Second Breast Cancer Gene Located
.... "Butit makes it more important than ever that we learn how to counsel womenabout their options and how to develop clinics to provide support servicesfor the women who may carry breast cancer genes." As with BRCA1, the researchers said they expect that women who inheritBRCA2 may have up to an 85 ...Children Become Gorillas In VR Zoo
...ution of conflict, one of the many things kids can learn fromgorillas as a result of this partnership," she added. Funding for the project comes from Zoo Atlanta and Georgia Tech's EduTechInstitute. The Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center providedvirtual reality and computer resources. Conservat...Hawaiian Whales Show 'No Overt Response' To Sounds Of ATOC Simulation
...pe generated by ATOC. "There's so much we need to learn about whales, especially about their sensitivity and response to sounds," Frankel commented. "Unfortunately, you can't just call a sperm whale into the lab, put on a set of earphones and give it a hearing test. So we're proceeding very cautiousl...Duke Ecologist Says Logging Is Creating 'Mahogany Deserts'
...ll not be converted topasture or agriculture." To learn how to regenerate mahogany, Snook began studying the trees growingwithin a model forestry project called Plan Piloto Forestal in QuintanaRoo on Mexico's Yucatán peninsula. She found that mahogany trees there were sparsely dispersed among othe...Major Plant Genome Research Project Underway
...r identified in a flowering plant. What scientists learn from the study of Arabidopsis genes will be immediately applicable to economically important plant species, according to Mary Clutter, NSF assistant director for biological sciences, and will lead to the creation of new and improved plants and plan......dition to the ones the scouts had discovered -- to learn how recruits find their way to the new food sources without the scouts to guide them. More often than not, the recruits ignored the alternative food sources and followed routes to the roots their scouts had found. The recruits may be following the s......use children are suddenly motivated and excited to learn thelabel for every animal, every toy." The research was part of the MacArthur Longitudinal Twin Studyfunded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, a long-termstudy now in its 12th year that provides one of the largest and mostc...Scientists Identify Gene For Sexual Behavior In Male Flies
...tarting point for a whole hostof other studies, to learn how sexual behavior and sexual orientationare specified by genes and controlled by the nervous system," Wassermansaid. "Our data so far suggest that fru is involved in interactionsbetween a handful of specific brain cells that in some way direct th...ORNL Mice Helping Researchers Isolate, Identify Causes Of Cancer
...laborators to trace the mouse gene in an effort to learn thecause of the human disease. Justice and colleagues identified the diseasegene in mice and used the mouse gene to identify the human gene. Thisinformation has led to the discovery of the cause of clinical symptoms inhumans. Because of the genetic s...The CIA Would Like To Know What Scientists Are Seeing Over The Rainbow
...about one phone call a day from people who want to learn the technique," he says, anticipating the technology will be common in diagnostic and research laboratories in the coming years....Birds Deal With "Cocktail Party Effect"
...ture to it. And I picked starlings becausethey can learn to mimic other sounds, even sounds like humanspeec...rentwork on the cocktail party effect, designed to learn whetherbirds havethe ability to pay selective attention to one sound that occurssimultaneously with ...Learning From Birds And Bees: Engineers Study Insects For Ideas On Tiny "Micro Air Vehicles"
...t motion in an aircraft thissmall. We may have to learn from insects and birds." Beyond basic aerodynamic techniques, severe weight restrictionsdemand new types of flight controls, power sources, propulsion systemsand avionics to fit within the 50 grams (two ounces) allowed for thevehicle and its payload...New Study Shows Steps Leading To Colon Cancer
... flies," the UNC-CH biologist said. "If we want to learn how our own cells operate, it is a lot easier and faster to do that in fruit flies than in humans or even mice." The research published in Science involved Peifer's colleagues in the Netherlands as well as scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical In...NIH Team Discovers Endocrine Tumor Gene
...ts for those with normal MEN1 genes. They hope to learn from MEN1 and its protein product, called menin , how endocrine tumors and cancers grow. The discovery also provides a target for the design of drugs to prevent or treat both benign and malignant endocrine tumors. The MEN1 gene, a tumor suppressor ...Newly Discovered Human Protein Provides Important Target For Cancer Therapy
...cell culture--theybecome immortalized. We want to learn how cancer cells regenerate telomerasefunction and, at a more fundamental level, how all cells switch telomerase offand on." Ideal Target for Chemotherapy The telomerase enzyme is a complex structure containing multipleproteins and an RNA m...Experts: Public Will Accept Irradiation In Wake Of Meat Recall
...t consumers will accept food irradiation when they learn about it and taste irradiated food." She also says the recent E.coli outbreak may push along the approval process for irradiation of red meat. Pauli says the petition for irradiation of all red meat was received in July 1994. Since then, the petiti...Molecular Piracy Turns Protein Into Traitor
...anding how the virus made this antagonist, we will learn lessons which will help us in the design of our own drugs. The virus has given us a substantial lesson in the rules of drug design", said Dr Tim Wellsof the Glaxo Wellcome Geneva Institute of Biomedical Research. vMIP-II is the only known molecule t...Study Sheds Light On Behavior Of Middle-Age 'Undertaker' Bees
... the olderforagers, who get more efficient as they learn what flowers are producingnectar at what time. Not only did undertakers not improve in efficiency,Trumbo said, they also got in each other's way and slowed their efficiency. Robinson had shown previously that some bees are genetically inclinedto be...Further Proof That An Altered Rb-2/p130 Gene Leads To Lung Cancer
... using Rb-2/p130 protein as a tumor marker to learn when patients have developed lung cancer. Lung cancer is notoriously difficult to treat. The earlier the disease can be diagnosed, the better the chances are of providing helpful treatment. "The goal is provide early diagnosis to m......on land. Solittle research exists that anything we learn will help." Macdonell identified more than 50 species of invertebrates and is nowpiecing together their activity patterns. She's found that populations aredifferent between streams and lakes, for example, so determining where deathoccurred, if it's i...