New Discovery About Genes Has Implications For Genetic Therapy
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...d by Deping Xu, Xiaolan Duan and Baiwang Wang, all researchers in Cornell's Section of Biochemistry, Molecular an...ell Biology, and by Bimei Hong, Tuan-Hua David Ho, researchers in Washington University's Department of Biology. Reporting their development of insect-resistant t...Race Plus Roaches: A Breathtaking Link
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...alled "Trial of the Century," University ofFlorida researchers are using the same science to police polluters. With the oft-mentioned DNA "fingerprint" test, scientists at UF'sInstitute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are able toaccurately point the finger at who is polluting water bodies byisolating E. coli b...International Research Team Clones New Skin Cancer Gene
...lar to the birth defects in NBCCS", said Bale. The researchers found that individuals with NBCCS are born with a mutation of PTC in all of their cells. Further investigation revealed the same mutation in sporadic (noninherited) tumors, which account for the vast majority of basal cell carcinomas. In those tumo...Cornell Researchers Precisely Date Wood From Ancient Tomb In Turkey
ITHACA, N.Y. -- A team of researchers at Cornell University has identified the exact yea... of the history of art and archaeology, with other researchers in the university's Aegean Dendrochronology Project and at the universities of Heidelberg and Readin...Researchers Use Hydrated Lime To Reduce Toxic Selenium Emissions
...flue gas before itescapes into the atmosphere. The researchers found that hydratedlime, which has been shown effe...rbent and can be disposed of with the flyash." The researchers found that the hydrated lime was most effectiveat 400 to 600 degrees Celsius, and able to "capture"u...NADC Examines TB In Cattle and Swine
Food Safety Consortium researchers have made some advances in researchingtuberculosis...strains of the bacterium Mycobacteriumbovis . The researchers compared tuberculins from each country to determineif there is a need to standardize the tuberculins...Water Recycling Project Tested in Turkey Plant
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... the fundamental components of life. But Owens and researchers from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennesse.... "No one knows where it will lead." The Oak Ridge researchers explained they found that mutant algal cells were able to grow and survive in near-normal conditions...Humble Pocket Gophers Shed Light On The Genetic Fortitude Of Cheetahs
...gn of the skin-graft experiment; for instance, the researchers used skin from domestic cats as a control. More pr...ems of the Humboldt gophers functioned at all, the researchers grafted skin from the Carmel Valley gophers onto a few of the Humboldt gophers; the animals rejected...Researchers Find Possible New Route to Making Cancer Cells Vulnerable
...targetto stop drug resistance in cancer cells. The researchers believe the findingwill help scientists develop ne...rles Hemenway. Heitman and Hemenway, both researchers in Duke's Comprehensive Cancer Center,reported their findings in the Aug. 2 issue of the Journal of ...Protein Glitch May Be Early Problem In Inherited Alzheimer's
...a significant effect on what the protein does. If researchers can find where presenilin cleaves and the enzyme t...the earliest signs of Alzheimer's disease. Hopkins researchers currently are looking at mice in which the gene for presenilin is knocked out so that presenilin's f...Surprising Protein Movement Seen In Cells
...ss: http://www.uchc.edu/htterasaki/flip.html The researchers were able to study the movement of proteinsthrough...gists want to study, making themfluorescent. Then, researchers used special laser-operated microscopes tofollow the movement of the proteins inside the cell. The G...Hawaiian Whales Show 'No Overt Response' To Sounds Of ATOC Simulation
...examining bird sounds, and which is now adapted by researchers around the world -- not only to analyze vocalizations of animals of all kinds, but also seismic events, including underwater earthquakes as well as tornadoes and even heart EKGs. "Whales are individuals, just like people, and some appear to be more ...Nitric Oxide May Hold Key To First Treatment For Deadly Form Of Malaria, Duke Scientists Report
...a new message system insideliving cells, a team of researchers led by Duke University Medical Centerreports findi...of the National Institutes of Health. The researchers theorize that the process of flagging proteins with NOto activate them may prove to be as fundamenta...Salvage Gene Is At The Root Of Many Mutations
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