PNAS announces 2006 Cozzarelli Prize recipients
WASHINGTON The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has awarded the Cozzarelli Prize to six outstanding PNAS papers published in 2006.... In 2005, PNAS established the annual Paper of the Year Prize to recognize recently published PNAS articles of scientific excellence and originality. The lab motto of Nick Cozzarelli, the late Editor-in-Chief, was "Blast ahead," as he encoura...Retrospective commemorates late PNAS journal editor-in-chief
A retrospective in remembrance of the life and work of Nicholas Cozzarelli--dedicated professor, researcher, and editor-in-chief of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)--publishes today in PNAS's Online Early Edition. Cozzarelli died March 19 at the age of 67.... ...As the leader of PNAS--the official journal of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS)--for over 10 years,...Data published in PNAS show antibodies can be made 10 times more toxic to cancer cells
Monrovia, CA March 7, 2006 Engineering the "Fc" region of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) increases their toxicity to cancer cells, potentially improving the utility of targeted cancer therapies, according to research conducted at Xencor, which will be published in the March 14 print issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)....... ......Monoclonal antibodies have import...PNAS highlights for the week of May 16 - 20
... ...A mathematical network analysis of voting patterns and committee memberships in the 107th U.S. House of Representatives suggests that the Select Committee on Homeland Security is among the most partisan committees in the House and that it has close membership ties with the House Rules Committee rather than with the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, which is among the least parti...PNAS highlights for the week of May 9 - 13
Assessing Image Quality in Fingerprint Identification ... ...A newly published mathematical model suggests that the United States government could increase its chances of catching known criminals at ports of entry by adjusting its biometric identification system to compensate for varying fingerprint image quality.... ...Visitors now provide two index-finger fingerprints upon arrival, which are c...PNAS highlights for the week of May 2 - 6
... ...Male mouse fetuses exposed to estrogen-like chemicals in oral contraceptives and plastic food containers developed deformities in the urethra and prostate, researchers report. ......Frederick vom Saal and colleagues tested two estrogenic chemicals: ethinylestradiol, which is found in oral contraceptives, and bisphenol A, which is found in polycarbonate plastic products and the lining of t...PNAS highlights for the week of April 25-29
Songbird Color Vision: Attracting Mates, Avoiding Predators... ...Differences in color vision allow songbirds to be less obvious to predators yet maintain their attractiveness to other songbirds, according to newly released research. ......In some bird species, males attract mates with bright, elaborate plumage, but such conspicuous traits can draw the attention of predators. Birds can see ultra...PNAS highlights for the week of April 18 - 22
......Researchers report that happiness may be related to the functioning of the body in key processes, such as those of the cardiovascular system and those controlling hormone levels. .........Previous studies have shown that depressed people often have more health problems, while happier people tend to live longer. Yet the mechanism of these effects has been unclear. .........To look more clos.........In a pilot study, scientists have shown that meat and milk from cloned bulls and cows, respectively, meet industry standards. ... ...Xiangzhong Yang and colleagues cloned a Japanese Black beef bull and Holstein dairy cow, using somatic cell nuclear transfer (the same technique...used to clone the sheep Dolly). The researchers compared the meat and milk from the clones to that of animals o...... ...... Ancient Maya entrepreneurs set up extensive workshops beyond royal control on the Caribbean coast, where they produced salt for river transport to inland cities, archaeological findings suggest. ...... From 600-900 A.D., the need for salt was great in large urban Maya populations in the interior of the Yucatan peninsula, in what is now Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. Heather McKillop r...