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South America's vast pantanal wetland may become next everglades, UNU experts warn

...anal is the world's largest freshwater wetland, of active interest to U.S. scientists for insights into the lost biodiversity of Florida's famed Everglades, altered by drainage projects starting in the 1940s to make way for development and agriculture. In a message to mark World Water Day, March 22, UNU sa...

Rush Physicians Using Gene Therapy For Heart Patients With Moderate To Severe Chest Pains Who Do Not Benefit From Other Treatments

...placebo. For every three patients that receive the active gene, one will receive a placebo. Following treatment, patients enrolled in the study will be examined for chest pain at one month, three months and six months. A total of 404 patients will be enrolled in the study at the 20 study sites across the co...

Protein offers way to stop microscopic parasites in their tracks

...parasite used at least four of those genes to make active proteases. When they looked at where and when Toxoplasma made the proteases, they found that only one, TgROM5, consistently showed up at the back end of the parasite, where it would be ideally positioned to snip off the adhesive protein spots. Cell ...

Asthma gene clusters identified

...cluster was identified that was comprised of genes active in acute asthma, but not stable asthma. They also identified gene clusters that were active in stable asthma, but not the acute form of the disease. "Now that we know what genes are turned on...

Effective Cancer Treatments Follow The Clock

...n contrast, `jams' the circadian clock at the most active point in its cycle.?/p> Biological clocks function in the brain as well as lung, liver, heart and skeletal muscles. They operate on a 24-hour, circadian (Latin for "about a day") cycle that governs functions like sleeping and waking, rest and act...

LUCA technologies confirms real-time methane generation

...ah. This site represents the latest in a series of active "GeobioreactorsTM" that Luca Technologies has iden... methane. Three additional sites are not currently active but may have the potential to be turned into active Geobioreactors through cross-inoculation with mi...

Scientists discuss improved biopesticides for locust control in West Africa

...ocust biopesticides may be used. Vaughan has been active in locust control since 1997, when he assumed coordination of the USAID-funded project at Virginia Tech, "Development of Biopesticides for Grasshopper and Locust Control in Sub-Saharan Africa," which wrapped up in June 2004. Agblevor participated in ...

Variation in women's X chromosomes may explain differences among individuals, between sexes

...e, they found. The proportion of genes that remain active differs dramatically among regions of the X chromo...s of the X chromosome will depend on the number of active genes normally contained within that segment, he explained. The findings also highlight key differe...

Hirsute Or Hairless? Two Proteins May Spell The Difference

...ons diminishes. By identifying which molecules are active in specific cell types at specific developmental stages, this study lays the foundation for dissecting the mechanisms that connect two key processes—intercellular remodeling and proliferation—in epithelial development. And since the consequences of T...

DuPont's first biologically derived polymer receives global recognition

...and health category. Fabrics made with Sorona® for active wear, apparel and sportswear are commercially available through Chinese fiber and fabric manufacturers. More than 1,000 products from multinational and local companies were considered for this recognition. The judging panel commented, "Chemical fibe...

Antiretroviral therapy may prevent excess risk of some cancers in people with HIV

...ed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) may prevent most excess cases of Kaposi sarcoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, according to a new study in the March 16 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Studies of people with acquired immunodeficiency...

Viral protein influences key cell-signaling pathway

...lar genes out of 33,000 become either more or less active due to the p12 protein. The researchers found that p12 altered the activity of a variety of genes linked to chemical pathways that control cell signaling, proliferation and death. The p300 gene stood out as one showing increased activity. Taken over...

Insight into natural cholesterol control suggests novel cholesterol-lowering therapy

...tase activity, contributing to a major increase in active reductase that becomes progressively harder to control, according to the researchers. The new findings suggest that drugs that mimic lanosterol--given along with statins--may improve the drugs' long-term ability to lower cholesterol by stimulating re...

50-year-old Mystery Solved: Protein Tags Regulate Key Ion Channel

...ss known as sumoylation -- until now thought to be active only in the nucleus -- also occurs near the cell's...n, previously associated with nuclear proteins, is active and essential outside the nucleus at the plasma membrane," said study author Steven Goldstein, M.D.,...

Affymetrix Licenses Microfluidics Technology From Caliper Life Sciences

...day is the second agreement since Caliper began an active program to out-license its intellectual property portfolio. The new "LabChip Driven" program was put in place to support the company's microfluidics adoption strategy and to broaden and accelerate the availability of new technologies and products for...

Computational Method Speeds Mapping of Cell Signaling Networks

...gnaling. Such alterations occur only at points of active signaling in the network. The researchers measured the modified signaling molecules to determine where along the pathway T-cell components changed in response to signals. An increase in the amount of the molecules indicated spots where they were most...

Researchers uncover sequence of major rice pathogen

... has been subject to invasion and proliferation of active transposable elements, reflecting the clonal nature of this fungus imposed by widespread rice cultivation. ...

Brain-mapping technique aids understanding of sleep, wakefulness

...als awake receives inhibitory signals from neurons active only during sleep, as well as reinforcing, positive signals from nerve cells that are very active during wakefulness. The findings, available online and appearing in the April 21 issue of the journ...

Discovery may lead to better Candidiasis drug

...esults showed that histatin was significantly less active when the suspect target was missing. Further research indicated that histatin binding to the target protein killed the fungal cells by preventing it from regulating its ions, the positive and negative charged molecules that move into, and out of, ce...

Defenseless plants arm themselves with metals

...d salicylic acid - a common plant compound and the active ingredient in pharmaceuticals like aspirin and acne medications - governs this pathway. When faced with a fungus or bacteria, most plants turn up their production of salicylic acid, which then interacts with other molecules in the plant, eventually ...

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