One bacteria stops another on contact
...infections. The discovery by a team of scientists working in the laboratory of David Low, professor of biolo...st author Stephanie Aoki, and a team of scientists working in the Low lab, made the discovery while studying other aspects of E. coli. After working for two ye......n can be controlled by several regulatory proteins working together at a combination of different binding sites. (Regulatory proteins are known as "transcription factors"; transcription is the first step in the process by which the genetic information in DNA is decoded by the cell to manufacture proteins, t...Researchers make 'embryonic-like' stem cells from umbilical cord blood
...ch difficulties. The trans-Atlantic team has been working with Drs Randall Urban, Larry Denner and Ronald Tilton from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. They have been using bioreactors at the Synthecon Corporation base in Houston enabling them to produce stem cells sharing many of the sam...Insight into the processes of 'positive' and 'negative' learners
...ch difficulties. The trans-Atlantic team has been working with Drs Randall Urban, Larry Denner and Ronald Tilton from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. They have been using bioreactors at the Synthecon Corporation base in Houston enabling them to produce stem cells sharing many of the sam......he problems in developing a treatment is getting a working version of CFTR into a high enough proportion of cells to restore normal lung function. While HIV is good at adding genes to cells' genomes, it does not target lung epithelial cells. Ebola binds strongly to these cells, so Gary Kobinger at the Unive...Researchers propose measures to curb lion attacks in Tanzania
...ch difficulties. The trans-Atlantic team has been working with Drs Randall Urban, Larry Denner and Ronald Tilton from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. They have been using bioreactors at the Synthecon Corporation base in Houston enabling them to produce stem cells sharing many of the sam...UQ researcher tracking key to healing the brain
...row as a highlight of UQ Research Week 2005. He is working on a project with a novel approach to track neural...hey will be able to track the cells while they are working in the body, a major leap forward. "Defining the role and regulation of neural stem cells in the a...NHGRI Selects 13 More Organisms for Genome Sequencing
...s for selecting sequencing targets begins with two working groups comprised of experts from across the research community. Each of the working groups is responsible for developing a proposal for a set of genomes to sequence that would advance ...Possible treatment found for 'chemobrain'
...s for selecting sequencing targets begins with two working groups comprised of experts from across the research community. Each of the working groups is responsible for developing a proposal for a set of genomes to sequence that would advance ...Sugar helps control cell division
...l Lane and Gerald Hart, all at Johns Hopkins while working on this project. Vosseller is now at Drexel University. O-GlcNAc modification of proteins is detected using an antibody developed at Johns Hopkins. Under a licensing agreement between Covance Research Products, Sigma Chemical Company and The Johns H...Visceral Leishmaniasis: Successful Vaccine Trial In Dogs
.... A team from the IRD Montpellier research centre, working with the Rocher veterinary clinic (La Garde, Var, France) and the biopharmaceutical firm Bio Véto Test (La Seyne-Sur-Mer, Var), have recently produced and tested a new type of treatment, composed solely of antigen proteins excreted by the parasite (1...Hanging baskets of sex and death help fruit growers
...est. The University of Warwick researchers are now working with colleagues from East Malling Research on a larger scale 12 hectare trial of the dispenser in a large commercial apple orchard in Worcestershire. An array of 25 dispensers per hectare have been erected over 3 separated orchard plots of one hecta...Huntington's cure in flies lays groundwork for broader treatment approaches
...m in the realm of genetic disorders, says Yin. In working with a disorder such as Fragile X Syndrome, for example, conventional therapies might focus all their efforts on repairing the genetic pathways that cause neurons to go awry. Meanwhile, "the defective gene is not just in one type of tissue," says Yin...Scientists uncover new clues about brain function in human behavior
...al-prefrontal cortex still works and in fact it is working over-time because it may be the only thing that still regulates the amygdala in Williams Syndrome." ...Virtual animal shelters ?How the Internet is transforming the experience of pet adoptions
...nt pet rescue organizations are growing in number, working to place abandoned animals in loving new homes. Although the majority of these organizations operate out of clusters of private foster homes, they're successfully winning high visibility for placing their pooches. In a presentation at the 100th annu...Carnegie Mellon cyLab researchers work to develop new red tide monitoring
...rnegie Mellon CyLab computer scientist Yang Cai is working with NASA's Earth-Sun System Technology Office (ESTO), the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop new software for detecting and tracking toxic algae plaguing North American waters...Evolution of life on Earth may hold key to finding life in outer space
...One of only a small number of groups in the nation working on the history and evolution of the core ribosomal machinery, Fox and his team of scientists focus on comparing the sequences and 3-D shapes of biological molecules. Their research benefits greatly from the many ongoing genome sequencing projects. "...WCS says avian flu prevention should focus on farms, markets
...actices on farms and in markets. WCS is currently working with Mongolian agencies on the ground in Mongolia'...s that have recently contracted the virus. "We're working with our Mongolian and international partners to confirm and track the movements of Avian flu in the...New technique could alter field of mouse genetics
..., "but this system is a dream tool for geneticists working with vertebrates and mammals." PiggyBac inserts randomly into the genome, with a clear preference for genes. This bodes well for its use in mutating genes and for identifying unrecognized genes in places of the genome that have been especially diffi...Locusts' built-in 'surface analysis' ability directs them to fly overland
...sidered a leading world expert on polarized sight, working with two students, Shai Sabah and Noa Aharoni. The research was published in a recent issue of the journal of the British Royal Society, Biology Letters, as well as in the science news sections of the journals Science and Nature. "In order to examin...