Insulin study sheds light on physics of crystal growth
... turn everything off and stop all work in order to replace that one crystal. You don't need to completely eliminate step bunching, but you need to keep it small" in order to not form droplets. Growing good crystals of proteins, such as insulin, is a difficult and time consuming process, and is the first step...Yeast, wormwood & bacterial genes combine in microbial factory to make antimalarial drug
...ng of microbes to do complex chemical syntheses to replace current methods that are expensive, polluting and wasteful of resources. "Enzymes are very specific catalysts that can accomplish in far fewer steps what takes us many complex steps in the laboratory," Keasling said. "We are trying to put enzymes ins...Inner ear of chicken yields clues to human deafness and balance disorders
...he research provides new clues as to why birds can replace critical cells in the inner ear and humans cannot....r work will lead to some form of therapy that will replace these cells when they are lost, says lead investigator Michael Lovett, Ph.D., professor of genetics ...New study: percentage of babies born with intestinal birth defect growing in U.S., N.C.
...etween 3 percent and 8 percent. Pediatric surgeons replace the intestines during surgery, but since they don't work well at first, it takes babies a long time to recover, and many of them will spend an average of 30 to 40 days in the hospital." The UNC doctors and their colleagues decided to analyze medical ...UCR scientists modify existing chemical scrubber to environmentally friendly, all-natural filter
...r study demonstrates that biotrickling filters can replace chemical scrubbers and be a safer, more economical technique for odor control." An estimated 10,000-40,000 scrubbers for odor control operate at publicly owned treatment works in the United States and probably more than 100,000 scrubbers worldwide. ...Novel gene therapy on the horizon, says Brenner Children's Hospital pediatrician
...tional research funding. "This technology could replace the current gene therapy being used in a much safer way," he said. "And while this study is aimed at preventing deaths in infants, potentially many adults could benefit from this. Over the span of a lifetime, many adults will accumulate defects in th...Ears can't hear when special sensory cells don't stay 'quiet'
...d in the embryo; therefore, they can't multiply to replace lost or damaged sensory hair cells later in life. ... balance between stimulating cells to reproduce to replace lost cells, and setting off unintended apoptosis, which could make things much worse." The lead auth...R&D yields numerous applications for conductive polymers
...ey can be used in light-emitting devices (LEDs) to replace silicon as the substrate material in clock radios, appliance and instrument readouts, automotive dashboard displays, and aircraft cockpit displays. For now, the electronics industry will mainly benefit from the technology, using the materials in EMI ...Lead by example to get your kids to eat right, experts say
...etitian. "We didn't have to clear the cupboard and replace foods with only broccoli to reach the High Five, Low Fat goals." "High Five" refers to the goal of eating five fruits and vegetables a day to fight dietary-related cancers. The nutrition program is designed to encourage African-Americans, who are at ...Brain gliomas progress as function of crucial gene is lost
...s Heimberger. "We are already looking at trying to replace AP-2( function in animal models with gene therapy in order to slow down growth of the tumor," McGary added....Cincinnati engineering study finds clue to Bangladesh's poisoned water
...nic materials and rainwater down into the wells to replace what has been pumped out and creates favorable conditions for biogeochemical reactions that take the arsenic from a safe solid state to an unsafe liquid state, says Islam. One possible remedy that has already begun to be used is to dig deeper wells, ...A subtle tool to study mankind's diseases
... can be told to look for "Stephen" and "Gould" and replace what comes between them. In the same way, recombin...ences of DNA to the left and right of a target and replace what comes in between with the new sequence. Homologous recombination was known to occur in bacteri...Powered by your liquor cabinet, 'biofuel cell' could replace rechargeable batteries
...y that runs off of alcohol and enzymes that could replace the rechargeable batteries in everything from laptops to Palm Pilots. Instead of plugging into a fixed power outlet and waiting, these new batteries can be charged instantly with a few milliliters of alcohol. The new findings were presented today at ...Scientists find new way to grow human embryonic stem cells
...in the lab, but we were surprised they could fully replace mouse cells in supporting more primitive ES cells." Marrow stromal cells are also known as mesenchymal stem cells, which are capable naturally of becoming fat, cartilage and bone. Some animal experiments have suggested that mesenchymal stem cells c...Study of monkey species that fights off AIDS may lead to new treatments for humans
...inability of the infected individual to adequately replace the T cells, Sodora said. "What we call AIDS is actually a combination of the direct effects of HIV replication and the indirect effects brought about by the immune system dysregulation," he said. "In contrast, the absence of the indirect effects in ...Bone marrow stem cells are a source of insulin-producing cells
...ing goals of diabetes research is to find a way to replace the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas that are damaged or destroyed in some forms of diabetes. These cells are called beta cells and they are found in cell groups called islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. In recent years doctors have reporte...Technological advances making life easier for people with physical and mental challenges
...esearch, but sense-heightening technologies cannot replace the development of reading and writing skills, which are essential for understanding language and math, according to scientists at the 2003 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting. Missing the ability to see does n......avity, comes into place. "We need a new theory to replace the theory of general relativity, so we can understand what's going on inside the black hole," she said. Markopoulo Kalamara, a young, up-and-coming scientist, presents a fresh approach to researching theoretical possibilities for looking inside bla...Marine biologists probe 'black box' mysteries of the sea
...g a high-tech version of the dynamometer that will replace the metal spring with an electronic sensor that continuously transmits wave force data back to the lab. He and his colleagues also are using nickel-size computers called I-Buttons that record the body temperature of shoreline organisms every 10 minut...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory February 2003
...idges. The hollow, spaghetti-like tubes promise to replace steel with structural materials that are 100 times... field-emission flat-panel displays and promise to replace silicon chips in tomorrow's computers. Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Dave Geohegan, Alex Puretzky ...