Discovery of first demethylase molecule, a long-sought gene regulator
... "This discovery will have a huge impact on the field of gene regulation," said Fred Winston, an HMS professor of genetics who was not involved with the work. "Shi and his colleagues discovered something that many people didn't believe existed." The enzyme, a histone demethylase, removes methyl groups...High-flying observatory reveals land changing to desert
...nsing techniques from a U-2 surveillance plane and field studies, scientists from the Carnegie Institution ...ast it is impossible to study the processes at the field level alone. Our five-year project in the Northern Chihuahua region of New Mexico has successfully s...Journal of Dental Research: New editor, new content, new look, new access
... together the two premier journals from the dental field to provide a cutting-edge view of the oral and dental sciences to the research community and all of those interested in the advances made in dentistry. The combination of the novel original research articles from the JDR and the much-respected review...Inexpensive, mass-produced genes at core of synthetic biology advances at UH
.... Similar advances are being made in the emerging field of synthetic biology at the University of Houston, now allowing researchers to inexpensively program the chemical synthesis of entire genes on a single microchip. Xiaolian Gao, a professor in the department of biology and biochemistry at UH, works ...'Casanova' field crickets - live fast, die young
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Fit, well-fed male field crickets die young because they spend too much time courting members of the opposite sex, according to research by Australian scientists in the latest edition of Nature . The results reveal how male crickets (Teleogryllus commodus) fed on a high pro...Ocean colour satellites guide research ship through South Pacific's watery desert
... help when planning the cruise, and throughout the field campaign. The information allowed the course of the ship to be adjusted according to the desired chlorophyll concentration, and was especially useful when the ship sailed within the complex and patchy zone off Chile." The expe...An unusual RNA structure in the SARS virus offers a promising target for antiviral drugs
...s investigation represents a novel approach in the field known as structural genomics. A more common approach in structural genomics is to determine the three-dimensional shape of a novel protein and compare it to the shapes of proteins with known functions to find clues to the function of the unknown prot...AACR supports faculty at minority-serving institutions
...ns who have shown excellence and dedication in the field of cancer research. They come from institutions which are historically Black, predominantly Hispanic, and Tribal Colleges and Universities. The AACR Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Scholar Awards in Cancer Research is supported by a grant fro...Scientists develop split green for tagging protein
...ink this discovery will have a major impact in the field of protein biotechnology and work related to deciphering the structure and function of proteins. I like to think of it as an enabling technology, a toolbox, if you will, for protein researchers, that could help them close the gap between sequencing ...Urban ecology study witnessing the birth of a 'designer ecosystem'
...n LTERs was considered a major leap forward in the field of ecology both because they included human culture as a "driver" of and "responder" to -- the ecosystem being studied, and also because the research would include studies far outside traditional ecology or even the biosciences, climatology and eart...JCI table of contents, 3 January 2005
...age of human trials over 15 years ago, however the field is still in its infancy. Researchers from Kyoto University have now shown that dopamine-producing neurons (DA neurons) generated from monkey embryonic stem cells and transplanted into areas of the brain where these neurons have degenerated in a monke...Transplantation of monkey embryonic stem cells reverses Parkinson disease in primates
...age of human trials over 15 years ago, however the field is still in its infancy. Researchers from Kyoto University have now shown that dopamine-producing neurons (DA neurons) generated from monkey embryonic stem cells and transplanted into areas of the brain where these neurons have degenerated in a monke...Human complexity and diversity spring from a surprisingly few (relatively speaking) genes
...o A-to-I editing. "One of the major puzzles in the field of RNA editing at that time," he says, "was that only a few genes affected by RNA editing, perhaps two dozen, had been found, all in the brain. Most of them were discovered by serendipity. There was strong evidence that there should be many more affe...Stem cell therapy for ailing hearts
...n better as pumps." The USF work adds to a growing field exploring the potential of stem cells to treat ailing hearts. Animal and human cell transplantation to treat heart attacks has focused primarily on immature cells harvested from adult bone marrow and skeletal muscle with mixed results. "Although no...Pitt scientists study how cancer cells get out of control
...mic structure," said Saunders. "Researchers in the field are looking for single events that can cause multiple mutational changes to the genome, and this research is an example of that." Before a normal cell divides, its chromosomes are duplicated and then pulled apart by a structure called a spindle, so t...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, January 2005
...d Florida State University are studying a magnetic field processing technology that influences the fundamental molecular behavior of a material through a process that produces unique performance characteristics and sometimes "impossible" microstructures. The technology is significant in developing new aven...Systems microbiology has great scientific promise in health and environment
...sequencing has sparked intense new interest in the field of systems microbiology. Systems microbiology treats microorganisms or microbial communities as a whole, integrating fundamental biological knowledge with genomics and other data to create an integrated picture of how a microbial cell or community o...WSU geologist uses satellite imagery to study surface water quality within Ohio River watershed
...00 project that began in late 2003. "This is a new field of remote sensing that uses satellite pictures to examine land surfaces and land-use patterns within the Ohio River watershed, which includes large portions of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky," explained Agrawal, whose training encompasses geochemistry an...Gorillas in the midst of extinction
...ines NASA satellite imagery with aerial flight and field surveys, all of which can be relayed to and coordi...researchers and rangers are using as base maps for field surveys. "We still have to integrate remote sensing with traditional surveys on the ground," said La...... help position Chicago as a leader in the emerging field of proteomics, the Searle Funds at The Chicago Com...r biomedical research." "The important and growing field of proteomics will advance our understanding of the myriad proteins encoded by the human genome and ...