Scientists report first complete DNA sequence of plant chromosomes
...re, evolution, intracellular signaling and disease resistance in plants. The research conducted by U.S. participants was funded in large part by the National Science Foundation (NSF), as well as the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Energy. U.S. and European scientists in the Nature arti......ind of antibiotic to fill the void left by growing resistance among many bacteria to traditional drugs. The r... survival of resistant strains, sometimes inducing resistance in as little as six months. The protein family Kern describes in the Nature paper represents a poten...Study suggests newer oral contraceptives may be less harmful for women smokers
...aceptives produced higher blood pressures and more resistance to blood flow inside blood vessels during stressfu...es showed the highest blood pressures and vascular resistance during stress, she said. All of the women, who were in their mid-20s, were healthy and had normal bl...Dartmouth research offers clues to new anti-microbial treatments
...H--The race to stay ahead of bacteria that develop resistance to frequently used antibiotics may be paying off. ... that colonizes patients' lungs and is notable for resistance to antibiotics. It might lead to particularly useful approaches against infections such as meningiti...Symposium focuses on implications of 'The New Microbiology'
...eir significance for the development of antibiotic resistance and diseases such as cancer. The key role of micro...tish Columbia, Vancouver, will speak on antibiotic resistance in "Superbugs and Superdrugs." Among the participants, Rita Colwell, Ph.D., Sc.D., director of the N...Link between climate change, amphibian declines explored
...ecent years," she said. "It may be that an innate resistance to the infection allowed these few populations to survive the first onslaught of the fungus in the 1970s, which decimated 80 percent to 90 percent of the populations at the time. It also may be the fungus is not as virulent this time around." Care...Asteroid devastation possibly worse than feared
... surviving plants and animals that have lost their resistance to ultraviolet radiation and penetrating more deeply, with greater intensity, into shallow waters than it ever has before. "By our calculations, the dust cloud would shield the Earth from ultraviolet light for an extended period, with it taking about......tudy investigated whether metallothionein provides resistance to alcohol's effect." Suzuki plans to build upon his research findings. "I would like to study levels of metallothionein in the brains of people who suffer from diseases related to alcohol," said Suzuki. "Metallothionein is only one of several fa...Mutations not the only gene defect that leads to cancer
...inary evidence suggesting that resistance to chemotherapy is in some cases linked to the degree of aberrant methylation in some tumors. The study, conducted by Plass and a large team of researchers, examined 98 tumor samples to det...New science resources available from the ESA
...biodiversity reduces plant productivity, ecosystem resistance to environmental events such as drought, and creates more variable soil nitrogen levels, water use, plant productivity, and pest and disease cycles. Although the studies are compelling, the authors note that they are limited in scope and future stud......in the last two decades appear to have increased resistance to traditional food processing techniques. New regulations are being developed that will rely more heavily on food manufacturers to test rapidly for pathogens. Recent advances in computer technology and biochemical knowledge will be the cornersto...Magnetic fields may hold key to malaria treatment, UW researchers find
... because it is unlikely Plasmodium could develop a resistance to magnetic fields. Malaria is spread by female Anopheles mosquitoes. The organism first invades the liver, then re-emerges into the bloodstream and attacks red blood cells. This is what causes malaria's hallmark symptoms: fever, uncontrolled shi...Targeted Genetics presents advances in systemic gene delivery technology
...oses, increased tumor formation and metastasis and resistance to chemotherapeutic agents. Targeted Genetics is currently testing E1A in Phase II trials in patients with head and neck cancers and Phase I trials in patients with ovarian cancer....Scientists move in on genes conferring susceptibility, resistance to cancer
...tic regions in mice that confer susceptibility and resistance to a human-like skin cancer, suggesting, they say,...s may reveal genetic markers of susceptibility and resistance to cancer in humans. The researchers also determined that several of the regions discovered are as...University of Washington researchers map rice genome
...d, hybrid vigor, and single and multigenic disease resistance of all grass plants including wheat and corn. In addition, deciphering the genetic code of rice is expected to lead to development of new varieties of rice that will produce greater yields, be more resistant to pests and disease, and grow in differen...Nature's path leads scientists to new antibiotic strategy
...ibiotics that can potentially overcome the growing resistance of disease-causing bacteria to current medicines, ...us aureus) dreaded by physicians because of their resistance to conventional antibiotics. Although scientists do not yet know precisely how natural antimicro...Oral exposure to anti-oxidant glutathione could help prevent flu infections
...e. "There is a natural variation among people in resistance to viruses and in our natural antioxidant system," he explains. "If we are smokers, if we are deficient in anti-oxidant vitamins, if we are under stress, or as we become older, we become more oxidized, which makes us more vulnerable to viral infecti...Researchers identify novel penicillin-resistance gene in pneumonia bacteria
Penicillin resistance of the bacterium that causes pneumonia, the pneumo...o penicillin, since the mid-1980s the incidence of resistance of this organism to penicillin and other antimicrobial agents has been increasing in the United Stat...Novel antiviral drug concept targets number of human viruses
...hospitable to them, the likelihood that viral drug resistance will develop is thought to be extremely low. Uni... a vanishingly small chance of mutating to develop resistance to cdk inhibitors. Among the strains of virus completely inactivated by the cdk inhibitors in the ......rength and stability provided by the weighted vest resistance exercise before we would allow them to participate, but no one had any problems." The results were noticeable to the participants even before they were evaluated. Barbara Black, a Corvallis resident, was 74 years old when she began the study and...