New Vaccine Blocks Viral Entry In Cattle, May Have Implications For Human Vaccines
...hough there is encouraging new evidence that drugs might eliminate the Human Immunodeficiency Virus from individuals with AIDS, animals and humans do not eliminate herpes viruses once they have become infected. The immune system suppresses these viruses, which hide in the body and can become active again d...Project Shows Native Bacteria Can Destroy Widespread Pollutant In Groundwater
...as concern, for example, that the bacterial growth might become thick enough around the injection wells tha...ctiveness of the bacteria at degrading the toluene might lessen over time. So McCarty and his colleagues began looking for a site for a full-scale test. One ...Emory Researchers Advance Gene Therapy Studies For Metastatic Melanoma Treatment
...lanoma tumors directly, the researchers believe it might be used to effectively treat advanced cases of mel...rowing, calling for a more aggressive therapy than might a more gradual growth. For example, Drs. Ansel and Armstrong have recently completed a study usin...Munching Microbes Make A Meal Out Of Toxic Substances
...types of toxic chemicals in the soil, and how they might be used in bioremediation efforts. Nies and his students have taken samples from the contaminated site and are trying to determine the behavioral characteristics of microbes in the soil. "There's some interesting environmental chemistry happening her...Everyday Technology Underlies First DNA Computer Logic Gates
...in an end-to-end orientation -- much as two Legos might be fastened end-to-end by a third Lego stuck on t...first to seriously consider whether DNA computers might be used for problems now routinely done by electronic computers, and to emulate the way electronic ...Newly Identified Tomato Gene Appears Key To Fruit Softening
...similar to the growth-related cellwall degradation might be occurring during fruit softening, but they were...destructionby enzymes in the plant cell wall. "It might be possible to turn off the gene in any fruit such astomatoes, strawberries or bananas, which underg...Early Tests Indicate Motor Skills Unharmed In Consumers Of Tainted Fish
...ies (planning and attention). "We thought that we might see reduced motor function," shesaid. "At this point, however, it doesn't look like it. We've onlylooked at two of a large number of tests that we have yet to analyze. We'veidentified one aspect of nervous system function that seems not to be affecte...Natural Shelters on Leaves House Plant Bodyguards
...ged by spider mites, so we're hopeful that domatia might beintroduced to commercial varieties through tradi...ngineering." The researchers suspect that domatia might be helpful in controllingspider mite populations, not only in cotton, but also in almonds, walnuts,c...Purdue-Made Soil Benefits The Environment
...applications," Mikesell explains. "For example, we might come up with four or five types of soil or soil additives, some suitable for plants used for reclamation, and some more suitable for landscaping vegetation." The Soilermaker project is funded in part by the Indiana Department of Commerce. Sources: ...Summer Science: Firefly Babies Advertise Their Bitter Taste, UD Researchers Say
... researchers have speculated that youngerspecimens might use light cues for survival, rather than reproduction. Withoutlaboratory evidence to support the theory, however, the messages sent by fireflylarvae have remained a mystery--until now. With graduate student Todd J. Underwood and John D. Pesek, an ass...Better Peroxidase Improves Disease Diagnosis
...ish peroxidase. He suspected that the medical kits might work better if they were made with the soy peroxidase. Preliminary tests confirmed his suspicions. For further confirmation, Vierling sent samples of soybean peroxidase to John Morrow, a professor at Texas Tech University's Health Science Center in L...Stopping "Cellular Suicide" Could Boost Production In Biotech Labs
...o return. Instead of dyingafter twodays, our cells might live for six or seven days, makingpharmaceuticals for alonger period of time." In his initial experiments, Betenbaugh has more than doubled thelife-span of some biotech lab cells. Thus far, however, each ofthese hardiercells has not produced as much ...Evolutionary Advantage Found For Sex
... is one of the great mysteries of evolution. This might be anexplanation for why we turned out to be sexual and why we evolved to have twoparents instead of just cloning ourselves." Genetically speaking, sexuality is more than a little messy, Zeyladmits. Why go to the trouble of disrupting such pr...Progress In Prion Research: Three-Dimensional Structure Of Prion Protein Fully Uncovered
...hat the newly decoded part of theprotein structure might play an important role in the conversion of the no...). This newly decoded part ofthe protein structure might play an important role in the conversion of thenormal prion protein into its disease-inducing varian...Newly Discovered Human Protein Provides Important Target For Cancer Therapy
...rmal cells. "This suggeststhat hEST2 expression might underlie the activation of telomerase that occursduring cellular immortalization," Dr. Meyerson says. "Blocking hEST2 expressionor activity could halt or slow the progression of malignant tumors." In fact, say Meyerson and Counter, the fou......oing so because she isafraid her insurance company might cancel her policy, raise herrates, or consider bre...g condition. "Oncethis information gets out, there might be other people interestedin it," Zallen said. An expert in genetic technologies and bioethicsin me...Vitamin C Deficit Linked To Skin Disease
...ve ironoverload -- which itself causes problems -- might cause heart damage," saidSinclair. "What we hope to do now is determine whether vitamin C is effective inpreventing porphyrin accumulation in patients and whether such treatment issafe." In addition to Peter Sinclair, the research team included Nadia...Oak Regeneration In Some Ohio Forests Is Failing, Researchers Find
...ts we arestudying," McCarthy says. "Repeated fires might provide oak with a window ofopportunity in which i... the maples in the midstory of these forests, they might stand a chanceof getting to the overstory." For this study, McCarthy, Ohio University gradua...Oaks' Defenses Help Gypsy Moth Caterpillar Fend Off Virus
...theinteraction of caterpillar, oak tree and virus, might eventually lead to acontrol method.......ck said motorists cruising with their windows down might get a whiff of the compost after it's dumped from trucks, but once it's spread, the odor dissipates quickly and no one has complained. In field studies along an interstate in Broward County and a four-lane in Hernando County, the researchers are stud...