Diatom genome reveals key role in biosphere's carbon cycle
...hey use to metabolize their fats helps explain the ability of diatoms to withstand long periods with little sunlight--even to overwinter--and then start growing really rapidly once they return to sunlight," she says. Three or four microns in width--as many as 70 could fit in the width of a human hair--Thala...NIH awards new $14.5 million, five-year grant to the Scripps Research Institute
...ape of the original molecule. NMR refers to the ability of atomic nuclei to reorient in a magnetic field when exposed to radiation of a particular "resonant" frequency in the radio band. An NMR spectrometer will scan a broad range of radio frequencies and record small but measurable induced voltages cause...32 new grants made for innovative technology R&D
...gnostic and therapeutic antibodies unique in their ability to recognize tumor proteins presented by the body's natural antigen display systems known as HLA. Revivicor, Inc. (Blacksburg, Va.) Production of Fully Human Polyclonal Antibodies in Genetically Modified PigsDevelop pigs with human genes for t...Commandeering cellular machinery: recognition mechanism to detect small molecules
... a few re-engineered receptors that would have the ability to bind to a molecule known as LG335. (LG335 is s...lism in cells, Doyle said. Having demonstrated the ability to re-engineer one nuclear receptor to respond to a small molecule to which it previously did not bi...Fungus knocks a frog down but not out, raising questions about amphibian declines
...r affecting the virulence of the fungus and/or the ability of the frogs to survive it. While the Gastric Brooding Frog went extinct, and T. eungellensis suffered its severe decline, yet another species in the area, Litoria lesueuri, was apparently completely unaffected by the fungus, despite a hig...Research team develops nonhuman primate model of smallpox infection
...ine and drug candidates cannot be tested for their ability to prevent or treat smallpox in humans. Thus, licensing of future medical countermeasures for smallpox will depend upon animal studies. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has established an animal efficacy rule to facilitate the approval of...Daphne Koller named MacArthur Fellow
... The strength of this approach is that it has the ability to represent models of the world with significant complexity. "So far, most models have been fairly self-contained -- but the world does not work that way," Koller said. These models have already seen service in analyzing the yeast genome, whe...Internet data-mining of natural history
...se the power and scope of these data tools and the ability of researchers everywhere to better understand what the natural history data are telling us." Caruana says the plan to develop new data mining techniques that will allow modeling of long-term population trends, geospatial abundance patterns, and sea...Good news: As you age, leg blood vessels adapt so you can still exercise without fainting
...t-known physiological responses. It increases our ability to respond to stressful situations. One way to look at exercise physiologically -- is as a non-life-threatening example of a stressful situation. Think about it: When we exercise, our heart and breathing rates rise rapidly and blood vessels in our ...NIH funds first nationaL SNP genotyping center at Broad Institute
...raordinary transformation, which is leading to the ability to take a comprehensive view of all human genetic variation and its association with disease. The National Genotyping Center at the Broad will make this capability accessible to many biomedical researchers and thereby have a direct impact on the und...New biosensor rapidly detects deadly foodborne pathogen
...ect only L. monocytogenes, Bhunia said. "The ability to distinguish this one species from all others ma...e processing plant," Geng said. The ability to detect L. monocytogenes at low levels is essential because most of the foods susceptible to Liste...September/October 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...and physicians. Both tools also are equal in their ability to engage the patient in discussion. Seasonal ...their findings are good news for PBRNs because the ability to collect data at fewer points in time could decrease costs, increase practice and clinician partic...'Immediately open access' option for the leading journal Genome Research
...with this option grows, to make sure the journal's ability to contribute to the advance of science isn't undermined." Dr. Hillary Sussman, Managing Editor of Genome Research added, "It is clear that some scientists, many of them active in the genome science community, are personally committed to the philosop...Brain circuit may permit scientists to eavesdrop on memory formation
...eated the lesions in animals and then tested their ability to learn to navigate a tank full of opaque water to find a submerged platform. When the researchers tested the rats the day after the electrical lesions were made, they still recalled the platform's location. But they lost that memory four weeks afte...Muscle-building hand-grips aid systolic blood pressure, carotid AD, endothelial function
... the muscle crowd's hand-grip has demonstrated the ability to lower blood pressure, improve the flexibility o...udying whether arterial distensibility (AD, or the ability of arteries to stretch) contributed to the reduction in resting blood pressure (RBP). They compared ...Embryonic stem cells correct congenital heart defect in mouse embryos
... percent of the Id protein impairs the stem cells' ability to rescue these embryonic mouse heart cells. These...two days of life. On the other hand, WNT5a had the ability to correct the abnormal gene expression profiles of the Id knock-out hearts to normal levels. These ...Emory chemists develop bacteria that may help decaffeinate coffee
...y have made an important advance in harnessing the ability of bacteria to make new molecules, and their discovery could eventually lead to the creation of naturally decaffeinated coffee plants. The research, by Emory chemist Justin Gallivan and graduate student Shawn Desai, is scheduled to appear in the Oct....Study describes basic mechanism in cell growth control involving damaged DNA
...velopment. Scientists have learned that the cell's ability to earmark proteins for recycling or degradation, often a target of cancer development, is key to controlling cell division. Xiong's laboratory has been studying a family of enzymes called E3 ubiquitin ligases. These ligases place a long tail of ub...Protein protecting brain from toxins also blocks some chemotherapy from reaching tumors
...agent back into the bloodstream, thus reducing the ability of this agent to reach tumors. Results from a seri...n molecules that do escape the bloodstream. "The ability of Mrp4 to protect the brain from toxins can be a liability in people with brain cancer when this pr...... are called retrotransposons because they have the ability to propagate and insert themselves into different positions within the genome. The research, published in the October issue of Developmental Cell, suggests that retrotransposons may not be just the "junk DNA" once thought, but rather appear to be a l...