Protein key to trafficking in nerve terminals
...ector of the program in developmental biology. The report appears in the July 22, 2004, issue of the journal Neuron . Dap 160 was found as part of a new screen developed in Bellen's laboratory. The screen revealed many genes involved in neuronal function and development, said Bellen. Dap160 stands for Dyn...Report outlines vision and recommendations for microbiology in the 21st Century
...an Diego State University, one of the authors of a report of the American Academy of Microbiology, Microbiol... or is relegated to a special academic niche. The report recommends that microbial sciences should be firmly integrated into pre-college and undergraduate ed...Scientific publications: Time for change
...of Commons Science & Technology Committee in their report on scientific publishing, published today. Vitek T...d: "We welcome this important and forward-looking report which marks the beginning of a new era. Change is essential for science and will benefit society." ...NRH1 and Wnt signaling come together in convergent extension
...an) have now added a new piece to the puzzle. In a report published in the advanced online edition of Nature Cell Biology, Noriaki Sasai and colleagues in the Laboratory for Organogenesis and Neurogenesis (Group Director, Yoshiaki Sasai) show that the product of the gene NRH1 is essential to the regulation ...Researchers in UGA Vet School discover a mechanism that blocks replication of a retrovirus
... viral DNA into the host genome. This is the first report of an endogenous retrovirus interfering with the viral replication so late in the cycle. Understanding how enJS56A1 functions could provide a model for designing new anti-retroviral therapies that work on cells already infected by retroviruses. Some ......tating that they are being commissioned to write a report for publication. A media centre with computing, fax, photocopying and free international phone and internet connections will be available. NB: the official language of the symposium is English and all press materials will be in English. To ...Research shows oceans are becoming more acidic
...h is one of the most important greenhouse gases. A report on the meeting's conclusions, now available online...may seriously destabilize marine ecosystems. Their report signals the need for more research and identifies research priorities, in a bid to increase understa...Significant strides in small regulatory RNA research in plants
...down-regulated in response to abiotic stress. This report doubles the number of known miRNA families in Arabidopsis and identifies a number of new potential miRNA target genes, and further suggests that some miRNAs might be associated with regulation of gene expression in response to stress. Toge...New drug shows promise against Gleevec resistance in mice
...ues at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, report that the compound BMS-354825, which is under development by Bristol-Myers Squibb, successfully sidesteps the vexing problem of Gleevec (imatinib) resistance. "The identification of this compound as a drug candidate is a direct byproduct of un...New paper in Science introduces revolutionary new paradigm for fishery management
...Commission in 2003, in the recently released draft report of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, and in a number of international arenas. Some elements of the approach are already being implemented in California, Alaska and Australia. The authors write, "Ideally, EBFM would shift the burden of proof so th...Acamprosate: potential medication for treating alcoholism
... "To our knowledge, this is the first published report that examines potential interactions between acamprosate and alcohol in humans," said Elisabeth J. Houtsmuller, assistant professor of behavioral biology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and corresponding author for the study. "Other s...Mouse brain stem cells capable of converting into blood vessel cells
...t these promising, but still mystifying cells. The report by Fred H. Gage, Ph.D., and colleagues at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, CA, and Kumamoto University in Japan, appears in the July 15, 2004, issue of Nature. Adult stem cells in the brain were proposed to be restricted to the generation of neurons a...'Anti-plume' found off Pacific Coast
...n rather than expels surrounding seawater. They report their discovery in the July 15 issue of the journal Nature . Oregon State University oceanographer Robert Dziak said the discovery is important because it adds a new wrinkle to scientific understanding of seafloor spreading, the fundamental process...Scientists find 75 percent of red snapper sold in stores is really some other species
...something that we currently know little about." A report on his group's research appears in the July 15 issue of the journal Nature . Co-authors are his colleague Dr. Amy L. Moran, research assistant professor of marine sciences, and graduate students Sarah C. Lee, Amber M. Rice, Joel M. Gramling, Tara M....Findings suggest need for new view of p53 cancer protein's interaction with DNA
...er Center, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute report on new structural studies that will likely lead scientists to revise their views of how the p53 protein binds to DNA. The findings appear in today's issue of the journal Structure. "Mutant forms of p53 in human cancer are often defective in their bin...Altered expression of key developmental genes underlies evolution of butterfly wing patterns
...xpression in a range of moth and butterfly species report this week that a certain class of wing patterns has likely evolved through seemingly simple alterations in the timing of various types of gene expression. The class of wing patterns in question, so-called "intervein" patterns, have lines of symmetry ...XsalF comes to the fore in brain regionalization
... issue of Developmental Cell, Takayuki Onai et al. report that XsalF, the Xenopus homolog of spalt, a homeotic gene known to function in anterior-posterior segment identity in Drosophila, regulates the expression of forebrain and midbrain-specific genes. A series of experiments in which XsalF was misexpress...Report outlines steps needed to lessen smallpox threat
...sities and government agencies, according to a new report from the National Academies. The report delivers the recommendations of a distinguished panel of researchers who participated in a two-day w...Molecular traffic cop directs cellular signals
Scientists report that a recently identified molecule functions as a molecular switch that influences the activity of key signaling molecules by restricting the location of the activated molecules within the cell. The research, published in the July issue of Develop......g diverted to pay for legal defense. Researchers report on the consequences of growing numbers of citizen suits and whether more litigation necessarily leads to better environmental outcomes. The Status of Conservation Biology and Science in Iraq Representatives from Coalition Provisional Authority and ...