New Cancer Switch Discovered By Duke Medical Center Pharmacologists
... of the Leukemia Society of America. She is also a member of the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, which is supported by the National Cancer Institute. Cortez is a graduate student in the department of molecular cancer biology. The researchers made their discoveries studying an abnormal gene called BCR-ABL,...Second Breast Cancer Gene Located
... in the discovery of both breast cancer genes. Asa member of the Skolnick team, he cloned BRCA1 last year. "The Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center is very pleased to have beena part of the international efforts that discovered both of the breast cancergenes," said Dr. O. Michael Colvin, director of t...Children Become Gorillas In VR Zoo
..., which puts them into a real gorilla habitat as a member of agorilla family. The demonstrations were in the Ford African RainForest's Gorillas of the Cameroon Interpretive Center, against thebackdrop of the home of Zoo Atlanta's most famous gorilla, Willie B. In the future, researchers hope to create a pr...Duke Researchers Find Second Gene Linked To Blood Vessel Disorder
...ort space of time," said Marchuk,an advisory board member of the HHT Foundation, a patient advocate group."Give us a few more years to get this unraveled and we may yet finda clue that could lead to treatment." Other contributors from Duke include Jonathan Berg, Melanie Baldwin, CarolGallione, Timothy Ste...Mutate Or Die: New Polymerase Gives Desperate Yeast An Option
...own disease. The enzyme, dubbed "zeta," is a member of the first neweukaryotic DNA polymerase family to be discovered in about a decade and is the first polymerase whose purpose is toallow an organism to tolerate , rather than fix or discard, damaged DNA. Unlike other polymerases, which eitherrefuse ...Cooking And Salad Oils Could Lubricate Cars, Boats, Machines
...bout two years ago, is a volunteer faculty member at Penn State. The Penn State Tribology Group, which studies the lubrication of moving surfaces, is the only chemistry-focused tribology group in the U.S....Genetic Alterations Linked To Cancer In Some Blood Samples
... to this research. Dr. Sidransky also serves as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board and has stock options in OncorMed, Inc., an Oncor subsidiary, which is commercializing some of Oncor's technology. The terms of this agreement have been reviewed and approved by the University in accordance with its ...'Juliet' Evades Primate Center Expedition
...ffort will continue, said Glander, with expedition member CharlieWelch, who lives in Madagascar, returning to the Forest de la Gare areain late November. "Since we found that the lemurs grew more wary the longer we were there,Charlie will spend only two or three days at a time in the forest,"Glander said. ...Siblicide In Nature: Study Of Galapagos Seabird Finds Death Can Ensure Species Survival
... parental interest in offspring," said Anderson, a member of the Wake Forest faculty since 1992 and reviewer for the National Geographic Society, National Science Foundation and several journals. "Parents that care for their kids raise the most kids and spread their genes most rapidly. However, in masked b...Bog Beetle, Misidentified For 85 Years, Is 'Discovered' At Cornell
... The article was authored by Leibherr and Will. A member of the ground beetle family, Platynus indecentis now joins more than 2,600 other beetles species found in North America, north of Mexico, including 60 introduced from other parts of the world. Through study of specimens from museums in the northeaste...Vietnamese Chemist Finds New Use For Old Cashew Shells
...s known worldwide for his polymer researchand is a member of UC's Polymer Research Center. Vu was workingas a research chemist in Hanoi before coming to UC to work on herdoctoral degree. The goal of the research project is to find readily availablenatural products which can be used to improve the properties...Fund Aims To Repay Developing Nations For Valuable Genes
... for AIDS-related research that was obtainedfrom a member of the tiny Hagahai tribe in Papua New Guinea. Both caseshave raised charges of "biopiracy" and "genetic colonialism"from those championing the rights of developing countries and indigenouspeoples. "Although a lot of the genes used in biotechnology ...New Study Shows Steps Leading To Colon Cancer
...merican and Northwestern universities. Peifer, a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, also has a commentary in Friday's (March 21) issue of Science in which he discusses closely related papers on colon and skin cancer appearing in that journal. "Science and detective fiction share m......ug therapies based on the UW discovery. Katze is a member of the company's scientific advisory board. ...key component of interferon response called PKR, a member of an important family of enzymes called protein kinases. Katze and his team found that the ...Newly Identified Tomato Gene Appears Key To Fruit Softening
...ional Academyof Sciences . The gene, LeExp1, is a member of a family of genes formerly shown tocoordinate production of proteins appropriately named "expansins."These expansin proteins, identified so far in cucumbers, rice, tomatoesand the research plant Arabidopsis, work by loosening the plant cell wallsa...Coming Extinction Of One Of UK's Most Minuscule Plants Yields Information On Climate Change
...egarded as a relic from the last glaciation. As a member of our arctic alpine flora it is unusual in that i...ttle competition from other species. It is a small member of the Dock family with large specimens being 4 cms high with tiny greenish flowers about 3 mm acros...The American Phytopathological Society Announces 1997 Awards
...APS grants the Fellowsdesignation to a current APS member in recognition of distinguishedcontributions to plant pathology or to the Society. Mark Gleason, Iowa State University, is presented the Excellence in ExtensionAward. C. W. Mims, University of Georgia, will receive the Excellence inTeaching of Plan...New Gene May Intensify Breast Cancer Growth
...human tissue. AIB1 is the most recently identified member of agene family known as SRC-1 (steroid receptor c...tzer, the senior author of the paper, and afaculty member of the NHGRI's Division of Intramural Research, at the NIH. The finding is too new to have an immedi...Female Adolescents Need Calcium During 'Window Of Opportunity'
...stablish the new calcium requirements. Weaver is a member of the committee's panel that is looking at bone-related maturity and the related nutritional requirements. "This paper provides the model for setting the nutritional guidelines," Weaver says. In 1989 the Recommended Dietary Allowance for calcium for......s and bioethicsin medicine, Zallen has served as a member of the NIH RecombinantDNA Advisory Committee and the Subcommittee on Human Gene Therapy.She works to develop policies and guidelines for human-geneticsresearch and its clinical applications. While tests are available for many disordersand can provid...