Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
... engineering, the bacterial factories have already proven useful in producing precursors of the anti-malarial drug artemisinin, which he hopes to produce inexpensively for people in the developing world. The process also can be used to produce flavors and fragrances, many of which also are isoprenoids....Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
... engineering, the bacterial factories have already proven useful in producing precursors of the anti-malarial drug artemisinin, which he hopes to produce inexpensively for people in the developing world. The process also can be used to produce flavors and fragrances, many of which also are members of the cl...Trial shows which brain cancer patients benefit from temozolomide
...s the first chemotherapy for 30 years to have been proven effective for glioblastomas, which make up around 12 to 15% of all brain cancers with 2-3 new cases diagnosed per 100,000 population annually in Europe and North America[2]. The drug was approved in 1999 for use in patients who have relapsed after in...Study: Emission of smog ingredients from trees is increasing rapidly
...sed for their fast-growing supplies of timber have proven to be havens for sweetgum trees, which are major producers of VOCs. Indeed, virtually every tree that grows fast -- a desirable quality for forestry production -- is a heavy emitter of VOCs. "It's just one of those biological correlations," said Purv...$2.7 million grant to support creation of virtual zebrafish atlas
... The zebrafish, a common home-aquarium fish, has proven to be a good model for a variety of human biological processes and diseases. Zebrafish have a rapidly developing, transparent embryo with females producing about 200 eggs per week, giving researchers the quantity of offspring and the short life cycle...Ventilation in bars, casinos doesn't control health risk for hospitality workers
...olycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PPAH), pollutants proven to increase risk of respiratory disease, cancer, heart disease and stroke. Repace's findings demonstrate the dramatic effect of Delaware's smoking ban: Except for residual chalk dust in the pool hall at 17% of pre-ban levels -- air quality levels...Scientists fear new Ebola outbreak may explain sudden gorilla disappearance
...la vaccines for the great apes, which have already proven successful in monkeys and are showing greater promise in humans. If Ebola outbreak is confirmed, immediately warn all people living in the area to avoid handling dead animals. Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a severe, often-fatal disease that affec...APS showcases 46 historic breakthrough research articles
...6 articles published in the APS journals that have proven vital to the discipline of physiology and the evolution of modern-day medicine. "The articles epitomize the ever-evolving thirst for knowledge and the pioneering spirit of invention that are the signature of physiology's best and brightest," says AP...Bright idea could doom cancer and viruses, say Purdue scientists
...ancer agents and for blood sterilization. "We have proven in principle that light and chemistry together can...ars from development, Morrison said. "We have only proven in principle that such therapies are possible," he said. "But our experiments have only been on tumo...In gene regulation, small is beautiful
...artificial activators work. "We haven't rigorously proven that they function by the same mechanism as natural activators, but they seem to be quite analogous," she said. The researchers also will try attaching their activators to different DNA-binding domains to see if that affects their activity....Newly discovered protein may be key to muscular dystrophy
...uthor on the Nature paper. Transporters have proven to be important drug targets, McIntire said. Prozac, for example, modulates a transporter that regulates serotonin concentration. Besides carrying messages from nerve cells to muscle cells, acetylcholine triggers communication between neurons in the ...Last of known genes identified in complex obesity syndrome
...egion of chromosome 3, but getting to the gene had proven challenging. Now, by taking advantage of their recent discovery that faulty cellular structures called cilia are behind the problems seen in BBS patients, the researchers were able to zero in on the disease-causing gene. Cilia are found on many diff...Rutgers-Newark scientist: Mosquitoes may carry lethal parasite
... a bath oil product called Skin So Soft, which has proven so effective that U.S. armed forces operating in swampy, mosquito-rich areas now routinely carry it with their other gear. Avoiding being outside at dawn and dusk, when mosquitoes are most active and prevalent, is another effective tactic, she adds....Dispute over life in Antarctic lake
...nd and would certainly capitulate if and when I am proven wrong." The disagreements don't end there. Bulat and colleagues believe there are no bacteria in the ice because the lake is too toxic to support life. If so, Lake Vostok will be the only known sterile body of water on Earth. Though the lake itself ...Lake research offers clues to managing crayfish invasions
...he largest rusty crayfish, and biocides, chemicals proven to wipe them out, obliterate everything else in the lake. But one strategy for managing these invaders once they enter a lake might come from Roth's preliminary data showing that lakes - even ones similar in water chemistry and the amount of rocky su...DFG presents the 2004 MAK and BAT value lists
...indium phosphide, and 1,5-diaminonaphthalene, were proven to be carcinogenic in animal experiments and were assigned to carcinogenicity category 2. Talcum (asbestos-fibre free) as a suspected carcinogenic working substance was placed in carcinogenicity category 3B, and the previous MAK value of 2 mg/m 3 wa...Proteomic research centers target bioterrorism agents, infectious diseases
...emerging infectious diseases," said Sobral. "VBI's proven computational abilities with the institute's Core Computational Facility and its successful Pathogen Portal technology will further advance research at the Biodefense Proteomic Research Centers." The initial proteomics Data Management System will sto...K-State professor combines love of teaching, research to examine eye development
...ound his house, office, car, etc. These ideas have proven to be quite beneficial to eye research, as Conrad has obtained seven, five-year research grants over a 33-year period. Conrad enjoys doing both research and teaching. To him, the two activities complement one another. "I don't think you can effectiv...ORNL nanoprobe creates world of new possibilities
...K RIDGE, Tenn., July 14, 2004 -- A technology with proven environmental, forensics and medical applications has received a shot in the arm because of an invention by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ORNL's nanoprobe, which is based on a light scattering technique, can...Altered expression of key developmental genes underlies evolution of butterfly wing patterns
...a molecular basis for the phenomenon in nature has proven difficult. In their study, Reed and Serfas show that changes in a gene-regulation time sequence are associated with an evolutionary switch between line and spot color patterns. These findings demonstrate how dramatic evolutionary changes in discrete ...