'Dead zone' area shrinking, Texas A&M prof says
COLLEGE STATION, September 30, 2004 - A team of Texas A&M University and Louisiana State University scientists conducted a research cruise in late August to the "dead zone" - a region in the northern Gulf of Mexico that suffers from low oxygen and results in huge marine losses - and much to their surprise, the "dead zone" area had either moved or had disappeared completely....... Steven DiMarco,...NJIT professor receives Presidential Award for breakthrough research with adult stem cells
A young female African-American professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) was recognized today by President Bush for research showing that adult stem cells could help patients suffering from spinal cord injuries, bone and cartilage damage and related diseases. ...... Treena Livingston Arinzeh, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at NJIT, received the 2003 Presidential...Disease diagnosis, drug development focus of UH prof's biochip research
HOUSTON, Sept. 1, 2004 Leading the way to disease diagnosis and drug development, biochip research at the University of Houston will be presented to an international audience of top nanoscientists next week. ... ...B. Montgomery Pettitt, the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Houston, has been selected as one of the plenary speakers at the...Virginia Tech professor honored with DeLaval Award
BLACKSBURG, Va. Ray Nebel, of Blacksburg, a professor of reproductive physiology in the department of dairy science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, received the DeLaval Dairy Extension award at the American Dairy Science Association annual meeting recently.... ...He was honored for his 20-year career of service to the dairy industry and especially for his researc...Professor calls for a new branch of learning
Nanotechnology, the 'science of small things' is set to bring huge advantages in engineering, electronics, medicine and IT-- but the potential threats to health that widespread use of nanoparticles could bring need to be scrutinised, says a University of Edinburgh expert in this month's edition of Occupational and Environmental Medicine....... Professor Ken Donaldson, a lung toxicology expert and...'New and better drugs for tuberculosis' goal of UH professor
HOUSTON, Aug. 13, 2004 In Kurt Krause's laboratory, what starts off as a mere molecule may soon become a potential drug to treat tuberculosis. ...... Krause, an associate professor of biology and biochemistry at the University of Houston, has been invited to discuss this research at The Protein Society's 18th Annual Symposium "Protein Structure, Function and Disease" Aug. 14-18, in San Diego,...UCSB professor and director receives two national awards
(Portland, Ore.) Two national awards are being presented this summer to Jim Reichman, director of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), based at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he is also a professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology....... The 2004 Distinguished Service Citation from the Ecological Society of America reco...K-State professor combines love of teaching, research to examine eye development
MANHATTAN, KAN. -- Gary Conrad never knows when or where an idea for a research project might strike him -- in the middle of the night, in the kitchen, in the shower, while driving, while hiking.... ...To ensure that he is never without pen and paper whenever an idea comes to him, Conrad, a university distinguished professor of biology at Kansas State University, always keeps paper and writing ut...LSU vet school professor uses gene therapy to destroy cancerous tumors
Shulin Li, associate professor in the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine's Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, is developing a gene therapy treatment for cancer that could ultimately serve to "vaccinate" bodies against tumor recurrence. ... Thus far, Li's treatment has succeeded in pre-clinical trials on tumors in mice. Now he is using his method to treat larger animals, such as dogs,...Gene profiles could improve acute leukemia diagnosis and lead to better treatments
The results of a microarray analysis of genes from both children and adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) could significantly improve the ability to make accurate diagnoses and prognoses for the major genetic (molecular) subtypes of the pediatric form of this disease and lead to better treatments. This finding, by investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, is published in the jou...Professor and student among tops in technology at UH
HOUSTON, June 15, 2004 The Association for Women in Computing marked 25 years of advancement and leadership for women in technical disciplines with a recent gala that honored, among others, two shining stars from the University of Houston. ... ...Susan H. Hardin, an associate professor of biology and biochemistry, received one of the "Top Houston Women in Technology" awards for 2004, and...COPD is forgotten killer, says University of Toronto professor
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will kill more women in Canada this year than breast cancer, says a University of Toronto researcher.... ...In a paper published in the June 2004 issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, U of T medical professor Kenneth R. Chapman says women may be more predisposed to develop COPD, a permanent narrowing of the breathing tubes, because of their smaller airwa...OneWorld Health CEO outlines mutually beneficial collaborations between industry, nonprofits at BIO
San Francisco, Calif. June 7, 2004 The economics and traditional structure of drug development are shifting in ways that could lead to viable markets for new, affordable drugs in the developing world if biopharmaceutical companies considered innovative collaborations with nonprofits, according to Victoria Hale, Ph.D., founder and CEO of the Institute for OneWorld Health, the first nonprofit pha...Yale professor receives Johnson & Johnson Focused Giving award
