Publications by authors named "J Bowersox"
Objectives: To design a remotely operated robot, "HazBot," for bioevent disaster response; specifically, to improve existing commercial robots' capabilities in handling fixed-facility hazmat incidents via a unique robot controller that allows the human operator to easily manipulate HazBot in disaster situations.
Design: The HazBot's design objectives were for a robot to approach a building, open doors, enter, and navigate the building. The robot's controlling device was designed to provide features not available in current robots: dexterous manipulation and enhanced sensory (touch) feedback via "haptic" technology.
Prelamin A processing is unique amongst mammalian proteins and results in the production of a farnesylated and carboxymethylated peptide. We examined the effect of pathogenic LMNA mutations on prelamin A processing, and of the covalently modified peptide on cardiac and skeletal myoblast differentiation. Here we report a mutation associated with dilated cardiomyopathy prevents prelamin A peptide production.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Since 2003, Iraq has struggled to build a single national health system administered by the Iraqi Ministry of Health, but politics, lack of leadership, and a cultural bias against treating soldiers in civilian hospitals have hindered access to care for members of Iraq's armed forces who are wounded in combat.
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- Down syndrome is a genetic condition that can cause learning difficulties, and scientists want to find ways to help improve these challenges.
- They believe a special process called one-carbon/transsulfuration metabolism is not working right in people with Down syndrome, and a specific enzyme called CBS is important in this process.
- Researchers created mice that have the human CBS gene to study how this gene works and see if they can develop treatments that help improve thinking skills for people with Down syndrome.