Harvard Medical School researchers discover first in a new class of mitosis inhibitors
...itude below the level at which companies typically start adevelopment program -- is counterbalanced by the fact that it already has proven toperform the desired function of stopping mitosis, says Mitchison. Moreover,monastrol's chemistry is so well known that the next step of synthesizing andtesting modifi...SPIRE seeks to boost young scientists' job prospects, minority science education
...at Chapel Hill expert who hopes to change that and start a national trend. Dr. Walter E. Bollenbacher, professor of biology, plans to improve the career prospects for postdoctoral students by offering them more diverse training. A new $4 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of General Me...U-M scientist discover how viruses hide inside human cells
...and the biochemistry of the tethering site, we can start developing therapeutic agents to block it. Blocking the binding site could mean the difference between just treating symptoms and eradicating these viruses from the host population," added Murray A. Cotter II, a graduate student in the U-M Medical S...How alcohol gives, and then takes away
...rs at 20mM, because that's more related to when we start to drink, when we may start to become dependent." When a person starts to drink and is experiencing the reinforcing aspects, he...Diet of antioxidants and oils improves lung disorder, study shows
...hite blood cells in the lungs, and the neutrophils start killing lung cells." The use of fatty acids prevents the immune system from producing an excessive amount of neutrophils. This research was supported in part by a grant from Ross Products, Abbott Laboratories. The combination diet used for this st......ance,Virginia Tech researchers already have a head start in engineering developments thatcan be used to ben...tute will be located in Roanoke. Construction will start next yearon a 50,000 square foot headquarters that will include a business incubator; 20-30 employee...Understanding key protein in Fragile X syndrome
...g some of these proteins, the next step will be to start screening patients to see if they have the associated genes." Warren's group is also starting to study the mRNA from the RNP complex. "Isolating the RNA that's specifically interacting with the FMRP will give us a handle on the biggest question in t......bring these osteoblasts into maturity, so they can start growing bone," Mundy said. This is in contrast to most current bone loss therapies, which only increase the number of osteoblasts without encouraging the differentiation and maturity of these bone-building cells. After this initial success, the rese...Fox Chase Cancer Center's Joseph Testa receives 1999 Irving J. Selikoff Award for Cancer Research
...complete, Testa and his medical colleagues plan to start a new program for Local 14 members at high risk of mesothelioma. Although the program will start with screening, early detection of the cancer is not the only goal.Testa will study cell samples to ...Scientists map brain's primary memory network
...als will not remember which lever itpressed at the start and chose the wrong lever at the end of the delay. Deadwyler noted that issimilar to the rapid decrease in retention of a new telephone number after it is dialed. Animals played the game between 100 and 150 times each day and generated very stable p......he mission. If someone became ill, treatment would start with drugs in from a small supply kept on hand, while the appropriate bugs were awakened to produce a regular supply. (This need was presaged this summer by the need to airdrop tamoxifen, a breast cancer chemotherapy agent, at the South Pole for a me...Younger people are at greater risk for alcohol problems
... lot of studies have shown that the earlier people start to drink regularly," said lead author Scott F. Sto...in the neighborhood--and for whatever reason, they start using these substances at an early age." The generational study, published in the December issue o...Scientists predict food in the new millennium
...r protein content, perhaps food manufacturers will start using insects and earthworms as ingredients, suggests Manfred Kroger, Ph.D., professor emeritus, Dept. of Food Science, Pennsylvania State University. "Insects and worms are good sources of protein and widely available," he says. "Why not put them ...Millenium bug found by CSIRO scientists
...ia's biological wealth remains undiscovered at the start of the 21st Century," says Dr Nielsen. "So far we have scientifically described fewer than a third of the insect species on this continent. The work of exploring Australia scientifically is still in its early stages." The World fauna of semi-aquati...Common enzyme deficiency may jeopardize pregnancies
...ly these new findings will now stimulate people to start looking carefully at mothers with the hereditary enzyme deficiency to see whether, for example, it takes longer for them to get pregnant -- because they may be unknowingly conceiving and then losing their babies very early on -- or they have more mis...Big bang theory of human evolution?
...dence to decipher the most likely scenario for the start of human evolution. The analysis, by researchers at the U-M Department of Anthropology, is the first to examine the full spectrum of paleontological, archeological, and genetic evidence available, each reflecting a different part of the puzzle of h......ight measurements of all study participants at the start of the study period. Three months later, the cholesterol and blood pressure measurements, as well as nutrition knowledge and fat-avoidance behavior, of the students who took the heart-health classes had improved relative to the comparison group, th......ons, is committed to helping young faculty members start their laboratories and begin experiments in promising fields of science. The Hughes grant will be used entirely to assist Columbia in providing start-up packages for new young faculty. "This grant will increase our ability to develop new basic biome...