Researchers link melanopsin gene to unexplored light detection system within the eye
...ink that this new photoreceptor is responsible for telling our bodies that it is daytime daylight is always bright light. "Our research has led us to believe that, quite apart from regulating pupil size, the melanopsin photoreceptors may be responsible for a broad range of responses to light, including its ...Honey bee genome being sequenced
...iny pieces, scattering them all over the floor and telling someone else to piece them back together again. "We don't know when that particular aspect will be completed," Weaver said. The Africanized honey bee genome also will be sequenced. Annotation of the honey bee genome sequence will follow, ...Study employs backyard scientists to document global warming impact
...ther locations around the world, they paint a very telling picture." Hall worked with Terry Root and Stephen Schneider at Stanford University, as well as Jeff Price at the American Bird Conservancy, Cynthia Rosenzweig with NASA and Alan Pounds in Costa Rica. Her job included searching literature from aroun...Checkpoint protein blocks chromosome breaks at fragile sites
...n starts to stall, ATR sends out a chemical signal telling the cell to shut down replication until it can fix the problem." To find out what happens during DNA replication in the absence of ATR protein, Casper used three different techniques to inactivate or disable ATR expression in human cell cultures used...Diabetic gene linked to heart disease
...for heart disease with a genetic test, there is no telling how many lives we couldsave with early intervention techniques," said Dr. Andrew P. Levy of the Technion Faculty of Medicine, who headed the research which was published in the December 4th issue of The Journal of the American College of Cardiology. ...Six reporters named to receive 2002 AAAS Science Journalism Awards
...s as diverse as bears, barnacles, and bacteria, is telling us not only intimate details about these life-form...walked readers through DNA testing technologies by telling a first-person story of his own quest to learn the truth about his family, beyond his great-grandfat...AAAS urges opposition to 'intelligent design theory' within U.S. science classes
... this year to affix stickers to science textbooks, telling students that "evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things." Following a lawsuit filed August 21 by the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, the school board on September 26 modified its policy statement, but again ...Is being big clam on the block a factor in species success?
...logical characteristics in the study of organisms, telling a researcher a lot about how a particular animal lives and interacts with it's environment and with other species. Despite this importance, there has been little study of body size trends of ancient life. Now, using marine life forms as models, thre...Scientists at TSRI identify thousands of proteins associated with deadliest form of malaria
...ct stages in its lifecycle, and there is no way of telling which are expressed at each distinct stage of the pathogen's lifecycle simply by looking at the genes. But Florens and Yates were able to figure out which proteins were expressed during four different stages (sporozoites, merozoites, trophozoites, an...Michael B. Sporn, M.D., to receive inaugural cancer prevention award
...here is still tremendous resistance to the idea of telling people they have early changes in their cells that could some day lead to invasive cancer. "The emphasis should be on suppressing carcinogenesis, the development of cancer, before it becomes evident as invasive or metastatic cancer. We need a whole e...University of Toronto professor finds key protein in fight against plant disease
...lant, its immune system sends up a warning "flare" telling different areas of the plant to resist infection. "This process is kind of like vaccination, only better," Cameron says. Once the signal-dependant on DIR1-is triggered by one disease, it gives the plant systemic acquired resistance (SAR) to many oth...Laboratory study explains clinical promise of anti-angiogenesis cancer drug
...ood. Now, new U-M laboratory research results are telling them exactly how that experimental drug works, and showing them its cancer-fighting potential on a cellular level. The findings, published in the current issue of the journal Cancer Research, have implications for the approach to cancer treatment kno...Emory School of Medicine teams with deCODE Genetics to study link between genes and disease
... "The information deCODE provides is equivalent to telling us how to get to the stadium when we know that the Superbowl is being played," says Emory neurologist David Rye, M.D., Ph.D. "The relationship with Emory will allow the deCODE/Emory alliance to find the section, row and seat more efficiently." "The ...Hormone found to reduce appetite by a third
...r eating, in proportion to calorific meal content, telling the brain the body is no longer hungry. When a group of volunteers received artificial infusions of the hormone at normal post-feeding concentrations, their food intake was reduced by a third for a day. Professor Stephen Bloom, from Imperial College...Rose breeding blooms from backyard to genetics lab
... who spent the 10 years prior to his death in 2000 telling the horticulturist how he had bred roses on at least 10 acres behind his home. "He wanted a carefree rose," said Byrne. "Every Friday I would visit him to learn more and to continue his goal of developing landscape roses that are essentially carefree...Research into rare disease leads to discovery of six new breast cancer-susceptibility genes
...ells to a specialist in cell genetics and, without telling her what type of cell they were, asked her to analyze them for chromosomal abnormalities. "She came back and said, This patient has Fanconi anemia,'" D'Andrea relates. "The chromosomal similarities between Fanconi cells and breast cancer cells are s...Teen alcohol and drug disorders more common than previously thought
...o' to the questions," he said. "Teens are good at telling their parents what they think they want to hear. We believe and our research shows support for the idea that teens are far more likely to tell the truth to their medical providers than their parents." Edward A. Jacobs, M.D., chairperson of the Amer...Study offers a rare view of how species interactions evolve
...ractions at the local level, but these results are telling us that we need to look at larger scales to understand how coevolution shapes biodiversity," he said. Efforts to conserve biodiversity may also need to encompass large geographic scales. "If keeping players in the evolutionary game demands a geogr......d animals from fertilized eggs to mature adults by telling other genes what to do. They have been found in all kinds of living things, including yeasts, fruit flies, mammals and plants. For scientists studying development and evolution, homeobox genes are intriguing because small changes in their behavior ca...Scientists discover that genetic changes result mostly from many small contributors
...historic times. But there has been no easy way of telling which genes have been favored by the selective breeding. Until now. By making use of the new technique of DNA microarrays ("chips"), a team of scientists lead by Ralph J. Greenspan at The Neurosciences Institute has discovered a way of solving the c...