Experimental smallpox DNA vaccine protects primates from lethal monkeypox
...," Hooper commented. "This is the first time that parts of the virus have been used and shown to work in primates as a protective vaccine for any of the orthopoxviruses." According to Hooper, epidemiological studies have shown that Dryvax protects humans against both smallpox and monkeypox. All the ortho...Four new research centers to explore link between oceans and human health
...rdisciplinary gaps in science, and among different parts of the research community."Added Margaret Leinen, NSF assistant director for geosciences, "The new centers are a wonderful example of how basic research can focus on a topic of great practical significance. We look forward to the discoveries that wi...Guiding gas exploration: U-M research offers inexpensive tool
...higan, but also in the Illinois basin and in other parts of the world that have similar black shale deposits, said McIntosh. "There are organic-rich deposits in many basins throughout the world, and a lot of these have been covered by continental ice sheets, so these may represent areas where freshwater ha...Brain cells become more discriminating when they work together
...1929, experts have known that neurons in different parts of the brain periodically coordinate their activity with their neighbors. Despite a variety of theories, however, scientists have not been able to determine whether this "neuronal synchrony" has a functional role or if it is just a by-product of the ...Alcoholism risk linked to gene involved in brain chemistry
...fied, GABRA2, is one of several genes that produce parts of the receptor for the brain's primary inhibitory neurotransmitter, GABA. GABA is a chemical messenger that carries information between nerve cells; when GABA binds to the GABA-receptors on a nerve cell, it inhibits the firing of that cell. GABA is ...Moss Landing researchers reveal iron as key to climate change
...centrations of this micronutrient reached about 50 parts per trillion. This concentration, though low by te...on experiments, SOFeX focused on the two different parts of the Southern Ocean to determine if the iron-induced blooms would be influenced by variations in s...Study reveals poor Houston air quality
...t night, the city's ozone level (rated in PPBs, or parts per billion) was near zero, but during the day it zoomed to more than 200 PPBs, far higher than the U.S. standard of 120. Zhang's findings are reported in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. The reason for the hig...Scientists question reports of massive ant supercolonies in California and Europe
...on. Argentine ants have had a major impact in many parts of the world, she says, and understanding how they...ted States but also in the Mediterranean and other parts of the world. In May 2000, biologist Neil D. Tsutsui and his colleagues from the University of Ca...Warning to preserve 'unique' red squirrel from extinction
...tics *. Cumbria, along with North East England and parts of Scotland, is one of the last strongholds of the red squirrel in the UK. Populations of the species are declining nationally, mainly due to the continued spread of the grey squirrel. Conservationists are working with landowners in Cumbria to intro...Nanotechnology highlights from the ACS national meeting in Anaheim, Calif., March 28-April 1
...aminated industrial sites in the United States and parts of Europe. ( IEC 37 , Monday, March 29, 9:35 a.m., Anaheim Marriott, Grand Ballroom F, during the symposium, "Nanotechnology and the Environment.") Tuesday, March 30 Silver nanoparticles: A bright idea for cleaning contaminated water Titanium di......dire risks for societies both rich and poor in all parts of the world. Maintaining and indeed improving the standard of living in the developed world without irreversibly depleting global resources and altering natural systems is the rich world's sustainability challenge. The world therefore faces multiple...Chestnut trees to spread across landscape again, says Purdue scientist
...lated mature trees are occasionally found today in parts of the tree's native range, and the American Chestnut Foundation's state chapters use these trees as a resource in the breeding program, Jacobs said. "It's important to the program that we have trees from multiple areas," he said. "The state...Laboratory rat gene sequencing completed
...ounting for the similarities among mammals. These parts of the genome will be of particular focus in other mammals as new genomes are explored, and the events leading to the current species are unraveled. "Future work aimed at identifying the genomic differences that contribute to evolution and disease wi...Devastating parasitic weed may be felled by toxin borrowed from flies
...out the Middle East and Africa, as well as in some parts of Europe. Plant breeders have been trying for decades to breed crops that will resist the weed. Genetic engineering to create resistant crops is the latest strategy. Egyptian broomrape, or Orobanche aegyptiaca, was certainly a logical target for the...Enlisting carbon nanotubes to unmask nerve agents
...stant reading of even traces of OP, to as few as 5 parts per billion....Newly identified gene linked to brain development
...ll as milder involvement of parietal and posterior parts of the cerebral cortex. In this new study, lead author Xianhua Piao MD, PhD, and colleagues used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify BFPP patients, and then used linkage analysis, homozygosity mapping, and candidate gene analysis to identi...Building the whole cell from pieces
...embly plan for an individual machine, we know what parts of the molecules would be on the outside surface, ...etwork. We then start to get an idea of what large parts of the cell look like." Several groups in the Structural and Computational Biology Programme at EMBL...Antibiotics in the environment
...pick-up antibiotics in surface or ground waters at parts per billion levels. The study is published in January/February 2004 issue of the Journal of Environmental Quality, published by the American Society of Agronomy-Crop Science Society of America and Soil Science Society of America. This study was par...Should Roundup Ready soybeans be managed differently than conventional soybeans?
...e economically feasible to reduce seeding rates in parts of Wisconsin, as the results from northern Wisconsin demonstrated," says Bertram....Gladstone study reveals how genetic factor may increase risk for Alzheimer's disease
...entation of apoE4 occurs predominantly in the very parts of the brain that are most vulnerable to Alzheimer's disease, the neocortex and hippocampus. In contrast, fragmentation does not occur in the cerebellum, which is much less vulnerable to Alzheimer's disease; the apoE4 fragments cause an abnormal ch...