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Scientists Hope Vigilance Stymies Avian Flu Mutation
28.3.2007 | Press monitoring
The virus, H5N1, which was first isolated in humans in 1997, has not started a pandemic in a full decade of trying, so a few flu experts think it never will.
Simulated Populations Used To Probe Gene Mapping
27.3.2007 | Press monitoring
More powerful computers are allowing scientists and engineers to conduct simulations that grow more realistic each year. While companies are using these tools to slash the costs of producing everything from airliners to antibiotics, researchers in Houston are using them to refine their search for the genetic causes of disease.
Biologists Learn Structure Of Enzyme Needed To Power 'Molecular Motor'
27.3.2007 | Press monitoring
Researchers at Purdue University and The Catholic University of America have discovered the structure of an enzyme essential for the operation of "molecular motors" that package DNA into the head segment of some viruses during their assembly.
Viral Enzyme Recruited in Fight Against Ear Infection
26.3.2007 | Press monitoring
Parents might one day give their children a weekly treatment with a nasal spray of virus enzymes to prevent them from getting a severe middle ear infection, based on results of a study done in mice by investigators from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and The Rockefeller University in New York.
New wheat variety aids fight against blight
26.3.2007 | Press monitoring
Researchers have created a new strain of wheat with an inbuilt resistance to devastating scab blight which infects wheat heads - reducing crop yields as well as market value and quality.
Goal of nanoscale optical imaging gets boost with new hyperlens
26.3.2007 | Press monitoring
Scientists have developed a "hyperlens" that brings them one major step closer to the goal of nanoscale optical imaging.
Study Describes Action of Estrogen in Protecting Bone
25.3.2007 | Press monitoring
Researchers have described a novel pathway by which estradiol, the primary estrogen in humans, aids in maintaining bone density, a function critical to avoiding osteoporosis.
New Technique Developed For Tracking Cells In The Body
24.3.2007 | Press monitoring
Scientists' inability to follow the whereabouts of cells injected into the human body has long been a major drawback in developing effective medical therapies.
Researchers simplify synthetic production of potential pharmaceuticals
23.3.2007 | Press monitoring
A team of researchers at The Scripps Research Institute has developed new techniques that dramatically reduce the time, complexity, and cost of synthesizing natural products with pharmaceutical potential.
Researchers Uncover Protection Mechanism Of Radiation-resistant Bacterium
23.3.2007 | Press monitoring
Results of a recent study titled “Protein Oxidation Implicated as the Primary Determinant of Bacterial Radioresistance,” will be published in the March 20 edition of PLoS Biology.
