K-State Researchers Study Pest Resistance Management
...he Bt toxins that we used are not identical to the material expressed inintact transgenic plants," Higgins said. "Because they are in a different form,it is also not possible to compare the level of toxin in a transgenic corn plantwith that used in our laboratory study." The researchers said it is important t...Fullerene-Based Materials Clear From Tissue, Go To The Bone
...organs or kill cancerous tumors. They injected the material into mice and ratsand observed where it went, how ...rk and be cleared from the body," Wilson says. The material cleared from theblood, it was not toxic, and it was specifically attracted to bone tissue. Thesequal......ong with the receptor and its vitalcargo. All this material becomes enveloped as the clathrin lattice folds into asphere. "The cell has figured out how to regulate the input of nutrients, hormones andother vital molecules," Brodsky says. "Central to that process is clathrin'scapacity to first form a cage to...Magnetic Fluids More Complex Than Previously Thought
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...ne will permanently integrate into a cell'sgenetic material and, in effect, becomes a drug-production factory. Normally,the liver manufactures the FVIII protein. The first protocol patient was treated at the UPMC's General ClinicalResearch Center, a federally supported unit with special capabilities ...Massive pollution documented over Indian Ocean
...lutioncontrol technologies remove much of the dark material and yield particles that are relatively brighter. Thus, the impact on climate processes of pollutionparticles stemming from Asia appears to be fundamentally different from thoseoriginating in the United States and Europe. The measurements taken in ...'Altered state' may be responsible for creating important brain chemicals
...er Richhas found that this altered form of genetic material is involved in someimportant biological activities, including creating proteins essential fornormal brain function. Rich's work is funded in part by the National ScienceFoundation (NSF). In the 1970s, when Rich and his colleagues solved for ...Findings suggest new oxygen-sensing application for material
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.... "The machinery that copies the cell's hereditary material (DNA) has a toughtime negotiating this part of the gene and frequently crashes." Scientists can go back to this "crash site" and investigate the scene of theaccident to reconstruct exactly how a cancer developed by looking at the DNA inthe region whe...A new coating material that emits virtually no volatileorganic compounds ...n organo-tin or organo-titanate catalyst to form a material that can be either a powder or liquid at room temperature. Once applied to a surface, the coa...Protein essential for making steroids turns out to be a "molten globule"
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..., thespotlight has been on myelin, the insulating material that sheaths nerve cellsin layers like a burrito wrap. In the disorders, the myelin sloughs off thesurface of the nerve cell and beneath it, the axon -- the elongated part of thecell that relays messages -- disintegrates. The new research fo...Divers may soon wax lyrical about some new hot installation -- The water's fine
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.... Until now, reliable diagnosis meant mailingplant material to UF labs, which often caused costly delays. "Basically, what we're doing is crunching down to zero all the time neededto communicate with each other," said Fedro Zazueta, director of informationtechnologies for UF. "The benefits will reach from con...Cellular espionage at play in post-menopausal osteoporosis
...theerosion/deposition process of a riverbank where material is removed and thendeposited once again. The osteoblasts give; osteoclasts take away. In balance,the two cell types actually promote healthy bone by maintaining a sort ofequilibrium. Osdoby, Sunyer and their Washington University collaborators -- ...Astrobiologist to hunt small game in Siberia
...hich could live in total darkness by eatingorganic material (called heterotrophic nutrition) rather than photosynthesis. "This is very important for studying the history of biology on our planet,"Abyzov continued, "and for the future of astrobiology. We are interested inusing Vostok Lake to develop methods fo...... are commonly used in science to transport genetic material from one cell to another. Kawaoka and his School of Veterinary Medicine research group introduced eight plasmids - one for each segment of flu RNA -- into a common line of cells used for research. They also introduced nine other plasmids into the c......e partner forfurther development of the transgenic material into publicly available ricebreeding lines. Rice plants do produce carotenoid compounds that are converted to vitamin A, butonly in the green parts of the plant and not in the component of rice grainconsumed by humans. Consequently VAD often occurs...