Poplar DNA code cracked -- a step in combating global warming?
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... and turns it into other useful products that have more value than the crops themselves. It gives farmers one more way to market what they grow." Tech's biochemical engineering initiative also has received major equ...Microbes eat their way to better concrete
...ial that is environmentally safer and economically more feasible than the currently available synthetic se...c engineering to create microbes that produce even more metabolic byproducts. The researchers will put the microbes through a wide range of concrete perform......ing as simply "M304," but "Lance Armstrong" may be more descriptive as the young male embarked on a six-week journey that covered some 550 miles within three western states. The results of the study are published in the latest issue of the journal Northwest Science. The WCS scientists had equipped the ...Scientists discover potential new way to control drug-resistant bacteria
...ontinuing to study this genetic mechanism to learn more about its biochemical properties and to determine whether higher forms of life have similar classes of genes. He believes that, in time, they will be able to use the knowledge gleaned from this discovery to generate proteins in the laboratory that wi...Joslin Diabetes Center honors brothers living 70-plus years with type 1 diabetes
...rald Cleveland with Joslin Medals for their living more than 70 years each with insulin-dependent diabetes...NY, will honor Robert Cleveland, who has lived for more than 78 years with type 1 diabetes, and his brother Gerald Cleveland, who has lived for 72 years wit...A novel, safer strategy for regulating gene expression
...wo, and the researchers tweaked it to make it even more efficient. Next, they identified two compounds that strongly inhibit ribozyme self-cutting, and showed that they could be used to turn on ribozyme-containing genes in mammalian cells, inducing the cells to make the desired protein. Finally, they pr...$7.5 Million grant to Yale researchers for role of viruses in cancer
...these related projects has enabled us to make much more rapid progress in understanding the molecular basis of cancer," said DiMaio. ...Study explores gene transfer to modify underlying course of Alzheimer's disease
...st April. The study being conducted at Rush uses a more sophisticated means of delivering NGF to the brain and does not require a skin biopsy or the use of skin cells. Alzheimer's disease is caused by brain degeneration and is marked by the death of cells, particularly the cells (cholinergic neurons) in ...AAAS expert panel calls for voter-system research and reform
...County Board of Elections in North Carolina, putit more tersely: "The system is a Rubik's Cubeinside a maz...ped, local and state electionofficials have become more powerful and their jobshave become more complex, requiring that theyoversee a complex array of techn...The book opens on the first tree genome
...o develop faster growing trees, trees that produce more biomass that can be converted to fuels, and trees that can sequester more carbon from the atmosphere or be used to clean up waste sites. Just as DOE earlier played a leading...DuPont scientist named one of the world's top young innovators by MIT's 'Technology Review' Magazine
... devices onto a single chip, providing quicker and more cost effective ways to communicate. The editors of...ealthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets includ...Certain genes boost fish oils' protection against breast cancer
...women with certain common DNA patterns experienced more breast cancer protection from marine n-3 fatty aci...ospective investigation of diet and cancer risk in more than 63,000 Chinese men and women in Singapore. "Through this study, we have identified a novel gen...Environmental issues center of Inland Northwest Research Alliance 4th Annual Symposium
...ies, technical designs and led the installation of more than 400 groundwater and soil remediation systems across the U.S. Dr. James Tate, Jr., the current senior science advisor for Secretary of Interior Gale Norton, outlined the current administration's mission for the department. He stressed while scien...$2.7 million grant to support creation of virtual zebrafish atlas
...ch Systems Morphogenetics," Cheng said. "This new, more integrated view of biology will focus on understanding how genes determine form and function during organisms' life spans, across the spectrum of earthly life forms. Ultimately, I believe this integrated approach will give us a deeper understanding o...Experimental drug shown to block mutant protein causing blood disease
...tyrosine kinases, and that these drugs are opening more doors to treating cancers," explains Stone. Tyrosine kinases are molecules that act as biological switches inside cells, regulating processes including cell division and growth. Abnormal kinases have been discovered to be major culprits in many forms...Health of world's sea lions the focus of Wakefield Symposium
...to fishing activities through food dependencies or more directly through control or conservation measures. A better understanding of the biology of sea lions is urgently needed. This symposium will significantly contribute to understanding why sea lion populations fluctuate, including populations of Alas...UAF scientists discover new marine habitat in Alaska
...ats. "Now that we found them, we want to find more of these beds and learn precisely what their role ...tat for associated species, and there are probably more new species in them than just the rhodoliths," said Foster. "Such discoveries also send an important...AIBS tapped to coordinate design of ecological observatories
...ad the consortium's suite of committees comprising more than 100 scientists, educators, and engineers in the development of a network blueprint and implementation plan. Hayden, along with William Michener, associate director of the Long Term Ecological Research Network, will direct the NEON project office...Environmental decontamination, greenhouse gases, and the genome of a methane-loving bacterium
...e major source of greenhouse gases, methane is far more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere. Like increasing carbon dioxide levels, rising levels of atmospheric methane have been attributed to human activity, mostly in the form of landfills, natural gas and oil processing (about 60%), domesticate...