Leader in cancer treatment and prevention research honored
...tive agents. "Our cancer chemoprevention research laboratories are focused on research to uncover biochemical and molecular-based intervention strategies to halt and/or reverse the human carcinogenesis process," Dr. Alberts said. Summing up his current work, Dr. Alberts added, "We are just beginning mechanistic ...DNA lends scientists a hand, revealing new chemical reactions
...at." Chemical synthesis occurs very differently in laboratories and in cells. Chemists typically work with molecules that react to form products when they randomly collide at high concentrations. By contrast, biomolecules are found within cells at concentrations that are often a million times lower than the conce...UCSF scientist Joe Derisi named MaCarthur Fellow
...ccessible and freely available. Already, dozens of laboratories and hundreds of students have directly benefited from the resources he has developed and made available to the scientific community," says Walter. "He is an outstanding researcher, a talented and dedicated teacher, an active part...UCI scientists successfully target key HIV protein; breakthrough may lead to new drug therapies
...linary research involved a partnership among three laboratories and a collaboration of scientists in chemistry, molecular biology, biochemistry and pathology. Besides Weiss, co-authors of the study are Allison Olszewski, Ken Sato, Zachary D. Aron, Frederick Cohen, Aleishia Harris, Brenda R. McDougall, W. Edward R...'Gene chips' research in cotton could lead to superior variety
...dle school teachers can bring their classes to our laboratories so they can learn about genome biotechnology," he said. "It would give students an opportunity for a hands-on look at how to extract DNA from plants and amplify DNA in test tubes. They would be exposed to how science and technology programming involv...Secretary of Energy announces seven E.O. Lawrence Award Winners
...erator) and after whom two major Energy Department laboratories in Berkeley and Livermore, Calif., are named. The Lawrence Awards will be presented at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on November 8. Fisch, a physicist, will receive the award in the nuclear technology category for his discovery of wa...K-State, other universities to study how climate affects plant evolution
...in Arabidopsis plants. Working with seven leading laboratories in Europe, the researchers will plant and study Arabidopsis at six diverse sites, ranging from subarctic locales in Finland -- which at times during the year have just three hours of sunlight -- to the Mediterranean coast of southern Spain, Welch sa...Simian virus 40 not associated with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, study shows
...22 control subjects. In the study, two independent laboratories tested for antibodies to SV40 in all of the subjects using two similar tests that utilize SV40 virus-like particles. SV40 seropositivity--the presence of antibodies to SV40 virus-like particles--was detected in 7% to 10% of NHL case patients and 10%...Laboratory grows world record length carbon nanotube
...with NNSA's Sandia and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories to support NNSA in its mission. Los Alamos enhances global security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent, developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction, and solving problems related to defe...Tufts University establishes $4 million dollar tissue engineering resource center
...cartilage and myocardial tissues. The Center laboratories will offer researchers from the U.S. and around th...It will host a number of collaborations with other laboratories related to specific enhancements of the core projects, such as tissue engineering of human ligaments...Rensselaer marks the opening of the center for biotechnology and interdisciplinary studies
... $80 million for construction). With its high-tech laboratories and expansive atrium, it provides a platform for collaboration among many diverse academic and research disciplines to enhance discovery and encourage innovation. The Center is designed to foster the multidisciplinary nature of biotechnology. It is ...Molecular staples shape a cancer killer
...ent the demise of cells. "Academic and industrial laboratories are engaged in a Herculean effort to develop new molecules that reactivate the apoptotic program in tumor cells," wrote HHMI investigator Steven F. Dowdy of the University of California, San Diego, in a Perspectives article that was published in the ...Washington University in St. Louis plays key role in sequencing moss genome
...ational collaboration involving several additional laboratories worldwide, including United Kingdom laboratories run by David Cove, Ph.D., and Andrew Cuming, Ph.D.; a German laboratory headed by Ralf Reski, Ph.D.,...Columbia, Stony Brook, Guidant to develop biological pacemaker based on gene & cell therapies
...for research. Research will be conducted in four laboratories at the universities: those of Michael R. Rosen, M.D., Gustavus A Pfeiffer Professor of Pharmacology and professor of pediatrics at Columbia; Richard B. Robinson, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology at Columbia; Ira S. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D., Leading Profess...UC Irvine scientists to develop vaccine to combat bioterrorism threat from deadly bacteria
..., which belongs to a group of on-campus biodefense laboratories developing vaccines and other countermeasures that...he three scientists will also collaborate with the laboratories of Dr. Richard Titball at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratories at Porton Down, United Kin...Computer database being developed at Temple will allow for better inventory of chemicals
... up-to-date inventories of chemicals being used in laboratories throughout a major research institution like Temple University can be a daunting task, often requiring untold lab visits and countless man-hours to complete. But now, thanks to virologist Jay Rappaport, Ph.D., an AIDS researcher in Temples Center...Managing occupational exposures to potential bioterrorist agents
...y protection. "More than 350 people worked in the laboratories in any given year during this period," said George...s facilities include Biosafety Level 3 containment laboratories and Biosafety Level 4 maximum containment laboratories. All waste streams from these laboratories ar...Virus known for its photo ops makes its movie screen debut
...y Center for Structural Biology, which consists of laboratories that use a combination of cryoelectron microscopy, crystallography, and molecular biology to elucidate the processes of viral entry, replication and pathogenesis....Muscles are smarter than you think
...t interest not only to elite athletes and the many laboratories around the world involved in muscle research, but also to all of us because previous orthodoxy was that acidity caused muscle fatigue.'...Scientists reinvent DNA as template to produce organic molecules
...cts. Chemical synthesis occurs very differently in laboratories and in cells. Chemists typically work with molecules that react to form products when they randomly collide at high concentrations. By contrast, biomolecules are found within cells at concentrations that are often a million times lower than the conce...