Researchers identify defect that causes rare muscular dystrophies
...provides a distinctive marking that allows binding partners to recognize the proteins. "When the sugars are missing, it is like Velcro without the loops it cant stick," said Campbell. "As a result, the cells dont adhere properly to the extracellular matrix and are easily damaged." Campbell and his colleagues...Cambodian government creates 1,000,000-acre protected area
...inue to work with the Cambodian government and NGO partners to encourage the creation of an even larger conservation corridor, which would connect the Cardamoms to the coast, ensuring the protection of seasonal elephant migration routes. The Cardamoms are part of the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot, one of 25...Investigators use guilt-by-association strategy to track potential cancer causing genes
...lly also depend on co-conspirators. Such molecular partners in crime, once identified, may yield a wealth of information about how a cancer develops and how it best can be treated. Drs. Harry Hwang and Bruce E. Clurman, researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and colleagues successfully use...New clinical trials explore treatment to restore sexual desire
...w therapeutic options to help many women and their partners regain a satisfactory sex life." Lack of sexual desire is described as the absence of sexual fantasies or thoughts, or a lack of interest in sexual activity. Approximately 43 percent of women have experienced some form of difficulty in their sexual ...Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Secretariat to move to Sweden
...ariat developed a voting mechanism involving MIM's partners to decide which organization(s) would serve as the...ariat. The voting members consisted of 10 funding partners from the North and 11 African countries representing 16 research institutions. These voting members......ve and save these unique natural assets." BioBlitz partners include: Chicago Department of the Environment; Illinois Department of Natural Resources - Conservation 2000 Ecosystems Program; Illinois Natural History Survey, Forest Preserve District of Cook County; Chicago Park District; The Field Museum; and Ch...Shark fin soup: Scientists now can tell which kind of shark
... Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), working with partners from Nova Southeastern University, have developed a reliable genetic test that will identify shark species from their fins alone, taking a bite out of the massive uncertainties inherent in protecting these vulnerable marine predators. Their results ...New initiative will assess disease control priorities in developing countries
...D., FIC Director. "The DCPP will collaborate with partners around the world to generate information for national and international policymakers as they determine their health strategies and investments." "For prevention and treatment programs to work, policymakers must have access to the best possible resear...Science picks - leads, feeds and story seeds
...ican Geological Institute, the USGS and many other partners around the world. Take a water quiz and get a certificate as a Water Genius! Watch for more news at www.usgs.gov During that same week, citizens and volunteers around the country will be participating in National Water Monitoring Day on October 1...Neural signal that helps wire up brains movement circuit identified
...ndred million neurons are looking for their neural partners to make connections with," said Dr Patricia Salinas of Imperial's Department of Biological Sciences who led the study. "We found that motor neurons release the WNT-3 protein to guide sensory neurons to make connections with them." The ability to coll...Moffitt Cancer Center receives DoD funds to establish National Functional Genomics Project
...dvances in health care. The inclusion of corporate partners into the NFGP will also accelerate the translation of molecular medicine derived from the laboratory directly into early detection and clinical treatment....In Laos, a rare deer is discovered alive and well, despite war and over-hunting
...eas of Laos due to overhunting. Working with local partners in Laos, WCS and the Smithsonian are recommending the establishment of a "National Eld's Deer Sanctuary" to protect the newly discovered population, as well as a public awareness campaign to build local understanding about the significance of the dee...Researchers identify enzyme that turns on RNA
...ite. "Wang and Eckmann started looking for binding partners for their individual proteins and, amazingly, they found that GLD-2 and GLD-3 bound to each other," says Kimble. Binding the two proteins together created an enzyme that could not only attach itself to RNA but could also chemically modify the RNA in ...Washington university education department receives $10 million NSF grant
...f institutions supporting science education. CISTL partners include Tyson Research Center, St. Louis Science Center, Saint Louis Zoo, Missouri Botanical Garden, University of Missouri in St. Louis, St. Louis Community College, the Association of Science-Technology Centers and five school districts -- Universi...NSF awards $9 million for study of proteins
...tational and language modeling technologies. Other partners will provide the bulk of biological and proteomic research and the laboratories where experimental work will take place. There is also an industrial component to the project. Mathworks, Inc., of Natick, Mass., will work with Carnegie Mellon scientist...Sex and genetics: Why birds are unfaithful to their partners
...to determine parentage and relatedness between the partners they found that extra-pair parentage occurred when mates were more closely related (Nature, Oct. 10th, 2002). Over the past decade, the use of molecular techniques to determine parentage has led to the realization that monogamy is rare in nature. Alt...Pan-African Malaria Conference November 17-22 in Arusha, Tanzania
...e UK Medical Research Council. A complete list of partners is available on the MIM website at http://mim.nih.gov . Malaria kills 2.7 million people each year, mostly African children under the age of 5. Over 1.5 billion new infections occur annually, resulting in enormous economic burdens. These numbers a...Transforming textbooks: AAAS and partners target K-12 science materials for improvement
...will work closely with their local school-district partners to connect university research and teacher trainin...s R&D. To accomplish this, each of the university partners will expand its graduate and postdoctoral programs in science education to include coursework and re...FIC announces first awards for international collaborative genetics research and training program
... the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and seven partners announce six new research and training grants to s...d Health Organization. In addition to FIC, the NIH partners are the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the National Institute of Mental Health (N...... Coast hub for biophotonics research that business partners can use to make new, leading-edge medical devices....ology leaders. To achieve those aims, educational partners in the center include Mills College, Oakland; DQ University, Davis; Las Positas Community College, L...