AACR applauds FDA decision to create new office of oncology drug products
...itute under an interagency agreement approved last year to enhance clinical research and the scientific evaluation of new cancer medications and diagnostics. "The AACR feels confident that this office will increase the clarity, consistency, and predictability of the clinical development pathway so that pr...LSU vet school professor uses gene therapy to destroy cancerous tumors
...ent. Nevertheless, Li, who came to LSU more than a year ago after research stints at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and the University of Arkansas Medical Center, said that the opportunity to apply the treatments to larger animals is one of the reasons he was attracted to the Vet School. Tryin...90 million year old dino tracks found on resort island
...seum of Natural History in Zagreb, found90 million year old dinosaur tracks and trackways on the island of...nd more lizard fossils and to study the 90 million year old rocks of Hvar to learn more about the ancient environments in which they were deposted, and in w...Protective mechanism exploited by tumors may provide new cancer treatment
...ward clinical trials, it likely will be at least a year before studies begin to look at the safety and efficacy of the treatments that would help make tumors more vulnerable to the immune system, Dr. Munn says. He added that the therapy likely would be an adjunct to existing approaches such as chemotherap...Argonne scientists determine structure of staph, anthrax enzyme
...outlined in an article published in Science last year by Olaf Schneewind of the University of Chicago, which laid the groundwork for the sortase project. The bacteria open the blood cell, bind the hemoglobin that contains heme the pigment containing iron in hemoglobin transport the heme, degrade the h...Italian research links diet with endometriosis risk
...explained: "We asked women about their diet in the year leading up to the interview. In particular, we asked how many times a week they ate portions of selected dietary items, including the major sources of retinoids and carotenoids in the Italian diet. We also asked about their alcohol and coffee consump...Sleepless over Seattle: Migrating songbirds forgo sleep but keep their wits
... normally on little sleep, but during the times of year when they were not migrating, sleep deprivation seemed to hurt the birds' performance. These results suggest that migrating songbirds simply slash their sleep time rather than "sleepwalking" through their migrations. The mechanisms underlying the bir...UW study: Migrating birds offer insight into sleep
...s: how birds that migrate thousands of miles every year accomplish the feat on very little sleep and what that ability means for humans who are seriously sleep-deprived or face significant sleep problems. The study, published online in the July 13 issue of PloS (Public Library of Science) Biology, found t...Funding to commercialize technologies of UC San Diego engineers tops $1.2 million
...ercentage of the 535 million cell phones sold each year contain cameras, and the improvements in picture quality have mostly come from electronics through expansion of the number of pixels and image processing capability. Further improvement will require changes in the front-end optics that have become th...$1.86 billion boost for UK science and innovation
...eiled today as the UK Government published its ten year investment framework for science and innovation. T...or global knowledge-intensive businesses." The ten year investment framework for science and innovation can be found at HM Treasury website. 1 British pound...When sun's too strong, plankton make clouds
...even though overall amounts over the course of the year remain pretty stable with a slow increase over summer and a gradual decline over winter. The next step for the researchers will be to see how much the added clouds from plankton actually impact climate. By figuring out how plankton react to light, s...UCSD biologists discover cell's defense mechanism against class of disease-causing bacterial toxins
...fections, which affects some 500,000 patients each year in U.S. hospitals, and Streptococcus pneumoniae, the bacterium responsible for seven million cases of otitis media in children and 500,000 cases of pneumonia in children and adults in the United States each year. The toxins also play a major role in ...DFG announces three percent budget increase
...ease. With the assurance of a budget increase this year and professed intentions of the federal government that such rises will also be implemented in the coming years, the DFG can now increase the amount of approvals for general research funding by more than ten percent over the previous year, to 780 mi...Stem-cell research and reproductive cloning laws should be separate
...iversity of Minnesota, USA) outlines how late last year two international bodies were unable to resolve disagreements that involved bioethical issues. First, the United Nations General Assembly failed to pass a treaty on reproductive cloning because of insistence by some countries that the treaty include...$1.6 million grant to Williams College
...ity students to pursue careers in science, in this year alone, HHMI pledged $49.5 million in four-year grants, ranging from $500,000 to $1.6 million, to 42 baccalaureate and master's degree institutions in the United States and Puerto Rico. "It is an honor to receive this award from The Howard Hughes Med...'Trap' crop saves Texas cross timbers melon production
... early in the season. The results were good that year and the next. Allison has been spared any serious infestations since using the trap crops. Other growers in the area have seen similar results. By all regards, the technique is a success and has kept melon growing a profitable venture in Comanche Cou......se of the program. SEEDS offers two field trips a year to ecologically relevant sites. Approximately 25 students attend each field trip where they meet with ecologists and learn about various types of ecological research and participate in activities that inform them about careers in ecology. Campus Eco...University of Chicago scientists pinpoint cellular cause of SIDS
...nited States. Approximately 3,000 infants die each year from the disorder, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the July 8, 2004, issue of the journal Neuron, the researchers describe the specific group of neurons that are responsible for gasping and what happens to these cells...Structure solved at Scripps shows how one human protein reduces potency of chemotherapy
...d leading cause of death. In 2001, the most recent year for which such statistics are available, 553,768 people died of some form of cancer. For years, one of the best available ways to treat cancer has been through the administration of chemotherapy drugs, such as "alkylating" agents, which inhibit the ......the United States with suspected appendicitis each year lack distinctive symptoms, such as pain and tenderness in the right lower abdomen, fever, nausea, and an elevated white blood cell count. NeutroSpec enables physicians to rapidly diagnose appendicitis in cases without straightforward symptoms, elimin...