New DNA repair enzyme makes mistakes to save lives of cells
... somehow evades detection, it can prevent DNA from being replicated or result in a mutation in the copied DNA. The researchers found POL-Q's role is to detect late-stage mishaps in the replication process, specifically those that are found at a juncture called the replication fork, just before separation ...ENCODE consortium publishes scientific strategy
... Launched in September 2003, the ENCODE project is being implemented in three phases: a pilot phase, a technology development phase and a production phase. In the pilot phase, which is expected to last three years, ENCODE researchers are devising and testing high-throughput ways of efficiently applying kno...Study is looking at ways to help stroke survivors regain lost motor skills
...ading the study at Northwestern Memorial, which is being conducted in tandem with the Rehabilitation Instit... The other portion of the study in Chicago is being led by Dr. Mark Huang and Mary Ellen Phillips, occupational therapist, at the Rehabilitation Institu...UF scientist: 'Brain' in a dish acts as autopilot, living computer
...eurons compute. These living neural networks are being used to pursue a variety of engineering and neurobiology research goals, said Steven Potter, an assistant professor in the Georgia Tech/Emory Department of Biomedical Engineering who uses cultured brain cells to study learning and memory. DeMarse was...Yale professor named 2004 Biomedical Engineering Society Distinguished Lecturer
...m the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior being appointed the Goizueta Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Yale, he served on the faculties of Johns Hopkins and Cornell Universities. He has authored two textbooks and over 100 peer-reviewed articles. Among his many previous awards, Sa...Three years of Proba, the 'smart' satellite that runs itself
...r (MERIS) and aerial photography. CHRIS data are being used to increase the accuracy of wetland monitorin...ntion on Wetlands. Images from the instrument are being utilised within projects for the ESA-China Dragon Programme, including the study of flood-prone area...Brain differences in adolescents, psychopaths, lend to their impulsive, risk-taking behavior
...sk--the Rogers Decision-Making Task (RDMT). Before being scanned, the participants scored in either the "pr... earning more points), even though the penalty for being incorrect may be greater (i.e., losing more points) than making a choice that is more likely to be c...Early life stress harms mental function and immune system in later years
... inhibitors (SSRI) such as Prozac are increasingly being used to treat psychiatric conditions in children and pregnant women, yet little is known about their effects on the developing nervous system. New research by Mark Ansorge, PhD; Mingming Zhou, PhD; Alena Lira, BS; Rene Hen, PhD; and Jay Gingrich, PhD...Pesticides may promote Parkinson's disease and exercise may offer protection
...investigators to create models of disease that are being used to examine potential causes of neuron disease and to test experimental therapeutics in animals. Some of the research will eventually lead to the development of more effective treatments of this human illness. The second most common neurodegener...New center to map DNA of key lab mice
...ll compile the results of genetic research on mice being conducted by several divisions within NIEHS. It also will align with other research initiatives within the National Institutes of Health that use genetically-modified organisms. "We are not carrying out this work alone. We're coordinating our work t...Clues to the puzzle of 'talking' root cells
...signals, and it's not just a matter of the protein being cytoplasmically localized," said Benfey. "We've shown that, while cytoplasmic localization is essential for movement, it's not sufficient. We're left with this conclusion that the mutated protein can't move because there's a disruption in some intera...IC-medtech licenses promising cancer therapeutic from Summa Health System
...s later, the results of Summa's cancer research is being licensed and under a new name, Apatone TM . Clinical trials of the drug could begin as soon as next month at Summa Health System and other hospitals across the nation. Indian Creek Medical Technologies, LLC has exclusively licensed Apatone, the...Immune system in a bottle could help prevent flu vaccine shortage
...ted with other elements of the human immune system being developed in the multiuniversity team lead by VaxDesign Inc. The ability of the inverted colloidal crystal scaffolds to control the differentiation process of the cells also opens possibilities in using for treatment of leukemia and other forms of ca...Gene therapy approach reverses diabetic neuropathy in animal model, Pitt study finds
...th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, being held Oct. 23 27 in San Diego. More than two thirds of patients with diabetes develop neuropathy, which generally affects the sensory neurons within the peripheral nervous system and is characterized by such symptoms as numbness, tingling, pins and ...Chimpanzee 'workshop' discovered in Congo
...tion Society not helped to save the Goualougo from being logged, this discovery would not have been made and the forest and the chimps would have been lost," said Steve Gulick of Wildland Security. "At the same time, this study makes one wonder about the unnamed and never-to-be-known Goualougos now threat...Safer medical implants, more comfortable fabrics among research items at Rochester meeting
...d brighter LEDs are just a few of the technologies being developed through advances in chemistry. A two- day symposium, Optoelectronics, Organic LED and Display Materials, will present some of the research that is laying the groundwork for these and other developments that show promising changes in store f...Study: Inadequate physical activity worsens as teenagers become adults
...black and Hispanic girls face the greatest risk of being significantly overweight or obese and inactive." In the new research, she and colleagues wanted to concentrate on possible changes in physical activity between adolescence and young adulthood since few scientists have studied what happened to a...Genetically endowed worm may substitute for rodents in some toxicology testing
...worm called Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) is being evaluated in a Duke University laboratory as a che...tech industry. Much of the work is being done by computer-controlled robotic machines. Robots automatically dispense hot agar gel to support...Academics work to help stressed-out cats
...ly more anxious, and were particularly stressed by being in conflict with other cats in the house. Dr Danielle Gunn-Moore, the Nestl Purina senior lecturer in feline medicine at the University of Edinburgh Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, explained: "Feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD) is ...... of research and development at Poly-Med, Inc. "By being engaged with Clemson faculty, we'll know about research that is ready to be developed into a product." Poly-Med, an R&D company based in Anderson, develops new materials into products with pharmaceutical and bioengineering applications. They license ...