利用纳米蠕虫摧毁人体肿瘤细胞

科技日报消息：将一种工程材料注射到实验鼠受损的脊髓，就可防止生成疤痕和促进受损神经纤维生长。这种工程材料是美国西北大学材料科学系教授塞缪尔·斯图普研究小组开发的一种液态物质，内含可自组装成纳米纤维的分子，可作为神经纤维生长的支架。斯图普和他的同事在最近一期《神经科学》期刊上发表论文称，使用这种材料治疗后肢瘫痪的小鼠后，实验鼠的后肢恢复了功能。     

一种新的内源性钠泵抑制因子前海葱苷原A样物质在牛体内的分布

为了建立一种蟾蜍二烯羟酸内酯（ｂｕｆａｄｉｅｎｏｌｉｄｅｓ）前海葱苷原Ａ免疫方法，并对哺乳动物体内的前海葱苷原Ａ样物质进行检测，我们制备了兔和羊前海葱苷原Ａ抗体。利用ＥＬＩＳＡ法检测了一种新的内源性钠泵抑制因子前海葱苷原Ａ样物质在牛的肾上腺、丘脑、心脏、肾脏、肝脏、小脑、骨骼肌和血液中的分布。研究发现这种前海葱苷原Ａ样物质在肾上腺及下丘脑的含量高于其它腺体组织，其具有抑制人红细胞８６Ｒｂ摄取的特性，可与前海葱苷原Ａ抗体发生免疫交叉反应，但几乎不与哇巴因抗体交叉反应，是一种新的类固醇激素     

中国农业科学院稳定同位素实验室

<正>中国农业科学院稳定同位素实验室成立于2002年,经过近10年的努力,在同位素的研究与测试领域取得一些重要进展,实验室与欧洲7个稳定同位素实验室展开积极的合作,参加了国际比对,实验结果得到了国际同行的认可和高度评价。实验室利用国际原子能机构的标准物质对相关结果进行标定,采用国际标准测定方法进行C、H、O、N、S稳定同位素测定,保证了结果的准确性。     

杉木种子败育过程中核酸,蛋白质和类脂含量的变化（简报）

杉木种子败育过程中形成的涩籽含有较多的单宁类和凝集素类物质。败育前期核酸、蛋白质、类脂及DNA,RNA的含量较少,而有胚种子中此类物质的含量则随着胚的发育不断上升。     

胎儿"告诉"母亲自己将要降生

是什么因素决定了孕妇即将分娩 ?是胎儿身体的大小 ,还是某种生物活性物质 ?决定因素来自胎儿还是来自母亲 ?长久以来 ,这个悬而未决的问题一直困扰着生殖生理学家们。解决了这一问题就可能为阻止早产发生提供有效的手段。最近研究表明 ,肺泡中的表面活性物质A(SP A)介导了决定     

Effects of peach branches returning on autotoxins and microbes in soil and tree growth of peaches

Aims This study aimed to investigate the effects of branch returning on the growth of peach (Amygdalus persica "Chunmei/Maotao") saplings, soil enzyme activity, and soil contents of phenolic acids and amygdalin, thereby providing scientific evidence against the application of branch returning for peach trees. Methods One-year-old potted peach tree (Amygdalus persica "Chunmei/Maotao") was used in this study with four agricultural treatments applied, including soil coverage by fragmented peach tree branches (fragment treatment;1.5 and 22.5 g·kg^-1) and applying leachate solutions of peach tree branches to soil (leachate treatment; 1.5 and 22.5 g·kg^-1). No branch addition was used as control (CK). Solid phase extraction, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), biological high-throughput sequencing was used to determine the content of autotoxic substances, and microbial community structure in soil. Soil coverage and leachate solution treatments of 30 g and 450 g branches applied to the peach trees were described as 1.5 and 22.5 g·kg^-1, respectively in this paper.Important findings Compared with CK, the phenolic acid and amygdalin contents significantly increased after both fragment and leachate treatments in high quantities (22.5 g·kg^-1). Soil microbial community structure altered in both treatments, with the proportion of fungi (particularly Agaricomycetes, Tubeufia and Cystofilobasidiaceae) increased significantly and bacteria decreased accordingly. Invertase activity in both high-quantity treatments exceeded that in the CK significantly. The activity of catalase and urease was higher at first and then decreased relative to CK under high-quantity fragment and leachate treatments. Specifically, the effect of leachate treatment on enzyme activity was higher than the fragment treatment in the short term. Chlorophyll content, ground diameter (diameter of 5 cm from the ground) growth and net photosynthesis rate of plants were lower in high-quantity fragment and leachate treatments than those in CK, with earlier retardation of new shoot growth. We observed an increase in soil phenolic acids and enzymes in treatments in normal pruning quantity, while no inhibition effect was found on the tree growth. In conclusion, autotoxins (such as phenolic acid and amygdalin) inhibited the growth of peach trees both directly and indirectly through changing soil enzyme activity and microbial community.     

生姜生长过程中的某些生理指标和生化物质含量变化

1988年测定栽种于山东农业大学蔬菜标本园的生姜(Zingiber officinalis)品种“莱芜片姜”的某些生理指标和生化物质含量变化,得到如下结果,供参考:种姜在萌芽时,其淀粉及干物质含量迅速下降(图1,表1),至盛长期又逐渐回升,可溶性糖呈增加的趋势(表2);新姜(根茎)的淀粉及可溶性糖含量均随生长的进行而增加。这种变化与淀粉酶、转化酶活性变化相协