New world record magnet for chemical and biomedical research
...l as those at the NHMFL will be able to expand the horizons of scientific investigation with NMR and MRI technologies....Lowly weeds may hold promise for curing host of common health woes
...These findings suggest that we need to broaden our horizons if we're going to search for new drugs from plants." The plant-derived pharmaceuticals Stepp studied are single compounds extracted from a plant and used in a pharmaceutical, and are different from herbal medicines, such as ginkgo biloba and garlic,...GenSAT (Gene Expression Nervous System Atlas) project announced
...ted territory, plus the means of exploring the new horizons for themselves. Rockefeller University scientists led by Nat Heintz, Ph.D., and Mary Beth Hatten, Ph.D., are well under way on a genetic atlas of the mammalian brain that provides unprecedented access to central nervous system regions, cell classes a......loral composition. This concept opens up some new horizons in understanding the way disease processes work. It is no longer enough to consider disease just in relation to our own genes. Humans are part of an ecological system that includes our commensal and symbiotic microflora". The researchers suggest tha...Study shows fossil records remain stable in storm beds
...re preserved in a series of stacked or amalgamated horizons of rock totaling approximately one foot thick," Barbour Wood said. "The horizons are believed to have been produced by multiple storms over a long period of time. The oldest storm-...Finding life in the solar system: A new synthesis
...ly visionary scientists who are helping expand the horizons of astrobiology," Farmer said. "This has been my main source of inspiration. I guess at the bottom line, it's just an exciting time to be in science."...New technique illuminates events obscured in the geologic record
...chtian. Single-occurrence or restricted-occurrence horizons on Seymour Island using traditional one-dimensiona...ysis, it is clear that these restricted-occurrence horizons are not due to collection failures or incomplete preservation but represent important biotic events,...UCSD bioengineer to receive President's National Medal of Science
... Professor Fung single-handedly opened up new horizons for biomedical engineering, said Shu Chien, director of UCSDs Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering. His impacts are strong, far-reaching and long-lasting.......on; theyquickened healing. These results open new horizons for the treatment of alltypes of muscle injuries," noted Johnny Huard, Ph.D., principal investigator onthe study, assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery and of molecular geneticsand biochemistry at the University of Pittsburgh and director of the...