Protein energy profiles offer clues about amyloids
...e build up of amyloids, tissue that's created when millions upon millions of misfolded proteins stick together and form a mass that the body can't get rid of on its own. Doct...ASPB opposes ban of GE crops in Butte County Ballot Measure D
...ld. This enhanced Golden Rice promises to prevent millions of cases of blindness among children of poor nations and help avert many childhood deaths. The progress of science using modern technologies, such as biotechnology, is leading to genetically engineered foods that will be safer, more nutritious, heal...Report: How 10 top new technologies will help world reach globally-agreed goals by 2015
...through genomic sciences and thereby save tens of millions of lives per year in developing countries. "Imagin...vitamin A-rich "Golden Rice" to improve health for millions without a balanced diet; Sequencing pathogen genomes to understand their biology and identify new ...Effort to control trade in great white sharks gets teeth from international community
...--which has roamed the ocean largely unchanged for millions of years--as an impressive animal that we need to cherish and protect."...NHGRI seeks next generation of sequencing technologies
...identical DNA fragments on magnetic beads, packing millions of them into a chamber and then extending each of those molecules while detecting the addition of fluorescently labeled DNA building blocks or nucleotides. Kenton Lohman, Ph.D., 454 Life Sciences Corp., Branford, Conn. $2 million (2 years) "Massively...The long road to a promising malaria vaccine started at NYU School of Medicine
...ld's biggest killers. Malaria afflicts hundreds of millions of people, causing up to 3 million deaths every year, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. Many of its victims are young children. In a study reported today of more than 2,000 children in Mozambique, the vaccine reduced life-threatening attacks of ...ASPB opposes proposed ban of GMOs in Humboldt county ballot measure M
...e to harsh chemical pesticides by farm workers and millions of Americans. Genetically engineered plants that ...eveloping world. Golden rice promises to prevent millions of cases of blindness among children of poor nations and help avert many childhood deaths. The be...Mice thrive despite massive genetic makeover
...suffered no apparent ills from their genomes being millions of letters lighter. The research findings are published in the October 21 edition of the journal Nature.After completing the sequencing of the human genome, a question still lingers: is all the non-coding DNA (sometimes called "junk DNA")--which ...Passage of GMO ban in San Luis Obispo would encourage use of harsh pesticides
...e to harsh chemical pesticides by farm workers and millions of Americans. Genetically engineered plants that m...f the developing world. Lack of vitamin A causes millions of cases of blindness among children of poor nations as well as many childhood deaths. ...Large-scale forces shape local ocean life, global study shows
...caused by geological upheaval and biotic isolation millions of years ago. Global warming and pollution are other regional forces that can impact local diversity. "The work is a wake-up call," Witman said. "We need to think about regional processes if we want to preserve biodiversity." Witman s...Insects implicated in the evolution of new human infectious diseases
...nfectious diseases, such as the plague that killed millions in the 14th and 17th centuries, evolve. Writing in the October edition of Nature Reviews: Microbiology, the researchers point to the large reservoir of diseases in invertebrates, such as fleas and nematode worms, which are currently harmless to huma...Passage of Marin County GMO ban would encourage widespread use of harsh pesticides
...e to harsh chemical pesticides by farm workers and millions of Americans. Genetically engineered plants that m...f the developing world. Lack of vitamin A causes millions of cases of blindness among children of poor nations as well as many childhood deaths. The benefits ...Solutions to stop fishermen returning dead and dying marine animals back into sea - study
... problem fishing activity which costs the industry millions of pounds and has a major impact on the marine env...ta. Almost one million tonnes in weight and many millions of pounds worth of discards including haddock, cod, whiting and flatfish like plaice, sole and dab ...Genetically endowed worm may substitute for rodents in some toxicology testing
...elp find out. What we've done is save that company millions of dollars because it no longer has to do as large a rat study. "It can cost a company $10 million and it may have to go through 100,000 rats over a year or two just to do a complete study on one chemical. With our worms, I envision we'll be able...Research to explore revolutionary gene sequencing: Threading the molecular needle
...A "bases") in the human genome that comprises many millions of bases. "Cyclodextrins are Mother Nature's little molecular rings," explained Lindsay. "They are just big enough to slide a strand of DNA through. Conveniently, Mother Nature also makes them with neat little reactive groups on the side, ...Gut microbes can open gates in fat cells
...ly attuned to our physiological needs. "Over their millions of years of coevolution with us, microbes have learned to manipulate networks of human genes," Gordon says. "By defining these networks, we can learn 'new ways' to promote health." As a result of such research, physicians may one day opt to make spe...Are museum collections of ancient life representative?
...ions to answer questions about what lived on earth millions of years ago and how life evolved. Digging up stream beds, river banks, flood plains, and road cuts and analyzing the resulting boxes of dirt and rock is time consuming and expensive. Also, many promising sites are being covered with human developmen...Plentiful fossils of dinosaur contemporary allow population study
...rg, Va. Dinosaurs ruled the earth for hundreds of millions of years, then disappeared so completely that to f...os ahynis, a 12 to 18-inch reptile that also lived millions of years ago, at the same time as the earliest dinosaurs. Tanytrachelos is a long-necked reptile th...Scientists pioneer biotech techniques to halt infestation of history, art treasures in tropics
...Luis Ramirez, Director of UNU-BIOLAC. "There are millions of bacteria and fungi causing a disaster throughout the developing world. Biotechnology allows us to identify exactly the material used by an artist, the specific pest that has invaded or threatens it, and to customize the preservation treatment req...Cranfield collaborator receives multi million dollar financing
...asurement, is required multiple times each day for millions of people with diabetes. Head of Cranfield Unive...significantly reduces the pain of a procedure that millions of diabetics go through multiple times a day. This is an especially important breakthrough for diabe...