Maine-based biophysics institute gets funding for first US-based 4Pi nanoscale microscope
...ion grant to a Maine interdisciplinary biophysical research program. The Institute for Molecular Biophysics brings together expertise in biophysics and engineering at the University of Maine in Orono, molecular and cell biology at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute (MMCRI) in Scarborough, and gene...Viral suspect for amphibian decline traced to human spread through bait
...ts by fishermen and interstate bait wholesalers. A research article by a team (see end of release) headed by Arizona State University ecologist James Collins forthcoming in the Journal of Molecular Ecology finds that the wild incidences of a devastating iridovirus in Arizona and Colorado are all very similar ...UCLA molecular biologists uproot the tree of life
... NASA's Astrobiology Institute. Lake conducted the research with Maria C. Rivera, a research scientist in UCLA's department of molecular, cell, and developmental biology, and UCLA's astrobiolog...Final Alert: 16th EORTC NCI AACR Symposium
...First-time public presentations on new cancer drug research and development from experts in Europe, North Amer...gathered in Geneva to share findings on the latest research on new molecular targets, designer diagnostics and prognostics, smart drugs and other novel approach...Second call for proposals for the European Young Investigator Award
...rchers is managed and funded by the scientific and research funding organisations under the umbrella of the Eu...tunity to establish and lead an independent junior research group at a recognised European research institution. This programme of excellence, which is committe...Screen siblings, parents of infants with severe heart abnormalities
...ow-up." Others who participated in the research include Drs. Mark B. Lewin, Kim L. McBride, Ricardo Pignatelli, Ana Combes, Andres Menesses, Wilbur Lam and Louis I. Bezold and Susan Fernbach, all of BCM and Dr. Norman Kaplan of Research Triangle Park, NC....Computer scientists at UH developing 'nurturing' computers
...s for $640,169 to be spread across three years for research titled "Interacting with Human Physiology." With its goal to monitor the actual health of a subject during computer use, the Pavlidis project plans to incorporate physiologic monitoring in human-computer interaction. The sensing element is a therma...New evidence of radiation risk in childhood leukaemia
...Tuesday 7 September) will hear how ground-breaking research is now providing evidence that the children of men...h LEUKAEMIA will be launching a 1m fund to support research in priority areas....Fossils reveal direct link between global warming and genetic diversity in wildlife
...ming and the evolution of contemporary wildlife. A research team led by Stanford University biologist Elizabet...imate change and genetics For the experiment, the research team compared DNA from voles and pocket gophers living near Lamar Cave with ancient DNA from fossili...Heart gene yields insights into evolution, disease risk
...d the insight into evolution of the MMP3 gene, the research offers broader lessons, said Wray. "I think for the medical profession, one lesson is to not to think of alleles as good alleles or bad alleles," he said. "Rather, there is a complex set of interactions, and in certain circumstances and in certain co...Imitative parrots just might tell you it's all in the tongue
...thor and a former IUB postdoctoral fellow,is now a research fellow at Leiden University. The syrinx operates similarly in all parrots. For this study thescientists used five monk parakeets, small parrots native to SouthAmerica. While a speaker swept through a series of tones, from 500 to11,000 Hz (from the B ...Rising childhood leukaemia incidence prompts conference
...ttention to date will also be highlighted with new research findings. These include, for example, diet in earl...an of CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA) To announce more research funding by the charity Professor Michel Coleman (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) Ch...Genetic map of important tree genes outlined
...owards doing the type of genetic and biotechnology research with trees that we've been able to do with only th...as this will narrow the gap between the scientific research we can undertake with trees and the studies that are possible with traditional model plant species, ...Research suggests unborn children may be at risk from environmental pollution
London, UK: New research being presented at a conference opening in London ...ge on London to discuss this and a wealth of other research being presented over the five days of the conference. Many of the usual suspects will be covered in...Recent evolution at a single gene may have brought down heart disease risk in some human groups
...isease is Europe's leading cause of death, but new research shows that the disease's toll would be much greate...umulation of plaque in the arterial walls. The new research shows that the high-expression variant increased rapidly in frequency in the ancient European popula...How do you mend a broken heart?
... intended to bridge the sciences in cardiovascular research between Europe and the United States....Bone marrow cells routinely help with wound healing
...on, but also permanently heal wounds, according to research at the University of Washington. Previously, researchers had not known that bone marrow contributed to the development of new skin in wounds. The findings will be published in the Sept. 3 issue of Stem Cells. "Wounds may not heal the way we thought ...$18 million bioinformatics center to become weapon against deadly diseases
...urce Center to help scientists to accelerate their research into the biology and evolution of deadly microorga...ence of effective cooperation between experimental research and the bioinformatics efforts." To ensure such cooperation, the center's outreach and training for...Single isolated mouse skin cell can generate into variety of epidermal tissues
...s developed by Rockefeller University postdoctoral research fellows Cedric Blanpain, M.D., Ph.D., and William ...efeller University's campus that now conduct basic research with embryonic, neuronal and skin stem cells derived from mice, laboratory cultures of human adult s...Broken arms and collateral damage: clues to predator-driven evolution
...s new insights into the process. A report on their research appears in today's issue of Science. Biologists long have speculated that predators and prey play a game of evolutionary one-upsmanship, in which an adaptation on the part of one---say, sharper teeth in a predator---prompts a "go-you-one-better" resp...