Bigger Biology Tackled Through Keyboards
... data,and more sophisticated approaches to problem solving are now converging. Promising advances in computational techniques allow researchers to beginto account for the fact that neighboring individuals might behave differentlytoward each other than distant individuals -- whether these are trees competing...Corn Byproduct Shows Promise As Biodegradable Packaging Material
... especially in places suchas Europe and Japan, for solving a lack of landfill space," said foodscientist Graciela Wild Padua. "Part of the problem in using zein beforenow has been its price. If you try to develop products out of commercialzein that is available, it wouldn't make financial sense. We need to b...Trojan Horse Virus Controls Hiv Infection
... a very exciting advance. We are getting closerto solving one of the major problems in targeted delivery of genes to specificcells for treatment and possibly diseaseprevention: specifically, how to deliver what you want to the cell you want itto go to." Currently, most gene delivery is done by removing cer...Researchers Construct Genetic Map For Dogs
...netic map is of particular importance, not only in solving questions of inheritance in dogs, but in humans as well. Purebred dogs, though all of one species, in practice represent a multitude of closed breeding populations. Many of the genetic diseases that proliferate in inbred dogs also occur in the human ......onse rates. In 1996, Vertex researchers reported solving the structure of hepatitis Cprotease, another crucial enzyme involved in viral replication, in the journalCell. That discovery propelled forward a multidisciplinary effort underway toidentify small molecule inhibitors of HCV protease. In 1997, Verte......nto place correctly and wont break. But instead of solving engineering problems, she used them to explain the evolutionary record of early humans. "The equations can predict how much energy is required for something to move in space," explains Kramer. "If you take them and develop models that take into acc...Purdue Finding May Snuff Out The Sniffles
...istinguished Professor of Biological Sciences. "By solving the structure of this receptor, we can gain insights into the chemical and biological activity that occurs when a cold virus infects a human cell," he says. The receptor, called ICAM-1, is made up of a single protein and is shaped somewhat like an ar......onearea of marine ecology that may be important in solving many of these problemsand yet remains virtually unknown: bacteria. What bacteria are in the oceans andhow do they live? A new study by marine scientists at the University of Georgia isuncovering intriguing and unexpected clues about marine ba...Clusters, Computers And The Human Brain
...this. The algorithm has already proved itself in solving a variety of clustering problems. In a recent study conducted in collaboration with Yoram Gdalyahu and Dr. Daphna Weinshall of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, it successfully sorted out 90 images of six different toy objects: three animals, two c...The Shape Of Life: How Does The Computer "Know" When It Sees It?
...lves as it searches. Noever likes to compare it to solving Rubik's Cube. A supercomputer randomlyworking all possible solutions wouldtake about a billion years to get the right answer. In 1983, a Los Angeles highschool student set the world's recordat just under 23 seconds. If a random search takes too long,...Milestone In Mitochondrial Structure Revealed
...als, we could not have achieved success." With the solving of the cytochrome bc1 structure, scientists now have more thanhalf of the mitochondrial respiratory chain filled in. What remains is the smallcomplex II protein, and the very large complex I protein. Jap and his group willjoin the effort underway to ...Cubist Pharmaceuticals Describes New VITA™ Technology For Enabling Genomics For Drug Discovery
...he genomics explosion is doing an excellent job of solving the problem ofidentifying potential protein targets, but it has created a new technicalchallenge of how to harvest this wealth of information for drug discovery," saidScott M. Rocklage, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Cubist. "Werec...Jefferson Scientists Suppress Tumor Growth In Animals, Aiming At Gene Therapy
...ly powerful. Understanding how they work is key to solving thepuzzle of cancer formation. We think that Rb2 is used in combination with othertumor suppressor genes." Dr. Giordano and his colleagues at Allegheny University of the HealthSciences and the University of Naples report their results October...NSF teams with DOE to fund Environmental Molecular Science Institutes
... aimed at understanding the naturalenvironment and solving environmental problems. Awards to each EMSI site willaverage $1.4 million per year for five years with the NSF contributing a totalof $15.4 million and the DOE contributing $6 million. "We are very excited about this opportunity for our Ch...Key Asthma And Allergy Molecule Pictured
...vailableright now that hits that target. "With the solving of the structure, now we have the opportunity to d...said. "Inthis way can get even more information in solving the structure." The shape of the receptor, Jardetzky said, turned out to be "a littlesurprising." "I...Vasta To Address Diseases Of Marine Environment At AAAS Meeting
...alth, the environment, and the economy. The keyto solving these problems, says Dr. Gerardo Vasts, professor of biochemistry andimmunology with the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute's Center ofMarine Biotechnology, is learning more about the genetic make-up of pathogenicmicroorganisms and how th...The Commons: Not Always A Tragedy
...er scale should be used as a point ofdeparture for solving common-pool resource management at the global level. Twopromising avenues to meet the global challenges are management throughmultilevel institutions including local users, regional and multinationalgovernments, and technological advances to monitor ...Research Bears Fruit, And Patents
...elopment of new cultivars is an important tool for solving serious diseaseproblems and for adapting crops such as raspberries to non-traditionalproduction regions such as Virginia's Southern Piedmont," says Stiles. "In theold days, we wouldn't have patented them, but now we have to look for ways toget money...USGS study casts doubt on role of fire suppression in causing catastrophic shrubland wildfires
...nd the public to become increasingly concernedwith solving the problem of wildfire destruction. A recent article in the journal Science refutes the view that fire suppressionin shrublands of southern and central-coastal California has led to catastrophicwildfires. To the contrary, in "Reexamining Fire Suppre...... Yale UniversityDr. Gerstein's work has focused on solving key problems in structural biologyand genomics using both computational and theoretical approaches. Dr. Gersteinplans to build a library of protein folds and compare genomes of various pathogenic organisms to create a broader understanding of disea...