Acid-loving microbe may be a key to mine pollution
...is new archaeon might be one of the more important players in catalyzing these reactions," says Katrina J. Edwards, the lead author of the Science article. Microbial archaea, a branch of life with ancient roots, have different basic characteristics than other microscopic organisms such as bacteria. Edwards ...BioOne appoints first board of directors
...ass needed to transform societies into competitive players in the publishing marketplace while maintaining a focus on research and researchers." A broad selection of the journals published by many of the AIBS' 70 member societies will form BioOne's core offerings. BioOne collaborators are currently working...Professor says college athletic departments must pay more attention to eating disorders
...and field athletes, but she also saw female soccer players and female basketball players who were 20 percent or more below normal weight for their height. "We're really talking about ema......eins have been found to be key players in the signaling underway within living cells. Some Smad proteins combine to form molecular complexes necessary for initiating gene expression. Others, however, play a role in halting that s...NRC spin-off develops rapid sensors
...oQuest has already captured the attention of major players in industry and government. Currently IatroQuest has patents pending world-wide for its Bio-Alloy™ platform technology. "This breakthrough technology combines elements of biotechnology with advanced materials yielding unique properties" explaine...A socially responsible car for the new millenium
...sh Steel Strip Products in Swansea, one of the key players inthe ULSAB project, says, "Steel exhibits an all-round versatility combiningstrength, formability, environmental-friendliness and cost effectiveness."Almost 800 million tonnes of steel is used worldwide each year, making it one ofthe world's most we...Study identifies key molecular mechanism in cancer and rheumatoid arthritis
...Myc,Akt, and Ras. "Ras, Akt, and Myc are essential players in growth factor signaling," Makarovsays. "They relay the signals required for proliferation. We found thatNF-kappaB links the actions of these proteins." The new findings are based on biochemical assays of cultured cells. Theresearchers show that a...Scientists image key steps in bacterial infection
...trategy. Hultgren's team has identified the major players in pilus assembly. Theseinclude: protein subunits that eventually are assembled into pili, boomerang-shaped proteins called chaperones that ferry the subunits to thebacterial cell surface, doughnut-shaped proteins called ushers that assemble and...Heatstroke killed four football players during 1998, expert urges precautions
CHAPEL HILL - Four high school football players died from heatstrokeduring the 1998 season, accord... in hot weather andnon-contact drills during which players don't wear helmets can help preventheatstroke and reduce accidents. Players should be allowed as muc......understand, and no one has identifiedthe molecular players in this process." UCSF postdoctoral scientist Michael J. Caterina, M.D., Ph.D., made the discoveryalong with other members of the Julius lab and is first author on the Naturepaper. "VRL-1 may be acting in concert with other receptors tuned to other t...... and environmental sectors. In this panel, somekey players in state and federal water policy-making outline new strategies forensuring efficient water resource management in the next century. Henry J. Vaux Jr., UC associate vice president for agriculture and naturalresource programs and chair of the Water S...Hopkins Scientists' Sequencing Of AIDS Virus From India Waves A Red Flag For Vaccine Developers
...l, unlike the United States, mosaics are the major players inthe epidemic, and we believe mosaics may have a survival advantage over singlesubtype strains. Studies also suggest it's harder to make a vaccine againstcross-strains. We're concerned that the A/C combination could become common andthat single-str...Purdue Study Breathes New Life Into Question Of How Life Began
...ed nucleic acids, such as DNA and RNA, as the star players dueto their rare ability to replicate themselves and adapt to changes. But Purdue University scientist Jean Chmielewski has developed a system madeup of four peptides -- the building blocks for proteins -- that can replicateitself and is capable ...Researchers Announce Breakthrough In Transgenic Animal Technology
...nsgenic livestock. Dairy livestock are seen as key players in the production of geneticallyengineered protein drugs, such as monoclonal antibodies, hormones, vaccineproteins and enzymes. Introducing new genes into the animals allows them toproduce specific pharmaceutical proteins in their milk, from where it...Duke Scientist Reports Advances In Gene Therapy For Heart Failure
...y experiments focused on identifying the molecular players that areresponsible for efficient pumping action in the heart and showing which onesaren't doing their jobs in failing hearts. Using mouse models and sophisticatedgenetic techniques, the Duke scientists showed that two key proteins in heartcells work...Researchers Identify How AIDS Virus Kills Cells It Doesn't Infect
...ts that HIV uses one of the immunesystem's own key players as an accomplice to promote this self-inflicted death.The result is a sinister snowball effect. "Once patients lose their CD8 T-cells,growth of the virus in CD4 helper cells is probably boosted, and more cells willbe killed," says Herbein, the study'...Scientists Discover New Players On The Gene-Activation Team
...de the discoveries. Workman's research reveals new players on the team of molecules thatturns on a gene--a pr...kman explains. Scientists already knew some of the players on the gene-copying team,which Workman's research has now shown to be much larger and more complicat...Duke Researchers Call Gene Therapy A Promising Strategy For Sickle Cell Anemia
...n, and splice in anothersection. Ribozymes are key players in editing the flow of genetic informationfrom DNA to protein. Before the discovery of ribozymes, scientists believedonly proteins could perform such cutting and splicing activities. Sullenger hasdevised a strategy to use this natural process to fix...AAAS, State Of Arizona Co-Host Conference On Research And Development
...for future growth. Researchand development are big players in the Arizona economy right now, but the future possibilitieslook even brighter." The conference is the 10 th in an ongoing series of regional and state conferences that theAAAS has been hosting since 1996, examining the impact of research an...Hormones Found In The Brain May Determine How Much You Eat And Affect Obesity And Diabetes
... to understand the neuralnetwork and the molecular players that form the very complexregulation of this entire biochemical process of appetite," he said."We believe that neuropeptides, including orexins, are very importantcomponents." Other authors of the study were: Drs. Hirokazu Tanaka andRichard C...