Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
...e anti-viral properties of Prostratin was based on traditional Samoan plant medicine." The National Cancer Institute, which patented Prostratin's use as an anti-HIV drug, requires any commercial developer of Prostratin to first negotiate an equitable benefit-sharing agreement with Samoa. "I think that UC Berkele...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
...e anti-viral properties of Prostratin was based on traditional Samoan plant medicine." The National Cancer Institute, which patented Prostratin's use as an anti-HIV drug, requires any commercial developer of Prostratin to first negotiate an equitable benefit-sharing agreement with Samoa. "I think that UC Berkele...Schepens Eye Research Institute receives 'Roadmap' grant to develop center for curing eye diseases
...ew ways to solve problems that have not yielded to traditional research. NIH is announcing the recipients of these special awards today in Bethesda. "This is an exciting opportunity to bring enormous energy and new brain power to solve some of the most complex puzzles in eye research," says Darlene Dartt, PhD, t...New study indicates arsenic could be suitable as first-line treatment in type of leukaemia
...after finding it was the active ingredient in some traditional Chinese preparations. The drug works by causing changes in cancer cells, inducing apoptosis programmed cell death. It also appears to correct the gene responsible for making a flawed protein (the PMLRAR fusion protein) that causes APL. The research...Alzheimer's disease is not accelerated aging
...ive impairment. The review includes data from traditional pathological and volumetric analyses, studies of rare genetic mutations, and functional imaging methods such as positron emission tomography (PET) and functional MRI in healthy adults and individuals with Alzheimer's disease, as well as new technique...UCSF scientist Joe Derisi named MaCarthur Fellow
...t would probably be too risky to be supported with traditional funding mechanisms," he says. "I want to learn more about the life cycle and internal regulatory mechanisms of the parasite, and how it avoids the immune system of the organisms it invades, with an eye toward drug development." DeRisi, a ...HHMI, NIBIB/NIH to invest up to $35 million in interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs
... once they are developed, as NIH does so well with traditional training grants." Roderic Pettigrew, NIBIB director, said, "NIBIB is excited to enter into this historic alliance with HHMI to support training of the biomedical scientist of the future, one skilled in interdisciplinary research. These scient...DNA barcode finds four new bird species
...in these cases, was actually two. Based on traditional species identification methods such as morphology ...e technique has several advantages that complement traditional methods of identifying species. It requires only a small sample of tissue so that wildlife biologist...Flexible pain relief with morphine-free poppy
...antial industry growth when there was a surplus of traditional products, such as morphine, allowing us to supply raw materials for the manufacture of other pharmaceutical ingredients," says Tasmanian Alkaloids' Manager of Agricultural Research, Dr Tony Fist. Tasmania already grows over 40 per cent of the world's...'Smart antibiotics' may result from UCLA research
...ch can be effective, especially for diseases where traditional antibiotics do not work well. There is the potential for treating bacterial infections using genetically engineered phages that will efficiently overcome bacterial resistance." Bacteriophages evolve rapidly and are a "treasure-trove of fascinating...DuPont scientist named one of the world's top young innovators by MIT's 'Technology Review' Magazine
...e a 90-degree change in perspective in how we view traditional telecommunications applications. This work represents new applications and a whole new arena for photonics technologies. It's an exciting time to be involved in this research." Dr. Petrucci-Samija will be honored Sept. 29-30 at Technology Review's ...Environmental issues center of Inland Northwest Research Alliance 4th Annual Symposium
...Department's strategic plan, other factors such as traditional ecological knowledge, public desire, laws and regulations also play a factor. He encouraged the graduate students in the audience working to become future scientists - to keep abreast with the latest issues regarding a number of different Interior D...Targeted therapy knocks out pediatric brain cancer in mice
...ch precise, targeted therapies may someday replace traditional treatments that can have overwhelmingly negative side effects for pediatric cancer patients. The research is published in the September issue of Cancer Cell. "Therapy for pediatric cancers of the central nervous system has not improved significantly ...22nd amino acid synthesized and added to genetic code of e. coli bacteria
...uctions to put pyrrolysine into proteins follows a traditional path that many scientists had not predicted. For d...ion of whether future amino acids would follow the traditional path of the first 20 amino acids or the unusual route taken by 21st. In the end, tradition won out. ...DuPont developing new protective suits for military, first responders
...f Fire Chiefs show in New Orleans. In addition to traditional DuPont fire resistant materials, DuPont TM Nomex and Kevlar, these new, lightweight suits contain a selectively permeable membrane developed by DuPont that will help protect front line defenders from toxic industrial chemicals and military warfare a...The search for a kinder, gentler chemotherapy
...cells responsible for much of the damage caused by traditional chemotherapy. The research is published in the Aug...and avoid the collateral damage that occurs during traditional chemotherapy," said Lyon. Now that they've gotten cancer cells to take in the nanoparticles, the nex...Sandia experiments may reduce possibility of future water wars
...ave so much water." The difference between traditional agriculture and hydroponics is that the greenhouse...echnologies that can be added to lower the cost of traditional environmental sensing." In addition to the wireless technologies currently being ins...Viral suspect for amphibian decline traced to human spread through bait
...at the viruses have been moved around in less than traditional ways probably in anthropogenic ways," said Collins. "Bait is one of the ways it is probably getting around. "We found evidence for this specific virus in salamanders in bait stores in Phoenix and also evidence of it in axolotls (salamanders that re...Heart gene yields insights into evolution, disease risk
...ionary biologist to take away from this study that traditional evolutionary biology has all but ignored the evolution of regulatory regions, versus those regions that code for protein structure," he said. "However, with new analytical techniques at our disposal, we can now start to look at the 'wiring diagram' o...Common cold virus can cause polio in mice when injected into muscles
...l for development of polio. The findings challenge traditional views as to what defines a poliovirus, said Matthias Gromeier, M.D., a Duke virologist and senior author of the study. "In principle, Coxsackieviruses could cause polio in humans," said Gromeier. "We are in the process of eradicating polio worldwide,...