Doing nature one better: Expanding the genetic code in living mammalian cells
...er in Wangs laboratory. Relying on yeast to do the dirty job of finding a synthetase that recognizes tRNA and attaches the right unnatural amino acid helped them to overcome the second challenge. Using yeast for the selection process and then transferring the enzyme for use in mammalian cells may sound lik......re out what substances MIF partners with to do its dirty work....Scientists ponder plant life on extrasolar Earthlike planets
...information. Weve got proteins that do all of the dirty work in the cell in terms of chemistry. You can imagine a different sort of molecule that would do that sort of chemistry. Maybe it would have the same protein backbone with peptide bonds and so forth. But theres no reason to think it would be com...Gene that governs toxin production in deadly mold found
...ts that can disarm the pathogen before it does its dirty work. In fungi, there are typically many genes at work making toxins and other chemical metabolites. The genes tend to be clustered in groups on the organism's genome. In Aspergillus fumigatus, there are as many as 22 such gene groupings. How tho...Genomic test could help detect radioactivity exposure from terrorist attacks
...cal catastrophe -- such as a nuclear accident or a dirty bomb -- thousands of people would be exposed to radiation, with no way of quickly determining how much of the deadly substance has seeped inside their bodies. Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have developed a new blood test to rapidly det...Aerosol pollution slows down winds and reduces rainfall
...power in China, where it's a needed alternative to dirty coal-fired plants. Aerosols' reduction of the wind also may explain the reduction in the Asian seasonal monsoon and ''disappearing winds'' in China, observations found in other studies. Moreover, slack air currents may hurt energy efficiency in Europ...More women students choose engineering -- but not as a career
... into what has been regarded as a tough, heavy and dirty profession, but they are often turned off by the teaching and learning methods used in higher education, says the study led by Professor Barbara Bagilhole, of Loughborough University. As a result, rising numbers of women engineering students have fa...Remote latrine reconfirms the presence of Essene sect at Qumran
...lly, it was rarely changed and must have been very dirty with the potentially fatal pathogens shared by everyone who was entering it for ritual purification. And Miqwah cleansing is a total immersion, which means that it gets in your ears, in your eyes and in your mouth. It is not hard to imagine how sick ...NIH funds Berkeley Lab research on defense against radiological attack
...attack by nuclear explosive device or radiological dirty bomb, people could potentially inhale, ingest, or absorb through their skin radioactive substances, or radionuclides. Depending on the type of radionuclide that a person is exposed to, the particles may be excreted from the body or enter bones, organ...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- August 30, 2006
...etergents to help remove protein-based stains from dirty laundry. Other detergent ingredients, however, create a hostile environment for the enzymes, sometimes causing them to clump and loose activity. The new silica gel beads form a protective shell around the enzymes. It protects the enzymes from air a...'Dead Zone' causing wave of death off Oregon coast
...e has turned large areas of the ocean off Oregon a dirty chocolate brown, the OSU researchers said. Scientists observed similar but not identical problems in other areas. Some had fewer dead crabs, but still no fish. In one area off Waldport, Ore., that's known for good fishing and crabbing, there were no...Urine collected and purified separately
...llations. In fact, it is illogical to allow such a dirty waste water flow to mix with other waste water, as has occurred in our sewers for more than a hundred years. There is growing support therefore for collecting and purifying urine separately. By separating urine, phosphate and nitrogen are more effect...Gene therapy protects mice from the effects of whole-body irradiation
...has been growing concern that terrorists may use a dirty bomb--a conventional explosive wrapped in radiological material--or attack a nuclear power facility to disperse high-dose radiation across a populated area. Experts believe a significant number of the population would die within 30 days of exposure t...International team of scientists discovers new primate genus
...another to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty doing it."...Biodesign Institute participates in first-of-its-kind 'coyote' disaster preparedness drill
...enter for "dirty bomb" victims. In the event of a dirty bomb, a radioactive plume can widely disperse over a metropolitan area. Any response system must be able to measure quickly and accurately an individual's biological damages from low dose radiation exposure (e.g. cell damages and DNA breaks) while a...Risk/benefit analysis of farmed versus wild salmon
... that the benefits of salmon are not real. But the dirty little secret is that there are risks," said Schwager, noting that even taking into account the risks, the benefits of salmon may be particularly worthwhile for some groups. "For a middle-aged guy who has had a coronary and doesn't want to have anoth...GROWing the next generation of water recycling plants
... species, the engineers guard against an unusually dirty batch of water exceeding a particular species' tolerance level. Should one species die off, there will still be others there to continue the job until the dead plants can be replaced. The beauty of the system is that it is not 'high-tech' in the tra...... employs a large tumor-inducing plasmid to do its dirty deed. The plasmid is a ring of DNA that is separate from the chromosome and is not essential for the bacterium's survival but is required for tumor growth. The plasmid can also transmit itself from one bacterial cell to another when the two cells tou...UK College of Pharmacy to develop treatments for people exposed to dirty bomb
...in radiation emergencies such as after exposure to dirty bombs. "In addition to protecting the citizens of Kentucky and the U.S. from terrorist attacks, this contract is an important step in UK being recognized as ethe place' where new drug molecules for the treatment of nuclear or bioterrorism exposures ...