Brain Protein "Rescues" Neurons From Atrophy
...rons develop. In their experiments, the scientists provided different neurotrophins -- NGF, BDNF, NT-3 or NT-4 -- to slices of infant ferret brain cortex, maintained in tissue culture. Such young brain tissue is in the process of rapidly sprouting dendrites. The scientists allowed the treated slices to grow f...Virginia Tech Researchers Receive Patent For Rapid Virus Detection Technology
...r patent application andcommercial development was provided by Virginia's Center for InnovativeTechnology and Dominion Biosciences, Inc. A description of the developmentof the rapid virus test was presented at the American Societyfor Microbiology meeting in May, 1995....Genetic Alterations Linked To Cancer In Some Blood Samples
...witzerland. # # # Funding for this research was provided by a lung cancer SPORE (Specialized Program of Research Excellence) grant from the National Cancer Institute and by Oncor, Inc. of Gaithersburg, MD. Under an agreement between Oncor and The Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Sidransky is entitled to a sh......, M.D., a graduate student in neurobiology , have provided the most detailed look yet at how the brain controls singing in the zebra finch, which Margoliash calls the "white rat" of songbirds. Neurobiologists have used them extensively to study brain function. "It doesn't have the most beautiful song ," adm...Component In Soy Products May Be Substitute For Estrogen Treatment
...Board and Protein Technologies International,which provided the isolated soy protein....Cornell Scientists Find Way To Boost Rice Crop Yield -- They'll Walk On The Wild Side
...e Institute, in the People's Republic of China and provided the Chinese agricultural field station with recombined and introgressed rice. "Essentially, we are mining the wild species for previously undiscovered genes," Tanksley said. "There is no way to effectively identify these genes through traditional m...... tunnels or they may be following "map directions" provided by the scouts. To test that hypothesis, the biologists switched the tunnel through which the scouts had traveled to the other side of the maze. They found that recruits followed the scouts' trails but not their directions. When tunnels through whi...Two Long-sought Diabetes Gene Found
...nalysis of several extended families with MODY has provided the thorough pedigrees needed to study the genetic... 625,000 each year. Support for these projects was provided by the U.S. Public Health Service; Wellcome Trust; Bristol-Meyers Squibb; the Juvenile Diabetes Foun...Florida Company Using ORNL Technology For Revolutionary Wheelchair
... seat. Theseat portion of the unit, expected to be provided by Superior UnlimitedCorp. of Bristol, sits atop a...ng for the research that led to this invention was provided by DOE'sBasic Energy Sciences. ORNL, one of DOE's multiprogram research facilities, is managed by Lo...New Sensor Provides First Instant Test For Toxic E. coli Organism
...ults can be obtained. The instant analysis provided by Berkeley Lab's new sensors has obviousadvantages as a public health tool. Dangerous pathogens can be detected before a food product has been shipped to the store. Another advantage is cost. Says Stevens, "We can make an inexpensive sensor...Robots, Virtual Reality & Other "Smart" Tools Soon Will Help Physicians Heal Patients
...he says. Support for the June workshop was provided by NSF, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and various commercial partners, and hosted by the United Kingdom's Engineering and Physical Science Research Council. A follow-up workshop is being planned for 1999....ORNL Finds Common Genetic Cause For Epilepsy, Migraine
...nd 12percent of men. Funding for this research was provided by DOE's Office of Health andEnvironmental Research....The CIA Would Like To Know What Scientists Are Seeing Over The Rainbow
...emission spectrum, each painted chromosome emitted provided a unique "thumbprint" for that chromosome. Although to the eye, the thumbprints are difficult to distinguish from one chromosome to the next, computers rapidly detect differences in emission spectra and assign each chromosome its own easy-to-see col......ple and their colleagues already in the field. We provided the data andthe science that were the basis for many immediate flood forecasts thathelped save lives and property; we provide maps that guided rescue andrebuilding efforts; and we continue to investigate the long-term effects ofthe upstream floods on...Fund Aims To Repay Developing Nations For Valuable Genes
...ps for students from the countries that originally provided theplants carrying the gene. The fund was designe...rs into uncharted waters. At the same time, it has provided facultyresearchers with a practical, if modest, mechanism for exercising socialresponsibility in the......rgest mortality study of any non-human species and provided powerfulevidence that longevity is not genetically...te in Tapachula, Mexico. Fundingfor this study was provided by the National Science Foundation and the NationalInstitute on Aging....Scientists Trace Roots Of Protein That Keeps Antarctic Fish From Freezing
...s genetic origin and historical roots. They'vealso provided an example of convergent evolution by ruling out the suspectedcommon ancestry with an antifreeze-bearing Arctic fish. Almost identical antifreeze glycoproteins are produced independentlyby two unrelated fish groups Antarctic notothenioids and ...Houseflies May Transmit Ulcer Bug
...g up pathogens,"says Dr. Grbel. "Its proboscis is provided with a profusion of fine hairsthat readily collect environmental detritus. Furthermore each of the sixfeet of the fly is fitted with hairy structures and pads that secrete a stickymaterial, thus adding to its pathogen transmission potential. It ist...New Evidence For Corn's Ancestry Could Lead To Insect And Drought Resistant Crops
...sk so they're easy to harvestand dry and store. It provided a wonderful food for the original inhabitantsof the Americas once they began cultivating it." But the earliest known versions of corn have far smaller ears that bearfewer and tinier kernels, providing silent testimony to the corn genome'sgreat adapt......ages of growth. Funding for the domatia study was provided by the U.S. Department ofAgriculture and the National Science Foundation....