Grid expectations for networked computing: From global Earth monitoring to black hole detection
...ial 'hype and hope' was replaced by early adopters demonstrating the solutions and convenience that Grids offer within an operational context. The aerospace and automotive sectors were both obvious candidates for use of Grid technology, but he said that additional applications could be feasible within the fields ...Removing prions that cause mad cow in humans from blood
.... Dr. Coker also described the results of studies demonstrating that the filter does not damage red cells thereby not impacting their efficacy, purity and therapeutic value. Pall Corporation expects to introduce the Leukotrap Affinity Prion Reduction Filter commercially in Europe this spring followed by submissi...Charles Yanofsky named National Medal of Science winner
...ishing the ''one gene, one protein'' relationship; demonstrating the RNA-based regulation of gene expression; and his early discovery of colinearity, the linear relationship between the structures of genes and their protein products, considered an essential element in revealing the details of the genetic code. His...Novel sulfide-binding mechanism found in deep-sea tubeworms
...t paradigm for the evolution of worm hemoglobin by demonstrating that hydrogen-sulfide molecules are bound by a metal ion rather than by an arrangement of amino acids." In addition to a very large hexagonal hemoglobin, typical of many worm species, the deep-sea hydrothermal vent tubeworm, Ritia pachyptila, has a s...Familiar blood pressure drug may prevent osteoporosis
...(11):1326-32) buttresses Karsenty's hypothesis, by demonstrating that older patients with osteoporosis who took beta blockers had fewer fractures than those who did not. "The task now is to develop beta blockers that are specific to bone and do not affect cells in the heart muscle. Then you would have the preventi...Individual taste receptor variations determine 'classic' PTC bitterness perception
...te perception, researchers have made a new finding demonstrating that each individual's personal set of taste-receptor alleles, or gene variations, codes for distinct receptor proteins that determine individual differences in bitter-taste perception. These differences in perception are ubiquitous, underscoring the...'Blinding' an insect's sense of smell may be the best repellent
...osshall's laboratory previously published research demonstrating that out of 62 odorant receptors in the fruit fly, only a single one, named Or83b, was essential the sense of smell in fruit flies. When they removed the gene, the mutant flies couldn't smell a wide variety of different odors. The scientists then exa...In the mating game, male wild turkeys benefit even when they don't get the girl
...ontribution is that he has actually done the test, demonstrating that it pretty much works out the way those guys envisioned it over 30 years ago."...Shutting down the HIV assembly line
...ing how Gag gets to the multivesicular body and in demonstrating that if you block that trafficking step specifically, you block production of particles," Spearman said. "That says this is not a dead-end pathway, but that it is part of the normal, productive assembly pathway." The newly identified early step in th...Study: Soap and water work best in ridding hands of disease viruses
...cohol-based handrubs were generally ineffective in demonstrating a significant reduction of a relatively resistant virus, Rutala said. While the use of alcohol-based handrubs will continue to be an important infection control measure, it is important to recommend or require traditional hand washing with soap and w......d pelvis are visually compelling and convincing in demonstrating the relative difference in Neanderthals and modern humans, the introduction of some degree of artistic license makes it difficult to comment on the significance of these findings." The reconstructed Neanderthal skeleton is currently on display at the...Advances in the characterisation of the oyster mushroom genes
... giving rise to different cellobiohydrolases, thus demonstrating the existence of a multigenic family responsible for the said enzymatic activity. Also, using such genomic sequences as a probe, it has been possible to detect what are the conditions under which the expression of each one of the genes is produced. T...Pall prion removal technology presented to FDA blood products advisory committee
... Dr. Cervia also described the results of studies demonstrating that the filter does not damage red cells thereby not impacting their efficacy, purity and therapeutic value. Dr. Cervia emphasized the need to balance the efficacy of current measures to prevent the transmission of vCJD via blood transfusion -- s...Beyond lithium for bipolar disorder
...s system, said the researchers. They cited studies demonstrating that mice in which the gene is knocked out show hyperactivity and defects in their circadian (day-night) behavior--both also characteristic of humans with bipolar disorder. Also, in animals, lithium has been shown to affect such circadian behavior. T...Winners of Tyler Environmental prize announced
...opical glaciers are disappearing around the world, demonstrating the ongoing effects of global warming. "For many scientists, [Thompson's] ice cores and the global climate histories contained within them provide the first convincing demonstration that global warming exists," wrote nominator C. Bradley Moore, vice...Modular Genetics, Inc., strikes deal with Monsanto
...e feel this relationship validates our technology, demonstrating its utility as a tool for creating valuable new bioengineered products." The Technology Development Fund, the oldest university-affiliated venture capital firm in the nation, invests in early-stage technology and life science companies and builds new...'Invisible' influences reveal unconscious pathways used in visual perception
... the appearance of an image in the other eye, thus demonstrating that signals from the invisible image must travel into the brain at least as far as the point at which signals from the two eyes are combined. To reach this point, signals from each eye must be relayed through the mid-brain to the brain's occipital l...Ingredient in garlic protects against severe chronic pulmonary hypertension in rats
...pinpointing the effective ingredient in garlic and demonstrating that it achieves its protective effects through vasorelaxation. The presentation at Experimental Biology 2005 was part of the scientific sessions of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. In the UAB study, rats were giv...African-American women less likely to undergo genetic testing than white women
...s the findings by Armstrong et al. "Beyond simply demonstrating the disproportionate utilization of highly specialized primary prevention counseling, the authors expose a more basic health care disparity in access to care in the United States. In the study's urban-based (Philadelphia) hospital setting, in a city ......e Gleevec users, Giles says. But the study also is demonstrating that not all patients, especially those in more advanced stages, benefit from AMN107, probably because they have developed new mutations, he says. The high level of responses seen to date are classified as hematologic, which is defined as a return to...