Nitric Oxide May Hold Key To First Treatment For Deadly Form Of Malaria, Duke Scientists Report
...defines a new message system insideliving cells, a team of researchers led by Duke University Medical Cent... Although the discovery was made in bacteria, the team believes that humancells also use NO molecules as a genetic signaling mechanism. "It appea...Genetic Alterations Linked To Cancer In Some Blood Samples
...ue used in this study was developed by Sidransky's team and first used to detect cancer cells in urine. T...a." In an accompanying study in Nature Medicine, a team from Switzerland (also co-authors of the Hopkins study) found genetic alterations in the blood plasm......th a 6.1 Tesla superconducting magnet, the Cornell team took a sample representing 1 percent of the protein in a single red blood cell and correctly deduced its molecular weight -- 28,780.6 daltons. The breakthrough in sample reduction came about as a result of customizing very small quartz capillaries fo...Nitric Oxide Found To Control Cells By Turning On Genes; Suggests New Role In Health And Disease
...defines a new message system insideliving cells, a team of researchers led by Duke University Medical Cent... Although the discovery was made in bacteria, the team believes that humancells also use NO molecules as a genetic signaling mechanism. "It appea...Environmental Reform: The Next Generation Project
... years." Demonstrating a wide scope of expertise, team leaders include John Turner, president of the Cons...ders and participants. In addition to Dean Cohon, team leaders include John Gordon, former F&ES dean and the Pinchot Professor of Forestry; Carol M. Rose, ...Duke Primate Center Sets October Expedition To Find 'Juliet'
...em. Over the last few years, the husband-and-wife team of Charlie Welch andAndrea Katz have worked to develop the Ivoloina Zoological Park into a combinationlemur breeding facility, zoo, education center and tourist attraction. The ultimate objective of the Primate Center capture program is to builda br...Harvard, Duke Researchers Discover 'Off-switch' Inside Human Cells
...rganisms. Further experiments by the Harvard-Duke team also detected RGS10 in livinghuman cells, so they ...ansform it to an inactive state. The Harvard-Duke team is now performing further experiments to understandhow the action of RGS10 itself is regulated withi...Component In Soy Products May Be Substitute For Estrogen Treatment
... first to focus on postmenopausal women. Potter's team incorporated 40 grams of isolated soy protein into baked goodsand drinks used in the women's daily low-fat, low-cholesterol diets. Inaddition to a control group, one group ate soy protein with a standard levelof 56 milligrams of isoflavones, another ...Researchers Identify A New Cellular Structure: The "Dumposome"
A team of researchers studying the one-celled organism Tetrahymena has discovered a cellular structure that acts asa selective garbage disposal for unneeded DNA. The recently identified cellular component, dubbed a "dumposome," mayprove to be an entirely ne...Newly Discovered Gene Halts Cell Division and May Have Cancer Link
...ir control over the checkpoint. Dr. Benezra, whose team discovered the MAD2 gene by accident, also is investigating a second human gene suspected of being involved in the checkpoint. The new research may help to improve future treatment options for cancer patients. In the study, the researchers identifie...Researchers Find Genetic Clues To Intestinal Disease
... multiple genes, according to Bayless. The Hopkins team speculated that the disease, which is probably cau...studies published in Gastroenterology, the Hopkins team reported that amongfamilies of 60 patients, 86 percent of the families had at least two members with...'Juliet' Evades Primate Center Expedition
...am. Over the last few years, the husband-and-wife team of Welch and Andrea Katzhave worked to develop the Ivoloina Zoological Park into a combination lemurbreeding facility, zoo, education center and tourist attraction. The one bright spot in the expedition, Glander said, was that a hotel hasbeen built ...NCAR Scientists Trek To Africa For Biosphere-Atmosphere Chemistry Study
...st will culminate in November and December, when a team of scientists from the United States, France, Italy, the Central African Republic (CAR), and the Congo complete a rare study of the African atmosphere. Ground-based and tower-mounted instruments and a research aircraft will support studies of biomass...Antarctic Science Season Gears Up With Searches for Meteorites, Neutrinos, and New Life Forms
...ica -- the highest rates measured in the ocean. A team led by Edward DeLong of the University of Californ...? Thomas Day of the University of Arizona and his team will study the impact of UV-B and warming on the health of two vascular plant species near Palmer St...Scientists Identify Retrovirus-Like Components In Corn Genome
...s of mobile DNA segments than expected, the Purdue team discovered that the retrotransposons organize themselves in a unique manner, inserting themselves within each other like nesting dolls, and burrowing between genes rather than inserting into the genes, as expected. "We don't know how they do this, bu...Animal Studies Indicate Aging Brain Responsive To Estrogen
...for this improvement in memory. In the study, the team used aging female rats that had their ovaries removedand, thus, were making no estrogen. The researchers divided the rats intothree treatment groups -- those receiving no estrogens, long-term chronicestrogen doses, or a single acute dose of estrogen......." computing system in which hundreds of processors team up to divide the computing. During yesterday's demonstration, a volunteer subject in an MRI scanner at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center observed a whirling visual pattern. After about three minutes, the scanner sent data over a high-speed ...Duke's Russian Laser Making Ultraviolet Light And Gamma Rays
...ring. In some split-second choreography, the Duke team began producing gamma raystwo nights after they first manufactured ultraviolet laser light. The researchersbegan by introducing an extra electron bunch into the FEL lab's electronring. Traveling at nearly the speed of light, the extra electron bunch...Siblicide In Nature: Study Of Galapagos Seabird Finds Death Can Ensure Species Survival
...other season of data-gathering, and supervises the team through computer e-mail and satellite telephone. "The parents are tuckered out from the year before," Anderson said. "If the rest of our data show the same trend, then you would say that parents seem to maximize their long-term reproductive success ...New Sensor Provides First Instant Test For Toxic E. coli Organism
...nalLaboratory (Berkeley Lab), says the sensors his team have developed are capableof providing an extremely inexpensive, on-the-spot litmus test for E. colistrain 0157:H7. First identified as a threat to humans in 1982, 0157:H7 isthe virulent strain of E. coli responsible for these outbreaks. Sa...