Fish, FRAMES and sticky chemicals net technology award for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
...cides and can be signatures of illegal chemical or nuclear weapons production. With heated equipment and clear Teflon sheet walls, the chamber is so nonstick that users can identify semi-volatile, volatile and particulate chemicals; understand their life cycles; and determine likely sources. Special containe...JCI Table of Contents, January 15 2004
... is mediated by homocysteine via RNA-heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein E1 interactions AUTHOR CONTACT: Ask C. Antony Indiana Cancer Research Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Phone: (317) 274-3589 Fax: (317) 274-0396 E-mail: aantony@iupui.edu View the PDF of this article at: https://www.the-jci...Hopkins researchers identify transplantation antigens among Sioux Indians
...aternal grandparents. The study group included 25 nuclear families. The research was conducted after obtaining resolutions of support from the Tribal Councils and approval from the Aberdeen Area Institutional Review Board of the Indian Health Service. The researchers found several alleles at high freq...AGU journal highlights - 6 January 2004
...ften usedto detect faraway sounds from underground nuclear explosions andstorms. The researchers linked the ground motion from the Denalitemblor with observed infrasound signals and show that the largestamplitude waves correspond to the regions along the fault line thatshowed the largest ground motion. Previ...JCI table of contents, January 2, 2004
...sculetin, which binds to and activates the hepatic nuclear receptor CAR and its target genes, leading to incr...ine enhances bilirubin clearance by activating the nuclear receptor CAR AUTHOR CONTACT: David D. Moore Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. Phone...With nature's help, a better vision system for smart weapons
...rate autonomously, such as those used to transport nuclear materials, fight oil well fires or do other tasks too dangerous for people, also could benefit from improved vision systems, he said. Eventually, such lenses may even replace refractive lenses in consumer products, such as cameras, making them lighte...Scientists decode DNA of bacterium that cleans up uranium contamination and generates electricity
...ironmental problems at Department of Energy former nuclear weapons production sites. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts have previously found that Geobacter species can precipitate a wide range of radionuclides and metals (including uranium, technetium and chromium) from groundwater, preventing ...Mouse embryonic germ cells and male gametes created in the lab
...se own nucleus has been removed. This process of nuclear transfer creates an early embryo and somehow - no one knows quite how - erases the genetic markers instructing the cell to differentiate. If scientists could learn how the erasure happens, it might be possible to create stem cells capable of generat...Novel approaches to current cellular therapies continue progress toward disease prevention
... Therapeutic cloning, also known as somatic cell nuclear transfer, which is used in experimental tissue and organ generation, has recently been explored as a possible treatment for a wide range of degenerative diseases. A study led by Malcom A.S. Moore, D. Phil., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Ne...Can EPO prevent loss of brain function in schizophrenia?
...al analysis of human post mortem brain tissue, and nuclear imaging technology in men, the authors demonstrated that: (1) peripherally applied erythropoietin efficiently penetrates into the brain, (2) erythropoietin is enriched intracranially in healthy men and more distinctly in schizophrenic patients, where...Fox Chase Cancer Center researcher develops new model for studying prions mad cow disease
...uctural studies, such as X-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance. "We have been able to overcome some of these limitations by using NMR-based hydrogen-deuterium exchange experiments in conjunction with a solvent quenching protocol," Roder explained. The new paper, entitled "NMR-Detected Hydrogen...Researchers reveal early steps in clone development
...ransitions following fertilization or somatic cell nuclear transfer: evidence for a uniform developmental program in mice," will appear in an upcoming issue of Developmental Biology. The study is part of a larger program, directed by Latham and funded by two National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants, that i...Researchers show absence of key oxygen-sensing molecule leads to developmental defects
... defects. "The surprise was that mice lacking the nuclear DNA-encoded Epas1/HIF-2 had changes in multiple or...enior author of the study. "Both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA mutations can adversely affect these crucial intracellular organelles and lead to widespread abn...Uncovering mysteries beneath the Earth's surface
...h" can be valuable in finding contaminants such as nuclear waste, to replace drilling and other harmful metho...te was generated from the buildup of the country's nuclear stockpile. In many locations, there's a question about just what is in the earth and how it's moving...Researchers measure the 'heat of life,' offering clues to DNA damage
... revelations provided by X-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) have taught us a great deal about structure in biological systems. Breslauer points out, however, that there is still much to be learned about function and overall driving forces. He makes the analogy of an au...Department of Energy 20-Year science facility plan announced
...al and environmental science, high energy physics, nuclear physics and advanced scientific computation. "This plan will be the cornerstone for the future of critical fields of science in America. These facilities will revolutionize science and society," said Abraham. "With this plan our goal is to keep the...UT Southwestern scientist receives international award for lipid research
...angelsdorf's research focuses on the mechanisms of nuclear receptor proteins that serve as sensors in protecting human cells against unusually high and possibly toxic levels of lipids, such as cholesterol and fatty acids. These lipid-sensing proteins play a central role in the maintenance of physiological le...Study explores safety of low-dose radiation
...ns, such as Dr. Barrett's, along with aviation and nuclear plant work, routinely may involve even more exposure. Current exposure standards for all groups err on the side of caution. For example, diagnostic use of radiation, in an X-ray or CT scan, as well as therapeutic radiation used for cancer treatment...Red sea urchins found to live up to 200 years
...ing sea urchin ages one biochemical and the other nuclear - that produced the same results. The studies show red sea urchins can have a vast lifespan surpassing that of virtually all terrestrial and most marine animal species, and seem to show almost no signs of senescence, or age-related dysfunction, right......onmental factors. In a large case-control study of nuclear families in France, Philippe Froguel and colleague... findings were supported by genetic screens of the nuclear families participating in the study. And when the researchers investigated the physiological effect ...