World's largest tiger reserve declared in Myanmar
...much of the Reserve's initial wildlife surveys and helped the Myanmar Forest Department draw up management plans, which will include training and education, park infrastructure, and local community development initiatives. A chronicle of Rabinowitz's on-the-ground work to protect Hukawng Valley is featured...Proven method of bone analysis may clarify human origins
...hology matters," said Lynch, a biomorphologist who helped developed the mathematical analysis. "For some problems you can't use genetics, and clearly the fossil hominid record is one of them." The problem with morphology is that past methods of comparing bone forms have been largely subjective, and very har...'Top Houston Women in Technology' honoree at UH
...987. Her postdoctoral work at Brandeis University helped launched her career. Joining the UH faculty in 1995, Hardin's research interests are in the areas of molecular genetics and biotechnology, especially with respect to the mechanisms of enzymatic DNA synthesis and DNA replication. Hardin also ...UNC's Siderovski wins pharmacology award
...ding young investigator for his contributions that helped shape the field of pharmacology," society officials said. In 1996, while head of the Quantitative Biology Laboratory at the Amgen Institute in Toronto, Siderovski discovered a new family of proteins, RGS proteins, that accelerates the shutoff of cell...New polyelectrolyte inks create fine-scale structures through direct writing
...esign," said graduate student Gregory Gratson, who helped develop the inks. "For example, we worked in a similar concentration range as spider-spinning dope, though our ink structure is significantly less complicated." To produce the desired three-dimensional structure, the extruded ink is deposited into a...Awards honor Alt's three decades of genetic cancer research
...nt of the California Institute of Technology), Alt helped elucidate how these gene segments are cut and pasted into millions and even billions of combinations through a process known as VDJ recombination. Baltimore subsequently discovered the proteins that do the cutting, known as recombination activating...Memories are harder to forget than currently thought
...or called anisomycin. Experiments with anisomycin helped lead to the acceptance of a theory in which a learned behavior is consolidated into a stored form and that then enters a 'labile' or adaptable state when it is recalled. According to these previous studies, the act of putting a labile memory back...Tissue cells can revert to stem cells
...t two factors present in the larval ovary may have helped cause the cells to revert back to stem cells," Kai commented. "First, the larval ovary has an abundant supply of the fruitfly protein that is analogous to a protein (BMP4) involved in germ-cell development in developing mammalian embryos. It is req...SensorNet proposed as system to protect millions nationwide
...stions," Strand said. "And seeing scenarios unfold helped drive home the importance of SensorNet to the nation." The event was coordinated by Jerry Humble, director of the Tennessee Office of Homeland Security, which has designated the Department of Energy's ORNL as its technology partner. Senso...Undisturbed Amazonian forests are changing, say scientists
...Economics and Environment in Washington, D.C., who helped to establish the tree study in central Amazonian over two decades ago. "We really need more research to see if these remarkable changes are also happening in other tropical forests around the world. If they are, then it's likely that even the world's...As obesity skyrockets, Joslin Diabetes Center urges action to stem the tide of type 2 diabetes
...eveloped recommendations for diabetes research and helped establish a five-year National Institutes of Health diabetes research budget. ...Rimonbant shows promise in addressing multiple risk factors
...Cardiology. The study showed that rimonabant 20mg helped smokers who had previously attempted to quit, enabled them to achieve abstinence without post cessation weight gain at double the rate obtained in patients treated with placebo. ABOUT LAVAL UNIVERSITY Located in the heart of Quebec's historic capit...Pioneering flu researcher wins major Imperial scientific award
...used by viruses such as HIV, a discovery which has helped to develop antiviral drugs that interfere with thi...iated in any way with the brilliant scientists who helped usher in the antibiotic era, so receiving this award set up in the name of Ernst Chain is a particul...In 1958, five years after he helped discover the double helix structure of DNA, Francis Crick coined the term "Central Dogma" to characterize the all-important cellular processes whereby DNA is "transcribed" into RNA and RNA is "translated" into protein. Since then, researchers have ty...New DVD 'virtual' microscope at UNC-Chapel Hill
...stant professor of cell and developmental biology, helped Koch and Petrusz with computer-related issues during the DVD's development....Viral immunosuppression: Not just a game of hide and go seek
...mally contributes to the immune response, actually helped block DC development. This new mechanism provides us with a new perspective regarding therapeutic strategies associated with immunosuppression. In an accompanying commentary, Marco Colonna from Washington University discusses the paradoxical role of...JCI table of contents, March 1 2004
...mally contributes to the immune response, actually helped block DC development. This new mechanism provides us with a new perspective regarding therapeutic strategies associated with immunosuppression. In an accompanying commentary, Marco Colonna from Washington University discusses the paradoxical role of...Founder of UCSD bioengineering program honored with lifetime achievement award
...ng studied aeronautical engineering in college and helped design airplanes for China's Bureau of Aeronautical Research towards the end of World War II. He began graduate school at Caltech in 1945, and joined its aeronautics faculty in 1948 after receiving his Ph.D. in aeronautics and mathematics. His early ...U Iowa study identifies damaging mechanism in transplants and heart attacks
...ipulate the activation of NF-kB. These experiments helped reveal the different molecular pathways that activate NF-kB as a result of different types of injury. "Gene therapy was a tool we used to address the mechanism of the disease process. But once you understand the process, those gene therapy tools beco......he early 20th century. In the Philippines, Cornell helped form the University of the Philippines Los Baos and assisted in the rebuilding of the country's agricultural system after World War II. In Uganda in the 1990s, Cornell, with World Bank support, coordinated and administered the external degree compone...