Key to Triplet Repeat Brain Diseases Open Door For New Way To Understand, Treat Genetic Diseases"
...nerve cell failure in the brain. The work offers biomedical researchers a new way to understand, and to potentiallytreat these genetic diseases, the Duke scientists say. "This is the first explanation of what these proteins produced by tripletrepeat genes may be doing in nerve cells," said neurologist and p......hall Foundation, a private philanthropy that funds biomedical research with an emphasis on neurobehavioral studies....Robots, Virtual Reality & Other "Smart" Tools Soon Will Help Physicians Heal Patients
...ional Science Foundation (NSF) program director in biomedical engineering. "We hope soon to see new, sophisticated systems that physicians can use to improve patient care and, in many cases, even lower the cost of treatment." Plans for new surgical simulations, image-guided therapies, robotics and tele...Researchers Corral Millions Of Microscopic Membranes
...of these compounds for the first time. A potential biomedical application is cell screening of the type required for leukemia patients. Doctors must closely monitor the different kinds of cells in a leukemia patient's blood. Using a small wafer holding millions of micro-patches that have been seeded with protei...Duke University Students Devise Devices For The Disabled
...o the rescue. The new course, taught by assistant biomedical engineering research professorLaurence Bohs, challenges biomedical engineering seniors and graduate studentsto apply their knowledge and innovation to a "real world" p...Calorie Restriction Reduces Age-Related Muscle Loss
...udd Aiken, associate professor of animalhealth and biomedical sciences, focused on skeletal muscle in their currentstudy to determine how CR affects age-linked muscle mass loss. Known assarcopenia, the condition is thought to contribute to physical frailty inolder people. "Laboratory studies by our team and ot...Resistance To Leptin Contributes To Obesity
...t," explains first author Jeffrey L. Halaas, B.S., biomedical fellow atRockefeller. "Also, leptin acts to blunt...ller Institute for MedicalResearch, the first U.S. biomedical research center. Rockefeller facultymembers have made significant achievements, including the discov......ational Institutesof Health, the primary funder of biomedical research in the nation -- $149million in federal fiscal year 1996. In addition, for the second consecutiveyear, the institution posted the highest growth rate in its research activity --9.1 percent -- of the top ten U.S. academic medical centers duri...Progress In Prion Research: Three-Dimensional Structure Of Prion Protein Fully Uncovered
...y will beuseful in planning future biochemical and biomedical studies. Further information: Prof. Kurt Wüthrich, Institut für Molekularbiologie und Biophysik, ETH-Hönggerberg, 8093 Zürich Tel. +41 (0)1 633 24 73; Fax: +41 (0)1 633 11 51 Swiss National Science Foundation, M. Iten, Head of Press...NIH's Genbank Database Logs Billionth Base
...lth care." NCBI is also responsible for two other biomedical information systems recently in the news: PubMed and the Cancer Genome Anatomy Project (CGAP). PubMed, which provides free Web-based access to the NLM's MEDLINE database of medical literature, was demonstrated by Vice President Gore at a press confe...Hunt For Early Heart Attack Genes Begins
...ller Institute forMedical Research, the first U.S. biomedical research center. Rockefellerfaculty members have made significant achievements, including the discovery thatDNA is the carrier of genetic information and the launching of the scientificfield of modern cell biology. The university has ties to 19 Nob...Plant-Based Therapies Examined For Colon Cancer Prevention
...ller Institute forMedical Research, the first U.S. biomedical research center. Rockefeller facultymembers have made significant achievements, including the discovery that DNA isthe carrier of genetic information and the launching of the scientific field ofmodern cell biology. The university has ties to 19 Nobe......ational Institutesof Health, the primary funder of biomedical research in the nation -- $149million in federal fiscal year 1996. In addition, for the second consecutiveyear, the institution posted the highest growth rate in its research activity --9.1 percent -- of the top ten U.S. academic medical centers duri...Long-Time NIH Grantee Wins Nobel Prize In Chemistry
... funds research and research training in the basic biomedical sciences, including chemistry. It has supported 22 of the 28 Nobel laureates in chemistry funded or employed by NIH since 1954. Please call the NIGMS Public Information Office at (301) 496-7301 to interview...Whitaker Awards $6.8 Million For Biomedical Engineering Education
...tion has awarded $6.8 million in grants to improve biomedical engineering education at six universities in the U...n medical imaging by hiring two faculty members in biomedical engineering, recruiting new graduate students, and creating five new biomedical engineering courses ...Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Receives $1.1 Million Grant From National Cancer Institute
...rida), a long standing supporter of NIH/NCI funded biomedical research and a cancer survivor himself, will tour ...ut how the grant will help further Harbor Branch's biomedical research efforts. The grant has a start date of December 9, 1997. Discodermolide is a promising anti...AAAS Announces Science Journalism Award Winners
...on dedicated tosupporting research and training in biomedical engineering. AAAS is the world's largest federation of scientists, with more than 144,000members. It conducts a variety of meetings and programs in science educationand career development, science policy and international scientific cooperation. It...Cellular Engineers Design Custom Cell Surfaces Able To Adhere To Synthetic Materials
... materialsused in the walls of bioreactors, and in biomedical implants such as pacemakersand artificial organs. In the future, living cells attached to electronicdevices may warn of dangerous chemical or biological toxins in the environment.Already Bertozzi's group has used this cell-surface engineering to turn...Fruit Flies May Shed Light On Cocaine Addiction
...e National Institutes of Health thatsupports basic biomedical research. Please fax clips to NIGMS at (301)402-0224. The cocaine used in this study was supplied by another NIH component,the National Institute on Drug Abuse. This release will be available online at http://www.nih.gov/nigms/news/releases/cocain......ational Institutesof Health, the primary funder of biomedical research in the nation -- $149million in federal fiscal year 1996. In addition, for the second consecutiveyear, the institution posted the highest growth rate in its research activity --9.1 percent -- of the top ten U.S. academic medical centers duri...