Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
...enes into a strain of E. coli bacteria that he has created to produce isoprenoid compounds like Prostratin. The product of more than 10 years of genetic engineering, the bacterial factories have already proven useful in producing precursors of the anti-malarial drug artemisinin, which he hopes to produce ine...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
...enes into a strain of E. coli bacteria that he has created to produce isoprenoid compounds like Prostratin. The product of more than 10 years of genetic engineering, the bacterial factories have already proven useful in producing precursors of the anti-malarial drug artemisinin, which he hopes to produce ine...Gladstone investigator Mike McCune wins prestigious NIH Director's Pioneer Award
...he NIH Director's Pioneer Award (NDPA) program was created to identify and fund investigators of exceptionally creative abilities and to provide them with enough funding -- $500,000 per year in direct costs over five years -- to develop and test far-ranging ideas. The only constraint on the funding is that i...AAAS US Presidential Candidates' Forum
... on federal funding of research on stem cell lines created after August 2001. "Right now, more than 100 million Americans suffer from illnesses that one day could be wiped away with stem-cell therapy, including cancer, Parkinson's, diabetes, and other debilitating diseases." President Bush is in favor of mai...Cancer vaccine based on pathogenic listeria bacteria shows promise targeting metastases
...lly engineered listeria bacteria based on a strain created by coauthor and University of California, Berkeley, microbiologist Daniel Portnoy. Buoyed by the success of the new cancer vaccine, Cerus scientists now are aiming for human trials. Cerus ultimately hopes to use the genetically engineered listeria va...HHMI, NIBIB/NIH to invest up to $35 million in interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs
...roughs Wellcome Fund, HHMI and NIBIB together have created a new model to support the initiation, development, and maintenance of new graduate programs to provide upcoming biomedical scientists with the cross-disciplinary knowledge and skills they will need. "This groundbreaking partnership between the N...Knock knock knocking on rhythm's neural doors
...played far-reaching differences. Rhythmic activity created activity only in the motor areas of the opposite brain hemisphere and in the cerebellum. Discrete activity was much more extensive, including numerous areas on both sides of the brain, including "planning areas" not directly connected with motor exec...UCI scientists successfully target key HIV protein; breakthrough may lead to new drug therapies
...f protein to the surface of a harmless virus, then created synthetic molecules that could target and dislodge the protein. This is the first time phage display has been used to identify molecules that disrupt protein-protein interactions. (For more detail, see "About the Research.") While the method was suc...Researchers create nanotubes that change colors, form 'nanocarpet' and kill bacteria
...al weapons. "In these nanotube structures, we have created a material that has the ability to sense their environment. The work is an outgrowth of our interest in developing materials that both sense and decontaminate chemical or biological weapons," said senior author Alan J. Russell, Ph.D., professor of su...Flexible pain relief with morphine-free poppy
... in Tasmania where it is now widely grown. "Norman created substantial industry growth when there was a surplus of traditional products, such as morphine, allowing us to supply raw materials for the manufacture of other pharmaceutical ingredients," says Tasmanian Alkaloids' Manager of Agricultural Research, ...Anthrax enzyme images reveal secrets of antibiotic resistance, suggest new drug design
...of the Structure report.The St. Jude investigators created images of the loops and helical ribbons of protein making up this DHPS. In addition, they created images showing how certain small enzyme mutations allow it to alter its structure, blocking the atta...New fossil sheds light on old mystery
...suction force that would swallow the pressure wave created by the lunging head, along with the prey. "The unusual neck morphology of Dinocephalosaurus would have allowed it to suction feed, a feeding mode previously unknown for fossil aquatic reptiles," said Michael LaBarbera, PhD, professor of organismal bi...Groundbreaking research could ignite new solutions to heat transfer in nano-devices
...leted a detailed measurement of how heat energy is created at the molecular level, an approach that could have far reaching implications for developing nano-devices. Research results to be published in the upcoming issue of Science, detail a collaborative effort involving The University of Scranton, a Jesuit...A long-necked sea predator from China described in Science
...ow the animal to swallow the pressure wave that it created as its head lunged forward though the water. By swallowing its own pressure wake that would otherwise signal its approach, the predator may have executed almost undetectable strikes at unsuspecting fish. While it's difficult to add muscles to a foss...Posters highlight water, energy and other natural resource research
...institutions of higher education. The Alliance was created to promote new opportunities for research and education that will benefit the region and nation in a variety of technical disciplines. INRA Universities include Boise State, Washington State, Utah State, Montana State and Idaho State Universities a...A novel, safer strategy for regulating gene expression
...'s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School have created a novel, elegant, and safer system for controlling gene expression turning genes on and off as needed that involves an intervention as simple as giving a drug. Potentially, with this technique, a gene could even be activated by natural conditions ...Northeastern University receives $12.4 million NSF grant for creation of nanomanufacturing institute
...master's in biotechnology, both of which have been created in the past two years alone....Abstract poster contest finalists announced
...lition of eight northwestern research universities created to promote new opportunities for research and education that will benefit the region and the nation in a variety of technical disciplines. The symposium highlights national and international research conducted in the areas of environmental science an...DuPont introduces in-home personal protection from dangers of hurricanes
...es are not designed to stop the dangerous missiles created by the high wind speeds of hurricanes and tornadoes. Also, hurricanes can also spawn tornadoes in an instant. Kevlar puts a virtually impenetrable barrier between residents and windborne debris, one of the leading causes of injuries during both hur......fullerenes, containing noble gas atoms. Saunders created new methods for studying carbocations -- one of the three main species of reactive intermediates in organic reactions including the formation of many natural substances such as the steroids. The approach Saunders took was to create stable solutions o...