NHGRI launches Centers for Excellence in Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Research
...out $20 million in grants will be awarded over the next five years with DOE contributing $500,000 and NICH...eate new environments to support the growth of the next generation of researchers on the ethical, legal and social implications of genomic research. Special...Protemix corporation announces discovery of way to repair hearts damaged by diabetes
...h Laszarin TM . Professor Cooper explained: 'The next step is to investigate this novel treatment, which is the first in its class, in Phase 3 trials in humans. We are currently submitting our Investigational New Drug Application (IND) to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to enable this process ...Study of flu patients reveals virus outsmarting key drug
... A drug envisioned as a front-line defense for the next flu pandemic might have a genetic Achilles' heel that results in a drug-resistant influenza virus capable of infecting new human hosts, according to a study published this week (Aug. 28) in the British medical journal The Lancet. The study of Japanes...Researchers uncover secrets of immune system's munitions factory
... great link to the repair machinery needed for the next step in the hypermutation pathway," said Alt. Thus... "Now that we know more about how AID links to the next steps through RPA, we can begin to address this problem, which is a major question in the field."...Critically endangered monkey species plummets more than 50 percent since 1994
...s in the world, are likely to disappear within the next decade. Scientists estimate that between 281 and 3...n of the groups are likely to disappear within the next decade, since they either lack a breeding pair or have unsustainably tiny populations. When hunters ...Computer database being developed at Temple will allow for better inventory of chemicals
... Computer Services has also agreed to help in the next phase of the project, which is to convert the database to a Web-based format and integrate the electronic data interchange that will allow researchers to purchase chemical supplies from University-approved vendors directly through the database. A...Visiting African scientists collaborate with MBL scientists on infectious diseases
Over the next few months, two African scientists will be collaborating with researchers in the MBL's Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution to help further the world's understanding of infectious diseases, which are responsible f...Trojan Horses, xenon imaging and remote controlled genes
...ils the methods that his lab is developing for the next generation of imaging, today at 9:30 a.m. at the American Chemical Society's 228th National Meeting here. "We are developing techniques to control and study biomolecules within cells and living systems," Dmochowski said. "The most immediate payoff...Decreasing toxins in brains of Alzheimer's patients keep cognitive deficits at bay
...ere are now almost 100 patients recruited into the next phase of the study, which is being conducted at Stanford University. Other collaborators on this paper are: Yuemang Yao from Penn; Joshua Rokach, Florida Institute of Technology; Gerald G. Silverberg, Stanford University School of Medicine; Martha Ma...Congress to fund Sequim-based coastal security research effort
...unities to the northern Olympic Peninsula over the next few years. The $4.2 million is for fiscal year 2005, and comes on top of a $1.7 million Congressional "earmark" secured this summer. The newly-funded research program will involve laboratory work and field testing. It will draw on the scientific and ...Researchers find clues about how antibodies specialize
...dom mutations and that might lead to tumors." The next step, then, is to figure out what sometimes goes wrong and allows the AID-RPA complex to go to the wrong regions, potentially leading to activation of cancer genes. "Now that we've learned how AID gets access to the variable regions, we can ask h...Clemson University spin-off uses corn to make plastics, provide cleaner air
...any plans to staff 20 full-time employees over the next five years. In addition to possible jobs for Clems...e of Clemson's plan to invest $70 million over the next five years at the Clemson Research Park to make the Upstate a magnet for the advanced materials indu...Chemical engineers discover filtration system to help biotech industry
...ted. NJIT has funded this research to date. The next step is to seek outside funding because more work needs to be done. "We know the process will work with a mixture of two proteins. But, Sirkar speculated, will it work if the mixtures contain three or four proteins? More questions include: can it be...Researchers report new gene test for isolated cleft lip and palate
...he populations. This allowed the group to ask the next question: Was their original hypothesis correct? To their complete surprise, the answer was no. "What we found is that the valine was over transmitted in those with clefts," said Murray. "That was actually a puzzle and remains so a little bit be...MIT research that stops pain of needle jabs gets FDA approval
...deliver routine vaccinations painlessly within the next five years....Embryonic stem cell therapy shows steady benefits in rebuilding infarcted heart
... cardiac death or tumor formation. Conclusion and next steps The researchers conclude that "embryonic stem cells, through differentiation within the host myocardium, can contribute to a stable beneficial outcome on contractile function and ventricular remodeling in the infarcted heart." Going a step fur...Scientists visualise cellular handmaiden that restores shape to proteins
...in to properly fold in the cavity. The scientists' next goal is to capture these cellular handmaidens in the act of folding strings of denatured protein back together again. They already have clues as to the sorts of proteins that might be fixed by the chaperonin complex - during their work to crystallise...Institute for OneWorld Health nominated for the 2004 World Technology Awards
...The company will seek regulatory approval in India next year, and finalize distribution plans to make the drug, paromomycin, an affordable, safe therapy to cure VL. The Institute for OneWorld Health, the first U.S. nonprofit pharmaceutical company develops new, affordable medicines for infectious diseases...Using statistics to decipher secrets of natural mutation
... disease arises and how evolution has occurred. A next step, he said, will be to extend the analysis to sites on the genome that are not evolving neutrally. This should help identify genomic regions that were not previously recognized to be of functional importance, said Green. Also, he said, such analys...Medication reconciliation, pharmacist involvement vital to reducing medication errors, study finds
...ent reported taking prior to hospitalization. The next most frequent discrepancy was a different dose, route or frequency of medication ordered compared to what the patient was taking prior to admission. Gleason says such discrepancies occur most often during patient transfers, when a patient is dischar...