New Haven, Conn. -- Sidney Altman, Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at Yale University has been awarded a three-year, Focused Giving Grant by Johnson & Johnson to support his work on coordinated regulation of the protein subunits of RNase P in HeLa Cells.... ... Professor Altman received the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1989 for his work on RNaseP de...UC Riverside professor to spend year with US State Department
Dr. David A. Eastmond, a toxicologist and professor of cell biology at UC Riverside, was among five academics announced Wednesday, May 26, by Secretary of State Colin L. Powell as Jefferson Science Fellows at the U.S. Department of State. ...... Powell heralded the creation of the JSF program, named for the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, who was both ambassador and scient...Gene expression profiling may predict head, neck cancer recurrence
CHAPEL HILL -- Results from a new study of tumor genetics may give doctors valuable information in deciding how aggressively to treat patients with head and neck cancer....Head and neck tumors account for more than 40,000 new cancers annually in the United States. The most common of these is squamous cell carcinoma. Prognosis is based largely on location and size of the tumor, and if the cancer h...Professor publishes book on historic 'mosquito wars'
Dr. Gordon Patterson, Florida Tech professor of humanities and communication, is author of the just-published "The Mosquito Wars: A History of Mosquito Control in Florida. University Press of Florida published the book as part of its Florida History and Culture series. ...Amazon.com describes the book: The Mosquito Wars presents a comprehensive and insightful analysis of the development of human...John Sherris receives 2004 Abmm/Abmli Professional Recognition Award
WASHINGTON, DC--APRIL 23, 2004--John C. Sherris, M.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Microbiology, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, is the 2004 laureate of the ABMM/ABMLI Professional Recognition Award, presented by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the award recognizes a Diplomate o...High profile publications in biology and biochemistry on rise at UH
HOUSTON, April 27, 2004 Through teamwork and collaboration, the University of Houston's Department of Biology and Biochemistry has produced an environment that has led to a record increase in scientific paper citations. ... ...According to a recent analysis released in early April of the ISI Essential Science IndicatorsSM Web product, UH showed the highest percent increase in total citations in...UGA professor Jeffrey Bennetzen named to National Academy of Sciences
Jeffrey L. Bennetzen, the Norman and Doris Giles/Georgia Research Alliance professor of molecular genetics at the University of Georgia, has been elected to membership in the prestigious National Academy of Sciences. Results of the election were made public this morning at the annual meeting of the National Academy in Washington, D.C.... ......Election to the National Academy represents the summi...Four IU professors are 2004 Guggenheim Fellows
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Four Indiana University Bloomington professors have been awarded Guggenheim fellowships, the Guggenheim Foundation announced today (April 8). ......Professor of Central Eurasian Studies Christopher Beckwith, Professor Emeritus of Folklore and Ethnomusicology Mary Ellen Brown, Professor of Biology Ellen Ketterson and Distinguished Professor of Biology Loren Rieseberg are amon...Ohio State wetlands professor wins prestigious Water Prize
COLUMBUS, Ohio Years of studying wetland behavior have paid off for Ohio State University professor Bill Mitsch, who today became co-recipient of the prestigious 2004 Stockholm Water Prize. ... ...For water scientists, winning the Stockholm Water Prize is equivalent to winning a Nobel Prize, said Mitsch.... ...Mitsch, a professor of natural resources and environmental science at Ohio State Unive...Scientists discover that metastases share a similar genetic profile to their primary tumour
Hamburg, Germany: Work by scientists in The Netherlands has contradicted the notion that breast cancer metastases behave differently to their primary tumours....... PhD student, Britta Weigelt told the meeting of the 4th European Breast Cancer Conference today (Thursday 18 March) that, contrary to what had been thought previously, any primary breast cancer cell was capable of producing secondary...Determining proper treatment for individuals diagnosed with prostate cancer suffers because of the current unreliability of methods to predict the clinical course of the disease. Existing procedures for patient stratification include a series of clinical, biochemical, and histopathological examinations, such as prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels, tumor stage, Gleason score, and genetic appr...Genetic profile, not clinical appearance, to determine tumor treatment
Honolulu, HawaiiDetailed molecular analysis of tumors is now providing molecular portraits which show the genetic basis of the different clinical presentations of disease. This technology will help identify metastasis signatures and provide logical targets for drug discovery. This moves us closer to a time when we will treat patients based on the genetic profile of the tumor rather than the clini...K-State professor to give paper on potential impact of ag bioterrorism
The key to minimizing impact is early detection and accurate diagnosis. The earlier the detection and diagnosis, the earlier the response; the earlier the response the lower the impact. That's the basic philosophy whether dealing with a human disease like cancer or one in plants like karnal bunt of wheat. Or an occurrence of bioterrorism.... ...It is that preparedness for a possible agricultura...University of Minnesota professors to speak at symposium on international trade
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL--Developed countries that set trade barriers on agricultural exports from poor countries are hindering those countries' economic growth and development, according to research by a University of Minnesota professor. Applied economics professor Terry Roe will present his paper, "International Trade as a Source of Economic Growth: Trade Barriers and Institutions," at 2:30 p.m....U. of Colorado professor pioneering tissue engineering from knees to hearts to brains
