Genetic map of important tree genes outlined
...tific research we can undertake with trees and the studies that are possible with traditional model plant species, such as rice, corn, and Arabidopsis - a tiny plant in the mustard family that is the lab rat for all plants." The database just announced, which was produced by a research group in Sweden with ...As informatics grows, Indiana University helps set 'research agenda'
...espignani, a Wired magazine Rave Award nominee who studies the Internet and computer networks as living entities whose behavior can be parsed and predicted; and * Luis Mateus Rocha, former head of Los Alamos National Laboratory's Modeling, Algorithms and Informatics Group The IU School of Informatics mainta...Genuine stem cells found in skin might treat hair loss, wounds
...ry, also of Rockefeller University. Although their studies have so far been restricted to mice, the presence of such cells in the skin holds promise for regenerative medicine with regard to hair loss and wound healing, the researchers added. Once the essential genetic differences that distinguish embryonic a...Optimizing protein's 'death domain' halts leukemia in laboratory study
...uthor. Korsmeyer and his colleagues have pioneered studies of apoptosis, or programmed cell death, that rids the body of damaged or unneeded cells. Apoptosis is directed by a complex collection of proteins in a yin-yang-like balance and is activated by a variety of external and internal signals. Some of the ......in a variety of finch species. Together, these two studies are able to point to BMP4 as having a major role in the creation of the avian beak, demonstrating that it is "one of the major driving forces building beak mass." "By 'tinkering' with BMP4 in beak prominences," Chuong and his scientific colleagues wr...Battle between bubbles might have started evolution
...al and Harvard Medical School, collaborated on the studies with Richard Roberts of the California Institute of Technology. Cells are basically sacs encapsulated by bilayered membranes of fatty acids and other lipids, plus proteins. A central question in evolution is how simple versions of these cells, or ve...Skin stem cells give hairless mice hair
...he journal Cell. According to Fuchs, previous studies in her laboratory and others suggested that a stru...ach hair follicle, might contain stem cells. Those studies hinted that the stem cells might provide the source of both new skin and hair follicles. "However, ...Molecular staples shape a cancer killer
...nstitute at Harvard Medical School, reported their studies in the September 3, 2004, issue of the journal Science. The chemical approach they applied, called hydrocarbon stapling, was developed by their collaborator Gregory L. Verdine of Harvard University, and permitted the researchers to overcome the te...Analysis fingers causes of desertification
... Change International Project, considered 132 case studies of dryland degradation. The results challenge single-factor explanations that put the most of the blame for desertification on the rural poor and nomadic populations. Nor do the results support the notion that desertification is the result of irreduc...A genetic disorder yields insight into genes and cognition
...mble a simple piece of furniture. In brain-imaging studies of people with WS, the researchers sought to shed ...tter in an adjacent brain region. The researchers' studies also showed that impaired input from this region could cause the reduced function. The researchers c...Diabodies act as guided missiles targeted to mammary tumor growth
...while the p53-null ovarian tumor cells used in the studies lacked the protective action of that apoptosis-ind...pidly than did the ovarian tumor cells. Ongoing studies by Adams and his colleagues are aimed at determining refinements in the radioisotope-bearing diabody...Flame retardants found on supermarket shelves
...e retardants in the foods here than similar market studies from other countries. Polybrominated diphe...n tissues. Only two other similar market basket studies have been done in Spain and Japan and the U.S. levels were higher than both, according to the Texa...Men from early middle ages were nearly as tall as modern people
...y diseases into previously isolated areas. "Height studies for the late 18th and early 19th centuries show that large cities were particularly hazardous for health," Steckel said. "Urban centers were reservoirs for the spread of communicable diseases." Inequality in Europe grew considerably during the 16th c...Veterinarians discover first known case of canine distemper in a wild tiger
...in the domestic animal population, and preliminary studies by Dr. Quigley indicate that 67 percent of dogs sampled have been exposed to the virus. In addition, during the past thirteen years of the Siberian tiger study, tigers and the endangered Amur leopard have shown an increase in exposure to canine dist...Select research highlights from current AACR journals
...to heat-promoted increased uptake of the drug. The studies were conducted at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. Two inhibitors of steroid synthesis used to treat hormone-dependent breast cancer in postmenopausal women pack a significant beneficial side effect in laboratory animals. Exemestane ...Chernobyl study: Risk of thyroid cancer rises with radiation dose
...ong with radiation dose." While previous Chernobyl studies have relied on broad-stroke estimates of radiation...vis and colleagues have extended their cancer-risk studies to older Chernobyl survivors and are investigating how the damage caused to DNA by radiation influen...DHA-rich diet protects brain from Alzheimer's damage, UCLA study shows
...effen School of Medicine at UCLA. "Because earlier studies suggest that omega-3 fatty acids may prevent Alzheimer's disease, we realized that the mice's diet could be countering the very thing we were trying to accomplish showing the progression of the Alzheimer's-related brain damage," she added The UCLA...JCI table of contents: 1 September, 2004
...ay have important implications for transplantation studies and for the development and treatment of immune-me...d ability to respond to potential pathogens. These studies provide evidence that JAM-A is involved in a process that inhibits dendritic cells trafficking to th...Analysis of gene expression in lymphoid cells can determine lymphoma cancer
...covered the tumor suppressing gene Rb2/p130. "Our studies have demonstrated that in human tissue, CDK9 is a very important player in specialized tissue, as we see in this study with lymphoid tissue."...NHGRI launches Centers for Excellence in Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Research
... examine how information from large-sample genetic studies is used and disclosed in biomedical research. During the exploratory phase, the researchers will focus on issues related to newborn screening, adolescent health research and centralized DNA banking. ...