Innovative tagging technique may help researchers better protect fish stocks
...rotected Areas (MPAs) are often hailed as a way to halt serious declines in the abundance of marine species that have been over-fished. But even as nations begin to set aside protected parcels of ocean for marine reserves, the effectiveness of the approach as a fisheries management tool remains unclear. S...Discovery in plant virus may help prevent HIV and similar viruses
...rs have been able to genetically modify a plant to halt reproduction of a related virus. Cauliflower mosaic virus attacks a group of plants that includes the largest number of agriculturally important plants in the world. The plant virus and HIV, which causes AIDS, use the same process to multiply in th...Military to study better pain relief in battle zones
...diers respiration and trigger Naloxone release, or halt it, as needed. If the concept proves successful after the first year of in vitro studies, Baker and his team want to apply for continued DARPA funding to proceed with animal and eventually human studies. ...Drug protects brain cells in Huntington's disease model, researchers find
...symptoms, but there is currently no way to slow or halt the progression of the disease. In the current study, the UT Southwestern researchers used mice that were genetically engineered to carry the mutant human gene for Huntingtons, causing symptoms and death of brain cells similar to those seen in the...New way to target and kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria found
... antibiotic-resistant bacteria in patients, and to halt the spread of resistance in clinical settings, said Matt Redinbo, Ph.D., senior study author and professor of chemistry, biochemistry and biophysics at UNC-Chapel Hill. The study appears online the week of July 9, 2007, in the Proceedings of the Na...Penn researchers discover how microRNAs control protein synthesis
...ed how miRNAs team up with a regulatory protein to halt protein production. Results of the study were published recently in Cell. Scientists estimate miRNAs have the ability to regulate the expression of approximately one third of human genes, and previous studies have linked abnormal activity of miRNA...Alzheimer's prevention role discovered for prions
...mimicking the prions function we should be able to halt the progress of Alzheimers. However, theres still a lot of work to be done in looking at levels of prions in the human system and how these may alter as we age....Desertification: UN experts prescribe global policy overhaul to avoid looming mass migrations
...NU. Land use policy reform is urgently needed to halt overgrazing, over-exploitation, trampling and unsustainable irrigation practices, as are policies to create livelihood alternatives for dryland populations, he says. Based on input of 200 experts from 25 countries convened in Algiers late last year...Scientists discover role of enzyme in DNA repair
...nued in the cells with uninjured DNA, it came to a halt within 5 minutes at sites where the DNA had been damaged. While it was possible that the DNA lesions themselves physically interfered with transcription, the authors hypothesized that repair enzymes recruited by the damage could shut down the trans...K-State biochemist contributes to article in Science magazine
...er idea of what genes to study in their efforts to halt the transmission of dangerous insect-spread diseases like malaria. "Insects can defend themselves against diseases," Kanost said. "Ordinarily, the immune system would kill a microorganism. When there's the right relationship, the diseases can avoid...Breakthrough for treatment of fatal heart condition
...in a third protein in the body, known as REST, can halt the rise of the proteins causing cardiac hypertrophy, which, for the first time, offers an approach to treating the cause of heart hypertrophy rather than its symptoms. The challenge is now to find a therapy that controls the source of the problem...Researchers find 24 species believed new to science in Suriname rainforest
...nservation management of the region to address and halt threats from hunting and small-scale illegal mining. The report suggests that strategies should focus on protecting freshwater streams and preventing fragmentation of the natural habitat from unchecked or poorly planned development. The Guayana Shi...Yin and yang -- Balance could play key role in progression of Alzheimer's disease
... the peptide balance toward AB40 could potentially halt or slow down the progression of the Alzheimers in the human brain," Wang said. Wang plans to continue investigating how AB40 halts the formation of AB42 fibrils, and he already sees vast implications for this change in thinking about the progressi...Story ideas from the Journal of Lipid Research
...viduals. The new discovery may provide new ways to halt AD symptoms early in these individuals. Article: "The cholesterol transporter ABCG1 modulates the subcellular distribution and proteolytic processing of beta-amyloid precursor protein" by Gavin H. Tansley, Braydon L. Burgess, Matt T. Bryan, Yuan ...First demonstration of muscle restoration in an animal model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
...e mutation in the dystrophin gene that tells it to halt production of the protein. Instead of stopping, the full-length dystrophin protein is made. The drug enables enough protein to be made to correct defects in the muscle of the DMD mouse, and at the same time the drug does not prevent the ribosome from...Map predicting spread of avian flu
... local control measures are unlikely to be able to halt an unfolding epidemic in these areas. The paper, published in the Open Access journal PLoS Computational Biology, arrives at these conclusions through a computational (or mathematical) modeling method, an approach which has already proved its wort......e remaining elephant strongholds is needed to both halt the spread of poaching and control settlement and range fragmentation associated with road development. The authors further warn that the illegal ivory trade must be brought under control in elephant range-states, transit countries and destination n...Notorious cancer gene may work by destroying messenger
...est that Src may promote cancer by causing PMR1 to halt production of proteins that normally put the brakes on cell growth tumor-suppressor proteins, for example, or other growth-regulating proteins. In healthy cells, Src helps control cell proliferation, differentiation, survival and movement. Mutate...DNA nanoparticles hold promise in gene therapy for Parkinson's disease
...ticles and deliver them to the brain as a means to halt or prevent the neurodegenerative process. The t...r a neurotrophic factor to the brain as a means to halt or prevent the neurodegenerative process in an animal model of PD. Neurotrophic factors are capable ...African carnage -- 1 year's seized ivory likely came from 23,000 elephants
... argue that Western nations must resume efforts to halt ivory trafficking. They note that western nations contributed heavily to enforcement efforts when the international ban took effect in 1989, and in the next four years poaching was virtually eliminated. But the success apparently left a sense that th...