Nottingham biosciences million pound injection
...sues to form. The unique scaffold mechanism also assists the delivery of stem cells and drugs without compromising their effectiveness. This offers a substantial opportunity to deliver a cure to patients with bone, liver, heart or nerve tissue defects. Professor Kevin Shakesheff, Chief Scientific Officer...Study of underground lakes in Antarctica could be critical, prof says
...anages the U.S. Antarctic Program. Kennicutt also assists the NSFs Office of Polar Program. We are probably 3-5 years away from conducting U.S. research on these underground lakes, Kennicutt believes. We believe these lakes may exert important controls on large ice sheet movement and that they are just ...Michael R. Zalutsky receives SNM's 2007 Paul C. Aebersold Award
...and cost effectiveness. The radiolabeling facility assists the centers members in the preparation of investigational new drug applications to the Food and Drug Administration to permit clinical investigation of promising novel radiolabeled molecules of potential utility for cancer diagnosis and treatment. ...Gene thought to assist chemo may help cancer thrive
...l to successful chemotherapy. The idea is that p53 assists in killing the cancerous cells that the chemo treatment injures. But in this latest trial, Georgia Tech researchers found that p53 may be a double-edged sword. Chemotherapy patients whose tumors had a mutated p53 gene that didn't work had a much b...Accolades for York's commitment to women in science
... She says it provides a positive environment which assists the substantial numbers of women now coming into the biosciences. Nevertheless, old preconceptions die hard with many women scientists careers stalling even before they take flight. "A lot of young women I talk to are discouraged by the perceptio...Magnetic resonance microscopy research lands professor NSF award
...enth of a millimeter in size. Sarah Codd's work assists research on fuel cells, medical catheters and the cleanup of contaminated soil and water. The NSF Career Award is notable because it goes to a single person, whereas most NSF grants support teams of researchers. It is NSF's most prestigious award to ...Loss of a universal tRNA feature reported
...DNA template. tRNAHis is the specific tRNA that assists in incorporating the amino acid histidine into new proteins. Histidine residues make essential contributions to protein structure as well as the catalytic mechanisms of enzymes and must be reliably incorporated during the process of translation. Un...Report outlines funding to conserve half of Massachusetts's land
... a globally important sink for carbon dioxide that assists in offsetting the increase in greenhouse gases and global climate change." Some of the most promising conservation finance tools outlined by the panel of experts include increasing state bonding authority for conservation with dedicated revenues fr...UTSA hosted international conference on disaster preparation
... inaugural conference forges new relationships and assists policy and decision makers in government and the private sector and creates follow up for additional dialogue on more focused issues." Maj. Gen. Charles Rodriguez, adjutant general for the State of Texas opened the conference with a keynote address....NSF awards $3.3 million grant to Cornell to bolster the percentage of women faculty members
...tional Science Foundation's ADVANCE program, which assists research universities in transforming the work environment for women faculty. The program arose from a 1999 Massachusetts Institute of Technology study that examined ways to improve recruitment, retention and promotion of women in engineering and the...Stimulation of the semicircular canals can artificially control human walking and balance
...ctures that are part of the vestibular system that assists in orientation and balance. The researchers found that artificial stimulation of semiciruclar canal nerves afforded "remote control" that was accurate enough to keep subjects on pathways and avoiding obstacles while walking blindfolded through botani...UGA study reveals a new way of looking at vaccine development
...lished a Web site, http://glycam.ccrc.uga.edu that assists researchers who want to do their own structure prediction work. "There's still some education to do to get people who design vaccines away from thinking about just using material from the bacteria to understanding the data at a more physical level," ...More evidence mammals, fruit flies share make-up on function of biological clocks
...e time zones) in the lab. In mammals, however, Cry assists in the 24-hour rhythmic expression of clock genes and has nothing to do with re-setting the clock. The researchers sought to determine additional roles for Cry in fruit flies by testing the rhythmic expression of clock genes in flies with either a m...The doctor is in: UH engineering students find medical mentors
...ps." Observing the application of their research assists students with what Franchek calls "just in time" learning. The students learn theory during the academic year, and the application of their studies in this summer internship reinforces what they've learned, better preparing them for the upcoming sch...Chemical 'band-aid' prevents heart failure in mice with muscular dystrophy
...s where poloxamer 188 comes in," Metzger adds. "It assists the heart to be more compliant during the relaxation phase allowing more blood to flow into the heart. We demonstrated this effect at the level of individual heart muscle cells, and it turned out to be true at the organ level, also." The key to the...New polysaccharide may help combat multidrug resistance in cancer
...le. In adult tissues it plays two roles. First, it assists in tissue hydration and in biophysical properties such as resilience. Second, it forms a template to which matrix proteins attach and form important extracellular structural complexes." Hyaluronan also accumulates around the outside of cells during...A new 'strategic partner' in cancer development
...protein appears to act as a strategic partner that assists in the development of colon cancer tumors. Working in collaboration with Dr. Thomas Brabletz, a pathologist from the University of Erlangen in Germany and Dr. Peter Altevogt's group at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, Institute resear...Startling results from new biomedical research international conference
...protein occurring naturally in the human body that assists in the dissolution of blood clots. The company spent considerable sums in using recombinant DNA technology to bring the product to the brink of the marketplace and applied for a protective patent. But despite the company's outlay and effort, this was...INEEL-designed system assists army with chemical weapon destruction
...s steel vapor confinement and support modules that assists the Army with the assessment of the chemical warfare materiel, some of which dates back to World War I. The Munitions Assessment System is designed to process drums containing multiple chemical munitions. A drum is delivered to the unpack/repackage r...