Stanford launches public lecture series on genomic medicine
Stanford University is offering a series of free monthly lectures designed to enhance public understanding of the Human Genome Project and the revolution in genomic medicine. The lecture series, titled ''Sequencing the Human Genome: What Does It Tell Us About Ourselves,'' will be h...Scientists develop a novel strategy to help prevent transplant rejection
...ient are. Our strategy opens up the possibility of offering gentler postoperative therapy by redirecting the recipient's immune system in advance of the transplant." T cells are the arm of the immune system that patrol the body, seeking out and destroying diseased cells. There are two key types of T cells: T ...Growth hormone activates gene involved in healing damaged tissue
...vide impetus for high-end clinics and spas already offering growth hormone injections to "treat" old age, but Costa is cautious about drawing any conclusions from his research about the merits of the therapy. "Our liver regeneration studies tell us a great deal about how growth hormone works at a molecular le...Chromosomes are 'nibbled' before they fuse, researchers report
...enzyme there were fewer chromosome rearrangements, offering strong evidence that this enzyme is doing the damage. "Fusion happens, but it's not the primary mechanism that triggers gene loss after telomeres get too short," says Greider. "Instead, exonuclease activity causes the bulk of immediate gene loss....Does shade coffee help or hinder conservation?
...g it work are requiring rigorous certification and offering financial incentives. "Without incentives, and fac...its, and of helping small farmers make a living by offering price premiums and loans. "Unless shade standards are linked to price premiums for coffee producers....Wanted: Innovations to feed the hungry
...erate results on the ground, Masters believes that offering prizes for research results would have an immediate impact, by attracting attention to the fruits of R&D. He said, "I have worked for ten years in West Africa on this issue, and I know dozens of agricultural technologies that are out there right now...Clock cells, tumor suicide, tailored therapies among subjects of AACR-NCI-EORTC Conference
...al centers and pharmaceutical companies worldwide, offering the prospect of a new generation of drugs capable of destroying cancer cells with pinpoint accuracy, without damaging adjacent normal cells. Each year, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), jointly with the National Cancer Institute (...ESA and Rosaviakosmos sign up for two Foton flights
...n academic institutes. The University will also be offering to provide all the scientific and technical teams with near-real time data on the spacecraft's orbital attitude and residual accelerations. The preliminary Foton-M3 payload definition is planned to include various experiments in biology (Biobox, Kubi...FDA approves Raptiva (efalizumab) for chronic moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis
...tial to break the cycle of intermittent therapy by offering patients and their doctors a convenient treatment regimen that can be used continuously." RAPTIVA is a humanized therapeutic antibody designed to selectively and reversibly block the activation, reactivation and trafficking of T-cells that lead to t...Biological trick reveals key step in melatonin's regulation
... addition or removal of phosphate groups, he says, offering thousands of opportunities to use the mimic to help understand cellular processes and their controls....Saliva spits out information on chemical exposure
...ls is gaining popularity, with dozens of companies offering do-it-yourself, mail-in test kits. Battelle scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory envision a day when it may be nearly as easy to detect chemical exposure or even nerve gas poisoning -- simply by analyzing a v...$62-million partnership to revolutionize ocean research
...ps to study the oceans over short periods of time, offering glimpses of what is going on beneath the waves. The NEPTUNE Project will provide information and images from the ocean depths 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for the next 30 years or more. The observatory will consist of an underwater network cove...... to retrain the brain of a patient with paralysis, offering patients not only better control of prosthetic devices but the sense that these devices are truly an extension of themselves....Purdue biologists' spotlight solves mysteries of photosynthesis, metabolism
...cal energy has been obtained at Purdue University, offering potential new insights into animal metabolism as well. Using advanced imaging techniques, a team of Purdue biologists has determined the structure of the cytochrome, a protein complex that governs photosynthesis in a blue-green bacterium. While thei...Open access initiative from the Company of Biologists
... and The Journal of Experimental Biology - will be offering authors the option of 'open access'. In response to the biological community's drive for freedom of access to scientific research, The Company of Biologists will offer authors the choice to have their work published free of charge (in the usual way)...Built-in eyeshade offers clue to prehistoric past
... appear in evolution as random occurrences without offering some practical use, said Chatterton. Since most of our knowledge of the world at the time of this trilobite is based on the fossils preserved on what was the sea floor of the ancient continental shelves, this discovery is an interesting new feature t...Unique two-part macroemulsion offers new approach to cleaning up contaminated aquifers
...o disappear by itself." Pennell sees the technique offering an efficient and cost-effective option for remediation specialists, who must choose the best approach tailored for each contamination scenario. "There's not really a silver bullet in environmental remediation," he said. "It's just not easy to clean...Study finds simple way to reduce HIV transmission from mom to baby
...during childbirth and the first few weeks of life, offering a good chance to curb the spread of HIV. In their study of more than 600 women in Uganda, giving one dose of nevirapine, a common HIV-fighting drug, to HIV-positive mothers during labor, and one dose to their newborns, reduced transmission by 41 per...Dartmouth bioengineers develop humanized yeast
...to secrete a complex human glycoprotein--a process offering significant advantages over current production methods using mammalian cell lines, according to the researchers. The study, titled "Production of Complex Human Glycoproteins in Yeast," is one result of a collaboration between researchers at Dartmout......bricate custom-made biochips for protein analysis, offering a potentially powerful new tool for drug development and basic medical research. The instrument makes use of a new method to remove and isolate the tangle of proteins found within cells, a process necessary to reveal protein function within an organi...