NIH awards new $14.5 million, five-year grant to the Scripps Research Institute
...ds, molecules involved in pain signaling, and is a current drug target of several pharmaceuticals companies. Wthrich and his colleagues applied NMR to membrane proteins suspended in large soap-like micelles, which mimic the membrane and preserve the fold of the proteins. "You can't do conventional NMR on s...32 new grants made for innovative technology R&D
...ll that offers five times the power density of the current state of the art, as well as greater durability and flexibility of operation, for use in auxiliary power units for aircraft. OFS Fitel, LLC (Murray Hill, N.J.) Specialty Fiber for High-Power Fiber LasersDevelop a new class of components and ma...National Science Foundation awards $2 million grant to UC Riverside
...ing and ground vegetation surveys to determine the current and historical rate of change of vegetation, examining when invasive grasses became large scale problems in different areas," Allen said. "The subject has never been studied on this scale," Allen said. "People have long been concerned about the impac...An embryonic stem cell model for Parkinson's disease
...imited by the availability of such cells under the current NIH guidelines. ...How roots control plant shoots
...he, influence global climate and grace us with the current season of brilliant fall colors. "When we look at plants, it's easy to think only about the above-ground parts you can see," says Leslie Sieburth, who led the study and is an associate professor of biology at the University of Utah. "But this study...Talented sniffer: A receptor known for guiding sperm to egg plays a role in the nose
...tion has been a longstanding question. In their current study, a team of researchers including Marc Spehr of the University of Maryland and Katlen Schwane of Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, addressed this question by using a number of experimental approaches. They demonstrated the expression of hOR17-4 i...Daphne Koller named MacArthur Fellow
...s release). Their awards bring to 22 the number of current Stanford MacArthur winners. The MacArthur Foundation selects individuals from varied pursuits to receive this prestigious fellowship. In addition to Koller and other scientists, this year's recipients include a farmer, a poet, a ragtime pianis...Running not swimming or biking is best kind of loading exercise for childrens bone growth
...nderstood, "yet several pathways are emerging from current research." These include ion channels in the cell membrane, ATP (adenosine triphosphate) signaling, and second messengers such as prostaglandins and nitric oxide. Specific targets of mechanical loading include the L-type calcium channel (alpha 1C iso...New biosensor rapidly detects deadly foodborne pathogen
...or three years and demonstrate its function in the current issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. The sensor is made of a small piece of optical fiber - a clear, solid, plastic material that transmits light through its core. The fiber is coated with a type of molecule called an...September/October 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...less that 12 years should be incorporated into the current CHD treatment guidelines. The findings were drawn ...ing status, sex and age, which are included in the current treatment guidelines. The authors suggest that use of low education level to identify persons at hig...Low dose radiation evades cancer cells' protective 'radar'
...ests in animals are expected to begin soon. In the current study, colon and prostate cancer cells lines were treated with either high levels of radiation or small amounts spread over many days. Low-level radiation is approximately 10 times more powerful than normal exposure, while high doses are 1,000 times ...Is Interleukin-6 the 'holy grail' of exercise mediation?
...mpaired glucose uptake. And in other contexts, the current thinking is that IL-6 has primarily anti-inflammatory effects. It is this combination of effects that has prompted such widespread study....Toward a better understanding of taste and smell impairments
...pact human quality of life, nutrition, and safety, current treatment options remain limited. "By investigating the role of inflammatory factors in chemosensory loss and recovery, we expect to gain insight into potential therapeutic interventions for these dysfunctions," says Beverly Cowart, Ph.D., a se...Society for Psychophysiology Research
...l introduce participants to the main approaches in current molecular and behavioral genetic research with an emphasis on applications to psychophysiological research. To further illustrate the range of issues that will be discussed and the relevance of this research to everyday life, several of this year's n...New risks for bladder cancer identified by MIT team
...or for bladder cancer in nonsmokers. In the current work, the researchers extended the Los Angeles study to examine "the possible relationship between bladder cancer and nine other commonly occurring and structurally related arylamines," according to their paper. Specifically, they analyzed bl...Experts present new research on hot topics in aging at GSA's annual meeting in Washington, DC
...ram and its beneficiaries by presenting results of current research. The benefit formula relates time in the ... rates and the dollar amounts (bend points) in the current law Social Security benefit calculation formula affect various groups of beneficiaries, and ultimate...World's top theoretical physicists converge to consider 'future of physics'
...ysics over the past 25 years; they will assess the current status of the physics fields; and they will envision the course of physics over the next 25 years. The conference is organized around short talks and panel discussions detailed at http://www.itp.ucsb.edu/activities/fop04/schedule/ . Commemorati...Embryonic stem cells correct congenital heart defect in mouse embryos
...ardiac defects and die at mid-gestation. "In this current study, with the repair of congenital heart defects in our Id knockout embryos, we observed that the stem cells provided normal signals to themselves and also to their neighbor cells to correct the organ as a whole," explained Diego Fraidenraich, Ph.D...Study describes basic mechanism in cell growth control involving damaged DNA
...adation, for recycling when it's needed." In their current report, Xiong and UNC co-authors Jian Hu, Chad McCall and Dr. Tomohiko Ota focused on the ubiquitination pathway involving the family of enzymes called cullin-dependent ubiquitin ligases, specifically the ligase Cullin4 (CUL4). The authors discovered...New Jersey Institute of Technology professor to develop supersized virtual library
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