'Gene pill' patent extended to include all proteins secreted into blood
...n those studies attempts to correct disease at its root by administering DNA to cells through the use of a modified virus or other microscopic delivery vehicle in order to provide a permanent or long-term cure or treatment for the disease. Oral delivery of genes is intended to provide short-term therapy b...MSU study finds new microbial source of nitrogen fixation
... certain plants, Breznak said, particularly in the root nodules of certain legumes. However, this only occurs because of the presence of specific microbes in those nodules. It had been known for many years that nitrogen fixation took place within termites and could provide up to 60 percent of the nitroge..."Smart" fertilizer improves plant growth, prevents pollution from run off
...enn State horticultural scientists, improves plant root growth, drought tolerance, shoot quality and flowe...ceived the new "smart" fertilizer developed better root systems. High phosphorus levels created by traditional fertilizer systems discourage root growth. ...Biting may drive division of labor among social wasp workers
...other." He plans further work to determine the root of biting behavior in P. occidentalis. Scientists like O'Donnell study social insects looking for clues about how social behavior evolved and how it is maintained since there are elements that are shared among all social animals. Social aggressi...Scientists sequence genome of major periodontal disease bacterium
...s for periodontitis are deep cleaning (scaling and root planing) and surgery. The P. gingivalis sequence also provides the scientific community at large with information on an organism from a major group of bacteria not previously sequenced: the bacteroides group of gram-negative anaerobes. The seque...Biologists: Cell nucleus surface more complicated than expected
...es. As a test before using the GFP to look at the root cells, they used it on onion skill cells to highli...ed a paper in the journal Planta about the role of root tip cells in sensing gravity. They describe the discovery of a network of actin filaments in root ti...Discovery of 'tidal giant'--a new Egyptian dinosaur--reported in Science
...n fine-grained sediments full of plant remains and root casts. The overall geology of the site suggests that Bahariya may have once resembled the tropical mangrove coasts of Florida, a low-energy, shallow water area of tidal flats and tidal channels, say the authors. Paralititan 's skeleton appears to......ons. Malfunctions of these ion channels are at the root of epilepsy as well as heart arrhythmia and some other cardiovascular disorders. In contrast, much less is known about the ion channels in non-excitable cells, such as blood cells, immune system cells, liver and kidney cells, and the cells lining the...Animal welfare can now be objectively measured
...ud), and the opportunities they had to rummage and root around. The better these provisions and conditions, the higher the score on a well-being scale from 0 to 10. The researchers then distinguished between various aspects of the housing that influence the well-being of the animals. They looked at such ...Scientists track down the root of cloning problems
...term and those that do are grotesquely large. The root of these problems has remained a mystery until now. But a new study led by the Whitehead Institute traces their origin to two separate sources, reporting that while poor survival rate is influenced by the genetic background of the donor cell,...UC San Francisco patents method for delivering normal genes in a pill
...n those studies attempts to correct disease at its root by administering DNA to cells through the use of a modified virus or other microscopic delivery vehicle in order to provide a permanent or long-term cure or treatment for the disease. Oral delivery of genes is intended to provide short-term therapy b...Researchers link failed cell division, Alzheimer's disease
...ch DNA as it should have. We speculate that is the root cause of the nerve cell death." The researchers do not know what triggers the cells to begin a cycle for which they are not programmed, but a theory they put forth with other CWRU/UHC colleagues hypothesizes that the plaques which are a hallmark of ......seeded new projects to strengthen the branches and root the tree more firmly in new genetic and fossil data. Among these projects is "Deep Gene," headed by University of California, Berkeley, botanist Brent D. Mishler, and "Deep Time," headed by Doug Soltis of the University of Florida. The National Scien...ST@T SHEET: A monthly update on science/technology @ Temple University
...have found some of the earliest direct evidence of root crop cultivation in the Americas, it was reported ...grains were identified as coming from domesticated root crops such as arrowroot and manioc, as well as from maize, that date back nearly 7,000 years. Dr. A...Scientists uncover break-and-entry strategy of disease-causing bacteria
...rent antibiotics, scientists are searching for the root causes of infection in order to develop more effective treatments. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have come one step closer to understanding how bacteria such as Streptococcus and Staphylococcus operate: These pa...Genes reveal new clues about the first flower
...ater lilies and Amborella are equally close to the root of the angiosperm family tree is an alternative hy...A, the team's analyses were in agreement about the root of the angiosperm tree for all three analysis methods and for all three cellular compartments. The....... And from the ground down, for that matter, since root systems are just as important. When they're done, they hope to have plants that can survive, or even thrive, in the dramatically different conditions found off Earth. That will mean writing new, heritable traits into the plants' genetic code. In the ......lant. The plant hormone, auxin, has been linked to root formation, but the actual pathway of its action ha...The scientists found that NAC1 is expressed in the root tips, and that switching the gene on or off increased or reduced the number of emerging roots, respe...Report says hot steam dramatically increases ginseng's potency
...y, the world's largest scientific society. Ginseng root has been used mostly in Asian cultures for centuries to enhance physical and mental vitality. The nutritional supplement in recent years has become widely available in world markets - either dried, or steamed at standard boiling temperatures of 100 d...... reconstruction of the evolutionary process at the root of the tree, not the tip, the root." Despite losing their power to sway the romantic interests of female fruit flies, the gender-based pigmentation patterns may still serve a useful purpose by allowing males, who have precious little time to find a m...