A Drug Pump On A Computer Chip
...w rate can be calculated. The device has been bench tested successfully and is being scaled down for mass production, Huff reported at SPIEs Smart Structures and Materials Symposium in San Diego earlier this month. The field of microelectromechanical systems and micro fabrication research has le...Argonne Researchers Develops Simple, Inexpensive Method For Cleaning Industrial Waste Streams
... industries. The process has been demonstrated at bench scale for a wide variety of wastestreams, and scaleup and pilot testing are planned. In other applications ofmagnetic separation, scaleup has been successful. With more than 200 research projects and an annual operating budget ofapproximately $500 m...U.S. Scientists Honored For Lifetime Contributions In Hepatitis Research
...the spectrum -- from the laboratory bench to the patient’s bedside. We are grateful to the King Faisal Foundation for its recognition of outstanding contributions by these medical researchers and for focusing the attention of t...Programmable Cells Open Window Of Opportunity For Gene Therapy
...he problems faced inbringing gene therapy from the bench to the bedside." To discover the mechanism responsible for cell reprogramming, he studied thespermatogenesis pathway, which creates sperm cells, and the point at which thegenes in the cell are available for expression. He described this process is"na...New Class Of Molecular Cues Guides Nervous System Wiring
...laboratory, hadbeen working independently at a lab bench next to Brose's for several years onwhat they thought was a separate project. While Brose was isolating themammalian versions of Slit in collaboration with the Goodman laboratory, Wangwas attempting to isolate an unknown protein that induced branchin...Biotechnology requires training across disciplines, and in business
...s in biotechnology andchemistry are not behind the bench with test tubes, but are out front: inmanagement, information technology and marketing." In biotechnology companies,most of these people have degrees in a scientific discipline. Wilkins will be speaking about jobs of the future at the Young C...Advance may put gene chip technology on scientists' desktops
... biologist. "This technology could sit on anyone's bench top," said Sussman. "It will givepeople the ability to make any array of synthetic compounds, any time." Gene chip technology now depends on photolithography, a process that requiresshining ultraviolet light through a series of stencil-like masks ont...... Canadian Arthritis Network and our Partners, from bench to bedside. This conference will also showcase the 'one-stop-shopping' services our network provides to industry and government to facilitate the discovery, development, approval and marketing of arthritis therapeutics, diagnostics and devices....Chemical industry research commitment spurs CIIT growth
...ed a capital plan to nearly double the Institute's bench laboratory facilities and to expand and update technology. The changes will begin this fiscal year and proceed in two phases. "This is a strong endorsement of our vision to become one of the elite environmental health science institutes," said CIIT ...'Real world' offers data to enhance safety of ambulance transport of children
...nts were transported unrestrained on the vehicle's bench seat; and, 11.9 percent were transported on the lap of a parent or emergency medical technician. In addition, researchers observed that 13 different types of EMS equipment were unsecured or minimally secured. Based on these findings, Levick and h...UCSD bioengineer to receive President's National Medal of Science
...ork is a wonderful early example of how basic bench research translates to improved treatment at the bedside. We are deeply proud of all that Bert Fung has accomplished and all that he has meant to this campus, the Jacobs School and our Bioengineering Department, said Robert Conn, De...Team identifies first drug therapy for rare, precancerous stomach illness
...ach and other cancers. "This really takes us from bench to bedside and back," said the principal investigator, Dr. Robert Coffey, Ingram Professor of Cancer Research. "It's very gratifying to have worked in an area for more than 10 years, plugging along, and then be able to implicate a pathway that is imp...New technology reduces noxious emissions
...hich we have been able to move from the laboratory bench to actual engine testing. This gives us confidence in the soundness of our approach. Recent prototype reactor tests conducted on a diesel engine at DOEs Oak Ridge National Laboratory show a 50 percent reduction of NOx. Researchers are continuing ......ic and metabolomic data into a format that regular bench biologists can easily use to interpret the results of their experiments. The tools that will be developed as part of this collaboration mark the first real step in functional genomics research that goes beyond the isolated and static generation of da...UFS Mcknight Brain Institute researchers: Pioneering spinal cord procedure appears safe
...study, it put us on a learning curve. We went from bench to bedside, and now with what weve learned, were going back to the bench." For 18 years leading up to the pilot study, Reier and colleagues had been investigating in laboratory animals whether embryonic tissue could help repair injured spinal cords. ...Study using human fetal tissue transplants suggests potential for spinal cord repair
...e also important because they take us from the lab bench to the bedside and put us on an important learning curve about human spinal cord injury," added co-author Paul J. Reier, PhD. "They help us identify practical issues in the development of new and safe treatments. In that sense, this experience is alr...APS August/September journal hot picks
...exercise bout (50 total sets consisting of squats, bench press, leg press, and latissimus dorsi pull-down). The exercise was performed from 1500 to 1700 hours, and blood samples were taken beginning at 1700 and continuing until 0600 the next morning. Blood was sampled every 10 minutes for LH and every hour...Efficient plastic nuggets key to agricultural plastic waste disposal
...system. "The system can be made small enough to be bench scale, but could also be enlarged to industrial scale," says the Penn State researcher. While dirty and mixed plastics can be used, wet plastics might pose a problem for the system so some type of quality control would be necessary. Also, sandy plas...US Women scientists from Latin America to encourage colleagues from south
...illing thousands of people. Although she loves the bench work, Coloma dedicates herself to building bridges between, first-world science and third world problems. Coloma, Espinosa and Sabelli are in the first of three groups of women scientists invited to speak in Latin America by AAAS and Interciencia, a...Study identifies hypertension patients who can benefit from the little used diuretic amiloride
... research laboratory. This process occurs from the bench to the bedside, as well as from the bedside back to the bench. It is highly suitable for the post-genomic era, enabling physiologists to interact with other basic scientists, engineers, bioinformatics experts, and clinicians in translating the wealth...