NIH awards $18.2m to The Burnham Institute to develop Center on Proteolytic Pathways
...p the intellectual and instrumental infrastructure needed to close the gap between discovery and application...om medical discovery and development of technology needed to develop applications for this new knowledge. "These tools will give us a completely new way of lo...Half-million dollar landmark achieved for the Methuselah Mouse Prize
...nding the healthy human lifespan. It will create a needed impetus and focus for the development of new rejuvenation therapies." The Methuselah Mouse Prize is being offered to scientific research teams who develop the longest living Mus musculus, the breed of mouse most commonly used in scientific research....Researchers identify protein promoting vascular tumor growth
... the first evidence that MCP-1 and macrophages are needed for these tumors to grow, and the first evidence t...the malformation." A new treatment option is needed because current therapies including steroids and alpha interferon have a number of high-risk side ......"nanomedicine" umbrella. Drug delivery systems are needed to exploit many of the drugs developed from advances in molecular biology. Professor Duncan said: "The challenge is to design innovative devices and technologies able to guide the therapeutic to its correct location of action and ensure that pharmac...Newly identified master gene key in baby's first breath
...eloped and lack the necessary amount of surfactant needed to keep the lungs working properly. Surfactant is a natural chemical found in the lungs that prevents alveoli - the tiny airways in the lungs - from collapsing and in turn allows the lungs to open when the newborn starts to breath. The absence of sur...Wildlife Conservation Society hosts public symposium on human-wildlife diseases
...ositioned to convene the critical mix of expertise needed to assess the complex relationships between health, wildlife conservation, and stewardship of Earth's resources at this critical juncture in our history. At the conclusion of the symposium, WCS will present a blueprint--the Manhattan Principles--out...Wisconsin scientists develop quick botox test
...rent technologies to detect the deadly poison. "We needed a real-time assay," says Chapman, suggesting the technology could potentially be deployed to protect the food supply, soldiers on the battlefield, or used by emergency responders dealing with an unknown agent. "The old test takes days." In addition t...Researchers devise potent new tools to curb ivory poaching
...ities to specific areas where added enforcement is needed to curb poaching. Wasser and his colleagues extracted DNA from elephant droppings and skin biopsy samples collected from numerous locations in 16 African nations. They used that information to build a DNA-based reference map to assign tusk origin. T...Pollutant causes delayed flowering in plants
..." Pei said. "It provides the hard evidence that is needed to demonstrate nitric oxide's role, since flowering is such a fundamental, well-studied process."...Poplar DNA code cracked -- a step in combating global warming?
...y River in Washington state (USA). The researchers needed just over two years to determine the 520 million base pairs, distributed among 19 chromosomes. By comparing the genomes of these two model organisms - Populus and Arabidopsis - scientists such as Yves Van de Peer and Pierre Rouz hope to identify the...A novel, safer strategy for regulating gene expression
...lling gene expression turning genes on and off as needed that involves an intervention as simple as giving...esired protein such as a hormone or growth factor needed by the body. "Perhaps the most exciting aspect of the new work is that, in conjunction with other te...$2.7 million grant to support creation of virtual zebrafish atlas
...the quantity of offspring and the short life cycle needed to efficiently study how genetic malfunctions can lead to disease. As vertebrates, zebrafish provide a closer model for humans than yeast or fruit flies, which are also commonly used for medical research. In the early 1990s, Cheng and his team became...UAF scientists discover new marine habitat in Alaska
...e research on the species' evolutionary history is needed to be sure. The other rhodolith specimen c...ez said additional samples and further testing are needed to confirm whether the second species is indeed new. Scientists believe rhodoliths have b...Environmental decontamination, greenhouse gases, and the genome of a methane-loving bacterium
...athways depending on the availability of molecules needed to sustain cellular activities. Most surprising, the researchers note, was evidence that this methane specialist can turn into a sort of metabolic generalist-with a capacity to use sugars, hydrogen, and sulfur-and appears able to survive reduced oxyg...Study reveals why eyes in some paintings seem to follow viewers
...n order to answer their questions, the researchers needed to determine how the apparent 3D structure of the object depicted in the picture was influenced by changes in the viewing direction. They were particularly interested whether points that appeared to be closest or farthest in depth relative to other n...Students build submarine to track Octopuses
...w the octopus for short periods, but what's really needed is an undersea robot that will wait patiently outside the creature's den, ready to shadow its every move. UA engineering undergrads, in collaboration with students from two other universities, are building a mini-sub to answer this need. In July, the...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...ingivitis," say the researchers. "Further work is needed to analyze the significance of finding a greater prevalence of T. forsythensis in children with no gingivitis than in children with gingivitis as observed." (G.P. Gafan, V.S. Lucas, G.J. Roberts, A. Petrie, M. Wilson, D.A. Spratt. 2004...Protein is key to fatal disorder and normal cell function
... the Golgi, where they are made, to where they are needed -- for example, at the cell surface," Boustany said. One of those vital lipids is galactosylceramide (GalCer). GalCer is a major constituent of lipid rafts. These lipid platforms are important for the initiation of signaling events in the cell, such ...Hardy buoys: Texas A&M project predicts oil spill movements
... making recovery operations feasible. But the Navy needed Texas A&M's help. "They wanted to borrow two of the buoys to aide retrieval purposes, especially to measure currents, winds and other data," he recalls. "We received permission from the Texas General Land Office to loan buoys to the Navy for this op......nly 37 complete genes in most animals - just those needed to produce energy for the cell. They're inherited without recombination from the mother, and therefore represent an unbroken female chain going back perhaps 100-150 million years in plethodontid salamanders. By looking at mutations in the mitochondri...