Scientists announce long-sought mouse model of human pancreatic cancer
...thfully replicated what occurs in humans. The team headed by Aguirre and Bardeesy used sophisticated bioengineering methods to control the activities of mutant genes in the pancreas. One, a mutant KRAS gene, was activated and kept switched on continuously as the mouse pancreas developed in the fetus. The ot...Expedition will retrace legendary Steinbeck-Ricketts voyage to the Sea of Cortez
...ts left the chilly waters of Monterey, Calif., and headed south to explore the relatively isolated coast of Mexico's Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortez. The trip, which lasted six weeks and covered 4,000 miles, was part scientific fieldwork and part adventure - an unforgettable journey that...Easily paralyzed flies provide clues to neurodegeneration
.... For instance, in the United States all drugs now headed to market must be screened to ensure that they do not perturb the function of Herg channels and possibly cause heart problems in patients. The tendency to affect such channels was the reason that Seldane, a popular asthma medication, was pulled from ...Brain's 'master molecule' produces same behavior in mice from three different psychostimulant drugs
...Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, headed by Paul Greengard, Ph.D. Clinically, the study does not suggest that DARPP-32 is the root cause of schizophrenia, but it does provide new avenues in which to treat the disease, says Greengard, Vincent Astor Professor at Rockefeller and the study's p...ESA's first step towards Mars Sample Return
... been placed with two industrial teams. One team, headed by Alenia Spazio (Italy), also includes Alcatel (F...s), ELV (Italy) and MDR (Canada). The other team, headed by EADS Astrium (UK), also includes Astrium SAS (France), EADS ST (France), Galileo Avionica (Italy)...Press briefings at The Gerontological Society of Americas 56th Annual Scientific Meeting
...earch on Cancer and Aging Interest Group, which is headed by Dr. Bowman. As many cancers primarily strike older persons and also, as many cancer survivors live for decades after treatment, it becomes increasingly critical to understand psychosocial aspects of cancer among older persons, from decisions and b...Wolves are rebalancing Yellowstone ecosystem
...a very long time, for a change it looks like we're headed in the right direction."...Leisure activity may reduce risk of Alzheimer's, says USC research team
...zheimer's disease, according a team of researchers headed by University of Southern California graduate student Michael Crowe. He and his colleagues - University of South Florida faculty member Ross Andel (a recent USC PhD), USC and Karolinska Institute professors Margaret Gatz and Nancy Pedersen, and Unive...Beyond genes: Scientists venture deeper into the human genome
...ticipate in the ENCODE consortium, including those headed by NHGRI's Dr. Green, who will spearhead the comparative sequencing efforts for this project; the University of California, Santa Cruz's David Haussler, Ph.D., who will coordinate the database for all sequence-related data; NHGRI's Andreas D. Baxevan...UCSD researchers find promising new avenues for treating infections
...mistry in UCSD's Division of Physical Sciences who headed the research team. "We have been able to identify chemicals that protect cells from the effects of the toxin, raising the possibility of a novel mode of treatment for these infections." P. aeruginosa are widespread and, while these bacteria rarely a...McMaster University researchers race to SARS vaccine development
...s in animals for the protective effects. The team, headed by Jack Gauldie, chair of the department of pathology and molecular medicine and director of the Centre for Gene Therapeutics, includes professors Frank Graham, Mary Hitt and Mahony of the department of pathology and molecular medicine, along with pr...'Injectable' tissue implant could repair ravages of breast cancer surgery
...e caused by breast cancer surgeries. The work is headed by Karen Burg, a Clemson bioengineer just named to MIT's Technology Review 100 top innovators list. Burg's work with injectable transplants could one day provide breast-cancer patients a viable reconstructive surgical solution for damage left by lum...Packard Children's Hospital gift creates new biotech research center for children's health
...d director of protein chemistry. Alan Krensky, MD, headed the national search for the senior scientist, a position that he views as ''connecting clinicians, clinician scientists and basic scientists'' and helping guide the effort to bring research from the laboratory to the patients and bring the knowledge ...Envisat radar altimetry tracks river levels worldwide
...w radar altimeter data. The development effort was headed by Professor Philippa Berry of the UK's De Montfort University: "The new radar altimeter product is a great leap forward for hydrologists. It gives them a new tool to study both the historical changes in water table levels and critically important da...Resistance exercise resets the body clock
...enes in the muscles themselves. The research team, headed by Bruce Conklin, analysed the expression of a wide range of genes in human skeletal muscle biopsies. These biopsies were taken from both legs of four male volunteers, 6 and 18 hours after they had exercised only their right leg for half an hour. To...Study of bees by UC San Diego biologist provides insight into evolution of bee communication
...ieh, an assistant professor of biology at UCSD who headed the study. "We have discovered an intermediate strategy, in which bees leave an odor trail extending a short distance from the food source. This abbreviated trail may be less conspicuous to foraging competitors." The discovery is significant because...U of MN researchers find genetic variations may predict treatment responses for myeloma
...variances and their effect on treatment outcome is headed in the right direction," said Van Ness. "This important first step means we can start developing clinical trials based on genetic conditions that can lead to more effective treatments and help to evaluate new, targeted therapies." Myeloma is a canc...Francis Collins and Ari Patrinos receive Energy Secretary's Gold Award for Human Genome Project
...ction Agency prior to joining DOE in 1986. He has headed the Office of Biological and Environmental Research since 1993. Patrinos oversees research activities including the Genomes to Life program, structural biology, nuclear medicine and health effects, global environmental change and basic research unde...Researchers develop system to detect biowarfare agents on navy ships
...owarfare agent detection program. In late 2001, he headed for the Naval Medical Research Center's Biological Defense Research Directorate (BDRD) in Silver Spring, Md. Boehm's active duty stint ended in February 2003, and he returned to Ohio State. He and his colleagues at BDRD developed, implemented and tra...UGA receives $6.7 M grant that will add knowledge in fights against cancer, Parkinson's disease
...warded a five-year grant of $6.7 million to a team headed by scientists at the University of Georgia for research that could eventually help in the treatment of certain kinds of cancer and Parkinson's Disease. The grant is cosponsored by the National Cancer Institute and thereby counts toward the total awar...