ASU Scientists Join NASA Astrobiology Institute
...entific community. Robert Blankenship, first director of ASU's Center for Early Events inPhotosynthesis, will explore another important aspect of early biosphereevolution by looking at the origin and evolution of the first photosyntheticsystems. Oxygen-producing photosynthesis marked critical step in th...Killing Fields: A Bacterial Pesticide May Threaten Human Life
...nt." Martin Scott, medical and scientific director of the UK Cystic Fibrosis Trust, says he is concerned about the possibility of an application being made in Britain to test the spray. "It seems very premature to start spraying it around before we know what the risk is going to be," he says. ...Virginia Tech Offers Biotechnology 2001 Conference for Educators
...Gene Repair" is the topic of a talk by Ken Culver, director of gene therapy research at Codon Pharmaceuticals of Gaithersburg, Md. Terry Sharrer, curator of health sciences at the Smithsonian, will talk about "Cancer History and Gene Therapy Trials." David Magnus of the Center for Bioethics at the Unive...Toxic Protein That Interferes With Brain Signals May Trigger Onset Of Alzheimer's Disease
...ally could bereversed." Grant A. Krafft is director of research development at EvanstonNorthwestern Heathcare in Evanston, Ill., and a research professor of neurologyat Northwestern University Medical School. Caleb E. Finch is a professor ofneurogerontology at the University of Southern California, Lo...Scientists Say Latently Infected Cells May Stoke the Fire of HIV Replication
... Dr. Paul recently served as director of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Office of AIDS Research (OAR). Drs. Grossman and Feinberg served with Dr. Paul in the OAR prior to assuming their current positions. ...... of Natural History,which he founded," said museum director Jay Apt. "Once again, the museum isreaffirming its scientific leadership role by using the best of today'sinteractive technologies to bring these amazing creatures and their continuallyunfolding stories to the public. This type of robotics technology...Scientists Use Gene Therapy To Correct Deafness In Mice
... Thomas L. Saunders, senior research associate and director of theTransgenic Animal Model Core, and Robert H. ...r., assistant professor ofbiological chemistry and director of the DNA Sequencing Core. The study was funded by the National Institute on Deafness and OtherComm...Researchers Demonstrate That COX-2 Inhibits Angiogenisis In Tumor Cells
...ssor of Gastroenterology and Cancer Prevention and director of the divisionof Gastroenterology, and colleagues at the Osaka University School of Medicinein Japan. The researchers demonstrated two ways in which aspirin can inhibitangiogenesis, an important component in the development and spread of cancer. ...New Model Makes It Possible To Predict Emergence Of Antiviral Drug Resistance
...ic Health, and Graham Darby, PhD, theinternational director for viral diseases research at Glaxo Wellcome Research &Development, which markets the drug acyclovir, used to treat genital herpes....Interleukin-12 Helps Control Mycobacterium Avium Infection
...ng a clinical trial," says Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of NIAID. "It's very difficult to treat this infection in AIDS patients," comments Dr.Sher. Often patients have to be treated with three or four different drugs,which can have toxic side effects so that patients become intolerant to one ormore drugs......ine and Pathology at the University of Chicago and director of the study. Dilated cardiomyopathy is an important cause of congestive heart failure , which affects more than four million Americans. Congestive heart failure is the most common cause of hospitalization for patients over the age of 65 and a l...HIV Infected Adults In UCSF Study Show Evidence Of Thymus Activity
...ghts about how to turn the thymus 'on' again." The director of the Gladstone Institute of Immunology and Virology, WarnerGreene, MD, PhD, added, "These are exciting and unexpected results that havepotential implications for immune restoration following the control of HIVinfection." The study was funded by the...New Tests Demonstrate MuchLarger, More Specific Immune Responses To Viruses
...mory Department of Microbiology and Immunology and director of the EmoryVaccine Center; Kaja Murali-Krishna, Ph.D., a postdoctoral dellow in Dr. Ahmed'slaboratory; and John Altman, Ph.D., Emory assistant professor of microbiologyand immunology, used three novel assays to test the CD8+ T cell response tolympho......lunder the direction of William Kimberling, Ph.D., director of genetic studies,with the help of research associates Michael Weston, M.S., and Denise Hoover,B.S. Drs. Kimberling and Sumegi received funding support for this studythrough grants from the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communica......ore a Taiwanese legislative committee. John Byrne, director of UD's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, toldthe committee that the oil refinery, petrochemical plant and steel mill complexcould wipe out the wetlands winter habitat of the black-faced spoonbill. TheBinnan Industrial Complex also could in......Grandis, M.D., principalinvestigator on the study, director of the Head and Neck Cancer Program at theUPCI and assistant professor of otolaryngology at the University of PittsburghSchool of Medicine. "In our report, all patients with head and neck cancer have elevatedprotein expression of TGF-" and ...Naked DNA Rejuvenates Rheumatoid Rodents
...t arthritis evolved from previous work by Dr.Wahl, director of NIDR's Oral Infection and Immunity Branch. These earlierstudies, which used the TGF- protein rather than the gene-containing plasmid,showed that TGF- could protect rats from arthritic joint destruction. However,it soon became apparent that the ma...Crystal Structure Of Key HIV Protein Reveals New Treatment Targets
...immune system cells," says Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director ofthe National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). "We now havespecific target sites on which to focus in developing new drugs and vaccines." The research, funded in part by NIAID, comes from a team led by Joseph G.Sodroski, M.D., ......ve on heart disease," said BalzFrei, professor and director of the Linus Pauling Institute at OSU."Atherosclerosis, or clogged arteries, are still a serious health concern,but they don't necessarily mean a person will suffer a heart attack orstroke. It appears there are also other key factors in the health of...