Signs of aging: Scientists evaluate genes associated with longevity
...related diseases." SAGE involves the isolation of short gene-specific sequence tags and provides an unbiased and quantitative measurement of gene-expression differences. This study was the first to utilize SAGE to analyze aging-related gene-expression changes. It is expected that the large volume of SAG...Gene therapy completely corrects hemophilia in laboratory animals
...hemophilic dogs. The viral vector also contained a short DNA promoter sequence to make the gene active only in liver cells, one of the sites of factor VIII production in non-hemophiliacs. The normal mechanisms of viral reproduction enabled insertion of the genetic material from the engineered vectors int...Nitrogen fertilization of soil puts rare plant species at risk, nationwide study determines
... put even the most abundant plant species at risk: short height (short plants receive less sunlight in the ...f supporting the bacteria hurts the plants); and a short life span (longer-living plants do not have to start the life cycle all over again)."Based on simple...Can money grow on trees? Win-win strategies for 'sustainable bioprospecting'
...ource and user countries has to be aware that high short term profits in an imperfect legal framework is sub- optimal to the long-term collaborative drug R&D option".......tion and long-term drought, water resources are in short supply and will need sound managementto meet present and future needs. Safe and clean water is central to American life. We expect safe water from every faucet any time wewant, and most economic activity relies on readily available and clean water. T...Meeting to explore possible gene expression consortium
... microarrays use thousands or tens of thousands of short lengths of single-strand DNA, fixed in a grid about the size of a postage stamp, to rapidly measure gene activity. It's a powerful technology, but one that has evolved rapidly, and in advance of any underlying scientific infrastructure to quantitativ...A decade after launch, ERS-2's mission continues
..., improving the quality of weather forecasting and short term 'nowcasting'. Another ERS-2 sensor working in near-real time is its Global Ozone Mapping Experiment (GOME), delivering atmospheric global coverage of ozone, other trace gases, supporting operational services such as Tropospheric Emission Monito...PNAS highlights for the week of April 25-29
...vironmental conditions. Dormancy is induced by the short days and cold temperatures of winter. Isabel Allona and colleagues investigated the role of the chestnut's circadian clock genes in regulating this period of dormancy. The researchers grew chestnut seedlings under controlled conditions in the laborat...Royal Society study on adaptability of fish to warming oceans
...clock, we are able to demonstrate that there was a short time interval between about 75 and 55 Ma when a large number of lineages specialising in deposit feeding independently migrated off-shelf. This coincides with a marked increase in surface water productivity, and suggests that changes in the availabil...Pulsating ultrasound enhances gene therapy for tumors
...Ill. High-intensity focused ultrasound emitted in short pulses is a promising, non-invasive procedure for ....A., from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), short pulses of HIFU can be used to prevent exposed tissue from becoming too hot and damaged. Pulsed-HIFU ...Wisconsin researchers identify sleep gene
...tions were normal sleepers. But these flies became short sleepers when the researchers removed genetic modi...pe to make it ineffective," Cirelli says. "Being a short sleeper is probably not a good thing. We know that the mns mutation affects mortality, but we're not...UCSD medical researchers show protein's role in stopping bacterial-induced inflammation
...d c-Rel will bind to their target genes for only a short duration. Once RelA and c-Rel are removed from th...ections. However, such an inhibitor should have a short half-life, so that its potential devastating effect can be properly terminated. The Karin lab, which...Re-discovered ivory billed woodpecker still faces challenge to survival
...yet the FY06 Administration request falls woefully short of what's needed to keep pace with needs. "Unless we begin to see a concerted long-term effort to increase Refuge System funding, we'll have more surprises, but rarely positive like the recent discovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker," said Hirsche. ...Study proposes new method to investigate genetic hybridization
...aptive radiation throughout most of its relatively short history....NIH awards Georgia Tech/Emory $11.5 M for nano cardiology research
...seek out and detect specific target genes. It is a short piece of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) in the shape of a hairpin loop with a fluorescent dye molecule at one end and a "quencher" molecule at the other end. The ssDNA is synthesized to match a region on a specific messenger RNA (mRNA) that is unique to...Scientists find microRNAs regulate plant development
...ulatory genes that mediate auxin responses contain short stretches of sequence that are complementary to microRNAs, and therefore have been considered potential targets of microRNA-mediated regulation. One of these targets is the transcription factor AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR17 (ARF17), which is thought to rep...New tool reveals secrets of migrating cells
...ton imaging is that if you hit a dye molecule in a short period of time with two photons of light, each pho...system they use employs an infrared laser emitting short intense pulses of 920 nanometer-wavelength light. In the thymus, it's possible to view cells 400 mic...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 2005
...apers, a vendor product exhibition and a number of short courses, Included in the tutorials is a course taught by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Wayne Manges about wireless systems. Manges, a member of the lab's Engineering Science & Technology Division, will examine wireless protocols, frequencies, syste...Killer dinosaurs turned vegetarian
... million years ago had larger bodies, long necks, short legs, broad hips, short tails, lightly built skeletons, small heads and many small, leaf-shaped teeth except at the front o......m each parent, which comes in two common versions: short and long. The short version makes less protein, resulting in less recycling, increased levels of serotonin in the synaps...