Second Breast Cancer Gene Located
... Dr. Eric Winer, the co-director of Duke's multidisciplinary breast program,said the localization of BRCA2 "paves the way for genetic testing forboth BRCA1 and BRCA2." While BRCA1 testing is not yet commerciallyavailable, Winer and other physicians at Duke have been using a test forthat gene in an experimenta...UT-Houston Awarded $2.5 Million For Scleroderma Research
...eumatology and clinicalimmunogenetics. He heads a multidisciplinary team of experts drawn fromUT-Houston Health Science Center, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, UT MedicalBranch at Galveston, and the UT Medical School at San Antonio. Studies willfocus on three project areas: identifying the genetic factors underlying...Cornell Text On International Nutrition
...the 508-page, 41-chapter text takes an applied and multidisciplinary approach to science-based information on food, nutrients, causes of malnutrition, nutritional disorders and their prevention, and nutrition policies and programs. This book strongly emphasizes that ensuring adequate food, care and public health are ......e journalCell. That discovery propelled forward a multidisciplinary effort underway toidentify small molecule inhibitors of HCV protease. In 1997, Vertex entered acollaboration with Eli Lilly & Co. to design and develop compounds directedagainst HCV protease. The deal calls for Eli Lilly to provide up to $50million...Understanding The Mystery Of Anesthesia
...r effects on consciousness." Eckenhoff isleading a multidisciplinary research effort to identify the molecular mechanism-- or mechanisms -- of action for the small, two- or three-carbon molecules thatproduce anesthesia. For years, researchers in this area have searched in vainfor a single molecular interaction, wheth...NCI Awards Hopkins $3.8 Million For Cancer Genetics Network
...ics. "These cancer genetics networks willcreate a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary collaborative structure thatwill enable the participating institutions to draw upon each other and to haveaccess to research resources, information, and expertise beyond the scope of anysingle institution," says NCI Director Ric...NSF teams with DOE to fund Environmental Molecular Science Institutes
...essing global environmental problemsthat require a multidisciplinary approach." Krebs added, "This new partnershipamong the DOE's national laboratories, the universities and private industriesprovides researchers with the opportunity to capitalize on some of the excellentscientific facilities and unique expertise ava..."Lab On A Chip" For DNA Testing Invented By U-M Engineers
ANN ARBOR---A multidisciplinary team of engineering and genetic scientists atthe University of Michigan has created a miniature "laboratory on a chip" thatautomatically analyzes DNA samples and reports the results electronically. The device---a glass-and-silicon chip smaller than a...Long Lava Flows May Have Taken Years, Causing Global Cooling And Extinctions
AGU RELEASE NO. 98-34 WASHINGTON, D.C. - A multidisciplinary group of scientists ischallenging the century old theory that long lava flows must be formed bymassive, but short lived, volcanic eruptions. Their research, reported in theJournal of Geophysical Research, suggests that some ancient flows of up to 10...AAAS Annual Meeting And Science Innovation Exposition
...at encompass a range of disciplines. More than 125 multidisciplinary sessions featuring more than 500 speakers will include research on topics including the influence of diet, estrogen, and pregnancy on breast cancer the biology of postponing aging and death human health risks in the ocean lessons learned from El Ni...NSF-Supported New Scientists And Engineers Receive Presidential Award
...ttle. For innovativecontributions to research and multidisciplinary education in VLSI design, usingneurally inspired silicon learning. Rhonda Franklin Drayton, Univ. of Minnesota. For outstanding contribution tomicromachined package and circuit design techniques for high frequencyelectronic/photonic communication sy...USGS Scientists To Speak On Rare Plants And Invasive Species At Santa Barbara Symposium
...botanist Pat Corry will discuss results ofa pilot, multidisciplinary research project on factors affecting native shrubrecovery in grasslands where nonnative annual grasses have become establishedfollowing grazing by cattle, deer, elk and rabbits. Kathryn McEachern will also participate in interagency poster presenta...1999 Spring Meeting: Information For Media Representatives
...lls (Day and time to be determined) - Room 111 A multidisciplinary group of scientists (geochemists, micropaleontologists,oceanographers, ecologists) has been studying Earth's climate history overvarious time scales. By analyzing the shells of crustaceans knows as ostracodes,they have been able to calculate changes ...New Carbon Monoxide Sensor Developed For Occupational Use
..., which sponsored the LOCDwork, supports high-risk multidisciplinary research partnerships to investigatechallenging scientific problems of interest to DOE and industry. In a recent LTRIndustry Partner Survey involving over 100 companies, 91 percent of thecompanies said they had benefited from partnering with the labo...Media Advisory: 1999 Spring Meeting -- Updated Press Conference Schedule
...emistry of Shells June 2, 10:00 A.M. - Room 111 A multidisciplinary group of scientists (geochemists, micropaleontologists,oceanographers, ecologists) has been studying Earth's climate history overvarious time scales. By analyzing the shells of certain crustaceans, they havebeen able to calculate changes in ocean alk...W.M. Keck Foundation gives USC $110 million
...disorders. With its tremendous faculty, a focused, multidisciplinary approachand sufficient financial support, we belie...use our considerable expertise in themanagement of multidisciplinary research to make a difference in the diagnosisand treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. The effor...National Science Board selects leading chemists to establish new Science and Technology Center
...n be real leaders in the education of students ina multidisciplinary environment," he said. "This also includes students fromkindergarten through grade 12, who will benefit from development of innovativeteaching modules by center faculty." Carbon dioxide will become the solvent of the future, the main enabling...'Keys to cures' -- an online expedition to the frontier of biomedical research
...ge of marinescience activities, compliments of the multidisciplinary nature of biomedicalmarine research. Two submersible dives are planned daily to a variety of exoticunderwater locations. Scuba teams will depart from the main research vessel insmall boats to stage their own shallow-water collection missions. Samp...INEEL launches comprehensive vadose zone management program
... must be integrated, andNichols plans to develop a multidisciplinary team to do it. "We are seeking the broadest possible range of expertise to charter DOE's coursein this complex-wide vadose zone roadmapping effort. In order for this effortto be a success, we must be able to pick up expertise wherever it exists, w...Biology, engineering jointly train students in neuro-mechanics
...ncepts and vocabulary to promote efficient work in multidisciplinary teams," notes Ritzmann. "Cross-disciplinary under...s by developing communication and teamwork skills, multidisciplinary research experience, and adaptability....