Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
...an to clone the genes from the tree that naturally produce Prostratin and insert them into bacteria to make m... similar technology is currently being explored to produce the anti-malarial drug artemisinin. "A microbial source for Prostratin will ensure a plentiful, high...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
...an to clone the genes from the tree that naturally produce Prostratin and insert them into bacteria to make m... similar technology is currently being explored to produce the anti-malarial drug artemisinin. "A microbial source for Prostratin will ensure a plentiful, high...Cigarette smoke causes breaks in DNA and defects to a cell's chromosomes, Pitt study finds
...cers, our results showing that cigarette smoke can produce anaphase bridges and destabilize a cell's chromosomes have added significance," said Dr. Saunders. "The failure of the cell to accurately repair the cigarette smoke condensate-induced double-stranded breaks probably leads to anaphase bridge formation...Belgian researchers explore revolutionary approach to angiogenesis
... high as ET-1 antagonists would be used acutely to produce an immediate effect on the tumour blood vessels i.e. given at the same time that the chemotherapy or radiotherapy is administered." He said that although the research was in mice and that it was early days as the concept still had to be proved in pa...Chemical derived from vitamin-E shows early promise as cancer drug
...20 percent of their normal ability to multiply and produce new cells. In addition to blocking the cancer cells' ability to divide, alpha-TEA caused the cancer cells to shrink and die through a process called apoptosis compared to untreated breast cancer cells. "One reason that alpha-TEA is such a pot...Scientists sequence genome of kind of organism central to biosphere's carbon cycle
...the sea, and in the process use carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. And they are an important food source for ...t diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana has the genes to produce urea-cycle enzymes that may help to reduce its dependence on nitrogen from the surrounding waters. ...Alzheimer's disease is not accelerated aging
...e a very nice job of showing how these two systems produce different behavioral changes and are probably related to different pathological processes. I think it's probably going to be the way many people start to think of cognitive aging." Buckner said he hopes the review will help researchers consid...Safety of isoflavones in dietary supplements targeted by Illinois initiative
...ial for phytoestrogens to alter development and/or produce long-term changes in the amount and function of adipose tissue. Cooke previously has shown that genistein exposure causes thymic atrophy and immune dysfunction under certain conditions. Susan L. Schantz, professor of veterinary biosciences an...New Arizona State center brings science to policy on issues of water resources and urban growth
...n the program. The centers and research teams will produce new knowledge, information and tools related to de...and Economic Sciences. "NSF expects that DCDC will produce exciting basic research findings and new decision tools that will be valuable for water management i...Study: Emission of smog ingredients from trees is increasing rapidly
...t readily in hot weather, which is also when trees produce the most VOCs. Further studies at Princeton and th... last century have early generations of trees that produce higher levels of VOCs than older growth forests. In the South, pine plantations used for their fast-...HHMI, NIBIB/NIH to invest up to $35 million in interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs
...eaking partnership between the NIBIB and HHMI will produce researchers who are skilled in biomedical disciplines, bioengineering, and quantitative sciences," said Elias A. Zerhouni, NIH director. In October 2004, HHMI will open a competition for up to 10 grants to educational institutions, totaling as muc...USAID, Conservation International & Starbucks launch Conservation Coffee Alliance in Central America
...erience while conducting its business in ways that produce social, environmental and economic benefits for communities in which it does business....Pollutant causes delayed flowering in plants
...lants. The scientists discovered that while plants produce their own internal nitric oxide to regulate flowering, they are also influenced by external concentrations of the chemical. The scientists said that although their findings are basic in nature, they suggest that the massive amounts of nitric oxide em...Researchers ID chlorophyll-regulating gene
...chlorophyll that is toxic. Normal plants, he said, produce enough of an enzyme, called protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase, to bind with typical levels of protochlorophyll. But not enough of the enzyme is produced to handle the overabundance of unbound protochlorophyll churned out by the mutant seedlings. ...Flexible pain relief with morphine-free poppy
...in further developing poppies that are tailored to produce alternative pharmaceuticals." The morphine free poppy variant, TOP1, was first discovered in 1995 by Tasmanian Alkaloids then released as Norman for commercial production in 1997 in Tasmania where it is now widely grown. "Norman created substantial i...Grant advances biochemical engineering laboratory
...said. "Biochemical engineering takes what farmers produce and turns it into other useful products that have more value than the crops themselves. It gives farmers one more way to market what they grow." Tech's biochemical engineering initiative also has received major equipment support from Cargill, as wel...Microbes eat their way to better concrete
...lop genetically engineered microorganisms that can produce excess amounts of organic and inorganic biosealant...to use genetic engineering to create microbes that produce even more metabolic byproducts. The researchers will put the microbes through a wide range of concre...Secretary of Energy announces seven E.O. Lawrence Award Winners
...y for his discovery of ways to use plasma waves to produce currents in fusion tokamaks. These toroidal currents enable tokamak reactors to operate continuously, which is necessary for an economical and practical fusion reactor. Fisch is professor of astrophysical sciences at Princeton University and associ...The book opens on the first tree genome
...source to develop faster growing trees, trees that produce more biomass that can be converted to fuels, and t...nergy and cleaner environment that scientists will produce using the genetic sequence of the poplar in the future." "Forest genomics is rapidly shaping how we ...Northeastern University receives $12.4 million NSF grant for creation of nanomanufacturing institute
...s in nanotechnology is the ability to commercially produce devices that work at the nanoscale level, which is...ithout first answering the question of how to mass produce the technology," Busnaina said. "We need to find an economical nanoscale manufacturing or the techno...