Penn receives grant for initiative to help understand genes' effects on medications
...en typically grouped into separate, departmentally based specialties, often functioning independently of each other," explains Kimmel. "But it has become clear that progress in medicine is a dynamic, multi-faceted process. The conventional divisions within biomedical research may hamper the pace of scienti...US researchers show cottonseed drug is cancer treatment booster
...e cancer cells tochemo/radiotherapy." He said that based on their cell and animal data the (-)-gossypol form of the drug was likely to be more active than the same doses of natural gossypol used in previous studies. Furthermore, their cell and animal data show that (-)-gossypol would make radiotherapy andc...32 new grants made for innovative technology R&D
...al merit of each proposal. In addition, awards are based on the potential for broad-based economic benefits...op a thin, large area planar solid oxide fuel cell based on innovative ceramics, device design, and array architecture, for enterprise-level primary and coge...Yearling horse auction to benefit equine research
...enter who was named Virginia's leading sprint sire based on earnings for 2004 with total earnings reaching more than $620,000. For example, recently Bluffie Slew, which was sold at a previous auction, a filly by Ball's Bluff out of Our Lady Slew, was first in the Brookmeade Stakes race at Colonial Downs. "...National Science Foundation awards $2 million grant to UC Riverside
...ype. Future vegetation of the area will be modeled based on different levels of N emissions and different urban development scenarios. This is the second large biocomplexity grant awarded to UC Riverside recently. The first, for $1.5 million, was to help monitor the unintended spread of engineered crop gen...An embryonic stem cell model for Parkinson's disease
...eliovich and colleagues make the case that a model based on mouse embryonic stem cells offers a promising platform for dissecting the disease mechanism of Parkinson's. Working with these cells, the researchers created dopamine neurons deficient in DJ-1, a gene mutated in an inherited form of Parkinson's. ...Endangered frogs coexist with fungus once thought fatal
...frogs and, since then, several lines of laboratory based evidence have suggested that B. dendrobatidis is to blame for the dramatic frog declines. But with little information about how the disease impacts frogs in the wild, the causal role of this chytrid fungus remains unclear. In the open access journa...Internet data-mining of natural history
...ve access to perpetually updated species accounts, based on the latest scientific findings. The accounts include vocalizations and video clips of bird behaviors provided by the lab's Macaulay Library. Says computer scientist Caruana: "This grant will allow us not only to develop and test leading-edge data...Plants provide model for new shape-changing materials
...ture concept will provide a new class of materials based on the direct conversion of biochemical energy into mechanical work. In this manner it will provide a truly integrated "smart" material that serves as the foundation for a new generation of biologically inspired engineering systems. In this unique p...Good news: As you age, leg blood vessels adapt so you can still exercise without fainting
...(relative to younger men) during cold stimulation, based on previous research in older animals and humans under resting conditions," Proctor said. But leg vessels of the older men constricted more, perhaps as a compensation for their reduced level of cardiac output. This indicates that the balance between...NIH funds first nationaL SNP genotyping center at Broad Institute
.... Because investigators use different technologies based on the scales and configurations needed, a menu of services will be offered using three different technology platforms. When fully operational, the center will be able to process from 200 million to as many as billions of genotypes per year, dependi...Putting physiology into the Nobel Prize: 2004 marks 100th anniversary of Pavlov's award
...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)...Protein energy profiles offer clues about amyloids
...together. Since the function of a protein is often based upon specific chemical interactions -- enzymes, for instance, are proteins that make or disrupt chemical bonds in other molecules -- individual atoms of a protein must be aligned just so if they are to function properly. Consequently, there is a dire...Viruses found in untreated city water
...at if they could predict virus occurrence in wells based on Mississippi River water infiltration, this would help water managers tailor disinfection treatments and pumping schedules specific to each well and prevent viruses from entering the drinking water supply. "We know from our previous studies on grou......on important traits in cattle. The first draft was based on DNA taken from a Hereford, a breed of cattle used in beef production and was produced by sequencing the genome 3.3 times. The final target, which is expected to sequence the genome six times, should be completed sometime in 2005. The initiative a......ncer Agency in Vancouver. The initial assembly is based on 3.3-fold coverage of the bovine genome. Researchers can access the sequence data through the following public databases: GenBank ( www.ncbi.nih.gov/Genbank ) at NIH's National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), EMBL Bank ( www.ebi.ac.uk/...Interactive health information system to detect Japanese encephalitis in Asia
... of the problem and target resources strategically based on disease burden. The JE Project also intends to increase the availability of a safe and effective vaccine to eventually rid the region of this disabling and deadly disease. The Voxiva system is able to quickly spread the word about new vaccines as ...Bovine genome sequence available
...model human disease. The initial assembly is based on 3.3-fold coverage of the bovine genome and by 2005, a 6-fold sequence coverage will be achieved. Researchers can access the sequence data through the following public databases: GenBank ( www.ncbi.nih.gov/Genbank ) at NIH's National Center for Bio...ASPB opposes ban of GE crops in Butte County Ballot Measure D
...ditional plant breeding technologies. Researchers based in California (University of California, Berkeley)...hanced crops. Passage of measure D is unwarranted based on the best science published concerning the safety of genetically engineered crops. Founded in ......etone alone. "The boom in construction of dry-mill based ethanol plants that has tripled the production of ethanol in a five-year period is evidence of the biobased opportunities in this area," he said. ...