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Front-line immune cells mature in four stages, study shows

...rotection following vaccination. Understanding the secrets of NK cell development in humans could lead to new therapies for cancer, infection and for patients with immune deficiencies. The study by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center (OSUCCC) is published in the April 17 is...

HortResearch science reveals the natural potential of apples

...ists over a 6 year period, the apple ESTs hold the secrets to discovering how gene function controls all aspects of fruit development, including taste, colour, vitamin content and even how fruit fight plant diseases. Fruit breeders can then use this information to create new apple varieties, tailored to sui...

U-M scientists identify major psoriasis susceptibility gene

...the other genes involved and to understand all the secrets of this complex and puzzling disease. "Access to a large, diverse pool of study subjects is vital to the success of this type of clinical research," Elder says. "We are grateful to the 5,000 people who have participated in our psoriasis study so far...

Scientist warns of threat to last stronghold of endangered turtle

...nd track the animals, will uncover their migratory secrets and provide the basis for efforts to safeguard them. After fitting them with satellite trackers the team are using the internet to follow their journeys, which are among the longest in the animal kingdom. Dr Brendan Godley, of the University of Exe...

Unraveling the viral mechanism

...archers at Baylor College of Medicine unmasked the secrets of a tiny virus that infects bacteria and, in doing so, opened the door to a better understanding of a variety of viruses that infect people and animals. In a report that appears in and on the cover of the current issue of the journal Nature, Dr. Wa...

Secrets of the sea yield stronger artificial bone

...xt generation of artificial bone may rely on a few secrets from the sea. Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have harnessed the way seawater freezes to develop a porous, scaffolding-like material that is four times stronger than material curren...

Chimpanzees can transmit cultural behavior to multiple 'generations'

...ses such as Parkinson's and Alzheimers; unlock the secrets of memory; determine behavioral effects of hormone replacement therapy; address vision disorders; and advance knowledge about the evolutionary links between biology and behavior. ...

New lab technique churns out fungus' potential cancer fighter

...atic cancer. After six years, however, rasfonin's secrets remain a mystery because researchers can't make enough of it to carry out tests. To bring about a new drug, organic chemists must produce a new chemical in enough quantity to test it under many different circumstances to tease out its modus operandi...

New lab technique churns out fungus' potential cancer fighter

...atic cancer. After six years, however, rasfonin's secrets remain a mystery because researchers can't make enough of it to carry out tests. To bring about a new drug, organic chemists must produce a new chemical in enough quantity to test it under many different circumstances to tease out its modus operandi...

DOE JGI finishes 100th microbial genome

...to repair damaged environments, are among the many secrets encoded in their DNA sequence. On May 23, at the general meeting of the American Society of Microbiology (ASM), the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) will announce that it has finished the sequence of100 microbial genomes an...

How satellite tracking revealed the migratory mysteries of endangered Atlantic loggerhead turtles

... University of Exeter have uncovered the migratory secrets of endangered loggerhead turtles in West Africa and the results could have huge implications for strategies to protect them. In a paper in the journal Current Biology, Dr Brendan Godley and an international team describe how they used satellite trac...

New light microscope sharpens scientists' focus

...e a key factor in unlocking at the molecular level secrets of intracellular dynamics that are unattainable by other methods," observed Davidson, who directs the optical microscopy division at FSU. The researchers also acknowledge that the time needed to collect the thousands of single molecule images that...

Arctic expedition will investigate alien-like glacier

...nada's High Arctic may help researchers unlock the secrets about the beginning of life and provide insights for future exploration of our solar system. A team assembled by the University of Calgary's Arctic Institute of North America plans to spend two weeks studying a sulfur-spewing spring on the surface o...

Fire ants: Their true story told by the scientist who loves them

...Foundation, the intrepid researcher has probed the secrets of ant society from North Florida's Apalachicola National Forest to the pastures of Southwood Plantation ?a corporate cattle farm just east of Tallahassee ?to area strip malls. The parking lot behind a local grocery store is a particular favorite. "...

New evidence of early horse domestication

...le. So ancient horse bones don't easily reveal the secrets of domestication. With research funding from the National Science Foundation, Olsen's team took a different tack. They looked for circumstantial evidence that people were keeping horses. One approach was to survey the Krasnyi Yar site with instrume...

Scientists crack genetic secrets of human egg

... Cibelli believes some of those genes know the big secrets - such as when a cell should slow down and later become a cell that can grow into anycell of the human body. The computer work of this preliminary search will give way to further experiments. ...

One-of-a-kind imaging probe reveals secrets useful for drug discovery

...nance technology, or NMR, scientists have unlocked secrets hidden in tiny amounts of venom taken from spindly insects called common two-stripe walking sticks, which are relatively harmless, plant-eating creatures common in the eastern United States. The analytical technique, described in the current issue o...

Single molecule extends fat mice lives by reversing gene pathways associated with disease in obese

...ay be tremendous medical benefits to unlocking the secrets behind the genes that control our longevity," says Sinclair, "No doubt many more remain to be discovered in coming years." ...

Research project tackles 'regeneration' gap

...t human brain and other diseases by plundering the secrets of regeneration from creatures with remarkable powers of self-renewal, such as salamanders, newts, starfish and flatworms. Fueled by about $6 million in private donations, university support and state matching funds, "The Regeneration Project" will ...

Genomics throws species definition in question for microbes

...ationships between microorganisms, and some of the secrets of microbes that had yet to be cultured in the lab (and hence phenotypically characterized) were revealed. "Much of this new knowledge was incorporated into species descriptions, but difficulties in classification persisted and novel issues arose...

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