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VIRUS FOUND TO CARRY ANTIBIOTIC AGAINST E. COLI

Writer: Kathleen Phillips, (979) 845-2872,ka-phillips@tamu.edu Contact: Tom Bernhardt, (979) 845-2853 Dr. Ryland Young, (979) 845-2087,ryland@tamu.edu Dr. Ing-Nang Wang, (979) 845-2853,inwo137@UNIX.TAMU.EDU Dr. Doug Struck, (979) 845-9416,d-struck@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION — Part of a small virus that attacks only bacteria acts like an antibiotic to destroy E. coli, researchers with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station have found. A report on…

June 21, 2001

Science & Tech

RICE DNA FINDS BREEDING TRAITS TO HASTEN BETTER VARIETIES

Writer: Kathleen Phillips, (979) 845-2872,ka-phillips@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Bill Park, (979) 845-8868 ,wdpark@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION — It’s not cloning, and it’s not genetic modification. But new research by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station uses biotechnology to diagnose desired traits in rice so that plant breeders can be sure new varieties have those components at the DNA level. So…

May 8, 2001

Science & Tech

BIOTECH GETS PERSONAL TO WIN SUPPORT OF TEXANS

Writer: Kathleen Phillips, (979) 845-2872,ka-phillips@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Don Albrecht, (979) 845-9781,d-albrecht@tamu.edu Video COLLEGE STATION -– Grass that needs less frequent mowings, produce that lasts longer on the shelf, drugs that cure human disease. When it comes to science in Texas, consumers are all for it – especially when they sense a direct benefit. Almost 80 percent approve…

March 29, 2001

Science & Tech

SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY IN PLANTS MAY ADVANCE HUMAN MEDICINE

Writer: Kathleen Phillips, (979) 845-2872,ka-phillips@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Dorothy Shippen, (979) 862-2342,dshippen@tamu.edu Video COLLEGE STATION -– Researchers at Texas A&M University studying the tips of chromosomes in a lowly weed have new insights that likely will lead to advances in human medicine. “Much of the plant genome is very similar to the human genome,” said Dr. Dorothy Shippen,…

March 1, 2001

Science & Tech

Texas A&M Regents Designate Plant Genomics Institute

Writer: Kathleen Phillips, (979) 845-2872,ka-phillips@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. John Mullet, (979) 845-0722,jmullet@tamu.edu     video COLLEGE STATION -– The Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology was established today by the Texas A&M University Board of Regents meeting at Texas A&M-Galveston, replacing what had been known as the Crop Biotechnology Center. The new institute will be based in the…

January 26, 2001

Science & Tech

RECORD YIELDS COULD BECOME COMMON WITH DNA DIAGNOSTICS

Writer: Kathleen Phillips, (979) 845-2872,ka-phillips@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. John Mullet, (979) 845-0722 ,jmullet@tamu.edu Dr. Patricia Klein, (979) 862-4802 COLLEGE STATION – Researchers at Texas A&M University not only believe every year should yield record crops, they believe science can get significantly closer to that goal. The average crop yields in the United States are 25 percent of record…

October 17, 2000

Science & Tech

PERSISTENT TUBERCULOSIS DEMYSTIFIED; STUDY POINTS TO NEW DRUG

Writer: Kathleen Phillips, (979) 845-2872, ka-phillips@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Jim Sacchettini, (979) 862-7636 , sacchett@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION -– A team of U.S. researchers have begun to demystify the persistence of tuberculosis, according to Dr. Jim Sacchettini, biochemist at Texas A&M University and co-author of a paper appearing Aug. 17 in the journal Nature. The research is the first of its…

August 16, 2000

Science & Tech

NATION’S FIRST FIELD TEST OF TRANSGENIC CITRUS TREES PLANTED IN WESLACO

WESLACO – After years of lab and greenhouse studies, a researcher at the Texas A&M Agricultural Research and Extension Center in the Lower Rio Grande Valley has developed grapefruit trees with built-in resistance to a devastating virus and the insect that transmits the disease. Twenty transgenic Rio Red grapefruit trees, with resistance to the citrus…

April 18, 2000

Science & Tech

VIRUS-FREE CITRUS BUDWOOD AVAILABLE

WESLACO – Virus-free citrus budwood, intended to fortify the Texas citrus industry against a devastating virus, is now available at the Texas A&M-Kingsville Citrus Center at Weslaco for both growers and gardeners. In a tedious and time-consuming effort that started in 1993 under the direction of Dr. Mani Skaria, the first major cutting of budwood…

April 11, 2000

Campus & CommunityScience & Tech

REDUCING AFLATOXIN PRODUCTION IN CROPS, FOCUS OF RESEARCH

COLLEGE STATION – Finding new ways to reduce aflatoxin in crops, particularly in corn where it thrives during drought conditions, is the focus of a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station study that researchers hope will lead to reducing the economic hardship the fungus places on the state’s corn farmers. Aflatoxin is a toxic and carcinogenic metabolite…

April 6, 2000

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