Mystery Of Vital Cell Protein Solved After 30 Years
...odel of tubulin, a protein that makespossible such vital life processes as cell division and the movement ofmaterials within cells. Eva Nogales, Sharon Wolf, and Kenneth Downing, biophysicists withBerkeley Lab's Life Sciences Division, announced the completion of their modelin the January 8, 1998 ...Even Moderate Air Pollution Reaching Eastern Wilderness Decreases Mountain Hikers' Lung Function
...iratory volume, and a 2.2 percent decline inforced vital capacity. The investigators found that hikers with a history of asthma or wheezinghad an even greater decline: Their ozone-related changes were approximately fourtimes greater than those of the remaining subjects. The researchers say theseeff...Jefferson Researchers Find Correlation Between Gene And Endometrial Cancer
...t Rb2 in a restricted group of identified genes vital to the normal function of cells in our body." Dr. Giordano thinks the findings may someday help doctors identify which women are at greater risk of recurring disease. As a result, they may be better able to select which endometrial c...AAAS, State Of Arizona Co-Host Conference On Research And Development
...h funding. Research and development activities are vital toArizona's industries and higher education system. Yet the research and development environment is extremely fluid. Funding sources shiftand change, as do the areas of research emphasis and growth -- but with the dangers also comeopportunities....New Guidelines To Improve Public Understanding
...uidelines can help communicators focus on the most vital information the public should have in order to form the most useful net impression of a particular study's findings," said Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD, MPH, provost of Harvard University and Sylvia Rowe, president of the IFIC Foundation, co-authors o...American Museum Of Natural History Holds Symposium On Biodiversity And Human Health Issues
...n Health" on April 17 and 18, 1998, to examine the vital roleEarth's biological diversity plays in maintaining human health. Aninternational group of scientists, environmentalists, physicians, and otherhealth professionals will explore the importance of plants, animals, andmicrobes as models for medical r...Extra Choline During Pregnancy Enhances Memory In Offspring
...brain chemical called acetylcholine, and itplays a vital role in the formation of cell membranes throughout the body. The Duke researchers found that brain circuits of choline-supplementedrats were built to accept and retain new information more efficiently than ratsthat received normal or subst...Learning About Evolution Critical For Understanding Science
...ocess of evolutionary change are able to grasp its vital practical consequences, such as how bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics. A failure to teach effectively about evolution will rob students of a precious opportunity -- to understand how life on Earth has developed and to appreciate their own p...Major Risk Factor For Cervical Cancer Found
...most totally on voluntary funding to carry out its vital work. Web site: www.icnet.uk FURTHER INFORMATION: Christine Suggars. Tel: +44-171-269-3614 or +44-171-242-0200...University Of Georgia Researchers Help Design Decision Support System For Forest Managers And Owners
...erful and sophisticated computers, DSShas become a vital component of land management. (At least 24 different DSS'sare under development for ecosystem management by the Forest Service alone, andNED is one of those.) Nute and faculty and graduate students in the Artificial IntelligenceProgram at UGA...Georgia Scientists Study Salt Marsh To Understand Global Warming
...rstand the factors controlling thecycling of these vital materials in salt marsh sediments. "Clearly, not enough interdisciplinary studies have been done,"Kostka said, referring to the value of the study and its manycontributors. The research, which was funded by Georgia Tech's School ofEarth and Atmospher...Master Molecule Forms Brains In Frogs And Elbows In Mice
... are now learning that Noggin appears to perform a vital role in the proper development of tissues in organisms ranging from frogs to humans. "I think this story illustrates particularly well how poking around in frogs can lead to something of potential health benefit," NIGMS grantee Dr. Richard Harland sa...Body Building: Tissue Engineered Organs A Heartbeat Away
...ebiomedical solutions to the worldwide shortage of vital organs. They developed aplan that uses tissue-engineering strategies to create living replacementorgans. The project, known as the Living Implants From Engineering (LIFE)initiative, will eventually lead to a number of organ replacements; initially,ho...A Synthetic Peptide Destroys Brain Plaque Implicated in Alzheimer's Disease
...f nerve cells,especially in the areas of the brain vital to memory and learning. A keyquestion is what causes the loss of the cells. As yet, scientists don't know theanswer. Round plaques composed of a protein called amyloid are one of thehallmarks of Alzheimer's disease and increasing evidence suggests th...Scientists Learn How Cells Limit Their Stress
...l responds by makingmore chaperones to protect its vital proteins," he said. But the level of chaperones is...acket them andprevent them from carrying out their vital functions. "If you make too much of the chaperones, the cell is never going to get back toits normal...Obesity And Breathing Capacity
...ion in 1235 adults (621 men and 614 women). Forced vital capacity (FVC) was used as a measure of ventilatory function and was adjusted for age, height, smoking, and bronchial symptoms in separate models for men and women. Body fat and fat-free mass were estimated from skinfold-thickness measurements. Adjus......the journal Science. Genetic diversity is vital in both plant and animal communities. Farmershave, for hundreds of years, bred crop plants and farm animals to maintain ahealthy diversity of what were, before the 20th century, called traits. Now,with advanced techniques to determine the exact genet...Minuscule Ocean Plants Help Stabilize Earth's Atmosphere, Climate
...patterns overland masses could alter the supply of vital phytoplankton nutrients. The resultcould be as drastic as "a net efflux of CO2 from the oceans to the atmosphere;that is, a positive feedback," the authors warned. But they also stressed "suchan analysis is greatly oversimplified, perhaps even naive....NASA Research Helps Map Protein Structures -- Key In The Development Of New Disease-Fighting Drugs
...hile ground-based research has been (historically) vital to thediscovery of protein structures, in the near-zero gravity environment of spaceresearchers have produced some of the largest, highest-quality protein crystalsever, which is critical for pharmaceutical research. On Earth, the influence ofgravity ...