NASA researchers developing tools to help track and predict West Nile Virus
...atures, distributions ofvegetation, bird migration routes and areas pinpointingreported cases. The combined data help scientists predictdisease outbreaks by showing when and where habitats aresuitable for the insects to thrive and where the diseaseappears to be spreading. NASA's Center for Health Applicatio...First-ever cancer prevention research meeting
...s requires the identification of new drug targets, routes of administration, and approaches including gene therapy. Research into targeted therapies is yielding new advances in the way drugs are developed and used, and has begun to close the gap between therapy and prevention. For instance, tamoxifen, whi...First sightings of individual proteins as they fold
...early a decade that protein molecules vary in the routes they take to the same folded shape and form numerous intermediate shapes on the road. The belief that had prevailed earlier was that one distinct route would dictate each shape. In the past, scientists had tried to pin proteins down to get a steady l...Rock climbing decreases biodiversity
...is colleagues recommend limiting new rock climbing routes along the Niagara Escarpment. "Allowing climbing to expand to new areas is equivalent to giving up on our ability to protect this vertical wilderness," says Larson. The researchers also recommend similar protections for the many other cliffs around t...Diabetes in the elderly linked to fewer cellular 'power plants'
... metabolites. "We hypothesized that there were two routes to this type of fat accumulation," said Shulman. "One is that the fat cells might release more fatty acids to be delivered to muscles and/or defects in mitochondrial oxidation might then lead to the accumulation of these fatty acids." To trace the ca...Scientists develop new RNAi knockdown technology
...n RNAi researchers have undertaken a few different routes to avoid eliciting the interferon response, and while some have been successful, none have been able to accomplish it in a tissue-specific manner. Until now. As published in the June 1 issue of Genes & Development, Dr. Shunsuke Ishii and colleagues h......re, for example, that shrubs along their migratory routes have fruits with higher protein amounts." Little is known about the nutrients in wild fruits, so McWilliams' current research is aimed at identifying the shrub species that bear fruit with high protein and energy content. Funded by the National Sci...US bald eagle counts continue to climb slowly
...01,777 eagle sightings during 5,180 surveys of 563 routes in 42 states. Results of 15 years of the Midwinter...t were relatively stable. The proportion of survey routes with increasing counts was higher in the North and in the East. The new USGS analysis confirms othe...More raccoons may mean fewer songbirds
...lation trends of 40 bird species along 41 roadside routes in Illinois from 1966 to 2001. There were 18 low-n...mples birds along more than 3,000 25-mile roadside routes in the U.S. and Canada. Schmidt found that the decline in low-nesting birds did coincide with the e...Energy companies, conservation groups issue biodiversity recommendations for oil & gas development
...uch areas, companies evaluate alternate locations, routes and technical solutions. If they do choose to operate in areas of high biodiversity value, companies employ a comprehensive set of management actions, including mitigation, compensatory measures and investments in opportunities to benefit biodiversi...UC Santa Barbara discovers cell survival gene may lead to treatments for degenerative diseases
...ircumstances. It is possible that suchalternative routes are also used when cells inappropriately die indegenerative diseases. The researchers discovered that the protein coded by the ICD-1 gene normallyhangs out in a compartment within the cell called the mitochondrion. "Thatwas a gratifying discovery: t...Army awards up to $50 million to establish Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies
...biological systems to guide the development of new routes for information processing. Molecular signaling and recognition and integration of information will be considered from both the perspective of the small world of molecules but also from the macroscopic perspective of ecosystems. Awschalom heads the...Potent toxin reveals new antibiotic resistance mechanism
...nts to the fact that bacteria continue to find new routes to evade these drugs." The discovery was made by T...nts to the fact that bacteria continue to find new routes to evade these (antibiotic) molecules." It would be surprising, Thorson argues, for this new mechani...PET scans used to determine progression of HIV infection
...e invaluable in the evaluation of new vaccines and routes of administration." For the study, the researchers used PET scans to examine 23 people who were HIV-positive, 12 of whom had recently been infected. The other 11 had been infected for a long period of time, but none of the participants had any signs ...Purdue biologists' spotlight solves mysteries of photosynthesis, metabolism
...A microprocessor has far more complex and numerous routes for its electricity to follow than, say, a flashlight, which only has one. But while a chip uses electrons to flip tiny digital switches back and forth for calculations, the membrane uses them to drive the cell's metabolism." The cell that provided ...How many fish in the sea? Census of Marine Life launches first report
...America's west coast to study the environments and routes of Pacific Salmon and other migratory species; Abyssal Plains (project CeDAMar). A deep-sea project documenting species diversity of abyssal plains to increase understanding of the historical causes and ecological factors regulating biodiversity a...Isotopes from feathers reveal bird migration
...erta and his colleagues are tracking the migration routes of birds of prey. Their work on the summer origins of migrating and wintering Peregrine Falcons and Burrowing Owls has shed new light on what has previously been the secret, non-breeding half of the birds' lives. By analyzing stable isotopes of hydr...OXiGENE launches significant expansion of its R&D program in ophthalmology
...ccelerate our development of non-systemic delivery routes for CA4P. Early data in preclinical models has already established that when CA4P is delivered to the eye by means of drops it can be detected in relevant posterior compartments of the eye." "The results achieved in this patient are especially signi...Study by UCSD gives new insight into how anthrax bacteria can evade a host's immune response
...hat there are two separate, sometimes cooperating, routes in the cell by which series of proteins activate o...r to switch on production of cytokines. One of the routes has been recognized for a long time, but researchers were sometimes puzzled when cytokine production......rary Professor at Cardiff University. Interstellar routes for transmission of micro-organisms supports the view that life may not have originated on Earth but arrived from elsewhere, strengthening the "panspermia theory" that Professor Wickramasinghe and the late Sir Fred Hoyle had been developing since 197...