Commandeering cellular machinery: recognition mechanism to detect small molecules
...s and vitamin D. The development could provide a foundation for a new family of biologically-based mechanisms able to detect common drugs, chemical weapons and other small molecules. By allowing manipulation of this cellular protein machinery known as nuclear receptors the technique could also lead to new ...Plants provide model for new shape-changing materials
...uly integrated "smart" material that serves as the foundation for a new generation of biologically inspired engineering systems. In this unique program, researchers will be working with a company on the application of nastic materials to a morphing aircraft wing. This wing would dynamically change its shape an...Toward a better understanding of taste and smell impairments
... Information gained from the studies will form the foundation of new approaches to avoid or overcome the sometimes debilitating effects of chemosensory dysfunction. Approximately six million Americans suffer from sensory loss or alteration related to the senses of taste, smell, or both. Although changes in...Rice engineer wins prestigious Annunzio Award
...d pioneering heritage of Christopher Columbus. The foundation was created by Congress in 1992 and endowed with funding from the sale of three denominations of limited-edition coins created by the U.S. Mint to mark the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the Americas....$2.8 million NIH grant awarded to UH for bionano training
...evention and drug discovery, as well as laying the foundation for a new wave of scientific discovery and applications to address health care, environmental monitoring and transportation. "We're using the basic sciences as a springboard to branch out to more applied science through this grant," Pettitt said. ...Early life stress can inhibit development of brain-cell communication zones, UCI study finds
...s cascade." Communication among brain cells is the foundation of cognitive processes such as learning and memory. In several human brain disorders where learning and similar thought processes are abnormal, dendrites in the hippocampus where learning and memory occurs - have been found to be small or poorly dev...International human genome sequencing consortium describes finished human genome sequence
...ng together toward a common goal creating a solid foundation for biomedicine in the 21st century," said Eric Lander, Ph.D., director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, Mass. In addition to reducing the count of human genes, scientists reported that the improved quality of the finished hu...NSF gives 'teeth' to biomaterials research
...vate industry, this grant will help put in place a foundation that will support the transfer of knowledge from academia to industry, thus helping meet the state's goals of increasing economic development by stimulating job growth in the emerging knowledge-based economy." Clemson University is committed to suppo...Growth factors confer immortality to sperm-generating stem cells
...em cells to proliferate in culture establishes the foundation to study the basic biology of spermatogonial stem cells," Kubota said....Virginia Tech, TIGR sign memorandum for new alliance
...h TIGR, build on Virginia Tech's emerging research foundation in biomedical and health research."...Researchers discover molecular timekeeper in bone development
...materials as needed. First, a soft cartilage-based foundation is laid, upon which mature bone will solidify. The...ect was in the earliest steps, where the cartilage foundation was being laid and filled with minerals. Before the foundation was complete, minerals were being dep...UCLA scientists uncork fountain of youth for HIV-fighting cells
...th HIV. The UCLA team's approach could provide the foundation for immunotherapy as a treatment for HIV and related diseases that rely on lasting protection by the same immune cells. These include cancer and latent cytomegalovirus, a viral infection that often strikes organ-transplant patients and persons with ...Injured whooping crane recovering at USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
...porate it into the breeding flock at Patuxent. The foundation of the Patuxent flock was a bird named Canus who had been rescued from the northern breeding grounds in Canada in 1964 after he was found with a broken wing. Canus lived and reproduced successfully at Patuxent for almost 40 years. The USGS Patuxe...Horwitz Prize to be shared by Tony Hunter, Anthony Pawson
...enter, said, "Drs. Hunter and Pawson have laid the foundation for an extraordinarily important field of study that is now leading to new breakthroughs in clinical treatment of disease." Awarded annually since its inception in 1967, the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize recognizes exceptional accomplishments in bi...Researchers reconstruct parts of the genome of a common mammalian ancestor
... took about two years, we were building on a solid foundation constructed by many other researchers over a much longer time scale," said Haussler. What they learned they incorporated into a program that provides a detailed simulation of the evolution of DNA in these mammalian lineages. By running repeated simul...Dec. 16-18 evolution meeting in Irvine, Calif.
... (1942) one of the four books often considered the foundation of the modern theory of evolution. Participants will explore the main topics in Mayr's book, focusing on speciation, rather than on systematics. DETAILS:Meeting will take place Dec. 16-18 at the Academies' Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, 100 Acade...Exploring ocean life and color on the internet
...hytoplankton are free-floating plants that are the foundation of the ocean's food chain. Giovanni stands for the "Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) Online Visualization and Analysis Infrastructure." NASA recently released three Giovanni tutorials demonstrating how students c......logy of the blood vessels. She hopes to create the foundation for new methods of treatment for cardiovascular di...opment of high power fibre lasers, thus laying the foundation for the production of simple, compact and robust lasers with high beam quality. The low efficiency o...Lilly Endowment gives Indiana University $53 million for life sciences
...nd Cytomics (METACyt) Initiative will build on the foundation of genomic and proteomic research already taking place at IUB and complements the 2001 Indiana Genomics Initiative at IU, also funded by the Lilly Endowment. As life scientists get closer to putting human genome information to use, metabolomics and c...Shots fired at Bayonne range prove smart gun technology works
...something." said Sebastian. This biometric is the foundation of Dynamic Grip Recognition. The technology measures not only the size, strength and structure of a person's hand, but also the reflexive way in which the person acts. For smart gun, the observed actions are how the person squeezes something to pro...