Novel mechanism for DNA replication discovered
...king, in some cases, the ability of the guanine to partner with cytosine, which can lead to mistakes during replication. Aneel Aggarwal, PhD, and Deepak Nair, PhD, of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and their colleagues at University of Texas Medical Branch, Gal...Monkeypox mystery: New research may explain why 2003 outbreak in the US wasn't deadly
...ouis University Health Sciences Center and several partner institutions may provide an answer. In this month's issue of Virology, researcher and senior author Mark Buller, Ph.D., from Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center and colleagues conclude that some strains of monkeypox are more virulent than ...Survival of heart patients on beta-blockers varies greatly with genetic variation
...earch Consortium (CORC) headed by Spertus who will partner with McLeod and basic scientists led by Daniel P. Kelly, M.D., the Alumni Endowed Professor of Cardiovascular Diseases at Washington University School of Medicine, director of the Center for Cardiovascular Research and a cardiologist at Barnes-Jewish...Deep sea buffet for bone-devouring worms
...lone don't possess. So teaming up with a microbial partner is the secret of survival for many host animals living in such environments. Dr Goffredi says: "Measures of significant population sizes, and the discovery of four additional host species in only three years, suggests that the Osedax worms and their...New technique could alter field of mouse genetics
...h a transposon called piggyBac. With the help of a partner enzyme, piggyBac can reliably and efficiently insert itself into the genomes of human and mouse cell lines and in mouse embryos, even while carrying a couple of extra genes, the study shows. "This paper could be a very important advance," said Allan...Rutgers to lead $52.7 million protein research program
...he remaining $30 million will support work at NESG partner institutions. ...Study provides insight into cellular defenses against genetic mutation
...If nonsense codons are not detected, CBP80 and its partner CBP20 are replaced by another cap-binding protein that renders mRNA immune to further notice by NMD. "NMD is an elegant process that offers a number of targets for future medical therapies," Maquat said. "Beyond its role in screening out faulty mRN...Biotechnology's newest chemical tool
...s for implantation in human volunteers. A clinical partner has been identified and the Local Ethical Committee has given the approval for the clinical validation of CYBERHAND system, which should begin in 2006. Some companies have expressed interest in commercialising the system. Nevertheless, it could be f...Chernobyl: The true scale of the accident
...obyl focal point at the UNDP. "We are advising our partner governments that they must reach people with accurate information, not only about how to live safely in regions of low-level contamination, but also about leading healthy lifestyles and creating new livelihoods." But, says Dr Michael Repacholi, Manag...Sperm trading can resolve hermaphrodite mating conflicts
...sperm," that is, giving sperm only when the mating partner follows suit. However, this prediction had never b...nsfer. Sea slugs that mated with such a "cheating" partner interrupted sexual intercourse significantly sooner than did control pairs. This supports the concep...Do the Europeans turn ill sitting up so late?
...efficient network where the special skills of each partner can be utilized. The network will provide funding for 24 doctoral and post-doctoral researchers.A high level research training program is created in cooperation with the European universities, graduate schools and sleep research societies. Dr. Tarj...Federal grant funds research on novel HIV therapy
...st HIV-infected cells. "Including a private sector partner is a way to strengthen the goal of moving our scientific studies closer to clinical application," said Dr. Douglas. Finally, a Biostatistics and Pharmacology Core serves all other components of the project. Directed by Avital Cnaan, Ph.D., with co-......ersity College London have been working with their partner Arrow Therapeutics to combat this costly and dangerous livestock and human disease. The highlights of the research programme are being presented to Parliamentarians and business leaders at a reception in London on the evening of 10 November. The p...Odd energy mechanism in bacteria analyzed
...at requires chlorophyll. In the oceans, SAR11 is a partner in this process, recycling organic carbon and producing the nutrients needed for the algae that produce about half of the oxygen that enters Earth's atmosphere every day. The carbon cycle ultimately affects all plant and animal life on Earth. Howev...Stress substantially slows human body's ability to heal
...ser, a professor of psychiatry and psychology, and partner Ronald Glaser, a professor of molecular virology, immunology and medical genetics, both at Ohio State, say the findings provide important recommendations for patients facing surgery. "This shows specifically why it is so important that people be ps...Hot-spring bacteria flip a metabolic switch
...ne-Soisig Steunou, along with colleagues from four partner institutions*, are studying the tiny, single-celled cyanobacterium Synechococcus. Cyanobacteria evolved about three billion years ago, and are the oldest organisms on the planet that can turn solar energy and carbon dioxide into sugars and oxygen via...Male rivalry increases when females at most fertile, say researchers
...e more jealous of dominant males when their female partner is near ovulation, researchers at the University o...d that men only behave in this way if their female partner does not use oral contraception ?and is therefore more fertile. Images of male faces that were eith...Spousal illness can trigger partner death
...n of a spouse can harm the wellbeing of his or her partner and significantly contribute to that partner's dea...frame, hospitalization in a spouse can confer to a partner almost as much risk of dying as the actual death of a spouse. "Spousal illness or death may impose ...NJIT engineer poised to take stem cell research a step forward
...armarks of a technical superstar," says Jaffe, her partner on the spinal cord research. "She's at the leading edge of modern biology and if anyone can take stem cell research forward, she can." ...UC San Diego partners with Venter Institute to build marine microbial genomics cyberinfrastructure
...n from remote digital libraries. Calit2 will also partner with UCSD's San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) to create a next-generation science data server complex, which couples the Calit2 and SDSC middleware, compute, and storage capabilities with the NSF's TeraGrid distributed, high- performance computin...