Research Team Finds Gene Causing Two Types Of Muscular Dystrophy
...ionalInstitute of Neuroscience in Tokyo. Among the numerous supporters of thisresearch and the investigators are the Cecil B. Day Investment Company, theMuscular Dystrophy Association, the National Institutes of Health and theMedical Research Council of Canada.......dent. The evolution of proteins has generated numerous functional domains where the active site resides at the boundary of two such subdomains. Consideration of these hierarchical features of the protein architecture by recombination of subdomains from different proteins would therefore op...Chumminess Of Roundworms Linked To Single Gene, Offering Insight Into Mechanisms Of Social Behaviors
...iling assumption that innate behaviors result from numerous genes acting inconcert, even in simpler species, such as fruit flies. The researchers examined 17 species of roundworm, collected worldwide. All 12 social strains had one version of the gene and all 5 solitary strainsanother, and the variati...Science Article Criticizes Federal Policy Regarding Lead Exposure And Children's Health
...ssociate professor ofpediatrics. "The results of numerous studies argue that efforts to prevent lead poisoningshould emphasize primary prevention - the elimination of residential leadhazards before children are unduly exposed," says Dr. Lanphear. "Yet, ourefforts continue to focus on secondary prevention -...New Study Highlights Hazards On Hormone Disrupting Chemicals
...ex reversal andaffect behaviour. Around the world, numerous incidences have been reported ofhumans or wildlifehave been exposed to potential EDSs. For instance, in many parts of the world,including the BalticSea, it has been observed that gastropods develop imposex (the development of apenis in females)when e...New Evidence From Dinosaur Footsteps Show Massive Herds Once Roamed Northern Alaska
...vides the first direct evidence thatdinosaurs were numerous and diverse in the Arctic 90-110 million years ago. Previously, therewas only one, poorly documented trackway on the Alaskan Peninsula. "This summer, we found dinosaurtracks from meat and plant eating, duckbilled and armored dinosaurs," said Rolan...Research Answers Burning Questions About Pollution
...n the flame," Cooper says. "There are going to be numerous challenges, but I think we can do it." Lean direct injection engines are now under development, and Laurendeau says the Purdue research will help assure the designers and manufacturers that they can reduce the nitric oxide produced by the new ...USGS Finds Fungus To Be A Cause Of Fish Lesions In Chesapeake
...nto the fishes muscle under intact normalskin. "In numerous fishes," Blazer said, "the fungal organism had actually penetrated to and through organs such as the liver.Future research will help determine if large numbers of migrating menhaden withopen skin sores -- such as those caused by the fungal infections...Molecular Deficiency Appears To Play Key Role In Muscle Diseases
...ve significant implications in the understandingof numerous other forms of muscle diseases and in potential therapies, saidStephen J. Kaufman, a professor of cell and structural biology at the U.of I. The integrin was discovered in 1985 in Kaufman's lab and has sincebeen the focus of his research. Kaufman wa...NASA Using Space Incubator To Understand Breast Cancer
...so that complete laboratory studies can be done by numerous investigators on Earth. The simulated growth of mammalian cells in tissue culture needed to duplicate the quiet conditions of orbital free-fall in a way that allowed for maintaining fresh media and oxygenation. To solve the problem, NASA in the 19...New "Gene Map" Doubles Number Of Genes
...he updated version is likewise expected to attract numerous scientists, physicians and others interested in genetics. A special section for the public, entitled 'Genes and Disease,' is featured on the web site. "Doubling the density of the human gene map is a terrific gift to scientists and the public," said...Major Plant Genome Research Project Grants Renewed
...notes thatArabidopsis genome efforts have provided numerous scientific insights, as wellas potential commercial products of interest to the energy community, includingthe high volume production of plastics. "Completion of the Arabidopsis genomesequencing project will help advance long-range research efforts ...USGS Finds Sea Otters At Risk From Killer Whales In A Changing Ocean
...ean and coastal systems are being linked mayaffect numerous marine and coastal species, the authors concluded. The researchers calculated that a killer whale on a steady diet of sea otterscould consume as many as 1,825 otters in a year. How many killer whales exist inthe Aleutian archipelago is unknown, bu...... Seattle Division, as well as other researchers at numerous labs at theUniversity of Washington, researchers at the University of Nebraska MedicalCenter, the Reed Neurological Research Center, The University of California LosAngeles, Hopital Charles LeMoyne, Quebec, Canada, Oregon Health SciencesUniversity, U...UNC Researchers Reduce Arthritis Severity By Turning Off Molecular Switch
... inarthritis because it controls the expression of numerous inflammatory genes, andwe knew that it's activated within the arthritic synovium. Around that time, ourcollaborator, Dr. Al Baldwin, published his pioneer study demonstrating thatactivated NF-kappa B is needed to protect cancer cells in vitro from ap......he arguments concerning thermophiles by Wiegel and numerous otherscientists from around the globe were just pu...ale applications, thermophiles are the darlings of numerous newprocesses, and their value as catalysts is growing almost by the day. "A hyperthermophilic......imbs. Opportunities for plants to recolonize were numerous in thewake of this natural disaster. But those most successful were invasivenon-natives who had already gained a foothold in the forests before thehurricane struck. In the November issue of Ecological Applications, researchers Carol Horvitz andcoll...New Insight Into Genetic Cause Of Infant Mortality
...eassembles itself cycle after cycle on each of the numerous sequences that needs to be spliced out of every pre-mRNA generated by a cell. "Our research shows that SMN and its entourage of helper proteins are required for the proper form and function of snRNPs and for maintaining the splicing machine in an act...Greater Prairie Chicken Appears On Comeback Trail In Illinois
... of two to 15researchers and field assistants from numerous jurisdictions. Each yearresearchers methodically documented yearly changes in prairie-chicken numbersand nesting success. The nine authors of the paper, in addition to Westemeier and Brawn, were ScottA. Simpson and Terry L. Esker of the Illinois Dep...