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...y adapt to new conditions and continue their quiet march into new fields and wetlands. "The problem is that these invasive species at the range margin are maintaining all of the genetic diversity which represents a substrate for future evolution," Molofsky says, "so when climates begin to change we expec...Cellular cues identified for stroke recovery
...eagues report that in the mouse model, this neuron march is the direct result of signaling from the newly blooming blood vessels, thus casually linking angiogenesis the development of new blood vessels and neurogenesis, the birth of new neurons. Further, they have identified what these molecular signals ...Scientists find a key to immune system's ability to remember
...s that vastly increases the number of T cells that march off to combat the invader. After the infection subsides, the number of T cells marshaled to fight that agent decreases dramatically. But a smaller subset, known as "memory" cells, retains the imprint of its previous encounter should the pathogen mak...Teenager moves video icons just by imagination
... of the video screen. Row upon row of video aliens march back and forth across the screen, slowly coming down from the top to the bottom of the screen. The objective is to prevent any one of the aliens from landing on the bottom of the screen, which ends the game. The player has an unlimited ammunition sup...Study aims to identify schizophrenics at risk for type 2 diabetes
... complex development where cells are born here and march over here and send communication over here; that goes wrong from the very beginning probably," says Dr. Kirkpatrick of the complex process of laying down normal communication pathways that apparently goes awry in about 1 percent of people. "It's ki......elp us to develop new tools to keep a check on the march of the pneumococcus and is also going to give us fascinating insights into the evolution of the amazing diversity of capsular genes that can be produced by this pathogen" Researchers are at pains to point out that current vaccines are enormously succ...Genomics-based vaccine could prevent deadly cattle disease
...RI for 15 years before coming to TIGR in 2001, the march against East Coast fever is significant reward, itself. "This disease takes an enormous toll on the local society and economy of rural areas across eastern and central Africa, including Maasai and other pastoral communities," he says. In particular,...Researchers quantify more noise in gene expression
...an identical twins have different fingerprints and march to the beat of subtly different phenotypes, an indication of heterogeneity which led bioengineering researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to devised computer algorithms that identify the underlying sources of variation at the ...Zeroing in on progeria: How mutant lamins cause premature aging
... DNA replication, a probable factor in their rapid march to premature senescence. Whether similar missteps and miscues by nuclear lamins are part of "normal" human aging is the question that draws researchers onward, says Goldman....Media alert: Special sessions feature Utah's military, agriculture connections
...not always been particularly comfortable. From the march of Johnston's Army on Utah during the Utah War of 1857-58, to the proliferation of military installations during and after World War II, to the experience of nuclear and chemical/biological Downwinders, Utahns have maintained a complex and ambiguous ...Faulty cell cycle checkpoints linked to lung cancer risk in African-Americans
...determines if the cell should temporarily halt its march toward division, allowing more time for the damage to be repaired. This checkpoint can be activated if a cell's genetic material is damaged or if mistakes were made when DNA was replicated. A less efficient checkpoint, however, would not catch and r...Experiments provide proof of how traveling in groups protects insects
...c than when they band together and head out on the march cross-country. Among examples are the many thousands of wildebeests and other hoofed mammals that form herds and migrate across the African plains. Countless millions of Mormon crickets and young locusts also sometimes unite with their own kind and f...... "This is the end of the human genome. If you march out to the ends of human chromosome, what's there? Now we know what is there at least part of the time," Cech said. "There may be other states of the telomere, as well, but we think this is right where the action is." ...