Two Long-sought Diabetes Gene Found
...w Avenues Of Research, Clinical Intervention Two interacting genes, both unlikely suspects as a cause of adult-onset diabetes, have now been convicted. Mutations of either gene trigger an early-onset form of this extremely prevalent disease, report research teams based at the University of Chicagos Howard Hugh...Disease Resistance Mechanism Identified in Plants
...ts of the resistance and the avirulence genes were interacting directly. "These findings set the stage to allow us to genetically engineer disease-resistant crops," Brian Staskawicz, a biologist at UC-Berkeley concludes....Mechanism For Disease Resistance Identified In Plants
...ts of the resistance and the avirulence genes were interacting directly. "These findings set the stage to allow us to genetically engineer disease-resistant crops," Brian Staskawicz, a biologist at UC-Berkeley concludes....Bigger Biology Tackled Through Keyboards
...tch yours,"Hastings said. Different strategies for interacting (cooperating for mutualgain or competing for advantage) can be put into mathematical terms andrun through a computer to determine the results of each strategy over time. Computational biologists begin to understand these kinds of problems bybuilding...Ozone 'Chat Room' Provides Real-Time Air-Quality Research
...on is that we can establish a virtual community of interacting people without having to be at a specific place," Husar says. "This is a dream come true for an environmental engineer -- to express your viewpoints and research and participate in something that has substantial meaning for the American public, all ...Genetic Risk Factors For Anorexia Nervosa Sought
...stlikely finding, Berrettini says, is that several interacting susceptibilitygenes are involved. Treatments available for anorexia are limited in their long-termeffectiveness, and patients are prone to relapse. Berrettini suggests thatimproved therapies might be one eventual result of the discovery of...Salve From Serpents? UD Studies May Explain Why Viper-Venom Protein Stops Tumor Spread In Mice
...is far less effective at preventingfibrinogen from interacting with integrins, and can't prevent melanoma cellmetastasis. Echistatin also interacts with receptors on blood vessel walls--atrick that eristostatin has not mastered. "We want to learn what structuraldifferences allow echistatin to be promiscuous, bin...Candidate Regulator Of The Temporal Component Of Neurotransmitter Release Identified
... oluble N SF- a ttachment p rotein SNAP, from interacting with NSF in vitro. To elucidate the consequences of perturbed NSF-function for an intact synapse, inhibitory peptides were then injected into the nerve terminal of a squid giant axon preparation, in a series of experiments performed at th...Concerns For Australian Sea Lion
...sion by adult males, direct human harassment or by interacting with fishing gear. Another possibility, says Dr Shaughnessy, is that sea lions may be facing stronger competition for food from their cousin, the New Zealand fur seal, whose numbers are increasing on Kangaroo Island at an annual rate of around ......es taken from thestressed hamsters while they were interacting with other hamsters. They alsohope to determine if other chemicals are involved in the behavior changes andwhether the chemical alterations are reversible. Delville is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, an organization ofmore than 27...Purdue Finding May Snuff Out The Sniffles
...rhinovirus has deep crevices or canyons capable of interacting with the finger-like projections of the ICAM-1 receptor," Rossmann says. "The virus probably has adapted itself to be able to attach to this particular molecule in humans, so that they fit exactly, similar to a lock and key." As the virus attaches to...Seeing Blue-Yellow Color Perception For The First Time
...exacting model, we cannow isolate and identify the interacting circuitry between layers of theretina." The findings of Sterling's group also provide clues to the neuralprocesses at work in red-green vision -- the additional, complementarycolor-vision system that is found in all Old World primates, including hum...Denatured Proteins Rescued By Trio Of Chaperones
...resented by denatured proteins toprevent them from interacting and forming a blob, and they do. But now we haveshown that at least one heat shock protein, namely Hsp104, has the ability torescue proteins that have already aggregated. This ability is essential to thesurvival of cells facing extreme heat." ...Soil Variation Important In Natural Plant Communities
...ely homogeneous throughout the root systems of the interacting plants.Models that make this homogeneous assumption predict one species will eventuallyout-compete all others. Yet natural plant communities are rich in species,partly because soil properties vary dramatically across small distances. At the ...Study Shows First Significant Genetic Evidence For Schizophrenia Susceptibility
...le.) Untreatedschizophrenics usually have trouble interacting with others, holding jobs orcaring for themselves. Patients with variations of the disease, such asschizoaffective disorder, may show many of these signs, but may also suffer frommood problems such as depression or mania. This study was fun...New Rehabilitative Device Combines Form And Function For Children With Mobility Impairments
...rightening to small children andprevents them from interacting with others. Many impaired children spendthree or four hours a day in a prone stander, and that is a long time tobe separated from playmates. By positioning children just a few inches off the ground, Tierney's"peer-level" prone stander allows them to...Evidence Appears Strong To Bolster Concept Of Co-Evolution, Scientists Say
...s the process of reciprocal evolutionary change in interacting species. They noted that plants produce chemicals...evolutionary responses are reciprocalbetween these interacting species. This work also indicates how quickly plantscan respond genetically to insect-causeddamage."...NCAR Team Tags 'Imported' Pollutants Over The Pacific Northwest
...odel allowed theteam to account for the effects of interacting winds, precipitation, andclouds on that chemistry. This integrated modeling allowed them tocalculate the amount of sulfate aerosols formed or removed in any givenregion. By tagging the sulfates in the climate simulations by sourceregion, the team cou...Molecular Control Mechanism Of Embryonic Development Unraveled
... with one another to control development. Pbx1, by interacting with Hox proteins, is able to control theexpression of many different types of proteins, says Wolberger. "Understanding how they interact with partner proteins such as Pbx1 and with DNA is key to knowledge of the mechanism by which a developing orga...Protein Adultery Revealed!: Mechanism Of Protein Folding Captured In Computer Simulation
...nvestigators tracked two highly simplifiedproteins interacting on a grid during millions of computerized trials. Theyfound it was the apparently random positioning of water-loving (hydrophilic)molecules in a protein that prevents water-hating molecules (hydrophobic,possessors of the dominant folding force) from ...