Earth & Environment - Friday, July 9, 2010 12:54 - 0 Comments
Climate change impacts ‘medium’ meadows
IOWA STATE (US)—The effects of drought on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of the Rocky Mountains provide a glimpse of how changing climate affects the diversity of meadow plants and animals. Continue…
Earth & Environment - Apr 14, 2010 10:58 - 0 Comments
Speedy approach to pure inbred corn lines
A doubled haploid facility at Iowa State University can develop pure inbred corn lines in less time than traditional methods. Most haploid plants, which have been chemically treated to become doubled haploid plants, are often only partially fertile. This is because some cells of the chemically treated seedlings will double their genomes, others will not. The tassels of doubled haploid plants like this one are sterile and produce no pollen. (Courtesy: Iowa State)
IOWA STATE (US)—New technology will allow corn breeders to produce inbred lines in two generations instead of the five to eight generations that it normally takes. Continue…
Health & Medicine - Jan 21, 2010 10:52 - 1 Comment
Ebola’s deadly disguise
A research team has discovered that an Ebola protein known as VP35, which is involved in host immune suppression, actually masks the replicating viral ribonucleic acid (RNA), so the cell doesn’t recognize that there is an invading virus. Above, Ebola virions. (Courtesy: PLoS journal)
IOWA STATE—The Zaire Ebola virus has an uncanny ability to disguise itself, making it unrecognizable—and deadly—as an invading virus. Continue…
Health & Medicine - Nov 24, 2009 14:56 - 1 Comment
Swine in line for H1N1 vaccine
Iowa State University’s Hank Harris, professor of animal science, developed the vaccine this summer and has been shipping preventive doses to swine producers in Iowa, Kansas, and Illinois for several weeks. “This is the first time we’ve had a confirmed diagnosis and the farmer wanted to vaccinate,” says Harris.
IOWA STATE (US)—The only swine vaccine available for the H1N1 virus has been sent to vaccinate a swine herd in Indiana infected with the virus. Continue…
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