US crackdown on bioterror backfiring
...heir labs inspected. Extensive control shave been placed on the movement of microbes and researchers, and all samples of select agents must be strictly accounted for or destroyed. There were controls on transporting some microbes before, but now possessing them is also regulated, and non-compliance is a cr...Plans finalised for satellites to help safeguard gorilla habitats
... a more accurate GIS basis. "Great stress has been placed on the importance of more accurate maps for the conservation effort," explained Mario Hernandez of UNESCO. "Using GPS technology local users can collect co-ordinates of places where gorillas are dwelling but right now, when they try and plot these s...Salk news: Gene chips and crop yield
... genes we had not seen before." The research teams placed the entire Arabidopsis genome, consisting of about 25,000 suspected genes, on six gene chips, and then analyzed the chips for any protein-making activity, the primary function of genes. They isolated one-third of the plant's genes, which will be publ...UCSD, VA and Cal-(IT) wireless technology to enhance mass casualty treatment in disasters
...D will: Utilize radio-frequency (RF) tags placed on all patients to track the location of victims and healthcare providers. The most severely ill patients will also receive a medical sensor, a finger-tip pulse oximeter which monitors the degree of blood oxygen saturation and pulse rate. Data from...Better model of cancer development sheds light on potential angiogenesis target
...ator's new model, mice were exposed to carcinogens placed on their skin and allowed to gradually develop cancer. Results showed a completely opposite outcome with respect to Id1: all mice with the Id1 gene turned off developed more tumors that also were larger than in previous studies. "Clues to promising...New NASA facility will help protect space crews from radiation
...ll perform extensive tests with biological samples placed in the path of the radiation. They will use the information to understand mechanisms of radiation damage to cells, predict risks, and develop countermeasures that mitigate radiation effects. "Advances in radiation detection, shielding and other radia...Rutgers targets Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan with $3.5 million from NIH
... Kyrgyzstan. These cooperative relationships have placed Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in a unique position in that part of the world. "The extent of the goodwill, hospitality and friendship we encounter in these countries is truly unprecedented," said Raskin, a professor in the department ...Purdue researchers solve decades-old corn, sorghum problem
...l said. "The population explosion in those regions placed many people at risk of starvation," he said. "The introduction of dwarfing lines tripled or even quadrupled the yield of wheat and helped prevent massive food shortages." This increase in crop yield, brought on by the introduction of dwarf crops and ...Scientists estimate risk of raven predation on desert tortoises
...May, when most raven chicks fledge, the scientists placed a "tortoise bait" each week at 10-15 locations visible overhead to flying ravens, for a total of 100 bait locations throughout an area of about 300 square miles in the western Mojave Desert on and around Edwards Air Force Base. To prevent removal by...Researchers urge caution over using ginseng in early pregnancy
...es herbal medicines such as extract of ginseng are placed on the market as food supplements and are available over the counter. Manufacturers are not required to submit proof of safety and efficacy before marketing. He said that their study showed that the reduction in morphological score was dependent on ...The DFG announces EURYI Awards for Germany
...oral research experience. Particular importance is placed upon a qualified invitation as well as written confirmation from the host institute that it will accommodate the independent junior research group. The DFG is responsible for the funding proposals in the Federal Republic of Germany; for the other par...Livestock health sensors and wireless data storage in the works
..., to demonstrate "proof of concept." Could sensors placed on a cow, in fact, identify the animal, give its location and accumulate and store reliable health data like its heart rate, respiration rate and temperature? Could the health data be uploaded from the animal to Bluetooth-compliant receiving station...A test for sensitivity of normal tissue to radiation damage?
...one from the mother. Dr Andreassen and colleagues placed their patients into three groups: two groups were for patients who had genes where both copies either had a certain variant of the SNP or did not (homozygous), and a third group for patients where one copy of the gene had the variant SNP and the othe...Study of bees by UC San Diego biologist provides insight into evolution of bee communication
... highest scent concentration, and will ignore food placed at other locations along this scent trail, even if it is closer to the hive. Nieh hypothesizes that this scent gradient permits the bees to pinpoint a specific food source, enabling them to arrive en masse. T. hyalinata is very aggressive. These bee...Fruit odors lure some flies to evolve into new species
.... Traps were baited with one of the two blends and placed in hawthorn stands and apple orchards. Just as in the lab, the flies of one race largely ignored, or even avoided, the chemical scent of the other race's fruit. "The results in the field are really very strong," said Linn. "It adds a level of valid...University of Chicago scientist wins prestigious Balzan Prize
...cent completion of the mapping of the human genome placed Li among the top scholars who could analyze evolut...y trees and the statistical confidence that can be placed in them. One key to the interpretation of DNA data is the assumption that changes in DNA data place ...Experimental cancer drugs may halt events that lead to cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure
...pful at first, hypertrophy can increase the stress placed on the heart and begin a downward spiral of events that ultimately leads to heart failure. Despite the fact that this is a common every-day problem for clinicians and patients, we have very few, if any, medications that are directed at halting the c...As autumn approaches, this chickadee's brain begins to expand
...atory and the Pennsylvania Game Commission. He has placed feeders in the woods around Lehigh's Mountaintop Campus, and he keeps captive chickadees in an aviary outside his office in Iacocca Hall. The behavior of the black-capped chickadee has been studied for a long time, he says, and much is known about it...Study shows prions stick around in certain soils
...sts." Reports show, for instance, that healthy elk placed in pens where animals infected with CWD had once lived developed the fatal disease. With funding from a recently awarded five-year, $2.4 million grant from the Department of Defense's National Prion Research Program, Pedersen and his colleagues are e......neys from normal mice during early development and placed them in organ culture. They treated one kidney from each mouse with a gamma-secretase inhibitor and showed that this process prevented all Notch signaling. The second kidney from each animal was used for comparison. After three days of treatment wit...