Gene defects tied to inability of cells to repair DNA damage
...xplained. "I think one of the goals of a number of labs including ours is to figure out why you can have these specific mutations leading clinically to disease and what it tells you about the protein to protein interactions."Along with UNC, co-authors of this report are from the Laboratory of Molecular Ge...... while Full is collaborating with various robotics labs to create robots that use principles employed by cockroaches, crabs and even geckos. "With the invention of artificial muscles and novel techniques to manufacture flexible body parts," said Full, "we are on the verge of a revolution in biologically i...Memory, forgetfulness help hamsters time breeding
...termediate day." Prendergast, who now works in the labs of Hopkins neuroscientist Randy Nelson , plans to try to follow the encoding signal further into the hamster brain, possibly to the hippocampus, an area linked to other types of memory.......ists working in nine UW laboratories and five full labs at the partner companies. The project is set on a 10-year timetable, and the group will apply to renew funding at the end of the five-year grant. "This is a sort of mini-Apollo mission," said principal investigator Buddy Ratner, bioengineering profe...Journalists will get latest information at Addiction Studies Institute
...adult learners. The program will include visits to labs and demonstrations of scientific processes and equipment used in drug research, such as sophisticated brain imaging equipment and a human-performance center. The institute will give reporters a bank of resources for future reference via an Internet R......versity consortium led by two Department of Energy labs - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the National Energy Technology Laboratory. Called the Solid-State Energy Conversion Alliance, SECA's aim is to develop a fuel cell that meets the diverse power needs of multiple markets and runs on abundant...Scientists identify gene that causes fatal lung disease
...MPR2 was demonstrated by DNA fingerprinting in the labs of Dr. John A. Phillips III, David T. Karzon Chair...kers who participated in the PPH studies in Lane's labs were Dr. Radhika Gaddipati and upcoming medical student Emily Loyd, in addition to Melissa Prince in...Major air pollution study launched
... Six aircraft, 60 ground stations, three DOE labs among 40 institutions participating Houston, TX -- A national team of over 150 researchers has begun one of the most comprehensive air quality studies ever conducted in the U.S. Over six weeks, scientists at three U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)...INEEL creates a method to link energy use, greenhouse gases
...operations. "We want to be a leader among the DOE labs -- to see how we can do better," he says. He notes that in dry years, there is less hydroelectric power available for INEEL to buy than in wet, so INEEL's greenhouse gas emissions go up during drought years. "We're finding complexity on a small sca......cal Center will host one of the five core research labs that will collaborate on this project. The Allian...evelop the experiments and methods that that other labs will use to explore the cell signaling pathways, and they will try to confirm the results of success......ers investigating geoengineering for the Livermore labs some years ago, isn't so sure. "I'm a little perplexed by their result," he says, since other factors like the amount of sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere have been shown to have a local effect. Industrial pollution, created more in the north than th...Whitehead Institute receives National Science Foundation grant to sequence Neurospora
...ny new insights into life's processes. "Many labs around the world are eager to exploit this sequence information and carry out exciting biology, but they lack the resources and expertise needed to efficiently sequence the genome. Making the Neurospora genome sequence available in the public databas...Genome sequencing sheds light on bacterium harmful to newborns
...encing center" may encourage other small, academic labs to take on genome projects of their own....Energy department's Idaho lab teams with Russia to establish Ecological Biotrade facility
...itutes in Russia, the Energy Department's national labs and the private sector, we are making great strides to redirect former Soviet weapons expertise towards peaceful activities," said Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson. "We are promoting scientific and commercial use of Russia's natural resources in a......creation of a community point of view and kept the labs with a biological orientation in touch with the sequencing labs. As data was obtained it was pooled and made available through the Internet in a useful form. The exchange of information resulted in consistent standards and nomenclature. Preuss, Eliot...New lab-made stem cells may be key to transplants
...ease," says Gearhart. Researchers in other Hopkins labs have already begun testing EBDs on animal models of Lou Gehrigs and other neurodegenerative diseases, as well as on animal spinal injuries. EBDs reproduce readily and are easily maintained, Gearhart said, and thus eliminate the need to use fetal t......age diabetes for more than five years. Through the labs work and a partnership with MiniMed Inc. (Nasdaq: MNMD) of Sylmar, Calif. the biomechanical pancreas would work in both Types 1 and 2 diabetes patients. A sensor would be imbedded under the skin of patients to help them constantly maintain near norma...Story tips from the Department of Energys Oak Ridge National Laboratory, March 2001
...he interaction between solids and fluids, uses the labs computer to run an algorithm developed by an ORNL researcher that takes into account barometric pressure, humidity and temperature. In the baseball example, two inches may not seem like a lot, but in a game of inches, that and the fact the ball trave...Super hearing in flies may improve hearing aid technology
... development at several industrial and engineering labs in the U.S. This new technology will enable the manufacture of directional hearing aids that are smaller, simpler and cheaper than currently available devices. But the researchers didn't suspect how well this system could work until they directly m...Hopkins' Young Investigators' Day winners shine in the spotlight
...of the 14 awards typically go on to head their own labs at Hopkins or other high-rank research institutions. Their work is often seminal, both in basic science and in the "translational" research that becomes therapy. A technique developed by Hai Yan, M.D., Ph.D., winner of this year's Daniel Nathans Aw...