Pancreatic cancer blood test & gene studies show promise
... have pancreatitis, not cancer. The research team receives funding from the Michigan Life Sciences Corridor, the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the National Cancer Institute. In addition to Simeone, Logsdon, Li and Anderson, the research team i...Melting ice cap gives urgency to new census of marine life project in Arctic Ocean
...density surface layer, an intermediate layer which receives warm, salty water from the Atlantic, and a deep dense layer formed through convection. Also of particular focus will be biodiversity around the mouths of Russian and Canadian rivers, which pour an estimated 2,000 cubic km of freshwater annually into ...USC researcher named General Motors Cancer Research Scholar
... Rice, USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center also receives a 2004 or 2005 General Motors vehicle of its choice, worth up to $31,000. The vehicle will be raffled off at a later date to raise funds for programs at USC/Norris. Rice, who joined USC in 2003 from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, r......here Rac's molecular targets reside. When the cell receives activation signals, the Rac GTPases will dissociate from the RhoGDI in the cytosol and move to the ruffles at the edges of the cell where they are needed. Thus, Rac must be released from RhoGDI for Rac to become active. "Nobody had any idea how this...Scientists discover key step in the development of nerve cells controlling autonomic functions
...multidisciplinary scientific serials. PNAS Online receives nearly 4 million hits per month. This research was supported by the Neuromuscular Research Partnership, an initiative of ALS Canada, Muscular Dystrophy Canada, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Dr. Stefano Stifani is an Associat......esponses and only triggers those responses when it receives the right messages. ELKS is one of the essential component of the complex, without which NF-kB can't function." Inflammation is central to the body's generalized defensive response, attacking any invader in the same way by boosting blood flo...Protein key to trafficking in nerve terminals
...icles release their contents so that a nearby cell receives the message. "You need to retrieve the vesicles at the synapse to maintain a constant supply of vesicles in the nerve terminal," said Bellen. At least two distinct types of vesicle retrieval occur at the synapse, but the most well studied mecha...LSU Vet School receives $9.9 million for infectious disease research
... independent funding by NIH. Once a faculty member receives his or her own NIH funding for a particular research program, he or she will be rotated out of COBRE and replaced by other eligible faculty. At present, a total of five assistant professors have research projects in the grant, representing the Depar...APS awards more than $36,000 to its 2004 undergraduate research fellows
... vied for the 12 research positions. Each fellow receives a $2,000 stipend to cover travel and living expenses during the 10-week fellowship. Fellows also receive an additional $1,000 in travel funds to present their research at the 35th International Congress of Physiological Sciences and the Experimental...RNA could form building blocks for nanomachines
...blueprints within our cells' nuclei. RNA typically receives less attention than other substances from many nanotechnologists, but Guo said the molecule has distinct advantages. "RNA combines the advantages of both DNA and proteins and puts them at the nanotechnologist's disposal," Guo said. "It forms ve...University of Arizona licenses patent for natural fungicide
...Gandhi. Any revenue that the University of Arizona receives from the patent license will fund future research and future patent expenses, said Mary Louise Trammell, senior licensing associate in UA's Office of Technology Transfer. "It's all turned back into the R&D endeavor or the commercialization endeavor,"...EMBO Gold Medal 2004 goes to Spanish scientist
...l research carried out within Europe. Maria Blasco receives the award in recognition of her landmark work in the area of telomeres*. The scientist's research has had a groundbreaking impact on cancer research and received wide recognition in the field. The medal will be presented to the winner at the EMBO Mem...Cigarette smoke causes breaks in DNA and defects to a cell's chromosomes, Pitt study finds
...uring cell division, so that each daughter nucleus receives a complete copy of the genetic material. The stage... in opposite directions so that each daughter cell receives the same number of chromosomes. But when the researchers exposed cells in culture to cigarette smok...