Hopkins Scientists' Sequencing Of AIDS Virus From India Waves A Red Flag For Vaccine Developers
... inthe epidemic, and we believe mosaics may have a survival advantage over singlesubtype strains. Studies also suggest it's harder to make a vaccine againstcross-strains. We're concerned that the A/C combination could become common andthat single-strain vaccines won't work." Literally thousands of pe...A Woman's Egg Can Be Freezer Friendly, If You Go Easy On The Salt
...luids. The researchers have obtained high survival rates after cryopreservingand then thawing mouse eggs. If their technique also works with human eggs, thenwomen whose eggs are frozen -- before they undergo chemotherapy that damages theirovaries, for example -- will have a better chance of becoming ...Gene Therapy Trial Approved For Rare Anemia
...North Carolina atChapel Hill. Currently, the best survival hope for Fanconi patients is a bone marrowtransplant from a donor with a perfect tissue match. However, for most patients,a suitable donor cannot be found in time. "In people with Fanconi anemia, the bone marrow fails. It's a failure state likeliver...Growth Factor Contributes To Angiogenesis
...ing blood vessel growth,but also by prolonging the survival of blood vessel cells. This finding has important implications for understanding howangiogenesis contributes to tumors and chronic inflammatory diseases such asrheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. It may also help researchers develop newstrat...Scientists Use Bioengineering To Buy Time For Ailing Hearts
...iosis, normally closes shortly after birth, butthe survival of newborns with severe heart defects depends on the ductusremaining open, at least until corrective surgery can be carried out. Dr. Marlene Rabinovitch, HSC's head of Cardiovascular Research, holder of theHeart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario Chair......sing RRM1 could help improve lung cancer patients' survival rates in severalways, according to Bepler. First, it could serve as a diagnostic tool toindicate severity of the disease: Patients who are missing one copy of the genecould be treated more aggressively since they would be more likely to develop,or al...Major $17 Million Grant To Fund Ocean Research
...tal information on topics ranging from zooplankton survival tocollapsing fisheries, invading species, salmon declines, coastal planning andbiological impacts of global warming. "This is the first time such an extensive interdisciplinary effort hasbeen undertaken to study the near-shore zone" said Bruc...A Fresh Look At Love And War Between The Sexes
...." The reason, biologistsconclude, relates to the survival value of anisogamy. For small gametes, the best possible reproductive strategy is clearly to getthere, as fast and as often as possible, according to Low, an expert inevolutionary biology and behavioral ecology. "But having little bitty gametesonly ...Wistar Scientists Define Mechanism Of Action Used By Potential Magic Bullet In Cancer Treatment
... RHO, aclass of proteins that regulate cell shape, survival and motility. Since RHOlevels are elevated in many metastatic tumors, scientists have suspected forsome time that RHO and cancer are in some way related. They had not known,however, if their relationship was causative or correlative. One signific...New Edition Of Ecological Monographs Is Now Available
...fsouthern New Mexico to explore and understand the survival strategies of twosuccessful shrub species in the s...dual shrub sitecontains the necessary elements for survival which scientists call "resourceislands." These islands are preferred sites for the regeneration of s...Dietary Vitamin A Supplements Improve Maternal Survival In South Asia
...ttention has been given to thepotential health and survival consequences for the mother. The scientis...ide prenatal and obstetriccare to improve maternal survival in the developing world," said Dr. West. Support for this study was provided by the Office of Healt......through geneticmutations, and, if they promote the survival of the individual, the genes may beselected for in subsequent generations. Over time, significant changes in aspecies can occur in this way -- indeed, entirely new species may eventuallyappear. In this age of molecular biology, highly specifi...Isle Royale Wolves Bounce Back
...s resulting from inbreeding wasplacing the wolves' survival in grave jeopardy. And when last winter's surveyturned up only 14 wolves in the park, those concerns increased. But what a difference a year makes! Park Superintendent Douglas Barnard announced today that this winter'ssurvey showed the island's wolv...Recent USGS Work In New England And Beyond
...groups, will useradio-telemetry to assess woodcock survival on the birds' local breeding areasin five northeastern states this fall. The following spring, bird dogs willhelp scientists monitor and assess woodcock brood production on study areas. Contact: Dan McAuley; 207-581-3357; Dan_McAuley@usgs.gov . ...Researchers: 'Exciting' Discovery Might Improve Cancer Treatment
...theirtechnique could one day significantly improve survival among patients with manykinds of cancer. They are planning the first human tests, which should beginlater this year. The mechanism they've studied for more than three years involvesNF-kappa B, a protein that attaches to DNA inside the nucle...In Animal Groups, Scientists See Patterns That Could Predict The Future
...es can determine their own survival, aswell as the survival of other group members. A herring that turns right when theschool turns left faces certain death, Parrish says. But a herring that alwayscooperates with the group and never competes might die of starvation. Findingthe threshold between cooperation an......icularlyin the ocean. This variation affects their survival rates and creates challengesfor managers who have to choose each year the number of spawners they want toreach the spawning grounds for each stock," says Peterman. "The variation alsoaffects managers' ability to achieve that target by creating uncert......rest ofMassachusetts, the researchers compared the survival rates of red maples (Acerrubrum), yellow birches (...d oaks (Quercus rubra) infern covered areas to the survival rates of these same kinds of trees infern-free areas. They discovered that hayscented ferns (Dennst...... metastatic tumors by more than 90% and to prolong survival in mouse xenograft models (human tumor tissue transplanted into mice) of several human cancers. In March, Vion announced that the company had filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to begin human safety testing with TAPET in the United S...