Award winning researchers reveal potential new role for Glivec
... of metastatic DFSP, so he and colleagues at other centres in the USA, Belgium and Switzerland set out to see whether the cellular genetic and kinase profiles in DFSP would correlate with clinical responses to imatinib. The ten patients were treated with 800mg of imatinib daily. Of the eight with locally adv...The blind really do hear better
...anize itself early in life. At birth, the brain's centres for vision, hearing and other senses are all connected. Pascal Belin at the Universit de Montral and study leader believes that these connections which are gradually eliminated in normal development, might be preserved and used in the early blind to...Call for greater involvement of developing world scientists in fight against AIDS
...aboration, using the expertise present in the many centres of scientific excellence in the developing world. "Such a programme of support would not only allow the enormous potential of developing countries' flora and fauna to be investigated for novel pharmaceutical products, but would also help stem the 'br...Stonehenge study tells pagans and historians it's good to talk
...tivity. And the emphasis on such things as visitor centres and 'interpretation' handed out to nave visitors, suggests a 'top-down' approach by middle-class heritage management, explaining something from a 'closed' past. Dr Blain said: "Our project suggests that open and transparent dialogue is needed between...Strengthening independent junior research groups in collaborative research centres
...symbols, behaviour and social changes, while three centres in the natural sciences will deal with atmospheric research, exotic states of matter and nuclear physics. The decision made by the responsible Grants Committee on 24 and 25 May 2004 brings the total number of Collaborative Research Centres funded thi...... a key position in this project as one of the four centres in the world that maintain a core repository. These core repositories are meeting points for marine geoscientists from many nations....Landmark, pivotal Phase IIb/III trial of biotoxin for cancer pain begins
...er pain, and will take place in up to 25 treatment centres across Canada. Tectin, a drug derived from the puffer fish, also known as blow fish or fugu, has been developed by Vancouver-based International Wex Technologies Inc. to block slow sodium channel nocicipetive pain fibers in a highly selective manner...Mexican farmers effectively cultivate phenotypic diversity in maize
...ns appear as open genetic systems, maintaining the centres of diversity of this major food cereal. The research conducted in this context on the inter-population gene flow should lead to better assessment of the risks from a spread of genetically modified transgenic-corn varieties that might possibly be intr...Germany starts clinical development of a new tuberculosis vaccine
... March 24th, a consortium of business and research centres have launched a programme to develop just such a vaccine. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology (MPIIB) in Berlin, under the direction of Prof. Stefan H. E. Kaufmann, have developed a highly promising vaccine candidate. And now...Pioneering flu researcher wins major Imperial scientific award
...lion people. Researchers at outbreak surveillance centres around the world hope that knowledge of the struct...ctor Sir Richard Sykes says: "As global monitoring centres remain on high alert, watching to see if bird flu will again 'jump' to humans and evolve so it can b...European researchers launch 10 million euro collaborative technology project
...the best of current technologies at major European centres for research in structural biology, develop them f...mber of Training, Implementation and Dissemination centres will be created outside the participating laboratories to disseminate the know-how. A proactive trai...The Rosetta space probe's long trek to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
...e agency, with contributions from ESA and research centres in Austria, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy and Great Britain. The comet explorer carries ten scientific instruments. Their job is to draw out the secrets of the comet's chemical and physical composition and reveal its magnetic and electrica......or technology.Konrad Samwer's life as a researcher centres around Gttingen. He studied physics there and in Bonn, gained his doctorate with distinction at Gttingen in 1981, followed by his habilitation in 1987. A ten-year period as a C4 professor in experimental physics at Augsburg was followed by his return...DFG to establish seven new Clinical Research Units
...sh these long term. On the one hand, the programme centres on supporting particularly proven groups of researchers by appointing a new leader for this group. On the other, it aims to promote innovative research projects at medical faculties. The funding is scheduled to run for six years. It particularly supp...Work begins on powering a sustainable future for the UK
...n sustainable power generation. These four virtual centres are the first to be funded through this initiative and each will run for four years. This research cuts across many disciplines incorporating political, social, environmental and economic factors covering climate change, fossil fuel extraction rate...Sick Kids researchers link maternal folic acid intake to decrease in deadly childhood cancer
...is submitted by the five major paediatric oncology centres in the province. "This study shows the benefit of a population-based approach to studying childhood cancer, as we can look at trends and possible prevention strategies," said Dr. Mark Greenberg, a senior staff oncologist at Sick Kids, holder of the P......on Wednesday 3 September, this true-colour picture centres on the town of Cogolin in the Var region of southeastern France. Just outside the image is San Tropez, on the coast due east of Cogolin. Clearly visible towards the upper left-hand corner of the image is the grey-dark burn scarring from the latest bl...Hamburger disease drug put to the test
...for this disease." The MUHC is one of six Canadian centres testing this new treatment. The treatment involves administrating an antibody to the toxin produced by E.coli O157:H7. "We expect that this antibody will inactivate the toxin in the bloodstream at an early enough stage to prevent damage to kidneys an...Muslims embrace brave new world of IVF
...any couples' last hope of having children, and IVF centres have opened in nearly 20 nations in the Muslim Middle East, ranging from small, oil-rich Bahrain and Qatar to larger but less prosperous Morocco and Egypt. However, Dr Inhorn, from the University of Michigan, US, told the conference that local and ...ART laws put patients at risk and should be changed, warns head of Germany's IVF registry
...oal was not achieved. He studied data from 108 IVF centres on 75,086 treatment cycles in 2001. Out of 9,648 children born after ART 62% (5,969) were singletons, 34% (3,326) were twins and 3.6% (353) were triplets. There was a strong correlation between the number of embryos transferred and the incidence of m...