Special report: Personal genomics
...scientist-entrepreneur who raced government-funded labs to decode the human genome. Earlier this year, he was ousted from Celera, the genome company he founded. But he has bounced back with a plan for a massive non-profit genome sequencing centre in Maryland. And in a widely publicised bid to attract fund...UCSF-led team reports new test improves detection of prions in animals
...ly underway, involves testing the test in numerous labs throughout Europe. The UCSF team hopes that the second half of the validation, which is being performed by scientists at InPro Biotechnology, will be completed some time this winter. How the conformation-dependent immunoassay works One of the ma...UIC chemists identify compound that inhibits cell migration
...ore," Fenteany said, adding, "We're one of the few labs doing these sorts of screens. Therefore, there's n...perties and acts differently. Fenteany hopes other labs adopt this high-throughput assay to hasten the discovery of additional molecules that inhibit cell m...High school science teachers translate the latest research into classroom activities, lessons
... members and graduate students in the university's labs on a project that is using new adaptations of the atomic force microscope (AFM) to increase knowledge of microbe/mineral interactions important to groundwater research. As part of this project to bring the new field of nanoscience into the high schoo...UT Southwestern scientist helps identify neurons in worms that control link between stress, eating
... The species of the worm commonly used in research labs tends to feed alone. In the wild, however, most of the C. elegans feed in groups. "It's like they're having a party," Avery said. "Other worms pay no attention to each other when there's food." In higher species, factors like season, availability of ...$3.2 million project to document dioxin levels in Houston ship channel
... during the study, Rifai will send them to several labs around the country for analysis. It's a very expensive and time-consuming process, taking about eight hours on the boat to acquire a sample and about $5,000 per sample to analyze. ...UT Southwestern researcher honored as winner of AstraZeneca Excellence in Chemistry Award
... and because Diazona angulata is scarce numerous labs quickly began working to synthesize it. Harran and his colleagues not only synthesized the molecule, but by comparing the natural and synthetic products, they discovered that the initial structure reported for the natural product was wrong. They used...Researchers create DNA 'nanocircles' to probe the mystery of aging in human cells
...rs need to study cells that live a long time, many labs rely on tumor-derived cells, which continuously divide and therefore are immortal. Kool predicted that nanocircle technology could one day provide an alternative method that would allow researchers to use healthy cells in their experiments instead of...Clock cues: Cellular sensing, metabolism research wins Amersham Biosciences and Science Prize
...reedom to explore research problems that few other labs were pursuing. "That's been one of the most exciting, and most rewarding, parts of my work, to look back at starting from scratch and actually see some headway in understanding the biology," said Rutter. "Biological rhythms and their underlying mecha...Secretary Abraham announces next steps for artificial retina project
...oundation. Collectively, the Department of Energy labs have science and engineering that is unparalleled anywhere in the world and it is the use of this expertise that will greatly expedite the development of a retinal implant for the blind," Humayun said. DOE's effort is focused on developing high-grade...Drug delivery leaps biotech hurdles
...s, polymer particles, and nanospheres. A number of labs are even learning how to use soccer-ball-shaped fullerene molecules or algae skeletons as cages to carry and control the release of drugs. The delivery of cancer drugs is one application for which targeted delivery may prove especially valuable. Bec...New thoughts on evolution arise from UH yeast study
...ing when mated back to their parent species."Other labs have generated hybrids such as these before, but we went a step further and crossed the fertile ones back with their parents," Travisano says. While there are various definitions of a species, Travisano says individuals that are fertile with themselv...Even green pond scum can suffer from jet lag
...es who headed up the study, directs one of the few labs in the world that studies biological clocks in prokaryotes, single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus. In humans and other higher organisms, biological clocks control the wake-sleep cycle and have a profound influence on a number of different basic...'Scientific balancing act' dominates AAAS top ten list of science policy stories for 2002
...search, and not all of those have made it into the labs of U.S. scientists. Outside the U.S., however, several countries, including Sweden, Israel, the U.K., and Singapore, have accelerated their embryonic stem cell research programs without the limitations that constrain U.S. researchers. There is one br...TSRI professor named industry pioneer in one of the top ten technologies that will change future
...iew editors have searched university and corporate labs around the world to find new areas of technology that promise to transform industries such as computing, medicine, manufacturing, transportation, and energy. For each technology, Technology Review has profiled one researcher or research team whose wo...Umbilical cord matrix, a rich new stem cell source, study shows
...ant progress is being made in the Weiss and Troyer labs where the researchers are looking at the ability of the umbilical cord matrix cells to form new neurons in the brain in an animal model of Parkinson's disease. The KSU Research Foundation has filed for U.S. patent protection for the recent discoverie...Meanwhile, back to barnacles...
...iations of her coatings are being evaluated in the labs of Navy investigators. Early experiments show an exceptionally low settlement rate for some critters." "Different formulas give us different compound surface properties, so if we tweak the size of the surface features to what's needed, perhaps we'l...Sick Kids researchers pinpoint link between diabetes and nervous system autoimmunity
...n blood. Work in Dr. Dosch's lab, in collaborating labs in Europe and the US, and at SYNoX, is focused on refining the detection of these traces into lab tests that may possibly diagnose diabetes risk much earlier than is presently possible. "SYNoX's unique Proteomics Discovery Platform TM helped in the...American Physical Society March Meeting 2003
... Session P2 features scientists from four national labs and talks on nuclear testing negotiations, providing necessary technical means of verifying treaty components, and the development of large-area detectors for monitoring or searching for weapons-grade materials and high explosives. IN ONE EAR We ...New strategies against disease revealed as scientists probe genes' tasks
...p." Scientists are sorting all this out using gene labs on chips approximately the size of a postage-stamp, called "DNA microarrays," that can provide a profile of all the genes being expressed in a given cell. The results are helping to shed light on health conditions from infectious disease to brain dis...