Carnegie Mellon U. develops microgel to recover enzymes for manufacturing, research assays
...project demonstrates how effectively chemistry can bridge the biological and materials sciences, according to Armitage. "This is becoming a dominant theme in interdisciplinary research, particularly relating to nanotechnology. Our microgel is just one more example of Carnegie Mellon's leadership in this imp...University of Pittsburgh receives NIH funding to develop heart assist device for infants
...the device could be used for up to six months as a bridge to heart transplantation. In some babies, the device may allow the heart to recover. As such, the team plans to develop a smart control system that will indicate patterns consistent with a recovering heart. Since the device will be fully implantable ...Fat cells heal skull defects in mice, Stanford research shows
...icky bone marrow cells at synthesizing new bone to bridge the defect. In contrast, cells derived from tissue that covers the brain showed no bone growth during the same time period. The new bone growth began next to the brain, suggesting those cells were sending out bone growth-promoting signals and emphasi...ESA's minature Earth observer put to many uses
...ed that the CHRIS data acquired served as a useful bridge between the aerial and Landsat imagery. The research had been hampered by a persistent drought affecting their test area, but even so, CHRIS data was shown to be able to differentiate between cotton species, crops with high, normal and low water cont...OUP launch a new Open Access Journal on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
... provide the perfect communication channel to help bridge the CAM gap between East and West, whilst at the same time insisting on the highest standards of scientific rigour. The combination of eCAM's TM free availability online with PubMed and Google indexing from the start will make eCAM research papers ...Strengthening independent junior research groups in collaborative research centres
...y molecular pathogenesis and therapy" attempts to bridge the gap between basic research and potential therapeutic application. Clinicians and researchers involved in basic research at the Medical Faculty in Berlin and the Universities of Tbingen and Greifswald are cooperating on this research. (Spokesperso...'Rolling Store' provides model for overcoming barriers to healthy foods and better health outcomes
... where the system of roadways is poor and only one bridge crosses the 215-mile stretch where the Mississippi River bisects the Delta. Unlike higher income families with better transportation, a substantial proportion of the poor in this area relies heavily on convenience stores for food purchases. ...New designed paclitaxel analog kills more cancer cells than natural product
...r," said Snyder. "We thought that if we linked the bridge in the right position, maybe it would hold the side chain in the right place," Kingston says. Bridging per se wasn't a new idea. The teams of Gunda Georg of the University of Kansas, Iwao Ojima of SUNY Stony Brook, and Jolle Dubois of CNRS in Franc...$5 million grant funds partnership, studies of minority-based issues in reproductive health
... an opportunity for our two institutions to really bridge a gap and address some of the health disparity issues in women's health," Montgomery-Rice said. "When you look at what happens to women with osteoporosis, polycystic ovary syndrome and fibroids, the outcomes of those disease processes are worse for A...Brain serotonin enzyme finding might explain psychiatric disorders
...of electrical charge from one end to the other. To bridge the gap between nerves, the neurons release chemical neurotransmitters, including serotonin, that set off an impulse in receiving neurons. Once the original cell has passed its message on, it sops up the chemical it released to damp that signal and p...Environment influences learning: U of T study
...tuitively said was important. This is an important bridge between psychology and neurobiology. Affecting an environment affects your ability to learn." The researchers have also identified a mutation that affects the environment's role in memory recall. When you test and train the worms with this mutation ...RNA could form building blocks for nanomachines
...eered biological molecules, and that could help us bridge the gap between the living and the nonliving world. If nanotech devices can eventually be built from both organic and inorganic materials, it would ease their use in both medical and industrial settings, which could multiply their usefulness consider...Nerve cells 'guided' to repair spinal damage: Technique
...ls and peptides to stimulate nerve cell growth and bridge the gap between the two ends. "We need cells to grow in a specific direction to minimize that distance, thereby reducing the time for regeneration," says Shoichet, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Tissue Engineering. "A longitudinal channel - a...How do you mend a broken heart?
...ic Network of Excellence, specifically intended to bridge the sciences in cardiovascular research between Europe and the United States....Heart gene yields insights into evolution, disease risk
...study of genetics. This broader study would aim to bridge the gap between medical scientists' detailed molec...ed by evolution." Both groups working together can bridge the gap between genes and health, said Wray, gaining a much better insight into how evolution influe...NSF announces six 'FIBR' awards to tackle some of biology's most challenging questions
...rless generation of scientists willing and able to bridge conventional disciplinary boundaries." Several of this year's FIBR awards will focus on the relationship between an organism's genes and the outside world. One project will examine how a plant evaluates the various cues of seasonal change so that ...Cigarette smoke causes breaks in DNA and defects to a cell's chromosomes, Pitt study finds
... double-stranded breaks probably leads to anaphase bridge formation and chromosomal instability," added Li Z...en species, prevented most occurrences of anaphase bridge formation and significantly reduced genomic imbalances. "Unfortunately, no amount of scientific ev...