Diatom genome reveals key role in biosphere's carbon cycle
... major greenhouse gas CO2,in amounts comparable to all the world's tropical rain forests combined. "This critical information enables us to better understand the vital role that diatoms and other phytoplankton play in mediating global warming," says Dan Rokhsar, who heads computational genomics at the...NIH awards new $14.5 million, five-year grant to the Scripps Research Institute
...f different organisms have been solved, scientists all over the world are busy analyzing this genetic inf...erpret and catalog the structures and functions of all the proteins in the human body, which will reveal a wealth of information on the biology of human he...New therapy for specific form of leukemia
... discovering the role of ABL1 and other kinases in all T-ALL patients. In the future, they hope to be able to administer Glivec, and other kinase inhibitors, to treat these patients as well. Relevant scientific publications The research of the VIB scientists from Peter Marynen's group appears on 1 Octo...Don't stand so close to me: A new view on how species coexist
...cts by laying eggs in them, account for a fifth of all known multi-celled species. Their 200,000 species places them approximately next to land plants in terms of diversity. To their surprise they found that over long periods of time, 'gaps', or differences in their life histories, opened up between the ...32 new grants made for innovative technology R&D
...g and an industry share of up to $56.9 million, if all projects are carried through to completion. The ATP supports projects that industry cannot fully fund on its own because of significant technical risks. ATP awards are made on the basis of rigorous, competitive peer review considering scientific and ...Amgen investigational therapy, AMG 162, increased bone mineral density with twice yearly injection
...est biotechnology company, today announced that at all doses studied, twice yearly injections of AMG 162,...ip compared with placebo at 12 months. AMG 162, at all doses, also increased total hip BMD, similar to or greater than that resulting from FOSAMAX® (al...College students recognized & rewarded for their innovative work
... The winners, along with the other finalists, were all recognized for their groundbreaking achievements in front of an audience of educators, National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees, and technology leaders. All of the students had submitted their work to the Collegiate Inventors Competition, a program...Offspring at risk from maternal occupational exposure to solvents
...There are many types of organic solvents, but they all share chemical properties that make them easily in...hattak, Dr. Richard Hackman, and Dr. Joanne Rovet, all from Sick Kids....Columbia University scientist wins 2004 Nobel Prize
..."He has been an enormously important influence for all the sciences here at Columbia University, the medical center and the College of Physicians and Surgeons. His wide range of interests and enormous skills in molecular biology have influenced faculty throughout the university." "We congratulate...Fungus knocks a frog down but not out, raising questions about amphibian declines
...curred the frog populations have been healthy and all of a sudden there is a crash and some species are ...g Frog -- wasn't. If you do have a situation where all the frogs get infected and die, does the fungus die out too, or does it persist elsewhere in the env...HHMI researchers Richard Axel and Linda Buck win 2004 Nobel Prize
... None of them had ever been seen before. They were all different but all related to each other. That was very satisfying." The discovery made it possible to study the sense ...How roots control plant shoots
...for humans and other creatures, produce oxygen for all animals to breathe, influence global climate and grace us with the current season of brilliant fall colors. "When we look at plants, it's easy to think only about the above-ground parts you can see," says Leslie Sieburth, who led the study and is a...New Stanford center probes nanoscale material
...order to engineer it, and that's what our center's all about." The CPN, which will have offices and a teaching lab in the Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, is a partnership between researchers at Stanford, IBM and other companies to develop novel nanoprobes and apply them to answering fundamenta...Stanford researchers establish center for physics-based simulations of biological structures
...cience. "We would like to bring this capability to all biologists in a routine way." The grant, which ho... simulations. The problems under investigation are all currently existing peer-reviewed projects: RNA folding, which has implications for rheumatological d...Pine cones lead to a fundamental change in clothing
...ng to control their body temperature. "We've all known days when the weather alters quickly and it'...n and off. "The new smart clothing will make all that unnecessary and we're pleased to combine our expertise in technology with cutting-edge clothing...Internet data-mining of natural history
... an 18-volume compilation of the life histories of all North American bird species. Thanks to the NSF funding for BNA Online, researchers, students, birders, teachers and others have access to perpetually updated species accounts, based on the latest scientific findings. The accounts include vocalization...Intelligent clothing inspired by pine cones
...clothing to control their body temperature. "We've all known days when the weather alters quickly and it'...mper on and off. "The new smart clothing will make all that unnecessary and we're pleased to combine our expertise in technology with cutting-edge clothing...Use of aspirin or other NSAIDs increases survival
...ation oncology chairman Alan Pollack, M.D., Ph.D., all of Fox Chase Cancer Center's department of radiation oncology....NIH funds first nationaL SNP genotyping center at Broad Institute
... database linked to an in-house DNA repository and all samples will be coded to assure subject confidenti...road's Genetic Analysis platform where she manages all of the genotyping, SNP discovery, and production activities related to human genetics. She also ser...Putting physiology into the Nobel Prize: 2004 marks 100th anniversary of Pavlov's award
...e: "There is nothing exceptional in my work; it is all based on facts from which logical conclusions were drawn. That's all." (B.P. Babkin, Pavlov, A Biography, 1949)...