Leader in cancer treatment and prevention research honored
...yometric features as biomarkers of early neoplasia offers significant potential for identification of individuals at high risk for cancer. This technology serves as a sensitive biomarker for response to treatment with chemopreventive agents. "Our cancer chemoprevention research laboratories are focused on ...Pack-MULEs are toting a new look at plant evolution
...their insertion may disrupt an orderly gene. Jiang offers Indian corn as an example. An ear of Indian corn can be mostly row after row of purple kernels. Then a yellow kernel can show up. That's courtesy of the disruptive transposable element, an element that inserts itself into the gene that is responsible...DNA barcode finds four new bird species
...io of 'interspecific' to 'intraspecific' variation offers a new provisional definition of what is a species," says Stoeckle. New Species Discovered In the course of their research, the scientists found two distinct COI barcodes within each of four species -- solitary sandpiper, eastern...Knock knock knocking on rhythm's neural doors
...ys of movement rehabilitation. And perhaps it even offers some insight into the effect of music. Dr. Stefan Schaal, an associate professor in the computer science department of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering led the international team that used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans to te...Bronfenbrenner book sums up human development
...renner's bioecological theory of human development offers an important framework upon which to examine the effectiveness of our early childhood policies, programs and practices on the lives of America's children and families," adds Evelyn Moore, president of the National Black Child Development Institute. "...Keep genome data freely accessible
...ould be used as weapons.' 'The current system also offers tremendous benefits. The panel, which was commissi...nternational cooperation, trust, and altruism that offers a compelling alternative to the worldview of those who would use bioweapons to impose their politica...A long-necked sea predator from China described in Science
...om Europe and the Middle East called Tanystropheus offers new insights into protorosaur hunting strategies as well as their evolution and diversity during the Triassic Period. The new creature's specialized neck ribs may have helped the aquatic reptile hunt. The sea predator's hunting strategies, as propos...Microbes eat their way to better concrete
...preparing journal publications. The research also offers potential economic development opportunities. If the research proves successful, "we will attempt to produce the microbial sealant in large scale to be commercially available in the future," Bang said....DuPont scientist named one of the world's top young innovators by MIT's 'Technology Review' Magazine
...here. Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture, nutrition, electronics, communications, safety and protection, home and construction, transportation and apparel....Targeted therapy knocks out pediatric brain cancer in mice
...therapy, and exposure to high doses of radiation," offers Dr. Curran. ...New way to protect brain from stroke damage
...resistant to stroke damage, they found. "Our study offers multiple lines of evidence that reveal acid-sensing ion channels as major players in the damage suffered by stroke victims," Xiong said. "Furthermore, we found that existing pharmacologic agents that block those channels can dramatically reduce the a...Genetically modified bacterium as remedy for intestinal diseases
...thod of working with genetically modified bacteria offers promising prospects for the treatment of both acute and chronic intestinal inflammation, and it can potentially be extended to other therapeutics as well....AACR applauds NCI initiative on nanotechnology
...to scientists and experts from any discipline that offers new ways of understanding, interfering with and ultimately curing cancer. This nanotechnology initiative provides an important new model for how to do this." ...Genetic analysis rewrites salamander's evolutionary history
...nd five others from different salamander families, offers no support for the out-of-Appalachia theory, Mueller said. "We can infer only a North American origin," Mueller said. "Most likely, where these species are now doesn't relate to where they were ages ago, because the climate and geology have changed s...White House to honor UNC School of Medicine scientist for 'early career' achievement
...ifornia at San Francisco. This scholarship program offers each scientist a $240,000 award to help support his or her research during a four-year period. Past NIH Presidential Award recipients from UNC are Dr. Regina M. Carelli, associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences' department of psycholog...Joslin Diabetes Center adds first affiliate in California at Irvine Medical Center
...Adolescent Diabetes Research Education Foundation, offers easy access to a wide range of specialists for adu...h practitioners. Additionally, UCI Medical Center offers access to specialized services of interest to people with diabetes, such as pancreas and kidney tran...Disruption of protein-folding causes neurodegeneration, mental retardation
...uses them to self-destruct. The St. Jude discovery offers strong evidence for the cause of GM1 gangliosidosis in children.GM1 gangliosidosis is a lysosomal storage disorders, an inherited disease in which one or more enzymes in the lysosomes are defective. Lysosomes are the cell's recycling centers, where p...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, September 2004
...ryan Chakoumakos of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, offers an in-depth exploration of clathrate hydrates. [Contact: Ron Walli 865-576-0226; wallira@ornl.gov ] TRANSPORTATION -- A road to better highways . . . Video logging, aerial photography and satellite imaging are giving researchers a better ...Heart gene yields insights into evolution, disease risk
...ight into evolution of the MMP3 gene, the research offers broader lessons, said Wray. "I think for the medical profession, one lesson is to not to think of alleles as good alleles or bad alleles," he said. "Rather, there is a complex set of interactions, and in certain circumstances and in certain combinati...Broken arms and collateral damage: clues to predator-driven evolution
...e Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History offers new insights into the process. A report on their research appears in today's issue of Science. Biologists long have speculated that predators and prey play a game of evolutionary one-upsmanship, in which an adaptation on the part of one---say, sharpe...