Cystic fibrosis gene linked to fatty acid defects
...dation Therapeutics, Inc. (CFFT). "We applaud this pioneering work by Dr. Freedman and his colleagues on fatty acids and CF and look forward to translating this work into a tangible benefit for patients." Fatty acids are long molecules that serve as the building blocks of the cell membrane, which covers the out...Scientists making advances in cancer prevention, detection and treatment to receive awards
...eers. Dr. Sidransky, 43, who is being honored for pioneering translational research in molecular oncology, will...clinical cancer research. Dr. Bloomfield has done pioneering work in adult leukemia and lymphoma over three decades. Her groundbreaking contributions have drama...Copper may play role in 'starving' cancer to standstill
...h Folkman of the Harvard School of Medicine, whose pioneering work in angiogenesis, or the formation of new blood cells, began about 40 years ago but only since the 1980s have been recognized in medical research. Folkman first launched the idea that if a tumor is to grow, it must have its own blood supply, Harr...Pioneer in the genetics of programmed cell death honored
...h International Award for Cancer Research, for his pioneering studies in programmed cell death, or apoptosis. The award, established in 1997, recognizes an individual who has made a major scientific discovery in basic or translational cancer research. It is given annually to honor a scientist who has made si...Federal grant supports advances in infant heart disease at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
...an Genetics and Molecular Biology. Dr. Emanuel led pioneering research on the links between deletions of genetic material on human chromosome 22 and congenital heart disease. Project 5 will draw on data from the Human Genome Project to identify genes critical to early heart development, specifically those assoc...Founder of UCSD bioengineering program honored with lifetime achievement award
... States right after World War II and went on to do pioneering research in aeronautics and bioengineering has bee... him the National Medal of Science in 2000 for his pioneering work in not one, but two, fields: bioengineering, and aeronautics. Born near Shanghai in 1919, Fung ...Hunter receives two major cancer awards
...teins by enzymes called tyrosine kinases. Hunter's pioneering work has led to the development of several anti-cancer drugs that block the activity of specific tyrosine kinases. Many of these drugs are now undergoing clinical trials, and one -- a drug called Gleevec -- has been approved to treat a specific type ...Rockefeller University scientists take on controversial 'vibration theory' of smell
...ok's author, Chandler Burr, argues that Turin is a pioneering researcher who is being ignored by the smell research community because of his unconventional ideas. Because Turin's theory have received so much press attention, Vosshall explains that it was time for science to step in. "Our only goal is to do wha...Rockville, MD Three centuries after a pioneering Dutch microbiologist first observed the spiral-shaped oral pathogen Treponema denticola, scientists have deciphered the bacterium's entire DNA sequence and used comparative genomics to cast new light on other spirochete microbes. The study by scienti...Antarctic fish study may aid cardiac research
...dical School is leading the study: He says, "This pioneering work will shed light on what animals get up to during the impending 24h darkness of a polar winter, how sensitive they are likely to be to climate change, and perhaps pave the way to understanding how we may prevent a cold heart from fluttering. We k...Last call for nominations for 2004 National Academies Communication Awards
...e foundation's grantmaking is focused primarily on pioneering efforts in the areas of medical research, science, and engineering. The foundation, based in Los Angeles, also maintains a Southern California Grant Program that provides support in the areas of civic and community services with a special emphasis o...Better techniques needed to predict earthquake hazards, UC study finds
...tion of new and existing buildings, according to a pioneering study of earthquake hazards at three University of California campuses Riverside (UCR), San Diego (UCSD), and Santa Barbara (UCSB). The study, reported in the April issue of the journal Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, was conducted in a f...Jay Levy honored with 2004 Abbott Laboratories Award in Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology
... the immune system. Another early result of Levy's pioneering research was his development of a heat inactivation treatment that removed HIV from blood products and made receipt of clotting factors safe for hemophiliacs. Levy went on to discover a novel noncytotoxic antiviral response in CD8+ cells, where im...March of Dimes awards $250,000 prize to pioneering scientist
... "In addition, Dr. Lyon's pioneering work became a model for the study of gene regulation and has had an enormous influence on the work of many other scientists for the past 40 years," Dr. Howse said. The Prize is a cash award of $250,000 and a silver medal in the design of the...Leroy Hood to receive 2004 Biotechnology Heritage Award
...apid automated sequencing of DNA. He also played a pioneering role in deciphering the secrets of antibody diversity. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the Institute of Medicine, and the American Association of Arts and Sciences, Hood's many awards and honors inclu...$5.5 million awarded to tree-ring research and climate studies
...ree-Ring Laboratory (TRL) are actively involved in pioneering research projects in many parts of the globe, from the high latitudes of both hemispheres to the low-latitude tropics of Asia and the Americas. Many of these studies have successfully developed and used tree-ring analyses to reconstruct and produce ...Monkey business: Studies show tiny callimicos have unusual characteristics
...dii) in the Amazon basin of Northern Bolivia. Her pioneering fieldwork has collected the first detailed data of the ecology and behavior of the animals, an endangered species, in the wild. Among other things, her observations show callimicos eat fungi during the dry season, making them the only tropical prima...New $9 million NSF grant to fund creation of center at LSU
...ector of Louisiana EPSCoR, said that "the center's pioneering research and development on the design and fabrication of functional, high-performance biological tools and devices will put Louisiana on the map as a major player at the national level." Soper said that the center will hire around 31 new employees...Genetic model for devastating form of paraplegia suggests new treatments
...on. There is a long history of Drosophila research pioneering major breakthroughs in our understanding of fundamental biological problems," says Broadie.To study how spastin functions in living neurons, the researchers designed transgenic flies with altered amounts of D-Spastin protein in their neurons and anal......everal years scanning neurons in culture for these pioneering molecules that set in motion the linking of neural networks. In the end he fingered a molecule called FGF22, along with several of its close relatives, as key to setting in motion the construction of synapses. Umemori confirmed FGF22's role by showin...