Leader in cancer treatment and prevention research honored
...ing novel nipple lavage capabilities." Dr. Alberts will give an award lecture, entitled "Cruising Down the...n Research. This premier cancer prevention meeting will be held October 16-20, 2004, at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle. In 2003, ...Student science contest participation influences study, career choices, alumni say
...won the prestigious Killam scholarship prize which will allow her to attend Harvard University this winter. "The Aventis Biotech Challenge started me on this road to a career in science and I've just run with it." Nguyen her and partner Alexander Tomkins were ABC first prize winners in ...Houston minority graduation rises in sciences, engineering as result of UH-led alliance
...the lead institution of the H-LSAMP consortium, UH will be allocated the highest share of the grant money....students and LSAMP members from around the nation, will convene at the Fourth Annual H-LSAMP Conference held October 1-3, 2004, at the University of Houston...Landmark gene agreement announced by Samoan government and UC Berkeley for anti-AIDS drug Prostratin
...ug artemisinin. "A microbial source for Prostratin will ensure a plentiful, high-quality supply if it is a...s as part of Samoa's sovereignty, and every effort will be made to reflect this fact." The agreement, signed by Prime Minister Tuila'epa Aiono Sailele Mali...Landmark agreement between Samoa and UC Berkeley could help search for AIDS cure
...ug artemisinin. "A microbial source for Prostratin will ensure a plentiful, high-quality supply if it is a...s as part of Samoa's sovereignty, and every effort will be made to reflect this fact." The agreement, signed by Prime Minister Tuila'epa Aiono Sailele Mali...New study shows hope for treating inhalant abuse
...l treatment for a variety of addictions. The study will be published in the December 1, 2004 issue of Synapse, available online September 30. Inhalant abuse or "huffing" continues to grow as a serious health problem: According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the number of new inhalant users incre...Chemical engineering grad students will take notable national awards
...ering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will receive graduate student research awards of $300 e...nstitute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). The awards will be presented in early November at the organization's annual convention in Austin, Texas. Dimitrios ...NIH awards $18.2m to The Burnham Institute to develop Center on Proteolytic Pathways
...am directed by The Burnham's Jeffrey Smith, Ph.D., will receive $18.2 million over the next five years to develop this unique research hub. The Center will consolidate all known and emerging knowledge about how proteins behave into "The Protease Pathway In...Researchers determine genetic cause of Timothy syndrome
...ve also identified a class of drugs that they hope will alleviate the arrhythmia. Timothy syndrome may also cause a form of autism in those affected, and there is the possibility that understanding more about the nature of these calcium channel defects could improve understanding of autism, which affects...UT Southwestern receives $1.78 million grant for obesity research as part of NIH Roadmap initiative
...investigator on the grant. "Hopefully, our efforts will provide bigger steps toward understanding the meta...outhwestern investigators from various disciplines will examine the behavioral, metabolic and molecular mechanisms that cause obesity and metabolic syndrome...Cigarette smoke causes breaks in DNA and defects to a cell's chromosomes, Pitt study finds
...ations and Disease: The Environmental Connection," will be held Oct. 2 to 6 at the Pittsburgh Hilton and T...dent in the department of biological sciences, who will present the data. According to their results, which also are detailed in an upcoming article in the...Scientists to prototype cyberinfrastructure for research and education access to ocean observatories
.... 30, 2004 Oceanographers and computer scientists will design cyberinfrastructure to link research instit...ted States, Canada and Mexico. That infrastructure will be a prototype for the use and automation of undersea sensor networks -- both delivery of data from ...Rare childhood genetic syndrome identified
...on University School of Medicine. The researchers will continue to treat patients with Timothy syndrome a...evaluate their response to calcium-blockers. They will also continue to look for arrhythmia genes and other calcium channels that might be involved in arrh...'Dead zone' area shrinking, Texas A&M prof says
..., and ultimately dissipated," he believes. DiMarco will present his findings next month at a meeting of the International Marine Environmental Modeling Seminar in Washington, D.C....Chemical derived from vitamin-E shows early promise as cancer drug
...he School of Biological Sciences. The findings will be published in the October issue of Experimental ...emical form by intestinal enzymes. Kline will continue analyzing alpha-TEA activity and cellular effects in mice. Meanwhile, the chemical is going...Scientists sequence genome of kind of organism central to biosphere's carbon cycle
...ioned to understand how changes in the environment will translate into increases or decreases in diatom abundance," says Dan Rokhsar, who heads computational genomics at the Joint Genome Institute and one of the co-authors on the article. Scientists would like to better understand how these organisms rea...EMBO Gold Medal 2004 goes to Spanish scientist
... received wide recognition in the field. The medal will be presented to the winner at the EMBO Members Mee...e and as a female scientist, I hope my achievement will inspire other women in science to persevere in their career." Frank Gannon, Executive Director of EM...Schepens Eye Research Institute receives 'Roadmap' grant to develop center for curing eye diseases
...nning Grant for Research on Blinding Eye Diseases" will fund the planning and piloting phase of what will ultimately be an interdisciplinary research center. Over the course of the three years, the Institut...Gladstone investigator Mike McCune wins prestigious NIH Director's Pioneer Award
...e nature and behavior of living systems. McCune will use the funds to further his research into the mec...y this knowledge to the creation of a vaccine that will prevent people from developing AIDS -- and that will also be available for use around the world." ......Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), will host a special Candidates' Forum on Science & Tech...incumbent George W. Bush and challenger John Kerry will discuss their plans and policies for science and technology. Former House Science Committee Chairman...