Virologists Track New Influenza Threat
...nfected eight people and killed three in Hong Kong. Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a virology professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine, will travel to Hong Kong in early January to identify the source of the virus, a type found ...Researchers Discover New Genetic Risk For Alzheimer's Disease
... Subjects with this polymorphismwere approximately three times more likely to have Alzheimer's disease thanthose who did not have the variation. When the researchers removed the data fromsubjects who carried an APOE e4 gene, the risk was four times higher than inpeople without the polymorphism. Aft...Peutz-Jeghers Disease Gene Identified: Enzyme Loss Causes Polyps And Cancer
... (STK11) was found to carry nonsense mutations in three familial cases and two sporadic patients with the Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. All these mutations lead to the synthesis of a truncated and inactive protein. The disease manifestations are triggered by the spontaneous loss of the second and...Gene Therapy Trial Takes Aim At Deadly Brain Cancer
...rosurgery, and his colleagues have already treated three patients, and are hoping to recruit several more. Glioblastoma multiforme afflicts approximately 6,500 people a year in the United States, and is the most common and deadliest type of brain tumor. Most patients who receive standard tre...Discovery Channel Returns From Underwater Scientific Expedition Off The Coast Of Cuba
... Discovery Channel is one of the United States' three largest cable television networks, serving 72.6 million households across the nation with the finest in informative entertainment. Discovery Networks, a division of Discovery Communications, Inc., operates and manages Discovery Channel, TLC The Lear...Genetics May Explain Why African Americans More At Risk For Strokes Caused By Bleeding In The Brain
...ity. The culprit variant, e4, is one of three known alternative forms, oralleles, of the gene encoding for apo E. Located on the surface of circulatingblood-fat particles, apo E normally binds to liver cells, helping them to clearcholesterol from the blood. When genetically defective apo E fai...... UkhaaTolgod. The team discovered that there were three distinct types of sandstonesat the site, each revealing a different part of the puzzle. One type shows awell-defined bedding structure that is tilted at an angle of twenty-five degreesand is arranged by particle size; such structure is typical of wi...Mystery Of Vital Cell Protein Solved After 30 Years
...d the beta -- is a compact molecular structurewith three functional components or domains, one that binds t...micinstability results from the fine tuning of the three components." To produce their model, the Berkeley Lab researchers first polymerizedtubulin ...Doublecortin : A Novel Gene Involved In Cortical Development
...rkerslocated on the sex chromosome X in members of three families in which girls hadSCLH and boys had lissencephaly. This genetic mapping approach by linkageanalysis allowed them to confirm that the defective gene responsible for thecortical malformations is located on the X chromosome. While sequencing th...Termites' Attraction To Small Amounts Of Carbon Dioxide Lures Pests To Their Deaths
... young corn roots. Larvae must locate roots within three days afterhatching or die of starvation. Bjostad developed several pellets containingnatural ingredients that slowly release the gas. The pellets, buried at cornplanting time, steer rootworm larvae off-course. Bjostad's recent discoveries wit......inding site that drives theenzyme's activity, amid three distinct structural domains of the NS3 helicase. The structure yields important clues regarding the mechanism by which helicaseenzymes unravel double-stranded nucleic acid helices. "The atomic structure of the HCV helicase enzyme shows several unique...Tiger Beetles Go Blind At High Speeds
... is unique. In the midst of hot pursuit, it stops three or four times to reorient itself toward the prey. Even after a few stops, the tiger beetle has enough time to overtake its prey during its high-speed pursuit. Results from Gilbert's laboratory observations have been published in a peer-reviewed arti...Experimental Trial Combines DNA Vaccine With Triple-Drug Therapy To Stop HIV
...ted patients. The drug regimen, in which three different agents that block HIVreplication are giv... to the protocol for the new trial, 21 patients in three groupsof seven will be given escalating doses of the two parts of the vaccine over thenext few month...Pacific Northwest Staff Win National Awards For Transferring Research To Industry
...HLAND, Wash. -- Sixteen staff members working with three technologies developed atPacific Northwest National Laboratory have won 1998 Awards for Excellence in TechnologyTransfer from the Federal Laboratory Consortium. The FLC gives up to 30 of the highlysought-after awards each year to teams of federal la...Timber Supplement From Paper And Plastic
... "The timber supplement can be twice as strong and three times as stiff as the polymers from which it is made and is tough enough to be suitable for a multitude of applications which in the past have utilised timber - flat sheets and mouldings for example." The material is made using extrusion pro...New Gene Alteration Find Points To Aggressive Leukemia Treatment
...entswho have this alteration fall out of remission three times faster than thosewho don’t and their survival is slightly more than half that of patientswho don’t have the defect. The scientists reported their discovery in the journal Cancer Research . The gene defect appears in patie......ommon creature. The new specimens comprise three worker and four male ants. One of theworkers is a complete, well-preserved specimen from the group known asSphecomyrma freyi, a primitive kind of ant. This insect was firstdescribed in 1967 by renowned entomologist E.O. Wilson and his colleagues,bu...Virginia Tech Engineers Help Mother Nature Clean Up
...l the moisture on the surface of thesites. "Within three years, the deep root systems of thetrees were acco... and Novak's project should takea little less than three years to complete....Lifestyle Determinants Of Plasma Homocysteine
...s of tHcy concentration.The combined effect of the three modifiable factors was larger than theeffect from each factor alone. A lifestyle profile characterized by lowfolate intakes, smoking, and coffee consumption was associated with a highmedian tHcy concentration and a pronounced skewness toward high tHc......s. In the mid-1970s, this ergonomic innovation and three other configurations were installed in 2,100 Washi...ses of their OSHA 200 logs, the company identified three types of frequent injuries: lifting, fastening, and keyboarding. The company next conducted extensiv...