Rutgers anthropologist to receive Crafoord Prize, biology's equivalent of Nobel Prize
...s international basic research in disciplines that complement those for which the Nobel Prizes are awarded. These include astronomy and mathematics, geosciences, biosciences (with a particular emphasis on ecology) and rheumatoid arthritis. In contrast, the science Nobel Prizes focus specifically on chemistry, p...The floral network -- what determines who pollinates whom
...ecific activity period of each insect species will complement the flowering of some plant species more than others. Other barriers and other complementary traits have been described for a variety of plantpollinator pairs. To explore the significance of these mechanisms, the authors modeled plantpollinator inter...Scientists map air pollution using corn grown in US fields
... has been mapped using plants. This new method may complement existing air sampling techniques because plants provide a cost-effective way to record average daytime conditions over several months. Plants take in carbon dioxide gas, from both background and fossil fuel sources, during photosynthesis, and it beco...Canadian researchers first to complete the human metabolome
...e human genome. The metabolome is the complete complement of all small molecule chemicals (metabolites) found in or produced by an organism. By analogy, if the genome represents the blueprint of life, the metabolome represents the ingredients of life. The scientists have catalogued and characterized 2,5...Wiley acquires publications from Carpe Diem Communications
...fe and physical science offerings. "These titles complement Wiley's collection of controlled-circulation publications in the life and physical sciences, particularly in the United States, where it expands our reach into dynamic and growing markets," said Vickie Thaw, Vice President and Publisher, John Wiley &...OHSU studies of technology for healthy aging get boost
...lly feasible care. "This program is an important complement to our NIH-based studies of aging health outcomes, in that it will allow us to make significant progress in developing continuous assessment and in-home technologies that have clinical relevance," said Tamara Hayes, Ph.D., assistant professor of biom...Novel laboratory technique nudges genes into activity
... team used strands of RNA that were tailor-made to complement the DNA sequence of a specific gene in isolated breast cancer cells. Once the RNA was introduced into the protein mix, the gene was activated, ultimately resulting in a reduced rate of growth in the cancer cells. Dr. Corey said that while its clea...Simulating human metabolism to find new diets to new drugs
...eart cell to a red blood cell, with its particular complement of metabolic enzymes, and adjust their genetic or other properties to compute the cell's behavior. "We can analyze abnormal metabolism at the root cause of diseases such as hemolytic anemia, which can result from a deficiency in metabolic reactions...Study profiles rate of autism in Wisconsin
...bers we can get." One goal of surveillance is to complement research into the science underlying autism and other developmental disorders, including several studies currently pursued by other research groups in the Waisman Center and elsewhere at UW-Madison. "Population changes give clues to understanding wh...Red hot chili pepper research spices up historical record
...s, which are rich in vitamin C, to be an excellent complement to fish and starchier foods like maize, beans, yams and corn. "It's also an excellent disguiser," Raymond notes. "If something's not tasting quite right, you can always throw a few chilis in the pot."...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...he high fidelity of the EcoG may make it a useful complement to other methods of functional brain mapping. 4. A Forward Genetic Screen in Mice for Recessive Deafness Martin Schwander, Anna Sczaniecka, Nicolas Grillet, Suzie Bailey, Matthew Avenarius, Hossein Najmabadi, Brian Steffy, Glenn Federe, Erica L...JCI table of contents -- March 1, 2007
... involved in the innate immune response (including complement proteins), several serine proteinase inhibitors, a...tgun proteomics implicates protease inhibition and complement activation in the antiinflammatory properties of HDL AUTHOR CONTACT: Jay W. Heinecke University of...NIH neuroscience microarray consortium launches high-throughput genotyping services
... that the "Illumina platform provides an important complement to the other technologies currently available through the NIH Neuroscience Microarray Consortium and will significantly aid the research goals of the neuroscientist." ...EPA selects Phylonix to screen compound library in zebrafish
...effects in humans. In addition, the contract will complement our work performed for the pharmaceutical industry...loring the use of zebrafish as a screening tool to complement the biochemical, cellular, genomic and metabolomic assays that will be the basis of the ToxCast proj...Carnegie Mellon University research shows how sensory-deprived brain compensates
... with a whisker on one side of its head and a full complement of whiskers on the other side. "These findings show us that a fully functioning set of whiskers on one side of the body dramatically inhibits the ability of a single whisker to remodel the brain," said Barth. "This finding suggests that we could b...Corals -- More complex than you?
...any as 20 or 25,000 genes, compared with the human complement of 20-23,000." Why a simple creature should have such a huge genetic repertoire is a mystery, but scientists are excited by it because corals are near the root of the family tree of all living animals and can throw new light on the origin of such c...Fat screen delivers plant-derived chemical with antidiabetic effects
...pproach for treating insulin resistance that might complement the use of preexisting drugs and, more generally, provides validation for fat cell screens as a promising strategy for identifying new metabolic drugs, according to the researchers. While harmine itself has effects on the central nervous system tha...The opossum genome sequence casts light on evolution, immunity and disease
...., and Ponting, C.P. 2007. An analysis of the gene complement of a marsupial, Monodelphis domestica: evolution of lineage-specific genes and giant chromosomes. Genome Res. doi:10.1101/gr.6093907 ...Spud origin controversy solved
...ue of plant evolutionary studies to understand and complement breeding programs. Spooner and other scientists now plan to further investigate the origin of the European potato from DNA extracted from herbarium specimens of cultivated potatoes collected in Europe before 1845. The results of these studies ar......a and The University of Pennsylvania reported that complement receptor 3 (CR3), a protein found on cell surfaces, inhibits dendritic cells, the sentinels of the immune system, from setting off an alarm signal that brings on a full immune response. "Normally, dendritic cells patrol different tissues and organs...