Illinois researchers presenting at ASPB Annual Meeting in Chicago, July 7-11
Leading scientists at research institutions in Chicago and across Illinois will be presenting research findings at the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) annual Plant Biology meeting in Chicago (July 7-11). ASPBs meeting will be held as a Joint Congress in conjunction with the annual meetings of the American Fern Society (AFS), the American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT), and the...University of Chicago researchers have licensed a genetic test that determines which patients are likely to have a serious adverse reaction to irinotecan hydrochloride (Camptosar), a key component of the standard first-line treatment for advanced cancers of the colon and rectum, to Mayo Clinic....... Until now, the UGT1A1 test has only been available to patients enrolled in studies at the Univers...Chemical Society Chicago meeting March 2529 features sustainability, health, other topics
... Overall, there will be nearly 10,000 reports presented on a wide variety of topics, including medicine, health, food, energy, environment and business. Planners expect...Ludwig Fund donates $20 million to University of Chicago for cancer research
... The other five Ludwig Centers will be located at Dana-Farber Cancer Ins...Univ. of Chicago scientists find potential cause of breathing problems in Rett Syndrome children
A multi-institutional team, led by University of Chicago researchers, has taken a crucial step toward understanding and treating Rett syndrome (RS), a rare and often-misdiagnosed neurodevelopmental disorder that affects 1 in 10,000 children, mostly females....... In a study published in the Dec. 14, 2005, issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, the researchers describe in a mouse model for RS the s...University of Chicago to host conference on evolutionary developmental biology
The University of Chicago will sponsor the fourth biennial conference on evolutionary developmental biology bringing together some of the biggest names in the field. The four-day symposium, "Developmental Basis of Evolutionary Change," will be held at various locations on the university campus Oct. 20-23, 2005.... ...In the midst of today's ardent popular debate surrounding evolution and intellig...University of Chicago researchers find human brain still evolving
Human evolution, University of Chicago researchers report, is still under way, in what has become our most important organ: the brain.... ...In two related papers published in the Sept. 9, 2005, issue of Science, they show that two genes linked to brain size are rapidly evolving in humans.... ..."Our studies indicate that the trend that is the defining characteristic of human evolution the growt...University of Chicago study overturns conventional theory in evolution
New data suggest that the accumulation of genetic changes is not solely determined by natural selection. A study by University of Chicago researchers contradicts conventional theory by showing that the percentage of mutations accepted in evolution is also strongly swayed by the speed at which new mutations arrive at a gene: the faster the speed of new mutations, the greater the percentage of thos...University of Chicago researchers reveal secrets of snake flight
It seems size does matters after all. But for flying snakes, smaller is better, according to University of Chicago researchers....... ), scientists described the effects of size and behavior of flying snakes, and found that the smaller animals were better gliders....... "Despite their lack of wing-like appendages, flying snakes are skilled aerial locomotors," said lead scientist and author Jake S...University of Chicago researchers discovered that humans are a 'privileged' evolutionary lineage
The genes that regulate brain development and function evolved much more rapidly in humans than in nonhuman primates and other mammals because of natural selection processes unique to the human lineage. Researchers reported their findings in the cover article of the Dec. 29, 2004, issue of the journal Cell....... "Humans evolved their cognitive abilities not due to a few accidental mutations, but...Northwestern and Chicago Botanic Garden join forces to train botanists
EVANSTON, Ill. --- Chocolate, coffee, rice, wheat, corn, eucalyptus, aloe vera, wood, cotton and oxygen. Where would we be without plants? At a time when native plant species are increasingly endangered around the world, so, it seems, is the plant scientist. Not enough botanists or plant conservationists are being trained to address the growing national and international threats to biodiversity a...