University of Alberta researcher looks for clues to mysterious disease
...and chromosome instability. "If you want to study a conserved biological process, it makes sense to ...ructural maintenance involving ATM, allowing us to study how ATM works in a meaningful developmental context." Although a cure seems to be a long way ...Brown research reveals key insight into memory-making
...ral research fellows in Kauer's lab, worked on the study as did Mikyoung Park, a Duke graduate student. The National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, and the Alzheimer's Association funded the research. Ehlers was also supported by a Broad Scholar Award....'Smart antibiotics' may result from UCLA research
...he more we find it," Miller said. "And the more we study it, the more ingenious the mechanism appears to us...tions for using it. Miller's team is continuing to study the mechanism, to learn more about its biochemical properties, and to determine whether higher forms......s within three western states. The results of the study are published in the latest issue of the journal Northwest Science. The WCS scientists had equipped the wolverine with a Global Positioning System (GPS) collar to better understand the habitat needs of this largest member of the weasel, weighing in...Scientists discover potential new way to control drug-resistant bacteria
...Miller says that he and his team are continuing to study this genetic mechanism to learn more about its biochemical properties and to determine whether higher forms of life have similar classes of genes. He believes that, in time, they will be able to use the knowledge gleaned from this discovery to genera...Joslin Diabetes Center honors brothers living 70-plus years with type 1 diabetes
...ber of a Joslin research team that is conducting a study of Joslin medalists who have lived with type 1 diabetes for 50 years or more to better understand what biological and genetic factors may contribute to a long life with diabetes. The Cleveland brothers' longtime physicians, David Dube, M.D., medical ...Secretary of Energy announces seven E.O. Lawrence Award Winners
...ethods such as velocity modulation spectroscopy to study the structure of molecular ions. Saykally is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and senior scientist with the Chemical Sciences Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Schuller, a physicist, will ...16th EORTC NCI AACR Symposium 'Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics'
...tead of (or before) killing them. Successful mouse study leads to patient trial. * Professor Eric Van Cutse...easure success of centuximab (Erbitux). Randomised study now under way Chairman: Professor Jaap Verweij (EORTC chairman of conference scientific committee) t...Study explores gene transfer to modify underlying course of Alzheimer's disease
...ive effects on brain cells. A key objective of the study is to deliver the CERE-110 directly to the part of...ng used by researchers at Rush as part of aPhase I study to evaluate its safety and tolerability using two different doses. Memory and cognitive function wil...AAAS expert panel calls for voter-system research and reform
...o error and abuse, and called for acrash-course of study and reform to make resultsmore reliable and to promote better access byvoters, especially those who have historicallyencountered serious impediments to exercisingtheir right to vote. In findings released after a weekend conferenceconvened by AAAS, th...The book opens on the first tree genome
...ess patterns, mean that Populus now can be used to study many fundamental biological questions." Joining Jansson in leading the Swedish poplar team are Jan Karlsson, Gran Sandberg, and Fredrik Sterky. "The sequencing is extremely valuable because attributes found in the poplar model will also be applicabl...NSF awards 22 new projects for plant genome research
...and families of plants; functional genomics -- the study of relationships between genes and the biological ... coffee. A project led by Indiana University will study the genomes of the Compositeae, a group of plants that includes important crop species such as lettu...Certain genes boost fish oils' protection against breast cancer
...rnia and the National University of Singapore. The study in Carcinogenesis was published early online throu...r. The researchers looked at the genetic makeup of study participants and grouped them according to which polymorphisms they had. They found that postmenopau...NSF and AIBS sign cooperative agreement for NEON project office
...t biological change, ecologists need a new tool to study their structure and dynamics. NEON is that tool." ...$2.7 million grant to support creation of virtual zebrafish atlas
...ing and the short life cycle needed to efficiently study how genetic malfunctions can lead to disease. As v...velop the zebrafish as a medical research model to study the relationship between high rates of mutation and the development of cancer. "Zebrafish are becomi...Experimental drug shown to block mutant protein causing blood disease
...ol, Emory University, and Novartis Pharma AG. "The study shows the potential utility of drugs that block mutant tyrosine kinases, and that these drugs are opening more doors to treating cancers," explains Stone. Tyrosine kinases are molecules that act as biological switches inside cells, regulating process...Health of world's sea lions the focus of Wakefield Symposium
Anchorage, Alaska--More than 100 scientists who study the world's sea lions, including dozens who study the decline of Alaska's Steller sea lions, will gather in Anchorage, Alaska, from September 30 to Oc...UAF scientists discover new marine habitat in Alaska
...surveys of marine life as part of an international study sponsored by the Census of Marine Life NaGISA program and funded by the Gulf Ecosystem Monitoring program. "A sieve is worth about $75, so we wanted to get it back," said Konar. "We descended into about 60 feet of water and found the sieve righ...Binocular rivalry: Fulfilling visual expectations
...nown about the function of these signals. A recent study by graduate students Tamara Watson and Joel Pearson and their supervisor Dr. Colin Clifford at the University of Sydney suggests that these feedback signals carry information about what we expect to see and that these signals act to constrain our int...Study reveals why eyes in some paintings seem to follow viewers
... straight ahead, said James Todd, co-author of the study and a professor of psychology at Ohio State Univer...egardless of the angle at which it is viewed." The study was conducted at the University of Utrecht in The Netherlands in collaboration with Jan Koenderink, ...