Leader in cancer treatment and prevention research honored
...inical trials in patients. "Dr. Alberts is a true pioneer in translational cancer prevention research," said Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.), AACR chief executive officer. "His many contributions to the field have advanced cancer prevention from its earliest preclinical and clinical stages of drug develop...UT Southwestern biochemist honored with NIH Director's Pioneer Award
...iomedical Research. "To be judged by my peers as a pioneer is the highest accolade I could possibly imagine receiving. I'm on cloud nine to hear that I was selected to receive one of the inaugural Pioneer Awards from the National Institutes of Health." One of the most significant turns Dr. McKnight took ...UCSF scientist Joe Derisi named MaCarthur Fellow
...to the fundamental aspects of cells. He was also a pioneer in pharmacogenetics -- the study of the way natural variations in individuals' genes affect their response to drugs. DeRisi, who designs and builds microarrays -- a technology in which gene activity is revealed on a glass slide -- to carry o...$18 million bioinformatics center to become weapon against deadly diseases
...nce, including computational biology. Overbeek, a pioneer in the development of comparative genomic databases (PUMA, WIT, ERGO and the SEED), is interested in extracting deeper understanding from analysis of the growing body of genomic data. In 2003 he co-founded the Fellowship for Interpretation of Genomes...National Parkinson Foundation designates UNC as 'Center of Excellence'
...e in Parkinson disease. Mailman is recognized as a pioneer in the therapeutic development of D1 dopamine agonists, one of the most promising therapeutic directions on the horizon for Parkinson's. Huang currently has an NIA-funded career development award to investigate the neural circuitry of motor dysfuncti...3-D micro-imaging technology licensed to Carl Zeiss Jena
...orldwide service and support network." Bio-Rad, a pioneer in developing confocal microscopy and multiphoton technology, has had a long-term collaborative partnership with Cornell, said Webb. "Now, working with Carl Zeiss should provide access to a new source of optical and instrumental expertise. Our object...Leroy Hood to receive 2004 Biotechnology Heritage Award
...le, a non-profit research institute established to pioneer systems approaches to biology and medicine. He has also cofounded numerous biotechnology companies, including Amgen, Applied Biosystems, Systemix, Darwin, Rosetta, and MacroGenics. He earned an M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University in 1964 and a Ph...51 globally threatened species get new lease on life in the Caucasus
...sus at its heart, our support to local groups will pioneer and equip new partnerships and approaches that are necessary to make lasting conservation happen." The WWF Caucasus Programme coordinated an intensive process to develop the CEPF strategy, known as an ecosystem profile, for the Caucasus. Its approac...Research points to potential obesity treatment
...ant potential for obesity therapies." MSH research pioneer Victor Hruby, agrees. "It's clear that the POMC gene and its products are involved in additional ways that Miles and his colleagues have discovered, such as feeding behavior and energy homeostasis. It continues to be an evolving, exciting story that ...The science of overcrowded life boats and other moral dilemmas
...artmouth's Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and a pioneer in the cognitive neuroscience and neuroethics fields, will also speak at the conference. Gazzaniga is especially known for his split-brain research and is a member of President Bush's national Council on Bioethics. Some of the topics to be discussed...2004 AIUM ultrasound research grant recipients to be announced at the AIUM annual convention
...arch project. Barbra Baum, wife of late ultrasound pioneer and AIUM 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 spons...Newly discovered gene controls levels of 'bad' cholesterol in mice
...is higher than the recommended level. Breslow is a pioneer in the genetics of heart disease. In 1992, his lab produced the first mouse model of heart disease by knocking out, or deleting, the apo E gene. The mouse provided the scientific community with the first small animal model to study heart disease in a...UGA professor Jeffrey Bennetzen named to National Academy of Sciences
...ble for what we have accomplished." Bennetzen is a pioneer in the comparative analysis of plant genomes, especially the contribution of transposable elements as generators of diversity. Among his most notable discoveries was the identification of mechanisms of genome growth in grasses. "I am delighted that D...Gene plays major role in formation of stem cells and cancer
...m the University of Zurich, Merel Lingbeek and NWO pioneer Prof. Maarten van Lohuizen published their findings on 18 March 2004 in Nature . Because cancer cells and stem cells can both reproduce themselves in unlimited numbers, it was suspected that they have something in common. That suspicion proved to be...World's first databank for all living systems
...ernational education and research springs from its pioneer work in agricultural development in what is now Nanjing University, China, in the early 20th century. In the Philippines, Cornell helped form the University of the Philippines Los Baos and assisted in the rebuilding of the country's agricultural syst...UNC study may improve gene therapy safety
...e foundation here for that to happen." Samulski, a pioneer in AAV research, said the new study further confirms his choice to study and develop altered AAV for gene therapy. Along with its potential for fewer toxic effects than that of many other viruses studied for use in gene therapy, a gene delivered via ...U. of Colorado professor pioneering tissue engineering from knees to hearts to brains
...neering professor, is considered by many to be the pioneer in this fledging field. She and her team which includes 15 CU students -- were the first group to successfully develop an injectable and biodegradable "scaffold" to regenerate cartilaginous tissue using light-activated chemistries. "I believe that...Free, public events at the 2004 AAAS Annual Meeting
... -- For her Presidential Lecture, newborn medicine pioneer and AAAS President Dr. Mary Ellen Avery, Children's Hospital Boston, will be joined by Dr. Richard Klausner, executive director for global health at the Gates Foundation. Dr. Avery will discuss the promise of scientific advances to alleviate the suff...2004 AAAS annual meeting spotlights world health, oceans and family science
...on Hotel, Grand Ballroom ABC, 2nd Floor). Avery, a pioneer in newborn medicine, will describe the power of imagination and the promise of scientific discovery for alleviating human suffering, particularly for women and children. In Brazil, for example, some 130,000 children had lost at least one parent to AI......or of Cancer Research, Emeritus, at Stanford, is a pioneer in the field of genetic engineering. He will be introduced by former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz, the Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow at the Hoover Institution. A 10-minute question-and-answer period will follow Berg's lect...