Bog Beetle, Misidentified For 85 Years, Is 'Discovered' At Cornell
...s Ithaca bog beetle waited to be discovered. Now, thanks to Cornell University entomologists, not only has it been 'discovered,' but this bog beetle now has an official name: Platynus indecentis. In August 1995, Kipling W. Will, a graduate student in entomology from Columbus, Ohio, and James K. Liebherr, C...CSIRO Discovery Fights Cell Ageing
...ntsthat old human cells can be rejuvenated. "Now, thanks to the work of the CSIRO team and other collaboratinglaboratories, we can create skin care products which contain a substancewhich has been shown to combat the ageing of human cells in culture,"Dr Grigg said....Researchers To Investigate Years Before Menopause
...o menopause, is uncharted territory. Now, thanks to a long-term study of women's reproductive cycles begun in the 1930s and a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Penn State researchers hope to shed light on the years before women reach menopause and investigate how ...UT-Houston Awarded $2.5 Million For Scleroderma Research
...ay. While importantstrides have already been made thanks to the generous support of The SclerodermaFederation and The United Scleroderma Foundation, the SCOR funding will allow usto do much more basic and clinical research. Crucially, it will speed up theprocess of finding ways to prevent and treat this d...Doublecortin : A Novel Gene Involved In Cortical Development
...and by Association Francaise contre les Myopathies thanks toTelethon. A patent application was submitted by INSERM on 21 November, 1997. For more information : " Identification of a novel CNS Gene Required for Neuronal Migration andinvolved in X-linked Subcortical Laminar Heterotopia and Lissencephaly s...Study Links Viruses And Vascular Diseases
...vidence that viruses can injure humanvessels. Now, thanks to a surprising discovery at Washington University Schoolof Medicine in St. Louis, there is a new reason to reconsider the idea. In arecent issue of Nature Medicine, the researchers reported that a virus relatedto those that cause mononucleosis and K...Caribbean Lizards Evolve Independently
... may not get the limelight in beercommercials, but thanks to biologists at Washington University in St. Louis, theslighted creatures now have Marquee value in evolution and genetics. A team led by Jonathan B. Losos, Ph.D., associate professor of biologyin Arts and Sciences at Washington University,...Motivating Muscles: New UD Study Might Help People With Paralysis 'Stay Strong Longer'
...etimes can regain limitedcontrol of their muscles, thanks to electrical stimulation techniques now underdevelopment, but pulse patterns should be varied to help patients stay stronglonger, University of Delaware researchers report in the new Journal ofNeurophysiology . This finding, described in the journa...Weary Tibetan People Find Supporting Hand In ASU Graduate Student
...e the average temperature is below freezing. But thanks to record snowfall, Mother Nature has put the future of the plateau on hold. And while Foggin's brain concentrates on the answers of tomorrow, his heart cannot forget what he sees today. "The family that sticks out most strongly in my mind is the ...ASU Scientists Join NASA Astrobiology Institute
...ion -- does life exist beyond the earth? Now, thanks to a new NASA research initiative, these disparate efforts will be connectedby more than their goals. ASU is one of 5 university partners selected for membership inNASA's new "virtual" Astrobiology Institute and ASU research will be united under thea...The Best Molecular Snapshot Yet Of Cells Affected By Alzheimer's Disease
...enes simultaneously, a project moving more quickly thanks inpart to a new laser-capture micro-dissection unit purchasedrecently with several other research groups and with funds fromthe University Medical Center. Scientists hope that by studyingthousands of genes, they might develop ways to distinguishbetwe...Hopkins Study Shows Languishing Addictions Drug Really Works
...se the number of addicts who stick with treatment, thanks to a new Johns Hopkins study. The study suggests better ways of taking LAAM (levomethadyl acetate hydrochloride), a drug similar to methadone in its capacity to discourage heroin use and block withdrawal symptoms. However, unlike methadone, whic...Plant Doctors Find Genetic Solution For Papaya Growers
...stantto papaya ringspot, is now being widely grown thanks to the cooperative effortsof plant doctors from Cornell University, the University of Hawaii, and thePharmacia-UpJohn Company. This new papaya variety's unique design will protectorchards from the significant yield decline experienced from ringspot ......get a treat that is literally "out of this world," thanks to experiments aboard the Space Shuttle. A team comprising French and American scientists reports they have crystallized one of the most interesting families of intensely sweet proteins, a natural molecule called thaumatin, isolated from the Africa...Clean Air Act Reduces Acid Rain In Eastern U.S.
... 20 percentover a large region of the Eastern U.S. thanks to the Clean Air Act of 1990,according to a Penn State researcher. "Pennsylvania has long beenrecognized as the acid rain capital of the country," says James A. Lynch,professor of forest hydrology, school of forest resources. "The pollutants ...Hurricane Georges Puts On A Light Show
...tory's last CAMEX-3 flight - the team sent special thanks to the flight crew for its excellent support. Monday's Georges eye wall flight was a success. Georges showed many unique characteristics including large cloud turrets, variable eye wall winds, and wind speeds up to 148 km/h (80 knots; 92 mph) at 1...University Of Chicago Researcher Receives Packard Fellowship
...use of thenew information and technologies we have thanks to the Human Genome Project . Icould not have done this work 5 years ago," he explains. Long believes that new genes arise through the shuffling and mixing ofexisting genes or gene fragments. "Junk" DNA, or introns, the stretches ofgenetic...New Contaminant Invades Arctic Air
...PCBdechlorination takes place routinely in nature, thanks to certain bacteria. Unfortunately, in many instances only about 10 percent of the chlorine isremoved this way, and researchers worldwide are looking for ways of increasingthe effectiveness of this biodegradation. Writing in the Nov. 1 issue ...Teaching Great White Sharks To Link People With Food Is A Recipe For Disaster
...r Island near Cape Town, a magnet for great whites thanks to a breedingcolony of seals, their favourite prey. If the dive operators all acted responsibly, this melee might beharmless, say conservationists. But some use rusty cages that other operatorshave scrapped. "Guaranteed there will be a death...Scientists Finger A Molecular Kingpin In Body's Response To Cigarettes
...by cigarette smoke causes cancer. Thefinding comes thanks to a batch of genetically engineered micenormal in every way except for the deletion of the gene for thearomatic hydrocarbon, or AH, receptor; these mice had no damagefrom the same levels of cigarette smoke that caused significantgene damage in their...