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... Scripps Research Institute and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies are reporting a possible answer...ri, Ph.D., who is a member of The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology at Scripps Research. "But the question is, how do you couple them together?" Gha...Yale scientists find cooperative RNA switches in nature
...ss in bacteria that operates as a rare "ON" switch for genetic regulation of the three proteins in a glyc... Darwinian evolution in the test tube, they looked for naturally occurring riboswitches. Other authors on this paper include Maumita Mandall, Mark Lee, Jef...Society for Psychophysiology Research
The 44rd annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) will be 44th SP...nual meeting is widely regarded as a leading forum for presentations on cutting-edge research on the connections between the physiological and psychologica...UCR researchers identify key plant enzyme that defends against multiple infections
...idopsis thaliana, or thale cress, that is required for this process. Programmed cell death (PCD), which o...ike activities have also been shown to be required for the initiation of programmed cell death in plants, but the genes controlling those activities have n...T cell's memory may offer long-term immunity to leishmaniasis
...ulosis and HIV/AIDS. Attempts to create a vaccine for leishmaniasis have long been stymied by the fact t.... According to the Centers for Disease Control, each year the world sees 1.5 million new cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis, which in...HHS awards $232 million in biodefense contracts for vaccine development
...ategory A" agents--those considered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to pose the greates...nitial clinical assessment. All four contracts are for purchases of vaccine lots intended for research use. Any future purchases of additional vaccines for...MIT: Recycling of scrapped electronics studied
... Mass.--MIT researchers have developed new metrics for assessing the performance of firms that recycle sc...eld III, a senior research associate in the Center for Technology, Policy and Industrial Development, and Jennifer R. Atlee, a graduate student in the Engi...New risks for bladder cancer identified by MIT team
...es have identified three new chemical risk factors for bladder cancer in a study involving some 600 peopl...ogens, however, were also found to be risk factors for bladder cancer in nonsmokers. Although second-hand smoke is one source of exposure for non-smokers, ...Experts present new research on hot topics in aging at GSA's annual meeting in Washington, DC
...a sampling of the more than 400 sessions scheduled for the five-day conference. Dates and times of the se...re a growing, and largely untapped, civic resource for responding to societal needs through both paid and unpaid work. However, as gerontologists have note...Taking the next step toward growing our own fuel
...oducts. The new theme is the seventh to be chosen for the Institute for Genomic Biology under the direction of Harris A. Lewin, Gutgsell Endowed Chair in the department of ...Sedentary overweight people get insulin boost from short term exercise; CVD risks trend down
...n/ ). A detailed program, including abstracts, for the entire meeting is available upon request to members of the media. Arrangements for on-site interviews, or telephone interviews during the meeting can be arranged through APS from Maye...US Agency for International Development awards $34 million to Virginia Tech
...gle-day award to any university by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Economic Growth,...l be the lead university and the management entity for significant agricultural research and assistance programs designed to improve crop yields through ec...Report: How 10 top new technologies will help world reach globally-agreed goals by 2015
... of 10 biotech breakthroughs deemed most important for improving health in developing countries within th...the world towards its Millennium Development Goals for 2015, according to scientists and ethicists in a major new report to the United Nations. Newly emer...Drought in the West linked to warmer temperatures
... region of North America. Looking at implications for the future, the authors express concern. "Any tren...drought that has gripped the western United States for the past four years "pales in comparison with some of the earlier droughts we see from the tree-ring...World's top theoretical physicists converge to consider 'future of physics'
...lar conference being hosted by the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at the University of Ca... just been awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for solving in 1973 the last great remaining problem of what has since come to be called "the Standard M...Embryonic stem cells correct congenital heart defect in mouse embryos
...m cells are critically dependent on the Id protein for self-renewal and differentiation," added Dr. Benez...nd short- range action) in conjunction may account for the full correction of the cardiac defects. The study was co-authored by Elizabeth E. Stillwell, Ph...Emory chemists develop bacteria that may help decaffeinate coffee
... they normally synthesize only molecules they need for their own survival, says Gallivan. His research te...the breakdown product of the enzyme (theophylline) for survival, but they can't do much with caffeine." Gallivan says that the idea is to supply these bact......n crops is a major problem. "It also has potential for public health programs such as malaria control." A...Italian company is working on a commercial release for a formulation designed on this technology which, in the first instance, will be available for use on...