A novel cardiac glycogen storage disease
...specific defect of domesticated pigs. Despite some similarities with diseases linked to sarcomere protein genes, which also present with cardiac hypertrophy, Arad et al. note that this glycogen storage disease has a different etiology and does not disrupt the structure of cardiac sarcomeres....Study shows plants inherit traits from more than gene sequence alone
...f its genetically identical neighbor. With so many similarities in the environment and genetic make-up of these two plants, how can their many differences be explained? Trevor Stokes, a graduate student at Washington University in St. Louis, and his mentor, Eric Richards, Ph.D., Washington University associate p......rnal of Neurophysiology points out differences and similarities between humans and bats in processing auditory information. Bethesda, MD (February 4, 2002) Bats have inspired awe, fear, and even the inspiration for a world famous comic book character. But for a team of physiologists, the pallid bat can provide ...Genetic clues for finding and treating cardiovascular disease (CVD)
... Glow-In-The-Dark Zebrafish: A number of important similarities exist between the formative stages of the human heart and that of the tropical, freshwater Zebrafish (Danio Rerio). Marc Fishman, Ph.D., of the Massachusetts General Hospital, has determined that this common aquarium occupant may be as important to i...New protein plays espionage role in bacterial attack on plants
... research, Dangl pointed to biologically conserved similarities between some bacterial pathogens of animals -- E. coli, salmonella, shigela, and yersinia, which causes plague -- and bacterial pathogens of plants in their tactics of attack. While growing in colonies outside the host cell, these bacteria shoot prot...UF researcher develops AIDS vaccine for cats
...roved for commercial use. FIV has many biological similarities to the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, the cause of human AIDS. For that reason, strategies and procedures for protecting cats from FIV are expected to aid in the development of human AIDS vaccines. FIV attacks a cats immune system, causing AID...Traits link viruses from common cold to HIV
...us genome is reserved and copied, shows surprising similarities across these different virus groups." On the surface, the reproductive workings of viruses are extremely complicated as, over time, they have evolved subtle and intricate ways to camouflage themselves or otherwise circumvent the immune defenses of th...Rice, first crop plant to be sequenced, may help fight world hunger, Science authors say
... indica and Arabidopsis genomes revealed some similarities between the two plant genomes, compared to the hum...he japonica and Arabidopsis genomes revealed similarities in genes related to disease resistance, and in some flowering time genes. Like the indica draft, t...Would cloning necessarily undermine human potential and sense of self?
PROVIDENCE, R.I. Mirrors might reflect genetic similarities between human clones but they will never capture the traits that make people individuals, according to Brown University philosopher Dan W. Brock. In the opinion section Viewpoint of the April 12 issue of Science, Brock responds to three arguments con...A map of 'protein space' could predict structure, function
...sing proton numbers and places those with chemical similarities in the same columns. The table helped to predict elements that had not yet been discovered. "You assume there is some underlying principle to this process," Yona explains. "Proteins evolved and generated a collection of different families, but it is...Study of vision disorder leads to discovery of new family of ion channels
...ases to recognize far flung family members through similarities [among the proteins], said HHMI investigator Jeremy Nathans , who along with Hopkins colleague and HHMI investigator King-Wai Yau were senior authors of the study. Two separate groups of scientists identified the bestrophin protein in 1998, but i...New indicators for predicting hypertension in African-American males
...ulated using the sequence method. Results Despite similarities in anthropometrics, hemodynamics, and fitness, the African-American group displayed significantly lower arterial compliance, BRS, and parasympathetic modulation, and a higher sympathovagal balance than the non African-American group. Essentially, the...Ten new candidate genes associated with salt sensitivity and hypertension are identified in rats
...t prominent developing approach has been to detect similarities and dissimilarities between transcriptional profiles using repetitive hierarchical and non-hierarchical approaches to assign gene expression patterns to clusters. Clusters may then be compared by transcriptional profiles from different tissues, disea...May media highlights: GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY
..., however, fine-grained granulites displaying many similarities to the lunar granulites have been identified. Evidence indicates that the Vredefort granulites formed as a result of extremely high temperatures associated with the formation of the 2.02 Ga, 250300-km-wide Vredefort impact structure. Rather than an i...Sea Grant News: Caulerpa, DNA water quality detectives, Kayaking in Maine
...A profile database, which allowed them to identify similarities among the host species. Using the database, a model can be formed to trace the source of E. coli. Ultimately, the new technology will be transferred to environmental agencies and organizations in order to improve water quality worldwide. CONTACT:...Scientists discover gene in human egg that may be necessary for female fertility
...e a number of similar features. "These structural similarities between species suggest that the protein produced by the Mater gene may have a similar function in the mouse and human," the researchers wrote. "We propose that a similar human Mater mutation or its protein deficiency may cause infertility in some wo...Stanford researchers create diabetic fruit flies in lab
...nd may do the same in flies. Rulifson called these similarities between fly and human hormonal systems "the tip of the iceberg." He said there is enough similarity to suspect his diabetic flies will be good models for the human disease. "This fly model could help us understand the origin of insulin-producing cell...Can we enlist substitute genes to fight muscular dystrophy
...eins. The utrophin protein bears many functional similarities to dystrophin, although it is expressed in more types of cell tissue. At the neuromuscular junction, the two proteins work as part of the complex network of molecules that sustain muscle tissue through wear and tear. In healthy muscle tissue, dystrop...What a difference a decade makes
...variety of innovative research methods to identify similarities and differences between adult and pediatric brains when performing certain language exercises. The research is published in the May 24 issue of the journal Science. A fundamental objective of neuroscience research is to understand how the human brain...First primate archaeological dig uncovers new tool development links
...frican Rainforest. Other scholars have documented similarities between the hammers used by chimpanzees to open nuts and those used by hominids, but no researchers have used the techniques of human archaeology on non-human primate sites, Mercader said. The researchers have proved archaeology to be a feasib...