National Academies advisory: genome data and bioterrorism
...ssible by the Internet. Should the U.S. government restrict access to this data, given concerns that bioterrorists could potentially use it to engineer the deadly pathogens? Or is such access crucial to the work of researchers trying to find new defenses against the diseases? SEEKING SECURITY: PATHOGENS, OPE...Sandia experiments may reduce possibility of future water wars
...lants. Experiments will reduce light intensity and restrict certain frequencies, using a variety of shading mechanisms to avoid overheating and improve plant growth. The "speaking plant" approach Gene Giacomelli, director of the highly regarded Controlled Environment Agricultural Program...Diabodies act as guided missiles targeted to mammary tumor growth
...ined access inside tumors to induce cell death and restrict tumor growth. Although radioactive C6.5K-A was effective against the human mammary tumors growing in mice, the biotherapeutic fell short of inhibiting human ovarian tumor cell growth in the lab animals. "The kinetics of the HER2 receptor on the mam...Marijuana ingredient inhibits VEGF pathway required for brain tumor blood vessels
Cannabinoids, the active ingredients in marijuana, restrict the sprouting of blood vessels to brain tumors by inhibiting the expression of genes needed for the production of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). According to a new study published in the August 15, 2004 issue of the journal Cancer Researc...Travelers' diarrhea not improved by restricted diet
... cases of travelers' diarrhea have been advised to restrict their diet to clear liquids and simple carbohydrates, like crackers, toast, Jell-O, rice, bananas and baked chicken, and told to steer clear of dairy products and spicy or fatty foods. However, research on diet in relation to recovery from travelers...Crowding stem cells' personal space directs their future
...form a ball or stretch out. "With this tool we can restrict the ability of individual cells to spread, and we can do so thousands of cells at a time," says Chen. McBeath's experiments showed that mesenchymal stem cells on the small islands balled up and, biologically speaking, moved closer to becoming fat ce...World's oldest mouse celebrates milestone birthday
...s laboratory achieve longevity without the need to restrict food intake. Miller's mouse colony also includes strains of mutant dwarf mice, developed at Jackson Laboratories, which are very small and long-lived. Yoda is the longest-living member of this unusual tribe. Miller's geriatric mice are providing im...Better techniques needed to predict earthquake hazards, UC study finds
...," said Heuze. "Even if you have a known fault and restrict your calculations to a known magnitude, this fault could provide that magnitude in many different fashions. Thus the severity of the ground shock where you stand could vary widely." To try to overcome this problem, the researchers placed several seis...Duke study gives first worldwide measure of sea turtle casualties by longline fishing
...high," Crowder said. Technology can aid efforts to restrict or close off certain areas from fishing for a time, he said. By international agreement, longline fishing boats might be required to install sensors so that satellites can be used to monitor them for compliance. Such "vessel monitoring systems" are a...International HapMap Consortium publishes scientific strategy
...e accessed quickly by researchers who agree not to restrict the use of the data by other researchers, and to share the data only with those who have agreed to the same conditions. The $120 million International HapMap Project was launched in October 2002 and is expected to take three years to complete. The ...Governing commons still a struggle, but fight not without hope, according to new report
...at have strongly influenced state-level rules that restrict fishing, to large-scale efforts such as the Montreal Protocol on stratospheric ozone, which has helped stabilize the atmospheric concentration of ozone-depleting substances. In contrast, the authors write that international efforts to reduce greenhou...Plant immune system's 'take two aspirin' gene, offers hope for disease control
... explains. "We believe programmed cell death helps restrict the infection to a small part of the plant. Something similar happens in animal systems, when virus-infected cells or cells with defective growth control that could become cancerous undergo programmed cell death," he says, noting that aspirin has bee...Unraveling a protein, researchers uncover mechanics of anti-cancer agent
...f 3-1 unmasks the buried anastellin. It appears to restrict the motion of cancer cells, in effect creating strong jail bars that hold the cancerous inmates from moving freely." "To understand how this is done," Schulten said, "one must know that the extracellular matrix is an intelligent fabric. It connects c...New ACOG guidelines on progesterone to prevent preterm birth praised by March of Dimes
...ture birth. The ACOG Committee urges physicians to restrict the use of progesterone only to pregnant women with a documented history of a previous spontaneous preterm birth, as this was the population studied in the two separate randomized clinical trials cited. In the study by Meis et al. (N. Engl. J. Med. ...Newly identified gene may halt fuzzy, moldy fruit
...ene, they were able to show that it does more than restrict the growth of the pathogen. BOS1also protects the plant from stresses, such as drought and soil salinity. These stresses are called abiotic stresses. Pathogens and pests create biotic stresses. Gray mold disease destroys about 10 percent of the grape...... surface), each of which serves as a checkpoint to restrict the gene pool to individuals of the same species. Over 25 years ago, scientists discovered that at the tip of sea urchin sperm exists a protein that mediates binding of the sperm to the egg a protein they named "bindin." Each species of sea urchin ...Public Library of Science launches PLoS Biology
...illion per year. The majority of existing journals restrict access to their current issues to individuals or institutions who have paid often hefty subscription or site-license fees. In order to make its content immediately available at no cost and with no restrictions, PLoS Biology will use a different busin...Ranches key to conservation in rocky mountains
...serving ranches with conservation easements, which restrict development but often allow livestock production. So far more than 1,200 land trusts have used conservation easements to preserve about 2.5 million acres of land in the U.S. However, this approach assumes that preserving ranches helps protect biodiv...Long-term natural gas supplies should meet growing demand in coming decades, study finds
...n Western land use and on siting import facilities restrict investment," the authors maintained. Projected demand and supply Both companies and the government will need to plan for a range of possible natural gas market outcomes, according to the EMF modeling experts. Total projected consumption could grow...The genetic complexities of sensation-seeking behavior in alcoholic men
... alcohol-dependent patients, it may be relevant to restrict association studies with genetic polymorphisms to more homogeneous subgroups of patients. Our results, for example, contribute to a better understanding of a subgroup of alcohol-dependent men who are characterized by a higher level of sensation se...