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The first tree genome is published: Poplar holds promise as renewable bioenergy resource

...ol has the potential to provide a renewable energy resource along with a reduction of greenhouse gases." "The challenge of global warming requires global solutions," said Martin Godbout, President, Genome Canada. "The international consortium that successfully sequenced the poplar genome provides a model for...

Stem cells found in adult hair follicles may provide alternative to embryonic stem cells

... cells/progenitors. Their work provides a valuable resource for future mouse neural crest stem cell research. A report on the research from Dr. Maya Sieber-Blum's laboratory, co-authored by Yao Fei Hu, Ph.D., and Zhi-Jian Zhang, Ph.D., researchers in cell biology, neurobiology and anatomy at the Medical Coll...

HIV/AIDS linked to extensively drug resistant TB

...apies for HIV where they are desperately needed in resource limited settings. Urgent intervention is necessary, especially now that we know that MDR tuberculosis is far more prevalent than previously thought and that XDR tuberculosis has been transmitted to HIV co-infected patients and associated with high mo...

End of deforestation in view? Experts advance new way to size up global forest resources

...try, environmental technology, ecology, geography, resource economics, and agronomy) in China, Finland, Scotland, and the USA who, following independent lines of thinking, came to agree that forest transition on a major scale is underway and have now collectively demonstrated it. The new way of measuring f...

Knockout Mouse Project

...ne one-by-one, we will be able to create a central resource for researchers and scientists to use and study," ...esearch institute's DNA library has become a major resource for ongoing global research in the genetics of human diseases. The recombinant DNA library is, for ...

Scientist's persistence sheds light on marine science riddle

...duced area, fewer predators, less competition, and resource limitation. "Only resource limitation clearly applies to deep-sea animals," said Rosenberg. "We know there is less food availab...

Supercomputing equipment to advance the frontiers of computational biology

...ercomputing centers. The equipment will provide a resource for scientists to gain experience with the Blue Gene computing environment, while also supporting a project to develop new simulation technologies for understanding biological systems. The work will help researchers develop algorithms and software th...

Virus may control Australia's

...rane says. Dr Crane says while carp are a valuable resource in Asian countries, in Australia the fish is generally viewed as a major pest. "Given their reproductive capacity and their hardiness, carp have been termed the 'rabbit of the river'."Carp were introduced into Australia in the early 1900s as a food ...

Global malaria map key weapon in fight against malaria, scientists say

...ins the subject of "best guesses," and as a result resource allocation for malaria control remains "driven by perceptions and politics, rather than an objective assessment of need," say two prominent malaria researchers in PLoS Medicine. Simon Hay and Robert Snow (Kenya Medical Research Institute and Univers...

Genome archaeology illuminates the genetic engineering debate

... of genetic material in plants can be an important resource from which biotechnology can draw genes for insertion into an array of plants, generating unique genomes not achievable by conventional breeding," Messing said. "We could engineer plants to provide a more sustainable, healthy and productive source of...

Edible coatings will be the packaging of the future

...conservation, but it could also become an economic resource for indigenous peoples, currently marginalized, as well as having the effect of reducing the desertisation of the soil. The edible coating of fruit is currently the best-known example of the application. However, it is a packaging system particular...

Seagrass ecosystems at a 'global crisis'

...ental Science. "The fate of seagrasses can provide resource managers advance signs of deteriorating ecological conditions caused by poor water quality and pollution." Among its findings, the study analyzed an apparent disconnect between the scientific community’s concerns over seagrass habitat and its cov...

Theory of oscillations may explain biological mysteries

...n between two weakly competing consumers of a food resource can be transformed by the arrival of a third competitor to provide unpredictable opportunities for the newcomer to invade. Vandermeer holds out hopes that the study of oscillations in biological populations will lead to insights into complex systems,...

Molecular atlas provides new tool for understanding estrogen-fueled breast cancer

...he complete set of ER binding sites gives us a new resource for understanding the role of estrogen in breast cancer. By identifying genes associated with the ER in breast tumors, it opens up previously unexplored regions of the genome involved in the estrogen-dependence of breast cancer." The knowledge may ...

Microbes compete with animals for food by making it stink

...antaged over microbes that could not prevent their resource from being consumed by animals," Hay added. "If microbes could produce chemicals that prevented crabs or fishes from using these resources, then those microbes should gain an advantage and become more abundant." __IMAGE_2 As part of an interdi...

Virtual duck bills demonstrate species coexistence

...by size. "Lamellar spacing alone does not lead to resource partitioning," said Gurd, "ducks with small spacin... order for variation in bill morphology to lead to resource partitioning, each trait must impose both costs and benefits on foraging ducks. It is the trade-off ...

Latest advances in DNA sequencing highlighted at DOE Joint Genome Institute User Meeting

...tors who otherwise would not have access to such a resource to advance the frontiers of their disciplines. The meeting will be held in the California Ballroom at the Walnut Creek Marriott, 2355 North Main Street. Highlights of the three-day event include: Search for Superior Biofuels Larry Wa...

Pacific Rim researchers to collaborate on distributed bioinformatics analysis of avian flu

...Pacific region to allow data, computing, and other resource sharing. The announcement of the TATRC award coincides with PRAGMA 12, which runs March 20-22 in Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting is hosted by Thailand’s National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), and the Thai National Grid Center (T...

How to manage forests in hurricane impact zones

...ave developed an adaptive strategy to help natural resource managers in the southeastern United States both pr...ce of a major hurricane. Forest owners and natural resource managers need strategies to deal with hurricane damage to coastal forests." In early fall 2005, ...

Living with water scarcity -- world must act now

...n biodiversity, and we need to protect the natural resource base on which it depends. We need to be more proactive in our policies and reform processes, crafting water institutions to meet local needs. And we need to place the means of getting out of poverty into the hands of poor people by focusing on wate...

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