US Agency for International Development awards $34 million to Virginia Tech
... collaborating institutions are ready to implement these two projects immediately." "Research results will benefit the countries involved through increased farm income, reduced pesticide use, greater involvement of women in Integrated Pest Management and natural resource management decision-making, a...Report: How 10 top new technologies will help world reach globally-agreed goals by 2015
...ell as the mosquito that carries it. Knowledge of these genomes, paired with the knowledge of the human genome, can be used to develop new drugs and vaccines. As well, the report forecasts the creation of microbicides for female-controlled protection against sexually transmitted disease like HIV, both wit...Embryonic stem cells correct congenital heart defect in mouse embryos
... protein impairs the stem cells' ability to rescue these embryonic mouse heart cells. These cells are very powerful, but also apparently very delicate." To understand the molecular basis of the rescue, the authors identified two important molecules implicated in signaling from the ES cells to the Id knock-...Emory chemists develop bacteria that may help decaffeinate coffee
...affeine." Gallivan says that the idea is to supply these bacteria with caffeine, and give each bacterium a piece of DNA from coffee plants that may encode the enzyme that will allow the bacterium to convert the caffeine to the theophylline it needs to survive. "At the end of the day, we will know that al...Children's Hospital Boston wins $2.5 million in health surveillance grants
...der the patient's personal control. CHIP will link these personal health records with public-health informa...d reducing the number of flu cases. "By combining these two elements, we hope to promote good practices around influenza control," says Mandl, an internatio...Why do African-American women have more pregnancy problems?
...have provided money to fund prenatal programs, but these have made little difference in the overall problem...into contact with pregnant patients regularly. Are these providers injecting personal bias or stereotypes onto their patients that ultimately affect care? A...Electronics recycling made easy
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...p4," Schuetz said. "There is an expanding array of these types of drugs being developed; and unless there is a way to block Mrp4 when giving these agents, the effectiveness of these new agents could be significantly compromised." Other authors o...'Junk' DNA may be very valuable to embryos
...es," says Dr. Knowles. "Also, random insertions of these elements can introduce variation in genes, potentially altering their function." The researchers think that expression of retrotransposons during very early stages may contribute to the reprogramming of the mammalian embryonic genome, a prerequis...Cells in retina found to behave like soap bubbles
...ain and again across the eye. Gaining insight into these patterns can help researchers understand the interplay between genetics and physics in cell formation. "The cells we studied, those found in the retina of the fruit fly, adopt mathematically predictable shapes and configurations," said Richard W. Ca...New method identifies chromosome changes in malignant cells
...checked growth into tumors. The most aggressive of these distortions occurs when cells delete or multiply c...Until now, scientists had no routine way to detect these alterations except for very large-scale deletions or additions. Finding small, but critical addition...UF scientists have bionanotechnology recipe to find elusive bacteria
...or Research at the Bio/Nano Interface. "Because of these properties, we're able to finish the detection of a single bacterium in 20 minutes." Bionanotechnology is a new frontier of research that combines two seemingly incompatible materials the building blocks of life and synthetic structures at a tiny,...Environmental exposures before and after birth can harm children's lungs
...ians, shows that young children who are exposed to these pollutants may be significantly more likely to dev...n compromise the respiratory health of children in these areas," said Richard S. Irwin, MD, FCCP, President of the American College of Chest Physicians. "Thi...Genetic link to risky pregnancy
... cells known as natural killer (NK) cells. During these interactions, the trophoblast sends signals to the... NK cells get the right message, a balance between these opposing signals must be achieved. In this study, Hiby et al analyzed the genes that encode these p...Acoustics meeting in San Diego
...effects. Crum will present preliminary results of these experiments, which did not require the participati...ophisticated quality control in the manufacture of these state-of the-art airplanes. (4aSA3) OCEAN NOISE AND MARINE MAMMALS In the ocean, marine mammals...New study on smallpox in monkeys reveals tactics of a killer
...which the virus subverts host defenses. Uncovering these mechanisms gives scientists targets for developing countermeasures to lessen or block the ability of the smallpox virus to cause disease. Experts believe that this new knowledge of how smallpox acts on cells could speed up development of smallpox...Rutgers-led research offers new clues in the genetic mysteries of maize
...enes. Through mechanisms not yet revealed, many of these genes were shed and then others duplicated through gene amplification as this process is termed. When compared to closely related species today, the researchers found that as much as 22 percent of the maize genes could be identified as being differen...Estrogen protects male rats from aortic aneurysms
...tured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Eighty percent of these aneurysms, which doctors call AAAs for short, occur in men. Scientists know very little about why this often-undetected condition, for which there is no medical treatment, strikes men more often than women. But vascular surgeons at the University of...Study in Royal Society journals presents evidence for inherited factors in homosexuality
...ales, recovering the loss of fitness. They suggest these factors should be partly bound to the X chromosome... thought to result from sexual selection. However, these 'showy' traits can also incur increased predation risk. We examined the trade-off between sexual se...UNC scientists identify sticky protein in sickle cell red blood cells
...ell," said Brittain. "Our current thinking is that these results may benefit patients suffering from a numb...d for use in diseases such as Crohn's disease, and these inhibitors are now attractive and rational therapies for sickle cell disease," said Parise. ...