS Topic For USGS Manager
...d by local, state,and federal government agencies, including the USGS; private sectororganizations; and other partners around the nation and the world. "Where once it was difficult for people on a singleuniversitystaff to share field work on a day-to-day basis, now we can reach outworldw..."Genetic Factors Influencing Cholesterol Response To Diet"
...rized by a cluster of other metabolicdisturbances, including lower blood levels of the "protective" HDL cholest... areinfluenced by genetic and non-genetic factors, including dietary fat andcarbohydrate. Four genes previously shown to be linked to LDL particle sizedistributi...$2 Million Dollar Grant Funds Salton Sea Web Site
...baseprogram. The bill received bipartisan support, including from the four otherHouse representatives from the ...alton SeaAuthority is exploring various solutions, including building a system of dikesand evaporation pools, a desalination treatment plant or water-pumping sys...Genetics May Explain Much Age-Related Hearing Loss
...olism can cause extensive damage to livingtissues, including the sensory hair cells in the inner ear, if they are notneutralized by antioxidant enzymes," McFadden said. "We think that SODdeficiencies may increase cochlear vulnerability to environmental insults, suchas noise or drugs, as well as to injury from...Biotech Approach To Feral Cat Problem Devised
...of Salmonella as vehicles for delivering vaccines, including oral contraceptives, explains Boyle, a molecular b...als as well as support nontraditional scholarship, including human-animal relationships, veterinary ethics, international issues, and conservation biology....Leftover Fetal Cells May Affect Development Of Scleroderma
...death, attacks theskin as well as internal organs, including the kidneys, lungs and heart, gastrointestinal tractand joints. Currently there is no way to prevent or cure scleroderma, buttreatment can relieve some symptoms. ***Study Details*** The study was conducted in two parts. Part one enrolled 40 women,...Long-Standing Puzzle Of Immune System Is Solved By UCSF Researchers
...NA in genes that determines theshapes of proteins, including antibodies, and researchers set out toexplain how a large but limited number of genes could nonetheless give riseto a seemingly infinite variety of antibodies. Researchers discovered that bits and pieces of immunoglobulin genescan rearrange ...Common Infection Linked To High Blood Pressure
...dwide with a wide range of clinicalmanifestations, including coronary heart disease and stroke," says Peter. J.Cook, specialist registrar at Heartland Hospital in Birmingham, England. "Nowwe know that severe high blood pressure falls into the same category." Severehigh blood pressure is indicated by a readin...New Sensor Will Detech Chemical And Biological Pathogens At Incredibly Small Doses
.... Murphy and Velander envision other applications, including pharmaceuticalmanufacturing, environmental monitoring, medical diagnostics, drug discovery,and process control. "One of the biggest applications will be in drug discovery work," Murphy says.It can take six to nine months to screen libraries of new ch...Hormones Found In The Brain May Determine How Much You Eat And Affect Obesity And Diabetes
...appetite," he said."We believe that neuropeptides, including orexins, are very importantcomponents." Other authors of the study were: Drs. Hirokazu Tanaka andRichard Chemelli, postdoctoral fellows in molecular genetics and HHMIassociates; Dr. James Richardson, associate professor of pathology;Dr. Geral...Scientists Invent Faster Gene Function Identification System
...milarities between zebrafish and othervertebrates, including humans, Wagner says. "Scientists are learning a lot by the identification of gene sequences,but without information on what those genes do, sequence identification is oflittle use," Wagner says. "That's why the development of a quick and eff...Researcher Identifies Two New Violet Species In Central America
...more than half a dozen plantspecies in his career, including several in the United States and five in Mexicoand Guatemala. "It's never an easy job to come up with meaningful names for new speciesbecause you want to be original," he said. One of the newly discovered plantswas particularly difficult, he ......ies of questions aboutanimals in their household, including the species of animal submitted to theshelter, whether there were problems with animal behavior and how many animalslived in the household. Pet owners also were asked their age, gender, annualsalary, education level as well as questions about the pet...Hultgren Receives Prestigious Eli Lilly Award
...principle should be applicable to many infections, including meningitis,middle-ear infections, pneumonia, kidney infections and gonorrhea," Hultgrensays. The researchers also are testing inhibitors of the chaperone protein.Without this essential link in the assembly line, E. coli cannot make pili andth...Jefferson Researchers Find Correlation Between Gene And Endometrial Cancer
...ow large groups of patients and randomize them, including patients who have had chemotherapy and/or radiation either pre- or post-operatively. [The findings] may allow physicians to intervene in a more appropriate manner." He explains that pRb2 is involved in the regulation and control of t......nd Sciences at WashingtonUniversity, and his team, including his wife Patricia Collin-Osdoby, Ph.D.,added a monoclonal antibody the team isolated and developed to osteoclast cellsbelieving that the antibody would hone in on a target molecule it recognizes inthe osteoclast cells. This target molecule is called...