Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
...anti-AIDS drugs now in use. "Prostratin is Samoa's gift to the world," explained Samoan Minister of Trade Joseph Keil. "We are pleased to accept the University of California as a full partner in the effort to isolate the Prostratin genes." Despite Prostratin's promise as an anti-AIDS drug, its supply is ...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
...anti-AIDS drugs now in use. "Prostratin is Samoa's gift to the world," explained Samoan Minister of Trade Joseph Keil. "We are pleased to accept the University of California as a full partner in the effort to isolate the Prostratin genes." Despite Prostratin's promise as an anti-AIDS drug, its supply is ...Northeastern University receives $12.4 million NSF grant for creation of nanomanufacturing institute
...bdelal, provost at Northeastern. "With our initial gift from alumnus George Kostas, we were able to establish a state-of-the-arts nanomanufacturing facility. The awarding of the NSF grant will provide a solid foundation to build on for both NU and other members of the consortium. NU will very much be a pl...US investment firm gives away Rhode Island-sized lands in Chile
...004 Goldman Sachs has announced the unprecedented gift of a sprawling wilderness in Chile to the Wildlife... Awed Darwin The Chilean lands transferred in the gift contain large stands of old-growth lenga forests, a native species of southern beech tree, as well a...Forest fire sensor inspired by nature
...heir sense of thermal radiation is." However, this gift does not appear to be very common in the animal kingdom. Apart from three species of beetle, so far scientists only know of some snakes the pit viper and giant constrictor that have genuine IR-sensing organs. In fact, since the beginning of last ye...Fox Chase Cancer Center's Alfred Knudson Jr. named 2004 Kyoto Prize winner
...ankind's betterment." Knudson will receive a cash gift of about $450,000 (50 million yen), the 20 karat gold Kyoto Prize Medal and a diploma at the Kyoto Prize Ceremony in Kyoto, Japan on November 10, 2004. The Inamori Foundation selects three Kyoto Prize ( www.kyotoprize.org ) laureates annually for sig...2004 AIUM ultrasound research grant recipients to be announced at the AIUM annual convention
...UM past president, Dr Gilbert Baum, has provided a gift of $10,000 to fund this special award. The ERF, under the auspices of the AIUM, plans to continue awarding several ultrasound research grants each year to its members and is proud to sponsor cutting edge research in the field of ultrasound. The win...Imaging the brain solving problems through insight
...w York Times crossword puzzle, you probably have a gift for insight. The puzzles always have an underlying hint to solving them, but on Saturdays that clue is insanely obtuse. If you had all day, you could try a zillion different combinations and eventually figure it out. But with insight, you'd experienc...New IU Bloomington life sciences building gets a name
...nowledge," said IU President Adam W. Herbert. The gift is from Melvin and Bren Simon, Herbert and Bui Simon, David E. and Jackie Simon, Deborah J. Simon, and Cynthia Simon Skjodt and Paul Skjodt. Melvin Simon and Herbert Simon are the co-chairmen and David Simon is the chief executive officer of Simon Pr...Principal investigators named for international scholars in breast cancer research program
...Breast Cancer Research is funded by a $2.8 million gift from the Avon Foundation to encourage and promote ... young investigators in underserved countries. The gift is one element of the Avon Foundation-AACR Global Partnership in Breast Cancer Research and Educatio......to kiss the Blarney Stone will either give you the gift of gab or the taste of a 300-million-year-old Carb...nd says that kissing the Blarney Stone bestows the gift of blarney, or sweet flattering talk. USGS geologists will tell you that if you've ever kissed the ...Green Foundation, Trust gives $12.8 million for UT Southwestern comprehensive research center
...n to UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. The gift will be used to establish a comprehensive center t...Wildenthal, president of UT Southwestern, said the gift will provide new avenues for research and collaboration among scientists, enabling researchers to bu...New systems biology center positions UT Southwestern in vanguard of scientific research
...s. The center was made possible by a $12.8 million gift from the Cecil and Ida Green Foundation. "The time is really right for this kind of focused research effort," said Dr. Gilman. The emerging field of systems biology focuses on how individual parts of an organism from small-scale molecules and prot...Dazzling new light source opens at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
... associated experimental stations. A $14.2 million gift from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to the California Institute of Technology was announced on January 28, which will allow scientists at Caltech and Stanford University to collaborate on the building of a designated beam line at SPEAR3 for st...Researchers discover that a virus can naturally target and kill tumors
...am unscathed to the target area. "Nature gave us a gift in Sindbis," says Dr Meruelo. "It has a natural ability to infect tumor cells almost exclusively, and naturally induces cell death in these tumor cells." This relatively mild-mannered virus first came under scientific scrutiny as a potential vehicle...Scripps Research receives $3 million anonymous donation
... Research Institute recently received a $3 million gift to establish The Pearson Center for Alcoholism and...r, who wishes to remain anonymous, stated that the gift is "in memory of my parents whom I lost to alcoholism and addiction and on behalf of other family me...It's our holiday gift to you this year: a stocking-full of great science stories -- some of which are timely, some of which are evergreen -- but all are great leads to fill these otherwise barren winter months. This monthly collection can help you cover ongoing earth and...Salk News: Institute receives $30 million gift
...r Biological Studies, providing the largest single gift in the history of the Institute. The donor has designated the gift to "grow the general endowment of the Institute so that it can maintain strength and flexibility in ...UT Southwesterns capital campaign passes $300 million mark
...ew $50 million anonymous contribution the largest gift in the medical center's history and the largest si... million target by $15 million. The record-setting gift will be used to enhance the quality of clinical care and service received by UT Southwestern's patie...Packard Children's Hospital gift creates new biotech research center for children's health
...logy research for advancing children's health. The gift will create a center that will allow basic scienti...n as a result of a disease process.'' The $700,000 gift is the first investment of its kind by the hospital in the medical school. The hospital's twin goals...