Researchers Externally Regulate Gene Implanted In Brain
...With this approach, you can establish if molecular principles that work inrodents would work in a larger animal, like dogs or monkeys. And that allows youto move into really relevant models quickly without having to be dependent onthe genetic manipulation of embryos," Samulski says. Rebecca P. Haberman,...Scientists, Using Flies, Trace Genetic Links To Cancer
...in the past to study mutations and deciphergeneral principles of genetic inheritance. But in recent years, those developmentalbiologists who call themselves "fly people" are increasingly finding that thegenetics of the tiny fruit fly has a stunning parallel with human genetics, andsome papers based on fly resea...Ecological Society Of America To Host Symposia At AAAS
...t land-use decisions are made and how applying the principles of ecological science can help improve those decisions.......ocess at the molecularlevel. Now we can use these principles to begin to develop new clinicaltreatments for troublesome fractures in which we mimic the natural healingprocess," said Theodore Miclau, MD, lead investigator and UCSF assistantprofessor of orthopaedic surgery who treats patients at San Francisco Ge...Largest Acoustics Meeting In History Expected
... designs, many of which employ new sound-recording principles not possible with conventional designs (2aEA1). Allan D. Pierce and colleagues at Boston University ( adp@enga.bu.edu ) will describe an underwater acoustic sensor built with an emerging technology known as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)--in ......tinto basic cell biology as well as elegant design principles for mechanicalswitches in biotechnology devices," says senior author Viola Vogel, associateprofessor of bioengineering and director of the Center for Nanotechnology at theUW. "Since nano-scale tools have only recently been developed for analyzing the...Stanford launches interdisciplinary initiative in the biological sciences
...eloped by chemist Linus Pauling, who had tappedthe principles of quantum mechanics. Channing Robertson, the Ruth G. and William K. Bowes Professor of ChemicalEngineering, a member of the four-person Bio-X executive committee, likes totell about another example. When he was hired in 1970, Robertson says, he wasc...... halfthat diameter, but the inventors say the same principles would apply to smallertubes as well. The prototype's main tubes are connected by an even narrowerpassage or "throat," measuring 0.5 millimeters in diameter. The engineersinserted steel needles into each of the larger tubes, connected the needles to a......efense AdvancedProjects Agency, has identified the principles that explain not only how insectsstay aloft, but also how they steer and maneuver. Dr. Michael Dickinson and hiscolleagues have discovered that the aerodynamic performance of insects resultsfrom the interaction of three distinctly different mechanism......napse is that its formation is basedon biophysical principles and represents the integration of information receivedby the T cell. Using their system, the researchers now can dissect the requirements forsynapse formation. Many different membrane proteins are likely to have uniqueroles in this process....Scientists image key steps in bacterial infection
...ally excited about," Hultgren says, "is that these principles mightapply to a wide range of biological fibers, such as the amyloid fibers that areimportant in Alzheimer's disease and the prion proteins associated with mad-cowdisease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome. Therefore, we hope our findings willstimulate m...Günter Blobel wins 1999 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine
...n its citation, the Karolinska Institute said "the principles discovered anddescribed by Günter Blobel turned out to be universal, operating similarlyin yeast, plant, and animal cells. A number of human hereditary diseases arecaused by errors in these signals and transport mechanisms. Blobel's researchhas ......n standards and assessments,thereby making central principles for the scientific understanding of theuniverse and its history optional subjects for science education," the AAASresolution states. "This decision by the Board is a serious disservice tostudents and teachers in the State of Kansas." The AAAS resolu......he cell's operating system could reveal new design principles for operating autonomous unmanned devices. In recently published reports, the Stanford researchers have determined that a "master regulator" protein prevents DNA replication from happening at the wrong time in the cell cycle. By carefully coordinatin...How biological molecules move electrons: Simplicity trumps complexity
...cal Center have shown that the natural engineering principles governing electron transfer within proteins are significantly less complex than has been the prevailing view. Of the many parameters influencing the movement of electrons within biological molecules, proximity alone of the electron's origin and desti...Biodiversity yields dividends, finds pan-European research
...ese results provide the type of general ecological principles needed for European conservation and agricultural policies". This project signals the beginning of a new era by demonstrating the power of "big ecology" to underpin environmental policymaking....$500,000 gift launches new clinical research effort in peripheral neuropathy
...iopathic;' we simply don't know the cause." "The principles of nerve damage and rescue may be similar for both the peripheral and central nervous system," added Roos. "Studies in either area could have an impact on our knowledge of neuroscience as a whole. Peripheral nerves are more accessible than the centra...Peter H. Raven voted president-elect of AAAS
...heights just as we are starting to understand what principles govern its organization and how we are to appreciate its diversity," said Raven in his AAAS election statement. "This loss will carry with it an enormous cost to human prospects for sustainable development, the maintenance of ecosystem services, and ...DFG to set up 21 new collaborative research centres in 2000
...re aiming to investigate the basic neurobiological principles of the processes which lead from the identificatio...iversity Bochum is to elucidate the basic physical principles of such heterolayers. They possess great potential for applications in information and communication...Most highly endowed promotion prize for fourteen scientists and scholars
...versity. Peter Greil is concerned with the basic principles of manufacturing ceramics and ceramic-composites. ...omposites. He frequently utilises the construction principles found in living nature as a guideline for new "biomimetic" materials. Greil has recently begun to st...