UW researchers find second anthrax toxin receptor
...ct. Once activated, the spores become bacteria and soon release toxins consisting of three components. One toxic component, protective antigen (PA), must attach, or bind, to a receptor before the rest of the toxin can enter cells. Once attached, PA transports the other components - edema factor and letha...Wild ape population undergoing 'catastrophic' decline
...20 years and, without aggressive intervention, may soon reach the "brink of extinction," a study has found. In a process that went largely unnoticed, years of illegal hunting and an epidemic of Ebola virus have slashed the population of wild chimpanzees and gorillas by more than 50 percent in the last pa...Initiative launched for computer science
...tists and scholars to attain academic independence soon after finishing their PhD. In order to meet the re...staff higher education lecturer positions that are soon going to become vacant in computer science. According to careful estimates, at least 110 chairs that......turised his method to such an extent that it could soon become a realistic possibility to use it with free-moving animals. Entirely new approaches are emerging here for brain research. Winfried Denk is currently a scientific member and Director of the Biomedical Optics Department of the Max Planck Institu...Biomedical engineer constructs illuminating nanoparticles for medical imaging and gene detection
...n of nanotechnology with biology and medicine will soon produce major advances in molecular diagnostics, therapeutics, molecular biology, and bioengineering," said Dr. Nie. "This new method of constructing nanobiosensors has potential as a unique tool for disease diagnosis and drug development."...Integration of nanotechnology with biology and medicine will result in major medical advances
...ch 27. "We believe biomedical nanotechnology will soon produce major advances in molecular diagnostics, therapeutics, molecular biology and bioengineering," Dr. Nie says. "Already, scientists have begun to develop functional nanoparticles that are linked to biological molecules such as peptides, protein...Free-radical model too radical
... Tanko explains. "In the course of our studies, we soon realized that chemists have been missing something that limits its use in a biological model." The Virginia Tech researchers began to explore the properties of t-butoxyl radical when the department acquired a new laser system and the researchers want...Anthrax threat needs aggressive government action plan, say researchers
... PNAS, they argued for speedy mass vaccinations as soon as a case of smallpox appears in a population rath...ernors or city mayors needs to act decisively: As soon as a case is detected everyone in the area needs to be informed and directed to where drugs can be a...Cancer scientists to be honored by AACR during the organizations annual meeting in Toronto
...es research that has made, or gives the promise of soon making, a notable contribution to improved clinical care in the field of cancer and provide incentive to scientists who are relatively early in their careers. Dr. Arteaga's lecture, "From Sarcoma Growth Factor to TGF-beta and ErbB Receptor Targeted T...Crash in male saiga antelope numbers drives species closer to extinction
...ulation is halving each year and the species could soon be lost. Action must be taken now to provide a sustainable future for the antelope." Once found roaming the grasslands of Central Asia and pre-Caspian in vast herds, the global population of saiga antelope has crashed to 50,000 over the past 10 year...COX-1, not COX-2 expressed in ovarian cancer
...anslational research that has made, or promises to soon make, a notable contribution to improved clinical care in the field of cancer research....Progesterone regulates male behavior toward infants
... to parental care and often attack or kill infants soon after birth. Although this hostile behavior had previously been attributed to testosterone, a correlation between testosterone and male behaviors directed at young has never been established. Seeking another explanation for the male behavior, Levine'...Larger nuts end up further from tree
...trick Jansen investigated what happened to nuts as soon as they fell on the ground of the rainforest in French Guyana. He placed thousands of nuts on the ground in the forest. Each nut was marked with a numbered fluorescent thread. Using video cameras he observed which animals removed the nuts. He then tr...iScope, you scope, we all scope a mouse brain
.... The trio of hefty, slide-filled microscopes will soon be plugged into the internet to help researchers study the mouse brain, free of the logistical problems associated with borrowing from a traditional lending library. The iScope project is described today at the American Association for the Advancemen...Tufts civil engineer predicts Bostons rising sea levels could cause billions of dollars in damage
...would swamp the 100-year floodplain in Boston will soon become high enough to overtake the 500-year floodplain," explained Kirshen. "Sea level rise will have a drastic impact on metropolitan Boston and other similar coastal cities if steps aren't taken to address the issue." The team of civil engineers a...Stanford researcher advocates far-reaching microarray data exchange
...oarray databases, and he hopes other journals will soon follow suit. "The development of these standards is extremely important to the future of database development," Sherlock said. "As the standards get nailed down, the databases will have to catch up and accommodate them."...Scientists crack the black box of coastal ecosystems
...sting these predictions in New Zealand, Chile, and soon we hope in South Africa other major upwelling areas around the world," says Lubchenco. Larval Tracking Most marine animals produce tiny larvae that drift with the plankton for weeks or months until the survivors settle into bottom habitats. Managi...Polymers promote nerve regeneration
...e hope the groundwork laid by Ames Laboratory will soon pave the way for human subjects to benefit from this technology."...Calient Networks chosen as core platform for Optiputer
...it data at 1 to 10 Gigabits per second (Gbps), and soon will achieve 40 Gbps and greater speeds. "We will be intensely exploring applications of lambda-switching, given the growth and functionality we anticipate over the next few years as part of the OptIPuter initiative," said Cal-(IT)2 Director Larry Sm...Obesity not a personal failing, but a battle against biology
...e one can hold one's breath, this conscious act is soon overcome by the compulsion to breathe," notes Friedman. "The feeling of hunger is intense and, if not as potent as the drive to breathe, is probably no less powerful than the drive to drink when one is thirsty. "Who is it that can resist a drink of c...