Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 2004
...atory team is using radiation testing equipment to date finds such as a bovid (horse or cow) tooth found near an ancient human tooth on the island of Java, Indonesia. By testing the bovid tooth, researchers can determine the age of the rare human tooth while still preserving it. They conservatively estim...Croatian skeletons reveal changing status of cancer in Europe across the centuries
...rmal tissue growth). The remains in the collection date from 5,300BC to the 19th Century AD and have been collected from archaeological sites across Croatia. Analysis (including gross morphology, X-rays and CT-scans) revealed 4 cases of neoplastic disease in individuals ranging from 3-4 years to 50-60 yea...USC researcher named General Motors Cancer Research Scholar
...1,000. The vehicle will be raffled off at a later date to raise funds for programs at USC/Norris. Rice, who joined USC in 2003 from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, received the grant for his research looking at the ways in which changes in the structure of chromatin the gnarled strands ...Scientist honored for studies of genetic influence on chemotherapy, tumor development
...h.D., M.D. (h.c.), adding, "His accomplishments to date are evidence of his potential for further stellar work in cancer research. "In addition to his demonstration that mutations in the p53 tumor suppressor gene are a primary cause of resistance to apoptosis in cancer cells, Dr. Lowe has shown that...Melting ice cap gives urgency to new census of marine life project in Arctic Ocean
...rrently described." Dr. Gradinger says sampling to date has relied on relatively small boxes to scoop sediments from the ocean floor, or ice drills to reach the water, missing many organisms which "simply move out of the way." The abundance of marine mammals and seabirds that depend on fish suggest a corr...Study of proteins offers insights into organization of biological networks
...umber of protein connections within the cell. When date hubs were removed, however, connection length rose...hat perform specific biological functions, whereas date hubs connect modules to one another. The researchers suggest that a similar structure could be found...Loss of circadian genes results in epilepsy
...g released in advance of its June 15th publication date by the journal Genes & Development ( http://www.genesdev.org ). "The objective of the study was to assign physiological functions to the small family of PAR bZip transcription factors," explains Dr. Ueli Schibler, principal investigator of th...Tufts researchers identify a novel target for cancer therapy
... establishes a secondary tumor site elsewhere. To date there are no effective and safe treatments against metastases due to the lack of reliable validated drug targets. Hsp90 recently has gained significant attention as an important target for cancer therapeutics and hsp90 inhibitors are currently in Pha...... the groundwater to atmospheric levels in order to date the samples. The information can be useful for analysis of geological processes in this huge reservoir beneath the Sahara desert. (Paper F3 9, www.aps.org/meet/DAMOP04/baps/abs/S160009.html ) iv) Frontiers in Cold Quantum Gases Several leading re...Many scientists believe the dog genome holds information that will benefit human health
...ve disease. "What is so great about this study to date is that it's been a real community effort," Ostrander said. "We could not have done the work without the involvement of pet owners, breeders and community leaders who support the work we're doing to improve both canine and human health. This is jus...Drug combo effective in advanced breast cancer
...the trials are among the longest times reported to date for a patient population with HER2-amplified metastatic breast cancer," said Pegram, director of the Women's Cancer Program Area at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center and the lead author of the studies. "Response rates were extraordinary," Pegram added, "s...Dartmouth Medical School awarded $9 million grant for genomics research
...mics that will be one of the most comprehensive to date within the group of organisms studied. The award to DMS's department of genetics from National Institute of General Medical Sciences will be used primarily to analyze the roles and functions of genes in filamentous fungi that could shape future medi...Landmark, pivotal Phase IIb/III trial of biotoxin for cancer pain begins
...st important Canadian clinical trials conducted to date to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a drug for medically refractory cancer pain." Wex originally used the drug compound for the treatment of drug withdrawal but it was noted that the main factor in its ability to relief or eliminate withdrawal sym...Wisconsin chemists find a new chink in TB's armor
..."Most of the treatments we have for these diseases date from the 1950s," says Laura L. Kiessling, a UW-Madison professor of chemistry and the leader of the team reporting the new discovery. "Many traditional antibiotics don't work against tuberculosis." The bacteria that cause tuberculosis are literally t...Feeding cottonseed meal to female fallow deer safe at low rates
...the Overton center or elsewhere have been done to date on white-tailed deer, the wild deer species native to Texas. "However, both fallow and red deer are very similar to white-tails in terms of antler and reproductive cycles. As a result, there are good reasons to believe that too much gossypol could al...Archaeologists announce discoveries at the ancient Maya site of Waka' in northern Guatemala
...te of Waka'. The work undertaken by the project to date is an important first step in achieving that goal and of preserving Waka' and Laguna del Tigre for the future....Scientists identify six genes associated with survival in diffuse large B cell lymphoma
... All information in this press releaseis as of the date of the release, and Applera does not undertake any dutyto update this information, including any forward-looking statements,unless required by law. Copyright 2004. Applera Corporation. All rights reserved. AppliedBiosystems and Celera are registered ...Discovery offers clues to origin of life
...sts and was able to find much evidence of life. To date the microbial activity, the team compared the rela...achs. "This means that the biological features pre date the metamorphism, leading to the conclusion that the microbes were attacking the glass 3.48 billion ...Guiding gas exploration: U-M research offers inexpensive tool
...asin, a deep depression filled with sediments that date back to the Paleozoic Era. While thermogenic gas forms far below the surface in the centers of such depressions, microbial gas is produced along the shallow edges. In previous work, the researchers showed that freshwater seeping into basin edges from...Researchers substitute whole chromosomes to speed the search for genes in common diseases
...t and impressive body of work to have been done to date to unravel the genes underpinning complex disease." Nadeau's lab is making the mice available to other labs for research as a community service. The study occurred over seven years using 17,000 mice. Through the knowledge gained, the time can be cut...