Report: How 10 top new technologies will help world reach globally-agreed goals by 2015
...y methods that avoid the use of needles and reduce cross contamination; Bioinformatics to identify drug targets and to examine pathogen-host interactions; Nutrition-enriched crops to counter specific deficiencies, such as vitamin A-rich "Golden Rice" to improve health for millions without a balanced di...Embryonic stem cells correct congenital heart defect in mouse embryos
...monstrated that IGF-I injected into the mother can cross the placenta and influence fetal cardiac development in the Id knock-out embryo. The Id knock-out embryos were born, but with partial rescue of cardiac defects and abnormal gene expression profiles. As a result, Id knock-out pups whose mothers were m...DFG research training groups become increasingly international
...fic area, the applicants hope that this group will cross over the boundaries between the subjects. Their focal point is the intersection between the three groups of organisms in various host species. The new Research Training Groups in detail: The Role of Biodiversity for Biogeochemical Cycles and Bioti...ENCODE consortium publishes scientific strategy
...strategically selected to provide a representative cross section of the entire human genome sequence. Simultaneously, in the second phase of the ENCODE Project, the technology development component, other research groups are striving to develop new technologies designed to widen the array of novel methods ...Researchers discover transport molecule that allows boron into cells
...n, because only a small amount of the compound can cross the blood-brain barrier to reach the tumor. Dr. Muallem said that perhaps redesign of the boron-based chemicals to be transported by NaBC1 can facilitate their delivery to the tumors, and may help in improving boron radiotherapy. Other physiol...US DHS sponsored evaluation confirms superior performance of Response Biomedical's RAMP anthrax test
...trated in evaluations to confirm that it would not cross react with non-Bacillus anthracis bacteria. To judge the accuracy of the data generated, AOAC organized 12 laboratories nationwide to assess RAMP's performance using identical samples. The RAMP test performed well in the collaborative study, and li...Scientists develop 'electronic eye' for the blind
... by scientists in Japan will allow blind people to cross busy roads in total safety for the first time. The...ow give the blind all the information they need to cross a road in safety. Although some crossings make a sound when it is safe to cross, many do not. This i...Studies in Royal Society journals include stress in birds and depletion of medieval fish stocks
...quantifies the role that world population size and cross immunity play in determining the level of strain diversity. Equilibrium dynamics fall into three classes: systems where global extinction is likely, stable single-strain persistence, and multiple strain persistence with stable diversity. Contact: Dr ...Science to restore the nation's ecosystems
... aquatic ecosystems is a global issue that is at a cross roads of substantial science-policy debate. The dominant source of mercury to most aquatic ecosystems is atmospheric deposition, and as a result, there are presently proposed regulations in the US and elsewhere to reduce mercury emissions. In the Eve...Dream home: Malaria parasite renovates to suit its tastes
...a parasite's survival. This subset of proteins can cross the parasitophorous vacuole and remodel the erythrocyte, enabling the parasite to grow and infection to succeed. Now, instead of testing all 400 proteins for the development of antimalarial drugs, the researchers can concentrate on the key 10 to 15 p...In wake of Lyme disease vaccine for people, mice may be next in line for shots
...als such as deer. Humans fall into the mix as they cross paths both in the wilderness and even in yards where wildlife treads. A vaccine for humans was developed to prevent Lyme disease, but has been withdrawn from the market due to complaints of potentially vaccine-caused arthritis. Reducing the de...Desires for fatty foods and alcohol share a chemical trigger
...ong way off, because it is hard to make drugs that cross from the blood into the brain and interact with neuropeptide receptors. In addition, galanin plays many roles in other parts of the brain, which could be adversely affected by trying to block its effects related to food or alcohol. The research......ry, can be in the air for six to 12 months and can cross continents. "Researchers who model how mercury travels through the environment tell us that even if the United States turned off all of its coal-fired power plants, we would still have mercury being deposited here because of China's mercury emissions...Potent anticancer drug increases function of axons in mouse model of neurodegeneration
...cessary to find microtubule-binding drugs that can cross the blood-brain barrier, where they can exert their beneficial effects on nerve cells inside the brain. Penn coauthors are: Sharon Shively, Jennifer Bruce, Edward B. Lee, Sharon X. Xie, Sonali Joyce, Chi Li, along with Angiotech Pharmaceticals, Inc...Hospital epidemiologists trace outbreak of organism to commonly used wound care equipment
...infected between patients to reduce the chances of cross contamination between patients and staff. As an added response, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which supervises device safety, along with a leading manufacturer of the device have agreed to change the product's labeling to in...ESA's Huygens begins its final journey into the unknown
...ion. This signal then took 1 hour and 8 minutes to cross the 1.2 billion kilometres separating the Cassini spacecraft and Earth. "Today's release is another successful milestone in the Cassini/Huygens odyssey", said Dr David Southwood, ESA's Director of Science Programmes. "This was an amicable separat...... with lupus and other autoimmune diseases can also cross the placenta and cause congenital heart block in the fetus. Scientists in Sweden now show how these antibodies cause heart cells to become paralyzed and eventually die, according to a study in the January 3rd issue of The Journal of Experimental Med...First birth using PGD to save baby from rhesus blood disease
...ies the mother made during her first pregnancy may cross the placenta to her unborn child. The result can be haemolytic disease of the fetus or newborn, which, in extreme cases, causes severe anaemia in the fetus, stillbirth or the death of the baby shortly after birth. Between one and two in a hundred RhD...Racial groupings match genetic profiles, Stanford study finds
... background. "We might expect these individuals to cross several different genetic clusters," Risch said. This is especially true for Hispanics who are often a mix of Native American, white and African-American ancestry. But that's not what the study found. Instead, each self-identified racial/ethnic group...PET/MRI scans may help unravel mechanisms of prenatal drug damage
...hat cocaine and/or its labeled metabolites readily cross the placenta. But the cocaine uptake distribution pattern observed in the fetus was very different from that of the mother. For example, mothers showed rapid uptake and clearance of the drug in the heart, kidneys and lungs, with slower uptake in the ...