New Stanford center probes nanoscale material
...s, will be co-directors. The CPN is one of six new centers that the NSF is funding to support science and engineering at the scale of the nanometer — one billionth of a meter, roughly the size of atoms and molecules. Through nanoscale advances in manufacturing, biotechnology, electronics, medicine and m...Stanford researchers establish center for physics-based simulations of biological structures
...le organisms. SimBioS is one of four new national centers endeavoring to build the biomedical computing infr...eded to speed progress in biomedical research. The centers will create innovative software programs and other tools allowing the biomedical community to integr...Head lice reveal contact between modern and ancient humans
... the hottest debates in the study of human origins centers on whether modern Homo sapiens interbred with archaic humans. Although genetic data have provided insight into recent human evolution, fossils remain the only available evidence for many archaic human species, but this is notoriously sparse, leavin...The PSA bounce Does it have clinical significance?
...wer dose than is generally used at academic cancer centers today, although some patients were treated with 3D conformal radiation therapy. In this study, 978 patients experienced at least one post-treatment PSA bounce. "What our study shows is that younger men have a PSA bounce more often than older patien...Why do African-American women have more pregnancy problems?
...m. More than a dozen widely varied U-M schools and centers will be involved in the effort, from public health and medicine, to business and engineering. "The whole issue of health care disparities is mostly unsolved. While there has been tremendous effort and a lot of money spent to address the problem, in m...The CF Foundation urges all states to include newborn screening for cystic fibrosis in test panels
...tion and its nationwide network of accredited care centers can ensure the best care for newborns before class...osed infants to its accredited care centers. These centers provide state-of-the-art specialty care and the opportunity for infants to benefit from medical adva...Purdue chemists give an old laboratory 'bloodhound' a sharper nose
...us." Cooks is associated with several research centers at or affiliated with Purdue, including the Bindley Biosciences Center, the Indiana Instrumentation Institute, Inproteo (formerly the Indiana Proteomics Consortium) and the Center for Sensing Science and Technology. Funding was provided by InProteo. ...Rutgers is on the 'NIH Roadmap'
...ee grants to partnerships involving institutes and centers at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). The grants are funded through the "NIH Roadmap" program, a series of initiatives designed to accelerate biomedical research in the 21s...Consuming fruits and vegetables lowers risk of developing NHL
...by the National Cancer Institute and four academic centers in Iowa, Seattle, Los Angeles and Detroit, show that individuals who consumed three or more servings of vegetables per day (not including potatoes) had a 40 percent lower risk of developing NHL compared to people who ate less than one serving per da...Gene linked to greater risk of heart disease in type 2 diabetes
...ia and his colleagues at Joslin and other research centers in the Northeast and researchers in Italy focused on a gene governing a protein called CD36. This protein is found in the membrane of several types of cells, including the walls of blood vessels. Previous studies had shown that, among other function...NIH funds new bioinformatics resources at UT Southwestern
...ical Center at Dallas to create two bioinformatics centers designed to help scientists combat infectious diseases and immune disorders. The contracts were awarded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, part of the NIH, with $8.7 million designated for UT Southwestern. The contracts w...Genetics play role in response to most common asthma drug
...ngs to the healthcare community. The ACRN clinical centers that participated in this study are Brigham and Wo...ersity of Wisconsin (Madison). Two of the clinical centers - the University of California at San Francisco and the University of Wisconsin - also received supp...ASU gets grant to develop high speed DNA sequence reader
...0 times more rapidly than today's large sequencing centers for about a hundredth of the cost. NHGRI's long-term goal is to cut the cost of whole genome sequencing to $1,000 or less, which would enable the sequencing of individual genomes as part of medical care. The ASU researchers said that by focusing on ...Rice biologists elected AAAS Fellows
... Strassmann joined Rice in 1980. Her research centers upon cooperative alliances that have proven successful both evolutionarily and ecologically. She is particularly interested in how these alliances came to be, how conflicts are subsumed into cooperation, what conflicts remain and how they influence s...First human trial of bioartificial kidney shows promise for acute renal failure
...lure is currently underway at six academic medical centers under investigational new drug, sponsored by Nephr...Inc. The study is expected to expand to additional centers later this year. UMHS researchers also have planned, for late 2005, a phase I/II trial to investigat...Loyola begins study on blood substitute in trauma patients at the scene of injury
...ial in May. Loyola is one of 20-25 Level I trauma centers which will participate in the trial nationwide and the only one in Illinois. "If the blood substitute works the way we hope it will, it could be the first major advance since the introduction of saline, or salt water, to replace volume after blood l...Virginia Tech, TIGR sign memorandum for new alliance
...ogical features of genomes. TIGR also operates two centers under contract with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: the Pathogen Functional Genomics Resource Center, which provides scientists with centralized resources needed to conduct functional genomics studies on a variety of pathog...Young adults who maintain their weight have lower risk factor levels for heart disease
...n. CARDIA evaluated participants at four clinical centers in Birmingham, AL, Chicago, IL, Minneapolis, MN and Oakland, CA. This study included data for 2,475 adults who attended every exam but excluded those who were underweight or very obese at the start of the study. The study examined the relationship o...Antipsychotic drugs stop fatal viral infection in brain cells
...ing collaborations with several clinical neurology centers to determine whether compounds such as cyproheptadine will, in fact, help prevent or treat PML. Atwood's team at Brown included Gwendolyn Elphick, a research associate in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology; William Querbes, Josly...Argo robotic instrument network now covers most of the globe
...weather research. Twelve ocean and climate/weather centers around the world use Argo data in regional analyses and forecasts. Scientists such as Scripps's Dean Roemmich, chairman of the steering team for Argo, are using the data for new insights into ocean processes, information not available only a few y...