EMBO Gold Medal 2004 goes to Spanish scientist
...tum in research. One way of doing this is to put a spotlight on the best molecular biologists in Europe. The EMBO Gold Medal highlights the accomplishments of young researchers, showing just what can and is being achieved. Mara is a fine example of this. Her contribution to cancer research is unquestionable an...Experimental drug shown to block mutant protein causing blood disease
...D), and saw her symptoms improve. PKC412, like the spotlight drug Gleevec, is a highly specific "targeted" drug that disables a switch in cancer cells that has become jammed in the "on" position because of a genetic mutation. The glitch allows a continuous stream of signals to prod blood cells into an uncontro...New public policy & aging report highlights facts and fiction about anti-aging medicine
...f California, San Francisco, shares the front page spotlight with Binstock by arguing that the key to longevity is not so much a matter of reversing the aging process, but rather confronting the diseases that are associated with - but separate from - fundamental aging. The publication also features historian C...'Meeting of the minds' leads new era in fight against cancer
...er this disease." This year's Annual Meeting will spotlight new information and innovations that are leading to a new understanding of cancer and its course of action. Presentations by top scientists will include novel technologies and research approaches, lifesaving therapies in the pipeline, and new insigh...Science's breakthrough of the year: Illumination of the dark, expanding universe
...of Science . Those proposals entered the spotlight five years earlier, when Science's 1998 Breakthrough of the Year honored the discovery that the universe was expanding. Such an expansion would likely be driven by a "dark energy" that counters the effects of gravity. At the time, however, many cos...US crackdown on bioterror backfiring
...just weeks after 9/11, the attacks shone a glaring spotlight on the risks of disease research. The authorities decided far tighter control was needed over biologists withaccess to dangerous pathogens. Their main response was last year's Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act, which from February imposed ti...UC Santa Barbara discovers cell survival gene may lead to treatments for degenerative diseases
...led C.elegans. This worm was in the international spotlight last fall when theNobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded to three scientists whopioneered its use for understanding normal development and programmed celldeath in particular. The ICD-1 gene found in this animal is very closelyrelated to a ...Popular Science announces second annual 'Brilliant 10:' the country's top young scientists
...opular Science. "Our second annual list shines the spotlight on a group of men and women, while watched and admired by colleagues, is largely unknown to the public. These are the researchers who have the potential to redefine the world in which we live. And it's an incredibly diverse group, illustrating the g...EMBO Young Investigators 2000 2002
...or. The EMBO Young Investigator Programme puts the spotlight on some of the very best young European life scientists, all of them in the first three years of establishing their own research laboratory. The distinction of being selected as an EMBO Young Investigator often acts as leverage for obtaining funds na...Popular Science outlines need for long-term studies and more regulation in A.R.T.
... children with unimaginable problems. But with the spotlight on cloning, Americans missed one important point: For decades, fertility clinics have been doing precisely what scares experts about cloning. By using unregulated technologies on patients, they're creating children through experimental procedures wit...Polluted beach closures influenced by full moons and sunlight, surfer-engineer discovers
...sis, Huntington Beach was thrown into the national spotlight when Orange County officials shut down several miles of beachfront after tests revealed high concentrations of fecal bacteria. ''The public was outraged and demanded that someone be blamed for the dirty water,'' Boehm recalled, ''but to this day, no ...New program helps protect Asian elephants through crop-raiding prevention
... solitary males, a vehicle fitted with a siren and spotlight will drive animals back into the forest. In areas where vehicle access is impossible, five tamed elephants and their handlers from the Elephant Conservation Center in Way Kambas, will keep wild elephants at bay. Other methods, including cordoning o...Basic Research and Higher Education Program Conference breaks new ground
... VA April 22, 2002 University rectors shared the spotlight with graduate and undergraduate students in Krasnodar, Russia April 9-10 during a program-wide conference under the Basic Research and Higher Education (BRHE) program. The conference, organized by the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundatio...ChemGenex uses genomics approach to develop new anticancer drug, predict possible side effects
...mGenex Therapeutics, Inc. Such knowledge can help spotlight possible drug toxicities, as well as identify which patients may best benefit from treatment with a specific drug, he continued. In addition, chemical genomics can aid in the design of efficient clinical trials by helping trial designers predict the ...Soy protein prevents skin tumors from developing in mice, UC Berkeley researchers find
...per serving to qualify for the label. Much of the spotlight has focused on isoflavones, a soy phytoestrogen that acts like a weak form of the hormone estrogen, and the Bowman-Birk protease inhibitor (BBI), another soy component with potential anti-cancer properties. Galvez, who has since co-founded a biotech......s: Thomas Thundat] BIOLOGY Fetal development in spotlight . . . Working with SpectruMedix Corp., researchers at ORNL could soon find mutations in mice in months instead of years. Researchers are using the Temperature-Gradient Capillary Electrophoresis system to identify mutations simultaneously in 96 samp...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, January 2001
...act: Terri Rose] ENVIRONMENT Oceans biology under spotlight . . . For the first time, scientists have a clear picture that shows regions of the ocean where limited iron dust deposition may be influencing ocean biological activity. Its significant because scientists know that adding iron to the diet of marine ...Scientists discover key molecule in transmission of AIDS virus
...to fight infection. This research shines a spotlight on the first encounter between HIV and cells in the body. It offers fresh avenues of research for developing innovative treatments for AIDS, and may lead to vaccines that could prevent the virus from gaining access to the body's immune cells. It is ......01, or ALH84001) catapulted extremophiles into the spotlight as a model for possible lifeforms on Mars. The debate over whether the ALH84001 forms ever were nanobes (or just non-living imitations) led to recent discoveries of probable nanobes living in such odd places as human kidney stones and in limestone 4...Experts take aim at Montezuma's revenge at conference organized by UM school of medicine
...shops on genetics, diagnostics, immuneresponse and spotlight the ten best papers from junior scientists....