New Northwestern center targets brain disorders
...eier, professor of biomedical engineering, who was instrumental in establishing the Falk Center. "Nationally, biomedical engineering is moving more and more to the level of cells, molecules and genes. Adding the Falk Center to biomedical engineering at Northwestern adds a range of capabilities we did not have bef...Three tourist experiences named best worldwide for environmental, social responsibility
...ss during the usual off-season. ATG Oxford is also instrumental in restoring centuries-old works of art and environments and helps local communities maintain their traditional lifestyles. The winner of the Destination Stewardship Award, presented to a group protecting the overall natural and cultural heritage o...UCI study offers blueprint for pinpointing sources of beach water pollution
..., Jan. 9, 2003 -- A UC Irvine-led study has proved instrumental for significantly improving the quality of beach water at a popular California tourist destination. The same study also provides the blueprint for assisting similar beachside communities with an innovative approach for pinpointing the causes of water...Scientists find first active 'jumping genes' in rice
...shed new light on the idea that transposons may be instrumental in promoting the diversity of plants during domestication. Their work meshes with an idea, raised almost 20 years ago by Nobel Prize-winning maize geneticist Barbara McClintock, that transposons are part of the dynamic forces shaping plant genomes. ...European scholars support development of germ line modification
...oes not exist.Many Christians, however, oppose any instrumental use of the human embryo, and some oppose any treatment of the embryo in vitro. This opposition results in a clear rejection of most experiments that are currently carried out to develop the technology of IGM in humans. It may also result in the rejec...Scientists shed new light on the body's internal clock
...tems biology analysis program, will continue to be instrumental in leading researchers to gene function - and ultimately to new pharmaceutical targets and drug candidates." While the Science study confirms that melanopsin can transmit information to the circadian clock, future studies will focus on identifying th...Hearing loss & rehab, stroke & depression among topics of Vol. 39, Iss 5, JRRD
...nce in basic activities of daily living (BADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). 459 patients who had a stroke were assessed for depression at 1, 3, and 6 months after stroke. The Geriatric Depression Scale was used to determine depressive status. Patients who had a stroke and depressive symptom...School of public health launches CDC Center for Excellence in Environmental Public Health Tracking
...ns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, were instrumental in conceptualizing the environmental public health tracking network in their work as principal investigators at the Pew Environmental Health Commission at the School. The 2001 Pew Environmental Health Commission report, America's Environmental Health...Dr. Francis White, FUHS/CMS, receives MERIT Award
...cago Medical School (FUHS/CMS), Dr. White has been instrumental in furthering the study of the neurobiology of dopamine systems. In honor of his outstanding work, Dr. White has been awarded a Method to Extend Research In Time (MERIT) Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for his research grant ap...Deciphering the genetic basis of the mosquitos senses
...alled G-protein-coupled receptors (GFCRs) that are instrumental elements in the mosquito's sensory systems, including those that it uses to find human prey. The paper is part of a special issue of Science that reports the sequencing of the entire Anopheles genome. Concurrently, the journal Nature is announcing th...Rare disorder provides new insight into fighting infection
...s' minds as a trigger of cell death, could also be instrumental in activating immune system cells to fight off infectious diseases. Subsequent laboratory tests proved that this is in fact the case. For example, the researchers introduced a functional caspase-8 gene into some of the siblings' lymphocytes and foun...Rory Cooper, PhD receives the highest award offered by U.S. Dept. Of Veterans Affairs
...logy and uses it to enhance rehabilitation. He was instrumental in creating an entirely new class of wheelchair, and in expanding the use of the electric powered wheelchair. He helped the Department of Veterans Affairs create guidelines for the prescription of wheelchairs and helped develop revised eligibility fo...Genentech tops Science survey of best biopharma employers
.... The San Francisco area firm Genentech, which was instrumental in launching the global biotechnology industry when it was founded in 1976, ranked highest in the attributes that respondents regarded as most important about biopharma employers. These attributes included innovative leadership within the industry, l...New Insight into cervical cancer development: turning it up a notch
...sed expression of a single gene, called Notch1, is instrumental in the late stages of human papilloma virus-induced cervical cancer. The report is published in the September 1 issue of Genes & Development. Human papilloma virus (HPV) is the most prevalent sexually transmitted infection in the world, and HPV infec...Field Museum's Parker/Gentry Award goes to Peruvian conservationists
...nt and animal species. Our team of awardees played instrumental roles in securing protection for this park by bringing it to the attention of the international conservation community, organizing and participating in the biological inventory, and deftly navigating administrative and legal requirements. Los Amigo...Joint Genome Institute to sequence key African frog genome
...sity of Virginia: "Studies on frogs have long been instrumental in understanding such fundamental processes as cell division and how cells in the embryo communicate with one another. Because these are the processes that go awry when birth defects occur or cancer strikes, we must seek a better understanding of the...The greening of the North: real, and caused by climate change
...sts were sceptical about it because of problems of instrumental "drift" that could possibly make any observed long-term trend unreliable. The Boston team, however, persisted in their efforts to re-analyze the data, taking into account all possible anomalies. The trend would not go away, and it has become clearer ...Intels Gordon Moore and CIs Claude Gascon to receive major award
...ard of Directors for more than 10 years, Moore was instrumental in the creation of The Center for Applied Biodiver...as a basis for sound conservation planning. He was instrumental in raising to global prominence the scientific profile of a long-term conservation project in Brazil...Researchers identify gene that controls formation of heart chambers
...nction was. Now we know that Bop encodes a protein instrumental in controlling the early steps of embryonic cells differentiating into mature cardiac muscle cells. Srivastava, senior author of the study and holder of the Joel B. Steinberg, M.D., Chair in Pediatrics at UT Southwestern, said, We have taken a critic...Corporations and environmentalists can be allies to reduce industrys ecological footprint
... WASHINGTON, D.C. - Corporations can and should be instrumental in protecting global biodiversity according to a new book entitled, Footprints in the Jungle: Natural Resource Industries, Infrastructures, and Biodiversity Conservation.Footprints is the first book to address the concerns of all parties that have a...