National Network Provides Update On Devastating Corn Disease
...reasons," says Patrick Lipps, plantpathologist and member of the NCR-25 Committee responsible for the updatedinformation. "We realized that hybrids responded similarly across environmentswhich tells us that hybrids with resistance to local fungal populations willhave a resistant reaction at other locations...Jellyfish Help To Make Sugar Smarter
...rking as it should," explains Dr Adrian Elliott, a member of a small team led by Dr. Christopher Grof that aims to understand sucrose metabolism. The jellyfish gene has other advantages - it is extremely quick to use compared with other gene markers, and enables scientists to check more samples for th......ant professor of microbiology andimmunology, and a member of Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center, and his colleaguesat the University of Texas in San Antonio, and at the University of Sheffield inEngland, have distinguished between potential mechanisms by which the FHIT geneworks in preventing cancer developm...Biggest Acoustics Meeting Ever
...ternational Commission on Acoustics, an affiliated member of theInternational Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP). The ASA is the largest scientific organizationin the United States devoted to acoustics, with nearly 7000 members. For the first time at an ASA meeting, we will operate a newsroom and of...ASU Scientists Join NASA Astrobiology Institute
...together theinvestigators and students at separate member institutions around the country. The NGI will alsobe used to facilitate the development of a variety of "virtual" institute activities to advanceresearch and education in astrobiology. Budget negotiations have not been completed yet, but NASA A...False Security: You Can't Always Believe The Results Of A Genetic Test
...ck Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and a member of Grody's team. Noll stresses that the survey did not distinguish between labs that tested commercially and those that tested for research purposes. Some of those testing for few mutations might be doing so as part of a research project, he ...University Of Cincinnati Biologists Find Evidence For Unusual DNA Repair InArchaea
...now very littleelse about the microbe or any other member of the archaea, the so-called third domain oflife. "We have amassed a lot of knowledge about the cellular functions of eukaryotic cellsand bacteria...then we get to the archaea which do not share many properties with the othergroups, and we know almo...Tiny Jamaican Tree Crab Made Big And Fast Evolutionary Leap, Scientists Discover
...dges, an evolutionary biologist atPenn State and a member of the research team. The tiny bromeliad crabs are lessthan an inch long and are thin enough to squeeze between the leaves at the baseof the bromeliad plant, where rainwater collects. The researchers say thesecrabs are by far the most attentive mot...Raymond Receives $113,000 NIH Grant To Support Cell Cycle Regulation Research
...y and molecular biology from Harvard University. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, she has received numerous grants and fellowships, including a postdoctoral fellowship from the American Cancer Society for research at the University of Washington. END News/Hirschmann Williams College is consistently ran...Researchers Discover Novel Gene Family Responsible For Pacemaker Activity In Brain And Heart
...artsch. The researchers reported the first member of this gene family inDecember 1997. A clue to the nature of the protein it encodes was that it included tworegions that are key features of known pacemaker channels. But the researcherscouldn't be certain that the gene encoded a pacemaker c...Ulcer-Causing Bacteria Found In Central Pa. Surface Water
...live H. pylori. The Penn State Harrisburg faculty member notes that "while we do not have conclusive evidence that the contaminated well water caused the woman's H. pylori infection, the possibility certainly exists." Baker emphasizes that the research to date has been limited to untreated water sour...New Medication Means New Choices For Families Dealing With Alzheimers Disease
...cisions is whether or not to treattheir ill family member with this relatively new drug, that doesn't stop thedisease, but slows the progression of the disease," says Paul Kettl, M.D.,associate professor of psychiatry and acting chair of psychiatry at Penn State.Kettl is also chief of psychiatry with the Pe...Chern Memorial Award Presented To Wistar Institute Postdoctoral Fellow
...and thus lead to cancer. Dr. Ching Jer Chern was a member of Wistar's scientific staff from 1974 untilhis death from cancer in 1987. The endowment that supports the award wasestablished in 1989 by Dr. Chern's widow, June, as a way of paying tribute toher husband's work at Wistar on the genetic basis of ca...Plant Pathologists Collaborate Worldwide To Combat Sorghum Ergot
...dy, plant pathologist atTexas A & M University and member of APS. "It's a time consuming process -- thatis why global cooperation with fungicidal control, host-plant resistance andecology of ergot is extremely important." An ongoing interchange and the latest ergot research findings will be featuredat the N...EPA And UC Researchers Find Bacteria That Can Destroy Giardia Cysts
...aduate student Stacy Pfaller. It turned outto be a member of the genus Flavobacterium . "This is an interesting group of microorganisms," said Kinkle,"which is able to degrade macromolecules such as cellulose andchitin. They also have a distinctive type of gliding motility." The Giardia cyst's outer laye...... in Sepulveda, Calif.; and Michael Kleinman, board member of thenon-profit Los Angeles-based Paralysis Project of America, which advances spinalresearch. Pressure Ulcers May Cause Amputation And Death According to Shoemaker, "People with spinal cord injuries are very susceptibleto skin breakdown and hence......logy, 25 May 1996, p 25). The substance, a member of a family of proteins called transforminggrowth factor-b, seems to orchestrate the repair of several types of tissue. Thecompany has established that OP-1 directs primordial stem cells to differentiateinto tissue that matches the damaged tissue. ...International Research Team Announces Discovery Of Two Species Of Feathered Dinosaurs
...tural History's Department of Ornithology and past member of the Gobiexpedition team. "The last decade has brought an avalanche of new discoveriesthat have made the evolutionary link between dinosaurs and birds indisputable,and have made it possible to begin to understand the evolution of the wing andfeath...Genetic Defect Protects Against Smoking
...rofessor in U of T's departmentof pharmacology and member of the biobehavioural research department at theCentre for Addiction and Mental Health. "In North America, where 30 per cent ofthe adult population smokes, this translates into about 7.5 million people whoare protected against smoking by carrying a ......said Dr. Brian Henderson, Pasarow Foundation board member andUSC professor of preventive medicine. "The awards reflect the Pasarow family'sstrong belief in the importance of medical research." This is the 11th year the foundation has honored cancer, cardiovascularand neuropsychiatric researchers. Th...