Gene Knockout Prolongs Ovarian Lifespan In Mice
... Bax was first cloned by Stanley Korsmeyer, MD, a member of theresearch team who also produced the Bax-knockout mice. Korsmeyer was with theHoward Hughes Medical Institute at Washington University School of Medicine inSt. Louis while this study was conducted and is now at the Dana-Farber CancerInstitute in...Household Fungus Contributes To "Sick Building Syndrome"
... a professor at North Dakota StateUniversity and a member of the American Phytopathological Society. "Over thepast 20 years in North America, evidence has accumulated implicating this fungusas a serious problem in water damaged homes and buildings." Since plantpathologists and mycologists have a wealth of e...Largest Acoustics Meeting In History Expected
...h more than 8500 individual members. One of these member societies is Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Akustik--the German Acoustical Society. BERLIN NEWS CONFERENCES AND EVENTS From Monday-Wednesday, March 15-17, we will offer a series of news conferences in English, the language designated for the meeting. ...Scientists Discover Key Cog In Receptor That Governs Ripening
...'s work has been in a plantknown as Arabidopsis, a member of the mustard family and a relative of broccolith...sin a strain of blue-green algae, Synechocystis, a member of a class of organismsthat are among the oldest known. Fossil evidence for such primitivephotosynth...Cedars-Sinai Scientists Localize New Ataxia/Epilepsy Gene
...edars-Sinai Medical Center, and Raji Grewal, MD, a member of the Department ofNeurology at the USC School of Medicine. The study was supported by grants from the National Institute of NeurologicalDiseases and Stroke, the Joseph Drown Foundation, and the Carmen and LouisWarschaw Endowment for Neurology....The President's Coral Reef Task Force Meets On March 5-6
...ed to address the global coral reefcrisis. As a member of the media you are invited to attend the meeting as well asparticipate in additional activities designed to give reporters a first-handlook at the problems facing coral reef ecosystems. Additionally, on March 4, prior to the CRTF meeting, the Cente...Variations In The Human Homologue Of A Fruit Fly Gene Are Associated With Mood And Panic Disorders
...ruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) white gene is a member of theATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter superfamily and is involved in thecellular uptake of tryptophan. Its human homologue gene (hW) has beenmapped to chromosome 2lq22.3. Tryptophan is the precursor for theneurotransmitter serotonin, which has...Fungal Disease Threatens Global Banana Production
...lant pathologist with the Universityof Florida and member of the American Phytopathological Society. "In suchenvironments, black Sigatoka severely damages banana leaves and reduces aplant's ability to capture the sun's energy. As a consequence, fruit productioncan be reduced by 50% or more. Black Sigatoka a...Heavy Traffic At The Nuclear Pore: How Proteins And RNA Leave The Cell Nucleus
...as-related protein in the nucleus. This protein is member of a large family ofGuanosine Triphosphate(GTP)-binding proteins which behave as molecular switches:receipt of a signal switches them from an inactive to an active state; theypersist in that active state until some other process switches them off. Th...Aldo Leopold Leadership Program Selects First Cohort
...e National Science Foundation--and include aformer member of the U.S. Senate. "This year's cohort of 20 outstanding environmental scientists are committed toa more effective flow of information at all levels--locally, nationally, andinternationally," Lubchenco said. "We're very grateful to the David and Lu...New Drug Shown Effective Against Vancomycin-Resistant Bacteria
...l antibiotics, includingvancomycin. Linezolid is a member of a new class of antibacterial drugs calledoxazolidinones that are chemically unrelated to currently used antibiotics yethave enhanced activity against gram-positive bacteria, including enterococcithat are resistant to vancomycin, a potent antibioti...Bullying Behavior: Blame It On Bad Genes?
... boys and girls and may be quitedifferent for each member of a twin pair. The authors of the study say their work will lead toward identificationof specific genes associated with aggressive and non-aggressive antisocialbehavior and the biological pathways involved. They cite the potential role ofn...Important New Fossil Animal Discovered By Wits Scientists
...g with him on fieldtrips for many years. The other member of the team that made the findwas Dr Johann Welman... of a sheep-sized animal that is the mostprimitive member yet found of a group of plant-eaters on theevolutionary line to mammals. Called Anomodonts (an-om-o-...... participation of thesefamilies," says Stanford, a member of the Hutchinson Center's Division of PublicHealt...nter and theUW," says Ostrander, also an associate member of the Hutchinson Center'sClinical Research Division. "It works because everyone contributes somethi...New Gene May Help Scientists Understand More About How the Body Grows
...eadInstitute. The derrière gene is a new member of a large family of genes called TGF-b thatplays ...nt andcancer. Scientists were surprised to find a member of a familiar gene familyperforming an unfamiliar function-- inducing normal posterior development i...CU Research Team Unravels Mystery Of Larceny Among Tropical Ant Species
...unication tools of ants and bees, Breedsaid. Each member of an ant or bee colony appears to carry a distinct aromafrom a colony-specific hydrocarbon compound on their bodies -- an evolutionarystrategy that alerts colony members to interlopers trying to gain entry to theirnest. Unlike most ant and bee guard...Abgenix Reports Encouraging Preclinical Results With ABX-EGF In Cancer Research
...mportantly, eradicates established tumors. Another member of the EGFr family, Her-2, is the target for a monoclonalantibody currently being marketed by Genentech, Inc. for treatment of breast cancer. With cancer cells, expression of EGFr is significantly increased, whichincreases growth stimuli and causes c...A Bacterium Can Help Slow Global Warming
...l novelty in two ways," says Werner Liesack, ateam member from the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology inMarburg. It is unrelated to other methane-eating bacteria, and it thrives inacidic conditions. Although most of the bacteria that produce methane live in acidicwetlands in the nort...New Polyester Products Perform Better And Are Easy To Recycle
...stones inPolyesters" symposium. Long is a faculty member in the chemistry department at Virginia Tech. Co-authoris James R. Bradley of Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, Tenn. The researchefforts were funded by Eastman Chemical Company, Polymer Research Division....Viral Harpoon Structure Suggests Measles, HIV And Ebola Viruses Related
...etzky, Kent Bakerand Rebecca Dutch were studying a member of the paramyxovirus family, whichincludes the viruses that cause measles, mumps and respiratory syncytial viralinfection (RSV) – a leading cause of hospitalization in young children.Other paramyxoviruses cause croup, pneumonia and bronchitis in...