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Illinois pig to make history as source of first complete swine genome

...nd disease treatments. "This grant represents the efforts of many colleagues around the world," Schook said.... truly gratifying to have the USDA acknowledge the efforts of our LGSI and our national and international collaborators by selecting our proposal for funding,"...

Wisconsin scientists find a way to make human collagen in the lab

...nplace and useful protein, collagen has defied the efforts of biomedical researchers who have tried mightily to synthesize it for use in applications ranging from new wound-healing technologies to alleviating arthritis. The reason: Scientists were unable to synthesize the human protein because they had no wa...

Curry and cauliflower could halt prostate cancer

...e not decreased in past decades despite tremendous efforts and resources devoted to treatment. This is because advanced prostate cancer cells are barely responsive even to high concentrations of chemotherapeutic agents or radiotherapy. The authors noted that in contrast to the high incidence of prostate can...

Botox could help target resistant tumors for treatment

...sages of chemotherapy and radiation, and increased efforts to develop more drugs to which tumors don't show resistance. To increase the efficacy of anti-cancer treatments, the new study examined strategies that transiently opened the tumor vascular bed to alleviate tumor hypoxia. "Hypoxia is a source of res...

UC San Diego partners with Venter Institute to build marine microbial genomics cyberinfrastructure

...iology." The CAMERA project builds on pioneering efforts in metagenomics to sequence the genomes of entire microbial communities, often comprising thousands of species. The largest such effort is Venter Institute's Sorcerer II Expedition, for which sequencing is funded by the Moore Foundation. The Expediti...

Spousal illness can trigger partner death

...social network," Christakis says. "This means that efforts to reduce disease, disability, and death can be self-reinforcing, since a decrease in the burden of these events in one person can have a cascading benefit for others. The training and assistance of caregivers can lower costs and also improve the hea...

Engineered mouse mimics cognitive aspects of schizophrenia

...physiological complexities have seriously hindered efforts to understand the disorder. Dr.s Christoph Kellendonk, Eleanor H. Simpson, Eric R. Kandel and colleagues reported their development of the mouse model in an article in the February 16, 2006, issue of Neuron. In a preview of the study in the same is...

Scientists one step closer to cancer vaccine

...l Nature Medicine, and represent the collaborative efforts of researchers at KI and Leiden University Medical Centre in Holland. The study analysed an immunological cell, a T cell, which recognises other cells with defects common to metastasing ones. These defects (which are found in MHC class 1 molecules) ...

Protecting endangered species helps reduce poverty

...nments to integrate species conservation work into efforts to alleviate poverty. "Now's the time to recogni...imbed over the past 30 years. Community forestry efforts in parts of Nepal have led to the restoration of vital habitat corridors for the survival of tiger p...

Spring migration of pink-footed geese under threat

...rthern- and mid-Norway are threatening to scale up efforts to scare the birds off their fields, which the geese use as a staging post on their migration north, unless they are compensated for the damage to crops and grassland. Together with colleagues in Denmark and Norway, Klaassen used data from ringed ge...

Bringing the zoos to the zebras

...orking Together." The symposium highlighted recent efforts by zoos to move beyond captive breeding and resear...ms to integrate these activities with conservation efforts in the field. WildCare Institute has become a world leader in this movement, and other speakers desc...

Clues to breast cancer hidden inside stem cells

..." The Icelandic researchers are now focusing their efforts on how endothelial cells convey signals to stem cells in normal breast formation and in cancer. In collaboration with another Icelandic research team, the Gudjonsson lab is now unraveling the role of tyrosine kinase receptors and their downstream sig...

Boosting newborns' immune responses

...une response to most vaccines, thereby frustrating efforts to protect them. Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston now believe they have found a way to enhance the immune system at birth and boost newborns' vaccine responses. In a study published in the online edition of the journal Blood on April 25, O...

Horseshoe crab decline threatens shorebird species

...world," says Fraser. "We hope to see collaborative efforts like this continue so that we can learn how to better manage wildlife resources like the red knot and horseshoe crab." ...

Climate change: The rice genome to the rescue

...d's ability to produce food but also international efforts to cut poverty. However, the recent sequencing of ...the extreme weather it may cause ?on international efforts to reduce poverty and ensure food security. A "Climate Change and Rice" planning workshop this mo...

'Bad' enzymes may wear white hats after stroke

...t did not receive an MMP inhibitor. While current efforts to design MMP-targeted drugs aim to inhibit the enzymes completely after a stroke, the researchers caution that, based on their findings, it may be necessary to regulate the activity of MMPs much more precisely to enable the patient's optimal recove...

Of mice, men, trees and the global carbon cycle

...nking plant metabolism to nitrogen can also assist efforts to measure the global carbon cycle. Through the process of photosynthesis, plants absorb and store more carbon dioxide than they emit through respiration. But global plant respiration is a huge variable that must be taken into account. "If we esti...

Pacific Islands paradise protected

..."This is a major milestone for marine conservation efforts in the Pacific and for island biodiversity," said CI President Russell A. Mittermeier. "The Republic of Kiribati has shown unprecedented vision for long-term conservation of its precious marine biodiversity. We are proud to be associated with this ef...

Ultrasounds show mothers' drinking shrinks fetal brain

...des the study. CDC would like to see intervention efforts start even earlier. "The best opportunity to identify and intervene with women at high-risk for an alcohol-exposed pregnancy is prior to pregnancy," says Louise Floyd of the Fetal Alcohol Prevention Team. "What we are hoping to see is a major shift i...

Computers to save unique type of American red squirrel

...t threats, will help evaluate and refocus existing efforts to save Mount Graham Red Squirrel. Although conse... help the team to identify how future conservation efforts can best be focused," added Dr Lurz. John Koprowski, associate professor with The University of Ar...

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