Northwestern receives Gates Foundation grant for medical diagnostics
...ick School of Engineering and Applied Science, has assembled a team of experts in engineering, life sciences, business, infectious diseases and African governance and culture to address these challenges. Northwestern's new Center for Innovation in Global Health Technologies includes faculty and students from M...UCLA chemists' study of protein may provide insights into heart disease and cancer
...tation we characterized localized normally but was assembled inappropriately," Claypool said. "The mislocalization or misassembly of these mutants disturbed the dance of biology and inactivated tafazzin's function." Three years ago, when Claypool joined Koehler's laboratory after earning his Ph.D. in immunol...New light microscope sharpens scientists' focus
...ence. The prototype for the new microscope was assembled in September 2005 in the living room of one of the inventors, Harald Hess, who will soon become director of the applied physics and instrumentation group at Janelia Farm. Hess collaborated on the project with colleague Eric Betzig, who is now a group...Early exposure to synthetic estrogen puts 'DES Daughters' at higher risk for breast cancer
...ncer Institute (NCI) funded a long-term study that assembled all known "cohorts," or groups of DES daughters that were already being studied (some since the 1970s), as well as a collection of unexposed women. This particular analysis included 4,817 exposed and 2,073 unexposed daughters, and, to date, 102 cases...A more powerful and efficient engine for rice: the C3-C4 challenge
...n international consortium of scientists will have assembled the tools and materials to begin constructing the prototypes of a C4 rice plant. It will be another 1015 years after that before the first varieties are available. "Considering the urgent rice production challenges we face, we must start now on th...UF scientists discover evolutionary origin of fins, limbs
...ating in lamprey fins tells us they must have been assembled in the median fins first, and later in evolution this entire genetic program was simply reutilized in a new position to build the first paired fins," Cohn said. "It tells us our own arms and legs have their evolutionary roots in the dorsal, caudal an......ordered structures such as the mitotic spindle are assembled in this dynamic state. In order to understand the principles governing the motor-driven dynamics and dynamic pattern formation by cytoskeletal filaments, researchers have to study biomimetic model systems such as motility assays, which contain only a...Atomic-resolution structure of a ribozyme yields insights into RNA catalysis and the origins of life
...ecular Biology and director of the RNA Center, has assembled a world-class team of investigators that includes two members of the National Academy of Sciences and two Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators. "It is very inspiring to work with this collective concentration of talent," Scott said....Titans of biodiversity science call for united, authoritative voice to inform decision-makers
...er enthusiastically endorsed by the 600 scientists assembled in the First DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference held in Oaxaca, Mexico, in November 2005. The French government is currently funding a consultation process to assess the need, scope and possible models for an international mechanism of scientific exp...Carnegie Mellon, Pitt receive $15 million from NSF to found center to improve quality of life
...nfident that the outstanding team of investigators assembled to do the work of the Quality of Life Technology Engineering Research Center will maximize its potential, and we are deeply grateful to the National Science Foundation for its continued trust in us." Carnegie Mellon Vice Provost for Research Comput...Molecular DNA switch found to be the same for all life
...tein crystallography facility, Berger and his team assembled a high-resolution model of the molecular structure...at there are major structural distinctions between assembled initiator and clamp loader complexes. This not only has important implications for the respective fu...Researchers map infectious hepatitis B virus
...s," Yeager said. "While both types of capsids were assembled as similar icosahedral structures, we found that the lower density capsids did not contain any viral DNA or viral RNA, while the higher density capsids contained viral DNA intermediates. It seems likely that these lower density capsids were released ...CHAVI announces international search for genes affecting HIV response
... nine cohorts. "This will be is the largest cohort assembled for large-scale analysis of genetic differences among HIV-infected patients," said Amalio Telenti, M.D., Ph.D., a key organizer of the collaboration. Telenti is professor of medical virology and co-director of the Institute of Microbiology at the Uni...Researchers show how brain decodes complex smells
...data to more advanced brain structures where it is assembled and recognized as a specific scent. Understanding how the olfactory system works in mice may also provide broader insights into human perception, said Stephen Shea, Ph.D., a Duke University Medical Center research associate who participated in the st...Arctic expedition will investigate alien-like glacier
...for future exploration of our solar system. A team assembled by the University of Calgary's Arctic Institute of North America plans to spend two weeks studying a sulfur-spewing spring on the surface of an ice field not far from the North Pole this summer, after it was discovered by Institute Executive Director...Trials for new drug to overcome HIV
...ctural protein called the gag protein, and is then assembled into a cone. PA-457 stops it being clipped off, causing it to form a leaky sphere that leaves the core RNA exposed (see Diagram, left). This cripples the virus, preventing it from infecting any other cells once it buds out from the host. Previous lab...Nanotechnology shows early promise to treat cardiovascular disease
...ing a positive or negative charge. When the chains assembled into micelles, Mogue tested them for how well they blocked LDL uptake. "We're employing the tools of nanotechnology specifically tailoring the structure of the molecule, changing groups on the ends of the chains and closely analyzing which forms of ...'Banana-jawed' fossil mammal linked to rare sound-producing skill
.... -- Paleontologists at the Duke Lemur Center have assembled a new picture of a 35-million-year-old fossil mammal -- and they even have added a hint of sound. By painstakingly measuring hundreds of specimens of a fossil mammal called Thyrohyrax, recovered from the famous fossil beds of Egypt's Fayum Province, ...Anthrax inhibitor counteracts toxin, may lead to new therapeutics
...omponents, thereby blocking the formation of fully assembled anthrax toxin and neutralizing its activity. The inhibitor protected rats from anthrax toxin in the study. "Our eventual goal is to use the inhibitor as a human therapeutic for anthrax exposure, one that can stop the toxin from functioning inside the...Researchers trawl the origins of sea fishing in Northern Europe
...al trading patterns. In York, the vast collections assembled by York Archaeological Trust will provide material for the bone study. Dried cod was traded from the Arctic in the Middle Ages and, around 1000AD, trade routes opened up across the Viking world to allow long-range trading of bulk staple goods. Dr B...