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...actually a human student seeing firsthand how apes interact in the wild,through virtual reality. The experience is part of a unique educational program being testedby Zoo Atlanta and <AHREF="http://www.gatech.edu/">Georgia Institute of Technology . At apress conference May 15, researchers from both o...Duke Researchers Find Second Gene Linked To Blood Vessel Disorder
...earchers aren't sure of itsfunction, it appears to interact with the potent growth factor, transforminggrowth ...ther whatendoglin and ALK1 are doing, whether they interact with each other, andhow each normally contributes to the ability of blood vessels to heal inresponse...NCAR Scientists Trek To Africa For Biosphere-Atmosphere Chemistry Study
...unts of hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen, which interact with sunlight to produce ozone and other smoglike ...tudy area--to explore how the vegetation and fires interact with the atmosphere. "There's never been a program in this region that has combined all the elements...Scientists Trek to Africa for Biosphere-Atmosphere Chemistry Study
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...exible region on the helicase thatthe RTP seems to interact with," said White. To test how RTP works, th...eate a mutant versionof the protein that would not interact with the helicase but wouldn't bedeformed beyond recognition. "Our big worry was that we woul...Researchers Corral Millions Of Microscopic Membranes
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...cancer agent Taxol. Both Taxol and discodermolide interact with microtubules, structures which compose the framework or "cytoskeleton" of normal and cancer cells. These compounds bind to, and "freeze", the otherwise flexible cytoskeleton, which results in killing of the tumor cell. Discodermolide, however,...Genetic "Short Circuit" Leads To Cleft Palate
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...ranscriptionrepressors because of their ability to interact with other proteins. In PML- RAR , these interactions were broken apart by RA,while in PLZF-RAR they were insensitive to RA, explaining why retinoic acidworks in some APL patients but not others. Armed with this new knowledge, the MSKCC rese...Top Scientists Challenge Others: Join Biodiversity Year
... and to add that to data about how human societies interact with and depend on natural systems. They'll suggest some short-term, intensive international projects that could achieve concrete results during IBOY. Among the projects already proposed for IBOY is a global census of deep-sea organisms, drawn from ...Salve From Serpents? UD Studies May Explain Why Viper-Venom Protein Stops Tumor Spread In Mice
... time. Finally, she tests each mutant's ability to interact withreceptors on platelets, to identify the exact sequences most critical forbinding. She soon will conduct the same tests using lymphocytes, ordisease-fighting cells. And, with Miele, she will focus on whether eristostatincan stop cancer cell growth...