Scientists Identify Gene For Sexual Behavior In Male Flies
A team of scientists from four universities has isolated ...emale flies when courting. With this research, the team of geneticistscloned and isolated the fru gene, and showed that it controlsmuch more than the male...Pinpoint Gene Control Holds Promise For Nervous System Studies
...rosciencemeeting in Washington. The Rochester team used a new type of genetic surgery tocarry out the...nce, activating the extra genes to produce NGF.The team believes this is the first permanent geneticmodification in the central nervous system of an adult m...New Finding Suggests "HATs" Are Key To Gene Activation Puzzle
...ting in this field in the last 10 years." The team has found the strongest evidence yet to support the widely accepted theory that gene activation is linkedto the uncoiling of the tightly wound form in which DNA is usually stored. "How genes are activated has confounded biologists for years," sa...Prostate Cancer May Be Predicted 10 Years Before Diagnosis
... diagnosis of prostate cancer. The NIA and Hopkins team measured free and total PSA levels on stored, frozen sera from 26 men with no history of prostate disease (control), 29 men with BPH, and 23 men with prostate cancer. All men in this study are participants in the BLSA, a longitudinal study of aging ...Proteins Interacting With RNA And DNA Are Surprisingly Similar
...kins University chemist who isheading the research team that madethe discovery. Draper's team discovered that the RNA- and DNA-binding proteinshave the sameshape, a configuration of three coils ...Selenium Supplements Can Reduce Cancer Rates
... that." The University of Arizona-Cornell research team reported in 1991 that low selenium levels in the blood were linked to increased risk of neoplastic polyps in the colon, a precursor to colorectal cancer. And in other studies at Cornell, colleagues of Combs' reported in 1995 that animals fed diets h...Scientists Determine 3-D Crystal Structure Of Cancer-Causing Protein
...elated paper published in thisissue of Nature , a team of scientists led by Stephen Harrison, Ph.D., anHH...cancerous ones. The work by the Hughes-Rockefeller team confirms earliermodels that showed the change in the protein's shape that enables it totransform cel...'BirdSource' Website For Citizen-Science Data
...bilities, the Lab of Ornithology's citizen-science team and Audubon's thousands of volunteer birders collecting data at the grassroots level. " In addition to the results from Project FeederWatch and other Cornell-based, citizen-science observations, BirdSource will be an archive of data from long-runnin...Ten Years of Progress For Superfund Basic Research Program
A team of University of Cincinnati researchers thatspans ...the three-day conference. The complete UC research team includes 12 faculty in thedepartments of molecular genetics and environmental health in theCollege o...Molecular Imposter Rebuts Long
...distorted base shapes. The Rochester research team will next try to assess thebehavior of the thymine mimic in transcription, the processthat converts DNA into RNA in preparation for protein production.Kool says that if the mimic base blocks transcription,it will have strong potential as a drug -- in...Team Identifies Switch For Tumor Suppressor Gene
... many casesof human cancer. The research by a team from the University of RochesterCancer Center is on the retinoblastoma (RB) gene, one of thefirst known in a class of genes known as tumor suppressors, whosejob it is to rein in cell growth. The work, by AssociateProfessor John Ludlow, graduate stude...Duke University Students Devise Devices For The Disabled
...patient," noted Feldman. Meanwhile, a two-student team found themselves working all night in theclass lab at Duke's School of Engineering mastering the intricacies of microprocessorsto build an electronic teaching game for blind children. This "spelling and tactile identification game" operates intwo "m...Chemists Compute Answers To The Origin Of Gout
...inful illness known as gout. Dr Rob Deeth and his team have used computing tools to simulate the biological reaction in which molybdenum catalyses the oxidation of xanthine, producing uric acid - excessuric acid causes gout. The group is focusing on the protein fragments around the active site which ar...Prostate Cancer's Aggressiveness May Be Predicted Early By The Ratio Of Free To Total PSA
...aggressiveness of the cancer. The NIA and Hopkins team measured free and total PSA levels on stored, frozen sera from men who are participants in the BLSA, a longitudinal study of aging that was established in 1958. The stored blood samples were available up to 15 years before diagnoses for 20 men, 12 w...Herpes-Based Gene Therapy Is Key To Promising Liver Tumor Vaccine
...eespecially effective at killing cancer cells. The team alsoachieved noteworthy results by raising the levels of the cytokineGMCSF (granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor), whichattracts macrophages: 4 of 12 rats remain cancer-free. High cytokine levels peak on the first day, Dr. Federoffsa...Herpes-Based Gene Therapy Is Key To Promising Liver Tumor Vaccine
... especially effective at killing cancer cells. The team also achieved noteworthy results by raising the levels of the cytokine GM-CSF (granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating factor), which attracts macrophages: 4 of 12 rats remain cancer-free. High cytokine levels peak on the first day, Dr. Federoff sa......ymes called protein kinases. Katze and his team found that the NS5A protein in two strains of HCV -- one found mainly in the United States, the other in Asia -- had the ability to bind to and inactivate PKR. "This has strong implications," said Gale. "We have shown that PKR is important in the int...NIH Team Discovers Endocrine Tumor Gene
A team of scientists at the National Institutes of Health... of four different research teams at the NIH and a team at the University of Oklahoma. NIDDK scientists Drs. Stephen Marx and Allen Spiegel and colleag...Biosensor Is A Model For Widespread Testing Of Chemicals, Molecules
DURHAM, N.C. -- A team of scientists at Duke University Medical Centerhas...ions of circumstancesare very rare." So he and his team set out to change the odds by tryingto genetically engineer a protein to build in a signaling functi...Hot 'Lanta: NASA, School Kids Team To Study How Trees Help Cities Keep Their Cool
... This month, dozens of school kids in Atlanta will team with NASA's Global Hydrology and Climate Center to determine the extent of the changes. This Urban Heat Island Experiment is part of a larger study of past and future land use impacts ...