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...listine' is the primary active ingredient in three new Australianproducts a face creme, a hand creme and a serum launched bythe Beta Peptide Foundation. Foundation chairman Dr Geoff Grigg said the qualities of Beta Alistine'demonstrated by the CSIRO team and other scientists made it a highly...Evolutionary Advantage Found For Sex
...th yeast. Sexually active yeast faredno better in new environments than asexual yeast. "In most respects, cloning is a much more efficient way ofreproduction," Zeyl says, "but if you have a whole population of organisms whoare sexual, it appears more likely that they will carry around fewer muta...Resistance To Leptin Contributes To Obesity
...o suppress the body's response to starvation. The new study also suggeststhat receiving extra leptin adj...r. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation. In the new study, Friedman and his coinvestigators from ColumbiaUniversity, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Cente...Gene Shears In Cutting Edge Anti-Aids Trial
...to performexcellent basic science designed to gain new knowledge." The Sydney experiment involves six pairs of identical twins, of whomone of each pair is HIV-positive. CD4+ white blood cells taken from the uninfected twin are equipped withthe anti-HIV ribozyme and then infused into the HIV-infected tw......thus bypassing the tremendous expense ofdeveloping new antibiotics," said Nobel laureate Sidney Altman, w... in chemical reactions. The discovery triggered a new branch of geneticengineering aimed at treating lethal viruses and drug-resistant bacteria, aswell as......t perhaps as common.The findings will likely guide new investigations into the neuropathologicalcourse of...h appear to function well in most respects, have a new anddangerous characteristic that their normal counterparts do not. In some neurons,the CAG-repeat pr...Huntington's Disease Findings Pave Way For Potential Cure
...ed could be astarting point for the development of new drugs that could interrupt theprogress of Huntingt...est tube, which will makeit much easier to develop new therapies that prevent the clumping. The Batesresearch was supported in part by the Hereditary Disea...Scientists Discover How Genes Work Together To Control Neural Development
...egulatethe development of nerve cells--fundamental new knowledge that could boostefforts in other areas, including cancer research. In the current issue of the journal Cell , published on August8, two teams of researchers report that they independently made the samediscovery. One team is led by Zhi-C......flourish or decline. Hunter's work could open new fields of inquiry into therelative effects of predators, parasites, diseases and thequality or quantity of the food supply on insects. For instance,he is not sure what caused the precipitate decline in the numbersof the green oak leaf roller moth tha...Evolution Re-Sculpted Animal Limbs By Genetic Switches Once Thought Too Drastic For Survival
...nglegs once were. The finding is a landmark in the new field of evolutionary developmentalbiology, or "ev...xillipeds arenot just misplaced jaw parts but have new capabilities because they are attachedto the powerful muscles and the nervous system of the thorax. ...New Gene May Intensify Breast Cancer Growth
...ional Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered a new genethat is pivotal to a crucial metabolic pathway...genes that give the cancer a growth advantage. The new gene is onesuch amplified gene. The gene, previously unknown, is linked to the estrogenresponse path...Where Fossils Fear To Tread: Scientists Follow Genes To An Ancient Ancestor
...in of Harvard Medical School, sketch out a radical new way of looking back in time. "The fossil ...orld's oceans more than 500 million years ago when new animals appeared at breakneck speed. "The reality is that animals with appendages took off ......rchers have made a surprising discovery thatputs a new twist on efforts to develop more effective drugs a... drugs, anunexpected finding that can help develop new treatments that specificallyinhibit this function. "When we confirmed what we had, we were ...Study: Device Prevents Epileptic Seizures, Doesn't Damage Hearts
CHAPEL HILL -- Clinical studies show a promising new device for treatingintractable epilepsy works well...ype work is that we areventuring into a completely new way of treating epilepsy," Vaughn said. "Alwaysbefore, we have given medicine and tried to change th...Female Adolescents Need Calcium During 'Window Of Opportunity'
...m needed by adolescents was just an estimate." The new data were instrumental in developing the revised R...y the Food and Drug Administration and others. The new Recommended Dietary Allowance (which the National Academy of Sciences is renaming the Dietary Refere...Progress In Prion Research: Three-Dimensional Structure Of Prion Protein Fully Uncovered
...re easily than hasbeen assumed so far, by way of a new fold in the flexible part of the normalprotein." T...d then isindeed part of the whole protein. What is new is the discovery that the entireremainder of the molecule is not folded, and highly flexible. Both r...American Fisheries Society Conference Attracting 2,000 Plus Scientists To Explore "Interfacing"
...species,restoration of Pacific salmon populations, new fish passage technology, andcontributions of Nativ...e to present cutting-edgeresearch results, discuss new techniques, and network with colleagues. In addition, a plenary session with eight distinguished spe...Newly Discovered Human Protein Provides Important Target For Cancer Therapy
...ization of human tumor cells provides an important new target foranti-cancer drug design. Researchers le...this case,acts as a template for the production of new telomere segments). Previously,researchers in other laboratories had identified the genes responsib......ation that was not available before, theycan raise new and troubling questions, said Zallen, a geneticistand science policy expert in Science and Technology Studies atVirginia Tech's Center for Interdisciplinary Studies. "Willthat information affect the way we live our lives? Will we stopeating high-fat ......ledporphyria cutanea tarda, or PCT, according to a new report. The study, whichfound very low blood levels of the vitamin in people who have the disease, isreported in the August issue of the Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine.The research was conducted by a team from the Veterans Affairs (VA) m...