Donaghue Women's Health Investigator Program awards grants to three at Yale
...s useful to women and healthcare providers, and to serve as a model for wider application of innovative interdisciplinary research." Duman's study will explore the neurobiological mechanisms that underlie postpartum depression (PPD), which poses a highly significant health risk for women as well as their ...Yale scientists decipher odor code
.... "We hope that this map in the fruit fly will serve as a model for the olfactory systems of insects such as mosquitoes that transmit disease as well as for more complex organisms, including humans," said Carlson....Jefferson researchers develop microchip to track genetic signature of cancer and normal tissue
...(miRNAs), tiny pieces of genetic material that can serve as stop signs for gene expression and protein synthesis, are thought to be important in the development of cancer. Now, researchers at Jefferson Medical College and the Kimmel Cancer Center of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have develope...Protein stops blood-vessel growth, holds promise as cancer therapy
...aluate its effects in mice. The protein may also serve as a diagnostic tool, a marker of cancer status. Rapidly dropping levels of fibulin-5 might signal a tumor preparing to grow and/or spread. "The good thing about this protein is it's extra-cellular, especially as a diagnostic marker," said Emmanuel ...New national research effort needed to secure clean, adequate water supply in coming decades
...by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) could serve as the coordinating mechanism, the committee said. The coordinating group should regularly advise Congress and OMB, and also provide guidance on the establishment of a new competitive grants program. The best statement on current research needs, the...Lupus Research Institute awards $3 million in novel research grants to further new science in lupus
...onse, and then he will determine whether HMGB1 may serve as a biomarker for lupus because of its associatio...ill assess whether newly developed blood tests can serve as a biomarker to identify the patients at risk for this condition. Robert Winchester, MD, Columb...Two billion vulnerable to floods by 2050; number expected to double or more in two generations
...ing of the vulnerability of affected groups should serve as the starting point in defining priorities and remedial interventions." Background: UNU-EHS Supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Ministry of Science and Research of the State of North Rhine-Westpha...1st International Conference on Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease
...te. During the morning session, local factors that serve to promote or interfere with cell survival will be discussed, followed by a detailed review of cell types under active investigation. This will be followed by a review of cell delivery strategies and methods for evaluating their effects. An open deba...JGI, VBI help unravel sudden oak death & soybean disease
...hrough leaf blight and twig dieback. Foliar hosts serve as a vector for the disease, and include such plants as California bay laurel, camellia, and rhododendron. The economic impact of Phytophthora sojae has been far-reaching. The U.S. produces almost half the world's soybeans. Losses attributed to P. s...Scientists receive awards, give lectures at the ASBMB/IUBMB meeting
...an "atoms-to-animal" research strategy expected to serve as a paradigm for future structural biology studies, he is now involved in research that will ultimately be expressed in a knockout/transgenic mouse model to provide the first in vivo structure-function correlations for the costimulatory molecules. ...NIH launches first center in Nationwide Chemical Genomics Network
...tage of the tremendous power of small molecules to serve as probes to advance our understanding of biology," said Dr. Austin. To help achieve its ambitious goals, the NIH Chemical Genomics Center has selected a suite of ultra-high throughput target and pathway screening technologies from Kalypsys, Inc. of ...Lung cancer patients in Japan, United States react differently to the same chemotherapy regimen
...rials internationally. "We hope this analysis will serve as a model for future prospective comparisons of cooperative group trials," Gandara said. Gandara is a member of the ASCO board of directors, and serves as its secretary/treasurer. A prominent lung cancer specialist, he also chairs the SWOG Lung Comm...K-State business researchers to help with major study on food supply veterinary medicine
... training of food supply veterinarians in order to serve society." Andrus said the study is expected to be ...y veterinary medicine and it is hoped that it will serve as a framework for planning for the future," said Dr. Rod Sydenham, chair of the Food Supply Veterin...Margaret Foti to be honored for significant contributions to cancer care
...p journal, Cancer Research which she continues to serve as managing editor. She became executive director in 1982 and chief executive officer in 2000. She is a graduate of Temple University and its School of Communications and Theater, where she earned her master's and doctoral degrees. In 2003, Foti re...Life goes on without 'vital' DNA
...lity, as Rubin acknowledges, is that these regions serve a purpose too subtle to be seen in the tests done on mice. "It may say as much about our inability to detect any phenotypes as it says about the function of this region," says David Haussler of the University of California, Santa Cruz, who thinks the...EMBL Director-General receives high German honour: the Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse
...ities. He is also one of three European experts to serve on the Scientific Board of the "Grand Challenges for Global Health" initiative, an international programme funded with $200 million by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This programme, administered by the Foundation for the National Institutes o...Ecological science for a crowded planet
...estions. In contrast, this latest ESA report will serve to crystallize the Society's activities in research, education, and policy, according to President-Elect Jerry Melillo. Over the coming months, he and other Governing Board members will further discuss the action plan and will decide which specific...Gene at root of urban air pollution's lung effects
...s, drugs that block the function of the gene might serve as useful treatments for patients with asthma, the...cal to the lung's response to such exposures might serve as effective treatments for patients with asthma." The Duke team will next conduct studies of humans...Tigecycline - Candidate antibiotic produces 74 percent cure rate in cSSSI patients
...patient care that are world firsts. OU Physicians serve as faculty at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and train the region's future physicians....Many scientists believe the dog genome holds information that will benefit human health
...known as microsatellite analysis. Microsatellites serve as genetic signposts, snippets of DNA whose physical positions along the chromosome are known. The DNA sequence of each microsatellite marker can vary considerably among individuals but is often shared among those who are closely related. Parker exa...