Molecular models advance the fight against malaria
...NOVER, NH Research from Dartmouth Medical School, demonstrating how malaria parasites form mutations that make them stubbornly resistant to drug therapy, may hold the key to a new treatments for a disease that afflicts more than half a billion people worldwide. The scientists developed disease models using yeast ...Programmable cells: Engineer turns bacteria into living computers
...e -- surrounding the sender cells. In addition to demonstrating that the genetic programming techniques work, this sensing system could be useful for the detection of chemicals or organisms in laboratory tests. "The bull's-eye could tell you: This is where the anthrax is," said Weiss. The researchers published th...LUCA technologies confirms real-time methane generation
...me of these hydrocarbon substrates. In addition to demonstrating that methane formation by these microbes can be stimulated by the introduction of nutrients or suppressed by heat sterilization or the introduction of oxygen, Luca has shown that radio-labeled CO2 (carbon dioxide) introduced to these substrate sample...From photovoltaics to solar thermal collectors: Evaluating and improving green design
...e and sustain forests, soils, water, and energy by demonstrating their value to human health and economic prosperity. The Woods Hole Research Center sponsors initiatives in the Amazon, the Arctic, Africa, Russia, Boreal North America, the Mid-Atlantic, New England and Cape Cod. Center programs focus on the global...Researchers discover mechanism for multiplying adult stem cells
...hen he switched the gene off, the tumors subsided, demonstrating that the process is reversible. Discovering that simply flipping a single gene on and off has such an immediate effect on a tumor was unexpected, even though Oct4 is known to be active in certain forms of testicular and ovarian cancer. Still, the mo...Killer dinosaurs turned vegetarian
...carius "is the most primitive known therizinosaur, demonstrating unequivocally that this large-bodied group of biza...vorous kin, while possessing a variety of features demonstrating that it had embarked on the path toward more advanced plant-eating forms." In addition to Kirkland...'Environmentalism: Retrospect and Prospect' symposium to be held in Woods Hole on June 3
...e and sustain forests, soils, water, and energy by demonstrating their value to human health and economic prosperity. The Woods Hole Research Center has initiatives in the Amazon, the Arctic, Africa, Russia, Boreal North America, the Mid-Atlantic, New England and Cape Cod. Center programs focus on the global carb...Final results demonstrate Aranesp dosed every two weeks is comparable to Epoetin alfa dosed weekly
...sp group and 16 percent in the Epoetin alfa group) demonstrating non-inferiority of Aranesp and Epoetin alfa with respect to transfusion requirements. The number and type of adverse events were similar between the two groups and were consistent with the adverse event profile for this population of anemic cancer p...Large community-based clinical trial in older cancer patients suggests benefits of Neulasta
...s the largest, prospective study of older patients demonstrating the feasibility of community-based clinical trials in these patients, as well as the ability of these patients to undergo myelosuppressive chemotherapy." The study showed a decrease of approximately 60 percent in the incidence of febrile neutropenia ...Scientists journey to southern Africa to unravel the secret world of elephant communication
...ted a landmark experiment at a waterhole in Etosha demonstrating that these powerful infrasonic rumbles contain specific messages that can be heard and understood by other elephants more than 2 miles away. Several years later, environmental scientist David Larom and his co-workers proposed that, under ideal atmosp...Single gene is genetic switch for fly sexual behavior
...can be a difficult task. The key, says Dickson, is demonstrating that a specific gene is sufficient to produce a particular behavior. "This means showing that gene X is sufficient to create the potential for behavior Y in an otherwise normal animal. It is the 'otherwise normal' part that is tricky," he says. "Putt...Genes linked to treatment resistance in children with leukemia
...ound to predict the outcomes of leukemia patients, demonstrating that genotyping may become an important tool for tailoring treatment and improving an individual's chance of a cure."...Monkeys understand numbers across senses
...rn anything within the experiment and instead were demonstrating their spontaneous numerical abilities. Other aspects of their experimental design avoided drawbacks in previous experiments whereby animals or babies might have used relative intensity or sound duration, rather than the numerical commonalities extend...Joslin's new textbook is leading source for advances in diabetes care
... months, the book is now in its second printing -- demonstrating an enthusiastic market for this comprehensive guide. "Dramatic advances in the laboratory and the clinic are revolutionizing our understanding and the care of diabetes," said C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., President and Director of Joslin Diabetes Center, the...Conservation International and SC Johnson partner again to offset carbon impacts
...ommunities to develop sustainable agriculture, and demonstrating a viable market for some of the forest's ecosystem services. "SC Johnson again has taken a leadership position by offsetting the carbon emissions from the production of its annual public report," stated Michael Totten, senior director, climate and wa...Cloning advance: Researchers demonstrate direct transfer of terminally differentiated cell nuclei
...c loci that are specific for NKT cells, positively demonstrating that the cloned animals and their placentas were derived from fully differentiated cells. The results provide the evidence that terminally differentiated cell nuclei are competent to support the development of embryos as well as placentas after conve...Unique genetic profile helps over-45s conceive naturally
... this group. "We already have preliminary results demonstrating similar results from another group", he said. The team intends to study women from different ethnic, and hence genetic, groups and study their genetic fingerprints against those of the first group. Identifying women with these genetic fingerprints......cells when they were engineered to express Wnt-7b, demonstrating the importance of Wnt-7b in the inflammatory response of RA. The above findings identify a role for Wnt-7b in arthritic processes. Arthritic diseases manifest differently depending on the type, with RA exhibiting inflammation of the synovium and ...Female butterflies go for sparkle -- not size -- when choosing to mate
...ess desirable to females by a ratio of two to one, demonstrating clearly that females preferred the presence of the white pupil. However, a large white pupil, about twice the diameter of a natural pupil, also was not found desirable by females, indicating strong sensitivity to a set of rather narrowly defined fea...Targacept compounds show long-lasting improvement in cognition
...on extensive research of novel nicotinic compounds demonstrating sustained effects on cognition in animals," said Merouane Bencherif, M.D., Ph.D., Vice President, Preclinical Research. "Further, our research has shown that some of our compounds act on the primary pathways responsible for learning and memory and in...