Award-winning INEEL probe to help safely monitor hazardous waste sites
...ed a patent application for GEOPS and is currently discussing licensing agreements with industrial manufacturers....INEEL uses extremophile bacteria to ease bleaching's environmental cost
...most important thing right now." The INEEL team is discussing collaborations for industrial development with major enzyme manufacturers. After isolating and producing large quantities of the enzyme in the lab, scientists can use existing technology to chemically bind them to tiny plastic beads the size of sand ...Discovery of real-time natural gas formation offers prospect for renewable energy resource
...gs of energy development. The company is currently discussing its findings with Wyoming and U.S. national agencies, as well as with major energy companies working in the PRB region. Microbial Methane Production from Coal It has long been known that certain ancient mi...Stem cell therapy for ailing hearts
...Cell Transplantation , accompanied by an editorial discussing the progress of stem cell therapy in treating heart attacks, or myocardial infarctions. If further animal studies and human clinical trials prove equally successful, the USF researchers suggest that stem cells from umbilical cord blood could be a ne...How many comparative genomes are enough?
...etion several years ago, geneticists eagerly began discussing which other organisms to sequence -- partly to see which DNA regions are similar across species and therefore likely to serve critical functions. But these discussions raised an important, and potentially expensive, question: How many species need to...Bridging gaps to save lives: UH hosts nanotechnology conference
...erson (R-TX) will be the keynote speaker at lunch, discussing the $6.4 million awarded to the ANH during the FY05 Appropriations process. The Appropriations Committee designated $1.6 million to construct and equip a full-service "clean room" at UH that features a non-vibration floor, static-free environment an...U-M scientist to talk about tissue engineering at AAAS
...for the site where it is implanted. In addition to discussing the sometimes-messy real world applications of tissue engineering, Krebsbach plans to talk at AAAS about the potential for combining seemingly unrelated therapies to improve the benefits of tissue engineering. For example, parathyroid hormone is give...Recent breakthroughs in common adult leukemia highlighted in New England Journal of Medicine
...liable indicator of prognosis known to date. After discussing B lymphocytes -- the type of white blood cell that gives rise to CLL, the biology of leukemic lymphocytes and the clinical course of CLL as it relates to the biology, the authors then offer a unifying hypothesis for the development, growth and evolut...Childhood deficits in the cerebellum may be linked to adult alcoholism
... prompted by a visiting Harvard scholar who, while discussing the cerebellar vermis, suggested that the impaired ability to integrate cognitive and emotional behavior that is associated with cerebellar dysfunction may give an individual characteristics that could make them vulnerable to addiction problems. "So...Panel discusses effect of individualized diets on chronic disease risk
...versity of Pennsylvania concluded the symposium by discussing the need for a behavior change approach in helping people understand and apply an individualized tactic to obesity prevention and treatment. Using an individualized approach to prevent and treat obesity can be practiced in many arenas beyond the tra...Report suggests infectious connection to chronic diseases
...mmunology and other related fields participated in discussing topics related to pathogens and chronic illnesses....Chemical that triggers hibernation may protect muscles
...ontrol group that was not subjected to hypoxia. In discussing the effect of serum taken from a hibernator on the skeletal muscles of a nonhibernator, the authors state: "Such an acute response may also suggest that preconditioning with HIT or a similar agonist could be employed for humans in certain clinical si...SHRO signs agreement with Temple to continue biomedical research
...ls will be to strengthen other programs, so we are discussing with Dean Nicholson other opportunities to create medical research links with other departments in the College of Science and Technology." Giordano is credited with discovering the tumor-supressing gene Rb2/p130, as well as two other genes, CDK9...ASU researcher fashions DNA to further advances in nanotechnology
...le molecule proteomics studies. "We are actively discussing applying this technology to single molecule proteomics and to study protein-protein interactions because the distance between interacting proteins could be controlled with nanometer accuracy," said Yan. Also, by attaching different proteins onto the...... featuring more that 200 experts from 15 countries discussing innovations in keeping animals in zoos and other facilities happy and healthy. BACK-GROUND: From teaching dolphins to use an underwater keyboard to communicate, to innovative ways to keep polar bears in zoos happy to the pros and cons of "carcass f...Duke researchers uncover genetic link to stroke after heart surgery
...pectrum of genetic and clinical information. "When discussing the risks and benefits of surgery, it is important to patients to know whether they are at a higher or lower risk," he said. For their study, the researchers selected 26 genes implicated in past non-surgical studies as possibly playing a role in the ...VCU research: Magnetic nanoparticles for potential cancer treatment
...stant professor of chemistry at VCU. Carpenter is discussing his ongoing work of the synthesis and characterization of these functional magnetic nanoparticles for use in biomedical applications at the 2005 American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in Washington, D.C., which began Aug. 28 and cont...Researchers discover gene connected to rare muscle disease
... are trying to be very careful and conservative in discussing possible human mutations, but we are actively analyzing the functions of mutations in Srpk3." The next step is to find what Srpk3 does for instance, does it act on a particular protein that the researchers can identify, Dr. Nakagawa said. They know ...ASHG 55th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, October 26-29, 2005
... Genomics in the Public Eye, will feature speakers discussing the use of genetic science in the judicial process, the role of genetics in the teaching of evolution in biology programs, and analysis of the media presentations and perceptions of genetics and science to the public. In addition, there will be two ......sician to determine the patient's perspective when discussing risk for chronic disease that could inform a more patient-centered approach to risk assessment and communication. 'Coming Down the Line' Patients' Understanding of Their Family History of Common Chronic Disease By Fiona M. Walter, M.A., MSc, FRC...