Report: How 10 top new technologies will help world reach globally-agreed goals by 2015
...ses like AIDS and malaria top a list of 10 biotech breakthroughs deemed most important for improving health in deve... If not properly harnessed, the experts warn, the breakthroughs being produced through genomics will dramatically widen rather than narrow the gap between developed...Norman D. Newell to receive Legendary Geoscientist Award
...2 monographs on the late Paleozoic pelecypods were breakthroughs in the incorporation of sophisticated biological information and perspectives in the interpretation of form and function of fossil invertebrates. Several decades later he brought to completion the two multi-authored Bivalvia volumes of the Treatise o...NJIT stem cell researcher to receive research award from biomedical group
...heir long bones. Her studies could lead to medical breakthroughs that would help a host of patients. Stem cell implantation, for instance, could help cancer patients who've had large tumors removed from bone, Arinzeh says. Stem cells could also help patients suffering from osteoporosis. Perhaps most importantly, A...HIV, diagnostic health care tools top of list for UH researchers
...ical detection. Presenting some of his latest breakthroughs in the fight against HIV, Krause will present research on the design of proteins that can split DNA made by pathogenic organisms, which will produce nanomachines that could be used to combat latent infections caused by viruses like HIV. He also will...A $2 Million NSF grant brings technology and biology together at UC Riverside
... a plant is starving are among the possible future breakthroughs to be pioneered by a new $2 million National Science Foundation project at UC Riverside. Michael Allen, Director of the Center for Conservation Biology and Chair of the Department of Plant Pathology, is the lead investigator on a five-year biocomple...Horwitz Prize to be shared by Tony Hunter, Anthony Pawson
...mportant field of study that is now leading to new breakthroughs in clinical treatment of disease." Awarded annually since its inception in 1967, the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize recognizes exceptional accomplishments in biological and biochemical research. The prize was named after the mother of Columbia benef...$43 million from Gates Foundation to produce inexpensive antimalarial drug for Third World
..., and Amyris, a new biotech company founded on the breakthroughs in synthetic biology pioneered at UC Berkeley, will develop the process for industrial fermentation and commercialization. OneWorld Health will perform the drug development and regulatory work to demonstrate the bioequivalence of microbially-produced...Your brain and you: Forecasting the ethical challenges ahead for neuroscience and society
...or molecular genetics - a time of great scientific breakthroughs and unprecedented ethical challenges - the early 21st century is proving to be for neuroscience," said Farah, a professor in Penn's Department of Psychology and director of Penn's Center for Cognitive Neuroscience. "There is so much activity in this...NSTI announces schedule for 8th Annual Nanotech 2005 Conference
...ding industry experts to share the latest updates, breakthroughs and information on nanotechnology in a forum aimed at ultimately advancing the industry and facilitating beneficial new technologies," said Dr. Matthew Laudon, Director of the Nano Science and Technology Institute. "Now in our eighth year, we are ex...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, January 2005
...ustries, as well as having significant promise for breakthroughs in the nanomaterials technology area. [Contact: Fred Strohl, 865-574-4165; strohlhf@ornl.gov ] Nanoscience - On a butterfly's wings . . . Microscopic images that are now achievable at single-nanometer scales usually depict advance...Put science at center of decision-making on third world development, experts tell UN
...vaccine)." The working group identified 10 biotech breakthroughs deemed most important for improving health in developing countries within the decade (see http://www.utoronto.ca/jcb/home/news_genomics.htm ). Topping the list: new medical tools that quickly and accurately diagnose diseases like AIDS and malaria. ...Charles Yanofsky named National Medal of Science winner
...termine what the genetic code was-one of the great breakthroughs in science in the last 75 years. He helped determine that the arrangement of nucleotides in DNA was a linear relationship to the linear arrangement of amino acids, the subunits that comprise proteins, again a fundamental observation. He's also been a...Stanford researcher to discuss public confidence in genetic technology
...priate for their own genetic background. But these breakthroughs have been slow to arrive and fraught with ethical dilemmas. How genetics can be safely translated into reliable and affordable medical applications will be discussed by Barbara Koenig, associate professor of neurology and neurological sciences at the...SARS surveillance via mass spectometry
...f the SARS virus from clinical samples. The major breakthroughs against SARS were the discovery of the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) as the etiological agent and the sequencing of the SARS genome. Liu's colleagues at the Genome Institute of Singapore had previously shown that common genetic variants in the SARS-CoV...2005's highest engineering honors awarded
...oject is notable not only for its many engineering breakthroughs but also because its technological achievements have impacted world peace," said National Academy of Engineering President Wm. A. Wulf. The Corona satellite was the first operational photo reconnaissance satellite; this top secret project was design...From lobster flock to lobster feast?
...esearch is very exciting because we expect to make breakthroughs that will help to make the culture of this species a reality, " she says. Spiny lobster is an ideal target for commercial culture due to its high value and limited availability from wild capture, mostly using traps. Each year, 3 to 4 million pounds ...Elizabeth Blackburn and Janet Rowley awarded
.... "These two outstanding women have produced major breakthroughs in our understanding into the etiology of cancer, with significant implications for the targeted treatment of various cancers," said Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.), AACR's chief executive officer. "I am particularly pleased that we are presenting ...NJIT Presidential Award winner takes stem cell research another step
...uronal tissues. Her studies could lead to medical breakthroughs that would help a host of patients. Stem cell implantation could help cancer patients who've had large tumors removed from bone, Arinzeh says. In many such surgeries, patients lose their limbs. But if her method of implanting stem cells is shown to i...Salk polio vaccine celebrates 50th anniversary
...polio era that led directly to Nobel Prize-winning breakthroughs included: Linus C. Pauling, Ph.D., for identifying the first known human disease caused by a specific molecular abnormality -- sickle cell anemia. John F. Enders, Ph.D., Thomas Weller, M.D., and Frederick Robbins, M.D., for developing a tissue cultu...Genetically modified natural killer immune cells attack, kill leukemia cells
...ly have only weak anti-leukemic activity. The key breakthroughs made by the St. Jude team were the development of a laboratory technique for rapidly producing a large, pure population of NK cells from a small sample of blood; and developing a technique for genetically modifying NK cells so that they would become ...