New therapy for specific form of leukemia
...bitors, to treat these patients as well. Relevant scientific publications The research of the VIB scientists from Peter Marynen's group appears on 1 October in the authoritative journal, Nature Genetics (Graux C, Cools J et al., Nature Genetics, 36(10):1084-1089 (2004)) and is online on the journal's website:...Penn receives grant for initiative to help understand genes' effects on medications
... within biomedical research may hamper the pace of scientific discovery and ultimately, deliverable benefits to ...appreciation among the disciplines of each others' scientific context, opportunities offered, and distinct methods and languages. "With this initiative we hope to...32 new grants made for innovative technology R&D
...s of rigorous, competitive peer review considering scientific and technical merit of each proposal. In addition,... materials processing, and medical, industrial and scientific instrumentation. Quantum Dot Corporation (Hayward, Calif.) Quantum Dots for Biomedical and Co...College students recognized & rewarded for their innovative work
...individuals or teams for their innovative work and scientific achievement. For more information on past winners and this year's finalists, visit www.invent.org/collegiate ....Columbia University scientist wins 2004 Nobel Prize
...eriments represent the highest form of creativity, scientific discipline and scholarship. This is science at its most beautiful." The sense of smell is possible because neurons directly connect the brain to the outside world. In the nose, receptors on the neurons pick up odors from the environment and se...Internet data-mining of natural history
...ally updated species accounts, based on the latest scientific findings. The accounts include vocalizations and video clips of bird behaviors provided by the lab's Macaulay Library. Says computer scientist Caruana: "This grant will allow us not only to develop and test leading-edge data mining, machine learning...NIH funds first nationaL SNP genotyping center at Broad Institute
...ies related to human genetics. She also serves as scientific director of Broad Institute's portion of the International HapMap Project, a collaborative public project designed to advance genetic research and its application to disease gene discovery by determining patterns of genetic variation throughout the h...University of Oregon professor wins 2004 Spiers Medal
...to a long list of major awards honoring Richmond's scientific research achievements during her 19 years at the University of Oregon. Among the most notable are the American Chemistry Society's Francis P. Garvan Medal of the ACS (1996), the Oregon Outstanding Scientist Award (2001) and the Spectrochemical Analys...Most promising clinical uses for stem cells from fat agreed on by international society
...tential for specific indications. Today concludes scientific sessions exploring how adipose tissue, or fat, can...ng was the development of a consensus defining key scientific questions for future study and determining the field's most promising clinical applications. More...Scientific organizations unite to influence science policy and promote the ERC
...ent action on the ERC and co-signed by 52 European scientific organizations. A mass petition of this kind on science policy is almost unheard of in Europe. The conference will also feature the Founding Meeting of ISE, the first independent body established to provide a common voice and an action mechanism for E...'Immediately open access' option for the leading journal Genome Research
..."We are pleased to expand the service we offer the scientific community by making this option available," Dr. John Inglis, Executive Director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, commented. "Genome Research is one of the most significant journals in the fields of genetics and genomics. It has a professional,...Viruses found in untreated city water
...ation, according to a study published today in the scientific journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Although the city's treated water meets or exceeds state and federal standards for drinking water, researchers and public health officials agree that more study is needed to pinpoint sources of the viru...ASPB opposes ban of GE crops in Butte County Ballot Measure D
...ended through genetic engineering. A review of the scientific literature shows that genetically engineered foods are as safe as foods that are not genetically engineered. For example, the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies published a study this year which found no un...Toward a better understanding of taste and smell impairments
...lems. Funding of this grant further validates the scientific strength and productivity of this long-term collaborative effort." Three distinct lines of inquiry, each headed by Monell investigators, will pursue studies related to the impact of inflammation on clinical disruption of smell and taste function:...Yale scientists find cooperative RNA switches in nature
...ved the highest all time rating of a peer-reviewed scientific paper by the Faculty of 1000 , an on-line web res...ce where top researcher from around the world rank scientific publications Breaker's research, testing theories about how life began, led to the synthesis of "RNA...Society for Psychophysiology Research
...linary meeting is research aimed at increasing our scientific understanding of such issues as: the physical symp... office. Founded in 1960, SPR is an international scientific society with worldwide membership. The purpose of the Society is to foster research on the interrela...New risks for bladder cancer identified by MIT team
...ources of these [carcinogens] should become a high scientific priority," write the authors, who are led by Professor Steven R. Tannenbaum, the Underwood-Prescott Professor of Toxicology at MIT. "This is very important from a public health point of view," said Tannenbaum, who holds appointments in the Biolo...World's top theoretical physicists converge to consider 'future of physics'
...ress the questions that define the leading edge of scientific research. That purpose of creatin...g a home away from home to stimulate collaborative scientific exploration accounts for the residential scale of the two-story KITP structure. Clean but intimate ...New technique targets pesticide-resistant insects
...rops. Results of the research including details of scientific trials conducted in Australia, Spain and South Africa, are being presented today (Friday October 8) at the 2nd European Whitefly symposium in Croatia. NSW DPI Principal Research Scientist, Dr Robin Gunning, said the technique was effective on insects......lthcare Improvement and Leadership Development and scientific director of the U-M's Griffith Leadership Center. "I believe the answer will require an interdisciplinary solution. That's what's unique about our effort. Business, information and engineering haven't looked at this issue at all, while social work, n...