Chemical engineering grad students will take notable national awards
...in Membrane-Based Separations. Both awards are highly competitive with a global request for nominations, said Basil Baltzis, PhD, chairman of the chemical engineering department at NJIT. The awards will be presented on November 8 during AIChE's annual meeting in Texas. Both students worked under th...International study findings link acne-like rash to effectiveness of new targeted cancer treatment
...months. Patients with a grade two/three rash had a highly statistically significant improvement in tumour response and overall survival compared to those with grade one or no rash." Professor Van Cutsem said that the trend for improved response and survival was seen across all patients irrespective of their...New study indicates arsenic could be suitable as first-line treatment in type of leukaemia
Geneva, Switzerland: Arsenic trioxide a highly poisonous substance best known as an effective weed killer or pesticide and notorious for being a favourite 'weapon' of choice in murder mystery novels, is being re-invented as a treatment for a rare type of leukaemia. It is already licensed as an or...DNA lends scientists a hand, revealing new chemical reactions
...y reactors. In nature, the reactions between these highly dilute molecules are directed by enzymes that selectively bring certain biological reactants together. Liu and his colleagues use DNA as a similar type of intermediary to bring together synthetic small molecules that are otherwise too dilute to react...Trial shows which brain cancer patients benefit from temozolomide
...year survival rate was only 13.8%, a statistically highly significant difference. "These results are important because temozolomide is a drug that acts directly against DNA to slow down the replication of cancer cells. So, it is bad news if the patient has non-methylated status because the DNA in these rogu...New research shows plants can shuffle and paste gene pieces to generate genetic diversity
...inserted throughout the genome. The process can be highly efficient. Almost half of the human genome is derived from TEs and, this value can go to an astounding 95 percent or even higher for some plants, such as the lily. "Normally transposable elements just copy themselves, said Wessler, "But there were...Pacific Northwest team unveils largest virus proteome to date
...r one of the largest and most complex viruses, the highly infectious and stealthy human cytomegalovirus, a team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Oregon Health & Science University reported today in the October Journal of Virology. Human cytomegalovirus, or HCMV, is a member of the herpesvirus ...Gene clusters predict atherosclerosis severity, susceptibility
...an important first of many steps toward developing highly individualized approaches to identifying and treating atherosclerosis that are tailored to and informed by a patient's unique genetic make-up. Atherosclerosis is a disorder marked by the thickening and clogging of blood vessels, which over time ca...UCSF scientist Joe Derisi named MaCarthur Fellow
...spond to normal cellular processes and ending with highly specialized functions for invading red blood cells. The discovery of the pronounced level of activity, in which a gene is transcribed into messenger RNA on the path toward producing a protein, points to numerous new potential targets for ...Females may be more susceptible to overindulge 'sweet tooth' cravings than males
... found that: rats overate when given access to a highly palatable diet containing a greater portion of sugar than their normal diet when a sweet diet is freely available, female rats consumed more calories per day than male rats when given a chance to exercise, overeating was reduced in both sexes of r...Northeastern University receives $12.4 million NSF grant for creation of nanomanufacturing institute
...mbly of nanoelements, accelerating the creation of highly anticipated commercial products to enable the creation of an entirely new generation of applications yet to be imagined. At the same time, the Center will also assess the environmental, economic, regulatory, and ethical impacts of nanomanufacturing. ...Experimental drug shown to block mutant protein causing blood disease
...ove. PKC412, like the spotlight drug Gleevec, is a highly specific "targeted" drug that disables a switch in cancer cells that has become jammed in the "on" position because of a genetic mutation. The glitch allows a continuous stream of signals to prod blood cells into an uncontrolled frenzy of division an...Martin Saunders to receive the James Flack Norris Award
...k was to create stable solutions of these normally highly reactive species, so that they could be studied by NMR. This allowed him to discover the detailed mechanisms and rates of very rapid rearrangement reactions of the cation intermediates. Saunders received his Ph.D. from Harvard University, came to Ya...Scientists decipher genetic code of biothreat pathogen
...holderia mallei. The study found that B. mallei, a highly evolved pathogen that has been deployed in the pas...o develop a vaccine that is effective against this highly infectious equine disease. When humans are infected, treatment requires a long-term regimen of multi...Information system to help scientists analyze mechanisms of social behavior
...uston. "Honey bees are complex social animals with highly flexible behavior," he said. "They live in the equivalent of an urban environment where much of their social behavior is in response to environmental conditions." A BeeSpace team led by Robinson will generate a molecular signature of all the major ro...NSF announces six 'FIBR' awards to tackle some of biology's most challenging questions
...s Biological Sciences directorate. "By undertaking highly innovative and broadly integrative approaches to research in biology, FIBR projects tackle grand challenges and promote the training of a new and fearless generation of scientists willing and able to bridge conventional disciplinary boundaries." S...First glimpse of DNA binding to viral enzyme
...y, gastrointestinal, and eye infections, including highly contagious viral pink eye. Some adenovirus eye infections lead to blindness. Respiratory epidemics of adenovirus are often prevalent on army bases. And in patients with compromised immune systems, such as those infected with human immunodeficiency vi...Genetic analysis rewrites salamander's evolutionary history
...ppalachian mountain streams and then diverged in a highly patterned way, sequentially abandoning larvae for direct development, gaining highly specialized, projectile tongues, et cetera." "The results were stunningly different than what we ant......d liver tumors revealed two distinctive subclasses highly associated with patient survival, according to a n...y yielded two distinct subclasses of HCC that were highly associated with patient survival and provided new molecular insight into the pathogenesis of HCC. Tu......lessness are able to make the transition to become highly organized epithelial cells. They used a method that they had previously developed for introducing DNA into somitogenic cells by electroporation to study the role of a group of molecules known as Rho-family small GTPases. This family, which includes R...