Beyond batteries: Storing power in a sheet of paper
...linary collaborative activity that brings together advances and expertise in nanotechnology, room-temperature ionic liquids, and energy storage devices in a creative way to devise novel battery and supercapacitor devices," Nalamasu said. ...How cells change the pace of their steps
...s that will allow us to make even more significant advances in the future. By using a model experimental cell such as Dictyostelium, we are able to design mutant strains that will permit us to dissect each component of the cell movement cycle, thus allowing us to understand the function of each biochemical p...Universe's stringy birth revealed by young Czech scientist in EURYI winning project
...can be interested if they enjoy watching mankind's advances in understanding some of the deepest questions about the nature of our universe. Schnabl, a 34 year-old Czech scientist, is a member of Princetons Institute for Advanced Study. He took his PhD in theoretical physics at the International School for A...Success or failure of antidepressant citalopram predicted by gene variation
...or Thomas R. Insel, MD. New techniques have led to advances that would have been inconceivable a few years ago and are making individualized treatment an achievable goal. The researchers studied DNA provided earlier by patients participating in a recently completed NIMH clinical trial, the Sequenced Treatmen...New grants bolster efforts to generate faster and cheaper tools for DNA sequencing
...g technologies are critical to our efforts to move advances in genomic knowledge into the clinic. The era of personalized medicine will demand more efficient and cost-effective approaches to DNA sequencing, said NHGRI Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. DNA sequencing costs have fallen more than 50-fo...Discovery in plant virus may help prevent HIV and similar viruses
...e viruses. Discovering the answer could mean major advances for prevention of retroviruses and treatment of the diseases they cause in plants and animals....Scientists move closer to bio-engineered bladders
...earch forms the foundation for much of the medical advances we have today and hope for in the future. We need a solid understanding of how our bodies work and maintain themselves before we can understand what goes wrong when they become diseased and how the disease can be treated."...Research teams uncover risk genes for multiple sclerosis
...een these seemingly separate conditions. These advances are an outgrowth of a 15-year effort at UCSF to create a national repository of more than 10,000 samples of DNA from people with MS and their families, the largest such collection nationwide. A similar database, in both quantity and quality, had been...Study points to new way to predict death risk from torn aorta
...iseases at U-M and in IRAD. By taking advantage of advances in imaging studies and genetic associations of aortic diseases correlations with this entire care area will be transformed. Eagle is the Albion Walter Hewlett Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at U-M and a director of the U-M Cardiovascular Center...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- July 18, 2007
...d become biofuel factories and other technological advances to reproduce. Sugawaras group previously reported a self-reproducing lipid capsule in JACS. Scientists in the United States recently announced successful transplantation of a bacterial genome, an achievement described as a major step toward creatin...Researchers discover gene responsible for Restless Legs Syndrome
...al and better treatments," notes Dr. Rye. "Future advances will depend upon additional monies which to this point have come solely from private foundations and industry." Dr. Rye says RLS is exceedingly common but not taught as a part of standard medical education, in part leading many medical professional...Scientists take next step in understanding potential target for ovarian cancer treatment
...ccounts for about 15,000 deaths each year. Despite advances in surgical techniques and chemotherapy, overall survival rates have not improved significantly because of late detection, often after the disease has already spread to remote organs. Identification of an early warning signal and a new therapeutic ag...Tumor painting revolutionizes fight against cancer
...remains a primary form of cancer therapy. Despite advances in surgical tools, surgeons currently rely on color, texture or blood supply to differentiate tumor from normal tissue, a distinction that is often subtle and imperfect. The limitations of this method contribute to cancer growth or patient mortality...Serica scientists win AOSSM Award for ACL (knee) tissue regeneration in preclinical study
...nologies, and senior author of the paper. Through advances in biomedical engineering, we now have a more thorough understanding of the bodys own capacity for ACL healing, if provided the correct impetus. We believe our proprietary technology can provide a long-term bioresorbable graft scaffold that anticipa...Researchers probe risks, benefits of folic acid fortification
...grains is generally considered one of the greatest advances in public health policy, says Mason, who is also an associate professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts. But since the time that the food supply in North America was fortified with folic acid, we have been experiencing...Macrochem acquires option to license pexiganan
...t infection. In recent years, there have been many advances in the manufacturing of peptides, a better understanding of the treatment of diabetic foot infection, improvements in clinical trial design and execution, and more clarity concerning regulatory requirements for topical anti-infectives with the potent...Wiley extends publishing partnership with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
...d monthly journal reports the latest technological advances in chemical engineering, as well as other relevant...vides practical, industrially relevant coverage of advances vital to engineering professionals dealing with environmental issues. Now edited by Martin Abraham o...Biodesign Institute leads innovative project to prevent cancer
... course is often long and devastating and, despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, one in five women stil...l Labs. The research team, utilizing the latest advances in genomics, proteomics and immunology, wants to find a number of common signatures that occur acros...Global community listens to TAU genetic researcher at EU Conference on Hearing Loss
... Aviv University:American Council groups on recent advances in research on hearing impairments. Twelve-million euros have gone into funding EuroHear, in which Prof. Avraham plays a leading role. Attendees at the conference included hundreds of academic representatives as well as patient groups, who are inst......at the University of Michigan, the scientists used advances in technology to isolate nearly 200 proteins from the urine of patients with and without bladder cancer. Several appear promising as potential biomarkers, including one that studies conducted elsewhere have already linked to liver and ovarian cancer....