Strange South American Fossil Mammals Found In Madagascar And India
...ssue of the journal Nature by an international team of researchers. The team was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and led by paleontologist David Krause of the St...Dendritic Cell Therapy For The Treatment Of Cancer
...en be injected directly into theskin lesions. The team hope that the mature dendritic cells will pick up tumourantigens and switch on an immune response. One problem that Dr Austyn foresees is that patients with advanced cancer oftenhave weakened immune systems. Therefore it is possible that even the mo...Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Receives $1.1 Million Grant From National Cancer Institute
... in 1990. Subsequent studies by the Harbor Branch team and collaborators revealed the compound to be a potent anti-tumor agent with a mechanism of action similar to that of the clinical anti-cancer agent Taxol. Both Taxol and discodermolide interact with microtubules, structures which compose the framew......t as efficient as the old initiator, even when the team use ten times less. The new chemical is also a c...nus there are no toxic residues to dispose of. The team will use their new catalyst to make rings important to the drug discovery process. A presentation ...Biogenic Emissions Higher Than Expected Over African Savanna
... National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded research team is mapping natural and human-caused trace gas emis... or who suffer from respiratory problems. The team is also studying the role of isoprene and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released by plants...UF Researchers Investigate Phenomenon Of Seizure-Alert Dogs
...ng dogs to "detect and alert." Among the questions team members hope to answer are whether the ability to ...ion or a trainable behavior. Eventually, the team hopes to bring dogs into the clinical setting where patients can be physiologically monitored, to de......o identify the APECED gene. A second international team led by Pr Nobuyoshi Shimizu from Keio University (Tokyo, Japan), Pr Stylianos Antonarakis from University of Geneva and Pr Kai Krohn from University of Tampere (Finland) also began hunting for the APECED gene and the race was on. Th...Scientists Identify A Novel Mitotic Regulatory Mechanism
A team of the Max-Planck Research Unit Enzymology of Protein Folding from Halle in cooperation with research teams of the Harvard University (Boston) and the University of Texas (Houston) shed light on the regulation of the cell cycle. Their fin...Researchers Construct Genetic Map For Dogs
...lifornia, Berkeley. Collaborating with Ostrander's team was a team of Cornell researchers led by Dr. Aguirre. Other members of the Cornell team included Gregory Acland...Researchers Improve Treatment Of Industrial Waste
...f chemical engineering and applied chemistry and a team of researchers have devised a process that treats waste air and water emissions -- while they are still hot -- from pulp and paper mills. Using heat-resistant microbes, the researchers treat waste air and water at temperatures up to 70 degrees Celsiu...Remote Cloud Observatory Tracks El Niño Changes
...tilde;o of the century is currentlyunderway, and a team of scientists is remotely watching the sky, hoping thatthey can learn from this event. "A year ago we set up a ground-based observing station in the WesternPacific on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea that is intended to last a decade,"say...Genetic "Short Circuit" Leads To Cleft Palate
...cus on in human population studies." The research team consisted of Drs. Michael Melnick, Haiming Chen, and Tina Jaskoll from the Laboratory for Developmental Genetics, University of Southern California, and Drs. Susan Buckley and David Warburton from the Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Los...Virologists Track New Influenza Threat
...t-doctoral fellow Peng Gao will team with Dr. Robert Webster of St. Jude's Childrens ...ix together. Kawaoka said the team will test birds from chicken farms and on the market in Hong Kong. As a precautio...Pitt Researchers Construct Novel Delivery System For Gene Therapy Of Liver Disorders
...estinations, or target cells. A research team from the University of Pittsburgh has constructed thefirst prototype of this "car," a delivery mechanism for genes called areconstituted chylomicron remnant (RCR) that has resulted in the extendedproduction of therapeutic proteins in an animal model,...Researchers Discover New Genetic Risk For Alzheimer's Disease
... and a lead author of the study. Goate's team at Washington University collaborated with Spanishresearchers, led by Fernando Valdivieso, Ph.D., professor and chair of molecularbiology at the University of Madrid. The two groups studied individuals withAlzheimer's disease and compared them with i...Peutz-Jeghers Disease Gene Identified: Enzyme Loss Causes Polyps And Cancer
...tics on January 1, 1998. Another international team of scientists reported mutations in the same ge...ltaneously and independently, a second research team headed by Lauri Aaltonen at the University of Helsinki, who had identified the linkage to chromos...AAAS Announces Science Journalism Award Winners
...ht on disease, trauma,emotions, and identity. The team is recognized for its comprehensive package ofarti...tional Public Radio on September 16--18,1996. The team is honored for its excellent presentation of complex conceptsrelated to current brain research. The...Wake Forest University Study Takes Students In Flight With The Albatross
...re following the work of Anderson and his research team at Wake Forest University as they track two species of albatross that nest on Tern Island in Hawaii. Ternis part of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Supported by a $200,000 grant from the...Cellular Engineers Design Custom Cell Surfaces Able To Adhere To Synthetic Materials
...kers." To tag the sialic acid, Bertozzi's team needed a functional group thatwasn't normally foun...ed compounds for highcontrast. Bertozzi's team has thus become the first research group to installspecific functional groups on the cell surface th...Discovery Channel Returns From Underwater Scientific Expedition Off The Coast Of Cuba
...sit from Cuban President Fidel Castro A team of internationally renowned scientists and researc...d in this cooperative researchmission along with a team of Cuban scientists aboard theresearch vessel SEWARD JOHNSON. The scientists made numerous dives in...