Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
... Alan Cox how to use the plant. The agreement also states that UC Berkeley and Samoa will negotiate the distribution of the drug in developing nations at a minimal profit if Keasling is successful. "This may be the first time that indigenous people have extended their national sovereignty over a gene seque...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
... Alan Cox how to use the plant. The agreement also states that UC Berkeley and Samoa will negotiate the distribution of the drug in developing nations at a minimal profit if Keasling is successful. "This may be the first time that indigenous people have extended their national sovereignty over a gene seque...Researchers find color sensitive atomic switch in bacteria
...ein back and forth between two differently colored states of the protein," said co-senior author John L. Spudich, Ph.D., director of the Center for Membrane Biology in the UT Medical School Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. "Chemical analysis and spectroscopic methods then proved that the sw...March of Dimes statement on newborn screening report
...g to include at least these 30. We will urge states to provide test results for an additional 25 "repo...s. We also will revise our periodic evaluation of states to include this reporting. It must be noted that various organizations have alternate ways of ...AAAS expert panel calls for voter-system research and reform
...worries have expanded since, asauditors in several states have identifiedvulnerabilities in new voting alternatives. While pointing out that problems can arise withany form of casting votes, panelists noted thatnew touch-screen computer technology has comeunder recent sustained attack because most suchsy...NSF announces six 'FIBR' awards to tackle some of biology's most challenging questions
...jects support dozens of investigators from 15 U.S. states and also involve scientists supported by several other countries. The FIBR projects announced today include the following (see separate profiles for more detail): "BeeSpace -- An Interactive Environment for Analyzing Nature and Nurture...Joslin researchers clarify mechanisms for beta-cell formation
... Rather, the beta-cell growth in insulin-resistant states occurs by "epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition," a mechanism in which cells take on a more primitive form and begin replicating. It is possible that the response originates from potential beta-cell stem cells, a more primitive cell that has yet to ...Blue marlin in gulf have high mercury levels, A&M study shows
...ved a great deal of public awareness in Gulf Coast states in recent years and several articles have focused on the possibility that oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico are the major source of the mercury problem in the Gulf. To investigate the source question, Rooker, Gil and Cai are examining mercu...New treatment for fibromyalgia
...ss, the hallmark characteristics of fibromyalgia," states Lesley M. Arnold, M.D., who coordinated the research at 18 centers, including the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Indiana University Medical School, and Harvard Medical School. "The effect of duloxetine on the reduction of pain," Dr. Ar...Ventilation in bars, casinos doesn't control health risk for hospitality workers
...aw can protect the health of these workers." Few states have taken action to protect hospitality workers; only 14% of states have laws banning smoking in restaurants, bars, casinos and all other workplaces. According to the ...Modest climate change could lead to substantially more and larger fires
The area burned by wildfires in 11 Western states could double by the end of the century if summer c...espond more dramatically to global warming than in states such as California and Nevada. Researchers have developed statistical relationships between observe...Probing the surface of white blood cells to enhance immune system medicine
... dynamic structures that rapidly alternate between states of assembly and disassembly. This means that if researchers were able to biochemically dissect mechanisms by which microvilli assemble and segregate, they would be able to use this knowledge to develop immunosuppressive or anti-metastatic agents, en...Highlights of American Chemical Society national meeting in Philadelphia, Aug. 22-26
...oach may yield diagnostic markers for many disease states as well as provide targets for drug discovery," adds Beecher. ( ANYL 192 , Wednesday, Aug. 25, 3:50 p.m., Loews, Regency C1, during the symposium, "Analytical Chemistry in the Health Sciences: Metabonomics.") Thursday, Aug. 26 High levels of contr...Study in Science reveals recreational fishing takes big bite of ocean catch
...ople allowed to fish. Approximately 40% of coastal states do not even require salt-water recreational fishing licenses. No states require a license for people younger than 16, and few require it for anyone fishing from shore. "Siz...Integrative biology of exercise APS Intersociety meeting October 6-9, 2004 in Austin
... physiological adaptations to exercise and disease states through bioinformatics, genomics and proteomics. Chair Eric Hoffman and Robert Grange. Mechanical signal transduction: response and remodeling in the musculo-skeletal system. Chair -- Brenda Russell. Altered cardiovascular control and blood flow t...Protein fishing in America: The movie
...teins at a time, and you get information about two states and two states only: binding or not binding. How the binding and not binding are linked is hidden information."Lu's...Light turns on anticancer agents
...eavage and photodynamic therapy properties of MMCT states of rhodium centered supramolecular complexes," at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 24, at Pennsylvania Convention Center room 111B as part of the at the Bioinorganic Chemistry symposium. Co-authors are Brewer, former post-doctoral associate Alvin A. Holder, ...U of T study identifies possible stem cells in pancreas
...he existing dogma regarding how development occurs states that fairly early in development, there is a distinction made between a group of cells destined to make the brain and another group destined to make the pancreas," he says. "The idea that a single cell within the pancreas could make both beta cells a...New diagnostic technology helps justify earlier cataract surgery
...ch was developed about 100 years ago. By contrast, states typically require at least 20/40 vision for driving without glasses. Cataract patients often complain of glare, double vision, a shift in colors, and other problems. "There have been innumerable articles and textbook chapters noting that th......ord injury. Volunteers activated 99% of the target states for at least 1 second and matched at least 87% of the target hand positions for at least 2 seconds. The hand grasp neuroprosthesis restores grasp-release hand function to individuals with cervical spinal cord injury. A MES neuroprosthesis provides an...