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Many cats unaffected by catnip, C&EN reports

...,000 chemists and chemical engineers. It publishes numerous scientific journals and databases, convenes major research conferences and provides educational, science policy and career programs in chemistry. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio. To access the C&EN What’s That Stuff?...

UNC scientists discover new role for protein as fundamental inhibitor of cell movement

...ch binds to a host of other proteins and regulates numerous cell functions, the fact that CIB1 and calmodulin are so similar could suggest that CIB1 may play multiple roles in multiple cell types." "Our study of CIB1 is still very much in its early days, but its role in migration is already very clear," Pari...

Techniques available to detect soil that inhibits destructive soybean pest

...moisture and temperature can affect how active and numerous soybean cyst nematodes are in particular fields. "A key find was that a small amount of suppressive soil or a cyst from a suppressive soil can lower nematode numbers," Westphal said. "We promote conditions in soil to suppress the nematode, and we al...

The ecological effects of the Chernobyl disaster

...ich nest across Europe, providing researchers with numerous populations to sample. Examining swallows from the Chernobyl region and Kanev, southeast of Kiev, Mousseau and his colleague, Anders Moller (Laboratorie de Parasitologie Evolutive, France), found reproductive success was significantly reduced for the...

Key To Stem Cell Transplant Success Is Tricking Immune System

...dipocytes. "The multistep process is regulated by numerous hormones and is accompanied by dramatic changes in cell shape and gene expression," Saltiel said. The team identified changes in the activity of hundreds of genes during the transition to fat cells, including a critical switch in gene activity--from...

Researchers develop new testing methods for potential monkeypox or smallpox outbreak

...his virulent strain of monkeypox virus resulted in numerous hospitalizations. In one case that has been previously reported, a child remained in a coma for 12 days. Due to similarities between the monkeypox and smallpox viruses, the smallpox vaccine likely kept these inoculated people from becoming seriously...

Short-term Bio Sensors Monitor From Afar

...dipocytes. "The multistep process is regulated by numerous hormones and is accompanied by dramatic changes in cell shape and gene expression," Saltiel said. The team identified changes in the activity of hundreds of genes during the transition to fat cells, including a critical switch in gene activity--from...

System Drastically Cuts Down Botulism Detection Time

...dipocytes. "The multistep process is regulated by numerous hormones and is accompanied by dramatic changes in cell shape and gene expression," Saltiel said. The team identified changes in the activity of hundreds of genes during the transition to fat cells, including a critical switch in gene activity--from...

The making of a fat cell

...dipocytes. "The multistep process is regulated by numerous hormones and is accompanied by dramatic changes in cell shape and gene expression," Saltiel said. The team identified changes in the activity of hundreds of genes during the transition to fat cells, including a critical switch in gene activity--from...

Tiny avalanche photodiodes target bioterrorism agents

...olar-blind APDs have been reported. This is due to numerous difficulties pertaining to the crystal growth of AlGaN compound semiconductors. The major obstacle in demonstrating high performance solar-blind APDs is the high number of crystalline defects present in the AlGaN semiconductor material. However, res...

Elusive salamanders have role in developing new sampling models

...lamander. The habitat modeling takes into account numerous environmental and other variables and will be used to identify the relative importance of different factors for predicting the presence of salamanders. This process will provide valuable information for the management of flatwoods salamander habitat....

Mosquitoes are more attracted to individuals infected with malaria

... a mosquito has long stalled scientists because of numerous confounding factors. Sweat, breath odour, and high body temperature all increase mosquitoes¡¦ blood lust, and no previous study had been able to isolate the effect of just the parasite. To measure how attracted the mosquitoes were to the participants...

Evolution of life on Earth may hold key to finding life in outer space

...use University. Coming to UH in 1977, Fox has held numerous positions and, in addition to being a professor of...n 110 peer-reviewed publications, Fox has received numerous honors and awards for his research. He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology,...

Suppressing growth hormone in early adulthood may prevent cancer

...d to be a risk factor for breast cancer as well as numerous other cancers," said Sonntag, professor of physiol...on of IGF-1 activity inhibits the proliferation of numerous cell types and cancers. "IGF-1 levels in the blood can be reduced by low-calorie diets, which could ...

Flies on speed offer insight into the roles of dopamine in sleep and arousal

...n and distraction. Dopamine has been implicated in numerous aspects of brain function in humans and other animals, and many of these brain functions involve the modulation of neuronal activity and the ability to assign proper saliency (or relevance) to sensory stimuli. ...

'Underground' tunnels discovered as means for communication between immune system cells

... a well-recognized early measure of stimulation in numerous cell types. The use of a fluorescent dye, which allows direct measurement of calcium levels, would determine if calcium flux occurs before dendritic cells unfurl their veils. With a microinjection tip, they squirted a mixture of E. coli fragments in...

Breakthrough in micro-device fabrication combines biology and synthetic chemistry

...cal, computing, environmental cleanup, defense and numerous other applications. Conventional microfabrication processes, similar to methods used to make computer microchips, are expensive (i.e., capital equipment intensive) and not well-suited for directly producing large numbers of complex, three-dimension...

Modification of program enables prediction of gene transcription

... TWINSCAN has been finding and predicting genes in numerous genomes that other gene prediction systems have missed. The addition of N-SCAN to the handy system ?it scans two genomes simultaneously, with potential to scan three or more ?strengthens it for predicting both coding and non-coding DNA. "Like any mu...

Menopause Symptoms May Come Back After Stopping Menopausal Hormone Therapy

...lated to breast cancer risk, a free newsletter and numerous other resources. For more information, see BCERF's Web site, call (607) 254-2893 or e-mail breastcancer@cornell.edu . ...

Women cautioned against using herbal supplements

...lated to breast cancer risk, a free newsletter and numerous other resources. For more information, see BCERF's Web site, call (607) 254-2893 or e-mail breastcancer@cornell.edu . ...

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