UT Southwestern receives $1.78 million grant for obesity research as part of NIH Roadmap initiative
...ons represent an emerging problem that is going to bring on significant premature cardiovascular disease and diabetes over the next few decades," said Dr. Grundy, chairman of human nutrition. "We're trying to get a handle on that issue from every aspect." Obesity is associated with many adverse health cons...Schepens Eye Research Institute receives 'Roadmap' grant to develop center for curing eye diseases
...y in Bethesda. "This is an exciting opportunity to bring enormous energy and new brain power to solve some of the most complex puzzles in eye research," says Darlene Dartt, PhD, the Director of Scientific Affairs at Schepens who is heading up the project. The Institute plans to combine forces with Massachu...DNA lends scientists a hand, revealing new chemical reactions
...molecules are directed by enzymes that selectively bring certain biological reactants together. Liu and his...agues use DNA as a similar type of intermediary to bring together synthetic small molecules that are otherwise too dilute to react, allowing minute quantitie...Half-million dollar landmark achieved for the Methuselah Mouse Prize
...t Prizes can not only take us into space, but help bring about breakthroughs in the way we live and age." "We're thrilled to have the support of the X PRIZE, said David Gobel, Director of the Methuselah Foundation and the Methuselah Mouse Prize. "This landmark contribution will further swell the size of th...New research shows plants can shuffle and paste gene pieces to generate genetic diversity
...genes, and one is genetic recombination, which can bring fragments of different genes next to each other," said Wessler. "A second is the duplication of an existing genes followed by mutation of one of the pair until it evolves into another function, though this is not the usual fate because the duplicate ...Cardiac arrest may hinder ability to learn certain tasks
...figure out how to alter the brain's environment to bring those damaged neurons back to full function. We can start by looking at the cells' immediate environment to see what causes that alteration, and possibly reverse that." DeVries and her colleagues are continuing this work by looking at how......can said that nanomedicine research is expected to bring significant advances in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. She said: "This is still just the beginning. In the longer term, nanomedicines research will certainly embrace the opportunities arising from stem cell research, tissue engineering rese...HHMI, NIBIB/NIH to invest up to $35 million in interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs
...te training program parallels HHMI's commitment to bring together biologists, computer scientists, engineers, physicists, chemists, and mathematicians to conduct collaborative research at Janelia Farm, HHMI's new research campus now under construction in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...'Gene chips' research in cotton could lead to superior variety
... outreach program where middle school teachers can bring their classes to our laboratories so they can learn about genome biotechnology," he said. "It would give students an opportunity for a hands-on look at how to extract DNA from plants and amplify DNA in test tubes. They would be exposed to how science...DuPont scientist named one of the world's top young innovators by MIT's 'Technology Review' Magazine
...otonics Team led by Maria and its focus on helping bring to market new, integrated optical components that are best-in-class." Dr. Petrucci-Samija says she is driven by the vision of bringing photonics to the same level that electronics reached some years ago -- the ability to monolithically integrate devi...Health of world's sea lions the focus of Wakefield Symposium
...the world's sea lion species. This symposium will bring the world community of sea lion researchers together to share their experiences and knowledge. Interspecies comparisons can shed light on why some populations might decline while others increase. Insights can also be gained on whether trends in the a...Students build submarine to track Octopuses
...nks on the sides of the sub blow this water out to bring Shadow to the surface. "Right now the buoyancy system is under manual control, but we hope to have it under automatic control next time," Vincent said. "We'll just type in the depth we want on the computer and Shadow will automatically submerge to th...Washington University in St. Louis leads group studying aging process
...now the computational tools they use, so now we'll bring them together," Pakrasi said, of collaborating with engineers. "We've learned from before our planning grant experience that there are many talented people in engineering who want to know biology, and vice versa with biologists. It's a big challeng...New fruitfly model of diabetes has future implications for pancreatic cell transplantation
...g insulin. We hope that this Drosophila model will bring useful insights to the table." ...AACR applauds NCI initiative on nanotechnology
...cer will provide $144.3 million over five years to bring together researchers, clinicians and public and private organizations to translate cancer-related nanotechnology research for the benefit of the patient. Nanotechnology refers to the interactions of cellular and molecular components and engineered ma...Joslin Diabetes Center adds first affiliate in California at Irvine Medical Center
...tation and orthopedic foot surgery. "We aspire to bring the best care to our patients and establish a high-quality infrastructure for our researchers," said Dr. Ping Wang, UCI endocrinologist and director of Joslin Diabetes Center at UCI. "Joslin Diabetes Center at UCI will become the focal point in Cali...Two Virginia Tech energy-related inventions win R&D 100 awards
...s of optics, electronics, and materials science to bring the technology to the state of commercialization." Six oil-field sensor technologies are now licensed to Tubel Technologies of The Woodlands, Texas ( www.tubeltechnologies.com )....The search for a kinder, gentler chemotherapy
... enter cancer cells. This type of an approach will bring cancer chemotherapy to a new level of treatment," she said. Traditional chemotherapy, by contrast, can be described as a shotgun approach with the cellular poisons affecting tumors and healthy cells alike. Nausea, vomiting, hair loss, anxiety and a r...Maine-based biophysics institute gets funding for first US-based 4Pi nanoscale microscope
...ticipates that researchers will be able to send or bring biological samples to the IMB for analysis. "I see biology moving towards specialized high-tech centers like the IMB, bringing in investigators from all over the world," he said....Disease diagnosis, drug development focus of UH prof's biochip research
...ope. The principal aims of the conference are to bring together the leading academic and industrial researchers in the experimental and theoretical nanosciences, to showcase the role of computational science underpinning and enabling innovations, and to consider specific applications of nanotechnology. ...