UCF research links proteins, stem cells and potential Alzheimer's treatment
... ...Insulin grown in plants relieves diabetes in mice; UCF study holds promise for humans
... Professor Henry Daniells research team genetically engineered tobacco plants with the insulin gene and then administered freeze-dried plant cells to five-week-old diabetic mice as a powder for eight weeks. By the end of the study, the diabetic mice had normal blood and urine sugar levels, and their cells were pro...UCF professor finds bacterial pathogen may be key to understanding cancer development
... ... Lisa A. Elferink at the University of Texas Medical Branch led the team. She and Ireton found...UCF nanoparticle offers promise for treating glaucoma
... ... The findings will be published in an article appearing in the June...UCF student's research with Disney giraffes may help conserve several species
... ... ... "I find it fascinating, but I forget people find it odd," Few...UCF scientists' molecular discovery could help drugs target unhealthy cells
... In a paper published Jan. 18 in Science Express, the scientists describe how they got an adsorbate molecule (anthraquinone) to pick up two carbon dioxide atoms and carry them in a specific direction on a flat copper surface. Their discovery helps scientists understand how they someday may be able to attach therapeu...Pollution threatens coral health by preventing lesions from healing, UCF study shows
... .....Fruit flies aboard space shuttle subjects of UCF, UC Davis study on immunity and space
... ... When the flies return to earth, Laurence "Laurie" von Kalm, an associate professor of biology at UCF, will work with Deborah Kimbrell, a UC Davis ass...UCF, NIH study: Effective, safe anthrax vaccine can be grown in tobacco plants
Enough anthrax vaccine to inoculate everyone in the United States could be grown inexpensively and safely with only one acre of tobacco plants, a University of Central Florida molecular biologist has found.... ...Mice immunized with a vaccine produced in UCF professor Henry Daniell's laboratory through the genetic engineering of tobacco plants survived lethal doses of anthrax administered later b...UCF researchers to develop water purification system for hurricane relief
The National Science Foundation has asked two University of Central Florida researchers to quickly develop a unique water purification system to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina and other disasters....... The professors were awarded a $10,000 startup grant from NSF this month as part of a rapid response program designed to support research that can directly benefit those affected by Katrina. The...UCF researcher uncovers protein that could stop replication of cancer cells
A University of Central Florida researcher has uncovered an ancient protein that could be critical to stopping the uncontrolled division of tumor cells that cause cancer. ...... Molecular Biology and Microbiology professor Mark Muller has found that the protein, called MKRN1, promotes the destruction of an enzyme called telomerase that enables rapid duplication of cells. While researchers have k...UCF stem cell research may hold promise for treating Alzheimer's disease
ORLANDO, Feb. 10, 2005 -- A compound similar to the components of DNA may improve the chances that stem cells transplanted from a patient's bone marrow to the brain will take over the functions of damaged cells and help treat Alzheimer's disease and other neurological illnesses.... ...A research team led by University of Central Florida professor Kiminobu Sugaya found that treating bone marrow ce...