Researchers identify protein promoting vascular tumor growth
...ons specifically link MCP-1 and macrophages as key contributors to the development of these tumors. MCP-1's essential role in supporting proliferation of HEs indicates that accessory cells, such as macrophages, play a significant role in facilitating the growth of these tumors," Gordillo said. "Antibody-based the...The book opens on the first tree genome
...Lee Gunter, Gwo-Liang Chen, and Phil Locascio. JGI contributors include Daniel Rokhsar, Nik Putman, Igor Grigoriev, Paul Richardson and Susan Lucas, who manages JGI's production sequencing operation. "This achievement will have a huge impact on research far beyond the field of forestry," said Stefan Jansson at ...Human chromosome 5 final sequence analysis released to public
...mapping and analysis efforts. Additional Stanford contributors included Jane Grimwood, the finishing group leader, and Mark Dickson, the production sequence group leader....Scientists suggest framework for epigenetics in common disease
...epigenetic information in the search to understand contributors to such common diseases as cancer, heart disease a...e Fallin say current attempts to establish genetic contributors to common diseases will fall short without equivalent epigenetic information. It's widely believed t...New textbook introduces students to the foundations, applications of nanotechnology
...ople to young, fast-rising scientists. Most of the contributors are faculty members at universities such as Virgin...ity of Virginia, and Johns Hopkins. There are also contributors from the national labs, such as Oak Ridge, and from industry, such as Hitachi." "We wanted a broad-b...Study links diabetes and colorectal cancer
...in the U.S. and much of the Western world leading contributors to the development of type-2 diabetes was commensurate with the high incidence of colon cancer in these parts of the world....Biologists discover nerve activity, not just genetics controls kinds of neurotransmitters produced
...mitters are also regulated by activity. Other UCSD contributors to the publication were Cory Root, Julia Cronin, Sharon Sann and Xiaonan Gu. The study was supported by the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and Merck....APS announces 2004 Distinguished Lecturer Awards
...by the 12 APS Disciplinary Sections as outstanding contributors and representatives of the best research within their field. Awardees are active participants at Experimental Biology, presenting their lectures and working with graduate and postdoctoral students during the meeting. Peter Agre, M.D. (2003 Nobel P...Southern Californians commonly misinformed about beach water quality, study finds
...River and the Talbert Marsh outlet as being major contributors to the pollution problem along the shore. The study also notes that a large fraction of the shoreline pollution is coming from a region where there are no obvious sources of fecal indicator bacteria. "We answered a lot of questions, but a few mysteri...Estimated one in five people worldwide lack enough zinc in diet
... and shellfish, legumes and whole grain cereals as contributors to a deficiency problem much more common and harmful to health in developing countries than previously believed. Countries at high-risk are mostly in South and Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, Central America and the Andean area of South America. ...UT Southwestern researchers discover link that could aid in treatment of kidney cyst diseases
...e develop. Other UT Southwestern internal medicine contributors to the study were Dr. Xinli Shao, postdoctoral researcher; Yun Bai, senior research associate; Brian McNally, student research assistant; and Dr. Angus M. Sinclair, former assistant professor. Drs. Xin Tian and Stefan Somlo from Yale University Schoo...UT Southwestern researchers identify gene as essential for vascular smooth muscle development
...earch in Pediatric Oncology. Other UT Southwestern contributors to the Nature study were Zhigao Wang, student research assistant in molecular biology, and John McAnally, research associate in molecular biology. Researchers from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Tuebingen University in Germany als...New Web site for biogeoscience community announced
...ense help, and it will also reach out to potential contributors from all levels of the educational spectrum," says Greg Cutter, Professor of Oceanography at Old Dominion University and chair of the Biogeoscience Working Group. The group subsequently invited the Geological Society of America to produce this new ve...Toxin combo common in fish appears capable of impairing motor skills
... In addition to Schantz and Roegge, the other contributors were Illinois doctoral students Victor C. Wang and Brian E. Powers; Sherilyn Villareal, a visiting research specialist in veterinary biosciences; William T. Greenough, a professor of psychology and cell and structural biology at the Beckman Institute......h, similar habitats have life.'" The paper's other contributors were USC's Corien Bakerman and the University of Colorado's Ruth Ley and Michael Mellon. US.COLD ...UT Southwestern researchers learn importance of insulin family signaling in male sex determination
...n in other species as well." Other UT Southwestern contributors to the Nature study were Dr. Serge Nef, a co-first author, and Dr. Jussi Merenmies, both former research fellows who are now at the University of Geneva and University of Helsinki, respectively. Dr. Jean-Dominique Vassalli from the University of Gene...Genetics mutations resulting in delayed puberty are focus of MCG study
... the GNRH receptor and FSHB, but the total list of contributors could be in the hundreds, he said. Now Dr. Layman is using the Affymetrix GeneChip machine in the MCG Genomics Core Facility, which was developed with the support of the Georgia Research Alliance, to handle the massive task of looking at suspect gene...Region of chromosome 1 important in blood pressure regulation
Scientists are closing in on genetic contributors to high blood pressure and other causes of heart and cardiovascular disease. At the American Society for Human Genetics annual meeting in Los Angeles, Hopkins research associate Yen-Pei Christy Chang, Ph.D., will present evidence that a region of chr...Common genetic damages in non-dividing cells lead to the creation of mutant proteins
...genetic damage to cells, says Dr. Doetsch." Other contributors to the research were Bernard Weiss, PhD, Emory professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, Zara A. Doddridge, PhD, Emory postdoctoral fellow, and Ho Jin You, MD, PhD, from the Department of Pharmacology at Chosun University Medical School in the ...'Timeless' gene found to play key role as timekeeper in mammals
...ole set of gears in an intricate mechanism." Other contributors to the paper were postdoctoral researchers Jennifer W. Mitchell and Penny W. Burgoon, both in cell and structural biology, and Jason R. Hickok, a doctoral student in cell and structural biology....