Southern Pine Beetle Reaching Outbreak Levels In North Florida
...ash and longleaf pines," Meeker said. "It will not stop until it runs outof pines." Trees successfully colonized by the beetles cannot survive, regardless ofcontrol measures, like pesticides. The beetles also carry and introduceinto trees the deadly blue stain fungi. Under normal conditions, thebeetles di...Researchers Find Possible New Route to Making Cancer Cells Vulnerable
...niversity Medical Center have shown how drugs that stop organ transplantrejection also partially reverse d...nts. The scientists have identified a new targetto stop drug resistance in cancer cells. The researchers believe the findingwill help scientists develop new...KU Researcher Eyes The Rain Forest Through The Trees
... quickly. "There are now many regions where we can stop asking the question, 'Is all this deforestation going to have an impact?' Local people know there is an impact," Terwilliger said. "We need to try to answer the question, 'To what extent can we recover the losses?'" Terwilliger is hoping her research...Blood Test Can Identify Some Children With Strep-Related Behavioral Disorders
...e Tourette SyndromeAssociation, Inc. "It's time to stop telling parents that tics and othersymptoms are their fault," she said....Duke University Students Devise Devices For The Disabled
...heslider changed things for him by allowing him to stop the ball better, movefaster, get the ball more quickly out of the net, cover more area, and 'lookmore like a real goalie,'" Mrs. Delimata said in an e-mail interview. "And the slider will aid him therapeutically, because it will helpwith coordinatio...Researchers Find Production Point Of Key Protein In Fragile X Syndrome
... synapses, then normalbrain development appears to stop at an early stage. Findings of the studies conducted at the University of Illinois will appear in the May 13 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.The research was funded primarily by the National Institute of Mental Healthand the FRAXA Re...Duke researchers find existing drugs can stop fungus that attacks AIDS patients
...eople,and suggested a potential new drug target to stop the infection. The studies were funded by the Veterans Administration Research Centeron AIDS and HIV infection and a U.S. Public Health Service grant. C. neoformans is the leading cause of fungal meningitis, a serious andsometimes deadly...Stuttering Appears To Have Strong Link To Family Genes, Researchers Say
...t,most before age 5. About four of those five will stop within a few years,Yairi said. One, however, will become persistent, struggling with a disorderin which speech problems are "only the tip of the iceberg," hesaid. Finding clues as to which kids will persist -- the aim of the overallproject -- will he...Scientists Bridge Gap In Cell Communication
...tly to DNA, in effect telling the cell to start or stop a specified task. It closes the loop, said Laughon, whose work was accomplished in fruit flies taking advantage of the well-studied process by which signaling governs wing growth. "We've shown that the MAD protein is a direct regulator of ta...Stopping "Cellular Suicide" Could Boost Production In Biotech Labs
...re. Then, as an engineer, my job is to apply those stop signalsto the celllines that I'm developing." One potential stop signal is membrane protein called bcl-2. Whenthismaterial is inserted during the genetic engineering...Jefferson Scientists Discover Mechanism Of Viral Link To Disease Commonly Associated With Asbestos
...the virus that causes tumor-suppressor genes to stop working, his research may lead to the development of tests to determine mesothelioma in early stages, and treatments that will allow the genes to restore normal function." The SV40 findings are the latest step in a series of impor...UW Smogmobile Offers Cleaner, Safer Alternative To Gas Or Electric Cars
... and electric-powered cars. But he hasn't let that stop him. "I don't expect any trouble in proving that a liquid nitrogen vehicle can work, I expect trouble in selling the idea," he said. "But this has become a bit of a holy grail for me because it's the right thing to do. This is a car that will work w......n more difficult is thefact that many TB sufferers stop taking antibiotics before the bacteria iseliminated. "This is a breakthrough because it offers a novel drug target fortuberculosis," Belisle said. "Based on this finding, we can create new drugsthat inhibit the enzymatic reactions responsible...Study: Device Prevents Epileptic Seizures, Doesn't Damage Hearts
...tion when the device discharges, but most patients stop noticing sideeffects with time. Battery life is about three years, and no one knows for surehow the device stops seizures. Drugs most often prescribed for epilepsy include phenytoin,phenobarbital and carbamazepine, said Vaughn, who testified ...Female Adolescents Need Calcium During 'Window Of Opportunity'
...ducts all offer no-fat versions, so that shouldn't stop anyone from eating enough diary products." According to Weaver, the new dietary recommendations for calcium are the first of a new set of dietary standards. For the first time the recommendations will be for both the United States and Canada. Six new...Research Team Discovers Key Gene For Telomerase Enzyme In Humans
... molecular clock of sorts by signaling the cell to stop dividing afterrepeated cell divisions. But... length so that the cell neverreceives a signal to stop dividing. "Correlation of telomerase activity and cancer has been shownpreviously, but there...More To Drought Than Meets The Eye
...species todrop their leaves in time of drought and stop photosynthesizing. The researchers decided to look at another measure of a tree's droughtresponse, the amount of energy put into trunk growth. "It appears that the drought tolerance ranking of trees in CentralPennsylvania based on ec...Oaks' Defenses Help Gypsy Moth Caterpillar Fend Off Virus
...ible to the virus," says Appel. "This could either stop the oxidation oftannin or inhibit the action of PPO." Further research into the chemistry of the gypsy moth caterpillar gut and theinteraction of caterpillar, oak tree and virus, might eventually lead to acontrol method....Jefferson Scientists Find Potential Deadly Effects Of Two Missing Cancer-Suppressor Genes
...a pair of tumor-suppressor genes, p53 and MSH2, stop growing and die a little more than a week after conception. Fishel, professor of microbiology and immunology at Jefferson Medical College, and co-discoverer of the human MSH2 colon cancer gene, thinks the answer lies with the X chro......irregularity for only a short time before they stop menstruating forever," says Wood. "Others experience irregularity and missed periods for many years before experiencing menopause. Still others believe they are post menopausal and begin to menstruate again." Little is known about ho...