Grants will give developing world access to scientific research
...uguese and Spanish. Yale's OARE activities will be directed by Oswald Schmitz, professor of population and community ecology and associate dean of academic affairs for the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and Ann Okerson, associate university librarian for collections and international programs. J...Research tracks whales by listening to sounds
... to listen for undersea earthquakes a program now directed by Robert Dziak. While listening for earthquakes, the OSU researchers begin picking up sounds of ships, marine landslides and whales. An engineer at the center, Haru Matsumoto, then developed an autonomous hydrophone that can be deployed independen...Chemical signaling helps regulate sensory map formation in the brain
...the topographic connections by providing a lateral directed mapping force."...BiovaxID produces long term clinical remission and 95 percent overall survival
...nistered intravenously. The monoclonal antibody is directed to an antigen (CD20) present on all B-lymphocytes. Accordingly, Rituxan promotes the elimination of cancerous and normal B-lymphocytes bearing this antigen. Rituxan therapy is typically repeated as necessary at intervals in order to control the lymph...Advanced genomics and proteomics improve the diagnosis and treatment of a deadly lung disease
... a basis for designing drugs that are specifically directed against osteopontin. By manipulating osteopontin levels, we may be able to slow or stop the course of this deadly disease. In addition, the level of osteopontin may be used as a diagnostic marker for this disease," explained Dr. Kaminski. He added th...Weizmann Institute suggests that immune cells help to maintain cognition and brain cell renewal
...her team provided evidence to suggest that T cells directed against CNS components do not attack the brain but instead, recruit the help of the brain's own resident immune cells to safely fight off any outflow of toxic substances from damaged nerve tissues. In the present study, the scientists showed that th...Pritzker gift to fund possible solutions for child obesity including testing YMCA programs
...Pritzker Nutrition and Fitness Initiative, will be directed by HSPH faculty members Steven Gortmaker , Professor of the Practice of Health Sociology in the Department of Society, Human Development and Health, and Frank Hu , Associate Professor in the Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology. The initiative...Biodesign and TGen form joint Center for Systems and Computational Biology
...with ASU's new School of Computing and Informatics directed by Sethuraman Panchanathan and the future Arizona Biomedical Collaborative (ABC) building currently under construction downtown. This new effort adds to the list of partnerships among the institutions. In their brief history, Biodesign and TGen have ...Proteins' subtle 'backrub' motion could have important implications
...ography. In this widely used technique, x-rays are directed through crystals of a protein, and the pattern of diffracted beams is analyzed to deduce its structure. Such data is usually collected at synchrotron x-ray sources, with the crystals cooled by liquid nitrogen to temperatures near -300 Fahrenheit. "We...Scientists force viruses to evolve as better delivery vehicles for gene therapy
...dies recognize, and as a result were the target of directed evolution. To provide the raw material for evolution - the genetic variation from which nature selects the best-adapted organism - the researchers created mutant viruses by introducing small variations in the genes through an error-prone polymerase c...Researchers make elusive discovery and capture prestigious AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize
...ial. The authors were able to show that oppositely directed effects could be induced at the edges, using an elegant optical technique. They then examined possible sources of the effect, showing that it is not the result of intrinsic coupling but rather a form of scattering that did not depend on the nature of...AAAS honors scientist's commitment to justice for workers and scientific integrity in public policy
... of scientific integrity to which Dr. Michaels has directed his energies is what he terms "manufacturing uncertainty." He contends that both industry and the government undermine science that points to the need for additional regulation by overstating the uncertainty that accompanies all science. By emphasi...Educators in Texas and Massachusetts earn top 2005 mentoring awards from AAAS
...05 AAAS Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement. She directed the bachelor's or master's theses of 79 women, 28 ...ctoral degrees and 31 of whom were minorities; and directed the doctoral work of two women. Karen L. Butler-Purry of Texas A&M University received the 2005 AAAS...ASU and Mayo lead 'MAC Attack' to accelerate cancer research
... Institute: the Center for Applied NanoBioscience, directed by Frederic Zenhausern; the Center for Cancer Research, directed by Mike Tracy; and the Center for Innovations in Medicine, directed by Stephen A. Johnston. The buil...Experimental TB drug effective against resistant and latent mycobacterium tuberculosis
...arket. The potent killing activity of FAS20013 is directed specifically against slow growing mycobacteria that cause the disease rather than at a broad array of non-pathogenic organisms, which merely enhances the emergence of drug- resistant strains. No resistance has been encountered to FAS20013 in clinical...Ernst Mayr's theory illustrated in genetic epidemiology studies
... out of it are highly non-random and are very much directed by natural selection and are adaptive. "It's incor...e a tremendous shift in where natural selection is directed in a genetic sense," he said. "This is the underlying basis of genetic revolution. We have documen...At Berkeley: Intelligently designed molecular evolution
...han 2,500 mutants. An alterative approach, called directed evolution or molecular breeding, that is currently being tested at other laboratories, requires the screening of tens of thousands to a million or more mutants. "The enzyme synthase was there ready to be evolved, and with our methodology, we were ab...Novel method reveals how menthol discovery could point towards new or improved pain therapies
...ofessor at Scripps Research and member of GNF, who directed the research. "In fact, some of these ion channels are considered targets to treat chronic inflammatory and neuropathic pain indications. Understanding how small molecules such as menthol affect the function of these proteins could be crucial in des...Exposure to volcanic mineral associated with increased mesothelioma incidence in Turkey
...rom the environment. Resources should therefore be directed to preventing these environmental exposures and additional study of the association between environmental exposure to nonasbestos fibers and the risk of cancer."...