Houston minority graduation rises in sciences, engineering as result of UH-led alliance
...rticipation (H-LSAMP), led by UH and consisting of seven other academic institutions of higher education, is one of the most successful in the nation and on track to achieve its goal of increasing the number of underrepresented minority students who graduate with degrees in science, technology, engineering...Rare childhood genetic syndrome identified
...ers have identified 17 children with the syndrome, seven of whom were living. Despite the complexity and severity of Timothy syndrome, the researchers show that it arises from a single, spontaneous, very subtle gene mutation in the mother's egg or father's sperm substitution of a single base pair. The ...Chemical derived from vitamin-E shows early promise as cancer drug
...ad only one or two lesions, rather than the six or seven of untreated counterparts. Kline, who holds the Julian C. Barton Professorship in Nutrition, also investigated how alpha-TEA impacts breast cancer cells, using cells grown in plastic containers. When exposed to alpha-TEA, the cancer cells show...Award winning researchers reveal potential new role for Glivec
...ponse to imatinib but the disease progressed after seven months of treatment. The other did not have a translocation and did not respond to imatinib. Dr. McArthur explained that over 95% of DFSP tumours have t(17-22). "It's difficult to be certain based on only one case, which was very high grad...Conference at UH opens doors for new scientists, engineers
..., also known as H-LSAMP, is led by UH and includes seven other academic institutions of higher education. A national program, LSAMP seeks to build productive capacity and output within institutions with significant enrollments of minority populations of Hispanic, African-American, Native American and Paci...Wisconsin scientists develop quick botox test
... the toxin. The tests are capable of detecting all seven variants of the poison. Currently, the most sensitive and common test for toxin activity is exposing mice to an agent. The process takes time and many animals are used and die in the process. The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has patented the...Researchers ID chlorophyll-regulating gene
...0 millimeters of soil, taking anywhere from two to seven days to germinate and break through the soil surface. "We found that mutated plants had twice the levels of protochlorophyll than normal, wild-type plants, suggesting that phytochrome acts as a negative regulator for protochlorophyll," said lea...Bullish chemical could repel yellow fever mosquitoes
...on scientists report. "The synthesis requires only seven steps," said organic chemist P. Andrew Evans, who led the research. "It should be quite trivial to scale this up to the production of large quantities." Gaur acid is a natural skin secretion of the gaur, an Asian wild ox. Preliminary evidence suggest...Secretary of Energy announces seven E.O. Lawrence Award Winners
...ecretary of Energy Spencer Abraham today named the seven winners of the 2004 E.O. Lawrence Award. Each win...al, a citation and $50,000. The award is given in seven categories for outstanding contributions in the broadly defined field of atomic energy. "We are al...'Fossil genes' reveal how life sheds form and function
...d Antonis Rokas describe the discovery of a set of seven genes caught in the act of fossilization. In the ...hat humans enjoy today. In the Japanese yeast, the seven fossil genes that make up the eroding pathway are "still in the same place (on the genome) they are ...Chemical genetics identifies SARS inhibitors
...ese, two targeted the virus protease specifically, seven targeted the helicase, and 18 targeted a protein required for virus entry into cells. The successful identification of novel small-molecule anti-viral inhibitors validates chemical genetics as a rapid and effective approach with which to tackle emerg...Brown ecologist garners major National Science Foundation grant
...en, with the help of students sent for training in seven leading European Arabidopsis labs, all 200 weed varieties will be planted in six test sites one in Finland, one in England and two each in Germany and Spain to see which varieties live, which ones die and which ones produce the most seeds. Scientis...Researchers develop fast track way to discover how cells are regulated
... or pharynx. They were able to identify a total of seven candidate gene sequences; after testing, they discovered that of the seven, five proved to be bona fide regulatory sequences. "Up to now, identifying transcription factor target genes has been a challenge to biologists. Using our unique algorithm, ...K-State, other universities to study how climate affects plant evolution
...ene responses in Arabidopsis plants. Working with seven leading laboratories in Europe, the researchers will plant and study Arabidopsis at six diverse sites, ranging from subarctic locales in Finland -- which at times during the year have just three hours of sunlight -- to the Mediterranean coast of sou...ConocoPhillips & Conservation International launch 'Biodiversity Action Plan' in Venezuela
...400 species of fishes - including the discovery of seven new species of fishes and crustaceans during the research phase of the project - the Gulf of Paria and adjacent Orinoco Delta are one the Caribbean's richest areas in aquatic biodiversity. While many of the local communities, including the indigenou...Maine-based biophysics institute gets funding for first US-based 4Pi nanoscale microscope
...single gene on a chromosomeat a resolution four to seven times greater than previously possible. "Astronomers have space-based telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope to understand the history and structure of the universe," comments IMB co-director Barbara Knowles of The Jackson Laboratory and the Un...Pneumococcal vaccine reduces ear infections, pneumonia, new study shows
...common infections in children; there are more than seven million cases of ear infection and more than one half million cases of pneumonia each year. Poehling and colleagues studied data from Tennessee's Medicaid records and from three commercial insurance companies in upstate New York. They found that aft...Fossils reveal direct link between global warming and genetic diversity in wildlife
...n the cave is about nine yards deep and it took me seven years to excavate and identify the fossils," Hadly said. "It contains hundreds of thousands of bones and represents a continuous fossil record dating back 3,000 years. This timescale allows us to really investigate microevolution in a natural environ...Heart gene yields insights into evolution, disease risk
...on in the regulatory region of the MMP3 gene among seven populations from around the world -- Cameroon, China, England, Ethiopia, India, Southern Italy and Papua New Guinea. They compared the pattern of variation with the random genetic variation taking place in a group of neutral genetic markers. These an...Computer models expose humans as main cause of caribou decline
...r of woodland caribou in northern Alberta would be seven times greater than it is now, a new study from the University of Alberta shows. Since 1987, woodland caribou in Alberta have been classified as threatened under the Alberta Wildlife Act. "Caribou feed mostly on lichens that are typical for old-growth...