Mosquito genes explain response to climate change
...ore southern day lengths to initiate dormancy in a landmark study that appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Dec. 4, 2001). The new study funded by the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health doesnt tell exactly which genes drive the mosquitos response, "b...Scientists find new genes for Crohn's disease
...ITTSBURGH, April 15 Just a few months after their landmark article in Science magazine reporting the discovery of strong links between variations in a gene that codes for a cellular receptor involved in controlling inflammation and Crohn's disease, a consortium of U.S. and Canadian researchers is reporting i...Atlas of Science Literacy completes mapping of science-learning pathways
...e literacy. Benchmarks for Science Literacy , the landmark description of student-learning goals in science, mathematics and technology at various grades, followed in 1993. Project 2061s Benchmarks of Science Literacy and Science for All Americans are now freely available online at http://www.project...The delayed rise of present-day mammals
...o their present-day prominence across the globe, a landmark new study has found. The surprise finding overturns the widely held belief that the ancestors of modern mammals were able to quickly evolve and spread to fill many of the empty niches left behind following the mass extinctions of dinosaurs and many...International risk research strategy and funding needed for nanotech safety
... Society and Royal Academy of Engineering in their landmark 2004 assessment of nanotechnologys opportunities and hazards. The UK government deserves a lot of credit for commissioning both the ground-breaking 2004 Royal Society report and for submitting itself to a tough review of its performance since then,...Pioneering approach to wastewater treatment earns Stanford engineer the 2007 Stockholm Water Prize
...reenhouse emissions. "Professor McCarty has made landmark contributions towards understanding the microbiolo...lications for the design of treatment systems. The landmark studies on biofilms provide useful tools for understanding the performance of microbial processes an...AACR's Sixth Annual Landon Awards recognize Richard Kolodner, Douglas Lowy and John Schiller
...e designed to bring heightened public attention to landmark achievements in the continuing effort to prevent and cure cancer through quality research....McGovern Institute Scolnick Prize awarded to David Julius
...sitive neurons. Building on this observation in a landmark 1997 paper, Dr. Julius was able to identify the molecular receptor for capsaicin and to demonstrate that it is specifically expressed in a subset of sensory neurons, now recognized as key components of the pain pathway. He also showed that the recep...Research physiologists convene for 120th Annual Meeting
...e than a century, physiology researchers have made landmark discoveries that have lead to improvements in human health and longevity. Early discoveries include the finding that certain organic substances -- now called vitamins -- are important to health and the discovery of insulin. More recently, scienti...Preliminary results of largest scan of autism DNA information
...ientists from across the world contributed to this landmark research endeavor through the Autism Genome Project. The data represent the first phase of the effort, which was to assemble the largest collection of autism DNA and complete the whole genome linkage scan. The collaboration is funded by Autism Spea...Science for long-term management of the Marine Life Protection Act
...otection. The Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) is landmark legislation passed in the late 1990s that mandates the establishment of new MPAs along the entire state coastline. The design of this new collection of MPAs is required to have two key features: they need to represent the diversity of California's ma...Reversal of symptoms in an autism spectrum disorder
... Research Foundation (RSRF) announces results of a landmark study reversing the symptoms of Rett Syndrome (RTT) in a genetic mouse model. The findings, by Adrian Bird, Ph.D., of the University of Edinburgh and Chairman of the RSRF Scientific Advisory Board, appear online in Science Express on February 8, 200...UCLA and NYU microbiologists crack genome of a parasite that causes a common STD
...usly gratifying that she is now senior author on a landmark publication describing the entire genome," said Jeffery F. Miller, chair of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics at UCLA and UCLA's M. Philip Davis Professor of Microbiology and Immunology. "The implications of this work range from fundame...New edition of landmark textbook incorporates contemporary genome-based view of biology
The third edition of a landmark genetics textbook-- Recombinant DNA: Genes and Genomes--A Short Course --has just been released. Infused with descriptions of genome sequencing technologies, biological insights from sequencing projects, and practical applications of genetics and ge...Science's breakthrough of the year -- The Poincar Theorem
...ill, other researchers are ready to celebrate this landmark achievement in their field. The other achievements on the Sciences Top Ten list are as follows, in no particular order. Pulling DNA out of Fossils: Using new techniques for decoding and analyzing DNA, researchers captured genetic information fr...Experts advise world policies to cope with causes, rising consequences of creeping desertification
...lobal assessment of desertification as part of the landmark 2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. "Put simply, desertification which people commonly think of as the expansion of desert sands but is defined as the persistent decline of ecosystems' benefits in dry areas has been on the international agenda f...NEW YORK -- A landmark study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) says tigers living in one of Indias best-run national parks lose nearly a quarter of their population each year from poaching and natural mortality, yet their numbers...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- December 6, 2006
...s the stories behind the research. The most recent landmark was designated on Oct. 25, when ACS designated Procter & Gamble's development of Tide "the washing miracle" synthetic detergent a National Historic Chemical Landmark in a special ceremony in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Landmarks' Web site ( http://acsweb...After 2 years, study shows Revlimid patients live longer and remain transfusion free
...independence and remain transfusion free. "These landmark data demonstrate that Revlimid, in many cases, eliminates all signs of the cancers genetic cause, on partial deletion of chromosome 5, and as a consequence reduce or even eliminate the need for transfusions in many patients with MDS. After over two ...STAR*D study examines effect of genetic variation in treatment resistant depression
...t chance at remission." The research is part of a landmark clinical trial known as Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression, or STAR*D. The STAR*D is the only large sample of patients who suffer from major depression, and who are treatment resistant with the same drug for a significant period ...