Several minute intermediate stage in virus-cell fusion discovered; opportunity for drug development
...d to say. "But our model," he added, "is likely to apply to any virus such as HIV that fuses with the cell membrane and shares the same fusion proteins, so it certainly provides a new target. Also, existing drugs can be re-evaluated to pinpoint at what stage they actually work, to fine-tune their activity....Study shows eutrophic lakes may not recover for a millennium
...al phosphorus for lawn products, but farmers still apply phosphorus fertilizers, even when soils have a reservoir of the nutrient. The biggest help, Carpenter says, would come from reducing soil erosion rates. However, developing larger buffers around lakes and streams, restoring wetlands and encouraging ...Researchers track down cause of a disfiguring bone disorder
...y has a mission to ensure national security and to apply science and technology to the important issues of our time. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration....Fragment of yellow fever virus may hold key to safer vaccine
...the other, ter Meulen speculates. The findings may apply to the whole flavivirus family. The results confirm and extend similar studies in mice, but the human antibody-virus binding configuration looks more complex, ter Meulen said. In theory, the crucial antibodies, which have been cloned, could be used f...UC San Diego undergraduates do cyberinfrastructure research in Asia, Australia
...otein structures, while using grid technologies to apply her software to all human genes. Japan Three students will work at the Cybermedia Center of Osaka University in Japan, and all three share the same UCSD mentor: Tomas Molina, who is affiliated with SDSC and the School of Medicine-based National Cente......archer interested in the Tahoe basin is invited to apply to the workshop. To apply, please send an e-mail to tahoeworkshop@geology.ucdavis.edu and include the following: name, position, contact information, a brief statement of the reasons for wanting to attend the workshop, and if appropriate, a second...Michael R. Zalutsky named recipient of Society of Nuclear Medicine's 2005 Berson-Yalow Award
...plinary collaboration, and all of us are trying to apply the concepts developed by Berson and Yalow to optimize the clinical potential of targeted radionuclide therapy," noted Zalutsky. A nuclear chemist, Zalutsky has worked along side such pioneers as Arnold M. Friedman, Ph.D., and Paul V. Harper, M.D., d...Researchers debut new X-ray resources for studying molecules
...de. Biologists, biochemists, and other researchers apply for access to about 45 experimental stations in the United States. Many want time at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), a DOE user facility at Argonne offering the most powerful X-ray beams in the Western Hemisphere. To help meet the needs of structu...'Laser tweezers' reveal microscopic mechanical properties of blood clots
...measure the stiffness of a fiber, we used light to apply a tiny force to it and observed it bend in a light microscope, just as an engineer would measure the stiffness of a beam on a macroscopic scale. The mechanical properties of blood clots have been measured for many years, so now we can develop models ...Geologist receives prestigious National Science Foundation award for research and teaching
... at the Earth's surface. He was among the first to apply cutting-edge geochemistry processes to study Earth's bare-rock and soil-covered surfaces across widely differing climates. He has brought together many students to assist in publishing papers and to study how humans and landscapes interact. He has al...ASU's Curtiss awarded $14.8M from Gates Foundation to develop new pneumonia vaccine for newborns
...lth, with a $200 million grant to the FNIH to help apply innovation in science and technology to the greatest health problems of the developing world. Of the billions spent each year on research into life-saving medicines, only a small fraction is focused on discovering and developing new tools to fight t...Global commitment of Max Planck researchers
...ne will be effective. The Project Consortium will apply sophisticated molecular and immunological tools to study immune responses against the tubercle bacillus during natural infection in endemic populations in Africa, the impact of progressive HIV-1 infection and its treatment and changes during vaccinat...Identifying blood stem cells is a SLAM dunk
...o blood cells. If the researchers' studies in mice apply to blood-forming stem cells in humans, the technique may enable safer transplants of stem cells, by improving purification of the stem cells prior to transplantation, said the scientists. Sean J. Morrison, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigat...New results validating Pall prion reduction filter disclosed at ISBT Congress
...uing its prion research and development program to apply its technologies to meet the specific requirements of each nation starting in Europe, the epicenter of vCJD, followed by North America. The Company is also developing an ante mortem test to detect infectious prions in cattle prior to entering the foo...Aquatic plants may hold key to advancing plant disease management
...h further study, plant pathologists may be able to apply the novel mechanisms found in aquatic plants to land-based agricultural systems," said Schmale. Research done on the management of freshwater plant disease has created environmentally sound methods of plant disease control. While plant pathologists ...42 biomedical scientists worldwide named HHMI international research scholars
...m inside the liver cells of its host. She plans to apply a systematic RNA interference (RNAi) screen to determine which molecules are required for successful parasite development. * Laszlo Nagy Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Debrecen Med...UCSB chosen for two NIH Program of Excellence (PEN) in nanotechnology grants
...esearch Institute, both of La Jolla, Calif. -- to apply a $13 million grant to develop ways to use nanotechnologies in the design of new ways to detect, monitor, treat and eliminate vulnerable plaque, the probable cause of death from sudden cardiac arrest. UCSB professors participating in the project incl...Australian discovery of adult stem cells in the uterus could restore your pelvic floor & more
...issues in the lab and are investigating avenues to apply the technology." The initial focus of this team at MIMR is on using these stem cells to aid the repair of pelvic floor prolapse. "If we could offer women a bioengineered ligament that is made from their own stem cells, the long term quality of life f...Bitter or sweet? The same taste bud can tell the difference
...these work, too, but for now their next step is to apply bitter and sweet stimuli to taste bud cells that contain both NPY and CCK and see how each peptide reacts. Herness conducted the study with Fang-li Zhao, a postdoctoral researcher in dentistry at Ohio State; Yu Cao, a graduate student in neuroscience...Soil fertility in the tropics can be influenced by landscape and precipitation, study finds
...ons." The authors point out that these results may apply to other tropical ecosystems, noting that about 10 percent of all tropical ecosystems "have slopes greater than 10 degrees, with higher percentages in Central America, Asia, parts of South America and some Pacific islands." They note that, while topo...