Diatom genome reveals key role in biosphere's carbon cycle
...e world's tropical rain forests combined. "This critical information enables us to better understand the vital role that diatoms and other phytoplankton play in mediating global warming," says Dan Rokhsar, who heads computational genomics at the JGI and is one of the co-authors of a research article in the...Penn receives grant for initiative to help understand genes' effects on medications
...o medications has been known for decades to play a critical role in limiting the efficacy and safety of drugs. The Penn project seeks to pave the way for a complete understanding of the genetic basis for these sometimes unpredictable responses to medications, as well as the appropriate application of this inf...32 new grants made for innovative technology R&D
...y-dispersive microcalorimeter spectrometer to meet critical needs for high-resolution X-ray microanalysis in the semiconductor industry and materials research. Stewart Automotive Research (Houston, Texas) Highly Accurate Large-Format Machining for Mold and Die ProductionDevelop a large-format, high-spe...Below the surface: New clues to plant signaling from the roots
... while originating in the root, helps regulate the critical early days of leaf development. How plants coordinate the development of their shoot and root structures with signals from the environment is a major unsolved problem in plant biology. It is known that plant roots, whose primary role is to suppl...NIH funds first nationaL SNP genotyping center at Broad Institute
... tremendous potential of genetic research makes it critical that we develop this central resource so investigators around the country can access high capacity genotyping with the additional benefits of economies of scale, quality assurance and data sharing," said NCRR Division for Clinical Research Resources ...September/October 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...ounseling for high-risk drinking in young adults a critical priority. Brief Physician Advise for High-Risk D...that the issue of continuity will only become more critical as the population continues to age. Towards a New Understanding of Provider Continuity By Stephen...Interactive health information system to detect Japanese encephalitis in Asia
...or Voxiva India. "This data will allow analysis of critical health information for rapid response and control of disease. It also will demonstrate how effective use of communication and information technology can save lives, and support health care even in remote areas." Health managers als...HHS awards $232 million in biodefense contracts for vaccine development
... steps in our plans to build a robust stockpile of critical medical countermeasures and supplies, so we are even more prepared to respond to a biological attack or outbreak." These awards respond to a key objective of the NIAID biodefense research agenda, which emphasizes the development of new and improve...MIT: Recycling of scrapped electronics studied
...of the materials produced from it, a consideration critical to overall resource efficiency. To assess the performance of electronics recycling firms, people have focused mainly on the most easily measured indicator: the fraction of a firm's incoming waste stream that ends up as landfill. But minimizing lan...Taking the next step toward growing our own fuel
...led by Hans Blaschek, will address one of the most critical problems facing our nation. "With crude oil at $50 per barrel, we must examine renewal sources of energy as a viable alternative to fossil fuels," Lewin said. "The vision and experience of Blaschek and his co-workers will be important in setting t...Study describes basic mechanism in cell growth control involving damaged DNA
...stry and biophysics at UNC. "An alteration in this critical interaction may be the cause of human cancer, which is characterized by deregulated cell cycle and accumulation of gene mutations." Xiong, the report's senior author, added that a major goal of his UNC Lineberger laboratory is to understand the molec...VitalSense(R) - Wireless vital signs monitoring
...r cold temperatures, VitalSense delivers real time critical temperature data to improve the health and safety ...italSense will enable the medical staff to pick up critical changes in those parameters earlier than they would with normal, manual monitoring. In addition, Min...Researchers provide road map for generating B cells from stem cells
...dy-producing B cell. The researchers describe four critical stages on the way from a multi-potent precursor to a committed B-cell and suggest how combinations of regulatory proteins and signaling pathways direct maturing cells through each crossroad, guiding them down one specific developmental path, preparin...New method identifies chromosome changes in malignant cells
...e-scale deletions or additions. Finding small, but critical additions or deletions to chromosomes required painstaking, gene-by-gene searches. Combining computer science and biology, Princeton scientist Olga Troyanskaya, graduate student Chad Myers and other colleagues invented a method for quickly analyzing ...UF scientists have bionanotechnology recipe to find elusive bacteria
...vital for early disease detection but also will be critical in combating bioterrorism, Tan said. "In situation...on of bacteria or other biological reagents is the critical issue, I think our technology will have a clear edge."...FSU scientist links iron imbalance to Parkinson's disease
...ecreasing levels of dopamine, the neurotransmitter critical to relaying brain messages that control both balance and movement. Dopamine levels fall as the brain cells or "neurons" responsible for transporting it begin to "commit suicide" at higher-than normal-rates, triggering the chain of events that eventua...Estrogen protects male rats from aortic aneurysms
...female rats, suggests that host environment is the critical factor in aneurysm formation," Upchurch says. In the third part of the study, Upchurch and his research team implanted a slow-release estrogen pellet in half the male rats, while the other half went through the same implantation procedure, but did no...Study using robotic microscope shows how mutant Huntington's protein affects neurons
...oversial. Some studies suggest that they may be a critical part of the disease process, while others indicate that they may help protect the cells from toxic proteins or that they are merely bystanders in the disease process. One problem in identifying how inclusion bodies influence disease is that rese...Mechanism discovered for muscle wasting seen in diabetes, AIDS and other diseases
... immune cells but was previously not known to be a critical mediator of muscle wasting. The investigators created two different strains of transgenic mice--MIKK mice, in which NF-kB was activated selectively in muscle tissue, and MISR mice, in which NF-kB activation was inhibited in muscle. The MIKK mice...Amphibians in dramatic decline; Up to 122 extinct since 1980
...ir rapid decline tells us that one of Earth's most critical life support systems is breaking down," said Simon Stuart, Senior Director of the IUCN/CI Biodiversity Assessment Unit, and leader of this research. "We already knew amphibians were in trouble, but this assessment removes any doubt about the s...