New Discovery About Genes Has Implications For Genetic Therapy
...ace along a gene, inserting themselves at specific points along the DNA strand, and transferring genetic information in the process. "This is really a very, very interesting finding," he said. "Previously, no one believed that it was possible." This ability of the introns to pick and choose a site al...Southern Pine Beetle Reaching Outbreak Levels In North Florida
...etle andunderstand the need to act quickly." Foltz points to an example in Texas, in which 9,000 acres of a 10,000-acrerecreation area was stripped of its pines over a two-year period because ofa delay in recognizing the infestation and then removing the affectedtrees. With the increasing acreage of mature ...Salvage Gene Is At The Root Of Many Mutations
... "DNA is not a stainless steel molecule," Lawrence points out. "It issusceptible to damage as a natural part of its existence." The most common form of DNA damage is sporadic loss of individual molecules of adenine and guanine -- two of thefour bases that encode genetic information along a strand of DN...New Software Provides Quick Analysis of ion-Channel Activity
...es millions and even billions of experimental data points into a few constants and it will do it in about a minute....Environmental Impact Statements Need To Be Made Easier To Decipher
...s'recall of basic facts, understanding of the main points of the project andcomprehension of potential environmental effects. Their average scores: 42 percent correct on basic facts; 40 percent on themain points; and 57.5 percent on potential environmental changes. Mathematicalchance would have resulted in...Pets Provide Physiological Benefits For Women Living Alone
...port, systolic blood pressure of pet-owners was 20 points lower, on average, than the systolic pressure of those without pets. Owning a pet had only a slight moderating effect on the blood pressure of young women with little social support. In addition, elderly women with pets but little human compan......Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine, and Vermont — points out that the region is a major contributor to the nation's R&D industry and received $4.8 billion in federal funding in 1994 (the last year for which detailed numbers are available). The briefing was sponsored by the New England Council Congressiona......in the Pacific Northwest: Trends and Indicators , points out that although the region's strength in industry-funded R&D may shield the economy from the consequences of proposed cuts, the region's universities are likely to feel the impact. According to the report, universities in Washington and Or......olecular mechanisms for interferon resistance, and points the way to a potential new target for therapeutic drugs to treat hepatitis C," said the principal investigator, Dr. Michael G. Katze (kates), UW professor of microbiology and associate director of the UW's Regional Primate Research Center. Th...Researchers Find Production Point Of Key Protein In Fragile X Syndrome
... delay, has not beenknown," he said. "This finding points to a mechanism of actionof the protein that may account for the mental retardation." Greenough's team studied rats to determine the synapse location for theprotein's production. The findings of abnormal nerve cells resulted fromstudies of transgenic......the other 147 miles from the reserve. The furthest points of all but two of the birds' 10 recorded trips were more than 37 miles out to sea. It was the first proof that the foraging range of the temperate species can be so great. Last year, Boersma repeated the experiment with a single male. She recorded th...New understanding of crab populations may not bring fishermen's delight
...ntal changes from year to year," Botsford says."It points us toward the environmental influences but doesn't identifythem. More research is needed to identify the actual impacts of winds, currentsand El Nino conditions." Hastings says the next step is focusing on these explicit environmentalinfluences. Suc...Stopping "Cellular Suicide" Could Boost Production In Biotech Labs
...ock, Betenbaughinstalls "stop signals" at specific points along a cell's roadtowardself-destruction. To find these signals, he works withresearchers led by <a href="http://www.sph.jhu.edu/Departments/MMI/faculty/hardwick.htm">J. Marie Hardwick , an associateprofessor of molecular microbiology andim...Second Look Acquits Gene Of Role In Breast Cancer
...for the protein is normally interrupted at several points by codingthat is not part ofthe protein. Before the cell can use it, it has to clip out these pieces. Andit's in this splicing'process that something's going wrong in the cancerous cells." In many cases, the cancerous cells cut too much out o...Jefferson Scientists Find Potential Deadly Effects Of Two Missing Cancer-Suppressor Genes
...f how tumors develop and to tumor genetics," he points out. "It was previously found that this particular combination of altered genes is significantly lower in human tumors--our results may suggest why that is the case. These are two of the most commonly altered genes in colorectal cancer an...Early Menarche Puts Young Girls In Peril
...hat governs the bodies of today's girls. Brumberg points out that girls today are likely to be sexually active before the age at which their great-great grandmothers had even begun to menstruate. She compares the Victorian view on menarche with today's and chronicles the diminishing mother-daughter dialog...Bowman Gray Scientists Find Novel Way To Block AIDS Virus
...n the Oct. 1 issue of the journal NatureMedicine, points to a fundamental new way to treat patients with HIV-1infection or patients with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). This study, by Si.-Yi Chen, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of cancerbiology, and his colleagues at Bowman Gray Scho...Disease Takes Its Toll On Waterfowl Populations
...wildlife disease events in the U.S. Dr. Creekmore points out that avian botulism is the most serious disease of waterfowl in North America and quite likely the world. The disease can produce massive annual mortality; during this year's fall migration, Canadian biologists are estimating the losses at one...Genetics Debate Suffers From Misinterpretation, Scholar Says
...iversity ofNorthern Iowa challenges some of the 25 points made by 52 experts who endorsed"The Bell Curve" in a December 1994 opinion piece in the WallStreet Journal. The endorsement, Hirsch said, came before careful academicscrutiny was done. Jensen and the authors of "The Bell Curve," he said, confusehere......dvocate removing the colorant from the market, and points out that several large studies have found it to be safe and non-toxic. It would be helpful, however, if the FDA required cochineal extract and carmine to be listed as an ingredient on food labels, he says. The only way people can avoid allergic rea...