New biosensor rapidly detects deadly foodborne pathogen
...he food supply," Bhunia said. "To do this, we will continue to develop ways to make this device more user-friendly." ...HHS awards $232 million in biodefense contracts for vaccine development
...hreat to national security. The smallpox awards continue advanced development work that began in February 2...ema. The new contracts will allow the companies to continue the work they began under contracts awarded in February 2003. For the plague vaccine, NIAID aw...World's top theoretical physicists converge to consider 'future of physics'
.... The idea, of course, is that the physicists can continue to work via their preferred medium--the blackboard--in the courtyard screened from the sun. The auditorium is designed for broadcast quality recording. KITP director Gross instituted the practice of recording scientific presentations for web-c...Defense provides additional $4.9 million for pathogen research tool
... technologists, the cyberinfrastructure group will continue to develop PathPort as a key to unlock the door to the acquisition of more powerful knowledge for infectious disease research. Established in 2000 as a Commonwealth of Virginia shared resource, the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech ...Acoustics meeting in San Diego
...EXTREME SONO-EFFECTS New science and applications continue to emerge from the process of aiming intense ultrasound at liquid tanks to create collapsed bubbles that produce light (sonoluminescence) or perform desired chemical reactions (sonochemistry). Michael Hoffman of Caltech ( mrh@caltech.edu ) and his c...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...rology. Annual flu epidemics continue to pose major health problems worldwide despite yearly vaccination efforts. Studies indicate protection offered by the current vaccine to be short-lived and only capable of targeting specific strains of the virus. Because influenza strains are high...Flies have morning and evening clocks
...or biochemically. Rosbash and his colleagues will continue to explore the details of the different clocks. Such studies, he said, may offer an important opportunity for understanding general principles of neural structure and function. "The circadian neurons are one of the few circuits in neurobiology where ...Plastic surgeons perform first entire face reconstruction
...ercome their trauma. As plastic surgeons, we will continue to refine this combination of techniques to help our patients not only rebuild their bodies but also their lives." ...Northeastern University and Massachusetts Biotechnology Council to host drug discovery day
...ter 30 years at University of Connecticut and will continue his work on novel medications, drug mechanisms of action, and new therapeutic drug technologies. Abbie Celniker, PhD, Senior Vice President of R & D Strategy and Operations, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (MPI). In this role, Dr. Celniker is r...The CF Foundation urges all states to include newborn screening for cystic fibrosis in test panels
... medical advances. In addition, these centers will continue to track demographic, diagnostic, and treatment data via the CF Foundation's national Patient Registry to further improve their care. Newborn screening for CF also will enable new treatment options for infants to be evaluated and developed. "After r...Identifying genes that contribute to a low level of response to alcohol
...l chromosomal regions, several specific genes, and continue to collaborate with people doing animal research."...Combination hormone therapy doubles breast density and quadruples risk of abnormal mammograms
...it assessment when helping women choose whether to continue hormone therapy....Dr. Harris receives NIH Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award
... to the neurological science field and likely will continue being highly productive for the seven-year term of award funding. Dr. Harris, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Synapses and Cell Signaling, was nominated for the award by Dr. Yuan Liu, program director in Channels, Synapses and Circuits...Lag-3 gene dampens immune responses by controlling regulatory T-cell function
...e effector T cells, allowing the effector cells to continue an aggressive attack. This finding provided further evidence that Lag-3 is a key protein on regulatory T cells that controls effector T cell function. "The tumor-specific T cells generated by some anti-cancer vaccines are not very effectiv...Leading scientists to discuss research applications for therapeutic cloning
.... "What's important is that research be allowed to continue so we can find out." Currently, conflicting policies internationally allow different stages of research in human and animal cloning in different countries. The United Kingdom restricts animal work but allows research on human embryos. In the United S...Pesticides may promote Parkinson's disease and exercise may offer protection
...e mouse model. Scheller and his colleagues plan to continue their investigations in other animal species. Recent experiments suggest that exercise may protect against the loss of dopamine neurons--and thus help slow or prevent the development of Parkinson's disease, according to new studies on rats conducted...OHSU scientists identify key gene that delays female puberty
...uid balance," said Ojeda. "It will be important to continue observing these patients to determine whether they also witness a delay in the onset of puberty."...Retinal stem cells can regenerate after transplant
...oring whether retinal stem cells from healthy mice continue to develop into photoreceptor cells and RPE cells when transplanted to mice with diseased eyes. "We're starting with mice to see if they can overcome the genetics involved in disease," says Coles. "The eye itself is telling the stem cells what to d...NIH funds rare childhood disease to provide insights into the origins of adult cancer
...lantation at SCH, and Dr. Lipton. Dr. Vlachos will continue to direct the registry, while Dr. Lipton will oversee the new funding. The registry contains medical information on DBA patients, obtained with the proper consent, and its expansion will help facilitate research into the biology and characterization ......cent to have fewer episodes of FIC. More work will continue on this study....