Brain Protein "Rescues" Neurons From Atrophy
...r's department of neurobiology. Their research was supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Klingenstein and McKnight foundations. In a separate paper in the October issue of Neuron, the scientists reported the first steps in deciphering the intercellular chemical "language" that neurotrophins us...New Cancer Switch Discovered By Duke Medical Center Pharmacologists
... The research by Pendergast and her colleagues was supported by the National Cancer Institute and the National ... of the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, which is supported by the National Cancer Institute. Cortez is a graduate student in the department of molecular cancer...Researchers Pinpoint Site For Petit Mal Seizures In Brain
...an Epilepsy Society's annual meeting. The work was supported by the National Institute of Neurologic Diseases and Stroke and a V.A. merit award. Children affected by petit mal seizures have up to hundreds of seconds-long lapses of consciousness, during which they stare blankly and may blink rapidly or sway bef......d ended. Ku's research on the Zhoukoudian finds is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Further field sampling and lab analyses are continuing....Heat-loving Microbe Repairs Its DNA With Light
...y extremely hightemperatures. Grogan's research is supported with funding from the U.S. Officeof Naval Research. Plans for future work on this topic includedetermining which wavelengths of light are effective andexploring ways in which this phenomenon can be used in thegenetic analysis of DNA repair and mutati...New Discovery About Genes Has Implications For Genetic Therapy
...rom the Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, was supported by grants from the National Institute of General Medical Science. The researchers have applied for a patent to protect their process....Researchers Use Hydrated Lime To Reduce Toxic Selenium Emissions
...e journal Environmental Scienceand Technology, was supported by the OhioCoal Development Office,a collaborative effort between OhioState and four other Ohio universities....Core Spins Faster Than Earth, Scientists Find
...y the National Science Foundation. The NSFalso has supported Lamont-Doherty's archive of long-term, worldwideseismological records, which hold key data for measuring the innercore's rotation. Dr.Song and Dr. Richards were intrigued by preliminary results lastfall from a theoretical computer model simulating th...Researchers Find Possible New Route to Making Cancer Cells Vulnerable
...principal investigator. The research was supported in part by the National Institute of EnvironmentalHealth Sciences and a Rhone Poulenc Rorer Hematology Scholar award to colleagueDr. Charles Hemenway. Heitman and Hemenway, both researchers in Duke's Comprehensive Cancer Center,reported thei...Bee Sting Treatment Should Emphasize Speed, Not Method Of Removal
... medical attention, Visscheradded. The study was supported by funds from the National Science Foundation andthe University of California....Protein Glitch May Be Early Problem In Inherited Alzheimer's
...imer's Disease Conference in Osaka, Japan. It was supported by the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute, the Adler Foundation, the Alzheimer's Association, and the Develbiss Fund.......ry relationshipsbetween species." The research was supported bygrants from the U.S. Department ofEnergy, the Russian Fund forFundamental Research, theRussian Human Genome Program,and the National ScienceFoundation's Young InvestigatorProgram....Low-Protein Diet May Reverse Kidney Disease
...ecular sciences and medicine. The study, which was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health, is published in the September issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. "Five patients remain virtually cured, while only one patient's blood-protein level worsened, " says Walser. Hopkins researc...Newly Discovered Bacteria Produce Magnetic Material
...d, and respiration in organisms." The research was supported by DOE, Office of Health and EnvironmentalResearch. ORNL, one of the Department of Energy's multiprogram national research anddevelopment facilities, is managed by Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp.You may read other press releases from Oak Ridge ...Harvard, Duke Researchers Discover 'Off-switch' Inside Human Cells
...rd graduate student Timothy Hunt. The research was supported bythe American Cancer Society and the National Science Foundation. RGS10, belongs to a family of "regulators of G protein signaling"(RGS) proteins. Similar proteins have been found in yeast and other invertebrates.However, until the Harvard-Duke fin...Major Plant Genome Research Project Underway
...chers selected for the current research grants are supported by separate awards, each is part of a single project. "Their activities will be coordinated to maximize efficiency and usefulness," says Clutter, "and information from the project will be widely disseminated so that researchers will gain maximum ben...Component In Soy Products May Be Substitute For Estrogen Treatment
...on changes in cholesterol levels. The research was supported bythe Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board and Protein Technologies International,which provided the isolated soy protein....Newly Discovered Gene Halts Cell Division and May Have Cancer Link
...e tumors with spindle inhibitors. The research is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Cancer Institute . Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is the world's oldest and largest private institution devoted to prevention, patient care, research, and education in cance...'Juliet' Evades Primate Center Expedition
...ve cutting of trees."Glander said his observations supported the accuracy of estimates that thediademed sifaka will be extinct in about 20 years. According to Glander, the researchers were particularly surprised at thereduced number of other lemur species in the east-coast Forest de la Garewhere the expeditio...Antarctic Science Season Gears Up With Searches for Meteorites, Neutrinos, and New Life Forms
...eanography, atmospheric science, and biology -- is supported out of NSF's McMurdo Station, located on Ross Island, and at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, inland on the heights of the ice cap. Other projects are based at Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula and on two research vessels. Antarcti...