Antibiotics help combat dangerous tropical disease
...already licensed for medical use,' Professor Hrauf points out. 'Elephantiasis hits the poor most of all. It is therefore not likely that the pharmaceuticals industry will develop completely new drugs.'...DNA constraints control structure of attached macromolecules
...ased on the shape of the RNA and on the attachment points of the DNA constraint." In cases where the normal RNA shape and the DNA constraint cannot co-exist simultaneously, the balance between competing RNA and DNA structures is controlled by the concentration of magnesium ions, Silverman said. In work not ...San Francisco State University receives JavaOne award
...r Science Department. "I believe that this project points to a new model for the way computer science can be taught. The stimulating, true collaboration between industry and higher education using open source software can produce great advances and will excite students about choosing careers in computer sci...Programming organic transistors with light; the unusual origin of peacock brown; rotating nanowires
...ge optical instruments. In addition, the discovery points the way to new paints and coatings that are not susceptible to the chemical changes that can degrade pigments over time. 3) NanoSpinners D. L. Fan et al. Physical Review Letters Forthcoming articles A new method for controlling the rotation of nan...Dirk Inz receives the Francqui Prize for Biological and Medical Sciences 2005
... plants continuously form new cells in the growing points that organize themselves into new leaves, stems, flowers, seeds and other structures. This cell propagation is thus the most important factor contributing to the form of plants and to the rate at which plants develop. Cells are able to duplicate them...Change in prenatal genetic testing could reduce detection rate of abnormalities
...Wing Cheong Leung (University of Hong Kong, China) points out that most abnormalities not diagnosed by FISH and PCR would be picked up via routine ultrasound scans....DNA scans reveal possible location of lung cancer genes
... professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School, points out that the presence of copy-number changes doesn't guarantee that genes in the identified regions are involved in cancer. "We'll need to characterize the genes in these regions in detail to understand their role and whether they are cancer-causing ...Ethanol and biodiesel from crops not worth the energy
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...t swelling and other symptoms of arthritis. Shai points out that using FP, a tiny piece of a piece of the HIV virus, would pose no danger to patients as it lacks any ability to either infect cells or to reproduce. Rather, as the scientists note in their paper, the study of a destructive virus may contain ...Trio of plant genes prevent 'too many mouths'
...ch other. These genes appear to have roles at two points in the production of stomata. First, they inhibit undifferentiated cells those unspecialized cells that have yet to turn into specific cell types from making too many stomata and then they repress the development of two guard cells that open and cl...Nanotubes inspire new technique for healing broken bones
...earch is particularly notable in the sense that it points the way to a possible new direction for carbon nanotube applications, in the medical treatment of broken bones," says Leonard Interrante, Ph.D., editor of Chemistry of Materials and a professor in the department of chemistry and chemical biology at...Researchers discover how tumor suppressor gene works
... melanoma and other human cancers works. The study points the way to treatments based on the function of the gene. The researchers, led by Zigang Dong, director of the university's Hormel Institute in Austin, Minn., have applied for a patent on one such treatment. The work will be published online July 10 i......om being ready for use in actual landfills, but it points toward a promising approach to waste management: decreasing pollution while producing useful materials....Sleeping beauty plays a significant role in identifying cancer genes
... major leap forward in understanding cancer's weak points and thus lead to better treatments." According to Largaespada, "About 300 human cancer-related genes have thus far been reported in the scientific literature. Most of those identified are involved in cancers of the blood system. So, there are likely......le material for transplant therapies." The primary points of the AACR position on stem cell biology are: Human stem cell research will elucidate critical aspects of cell growth and differentiation that are altered during the formation and growth of tumors. Research on tissue-specific stem cells from adult......ejnowski. "But we are confident that this evidence points to ectopic release, and this means that you can't ...of neurotransmission that neurons use at different points in their life cycle." Sejnowski and his colleagues have initiated further studies using their simula...Salk scientists overturn a dogma of nerve cell communication
...he computer model verified our suspicions." Coggan points out that traditional and ectopic neurotransmission might simply serve different functions since acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter bridging the synaptic gap in the ciliary ganglion, activates two different types of nicotinic receptors: Alpha7-acetyl...APS oxytocin/vasopressin conference: 13 highlighted presentations
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