NYU scientists discover gene for a dementing brain disease
...ngle alteration in the DNA alphabet occurring in a newly discovered human gene causes an unusual form of hereditary dementia characterized by amyloid deposits in the brain, one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study by New York University School of Medicine scientists. The discov...Scientists grow blood-producing stem cells outside the body
... and then multiply these"improved" stem cells. The newly engineered blood stem cells will then carry thecorrected gene indefinitely. "If we can insert a normal gene into these dividing stem cells, we mayin many cases cure the disease," Bartelmez says. "One reason nobody has beenable to do this up ...Human Genome Sciences announces the discovery of a novel immune stimulant
...scovered and prepared the products of about 14,000 newly discoveredhuman genes believed to be involved in cell to cell signaling. These proteins are currently being evaluated in high throughputscreens designed to identify new drug candidates that address unmet medicalneeds. "The discovery of BLyS and its ...Researchers identify new type of potentially fatal tick-borne disease
...erging infections, is a new phenomenon or merely a newly recognizedone. Because E. ewingii is closely related to E. chaffeensis and both are foundin Missouri, it's possible that previous cases of E. ewingii have beenmisdiagnosed as E. chaffeensis. Regardless, Storch and colleagues believe it's imp...Pacific Northwest developments earn spots in top 100 list
...widespread environmental problem. Incorporating a newly designed adsorptionresin and regeneration solution, the CAR process extracts ammonia out of sewagetreatment liquid and livestock waste then converts it into standardcommercial-grade, ammonium sulfate fertilizer, a dry odorless product. Thetechnology......cid, 2,3,7,8-TCDD and chloroformwere placed in the newly created category 4. Since it has to be assumed thatcategory 4 substances have an effective threshold due to their non-lineardose-effect relationship, they do not appreciably contribute to the human cancerrisk if MAK or BAT values are complied with. T...Researchers find missing spring in circadian clock of mammals
...n biological clock and the unexpected nature ofthe newly identified cryptochrome "spring", the report by Reppert and colleaguesrepresents a major scientific advance. With all the hoopla about the Y2K bug incomputer clocks, it is encouraging that scientists have succeeded in revealinghow the cells in our br...Transplant cells show capacity for mending nervous system
...s did not show improved function as a result ofthe newly formed myelin, it is likely that repaired nerve fibers would conductnormally, said Ian Duncan a UW-Madison professor of neurology, a co-author ofthe Science paper and an authority on myelin deficiency diseases. As a strategy for repairing dam...National Science Board selects leading chemists to establish new Science and Technology Center
...lserve as an industrial outreach component for the newly established Science andTechnology Center. Note: DeSimone can be reached at 919-962-2166 or via e-mail at desimone@email.unc.edu . Carbonell's number is 515-2499, e-mail: ruben@ncsu.edu . Vicki Haithco......te of fewer than one mistake permillion bases, the newly discovered enzyme is about 100 times more error-prone. Second, pol V's structure is quite distinct from the others', which are allvariations on a single design first identified in 1956 by Arthur Kornberg inwork for which he shared the 1959 Nobel Pri......itude" from a Russianlandmine victim fitted with a newly developed artificial foot demonstrates onereason for the initiation of a second prosthetics project between the Departmentof Energy's Sandia National Laboratories and the Ohio Willow Wood Company.This one, to develop an advanced artificial knee, is s...Team of 200 scientists presents new research that reveals full 'tree of life' for plants
...ssil record fits in with the moleculardata. Using newly available DNA sequence data and more traditional morphologicaland anatomical data, the team has identified some fascinating relationshipswithin the flowering plants as well. The team has discovered that floweringplants, recently discovered to be a si...USGS scientists tracking Hurricane Bret's effects
... runoff from 15 sites in south Texas including two newly installedstations. Those stations, which were installed this year on the Los Olmos Creekand the San Fernando Creek in cooperation with the State of Texas WaterDe velopment Board, were directly in the storm's path."The system didn't produce as much r...Learning is growing: scientists investigate the links between memory and brain development
... Scientists widely believe that the brain canstore newly learned facts and behaviors by increasing signal strength at theappropriate synapses. As they study this process, however, scientists arediscovering the brain has more than one use for the same trick: circuits formingtheir connections at the beginni...First gene defect identified for precursor to adult diabetes
...ped. "By zeroing in on the protein coded by this newly discovered variant, along withthe more common form of PC-1, drug designers may be able to target a far higherproportion of insulin-resistant people," said Ira Goldfine, MD, professor ofmedicine and physiology at UCSF and co-author of the paper in Dia...UD News: Gene-repair pioneer, Eric Kmiec, brings his lab to the University of Delaware
...ive treatment options." His longtime collaborator, newly hired UD senior scientist Allyson Cole-Strauss,set the stage for his invention, by developing a first-of-its-kind benchtopmethod for studying gene repair in cells. Now, she will head the sickle-cellanemia investigation at UD. Building on previous cel...Scientists find genetic links for deadly type of breast cancer
...The presence of bothgenetic markers in tumors from newly diagnosed women could be an indication formore aggressive treatment. "Stage-matched inflammatory and non-inflammatory breast cancer cells look thesame under a microscope," says Kenneth L. van Golen, Ph.D., a research fellow inthe U-M Medical School, ...New machine may provide answers about leading cause of blindness
...not optimal. "We are taking advantage of the newly available LEDs in this machine,"said Wooten. "This system is portable, rugged and accurate and can be used easily in a clinical orresearch setting." If the hypothesis about a correlation between macular pigment levels andthe disease proves...Watershed responses to forest practices studied
RICHLAND, Wash. - A newly enhanced computer model may help forest managersdesign or modify forest roads, tree harvesting and other land-use activitiesbased on effects to watersheds, streams and fish habitat. Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest ...Common parasite overturns traditional beliefs about the evolution and role of hemoglobin
...anaerobic life forms, like bacteria, separatedfrom newly emerging aerobic organisms, such as humans. The worm, in short,reveals that hemoglobin evolved first and foremost to handle the molecule nitricoxide (NO) rather than oxygen, as scientists thought, and tells the tale of whenhemoglobin ceased being a ...