Ribozymes Come Ready For Action
...ozyme have tight binding pocketsthat sit ready and waiting for the right RNA molecules to come along. Thispreorganized structure wasn't seen in the hammerhead ribozyme, the only otherribozyme crystallized previously. The hammerhead has an active site that is morelike a folding chair in that it must change sh...University Of Hawaii, Berkeley Launch Marine Bioproduct Initiative
... marine life points to a myriad of new bioproducts waiting to bediscovered and developed commercially," notes UH President Kenneth P. Mortimer."A special feature of MarBEC's technology transfer program is its strong linkageto key business, financial and economic development organizations in Hawaii andto nati......esensory neurons, where it remains in latent form, waiting for anotheropportunity to reinfect the original sites of attack. No treatments have yetbeen devised to eradicate HSV from the body once it has entered the sensoryneurons. "Unlike HIV, HSV has no intention of killing its host--in fact, it wan...Low Birth-Weight Risk Begins Early
...2 weeks ofpregnancy. The finding may indicate that waiting until after conception to prepare formotherhood may be waiting too long. Results of the ultrasound survey, which measured the fetal size of babies bornat the Queen...Canine Cancer Survivor Is Pet Therapist Helping Kids With Cancer
...g personality made herthe perfect dog for the job, waiting patiently as young chemotherapy patientsbrushed her fur, painted her toenails and dressed her in various outfits. Justfour months into her new duties, however, Dani was to experience what theseyoungsters already knew all too well -- cancer. In Octobe...Researchers Discover Mechanism That Drives Daily Body Rhythms
...om the SCN. There are probably others thatare just waiting to be discovered." This work was funded by the National Institutes of Health....Protein Adultery Revealed!: Mechanism Of Protein Folding Captured In Computer Simulation
... to an amino acid on a second protein, rather than waiting to link to oneon its own chain. This protein "adultery," which occurs as each protein passes through a series ofintermediate folding steps, results in proteins stuck to each other in inertmasses. It is easy to see why proteins might grab at each oth...Researchers Discover Genetic Mutation For Rare Form Of Dwarfism
... clinic. There, Levine noticed two patients in the waiting area who were unusually small. While he continued to look for the genetic basis for the tall patients, heasked permission to start another study of the shorter ones. By analyzing DNA samples, Levine, endocrinology instructor RobertoSalvatori...Genetic Mutations Linked To Rare Metabolic Disease
...dFinnish mutation -- FM3 -- waiting to be discovered. This work on the genetic cause of megaloblastic anemia 1was helped by the fact that it is more prevalent in Finland. Historically, the Finnish population has been...Telomere Loss Spells Trouble for Aging Mice
...deficient sixth generation mice hadto go through a waiting period, albeit shorter, before symptoms appeared. In this and other respects, the mouse findings confirm but,intriguingly, confound expectations about the role of telomeres in aging andcancer. While telomere shortening is clearly important, i...Whitehead Receives $7 million NIH Grant To Build High-Speed Sequencing Machines
... diagnosisof infectious diseases (thereby reducing waiting time and costs in health caredelivery); and provide a reliable method for DNA typing and paternity testing inlaw enforcement. In fact, this same technology is currently being readied for use in Florida andNorth Carolina for DNA forensics. This par...Researcher Awarded Patent For System To Fight Multiple Diseases
St. Louis, April 13, 1999 -- After waiting for nearly 18 years, RoyCurtiss III, Ph.D., George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor ofBiology at Washington University in St. Louis, was granted a United Statespatent for his genetically engineered bacterial antigen delivery system March3...Invading Beetle Threatens Canada's Pine Forests
... to reassess how trees are stored,especially those waiting to be processed. Not only lumber forests but tourist attractions such as national parks could bedecimated by this beetle. "As of 1997, the Introduced Pine Shoot Beetle hadinfested 18 Ontario counties and our research shows that during a warm ...Horseshoe crab studies providing new insight into valuable ancient creatures
...rabs gather in massivenumbers just offshore, often waiting for the highest tides -- associatedwith the full or new moon -- to crawl up on the beach and lay their eggs.During these mass spawning events crab densities may exceed 100,000 permile of beach, with each female laying thousands of eggs. Egg-laying co......o what you expect them to. "The PNA field has been waiting for a major breakthrough in getting moleculesinto cells," Richelson says. "We're saying it's here. Inject PNAs and look for abiological response." These findings have implications for treating many illnesses that are caused byoverproduction of a prot...Hepatitis C's interferon resistance mechanism discovered
...r. A large percentage ofpatients who are currently waiting for liver transplants are infected with HCV.In the United States, treatment of chronic HCV infection costs an estimated $600million annually. During the initial stages of HCV infection, interferon -- produced by certainfibroblast and immune system c...Sandia-developed remote sensor expected to analyze gases up to two miles away
...otype. They have an optics package in-hand and are waiting on the productionof a refined prototype chip from Honeywell and electronics that are being builtby an outside contractor. Both are expected in the next few months. All we'll have to do then is integrate everything, test, and see how well itworks," S...Even in the Amazon jungles, treatment for heat exhaustion is the same as it is right here at home
... the victim in a cool, wet sheet in theshade while waiting for help to arrive. TREATMENTS According to Dr. Hardy, most of the symptoms of heat exhaustion and heatstrokeresult from three events. Excessive loss of fluid leads to a reduced amount ofblood circulating to your working muscles and the rest of you...Smells may trigger alcohol craving, and relapse, among alcoholics
... showed changes in forebrain dopamine levels while waiting for, and after being presented with, their cue. Dopamine is one of the key components of the "pleasure and reward" system in the brain, a complex reward and reinforcement system. Several decades of research on the biological basis of chemical depend...... bees come out. And like the desert's floral seeds waiting for their season in the sun, scientists have learned that the desert bees have adopted a patient reproductive strategy. Desert bee larvae patiently lie in wait in the desert soil for a chance to emerge, usually after a year or more. Scientists call ...