Leader in cancer treatment and prevention research honored
...evention Research. He is among the first in cancer research to begin studying in the laboratory those basic ch...zed controlled trials. His laboratory and clinical research has emphasized the chemoprevention and treatment of such pervasive and potentially deadly diseases a...Student science contest participation influences study, career choices, alumni say
...s to consider careers in biotechnology. Past research has shown that the interest of many students in sc...e competition mirrors the real world of scientific research by: Requiring students to submit research proposals for evaluation by a scientific evaluation c...Houston minority graduation rises in sciences, engineering as result of UH-led alliance
...orkshops, helping with the Web site and working in research labs." The UH campus, for instance, provid...College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. "The research experiences, teaching opportunities and workshop courses provided by H-LSAMP helped me develop a str...Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
...ent both for biodiversity conservation and genetic research by including indigenous peoples as full partners i...chief's council from each village to assist in the research in return for a share of the Prostratin gene proceeds. Dr. Gaugau Tavana, a Samoan educator from the...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
...ent both for biodiversity conservation and genetic research by including indigenous peoples as full partners i...chief's council from each village to assist in the research in return for a share of the Prostratin gene proceeds. Dr. Gaugau Tavana, a Samoan educator from the...Veterinary Memorial Fund transforms grief into promise
...It explained that the donation would fund clinical research programs that could lead to discoveries that would...0 and has funded more than 100 individual clinical research programs exploring areas deemed timely by a panel of statewide practitioners and college faculty mem...New study shows hope for treating inhalant abuse
...behavior in these rats," Dewey said. Earlier research at Brookhaven Lab demonstrated the addictive natur...d at Brookhaven Lab on a large body of preclinical research on GVG as a potential treatment for addiction, and on two small-scale trials of GVG in Mexico [one p...Chemical engineering grad students will take notable national awards
...of Technology (NJIT) will receive graduate student research awards of $300 each from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). The awards will be presented in early November at the organization's annual convention in Austin, Texas. Dimitrios Zarkadas, who is expected to graduate in the next few m...NIH awards $18.2m to The Burnham Institute to develop Center on Proteolytic Pathways
...on over the next five years to develop this unique research hub. The Center will consolidate all known and em...ys that connect to proteases. Another outcome of research at the Center will be the development of a platform for screening small molecular libraries against ...Lycopene slows human prostate tumour growth in mice and combined with vitamin E is even better
...vational findings have now been underpinned by new research demonstrating a beneficial effect in human prostat...gs of the animal study are being reported by Dutch research scientist Dr. Jacqueline Limpens at the EORTC-NCI-AACR[1] Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer ...International study findings link acne-like rash to effectiveness of new targeted cancer treatment
...sures how their disease affected daily living. The research team are now undertaking a randomised study prospectively correlating the rash with tumour response. "Our results could be very important," he said. "While no rash does not mean no tumour response, it does mean there is a lower chance of response fro...Researchers determine genetic cause of Timothy syndrome
...nderlies a form of severe cardiac arrhythmia. The research shows that children who have the syndrome develop spontaneous genetic mutations that interfere with calcium channels that regulate the excitation and contraction of the heart. In defining the precise nature of the molecular abnormality, however, the ...UT Southwestern receives $1.78 million grant for obesity research as part of NIH Roadmap initiative
...development of obesity and related disorders. Four research teams will concentrate on three objectives: to fos...d metabolic syndromes; to develop state-of-the-art research programs using genetically modified mice to elucidate the metabolic and molecular bases of obesity a...Cigarette smoke causes breaks in DNA and defects to a cell's chromosomes, Pitt study finds
... 6 at the Pittsburgh Hilton and Towers. While most research has focused on the changes in DNA sequence caused by cigarette smoke, little attention has been given to how smoke affects genomic stability of cells. In laboratory studies using human fibroblasts, common cells found in connective tissue, William S. ...Scientists to prototype cyberinfrastructure for research and education access to ocean observatories
...scientists will design cyberinfrastructure to link research institutions on land with several existing or plan...assist in designing sensor networks for conducting research in other remote and hostile environments. The National Science Foundation (NSF) today awarded $3.9 m...Molecular motor implicated in tissue remodeling
...sor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics. The research team discovered that MMP-1 moves along a collagen filament with a net unidirectional motion. One-way motion indicates that energy is being utilized, so the team looked for an energy source. While most molecules that act as motors are inside cells and...Belgian researchers explore revolutionary approach to angiogenesis
...our." Dr. Feron, who is an assistant professor and research associate in the Department of Internal Medicine a...herapy is administered." He said that although the research was in mice and that it was early days as the concept still had to be proved in patients, the princi...'Dead zone' area shrinking, Texas A&M prof says
... Louisiana State University scientists conducted a research cruise in late August to the "dead zone" - a regio... Administration) study, conducted from Texas A&M's research ship R/V Gyre, stretched from an area near Southwest Pass, La., to the Calcasieu Ship Channel near t...Chemical derived from vitamin-E shows early promise as cancer drug
...n the Department of Human Ecology who directed the research in collaboration with Bob G. Sanders, a professor ...am of the National Cancer Institute. "Our research is promising at this stage, but there's a lot of further investigations that have to be conducted be...Scientists sequence genome of kind of organism central to biosphere's carbon cycle
...ate professor of oceanography and lead author of a research article in the Oct. 1 issue of Science . Together...ary implications revealed by the genomic work. The research provided direct genetic confirmation of a hypothesis that diatoms evolved when a heterotroph, a sing...