Mice become first animals to produce other species' sperm
... grafts transferred this entire environment to the recipient mice," Dobrinski said. She was joined in the work by Ali Honaramooz, Amy Snedaker, Michele Boiani and Hans Schler of Penn's Center for Animal Transgenesis and Germ Cell Research and Stefan Schlatt of the University Mnster in Germany. Schlatt conduct...Transplant patients from 40 years ago cause Pittsburgh doctors to take an about-face
...rejection since weaning was initiated, including a recipient of an isolated small bowel that had not been irradiated, who has been on a once-a-week dose for five months. Before the new protocol, intestinal transplant patients would have been expected to take two to three immunosuppressives twice, sometimes th...Macarthur Award winning physiologist to present Scholander Award and lecture
...ng tuna fishing nations. In 1996, Dr. Block was a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, a five-year ... presenting a research poster at this meeting. The recipient must be first author on the abstract and not more than five years past the attainment of the highest...Cloning pigs and drug discovery among 'hot' topics
...volves giving a one-time dose of a drug to deplete recipient T cells just hours before transplantation before the antigen is introduced and then giving lower-than-usual doses of just one anti-rejection drug beginning one day after transplantation. Nine living donor-kidney transplant patients transplanted 40 ...Starbucks-Conservation Intl. partnership awarded at World Summit
...the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) as a recipient of the 2002 World Summit Business Awards for Sustainable Development Partnerships. The collaboration between Starbucks and CI encourages sustainable agricultural practices and the protection of biodiversity through the production of shade grown coffe...DuPont scientists to unveil 'greener' process to reduce waste
...urnal editorial boards. He was recently named the recipient of the 2003 E.V. Murphree Award for Industrial Science and Engineering by the American Chemical Society for the body of his work. During 2002, DuPont is celebrating its 200th year of scientific achievement and innovation - providing products and serv...AAAS at the BA: Whale food, winners and losers in Antarctica and solar insights
...s. McIntyre is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a recipient of the Rossby Medal of the American Meteorological Society, and the Julius Bartels Medal of the European Geophysical Society, for his work on understanding stratospheric circulations and the exchange of greenhouse gases between stratosphere and tropo...Advances in 'micro' RNA exploring process of life
... developed across the nation. OSU was recently the recipient of a 4-year, $1.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study micro-RNAs in Arabidopsis, a plant that works well as a model for genetic research, and the researchers will try to identify the functional messenger RNA targets of differe...Michael B. Sporn, M.D., to receive inaugural cancer prevention award
...f chemoprevention, has been selected the inaugural recipient of the AACR-Cancer Research Foundation Award for Excellence in Cancer Prevention Research. The international award, to be given annually by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and the Cancer Research Foundation of America, recognizes...OSU genetics expert wins award for lifetime achievement
...ntribution and achievement in human genetics. The recipient receives a medal and a $10,000 personal prize, and gives a plenary address to the ASHG annual meeting. De la Chapelle's keynote address will be, "Inherited Diseases: Challenges, Victories and Disappointments." "I am really quite honored, and very s...Getting more mileage out of cord blood
... of blood cells per kilogram of body weight of the recipient are associated with improved transplantation outcome. However, the amount of blood cells collected from cords is often not sufficient for an adult recipient. Scientists have therefore attempted to culture and expand cord blood-derived cells before tr...John Brauman to receive Linus Pauling Medal for achievements in chemistry
...gnizant dean for the natural sciences, is the 36th recipient of the award, which recognizes outstanding achievement in chemistry. Named for Nobel laureate Linus Pauling, a former Stanford faculty member and native of the Pacific Northwest, the award is presented annually by the Oregon, Portland and Puget Sound...U-M bone marrow transplant expert receives Doris Duke Charitable Foundation award
...stem's Bone Marrow Transplantation Program, is the recipient of the prestigious 2002 Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist Award in the field of oncology. This is a highly competitive national award in which Ferrara was selected from a field of distinguished candidates in translational cancer research; h...Zengen, Inc. announces novel approach to reduce organ rejection
...rown Norway) were transplanted into the abdomen of recipient (Lewis) rats. Treatments consisted of intraperitoneal injections of the a-MSH peptide or saline from the time of transplantation until sacrifice or spontaneous rejection. Results show that median survival time of the peptide-treated organs was sig...International functional genomics study looks for genes that cause drug tolerance and dependence
...o international science. The center is currently a recipient of two major national consortium awards in this new field, a $1.5 million grant given to 15 Biotechnology Centers by the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Most recently, Doernbecher's research team and OHSU's Cente...Acorda therapeutics receives NIH Phase 2 grant for central nervous system repair
...the spinal cord and brain. In 2002, Acorda was the recipient of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association's L. W. Freeman Award for scientific research....Sick Kids researchers identify gene for Shwachman-Diamond syndrome
...iversity of Toronto graduate student. Boocock is a recipient of a Canadian Institutes of Health Research doctoral research award....Chocolate treats for the heart
...entine's Day gift -- had so much more to offer the recipient than simply a token of someone's affection? Of course, like most enjoyable treats, the "food of the gods" should be embraced in moderation, but research suggests that chocolate may have some redeeming health features. The good news was presented at ...Regeneration Technologies introduces advancements at AAOS
...ically and clinically proven to eliminate donor to recipient disease transmission risk while preserving tissue strength and biocompatibility. WHAT: Regeneration Technologies events at the meeting include: Presentation of two scientific papers involving biomechanical properties of allograft tissue afte...UCSF study suggests novel factor could contribute to adult obesity
...ism could prove a target for therapy, offering the recipient more "bang for the buck of exercise." A possible candidate for such a target, he says, is the serotonin 5-HT(2c) receptor. Mice genetically engineered to lack the 5-HT(2c) serotonin receptor demonstrated the most dramatic results in the study. Young...