AAAS US Presidential Candidates' Forum
...human cloning, or reproductive cloning illegal. To read the responses of the candidates on these and other hot-button items such as Visa/Security Issues, Space Policy, Environmental Stewardship, Creationism and Energy Policy, go to: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/rapidpdf/1104420v1.pdf . To download Donal...Bronfenbrenner book sums up human development
...re most vulnerable." "This is a marvelous book to read and cherish from one of our giants in the field of human development," says Glen H. Elder, professor of sociology and research professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina. For a review copy, contact Nichole Angress at nichole.angress......ctly linked to mildew resistance. "The repeats are read along with the normal gene," explains Schulze-Lefert. "The original reading frame cannot be recognized anymore and the MLO protein is therefore no longer produced in the cells." Even in the rare cases where the reading frame is detected by enzymes, t...Stanford researcher's findings may shed light on common, deadly birth defect
... a cleft lip or other abnormal facial features can read like a map of brain development gone awry. Now for the first time, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the University of California-San Francisco have provided a powerful example of how one genetic pathway can wend its way t...Method to visualize gene activity may provide insight into normal development & genome function
...ht is fanned out into a rainbow, and each color is read through a separate channel," explains Bier. "That way if the light is 90 percent blue and ten percent yellow, it might look blue to the naked eye, but the microscope detects each color present." According to Bier, multiplex labeling fills a gap ...APS/IUPS launch PHYSIOLOGY bimonthly
...that "Walter Boron wanted to make it a more widely read journal and he recognized the importance of graphic communication, including bringing an editorial view into a process we call 'graphic development,'" Woolsey said. "Physiology is a pretty overarching field and includes specialists at different corne...Epilepsy: Signals 'brake' in brain impaired
...he one hand the genes for the potassium sluice are read less often, with the result that the cells produce fewer Kv4.2 channels. On the other hand a particular enzyme, the ERK or Extra-Cellular Signal-Regulated Kinase, changes the channels present chemically in such a way that they no longer function. The......mic analysis, go to: www.genome.gov/10005835 . To read the white paper that outlines the scientific rationale and strategy for sequencing the dog genome, go to: http://www.genome.gov/Pages/Research/Sequencing/SeqProposals/CanineSEQedited.pdf...Innovative efforts target epigenetics, molecular imaging
...echnology developed by Church's team currently can read a slide with 10 million polonies in about 20 minutes, making it one of the swiftest DNA sequencing methods now available. With the further development planned at the center, the technology has the potential to lead to quicker, more cost-effective way...Scientists learn how adjuvant makes vaccines effective
...everal years later, a researcher named A.T. Glenny read Ramone's account and decided to mix aluminum salts, or alum, with inactivated tetanus toxin in a test vaccine he tried on rabbits. Again, the vaccine with the adjuvant was more effective than a vaccine containing the toxin alone. The adjuvant alum wa...Albany high school student adds to understanding of breast cancer gene
...t BRCA-1 gene," Figge recalled. "On my own time, I read literature and did independent science research at my school to learn all I could about how this gene was related to breast cancer." Figge learned that normally, the BRCA-1 protein acts to suppress breast and ovarian tumors in women. ...UCSD study shows how we perceive world depends on precise division of labor among cells in brain
...ani's analogy--and then monitored which nerve cell read which part of the information. Pouille and Scanziani found some nerve cells that were only responsive to the first impulse that arrived, while other nerve cells only responded to multiple electrical impulses arriving at certain frequencies. "While...BioCDS could hit No. 1 on doctors' charts
...t need to be larger than a single drop - you could read the disk with laser technology similar to what is found in conventional CD players. Instead of seeing digital data, the laser reader would see how concentrated a given protein had become on each track." Each pit is only a few micrometers - millionths...Kinase backgrounder: Iressa discovery part of major kinase project at Dana-Farber
... from cells. It uses dozens of robot sequencers to read the genes' messages and massive computers to inter...be scanned for mutations. At the Whitehead, robots read the genes' sequences in search of "typos." Sellers estimates 1.7 million "reads" will be needed to s...UCLA chemists develop new coating for nanoscale probes
...nanometer in size. The semiconductor laser used to read digital information on a CD or DVD has an active layer of similar dimensions. "Creating the ability to import such electronic functions into the cell and meshing them with biological functions could open tremendous new possibilities, both for b...Researchers find evidence that sea turtles navigate with magnetic maps
...tly on a "magnetic map" -- a remarkable ability to read geographic position from subtle variations in the Earth's magnetic field. Previous work by the group showed that baby sea turtles can use magnetic information as a built-in compass to help guide them during their first migration across the Atlantic O...Bye-bye Bio 101: Teach science the way you do science
... writing about the results. "Most scientists don't read reports on education, but they do read Science , so this was the place to reach our colleagues," Handelsman points out. In some instance...Hopkins scientists overcome main obstacle to making tons of short, drug-like proteins
...ish" -- harnessing the same machinery cells use to read genetic instructions and assemble correct proteins. Since at least the 1970s, scientists have known that this machinery, called the ribosome, also can string together a wide variety of artificial amino acids, as long as the fake building block is tie...Understanding nutrition labels can lead to healthier eating
...assortment of packaged foods and are taught how to read the nutrition label on it using the USDA's Guidanc...gers, 9-13 years." Of course, being able to read and understand the nutrition labels doesn't guarantee that a person will suddenly start eating right......n international climate change debates," the award read while also noting demand for Brown as an expert witness before congressional committees and as an advisor to boards studying environmental issues on the government level and in the private sector. Many of the technologies highlighted in this report a...