Researchers solve the mystery of a key structure in immune system cells
...m, depending on the situation. "Together our three labs discovered that this structure is an adaptive control device, that is, it enhances the sensitivity of T-cells to antigen, but beyond a threshold it cuts off signaling to prevent T-cell death," explains Dr. Chakraborty. "We only realized this with t...A realistic way to save rainforests
...act rainforest." Why should drug companies set up labs and hire staff in developing nations? "They collaborate all the time with academic scientists and small biotech firms in the developed world," says Coley. "If the capability exists in developing nations, such research could be done there, perhaps at...Tufts University wins $25-million NIH contract
...es." UMass Dartmouth - which has one of two major labs in the U.S. involved with comprehensive research on botulinum neurotoxin production - will triple its existing 3,500-square-foot laboratory to accommodate the new center's mission to develop botulism treatments and design diagnostic strategies....$9.4 million NSF grant backs UCSB-led effort in bio-image informatics
...einstein means "by person" and "by eye." Research labs throughout the world are generating vast quantities of photographic images of cells and tissues. Those representations are currently analyzed via the researchers' eyes looking at the images. According to the winning proposal, "Next Generation Bio-Mo...Purdue team solves structure of West Nile virus
...sed of researchers from Kuhn's lab, as well as the labs of Michael Rossmann and Timothy Baker, has describ...m and Paul R. Chipman, who are associated with the labs of Rossmann and Kuhn. The group is part of the Markey Center for Structural Biology, which consists ...'Timeless' gene found to play key role as timekeeper in mammals
... differences in timeless RNA expression. The other labs had not. The research in Gillette's lab, led by Je...opment in mammals but not to the clock. "The other labs had targeted their reagents at the end of the gene where changes in only full-length timeless are di...Study offers new insight into Rett Syndrome
...layer in Rett Syndrome. The Greenberg and Jaenisch labs began collaborating to learn how these two molecules interacted. Jaenisch's lab supplied mouse neuron cells, and Greenberg's group provided similar cells taken from rats. Everything researchers knew about MeCP2 led the team to expect that once the...High school students to analyze plant genes for national project
... until-now latent potential of high school science labs to provide answers concerning the roles played by the 25,500 genes of the "white mouse" of the plant world, Arabidopsis thaliana. "The students will be doing a first-pass analysis," said Erin Dolan, outreach director for Virginia Tech's Fralin Biotec...Role in Type 1 diabetes provides clue for researchers who discovered 'obesity gene'
...esearch continues in the Lernmark lab and in other labs across the country about the effect of GAD2 on diabetes....US crackdown on bioterror backfiring
...ist or natural, are being destroyed simply because labs cannot comply with the new rules. The climate of f...rorist activity. New Scientist has been told that labs in one state are no longer reporting routine incidents of animals poisoned with ricin, a deadly toxi...$51 million research facility, classroom complex breaks ground at UH
...of the building facilitates interaction, featuring labs upon labs with no walls to isolate them. Of benefit for the entire university will be a two-story classroom w...Diversity: What people, grain sorghum have in common
...Klein, Klein and Mullet will train Sexton in their labs at Texas A&M. Sexton, in turn, will train HCC stud...lection, using funds from the grant to help set up labs at HCC. The sorghum team also will give guest lectures to Sexton's classes in Houston, and the Inter...Easily paralyzed flies provide clues to neurodegeneration
...gene. Using the Drosophila gene as a probe, other labs have now cloned the corresponding genes in many ot...ntricular fibrillation and sudden death. Dozens of labs worldwide are now investigating Herg and the potassium channel protein it encodes. Such disco...Tools from the Human Genome Project reveal a versatile microbe
...ting as a biocatalyst to produce hydrogen, several labs in Europe and the U.S. are exploring this possibility. "What makes this bacterium particularly good as a biocatalyst is that it is never energy-limited as long as you can shine enough light on it," Harwood said. "The process of hydrogen production r...EGFR: A molecular lab rat let loose in systems biology
...systems. Going on five decades now, biologists in labs around the world, not unlike motorheads under the hood with carburetors and plugs, have plucked out and examined every conceivable component of the EGFR network. Along comes systems biology, shiny-new and bursting with promise, outfitted with high-p......s normally used to grow flu vaccine. Instead, the labs used a technique called "reverse engineering", which involves using genetic sequences called plasmids. The reverse engineering patent, however, is held by the biotech company Medimmune of Gaithersburg, Maryland, and the plasmids used are patented by ...European Virtual Institute for Genome Annotation receives 12 million Euro
...he same time to help users located in experimental labs to keep up with the developments in the field," explains Anna Tramontano, who will coordinate the school's activities. "The network will provide extensive training at all levels, from basic courses for experimentalists to more advanced training for b...'Elves' makes protein crystallography easier
...e of the genome data now flowing out of sequencing labs around the world. Having a gene sequence, however, is far from understanding its function - for that, scientists need to know how the protein produced by the gene folds up into a compact ball, and how that ball's surface interacts with the outside wo...Molecular level discovery could play role in development of new antibiotics
...n pursuing such activity for six years. Many other labs have tried since the late 1980s, when the genes involved in nisin's biosynthetic pathway were sequenced, but efforts to make analogs in vitro had failed. Lantibiotics are ribosomally synthesized and modified into a bacteria-fighting form after transl...Dazzling new light source opens at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
... scientists from academic, industry and government labs (based on peer-reviewed proposals). The original SPEAR ring, built for particle physics programs at SLAC, yielded two Nobel prizes as well as fertile ground for innovating synchrotron techniques and making important discoveries. SPEAR3 is a complete ...