Genetic mutations linked to the practice of burning coal in homes in China
...ras mutations. According to Dr. Keohavong, also a faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, these findings are similar to other studies in which he and colleagues found that the frequencies and types of K-ras and p53 mutations in women from Xuan Wei who were nonsmokers were similar to...Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
...s an anti-AIDS drug," said Keasling, who also is a faculty affiliate with the California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3) and head of the Synthetic Biology Department at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. "We consider the actual gene sequences as part of Samoa's sovereignty, and every...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
...s an anti-AIDS drug," said Keasling, who also is a faculty affiliate with the California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3) and head of the Synthetic Biology Department at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. "We consider the actual gene sequences as part of Samoa's sovereignty, and every...Veterinary Memorial Fund transforms grief into promise
... by a panel of statewide practitioners and college faculty members. "Research is a major priority for our college of veterinary medicine," said VMRCVM Dean Gerhardt Schurig, who became the third dean in the college's history in June 2004. "Veterinary research contributes significantly to discoveries that ...Gladstone investigator Mike McCune wins prestigious NIH Director's Pioneer Award
...pidemic, first as a resident and subsequently as a faculty member. Through these two decades, he has continued to see patients with HIV disease at the AIDS Clinic (Ward 86) at San Francisco General Hospital. He won the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Scientist Award in 1996, the Burroughs Wellcome...Pack-MULEs are toting a new look at plant evolution
... a post doc at the University of Georgia to take a faculty position at Michigan State University's horticulture department. "I'm looking at something people don't pay much attention to." But not only did Jiang find a new way to look at genomic sequences a scientist's treasure map but she's also provided a...UCSF scientist Joe Derisi named MaCarthur Fellow
...ye toward drug development." DeRisi, a faculty affiliate with the California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3), headquartered at UCSF's Mission Bay Campus, has already made significant strides against the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, which infects 200 to 300 million...UMaine anthropologist wins Solon T. Kimball Award
...s, professor of anthropology and associate dean of faculty affairs at the University of Florida and chair of the AAA's award selection committee, writes in an announcement of this year's Solon Kimball Award that Acheson's "work is especially impressive in that his theoretical perspectives drive his policy ef...Groundbreaking research could ignite new solutions to heat transfer in nano-devices
...d how molecules interact on these dimensions." The faculty and students involved were Dr. Deak and his underg...to the discovery was the collaboration between the faculty members of both institutions of higher learning. A research concept developed at Scranton was put in...Martin Saunders to receive the James Flack Norris Award
...versity, came to Yale as a member of the chemistry faculty in 1955 and has taught at Yale for 49 years. He has received notable awards from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and of the American Acade...Washington University in St. Louis leads group studying aging process
A research team of biologists and engineers led by faculty at Washington University in St. Louis is seeking to find the Fountain of Youth not in Florida, but in photosynthetic cyanobacteria (ancient little blue-green algae). Looking at the cellular systems in cyanobacteria, and then in a model plant and a...Sugar-coated sea urchin eggs could have sweet implications for human fertility
...on state's San Juan Islands and an adjunct biology faculty member at Portland State University in Oregon. In some places, different sea urchin species breed at different times of the year, or they occupy different ocean depths, so there is little chance of hybrids turning up. But in other places, such as th...Proteins show promise for mosquito control
...to control. "Four years ago (when Lan joined the faculty of UW-Madison) I couldn't imagine having five viable compounds in hand," Lan says. "This is the first example of looking at target proteins for pest management. No one has done this with insects."...White House to honor UNC School of Medicine scientist for 'early career' achievement
... to 2000, received the award in 1999. (He now is a faculty member at Harvard University.)...Two Virginia Tech energy-related inventions win R&D 100 awards
...while, an economical fuel cell material created by faculty and students with the Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute, led by University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry James McGrath, will reduce our dependence on petroleum-based energy. R&D Magazine has selected both of these energy-related developm...NJIT professor receives Presidential Award for breakthrough research with adult stem cells
...onsidered the NSF's most prestigious award for new faculty members, the career awards honor the nation's best young scientific researchers. Arinzeh is also developing new undergraduate and graduate curricula in the field of tissue engineering, and is doing community outreach to high schools in New Jersey and...As informatics grows, Indiana University helps set 'research agenda'
...ation's first. With this year's addition of 21 new faculty members to its IU Bloomington and Indiana Universi...ness can be credited to the excellence of our core faculty as well as the enthusiasm university and state leaders have for informatics in Indiana." Among the ...New tool predicts how long pollutants will stay in soil
...ructures like pesticides and pharmaceuticals." Her faculty advisor, William P. Ball, a professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, said, "We've had a generally positive reaction to this technique so far." He added that the researchers' goal is "to move this into the mainstream so ...Columbia, Stony Brook, Guidant to develop biological pacemaker based on gene & cell therapies
...ch, M.D., executive vice president and dean of the faculty of medicine at CUMC. "We look forward to collaborating with Guidant and Stony Brook and harnessing the potential of this new treatment." "This extraordinary venture with Columbia and Guidant vastly expands the possibilities to enhance research in...Carnegie Mellon researcher tests tools for protecting Anacostia River ecosystem from PCBs
...ium features five presentations by Carnegie Mellon faculty on work in PCB-contaminated rivers....