University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Kristi Anseth, an investigator with the prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute, has high hopes for the future of tissue engineering as a way to make people healthier, happier and to live longer.... ...Anseth, a chemical and biological engineering professor, is considered by many to be the pioneer in this fledging field. She and her team which inc...Gulf between rich, poor will grow if high-profile nanotechnology opponents prevail: ethics experts
The chasm between have and have-not countries will grow even wider if nanotechnology research is upended by the unbalanced positions of high-profile opponents like Prince Charles, warns a new analysis from a leading global medical ethics think-tank....... Nanotechnology is the building of working devices, systems and materials molecule by molecule by manipulating matter measured in billionths of...Profiling the genes that make stem cells
While the controversy surrounding the ethics of stem cell research shows no signs of abating, scientists continue to demonstrate the promise of stem cellderived therapies for a wide range of degenerative diseases. The hope is that stem cells, which retain a unique "pluripotent" ability to morph into any of the 200 cell types of the human body, could be used to repair or replace damaged or disease...SMCM professor discovers cattle hormones that leak into streams and alter fish reproduction
A study released in early December by a group of scientists shows that hormones leaking into streams from cattle feedlots are altering the sexual characteristics of wild fish....... Edward Orlando, assistant professor of biology at St. Mary's College of Maryland (SMCM), was the leading author in the study that included researchers from five U.S. institutions. The scientists examined minnows in t...The common cold as cancer fighter? SLU prof's lifetime work moving into clinical trials
ST. LOUIS - Can the common cold ever be a good thing? It is if you've figured out a way to genetically engineer the virus so that it fights and kills cancerous cells - while leaving healthy cells intact. ... ...That's been the work of Dr. William Wold and his colleagues at Saint Louis University School of Medicine for the last 30 years.... ..."The potential is understandably huge," said Wold, who...Professor uses satellites to protect Amazon forests, global climate
The Amazon is the world's largest rain forest and home to an untold number of species and natural resources. It also provides a vital means for removing an important greenhouse gas from the atmosphere. All of this is in danger, as the Amazon is rapidly shrinking....... Greg Asner, a faculty scientist with the Carnegie Institution at Stanford, is working with a multinational team to reverse this t...UT Southwestern scientist awarded prestigious American Cancer Society research professorship
DALLAS Oct. 21, 2003 Dr. Luis Parada, director of the Center for Developmental Biology at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, has been awarded this year's only American Cancer Society basic research professorship, making him one of 20 such designated professors nationwide....... The research professorship carries a five-year award of $60,000 per year with the possibility of a five-year re...Illinois professor wins Nobel Prize
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Paul C. Lauterbur, a pioneer in the development of magnetic resonance imaging and a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He shares the prize with Sir Peter Mansfield of the University of Nottingham in England. Mansfield was a research associate in the department of physics at Illinois...Taking aim at bioterrorism: UH professor gets HHS funding to battle anthrax
HOUSTON, Oct. 2, 2003 Selected to play a vital role in confronting the threat of bioterrorism, University of Houston professor Steven Blanke has a particular target in mind: anthrax. ... ...Blanke, an associate professor in the biology and biochemistry department, and his UH colleagues will be working with other research groups in this region to develop countermeasures against a wide array of...University of Toronto professor turns hemp into auto parts
If Mohini Sain has his way, cars of the future may be fitted with tough, durable and completely biodegradable bumpers made of hemp.... ...Sain, a professor in the University of Toronto's Faculty of Forestry and Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, creates biocomposites from processed plant fibres. His latest research, published in the August issue of Materials Research Innova...UCLA study uses genetic profiling to distinguish types of leprosy
UCLA researchers found a distinction in the gene expression of leprosy that accurately classified two different clinical forms of the disease. This is one of the first studies of its kind where genetic profiling distinguished between disease types, possibly leading to new ways to diagnose and treat all types of diseases. ... ...The new UCLA study, published Sept. 12 in the journal Science, also...DNA profiling is subject of two-day expert forum at Wright State
As an accepted forensic tool for determining guilt or innocence, using DNA evidence to exonerate defendants has found its way into headlines and pop culture. From the witness stands at the O.J. Simpson and Unabomber trials to CSI and Court TV, DNA experts have come out from behind their microscopes and into the public's eye....... Nearly a dozen of the country's leading DNA experts will meet Frid...Nominations sought for professorship by the American Association for Cancer Research
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) announces that nominations are now being accepting for the 2004 AACR-National Foundation for Cancer Research Professorship in Basic Cancer Research. The AACR and the National Foundation for Cancer Research established this Professorship to recognize a senior scientist at the level of Associate Professor or Professor who is currently engaged in a...