Diatom genome reveals key role in biosphere's carbon cycle
...carbon dioxide assimilators, has yielded important insights on how the creature uses nitrogen, fats, and silica to thrive. The diatom DNA sequencing project, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and conducted at the DOE Joint Genome Institute, provides insight into how the diatom species Thalassios...NIH awards new $14.5 million, five-year grant to the Scripps Research Institute
...three-dimensional structural information, provides insights into the correlation between protein structure and function. Some day scientists may be able to interpret and catalog the structures and functions of all the proteins in the human body, which will reveal a wealth of information on the biology of huma...Columbia University scientist wins 2004 Nobel Prize
...ortant discoveries of the past 50 years, providing insights regarding how individuals perceive their external ...rge in the olfactory bulb, which gave them further insights into how smell is processed in the brain. Each olfactory receptor cell possesses only one type of o...Marine Biological Laboratory summer investigator wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
...ms of cell division in clam eggs may provide novel insights into their aberration in human cancer." At the MBL, Hershko is also leading an effort to sequence some of the surf clam's active genes-an effort, Hershko says, that is vital to the future of his research. "We are reaching a barrier in our work,...New genetic tools provide clues to the effects of exercise and diet on obesity, diabetes
...se women. We feel that this discovery provides new insights into the primary deficits in muscle metabolisms which underlie the progression of obesity-related diseases," Hittel said. In conclusion Hittel said, "we propose that changes in glucose metabolism which occur in aerobic exercise trained skele...... the human genome sequence in hopes of gaining new insights into human health and disease. The province of Alberta has already invested more than $1.5 million (Cdn) towards a second phase of the sequencing project which will help define genetic variability in the cattle populations. Moore and his research gr...Acoustics meeting in San Diego
...les to trigger stuttering episodes may provide new insights into the origins of this condition. (2aSC1) TRULY "MICRO" PHONES Of the billion microphones made every year for cell phones and other consumer electronics, most still rely on early 1960s technology. Now, manufacturers are rolling out MEMS microph...Mitochondria findings may help beat wide range of disease
...hondrial behavior has the potential to reveal keen insights into the basic and essential cell-mitochondria relationship, leading to increased understanding of the aging process; and potential treatments and perhaps cures of those age-related scourges of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's."...Rutgers-led research offers new clues in the genetic mysteries of maize
... most significant crops and gain new and important insights in plant genomic studies," said Messing, director of the Waksman Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The findings are presented in three papers in the journal Genome Research and one in the Proceedings of the Nat...Phillip A. Sharp to present 2004 Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture at Chemical Heritage Foundation
... sciences. We eagerly anticipate learning from his insights when he comes to CHF in November." Sharp's lecture, "Chemistry, RNA Interference, and Biotechnology: Perspectives and Prospects," is presented by the Chemical Heritage Foundation, the Philadelphia and Delaware Sections of the American Chemical Societ...Experimental drug prevents vaginal simian HIV transmission in monkeys Science study says
Potentially important insights for understanding vaginal transmission of HIV and designing new HIV prevention strategies may come from a new SHIV study in monkeys. Scientists coated the vaginal surfaces of monkeys with an experimental drug 15 minutes before exposure to the immunod...Using fruitflies to examine alcohol tolerance
...d organisms in biology, and has provided essential insights into developmental and cellular processes that are shared with higher animals, including humans," said Berger. "Flies have a relatively sophisticated nervous system and are capable of many well-characterized complex behaviors, including response to ...Scientists explain how morphogens work
... to organ defects and cancers. This study provides insights into the mechanisms of organogenesis and could have implications for treating organ defects and cancers. For years scientists at Cincinnati Children's and elsewhere have sought to determine how morphogens work. In a new study published in the Octob...Research gaining momentum by silencing genes
... proteins involved. Not only will this lead to new insights into the functioning of plant cells, which is important for agriculture and nutrition, but it will also shed light on the role of animal and human genes. More and more, scientists are discovering that biological processes in animals and humans are co...An old adage about apples finds scientific backing
...eath. "These studies not only offer insights into the mechanisms of the chemopreventive properties of these polyphenols, they also offer proof of their potential to prevent colon cancer," said Francis Raul, Ph.D., the study's lead investigator and Research Director of the French National Instit...New insight into progression of colorectal cancer
...signaling. "Taken together, our data provide novel insights into TGF-b signaling in colorectal cancer and suggest novel therapeutic approaches for colorectal cancer based on inhibition of TGF-b-dependent IL-6 trans-signaling," explains Dr. Neurath. Christoph Becker, Massimo C. Fantini, Christoph Schramm, Han...Genetically modified parasite lets researchers probe immune system's memory
... tuberculosis and AIDS, scientists believe the new insights will be help efforts to develop other vaccines. "We are so much better at understanding how the immune system responds than we are at making a vaccine," Beverley notes. "These new results may help us better direct the immune response toward long-ter...Genetic data crunching achieves milestone at Stanford
...cessing revolution that has yielded groundbreaking insights into the relationships between genes and illness, as well as fundamental biological discoveries. Microarrays, developed in the lab of biochemistry professor Patrick Brown, MD, PhD, in the early 1990s, took molecular biology by storm. They're small sl...International human genome sequencing consortium describes finished human genome sequence
...ome Project has also given scientists some initial insights into the birth and death of genes in the human genome. Scientists have identified more than 1,000 new genes that arose in the human genome after our divergence with rodents some 75 million years ago. Most of these arose through recent gene duplicatio......familial forms of a disease has often led to major insights into the pathogenesis of more common forms. The finding was published online by Neuron at noon ET on October 22, 2004. The collaborative work was spearheaded by Andrew Singleton, Ph.D., at the NIA, Jordi Perez-Tur of the Institut de Biomedicina de V...