World first for Swedish researchers mice born from transplanted wombs
...n of the uterus from one mouse to another: in each recipient mouse the transplanted uterus was placed alongside the normal uterus, which acted as a control. After transplantation between genetically identical mice the grafted uterus produced pups. The mouse pups had normal body weight, showed normal behaviour...JCI table of contents, July 1 2003
... transplant achieves immune reconstitution without recipient rejection Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), a com...4+ T cells results in immune reconstitution in the recipient without GVHD, a result that if translatable to humans has important clinical implications for stem c...Brain stem cells are not rejected when transplanted
...ain stem cells did possess antigens, butunless the recipient was primed or pre-immunized, the antigens were notvisible to the immune system of the recipient and not rejected. "Understanding the immune properties of these stem cells could have anenormous ef...R. John Collier, PH.D wins Bristol-Myers Squibb Infectious Disease Research Award
...metabolic disease, neuroscience and nutrition. The recipient is selected by peer review. The award, a $50,000 cash prize and a silver commemorative medallion, is given annually in each of the six therapeutic areas. Dr. Collier will officially receive the infectious disease award at the annual Bristol-Myers S...Nominations sought for professorship by the American Association for Cancer Research
... (March 27-31, 2004 in Orlando, Florida). The 2003 recipient of the AACR-NFCR Professorship is Manuel Perucho, Ph.D., Director, Oncogene and Suppressor Gene Program, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, Calif. Dr. Perucho's laboratory studies the mechanisms underlying gastrointestinal cancer of the microsatellite ...New funding mechanism for melanoma research announced
.... In addition to the award amount noted above, the recipient will receive registration and support for travel expenses to attend the 2004 AACR Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida and to accept the award. The application deadline is Wednesday, October 15, 2003. Details about the Fellows Grant and the nomination......bone marrow or whole organs are a "match" with the recipient - characteristics that make these new procedures h...ody administration to achieve functional donor and recipient HSC populations within the donor without the need for myeloablation or stimulating the induction of ...Sick Kids scientists identify gene for most severe form of adolescent epilepsy
... University of Toronto graduate student. Chan is a recipient of an Epilepsy Canada/Canadian Institutes of Health Research doctoral research award....Society for Biomolecular Screening to hold ninth annual conference
...tists in molecular biotechnology and genomics, and recipient of the SBS Achievement Award in 2001, will present this year's SBS Achievement Award Lecture on Wednesday, September 24. The award celebrates outstanding achievement in research and innovation. Dr. Hood is the President and Director of the Institute ...Lasker Award honors Rockefeller University biochemist for pioneering studies of gene activation
... genes are switched "on" and "off," is this year's recipient of the highly prestigious Albert Lasker Award for ...eller University President Paul Nurse, Ph.D., past recipient of the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research as well as the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Me...Tufts scientist named 'one of world's 100 top young innovators' by Technology Review Magazine
...s' School of Arts and Sciences. Kumar is also the recipient of the 2003 DuPont Young Professor Grant one of only seven faculty in the country to receive the honor this year. The Young Professor Grants are intended to encourage highly original research and to help recipients begin their academic research car...Sick Kids researchers link maternal folic acid intake to decrease in deadly childhood cancer
...'s lead author, a U of T graduate student, and the recipient of a National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada scholarship and the ASCPT Presidential Student Award, Drs. Ron Grant, Sheila Weitzman, and Lillian Sung, all from The Hospital for Sick Children, and Dr. Joel Ray and Marian Vermeulen ...Aggregation of cloned mouse embryos improves survival rate
...ne hybrids were transferred back into the uteri of recipient mice, the survival rate jumped to 8 percent. The researchers even produced a litter of four cloned mouse pups, in stark contrast to the typical single pup born. Cloning requires the precise genetic reprogramming of the nucleus inserted into an enucl...Science writer Ron Redfern to receive geoscience Award for Outstanding Contribution
...hotographer, and filmmaker Ron Redfern as the 2003 recipient of its prestigious Award for Outstanding Contribut...he public understanding of science. He also is the recipient of two Journalism Awards from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists the first one in 198...Edward C. Roy Jr. to receive Ian Campbell award
... and to the geoscience profession. Roy is also the recipient of other honors and awards, including Trinity University's Outstanding Professor Award in 1967 and the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies' Outstanding Educator Award in 1991. The Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies recognized R...Cancer prevention pioneer receives AACR/Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation Award
...n Foundation (CRPF) announced today that he is the recipient of the second annual AACR-CRPF Award for Excellence in Cancer Prevention Research. Last year's inaugural award went to Michael B. Sporn, M.D., of Dartmouth Medical School, who was lauded for his stellar work in the basic science of chemoprevention. ...World's largest scientific society holds regional meeting in Long Beach, Calif.
...oration, Los Angeles, Calif. Edwards is the award recipient for his development of the tint base that accomplishes precise color matches; development of polyester coatings for specialty applications; and development of continuous slurry methods for economically advantageous computer controlled processing of p...The American Geological Institute's Distinguished Service Award to be presented to Edward C. Roy Jr.
...administrator, and public servant. Roy is also the recipient of other honors and awards, including Trinity University's Outstanding Professor Award in 1967 and the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies' Outstanding Educator Award in 1991. The Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies recognized R...President Bush names Rutgers' Evelyn Witkin for nations highest science honor
... at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, a recipient of the 2002 National Medal of Science, the nation's highest science and engineering honor. Witkin, a Princeton resident, is one of eight honorees selected and the 30th woman to receive the medal, which will be presented at a White House ceremony Nov....Egg-sharing does not damage a donors own chance of a baby say UK researchers
...ving 192 women who agreed to share their eggs, 274 recipient cycles involving 246 women who received eggs and 1...t would feel if they did not fall pregnant and the recipient does, or vice-versa. There is potential here for joy, happiness, sadness and other emotions. So, it ...