Accelerating loss of ocean species threatens human well-being
...trients, it scrubs toxins out of the water, and it produces food and turns carbon dioxide into food and oxygen." But in order to provide these services, the ocean needs all its working parts, the millions of plant and animal species that inhabit the sea." The study analyzed 32 controlled experiments, observ...U of M researchers invent 'flashy' new process to turn soy oil, glucose into hydrogen
...lion times faster than you can in your kitchen and produces hydrogen and carbon monoxide, a mixture called synthesis gas, or syngas, because it is used to make chemicals and fuels, including gasoline. The new process works 10 to 100 times faster than current technology, with no input of fossil fuels and in re...Accelerating loss of ocean species threatens human well-being
...trients, it scrubs toxins out of the water, and it produces food and turns carbon dioxide into food and oxygen." But in order to provide these services, the ocean needs all its working parts, the millions of plant and animal species that inhabit the sea. The strength of the study is the consistent agreement...ASU researchers test antibacterial effects of healing clays
...prosy and tuberculosis, the Mycobacterium ulcerans produces a toxin, lesions, and destroys the fatty tissues under the skin. "The toxin is immunosuppressant; the patients feel no pain and the body mounts no response to infection. It leads to disfigurement, isolation, not unlike that seen in leprosy," Haydel...The CReSA is working on a new strategy to combat spongiforms
... prion (PrPi), which has no nucleic acid and which produces contagious neurodegenerative diseases in different...tolerance barrier, that is, that the animal's body produces an immune response to one of its antigens. The researchers have achieved this objective using a DN...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Oct. 25, 2006
...nd of DNA damage that can lead to cancer. The gene produces an enzyme that breaks down acetaldehyde. Individuals with the gene variant produce little aldehyde dehydrogenase and high levels of acetaldehyde build up in their blood after alcohol consumption. Millions of people have the gene variant, which occur...Inventor helps grasslands go native
...ve seed, as do ranchers and landscapers. Such seed produces grasses that are prized for their drought and wildfire resistance, ability to stabilize eroding soil, desirability as forage and reseeding capacity. Much of the seed market is for the restoration of lands disturbed by mining, road construction and fi...Scientists discover two-component lantibiotic with therapeutic potential
...aloduracin by its discoverers. "The bacterium that produces haloduracin grows at pH 9 and above, suggesting that the lantibiotic it produces will be stable in the human body, unlike nisin, which is unstable at pH 7 and above," van der Donk s...Computing catches up with theory
...ion or diffusion of the activa-tion factor. Yet it produces remarkably true-to-life results. In the next few years, the team will refine the model by incorporating molecular and sub-cellular details while enhancing the representation of fluid dynamics and interactions be-tween platelets and other cells, work...Scientists find lamprey a 'living fossil'
...e host's soft tissues with its piston-like tongue, produces strands of mucus to trap the food and feeds on the body fluids. A fish attacked by lampreys may be severely injured or even killed....Electronic chip, interacting with the brain, modifies pathways for controlling movement
...connects neighboring sites in the motor cortex, it produces long-lasting changes. Namely, the movements evoked from the recording site changed to resemble those evoked from the stimulation site. The researchers said that a likely explanation for these changes is the strengthening of pathways within the corte...Gene variation affects pain sensitivity and risk of chronic pain
...BH4 is an essential ingredient in the process that produces dopamine and several other nerve-signaling chemicals (neurotransmitters). It also plays other important roles in the body. However, this study is the first to show that GCH1 and BH4 play a role in pain. The investigators tested the effects of GTP...Discovery about evolution of fungi has implications for humans, says U of M researcher
...ctures obtained through electron microscopy, which produces detailed images that provide clues to the diversity of these organisms. The work is funded by a $2.65 million "Assembling the Tree of Life" grant from the National Science Foundation that was awarded to Duke University, the University of Minnesota, O...Protein important in blood clotting may also play a role in fertility
...ne. Male mice missing both copies of the gene that produces the protein, called CIB1, have testes about half the normal size, have smaller numbers of the cells that give rise to sperm and produce no mature sperm at all, the researchers found. Female mice missing CIB1 were fertile, as were males missing only o...Intrinsic eye protein halts angiogenesis
...n. "We want to know what it is in the cornea that produces so much of this protein which inhibits angiogenesis. With that knowledge we will be closer to fighting the growth of everything from vision-obscuring blood vessels in the eye to cancers," said Jayakrishna....New dwarf buffalo discovered by chance in the Philippines
...ssils to be found in the Philippines, which rarely produces fossils due to its hot, wet conditions, which are not conducive to fossil preservation. Only a few fossils of elephants, rhinos, pig, and deer have been found previously, according to Dr. Angel Bautista, a co-author of the study and curator of anthro...Yale-BioHaven Entrepreneurship Seminar: 454 Life Sciences aiming for the $10K Human Genome
...ing patented light emitting sequencing chemistries produces sequence information at more than 60-times the capacity of instruments using the current technology. In 2005, the company entered into an agreement with Roche for the promotion, sale, and distribution of 454 Life Sciences' sequencing systems, inclu...HIV exploits competition among T cells
...nt strains. The winners the T cells that the body produces in mass quantities to fight the disease are the ones with the best overall record against the most recogniztable strains. Among the losers, however, there may be T cells that better control the other less recognizable, but still deadly, strains. "O...18th EORTC -- NCI -- AACR Symposium
...g or to be press-released include: MEK inhibitor produces stable disease in advanced solid cancers; phase II trials started Drug that interrupts a key stage of cell division shows promise in patients with solid tumours New evidence that embryonic stem cell vaccinations prevent lung cancer in mice thi......on a suit of armor, Halford said. However, herpes produces a protein, ICP0, that tricks every infected cell into destroying its own armor. Once the cell's armor is gone, the virus can propagate itself and spread to other cells, which are in turn tricked into lowering their defenses. In his research, Halfor...