Robots, Virtual Reality & Other "Smart" Tools Soon Will Help Physicians Heal Patients
...ospital, England. Organized by DiGioia and supported by NSF, the workshop convened 52 engineering, computer science and medical researchers from seven nations, nominated by their peers, to assess the status and research needs of this rapidly advancing field. "We are not talking about replacing ...Researchers Corral Millions Of Microscopic Membranes
...eractions between cells. Groves began working with supported bilayers in 1994. His first discovery was that scoring supported membranes with a pair of tweezers caused them to separate permanently. He took advantage of this cha......nt on September 24, 1996. TheDepartment of Defense supported the capitalization and installation phaseof the network. USGS will be responsible for the long-term operation andmaintenance of the majority of the expanded and upgraded global network aswell as for analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of the ...'BirdSource' Website For Citizen-Science Data
... the earth's biological diversity. The Society is supported by 550,000 members and 518 chapters nationwide. The Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology is a membership institute for the study, appreciation and conservation of birds worldwide. The Lab maintains programs in academic research, public education and ci...Duke University Students Devise Devices For The Disabled
... Bohs' Devices for the Disabled class expenses are supported by the NationalScience Foundation as well as the Duke Children's Miracle Network....New Study Shows Steps Leading To Colon Cancer
...lt to treat," he said. A report on the findings, supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, appears in the March 21 issue of the journal Cell. Besides Peifer, UNC-CH authors are doctoral students Robert Cavallo and Joseph Loureiro. Other authors include Drs. Marc van de Wetering and Han...New Vaccine Blocks Viral Entry In Cattle, May Have Implications For Human Vaccines
...ns for preventing infection. His research has been supported by USDA competitive grants and a Shaw Scholarship....Project Shows Native Bacteria Can Destroy Widespread Pollutant In Groundwater
...e full-scale demonstration project was financially supported by the Armstrong Laboratory Environics Directorate at Tyndall Air Force Base and the Environmental Quality Division of the US Air Force.......is the director of the Magellanic Penguin Project, supported by the Wildlife Conservation Society under an agreement with the province of Chubut. In past years, other researchers followed breeding penguins on their food expeditions by monitoring radio signals from transmitters glued to the birds' feathers. The...Newly Identified Tomato Gene Appears Key To Fruit Softening
... plants. This work to date on the LeExp1 gene was supported by the Universityof California. New investigation of the action of the gene will be fundedby a UC Biotechnology-STAR grant ,which seeks to develop the commercial potential of UC research for California-basedcompanies....Stuttering Appears To Have Strong Link To Family Genes, Researchers Say
...y to stuttering."The next phase of their research, supported by the National Institutes ofHealth, will involve DNA testing that they hope will lead to identifyingthat gene, she said. Co-authors of the article are Nancy Cox, a geneticist at the U. of C.School of Medicine, and Ehud Yairi, a U. of I. professor o......es in the coming decades." "If it can't be supported by the economics, if it isn't supported by thescience, and if it doesn't address a specific risk, what is the basis for therule?," concluded...Second Gene Responsible For Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Identified
...National Tuberous Sclerosis Association,which also supported the work. "We can now move toward diagnostic testing, aswell as therapies for TSC. At the same time, we are optimistic that anunderstanding of how TSC develops will be important in improving ourunderstanding of autism and seizure disorders not rela...Huntington's Disease Findings Pave Way For Potential Cure
...s that prevent the clumping. The Batesresearch was supported in part by the Hereditary Disease Foundation. Founded byDr. Wexler's father, Milton Wexler, the foundation's goal is to provideintellectual stimulus and financial support for basic scientific research aimedat uncovering the causes of Huntington's dis...Scientists Discover How Genes Work Together To Control Neural Development
...ins prevent cell development." This research was supported in Lai's lab by the National Science Foundationand... Research Award.This research in Carthew's lab was supported by the National Institutesof Health, the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, and the Pew Founda...Altered Genes, Altered Metabolism--Longer Life?
Scientists supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) have discoveredthat a gene, named daf-2, which regulates glucose (sugar) metabolism in a tinyworm, Caenorhabditis elegans, may also affect or enhance its longevity. Thefindings, in the August 15, 1997 issue o...Progress In Prion Research: Three-Dimensional Structure Of Prion Protein Fully Uncovered
..., and BSE, "mad cow" disease. The research team is supported by the SwissNational Science Foundation. Their work attracted attention a year ago when theypublished a first part of the structure. The research results to be published onThursday in the review FEBS Letters indicate that the newly decoded part of th...Newly Discovered Human Protein Provides Important Target For Cancer Therapy
...ping anti-telomerase drugs." This work was supported in part by the National Cancer Institute of theUnited States, the National Cancer Institute of Canada, the Damon Runyon-WalterWinchell Cancer Research Foundation, the MIT-Merck Postdoctoral FellowshipsProgram, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and...NIH's Genbank Database Logs Billionth Base
...tp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ . GenBank is built and supported by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a division of the National Library of Medicine. "As GenBank grows and becomes ever more comprehensive," said David J. Lipman, M.D., the Center's director, "its value to the research commun...... warnings the animals gave. Boysen's work is supported by grants from the National Institute ofMental Health. Written by Earle Holland, (614) 292-8384; Holland.8@osu.edu...