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Clear rules needed to govern deep sea bioprospecting: UNU

...n. Sponges are particularly targeted as potential sources of pharmaceutical products. One of the most effective treatments for leukemia is based on derivatives of a sponge while a sponge-derived steroid compound completed phase one US trials as an asthma drug in 2000. Other research in progress includes tre...

A Father’s Day Gift: Free DNA Paternity Testing

...n. Sponges are particularly targeted as potential sources of pharmaceutical products. One of the most effective treatments for leukemia is based on derivatives of a sponge while a sponge-derived steroid compound completed phase one US trials as an asthma drug in 2000. Other research in progress includes tre...

Living with salt

...mparisons with known carbon anhydrases from animal sources showed that the Dunaliella enzyme shares a basic plan with its distant relatives, but with a few obvious differences. The most striking of these is in the electrical charges on the proteins' surfaces: Charges on the salt-tolerant enzyme are uniformly...

Pollution-eating bacteria produce electricity

...teria can convert a large number of different food sources into electricity," says Milliken. "The technology could be used to assist in the reclamation of wastewaters, thereby resulting in the removal of waste and generation of electricity." Another unique characteristic of these bacteria is that they are t...

UCR biochemist goes to Washington with high-protein corn

...meat as a protein source, and has to rely on plant sources such as grain. The new corn we have developed has two embryos in its kernel, which is what doubles the content of protein and oil and reduces the starch content. It could provide a good source of protein for those that depend on grain as their primar...

New tools used to control foodborne hepatitis A outbreaks related to green onions

...atitis A virus. The researchers concluded that the sources of the green onions served in restaurants in Tennessee and Georgia were three farms in northern Mexico. Dr. Amon and colleagues credited the viral sequencing techniques with helping them to identify the relationships between the outbreaks in four s...

Traditional models underestimate extinction rates

...o this, Drake first manipulated the available food sources in 281 populations of water fleas, because it's generally assumed that fluctuating environments, a given in the natural world, increase a species's chance of extinction. Drake then used half of the experimental data generated from testing the effects...

Use of Antibiotics for Acne May Increase Risk of Common Illness

...atitis A virus. The researchers concluded that the sources of the green onions served in restaurants in Tennessee and Georgia were three farms in northern Mexico. Dr. Amon and colleagues credited the viral sequencing techniques with helping them to identify the relationships between the outbreaks in four s...

Large-scale Computer Simulations Reveal New Insights Into Antibiotic Resistance

...atitis A virus. The researchers concluded that the sources of the green onions served in restaurants in Tennessee and Georgia were three farms in northern Mexico. Dr. Amon and colleagues credited the viral sequencing techniques with helping them to identify the relationships between the outbreaks in four s...

Disrupting Cocaine-memories To Battle Addiction

...atitis A virus. The researchers concluded that the sources of the green onions served in restaurants in Tennessee and Georgia were three farms in northern Mexico. Dr. Amon and colleagues credited the viral sequencing techniques with helping them to identify the relationships between the outbreaks in four s...

World-first technology enables study of ancient bacteria

...first technology to investigate sustainable energy sources from the ocean bed by isolating ancient high-pressure bacteria from deep sediments. Scientists and engineers at Cardiff University are investigating bacteria from deep sediments which despite high pressures (greater than 1,000 atmospheres), graduall...

Toxic flood lifts lid on common urban pollution problem

...to the Environmental Protection Agency. While the sources of these and other contaminants remain under investigation, public scrutiny has focused on broken sewer pipes and other major failures in the city's infrastructure attributed to Hurricane Katrina. Though these are certainly real problems, it's also h...

Sensor web simulation investigates technique to improve prediction of pollution across the globe

...ack the transport of pollutants from their various sources to populated cities and towns around the globe, NASA technologists are exploring an innovative technology called the "sensor web." This interconnected "web of sensors" coordinates observations by spacecraft, airborne instruments and ground-based data...

Drugs from the deep blue

...e, have created a renaissance of interest in these sources of potential medicines. Molinski's laboratory studies the chemistry and biology of marine natural products, or chemical compounds made by sea creatures. It is part of a developing focus on pharmaceutical chemistry within the UC Davis chemistry depar...

Brain networks change according to cognitive task

...e zones --areas in which information from multiple sources meets in the brain -- have been debated since they were proposed in the late 20th century," said Bitan. "Now, with new techniques to analyze brain imaging data, we can examine the specific role played by different brain regions in the network that ar...

Researchers find ways to turn manure into power

...oil prices and incentives to find alternative fuel sources are lighting a fire under research to turn biomass materials such as manure into energy. Texas Senate Bill 20, signed this week by Gov. Rick Perry, compliments research underway to determine how and where biomass can be used. The new law requires mo...

NIEHS launches website with information for assessing environmental hazards from Hurricane Katrina

...ormation that NIEHS has acquired from a variety of sources including its research programs, as well as through its Superfund Basic Research Program, Worker Education and Training Program, and Environmental Health Science Centers. The website also includes a link to a new Global Information System (GIS) t...

FDA approves child-friendly AIDS medicine

...ormation that NIEHS has acquired from a variety of sources including its research programs, as well as through its Superfund Basic Research Program, Worker Education and Training Program, and Environmental Health Science Centers. The website also includes a link to a new Global Information System (GIS) t...

NCAR analysis shows widespread pollution from 2004 wildfires

...y motor vehicles, industrial facilities, and other sources that do not completely burn carbon-containing fuels. Ground-level ozone, which affects human health in addition to damaging plants and influencing climate, is formed from reactions involving atmospheric pollutants, including carbon monoxide, in the p...

Bronx Zoo bears are new Samsonite gorillas

...k bears with access to garbage dumpsters and other sources of food become a third less active and weigh up to 30 percent more than bears living under wild conditions. ...

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