New study expands understanding of the role of RNA editing in gene control
...org/news_info/pressreleases/pr_11.03.05.htm .) The remaining coauthors on the current study are Miyoko Higuchi and Peter H. Seeburg at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany....Gene therapy for muscular dystrophy fixes frail muscle cells in animal model, Stanford study finds
...t gene to muscles throughout the body. Despite the remaining hurdles, both Rando and Calos said that their study is a step towards eventually treating muscular dystrophy and other diseases using gene therapy....Wisconsin scientists grow two new stem cell lines in animal cell-free culture
... culture systems. The new work effectively removes remaining animal products such as bovine serum and replaces them with products of human origin in a recipe that is completely defined. But while the new Wisconsin work represents an important advance for stem cell technology, the ability to now grow embryonic ...New protected areas keep Madagascar's conservation vision on track
...w contain more than 10 percent of the Madagascar's remaining humid forests and approximately 50 percent of the ... cleared, with only 15 percent of the land surface remaining forested. Saving what's left has become critical for all of the island's inhabitants, humans and ani...Cracking the genetic code for control of gene expression
...les need to be resolved in order to understand the remaining 98.8% of the genome. It is evident that genes are expressed in tightly controlled spatial and temporal patterns but we do not know the code by which the expression is regulated. In this post-genomic era, the next big goal is to decipher the genetic ......rtion of its synapses. Moreover, signalling at the remaining contact sites is significantly impaired. Staufen proteins are involved in the transport of molecular blueprints (mRNAs) to specific locations in a cell. The disturbance in the structure and function of synapses without Staufen2 protein suggests that ...Global warming - the blame is not with the plants
...definitely positive. The fundamental problem still remaining is the global large-scale anthropogenic burning of fossil fuels. Details of calculations used: In our study, we have linked global methane emission estimates to plant growth, which is generally quantified as net primary productivity (NPP). On a glo...Fewer fish eggs, smaller fish result from over-fishing
...e fish over several generations of fish causes the remaining fish in the populations to become progressively smaller, have fewer and smaller eggs with lower survival and growth, and have lower foraging and feeding rates, the researchers report. "We have shown for the first time that many traits correlated with...Discovery at Barrow localizes visual awareness
...nerating visual awareness. Those studies left most remaining areas of the brain as potential candidates. The present study places, for the first time, boundaries within the visual system to localize a small area in which visual awareness is generated. "Visual awareness is the feeling that makes the world seem ...Genetic evidence shows colonialists pushed orang-utans to brink of extinction
...o their genetic profiles. "It is clear that the remaining population of Orang-utans in Sabah is a very small fraction of what originally existed, and more importantly, if the decline continues at the same speed, the population will be extinct within a few decades," said Dr Goossens. Normally the genetic eff...Marsupial genome reveals insights into mammalian evolution
...off from other mammals 210 million years ago. The remaining marsupials split from the main (placental) group about 180 years ago." Significantly, the authors also found data supporting the idea that there was an ancient relationship between the MHC and another critical component of the immune system, the na...Chronic oil pollution takes toll on seabirds along South American coast
...ing grounds to change places with its partner. The remaining adult could be forced to abandon the nest to find food. Because the sources of chronic oil pollution are not obvious, Boersma said, the birds could be getting oiled as far as 900 miles away from their nesting grounds along the Argentine coast. "It's ...Missing steps of jumping-gene replication discovered
...ania School of Medicine researchers discovered the remaining steps in the complicated process of how the largest class of jumping genes replicates and inserts themselves within the human genome. Haig H. Kazazian, Jr. MD, Chair of the Department of Genetics, and colleagues at Penn published their findings in th...Researchers show the 'BEST' way to reduce osteoporosis risk
...ure at least 800 mg of calcium. The balance of the remaining recommended dietary allowance (RDA) of 1,000 mg per day was to be supplied by their food intake. The women who regularly took the recommended level of 800 mg of calcium supplement daily and continued to consume calcium in their meals showed greater i...Study finds 60 new genes controlled by DNA snippet
...ral question in genetics has become: what does the remaining 98 percent of human genetic material do? Regulatory sequences are emerging as an important part of the non-gene majority of human genetic material, once thought of as "junk DNA." A new frontier in genetic research is the defining of the regulome, the...Engineered heart tissue offers insights into irregular heartbeats, defibrillator failure
...wave 80 percent of the time, they reported. In the remaining cases, however, the pulses converted the single wave into multiple waves that continued to activate the cardiac cells at an accelerated rate. "In other words, instead of terminating it, the pacing actually perpetuated and worsened the initial conditi...New brain hormone puts brakes on reproduction
...University. The discovery supplied one of the last remaining pieces of the bird's hormone system that controls reproduction. GnIH seemed to be the missing antagonist that switches off pituitary gonadotropins, and work by Tsutsui and Bentley in quail and white-crowned sparrows confirmed its role in turning down...Language barrier just one roadblock to diabetes control for Chinese-speaking immigrants
...n early age or been born in the United States; the remaining 30 preferred Chinese. The Chinese-speaking group scored an average of nearly 63 percent vs. 85 percent for the English-speaking patients on a test of diabetes knowledge. In their dealings with healthcare professionals, the Chinese-speaking group repo...... and received a masters of science degree in 1998, remaining there for Ph.D. studies through a fellowship from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research. Under the guidance of Thomas Born, she examined how the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori adapts its adherence properties to fit predominant pattern...... 5-6 million per year, and the ministry funds the remaining 30%. In addition, the DFG provides a further 1.5 million annually for expedition costs as part of the "Implementation of METEOR and MERIAN Expeditions" Priority Programme. Through its funding of research vessels as central research facilities, the ...