Clones on task serve greater good, evolutionary study shows
...of Sciences, a Michigan State University zoologist joins others in reporting how the greater good of a genetic pool of identical organisms is affected when a few individuals break from the developmental pack. Ian Dworkin, an assistant professor of zoology, worked with a on the paper Genetics of Microenvir......n new and dangerous wheat rust diseases. Borlaug joins the ranks of the Wright Brothers, Charles Lindbergh, Thomas Edison, Dr. Jonas Salk, Mother Theresa of India, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King and more than 100 others who have been given Congressional Gold Medal of Honor....TU Delft tracks the influence of a cancer inhibitor on a single DNA molecule
...ds, after which it allows it to unwind and finally joins the broken ends together. Until now it has been supposed that topotecan only causes the TopoIB protein to reside longer than normal on the DNA molecule, disturbing the cell division and damaging the (cancer) cell. But the Delft researchers have now...SNM recognizes R. Edward Coleman with 2007 Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award
...half a dozen new elements," he noted. "Dr. Coleman joins a select group of scientists whose research is deemed to have had a significant impact on medicine," he added. Coleman, who is also a professor of radiology and vice chair of the Department of Radiology at Duke University Medical Center, was recogn...Research finds evidence tropical cyclones have climate-control role
...easonable to speculate that warm water pumped down joins the ocean circulation and becomes a part of the upper limb of the conveyer belt where dense water makes it up to the surface, Huber said. Huber and Sriver plan to incorporate their findings into a climate model for further testing. "Current predi...MIT biologists solve vitamin puzzle
... formation of the B12 fragment known as DMB, which joins with another fragment, produced by a separate pathway, to form the vitamin. One of several possible reasons why it took so long to identify BluB is that some bacteria lacking the enzyme can form DMB through an alternate pathway, Walker said. One o...International Astronautical Federation joins project to protect World Heritage sites
...king as the International Astronautical Federation joins the growing number of space entities to pledge support to the project. The Open Initiative, agreed upon by ESA and UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) in 2001, involves satellites monitoring UNESCO World Herita...RNA enzyme structure offers a glimpse into the origins of life
...ertson determined the structure of a ribozyme that joins two RNA subunits together in the same reaction that is carried out in biological systems by the protein known as RNA polymerase. Their findings are published in the March 16 issue of the journal Science. "An RNA-dependent RNA polymerase ribozyme ...Super-fermenting fungus genome sequenced
...arge-scale biofuels production processes. Pichia joins white rot fungus in the growing portfolio of bioenergy-relevant fungus genomes sequenced by DOE JGI through its user programs and contributed freely to the worldwide scientific community....ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- February 14, 2007
...f garlic and health used raw garlic. The new study joins a handful or others to examine how the heat of cooking affects the chemical compounds associated with garlic's beneficial health effects. The researchers found that even a few minutes of cooking reduces levels of those compounds. The reduction is s...Firewood unintentionally transports emerald ash borer
...states. Appleby says that the emerald ash borer joins a long list of exotic species that have become invasive --most have been accidentally transported. "The emerald ash borer beetle is native to China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and parts of Russia. We can only speculate that the beetle probably arrived in ...Faster, low cost sequencing technologies needed to drive era of personalized medicine
...hieve the $1,000 genome goal. Zhang's effort also joins two other ASU research teams, led by Stuart Lindsay and Peter Williams, who have more than $2 million in other DNA sequencing projects funded at ASU. "There are currently only 36 grants in the entire NHGRI sequencing program, so it's quite remarka...Quantum biology -- Powerful computer models reveal key biological mechanism
... "You can use this protein that cuts itself and joins the pieces together in a predictable way," he said. "It already has a function that would be nice to harness for nanotechnology purposes." And because the reaction may be sensitive to light and other environmental stimuli, the process could become mo...Sex ends as seasons shift and kisspeptin levels plummet
...duction in a wide range of animals." Kisspeptin joins a select few proteins believed to act as switches that connect environmental changes to a physiological response. "This peptide is poised to act as an integrator of environmental information to allow for the optimal neuroendocrine control of repro...Burnham Institute for Medical Research announces affiliation with UC Santa Barbara
...t as Distinguished Professor with the Burnham, and joins UCSB's Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology as an adjunct Distinguished Professor. At Burnham-UCSB, Ruoslahti has opened the "Vascular Mapping Center", which will focus on developing applications for vascular "zip codes," ba...JCI table of contents: December 7, 2006
EDITORS PICK: T-beta-RIII joins the fight against breast cancer Although the soluble factor TGF-beta has been shown to suppress the growth of tumor cells in the early stages of breast cancer, high levels of TGF-beta during the later stages of the disease are associated with a po...ESA joins UN climate talks in Kenya
...heat-trapping gases that drive climate change. ESA joins the activities to share results of its satellite-based Kyoto-supporting services. More than 6 000 representatives of national governments, international organisations and non-governmental organisations are present at the second meeting of the Parti...First evidence to show elephants, like humans, apes and dolphins, recognize themselves in mirror
...est. "As a result of this study, the elephant now joins a cognitive elite among animals commensurate with its well-known complex social life and high level of intelligence," said de Waal. "Although elephants are far more distantly related to us than the great apes, they seem to have evolved similar social...Protein important in blood clotting may also play a role in fertility
...esearch assistant professor of pharmacology. CIB1 joins a growing list of fertility genes discovered during the course of mice studies of diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease. In 2000, UNC researchers found several genes essential for male mouse fertility while studying how cells transport ...Genetic repair mechanism clears the way for sealing DNA breaks
..., extended shape to a closed, circular shape as it joins DNA strands together," says the study's senior author Tom Ellenberger, D.V.M, Ph.D., the Raymond H. Wittcoff Professor and head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. "The ...