Missouri genetic disorder's roots untangled by international team
...ms, so if this problem had ever developed anywhere else in the world, it seems likely that it would have been reported." The findings appear in the October issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation. XLHPT has likely affected family members at least since the 19th century and was initially described...Scottsdale Healthcare, TGen announce strategic alliance
...ients who would otherwise have to travel someplace else for access to new therapies or prevention agents," said Dr. Von Hoff. According to Dr. Von Hoff, the strategic alliance will allow molecular and genomic discoveries made by TGen and others around the world to reach the patient bedside as quickly as p...Selective logging causes widespread destruction of Brazil's Amazon rainforest, study finds
...ound much more selective logging than we or anyone else had expected--between 4,600 and 8,000 square miles every year of forest spread across five Brazilian states," he says. To corroborate their findings, the researchers compared the satellite observations against on-the-ground field measurements of cano...Discovering the first steps in transcription-coupled repair
...ernative methods available in a pinch. Only if all else fails would the RNAPII be destroyed, forcing transcription to start fresh." In this first in a series of papers on the mechanisms of TCR, Cooper and her colleagues have shed early light not only on how the mysterious process of transcription-coupled ...Envisat radar surveillance protects endangered prehistoric fish
...nian toothfish, also known as Chilean sea bass, or else 'white gold' for the high prices it commands on the black market. However a radar satellite surveillance system based on Envisat and Radarsat-1 imagery has cut the number of illegal fishing incursions in the vicinity of Kerguelen Island by nine-tent...'Sex' helps bacteria cope with a changing world
...y as humans: why invent the wheel twice if someone else has already found a solution to your problem?" The research also involved scientists from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Germany), Etvs Lornd University (Budapest) and the University of Manchester (UK)....UF study first to quantify validity of DNA I.D. tool using marine snails
...f they are from a dangerous fruit fly or something else to be concerned about," he said. For that matter, this ability to detect species in earlier stages of development could benefit ecologists in their work as well, Meyer said. "Scientists studying butterflies are able to link caterpillars to adults in ...Picking particles faster than one at a time
...ther poor-quality images of particles or something else altogether, like debris or background noise. Therefore "a human still has to go through them and pick out the good ones," Adiga says. Adiga and his colleagues decided that concentrating too much attention on the particle itself in the early stages o...Immune cell receptors act in combination to regulate attack
...diated cancer therapy, viral therapy, and whatever else you can think of." Nimmerjahn and Ravetch are now working to create mutant antibodies with an even higher affinity for Fcg receptors, and even more efficient at eliminating tumors....UC Davis wins $8 million EPA grant to study health effects of air pollution
...conditions to a degree you could not find anywhere else in the country." Key features of research program The aerosol center's research will include: Collecting air samples from the San Joaquin Valley and making them available to researchers at UC Davis and nationwide for further study. Prod...Mouse study: New muscle-building agent beats all previous ones
...y also requires extra caution. "We don't know what else the new agent is affecting or whether those effects will turn out to be entirely beneficial," says Lee. Lee says they also are conducting experiments with the mice now to see whether the effect lasts after injections cease and whether it helps a mou...Hearing loss from chemotherapy underestimated
...I could put out the same quality of work everybody else could, but I needed a half hour longer," said Johnson, who developed dyslexia as a result of the radiation treatment and chemotherapy. In his professional experiences, Johnson notes that "the real world doesn't want to give you an extra half hour to ...Novel enzyme offers new look at gene regulation
...ther proteins, even when the proteins share little else in common. Database searches predict more than 100 total proteins found in organisms as diverse as bacteria and man contain the JmjC domain. This suggests that many other proteins may act similarly to methyl groups from histones or other proteins. Th...Tsunami + 1 year: Reviving exhausted fisheries should trump replacing boats, gear, experts say
...tated by the availability of new boats and gear or else lead to the resumption of destructive fishing practices; 3. Widespread damage to coastal habitats such as mangroves (and deforestation to support rebuilding efforts) may affect the sustainability of key fisheries resources; 4. History shows us that t...Unified physics theory explains animals' running, flying and swimming
...ces. "The size of the wings didn't matter; nothing else seemed to matter." Marden said. "It was fascinating, but there was no explanation for this commonality when so much about the animals seemed to be different." Years later, a student of Marden's suggested they analyze the function of jet engines, to d...Little known DNA repair enzyme may be a tumor suppressor gene
...hey didn't begin dividing right away, so something else must have happened. We are still not sure what that something else is." When the investigators looked for evidence that these cells were different from normal cells, t...New protected areas keep Madagascar's conservation vision on track
...ameleons, geckos, and other wildlife found nowhere else on Earth. An estimated one percent of the world's biodiversity is found in the forests of Makira and Masoala. Most importantly, the new protected areas represent an important benchmark in an overall plan for conservation and sustainable developmen...Berkeley scientists get first detailed look at Dicer
...e genetic message carried by the mRNA outright, or else block the subsequent synthesis of a protein. Until now, it has not been known how Dicer is able to recognize dsRNA and cleave those molecules into products with lengths that are exactly what is needed to silence specific genes. Doudna and her co-a...... many parasites a mosquito bite transmits or where else in a mammal's body they travel, said Mnard. To find out, he and his colleagues infected mosquitoes with fluorescently tagged Plasmodium parasites, and then allowed the mosquitoes to bite a mouse. From each mosquito bite, they found an average of 20 f...