Florida Researchers Discover Gene For Fatal Childhood Disease
...syndrome are much moresusceptible to cancer, which spreads faster and more widely than in typicalcancer patients, Kingsmore added. A better understanding of the gene's role in the spread of cancercould lead to new medications or treatments for all cancer patients, he said. Meanwhile, researchers ...Cholesterol Anchor Helps Signaling Proteins Direct Development
... production of hedgehog protein or with the way it spreads through tissues. "While I do not suggest that expectant mothers switch to a high-fat diet, based exclusively on these results, it might be interesting to take a look clinically at the effect of a mother's diet on the developing fetus," says Philip B......ites. The introduction of an exotic organism that spreads as rapidly as T. hadai is a matter of considerable concern, Sloan says. In particular this invasion raises questions about the extent to which other microorganisms are invading the world's ports and estuaries. It is too early to tell what the impact...Herpes-Based Gene Therapy Is Key To Promising Liver Tumor Vaccine
... a majority ofcases the cancer returns and usually spreads more rapidly aftersurgery. Sloan-Kettering surgeons have pioneered methods to boostthe immune system in such patients, in an effort to aid the bodyin ridding itself of cancer cells. The group turned to Dr.Federoff in an effort to use gene therapy to ...Herpes-Based Gene Therapy Is Key To Promising Liver Tumor Vaccine
...a majority of cases the cancer returns and usually spreads more rapidly after surgery. Sloan-Kettering surgeons have pioneered methods to boost the immune system in such patients, in an effort to aid the body in ridding itself of cancer cells. The group turned to Dr. Federoff in an effort to use gene therapy...Common Childhood Virus Poses Threat To Adults, Research Shows
...helial cells that line the airways in thelungs. It spreads as people cough up infected epithelial cells, so handwashing is the best way to limit the spread of RSV. RSV is the leading cause of severe lower respiratory tract infectionin infants and young children. According to Murry, nearly every child inthe ...Pharmaceuticals Manufactured In Insect Larvae
...n can be refined into pharmaceuticals." The virus spreads through the caterpillar within 24 hours, but the bug continues to grow, spreading virus through the caterpillar's body for three days. Just prior to the fourth day, or the fifth larval stage, the proteins being grown in the bug are ready for harvest......s much as $80,000 in lost revenue.Because ring rot spreads so quickly and potato plants have zero tolerance forthe disease, potatoes grown in the United States must be inspected and certifieddisease-free before being shipped out of state or overseas. When this bacteria encounters its potato plant hos...Prostate Cancer Switch May Yield Map Of Cancer Machinery, Targets For Drugs
...umor to erupt into an invasive, deadly cancer that spreads throughout the body. The scientists said discovery of this single genetic switch could open aresearch pathway that might well lead to a road map of the complex changesprostate cancer cells undergo in their progression to a deadly form. Such ...Plant Doctors Find Genetic Solution For Papaya Growers
...isease." This destructive disease, which rapidly spreads when aphids pick up the virus ontheir mouths while feeding on infected plants and continue to feed on healthyplants, was first detected in Hawaii in the 1940's and virtually eliminatedlarge papaya production on Oahu in the 1950's. The papaya industry...Multi Drug Resistant-TB: Russian Economic Collapse Will Lead To Global Spread Of "Ebola With Wings"
...entiallymuch more dangerous, especially because TB spreads through the air and can movefrom patient to patient in its deadly drug-resistant form. MDR-TB has beendubbed "Ebola with wings." Current levels of MDR-TB in Russia are alarming. The looming economic crisiswill exacerbate the problem. It is only a...Birds Of A Feather: The Physics Of Flocks
...ter, and the bird is on the right handside, and it spreads to its neighbors there. As a result, the error is quicklyshared among many birds and it is diluted before it has a real chance to affectthe direction of a flock. Convection And Diffusion As Tu and Toner note, this process is highly analogous to a ...Study Of Raindrop Energy To Aid Fight Against Crop Diseases
... could help explainhow rain spreads the fungal spores that cause some crop diseases.One day, weather stations in disease-prone areas may be ableto use the sensor to forecast possible outbreaks. This work appeared in a...Could A Nasal Vaccine Finally Get Rid Of The Black Death?
...s coughed out by sick people. Thispneumonic plague spreads faster and is more deadly than the bubonic form, andwas the main cause of the Black Death. Antibiotics can save someone with pneumonic plague if they get treatment within18 hours of infection. But last year, researchers found plague bacteria inMadaga...Protein Misfolding, Not Mutant Gene, Key To Lethal Sleep Disorder
...enetic mutation or may occurspontaneously. It then spreads via protein-to-protein contact, with themisshapen version somehow inducing normal proteins to take on the new,indigestible structure. The first SFI patient was a previously healthy 44-year-old California man whodeveloped increasing trouble falling as...UW scientists find a gene that controls organ shape
...rom a tumor to other parts of the body. Whencancer spreads or metastasizes in the body, prospects for recovery are grim. Kimble said knowing how the protein works may enable the development ofinhibitors that could slow or stop the spread of cancerous cells in cancerpatients....UK researchers discover a molecular cause of spinal cord injuries
...is. "Through molecular signals, the injury spreads throughout the spinalcord," said Pamela Knapp, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Anatomy andNeurobiology, UK College of Medicine, and co-author of the paper. "Theoligodendroglia, although undamaged by the original injury, can die in the week...UI research team discovers new genes involved in the spread of breast cancer
...Center. Although researchers believe breast cancer spreads through a complex, multi-stepprocess involving alterations or loss of specific genes, little is known aboutthe function, molecular regulation and interaction of these genetic alterations.The first step to understanding how these "misregulated" genes ...Common grass infected by fungus makes life difficult for other species
...esence. The fungus infects only fescue, because it spreads only withinseeds of infectedplants. So the fungus is not transmitted to other plants, and only infectedfescue reaps theconsiderable benefits of the fungus. Clay and Holah established eight experimental plots in summer 1994, each ofwhich had avariety ......ome cells guide themselves toward a chemical that spreads itself around. Now, in this week's issue of Science, Johns Hopkins researchers identify a protein that accumulates toward the front end of a cell and helps cells "sense" their way to a target. "Gradient sensing is important in everything from infla...