NIH awards new $14.5 million, five-year grant to the Scripps Research Institute
...e and more, structural biologists have been moving beyond focusing on one technique or another to focusing on the problems that they can solve. The problem, to a certain extent, may determine the technique used. Smaller proteins may be most easily solved by NMR, larger proteins may require crystallography, ...'Immediately open access' option for the leading journal Genome Research
... cost of publication, the charge required would be beyond all but the most well-funded scientists, excluding work from many exceptional laboratories worldwide." Its diversity of financial support is an important reason that the "immediately open access" option is possible for Genome Research and the surcha...Bugs in the gut could play key role in understanding human disease and drug toxicity
...ons as will extend human biology and medicine well beyond the human genome and help elucidate novel types of gene-environment interactions, this knowledge ultimately leading to new approaches to the treatment of disease. " Professor Ian Wilson, from Astra Zeneca, and one of the researchers adds: "This 'huma...Society for Psychophysiology Research
...n and show that benefits of fitness program extend beyond health outcomes and may actually contribute to classroom performance. ERP INDICES OF EMOTION REGULATION IN ANTISOCIAL CHILDREN: A TREATMENT OUTCOME STUDY Jim Stieben, University of Toronto Marc D. Lewis, University of Toronto Isabella Granic ,...World's top theoretical physicists converge to consider 'future of physics'
...he "E," but the rest extends out towards the ocean beyond the top horizontal of the "E," not in the straight line of an arrow but the curving shape of a bow. That outward extension towards the ocean is at less than a 90-degree angle from the old structure. Bildsten, an astrophysicist with a keen interest ...Acoustics meeting in San Diego
... of ultrasound that was re-radiated from the bone beyond the fracture and (2) even small fractures dramatically reduced, or "attenuated," the amount of ultrasound that crossed the fracture. The acoustical transmission properties of bone fractures offer hope that an ultrasound device can be developed to ...Award-winning INEEL probe to help safely monitor hazardous waste sites
...roundwater or not, making its applications stretch beyond INEEL's mission, Jones notes. About 300,000 waste disposal sites are scattered across the nation, some containing PCBs, corrosives, heavy metals, and radioactive materials. Many of these wastes were buried when scientists thought they were safely iso...Using fruitflies to examine alcohol tolerance
...tions of alcohol. In the end, the goal is to move beyond our current understanding, that is, that some humans possess a genetically influenced tendency to develop alcoholism and others do not. The great similarity among the genomes of flies, mice and humans may very well help us to do so."...Purdue chemists give an old laboratory 'bloodhound' a sharper nose
...he team's advancements could have applications far beyond the nation's security needs. "The Mars rovers have concentrated on examining the surfaces of rocks," he said. "Future rovers could use a tool like this to examine other worlds' surfaces for the presence of chiral acids, such as the amino aci...Pushing the envelope to overcome HIV drug resistance
... substrate envelope. Where the inhibitors protrude beyond the confines of the substrate envelope, there is the potential for unique molecular contacts to the protease. Also, when the protease mutates at unique sites that contact the inhibitor envelope but not the substrate envelope, drug resistance emerges....Excess dietary fat accelerates breast cancer by altering the activity of a group of genes
...ossible activity of common elements in human diet, beyond the nutritional value, which may permit scientific opinions to be formulated on the health of the population of the risk of disease. It is therefore involved in the field of secondary and especially primary prevention of breast cancer. ...Biomedical engineers at case develop first sliver-sized sensor to monitor glucose levels
...thin six months. "So far, the sensor is performing beyond expectation in preliminary laboratory tests," Gratzl said. "Over the years, there has been a lack of good, quality devices for diabetics to monitor glucose something they must do every day of their lives devices that are reliable, relatively low-co...Dr. Harris receives NIH Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award
... learning and memory in humans. "That is two steps beyond this grant," says Dr. Harris, who already is working with MCG colleagues to apply for an NIH Program Project grant that may take at least one of those steps. "Right now, we only know that it would explain the amount of LTP that we get in the cell." ...$2.8 million NIH grant awarded to UH for bionano training
... is especially innovative about this grant extends beyond just the recent money awarded. While UH is the lead center and the fellowships are being administered through IMD, Pettitt's role as director of the Keck Center for Computational and Structural Biology allows the grant to be shared among the member ...Expert panel offers prelimary report on health effects of assisted reproductive technologies
...al and developmental outcomes, and health outcomes beyond one year. In addition, for neonatal outcomes, including premature birth, low birth weight and perinatal mortality, the panel considered a recent systematic review and metanalysis. So far, their systematic review of relevant published data on th...ENCODE consortium publishes scientific strategy
...n charge of the ENCODE project. "Such work is well beyond the scope of any single group. However, by bringing together researchers with a broad range of interests and expertise to work in a highly collaborative setting, we expect that the ENCODE consortium will have the power to achieve a goal of this magni...Study is looking at ways to help stroke survivors regain lost motor skills
...a stroke, there is not much we can currently offer beyond physical rehabilitation to improve their motor functions." Researchers are testing the new surgical procedure, involving the implantation of tiny investigational electrodes on the surface of the brain, in hopes of "jump starting" the growth of ...Clues to the puzzle of 'talking' root cells
...larities could extend the significance of our work beyond plants," he said....Stimulating nerve cells with laser precision
...nd leg and individual toes, demonstrating accuracy beyond the limitations of electrical stimulation. Immediately following the experiment, the rats regained full use of their legs with no signs of weakness or damage. Konrad, who is also director of the Vanderbilt Functional Neurosurgery program, poin......olesterol levels, may have health benefits that go beyond its stated purpose of lowering people's risk of he...ttributable to the phytochemicals and might extend beyond cardiovascular disease reduction," according to registered dietitian and lead researcher Marlene M. ...