Pea Plant Stem Growth Gene Cloned
... synthesizing the gibberellic acid responsible for promoting stem growth. The plant becomes growth deficient. Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), the father of genetics, conducted experiments on the hybridization of plants, particularly peas. The results of his research were included in two lectures delivered in 1865...Virginia Tech Engineers Help Mother Nature Clean Up
...nvironmental engineer with Ecolotree, theIowa firm promoting the use of poplar trees. She adds, "Now,the engineers are using nature." One reason Ecolotree selected the poplaris because they can capitalize on the volumes of research alreadyconducted by paper companies and logging concerns that use thepoplar ...... to supply the diseased heart with vessel growth promoting factors making use of the property of microscop... tumor vessel growth. Attempts of vessel growth promoting therapies in the heart have therefore mainly been limited to cardiac surgery where the gene of...UD Environmental News: Pfiesteria Detectors To Be Described March 18
...erve as an educational tool, and as "acatalyst for promoting positive changes in residential, agricultural andindustrial areas," he says. Within UD's College of Agriculture and NaturalResources, researchers have emphasized support for poultry growers andproducers. Delaware's Sussex County is the nation's large......r thinking is that apoE3 is much more effective at promoting regrowthof nerve cell extensions after injury," says David M. Holtzman, M.D., assistantprofessor of neurology and molecular biology & pharmacology. "Or it might beprotective in the setting of brain diseases by preventing loss of connectionsbetween ne...Antimicrobial Resistance: Issues And Options
...shop felt that efforts need to be directed towards promoting and fostering joint ventures that meet the scientific, legal, and regulatory concerns of industry and academic institutions alike. The IOM's Forum on Emerging Infections was created in response to a request from the Centers for Disease ...DFG To Set Up 32 New Postgraduate Research Groups - First "Virtual Research Group"
...arch groups. Under this programme the DFG has been promoting - since 1990 - especially qualified doctoral candidates of all scientific disciplines, ranging from natural sciences and the humanities to biosciences and engineering sciences. The responsible grants committee selected 32 research groups from a total...Circulatory Device -- A Bridge To Recovery For Heart Failure?
...reversibly damaged."LVAD support may be a means of promoting heart recovery, says Margulies. Further studies are needed to identify the best candidates for LVAD therapy and,most important, whether the improvements in myocytes are lasting or transient.If improvement persist, LVADs may not just be a "bridge to t...Largest Generation Of Adolescents Faces Reproductive Health Risks
...f encouraging postponement ofsexual activity while promoting contraceptive use for those who intend to engagein sex is a formula for failure, maintains Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr. His articleasks what, if anything, can the Western experience teach developing countriesabout the causes and consequences of teenage ...Researchers Discover Way To Grow New Kidneys In Rats
...kidney within 6 weeks. The membrane releasesgrowth promoting factors and ones that stimulate blood vessel formation. Within four weeks, the rats had produced new blood vessels thatconnected the kidneys to their own blood supply, creating chimeric kidneyscontaining parts from two different animals. To t...Scientists, Philosophers Discuss How To Evaluate Data, Error
...." But the value of thesymposium for her go beyond promoting her own philosophy, she adds. "My goal isto learn much more about the issues from the scientists at the conference." For more information contactsymposium organizer Nicholas Lewin, GIS Support and Research Facility, IowaState University, nlewin@iasta...Molecular Circuit Breaker Can Prevent Runaway Cell Growth
...hat helps to safeguard cellsagainst runaway growth promoting signals," Sherr says. "ARF and p53 act togetherto limit Myc's stimulatory potential, but in cases where ARF is damaged and canno longer function, unchecked Myc activity can cause havoc." Sherr and Roussel collaborated with Scott W. Lowe and his col...UCSF Researchers Identify Molecule Involved In Early Stage Of Atherosclerosis In Mice
...that a molecule known as MCP-1 plays a key role in promoting the migration ofwhite blood cells into the lining of arteries, an event that ultimately leads toatherosclerosis. The finding, reported in the August 27 issue of Nature, provides evidence thatMCP-1 is critically involved in the formation of foam cell...Animal And Human Health Symposium Scheduled At Virginia Tech
...inary medicine protects and enriches human life by promoting thequality of our food supply, controlling infectious diseases that threaten peopleand animals, and fostering the health and well-being of our beloved pets," saysVMRCVM Dean Peter Eyre. Physicians have traditionally looked to veterinary medic......ons to public health by isolating the polio virus, promoting theearly use of cancer chemotherapy, adding to the arsenal of AIDS medications,developing a promising Lyme disease vaccine, discovering genes that contributeto skin cancer and high blood pressure, and making breakthroughs in thetreatment of Parkinson...NIAID Scientists Discover HIV Disease-Slowing Mutation
... active, and thus less effective at promoting CCR5 protein production, than the normal promoter. Approximately 20 percent of the HIV-infected individuals in the study possessed two copies of the mutant CCR5 promote...Book By Shipman Wins Phi Beta Kappa Award In Science
...e-PoulencAward is given annually for the best book promoting the public understanding ofscience published in English....Molecular Mechanism For Evolution Described
...o have discovered the first molecularmechanism for promoting evolutionarychange in response to the environment. The mechanism works by allowingmultiple small genetic variations to accumulate and then expose themselveswhen that organism is under environmental stress. "For the first time we have a molecular mech...Future Of West Tied To Saving, Not Extracting, The Land
...ing populations and revitalized economies built on promoting environmentalquality. "The new prosperity in the west is based on the region's natural beauty, ratherthan on tangible resources like coal, trees, cattle and sheep," saysFreudenburg. "The only mining in these towns is mining the coins out of thepocket...... But many people are not convinced that those promoting the rights ofnonhuman great apes have a watertight case. Experiments designed to tease outthe cognitive abilities of great apes suffer from a key problem: these animalslook like us, and that can make it very difficult to be objective about thefinding...