Gene mutation found that increases severity of multisystem syndrome
...d into DNA's cousin, RNA. The RNA, in turn, can be cut apart and put back together in various ways and then "read" to build a protein, much like raw video footage can be edited to make different movies. For MGC1203, two different RNA messages are normally produced, one that is used to make protein, and ...Similar stem cells in insect and human gut
...nes as humans, strongly suggests that we were both cut from the same evolutionary cloth more than 500 million years ago," stated lead author of the December 7, on-line Nature paper, Benjamin Ohlstein. It may come as a surprise, but insects have the same basic structure to their gastrointestinal tract as...UF scientists find sugar may have a sour side
...ric acid pathway. "It may well be we don't need to cut out carbohydrates but just certain types of carbohydrates," Johnson said. "So this may be an alternative to the Atkins type of approach, which cuts out carbohydrates indiscriminately." As scientists learn more about the pathway, Johnson said, and as ...Tropical dry forests receive international recognition
...Half of Costa Rica's dry forests have already been cut down and others face a similar threat, taking with it such resources as its native mahogany and rosewood trees, which are in danger of going extinct, says Sanchez-Azofeifa. In Mexico, the main threat is deforestation by local communities but the dry...Eat your way to a better brain for your baby
... as studies are completed to test its potential to cut the rates of hydrocephalus in the same way folic acid has cut the incidence of spina bifida. In the UK and US, hydrocephalus affects one child in every 500 live b...Nanoparticles, nanoshells, nanotubes: How tiny specks may provide powerful tools against cancer
... for tumor cell destruction and image quality, and cut costs too." Tumor-Targeting Nanodelivery Systems: Expanding the Potential for Cancer Therapy and Diagnosis (Abstract 3891) Getting drugs to reach cancer cells once they have spread from the original site of the tumor in the body has continually f...Envisat radar surveillance protects endangered prehistoric fish
...system based on Envisat and Radarsat-1 imagery has cut the number of illegal fishing incursions in the vicinity of Kerguelen Island by nine-tenths. Run for the benefit of the French maritime authorities by the firm CLS (Collecte, Localisation Satellites), a subsidiary of the French space agency CNES, the...Edinburgh vet's bid to cut deaths from rabies in Africa
...estic dogs annually in the Serengeti, in a move to cut rates of the disease. Dogs are essential for protecting livestock and property in Tanzanian villages, but when rabid, they bite and infect thousands of people annually. Recent estimates put the death toll from rabies as 55,000 in Africa and Asia, w...New understanding of regeneration gained by Forsyth scientists
...deal for studying this process. When the worms are cut in half, the bottom section of the worm grows a head and the upper section a tail. Scientists have suspected that the ability of previously adjacent cells (on either side of the cut) to adopt radically different fates, as is the case with planaria w...Hairy feet stick better to wet ceilings
...mperes. Starting at the location of the glue, they cut a branch off of each hairy branching along the seta. This way, they reduced the number of spatulae, from what was originally hundreds, to fewer than five. The force measurements led the scientists to experiment with specially prepared wafer surfaces ...Research: In environmental policy, we get what we pay for
...ave become more popular as a cost-effective way to cut pollution over inflexible environmental standards or pollution caps, but until now little analysis has been done on existing data to determine the effectiveness of the market approach, Helfand said. Businesses like them because they're less expensive...Discovering the first steps in transcription-coupled repair
...merase. XPG's function during damage removal is to cut the damage-containing DNA strand on one side of th...ed Transcription Factor IIH (TFIIH) allowed XPG to cut the DNA strand at the appropriate place -- without removing the RNAPII. The best explanation is that...New U. of Colorado at Boulder flu chip may help combat future epidemics, pandemics
...spiratory illness." Kuchta said the team hopes to cut down on the 11-hour virus identification process. "We are now looking at ways to amplify the fluorescent signal after we capture the RNA on the microarray, which could shorten the identification time to just a couple of hours," he said. Rowlen said ...California's oak woodlands face a new threat: Climate change
...endured many assaults over the years--they've been cut for fuel, cleared for vineyards and housing developments, and their seedlings face intense grazing pressure and competition from invasive grasses. But the future will bring a new threat--climate change--which could drastically reduce the areas in whi...Bid to boost uptake of bowel cancer screening amongst Scots men
...r screening programme. "Screening has been seen to cut death rates in the population, and we have evidence to show that a national screening programme would be successful. However, we still don't know how well our strategies using primary care to target low-uptake groups are working. This study will fill...Valuing biodiversity services, including its insurance against disease
... particularly at risk. "Knowing this we can act to cut down on the risk of WNV mosquitoes hitching a ride on planes by using residual insecticides inside the cargo holds." Other research to be showcased at the conference describes: How cutting-edge technologies and genetic science is revealing new organ...Study provides insight into cellular defenses against genetic mutation
... code for proteins. For mRNA to mature, it must be cut and pasted by cellular machines that re-assemble end to end only exons in the final template for protein construction. In recent years, Maquat's team has confirmed that complexes that identify early nonsense codons form at exon-exon junctions the pla...Anti-cold, anti-flu product cuts recurrent colds by more than half, study shows
...ency of recurrent colds by more than half. It also cut the duration of colds and significantly reduced their severity. The results of the double-blind, placebo-controlled study on the prevention and relief of upper respiratory infections will be published tomorrow. Edmonton, Alberta's Medical Officer of...Rutgers findings a step toward safer chemicals in labs and industry
...ldn't contribute to air pollution and would likely cut the risk of workplace accidents. The chemicals, kn...n at a key location in some RTIL molecules, we can cut the liquid's viscosity almost tenfold relative to the same ionic liquid without the silicon substitu...Selective logging causes widespread destruction of Brazil's Amazon rainforest, study finds
...clear-cutting, in which a large swath of forest is cut down, leaving little behind except wood debris and...ng operation itself. That's because when trees are cut down, the vines that connect them pull down the neighboring trees." Previous studies have shown tha...