Green, leafy spinach may soon power cellphones and laptops
...sion efficiency of 20 percent or more (which would provide an extremely efficient power source) by creating multiple layers of PSI or assembling them on rough surfaces or 3-D surfaces, like skyscrapers that concentrate a huge amount of surface area within a relatively small space. ...New anti-inflammatory strategy for cancer therapy identified by UCSD researchers
... San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine. The findings provide new insight into the immune system's response to inflammation, the connection between inflammation and malignancy, and how the delicate balance between cancer promotion and inhibition can be manipulated in the patient's favor, according to the study'...Genetic modification of linseed produces healthier omega 3 and 6 fatty acids
...engineering of agronomically important species can provide real benefits to human health and nutrition and th...engineering of agronomically important species can provide real benefits to human health and nutrition and the environment. As demand rises for edible oils tha...US investment firm gives away Rhode Island-sized lands in Chile
...upport conservation objectives and additionally to provide benefit to local communities. Goldman Sachs Charitable Fund's support includes a substantial gift of endowment and operating support. WCS's conservation work will be done in cooperation with a distinguished advisory council to be selected and made u...Information system to help scientists analyze mechanisms of social behavior
...neering, and genome technology. "We are pleased to provide the institutional support for BeeSpace, which will be a flagship project for the institute," said Harris Lewin, IGB director and professor of animal sciences. "We are putting significant resources behind this project to ensure that it demonstrates t...Cockroach-like robot leads new research effort
...the mathematical models. The models will, in turn, provide feedback to Koditschek's robotic cockroach, which will serve as a controlled experiment that's easier to manipulate than real animals but able to tackle real-world challenges. "This robot, the most mobile one built and created from the fundame...NSF announces six 'FIBR' awards to tackle some of biology's most challenging questions
...aitama University (Japan) Separate profiles below provide more details on each of the awards, along with principal investigators, team members and university media contacts. ...Washington University in St. Louis leads group studying aging process
...00 planning grant in 2003 to explore the topic and provide a seminar to delineate the problem and develop a plan. In 2004, they then drew up a proposal to NSF, one of 100 proposals the FIBR program considered. Washington University is one of six institutions to receive FIBR funding this year. Team members ...JCI table of contents September 15, 2004
...hemical, microarray, and bioinformatics techniques provide a rapid and effective means to pinpoint mutations in diseases that have complex genetic backgrounds. An accompanying commentary by Eric Schon provides an overview of the complexity of the mitochondrial respiratory chain/oxidative phosphorylation syst...Venn diagram tactics to vet complex disease
...hemical, microarray, and bioinformatics techniques provide a rapid and effective means to pinpoint mutations in diseases that have complex genetic backgrounds....Protein is key to fatal disorder and normal cell function
... disease. "Genetic diseases such as Batten disease provide a unique opportunity to understand the role of proteins, like cln3, that are vital for normal cell function," said Rose-Mary Boustany, M.D., a professor of pediatrics and neurobiology at Duke University Medical Center and senior author of the study. ......udies published in the September issue of Immunity provide significant new details about why immune cells att... patients with celiac disease. "These findings may provide the basis for novel therapeutic approaches in celiac disease aiming at suppressing uncontrolled CTL ...AACR applauds NCI initiative on nanotechnology
...the NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer will provide $144.3 million over five years to bring together researchers, clinicians and public and private organizations to translate cancer-related nanotechnology research for the benefit of the patient. Nanotechnology refers to the interactions of cellular an...Gene expression in liver tumors and patient prognosis
...ranscription factors are already available and may provide opportunities to alter the course of HCC progression in both subclass A and B." An accompanying editorial by Joseph Locker, M.D. of Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, underscores the conclusions of the study by Lee et al. an...IBD (Crohn's, Colitis) 'joins' cancer, inflammatory diseases in associated blood vessel growth
... chronic inflammation, Danese said. "These results provide the initial material and conceptual framework for ...ved extracts, they noted. Conclusion The results provide "morphological and functional evidence of strong pro-angiogenic activity in both CD and UC mucosa, i...Images of 'tail' of protein needed for cell multiplication suggest anticancer drug targets
...ture created using X-ray crystallography failed to provide detailed views of half of the individual amino acid building blocks making up the protein tail. This problem was overcome using a technique specially developed by Robert Cassell, a macromolecular specialist III in the St. Jude Hartwell Center for Bio...Columbia research to examine gene influence on severity of peridontal disease, therapy response
... pathobiology of periodontitis, this research will provide a wealth of data on the basic host responses to infection," said Paul Pavlidis, Ph.D., co-principal investigator of the study and assistant professor in the Columbia University department of Biomedical Informatics and the Columbia Genome Center....Lecture on ecology of infectious diseases
...ents of plague outbreaks, Collinge will be able to provide wildlife managers with the tools necessary to protect declining populations of prairie dogs and to minimize public exposure to plague. Who: Sharon Collinge, principal investigator, NSF-NIH Ecology of Infectious Diseases Program What: Lec...Researchers report new gene test for isolated cleft lip and palate
...eth Olden, director of NIEHS. "This discovery will provide parents with important information that will enable them to make informed decisions about future pregnancies." According to Murray, babies born with the isolated form of cleft lip and palate do not have other birth defects often associated with this ......inson's disease. The MAO A/B knockout mouse should provide an excellent model in which to address the specifi... protein. Dr. Shih's MAO A/B knockout mice should provide scientists with good model in which to study the combined actions of MAO A and MAO B, as well as exa...