Bacterial Toxin Surprises Scientists
...nd membranes. Please acknowledge partial funding for this work from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), a component of the National Institutes of Health that supports basic, non-disease-targeted research. The researchers developed a method t...Enzyme's "Magic" May Hold Key to Anticancer and Antimicrobial Drugs
...is approach." Please acknowledge partial funding for this work from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), a component of the National Institutes of Health that supports basic, non-disease-targeted research. RESOURCES References ...Key to Triplet Repeat Brain Diseases Open Door For New Way To Understand, Treat Genetic Diseases"
...p with such an understanding,"he said. Additional funding or support for the study came from the Joseph and KathleenBryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Duke, the Duke Center for HumanGenetics, and the National Institutes of Health (specifically the NationalInstitute on Aging, and the National Insti...Heat-loving Microbe Repairs Its DNA With Light
...htemperatures. Grogan's research is supported with funding from the U.S. Officeof Naval Research. Plans for future work on this topic includedetermining which wavelengths of light are effective andexploring ways in which this phenomenon can be used in thegenetic analysis of DNA repair and mutation at extreme...NCAR Scientist Models Earth's Climate and Vegetation Patterns At Last Glacial Peak
... created by Starley Thompson and Dave Pollard with funding from the Environmental Protection Agency, and EVE (Equilibrium Vegetation Ecology Model) developed by Bergengren and also funded by the EPA....Duke's Russian Laser Making Ultraviolet Light And Gamma Rays
... approachedthe Department of Energy about possible funding for what could then becomea major national gamma ray center. Duke's short wavelength FEL research project is operated as a collaborationof the FEL Laboratory's four faculty members, Madey, Litvinenko, PatrickO'Shea and David Straub. "One of the sin...Methane Deep In Ocean Crust Could Feed Chemical-Hungry Microorganisms
...and emits hot water and dissolved minerals. With funding from the National Science Foundation, Kelley studies minuscule amounts of seawater for clues about what could be a major source of methane and hydrocarbons. She has access to samples of a drill core from the Southwest Indian Ridge near Madagascar. ...Scientists Discover Smallest Frog
...ventories program is unique in that its purpose is funding the discovery of species new to science," says Meredith Lane, director of the program which funded Hedges' work. "Hedges' results are gratifying, because a very high proportion of species in fact remain to be discovered." Hedges has worked w...A Sensor, A Switch, A Zipper: Protein Engineers Design Potential Tool
...ell division. Please acknowledge partial funding for this work from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), a component of the National Institutes of Health dedicated to the support of basic research and training....Ten Years of Progress For Superfund Basic Research Program
...tal engineering in the College ofEngineering. UC's funding was recently extended through March ofthe year 2000....... R&D industry and received $4.8 billion in federal funding in 1994 (the last year for which detailed numbers ...n's universities receive about 60 percent of their funding from federal R&D programs. "New England universities rely heavily on funds from federal R&D programs......ic Northwest could be hampered by proposed cuts in funding for federal R&D programs, according to a report released today by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The report, The Future of Science and Technology in the Pacific Northwest: Trends and Indicators , points out...President's Budget Proposal Cuts R&D By 14 Percent By 2002
...- (March 24, 1997) -- The forecast for federal R&D funding has improved over past budget proposals, yet all s...nt, or $1.3 billion more than the current FY 1997 funding level. After adjusting for inflation, the President's request represents a cut of 0.8 percent. Tota...New Evidence For Corn's Ancestry Could Lead To Insect And Drought Resistant Crops
...'s Small Business Innovation in Researchprogram is funding Eubanks' research on corn rootworm resistance. She...f Science and Mathematicsand Durham Academy. With funding from the National Geographic Society, she is now completinga book about the interdisciplinary archae...Bacterium gobbles up chlorinated pollutants
...ent Xavier Maymo-Gatell and other colleagues, used funding from the Cornell Center for Advanced Technology in Biotechnology and the U.S. Air Force to isolate Strain 195 from an enriched, mixed culture of bacteria that Gossett and his co-workers had developed from a sludge sample. The sludge came from Itha...Fighting Wheat Scab In New York State
... efforts are proceeding very slowly due to limited funding available for this research."...Second Look Acquits Gene Of Role In Breast Cancer
...ides any advantages to the cancer cell." With funding from the Department of Defense, Feinberg and Maxwell Lee,Ph.D.,studied TSG101 in normal and cancerous human breast cells, and in other cells. They found nosign of deletions, mutations or other damage to TSG101 in any of the cells. The cancer cel...Researchers To Investigate Years Before Menopause
... of women's studies and health education. "When funding for the study decreased, the participating subjects sometimes included checks with the surveys to support the project." Mansfield worked with Voda on the Midlife Women's Health Study which used Tremin Trust data and participants. ...E. Coli Genome Reported: Milestone Of Modern Biology Emerges From Wisconsin Lab
...ocial implications of this research. While primary funding for E. coli work came from the NHGRI, critical equipment was provided by the Division of Research Resources of the NIH. Substantial remodeling funds were provided to create the E. coli Genome Center by the WISTAR program of the State of Wisconsin, an......on and The United Scleroderma Foundation, the SCOR funding will allow usto do much more basic and clinical research. Crucially, it will speed up theprocess of finding ways to prevent and treat this devastating disease, whichclaims the lives of 50 percent of sufferers within five years of onset." Dr. Joh...