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...rtant fatty acids." One gene produces an enzyme responsible for creating epoxy fatty acids, the major compone...r products such as araldite. The other gene is responsible for a different enzyme which produces acetylenic fatty acids, important for the synthesis of specia...COGA Suggests Genetic Loci For P3 Brain Wave Abnormality
...he acetylcholine receptor. Whether these genes are responsible for the observed genetic linkage remains to be det...se nature of that relationship. "Knowing the genes responsible for the P3 phenomenon should enhance understanding of brain neuroelectric activity in general, a con...Neurogenetics Lab Scan Suggests Genetic Linkage On Chromosomes 4 And 11
...y. To determine whether this GABA receptor gene is responsible for the chromosome 4 linkage finding, high resolution mapping will be required. Like the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism scan in predominantly Caucasian families, Dr. Long and his colleagues identified a second region on chromosom...Researchers Identify Function Of Brain Receptor Subunit Linked To Memory, Stroke, Dementia
...and memory. Paradoxically, NMDA receptors are also responsible for nerve cellinjury in a variety of neurologic diseases, including stroke, head and spinalcord trauma, and various forms of dementia, including AIDS dementia. In 1995, Stuart Lipton, HMS associate professor of neuroscience atBrigham and Wom......ng target cells, absence ofviral genes that may be responsible for causing an undesirable immune response,high levels of gene expression, and stability which allows them to beadministered directly into patients and to be manufactured, stored and handledlike traditional pharmaceutical products. Avigen's scientist...Gene Therapy May Suppress Uterine Fibroids
... that gene therapy may someday control a condition responsible for nearly half the 550,000 hysterectomies performed in the United States each year. Leiomyoma tumors---commonly known as fibroids---are benign growths that develop in the uterus and often cause pelvic pain, abnormal uterine bleeding, excessive urina...Drunken Fruit Flies Reveal Molecular Pathway Regulating Sensitivity To Alcohol
...olecular pathway inintoxicated fruit flies that is responsible for regulating the flies'meandering, wobbling responses to alcohol. And in the details of the findings,the investigators said, there is evidence of a similar pathway in humans. The study, reported in the June 12 issue of Cell, and praised in an acco......wn National Research Hospital has located the gene responsible for Ushersyndrome Type IIa -- the leading cause of...c studies have been conducted tolocalize the genes responsible for Usher syndrome. As a result, three types ofthe disorder have been identified: Type I, Type II an...Scientists Identify Key Protein Involved In Progressive Blindness
...esearch project,reported the discovery of the gene responsible for the most common type of Ushersyndrome. Collaborators Anand Swaroop, Ph.D., associate professor ofophthalmology and human genetics at the Kellogg Eye Center in the U-M HealthSystem, and Denise Yan, Ph.D., post-doctoral fellow, are trying to learn...Gene Linked To Glaucoma, Hydrocephalus, And Other Birth Defects
..., awaiting future researchers to identify thegenes responsible for these abnormalities. Meanwhile, scientists in Hogan's laboratory at Vanderbilt were workingwith genes important in the embryonic development of flies. They were searchingfor corresponding genes in mice, which, in turn, offer a good model ...Potential Solutions For Gulf of Mexico's "Dead Zone" Explored
...ia problem in the Gulf of Mexico. His committee is responsible fordeveloping ways to control the pollution that causes hypoxia in the Gulf.The group presented their preliminary results June 9 at an EcologicalSociety of America meeting in St. Louis. “Hypoxia is the result of living in an over-fertilized s...DFG To Set Up 14 New Collaborative Research Centres
...asis for the function of biologicalsystems and are responsible for material properties. They involve molecular interactionswhich, on their own, are usually weak, but due to the combined action of the components, leadto new functions and properties. To conduct experimental studies of these interactions interms of...Discovery Of Plant-Like Metabolic Pathway In Common Parasites Supplies New Targets For Therapy
...United Kingdom have found that agroup of parasites responsible for several devastating diseases -- including <...yenzymes , these findings suggest that the enzymes responsible for otherbiochemical pathways which branch from the shikimate pathway, as well as otherplant-like me...Genetic Defect Protects Against Smoking
...st year in which they identified thegene CYP2A6 as responsible for most nicotine metabolism, Tyndale, along withco-investigator Edward Sellers and graduate student Michael Pianezza, found that20 per cent of non-smokers carry a defective version of the gene, compared toonly 10 per cent of smokers. As well...A new fungal disease appears to be responsible for mass deaths in frog populations in Australia and Panama. Australian researchers from CSIRO Australian Animal Heath Laboratory in Geelong and James Cook University in Townsville were first to find the new fungus in 10 frog species and have ...UB Studies Link Low Dietary Calcium, Vitamin C With Increased Risk Of Gum Disease
... along with its antioxidant properties, was likely responsible for the relationship. "Vitamin C in the diet increases the ability of tissue to repair itself and fight invading bacteria and other toxins. We found a very strong association for all age groups, but the results were most pronounced in smokers. T...... found to have abnormalities in either of twogenes responsible for most hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, BRCA1 andBRCA2, that led to their cancer. "This study tells as that all women with breast cancer diagnosed under age 50,and any woman with a history of breast or ovarian cancer in a close relative,should...Genetic Screening May Be Tool For Selecting Cancer Treatment, Research Suggests
... Inherited abnormalities in the BRCA2 gene are responsible for a numberof familial cancers, including breast, prostate and ovarian cancer. Mutations inthe gene have also been found in about 10 percent of pancreatic cancers. One of BRCA2's jobs is to help repair breaks in the double strand of DNAinsid...Ecological Consequences Of Jasmonate-Induced Responses For Plants In Native Populations
... to increase chemical defenses and other traits responsible for herbivore resistance. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena/Germany demonstrated that inducible defenses allow plants to forgo the costs of defense when not needed (PNAS, vol. 95, July 7, 1998). ...... physical and chemical stimuli are likely to be responsible for triggering intracellular rearrangements as well as the various biochemical changes involved in gene activation and product accumulation. However, other signals are apparently required for induction of cell-wall thickening and the hype...