UC San Diego faculty receive funding from von Liebig Center to commercialize academic research
...sive code parallelization and motion techniques to discover circuit optimizations beyond what is possible with traditional approaches. They have developed a number of speculative code motion techniques and dynamic compiler transformations that optimize the circuit quality in terms of cycle time, circuit size...UCSF finding advances insight into adult stem cells in human brain
... cells. The current study is the first to not only discover these characteristics, but also to isolate human astrocytes that could function as neural stem cells. At the outset of the study, the researchers discovered that the outer walls of the brain's central cavities, or ventricles, were lined by a rib...Mouth microbes may help shape immune system, says Stanford research team
...ousands of micro-organisms at once. The hope is to discover the relationship between human gene expression in subgingival tissue and the microbial life found at the same time and site....Rutgers researcher offers a new perspective on human evolution
...g of the genetic basis of human evolution, we must discover specific relationships between particular genetic changes and their resulting effects on the body plan," said Chiu, an assistant professor of genetics and anthropology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Chiu explained that our expanding...Intelligent design: The new 'big tent' for evolution's critics
...eople are saying that if the goal of science is to discover the truth, why should scientists, a priori, reject the theory of intelligent design? There must be intelligent design in the face of irreducible complexity. "They have made a tremendous splash," says Numbers. "They want to change the way science is d...Gates Foundation commits $82.9 million to develop new tuberculosis vaccines
...meone every 15 seconds when we have the ability to discover new tools to stop it," Klausner said. "Through accelerated research and development, a new vaccine could permanently change the trajectory of the epidemic and save millions of lives every year." Two billion people one out of every three people on e...New hereditary cancer mutation found -- arrived with a German immigrant almost three centuries ago
...enetic testing with genealogical detective work to discover and trace the source of an unusual gene mutation. That mutation apparently was brought to the United States at least 13 generations ago by a German immigrant, and it may be responsible for a sizeable portion of certain hereditary cancers in Americans...Imaging technique discovered at Stanford monitors cancer cell proliferation
...ing is the ability to screen compound libraries to discover novel cancer therapies," said Joshua Jones, a graduate student in molecular pharmacology and lead author of the study. He added that the idea of screening hundreds of thousands of potential anti-cancer compounds was previously inconceivable when rese...Researchers adapt RNA interference to study gene function on a large scale
...he pharmaceutical industry is that researchers may discover pharmacologically active compounds but have no idea what their targets are in the cell. However, it would be possible to perform coordinated screens -- one for compounds that interfere with a target pathway and an RNA interference screen for genes th...UN report: Accelerate global agreement to oversee exploitation of South Pole 'extremophiles'
...ions, universities and pharmaceutical companies to discover and stake ownership to promising organisms and compounds with genetic properties that make survival possible in extremely cold, arid and salty conditions, says a new UN University report. Bioprospectors are starting to turn their attention to many of...New research technique provides clues into cell growth
...n a much more dramatic effect. "It was exciting to discover that we could not only visualize N-WASP activation but also could visualize the specific integration of PIP2 and CDC42 stimulation," Ward says. "This supports the idea that our probe is sensitive to normal cellular signaling processes." Using their n...Fat cells fight disease, Purdue University researchers find
...e want to know what they are," he said. "If we can discover these regulators, then we might be able to find a way to manipulate the receptors and immune pathways to regulate the body's energy metabolism and apply that to diabetes and cancer." The other researchers involved in the study are doctoral student ...AGI announces the winners of Earth Science Week 2003 contests
... week in October, offers students opportunities to discover the Earth sciences and provides geoscientists and Earth-science organizations the opportunity to share their knowledge and enthusiasm about the Earth and how it works. AGI, in collaboration with its member societies and Earth Science Week sponsors,...OHSU-led research examines role of copper, iron in diseases
...l approaches will be very similar and we expect to discover interesting connections." The metal ion project began earlier this year following grants from the Oregon Opportunity medical research funding effort and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. It is the product of a National Institutes...Parasite's enzyme structure helps address a public health issue
... design more effective drugs to combat them." To discover DHFR-TS's nuts and bolts, Anderson and her team used a process called "protein crystallography." The process involves taking DNA from Cryptosporidium and cloning it in the fast-growing bacteria E. coli to harvest large amounts of the target enzyme. R...'Mad cow' mechanism may be integral to storing memory
...act, she has long speculated that researchers will discover them to be essential to many cellular functions. Kandel adds that he wouldn't be surprised if this sort of prion mechanism was discovered in areas such as cancer maintenance and even organ development. ...Third set of awards are announced under interagency biodiversity program
...nisms of Fiji toassess conservation priorities and discover new therapeutic agents....Virginia Tech-led group receives third five-year international biodiversity grant
...onists, and botanists began to work in Suriname to discover new drugs and to give the country reasons to preserve the biodiversity of its forests. Five years later, in 1998, they were screening two potential anticancer compounds, had discovered five rare plants, and had saved some of the country's tropical fo...Quark Biotech generates a cholesterol-free mouse
...rent organs. This knowledge can in the future help discover novel drugs and understand the mechanism of action of existing drugs for metabolic diseases and cancer, among others." The study supports for the first time in a complex organisms model the "sterol synergism" theory, which points out the interchangea...... to understandhow the bacterium causes disease and discover new methods for anthraxtreatment and prevention, scientists need a more thorough understandingof the intricacies of the spore." Additional collaborators in the research study include: ShamiraShallom, Alyson Hazen, David A. Rasko, Ph.D., Jacques Ravel...