Leeches provide source for cardiovascular drugs
... success, Yanes and his colleagues are planning to apply their novel approach to the screening of additional types of leeches as well as different blood sucking animals. "Leeches belong to an extensive family with a large number of species and subspecies, which have evolved highly efficient mechanisms to b...Gene that helps mosquitoes fight off malaria parasite identified
... parasite. More research is needed, but we plan to apply this knowledge in the development of new approaches to control the disease," said co-author Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, PhD, a professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and the Malaria Research Institute at the Bloomberg School ...Nine minority physiology grad students each get $18,000 Porter Fellowship from APS
...laskans and Native Pacific Islanders). Fellows may apply for a second Porter Fellowship, which is also awarded competitively. For more information on the Porter Physiology Fellowship and the other education programs APS administers, go to www.the-aps.org/awards/student.htm or email the APS Education offic...Scientists and engineers apply nature's design to human problems
...and if you study them, you have the opportunity to apply that knowledge in the human sector. You can also e...ind of research. It provides engineers who want to apply their expertise with biologists a new way to design solutions to problems." After this experience, t...U of MN researchers awarded more than $20 million for stem cell and natural killer cell research
... conduct clinical trials in patients, and begin to apply what has been learned about the use of natural killer cells in fighting diseases including leukemia and breast cancer. The researchers also will collaborate with the National Marrow Donor Program in Minneapolis for use of marrow samples....Microfossils show promise in prospecting climate history
...g information offered by foraminifera deposits and apply it to a unique characteristic of powerful hurricanes their ability to dredge up off-shore ocean deposits. In a study funded by the National Science Foundation, Hippensteel and University of Delaware geologist Ronald E. Martin analyzed sediment core...Insect pheromone research wins Eppendorf/Science prize
...one signaling in Drosophila . Dr. Xu's goal is to apply this knowledge to control mosquito breeding by interrupting their perception of pheromones. The Finalists Are: Justin Blau, for his essay "How Flies Time: Circadian Clocks in Drosophila ." Dr. Blau was born and raised in London, England. He recei...Turning sensation into perception
... perceptions, the researchers used an electrode to apply weak electrical stimulation to MPC neurons. They found that stimulating these neurons made the monkeys more likely to respond that they perceived a vibration, whether the vibrating stimulus was occurring or not. Romo and de Lafuente also found that ...Grants to fund research on preparing for bioterrorist attack
...is and Crohn's disease and our studies, therefore, apply to a growing sector of the population," said Iaki Sanz, M.D., chief of the Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology at the Medical Center and director of the program. "What we learn in RA patients may very well hold for all patients with weaker...University of Utah hydrogel plays critical part in organ 'printing' study
...ssembly, Forgacs' goal is to mimic the process and apply that knowledge to organ printing. That's where Prestwich's gelatin-like hydrogel comes in. Like any printing process, organ printing requires ink, paper, and printer. The "bio-ink" consists of cells taken from an organ, such as a blood vessel or he...US Surgeon General urges Americans to know their family health history
...ve educational materials and support. "We hope to apply what we learn among employees to our patients and, ultimately, develop a model that can be used in other hospitals and health-care institutions across the nation. Our effort will identify obstacles to participation, as well as gather feedback from th...University of Arizona/BIO5 plant scientists to unravel maize genome
...industry partnerships to disseminate knowledge and apply the knowledge gained to treat disease, feed humanity and preserve livable environments....Rutgers researcher uncovers new gene for fear factor
...xperienced and processed, and may point the way to apply new therapies." In collaboration with Nobel laureate Eric Kandel at Columbia University and Vadim Bolshakov at Harvard Medical School, Shumyatsky had previously identified another gene that controlled learned but not innate fear. The new research bei...War on terror meets war on cancer
...es of stable isotope analysis because the findings apply only to rapidly growing cells like bacteria, and most uses of stable isotope analysis do not involve fast-growing cells. Hegg and Kreuzer-Martin say the new findings might make it more complicated to determine where bacteria used in bioterrorism were...Genealogy of scaly reptiles rewritten by new research
...erstand general mechanisms of evolution that might apply to other worlds. To increase the statistical confi... named for physical characteristics that no longer apply to the groups on the new tree. For example, as a result of the reorganization, a huge group of liza...Major study links chronic noise exposure to risk of heart attacks
... noise assessments in their analysis. The findings apply to men and women under 70 living in cities, who had non-fatal heart attacks. Lead author Dr Stefan Willich, Director of the Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics at the medical centre, said: "Our results demonstrate that ch...From intelligent cars to the prevention of heart attacks
...n haematopoiesis. The scientists in Munich seek to apply the insights gained into general mechanisms of blood cell development in the medium term in order to develop new therapeutic methods for more effective treatment of leukaemia. (Coordinator: Prof. Wolfgang Hiddemann) University of Regensburg About t...2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting - Media advisory 1
...state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1276.html . Please apply for your visa early. News Media registrants receive a badge that provides access to any of the scientific sessions of the meeting, as well as to the Press Room. No one will be admitted without a valid badge. News Media registrants who have preregiste...UCSF study finds nerve regeneration is possible in spinal cord injuries
...eam used nervous system manipulation techniques to apply the principles of PNS cell growth capability to CNS cells. The researchers took advantage of an unusual class of nerve fibers that has both a PNS and a CNS branch. Previously, the researchers had shown in animal studies that an injury made to the p...From research labs to the schools: Science teachers bring summer science to the classroom
...to test the hypothesis. The staff also helped them apply to work with an APS researcher and they got to work in the host researcher's laboratory during the summer. The fellows began the program in April with three months of online work where they interacted with each other and participated in web-based lea...