Veterinary Memorial Fund transforms grief into promise
...linical research center, and provides professional continuing education services for veterinarians practicing throughout the two states. ...Cardiac arrest may hinder ability to learn certain tasks
... that." DeVries and her colleagues are continuing this work by looking at how different types of social interactions influence the number and health of neurons that survive a heart attack. "We hope that positive social interaction will actually improve the animals' recovery from cardi...Researchers create nanotubes that change colors, form 'nanocarpet' and kill bacteria
...re very encouraged by these results and we will be continuing our investigations of this novel material in collaboration with our colleagues here at the University of Pittsburgh and the U.S. Army Research Office," added Dr. Russell....'Smart antibiotics' may result from UCLA research
...ate to applications for using it. Miller's team is continuing to study the mechanism, to learn more about its biochemical properties, and to determine whether higher forms of life have similar cassettes. "We're now searching the genomes of higher life forms," Miller said. Miller believes his research team...Scientists discover potential new way to control drug-resistant bacteria
...s." Dr. Miller says that he and his team are continuing to study this genetic mechanism to learn more about its biochemical properties and to determine whether higher forms of life have similar classes of genes. He believes that, in time, they will be able to use the knowledge gleaned from this discovery ...Yale digital diagnostic technology is basis of new company, HistoRx Inc.
.... "HistoRx is a great example of the continuing effort of Yale University to expand the biotechnology industry in the New Haven area," said Jon Soderstrom, managing director of the Office of Cooperative Research at Yale . HistoRx has exclusive license to the AQUA TM technology dev...K-State's National Agricultural Biosecurity Center receives $1.3 Million from Department of Defense
...rned database, real time content aggregations, and continuing education Web site applications will give veterinarians, county extension agents, food producers and processors, public health officials and others, an environment in which they can access relatively static data and also dynamic, relevant real time i...Disease diagnosis, drug development focus of UH prof's biochip research
...Resort. Starting during the conference week and continuing through the month, all lectures (including slides and audio) from the conference will be available through http://nanotech.colayer.net/ for those unable to physically attend the conference in Australia. This virtual version of the conference also ...Highlights of American Chemical Society national meeting in Philadelphia, Aug. 22-26
...tal concerns about vaccine safety have resulted in continuing outbreaks. Researchers at Emory University in Atlanta have developed a series of promising small-molecule compounds that could help close this vaccination gap. In laboratory studies, the non-peptidic compounds inhibit the measles virus and block the ...Washington University in St. Louis plays key role in sequencing moss genome
... The JGI genome project will take advantage of a continuing multinational perspective, with further funding expected from the Japanese government to Hasebe at the NIBB, which will enable the complete sequence determination of full length genes that are expressed, substantially accelerating the task of analyzi...OHSU-VAMC study sheds light on estrogen's benefit for MS
...entially detrimental effects, he said. Research is continuing on regulatory T cells "T-regs," as they're often called and their potential benefit for other autoimmune diseases, Offner said. "It would be nice to look at regulatory T cells in an animal model for arthritis," she said. "There's still a lot to do....Gold quantum dots have applications in biological labeling, nanoscale optics
...ns that scientists wish to track in cells. "We are continuing to investigate these quantum dots, to probe their fundamental photophysical and spectroscopic properties, and to develop different chemistries for functionalizing the scaffolding that encapsulates the nanoclusters so we can attach them to other molec...New compound could give some types of cancer the one-two punch
... to form blood vessels." Li and his colleagues are continuing to look for even more potent analogs based on the structure of SU-5416. "We're developing small, easy-to-make compounds that are similar to established drugs, but hopefully much easier to come by," he said. Li conducted this work with Ohio State coll...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 2004
... Alaska and Ian Dobson of Wisconsin University are continuing their power grid modeling research. Instead of being strictly an engineering challenge, the researchers now see the nation's electric power grid infrastructure driven by a complex combination of variables as diverse as rising demand, conflicting subs...Biologists deciphering complex lemur scent language
...ses to those scents — were inspired by Drea's continuing research on olfactory communication in spotted hye...onkeys and apes. Scordato has now graduated and is continuing her research as a staff member in the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy. Said Drea, ...Full promise of genomics in disease research yet to be realized
...tely expedite disease control and prevention. For continuing progress the report specifically recommends greatly increasing the library of genomes to include not only more pathogenic microorganisms but also sequences of their hosts, nonpathogenic relatives, and a diverse array of unrelated microorganisms. A...Transcriptional gene silencing in nucleus shown by UCSD/VA medical researchers
...a new research tool to study gene function and, if continuing studies prove the concept, it could potentially be...man cancers and certain genetic disorders." In continuing studies, the Looney lab and others in the country will investigate this new method's persistence wit...NHGRI adds 18 organisms to sequencing pipeline
...e NHGRI's sequencing program also plans to advance continuing efforts to catalogue the variations found among genomes of different people. Details of that component of the plan, which is aimed at understanding the role that natural genomic variants play in causing diseases, will be developed at a workshop that ...Genetic discovery could dramatically reduce need for liver transplants in children
... and long-term survival increased." In addition to continuing patient-based studies, Dr. Bezerra will be using the mouse model to develop new treatments to ultimately block obstruction of bile ducts in children who have biliary atresia. "The long-term goal is to stop progression of disease at the time of diagno...Cutting-edge cancer researchers sought for international recognition
...d public attention to landmark achievements in the continuing effort to prevent and cure cancer. The dynamic lectures given during the AACR Annual Meeting are the perfect forum for promoting and rewarding outstanding cancer research and for motivating cancer investigators around the world. The Kirk A. and Dorot...