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Protein Targets for Carcinogenesis

.... E1 activates Ub and transfers it to E2, which in turn cooperates with an so-called Ub ligase (E3) that couples Ub to a specific target protein. However, Dikic and colleagues discovered that certain proteins can be ubiquitinated independently of E3 ligases which caused a stir among experts. A prerequis...

Afghan Couple Turn to Indian Sperm Banks for Help

...al disturbances in Afghans. And such imbalances in turn could in turn lead to infertility. When they have a choice, they always prefer Kashmiri sperms. For they are bel...

Oman to Launch First Bio-refinery in Gulf Region

...ubled within two years. The plant is expected to turn in a profit of US$225 million in its very first year of operation, Mohammed Saif Al Harthy, CEO of OGEC was quoted as saying. "The uniqueness of the project is that cellulose, which will be converted into ethanol, would be extracted from the date p...

JK Rowling Intensifies Her Disabled Children's Rights Crusade

...d that nearly all my new Czech acquaintances would turn out to be psychiatrists and social welfare workers working actively to change things," The Sun quoted Rowling, as stating. The best-seller author revealed that she got in touch with Baroness Emma Nicholson to seek help. "After writing innumerable...

Two MSU Professors Spearhead International Water Project

...most everything. They are used in some places to turn sea water into fresh water, said Voice. The challenge is to do this cost effectively, and we seek to do this by improving their performance. Development of robust membranes is a significant opportunity to enhance the quality of water and, ultimate...

US Hospitals Increasingly Colonized by Drug-resistant Germs

...006, to count cases of the infection. They were to turn in the number of all the patients in their health care facilities who were identified through test results as infected or colonized with the superbug. The final results represented 1,237 hospitals and nursing homes or roughly 21 percent of U.S. in...

Chinese City Turns Off the Air-con

... degree last year, and some buildings are still to turn on their units this year. The move comes after Beijing and Yangzhou, an eastern city, recruited "energy police" to check whether energy consumption in buildings met national standards, the report said. Members of China's cabinet have also called on...

Japan's All-star Speed Eater Suffers Professional Injury

...reputation as moderate eaters, Kobayashi helped to turn competitive eating into a television sensation with "food fighters" downing everything from sushi to cakes. But Japanese television began to shy away from such contests after a 14-year-old junior high school student choked to death in 2002 trying t...

Violent Videogames Attract Criticism Again

... media violence on children. "No, your son may not turn into a criminal. But exposure will take a toll on his life somewhere, probably in interpersonal relationships. These are subtle effects. They take time to surface. A teen isn't going to notice them." Child advocates such as the Boston-based Campaig...

Fishes Use Threat of Punishment in Mating Process

...ial queues in which the smaller members wait their turn before they can mate. We wanted to find out how t...mate, and all the other females have to wait their turn in a queue based on their size the fishy equivalent of the barnyard pecking order. Dr Wong found ...

Tinnitus Patients can Lead a Normal Life

...magnified role. This fact alerts the patient and turn triggers the perception of auditory discomfort, according to Ms Heitzmann. The limbic system, responsible for emotions and learning, is then activated and the autonomous nervous system, which causes the discomfort. It is at these levels that interven...

China Uncovers Thousands of Dangerous Foods

...tryside and Han said investigators now intended to turn their attention onto the cities. The announcement of the investigation's findings come as China faces unprecedented international scrutiny over the quality of its food imports and other goods that have caused harm to buyers overseas. Reports in t...

Chandigarh Set to Be No-smoking Zone from July 15

Chandigarh is all set to turn into a "no-smoking zone" by mid-July this year. According to the authorities, the ban would be fully enforced from July 15 and will cover markets, restaurants and cafes. Smoking kills over a million of the 250 million users annually in the countr...

Young Adults Seldom Try Proven Methods to Kick the Butt

...ous about wanting to kick the butt, but the seldom turn to tried and tested methods that could help them quit smoking. The news comes from public health researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who conducted study on young adults' smoking habits. They found that though people within the ...

Teenage Birthrate Declining in US Both Abstinence and Awareness Called for to Maintain the Trend

...s Pregnancy Centers (CPC) that receive huge funds turn out to be dangerous conduits of false and fear-based information and a religious message. The United States has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the western industrialized world. Whatever is working -- abstinence education, comprehensive educa...

Replacing a Genome Boosts Race to Develop Designer Bugs: Study

...stance, the other caused bacteria expressing it to turn blue. The enhanced Mycoplasma mycoides genome was added to a test-tube of M. capricolum, and the contents of the tube were exposed to an antibiotic. Within four days blue colonies appeared, indicating that the host organisms had taken up the fore...

DNA Transplant Brings Creation of Artificial Life a Step Closer

...NA of a bacterium with that of a close relative to turn it into a different species. The success of his work paves the way for future studies aimed at creating synthetic life by doing the same experimentation on a genome that has been man-made from scratch. Dr Venter, who recently applied for a pate...

Proteins Behind Mad Cow Disease may Protect Against Alzheimer's

...cells, causing them to change their shape which in turn results in brain damage and death. Given that Alzheimer's and variant CJD are similar, the researchers looked for a link between the two diseases. They found that the build-up of beta-amyloid protein was reduced when the levels of prions were h...

Taj Mahal is Enveloped by Pollution and a Foul Smell

...s, worried that the soot and fumes will eventually turn the gleaming white Taj Mahal black, have raised an alarm for saving the monument. Sugam Anand, a historian with Agra University, says the Taj needs corrective treatment fast."We have to take measures, which will stop that decay, Anand said. Though,...

RNA Play a Vital Role in Gene Activity

...ght switch, the same stretch of DNA can be used to turn genes either on or off, depending on their protein partners." But then Rinn looked more deeply. The fact that the ncRNAs have remained virtually unchanged over millions of years suggests they may be playing non-traditional but vital roles in gene e...

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