NIH awards new $14.5 million, five-year grant to the Scripps Research Institute
...esearch portfolio and lays out a vision for a more efficient and productive system of medical research. (For more information, go to: http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/ ). "It is an extremely important grant," says Scripps Research Professor Kurt Wthrich, Ph.D, an investigator on the grant and the recipient of the ...32 new grants made for innovative technology R&D
...sDevelop methodologies and tools to enable simple, efficient genetic engineering of biosynthesis complexes to produce cyclic peptides for use as antifungal, antibacterial and anticancer drugs. Carbon Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Houston, Texas) "Free Standing" Single-Wall Carbon-Nanotube Fuel Cell ElectrodeDe...Running not swimming or biking is best kind of loading exercise for childrens bone growth
... that the strengthening effect of exercise is very efficient because the cellular mechanosensors within bone direct osteogenesis (new bone growth) to where it is most needed to improve bone strength and hence bone mass. Editors note: Turner is reporting his findings at the American Physiological Society's 2...Cooperation to create a new tuberculosis vaccine
...pression) MOLOGEN has developed a unique, safe and efficient technology for this new generation of vaccines. The vaccine regime jointly investigated by MPI-IB and MOLOGEN is based on a first vaccination ("prime") with the current TB vaccine BCG, followed by one or several repetitive vaccinations ("boost") with...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, October 2004
...enced with conventional heat pumps as well as more efficient operation. Further home testing this fall and winter is expected to confirm that the gained efficiency results in lower electric bills. The residential testing of the frostless heat pump is enabled through collaboration with Modern Supply, a Knoxvil...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...ug/DNA combination could offer longer-lasting more efficient flu vaccine Research from Sw...uenza vaccines could offer longer-lasting and more efficient protection against the influenza virus. The findings appear in the October 2004 issue of the Journa...How to use math and a CT scanner to see how trees intercept light
...ow us to predict which branching patterns are more efficient at capturing light," said Dutilleul. "This is of obvious importance when choosing which plants to grow in environments with short photoperiod." Dutilleul has developed links between statistics and life sciences throughout his career. His research in...Purdue chemists give an old laboratory 'bloodhound' a sharper nose
... Purdue University chemists have developed a fast, efficient means of analyzing chemical samples found on surfaces, resulting in a device that could impact everything from airport security to astrobiology to forensic science. A team, including R. Graham Cooks, has improved the mass spectrometer, a device well ...Peakadilly nv biopharmaceutical firm created
...g acts upon. Until recently, however, there was no efficient way to study the proteome systematically. Pioneering research under the direction of Jol Vandekerckhove (Scientific Director of a VIB research department at Ghent University) has led to a technology that, for the first time, enables thousands of prot...Scientists fear threat of second wave of 'mad cow' prion infection
...ntegration with prion reduction for safer and more efficient blood processing. Laurie Garrett. Award-winning science journalist/author (Betrayal of Trust, The Coming Plague): The breakdown of public health systems, bioterror, emerging diseases and implications for vCJD. Sam Coker, PhD. Princip...New DNA repair enzyme makes mistakes to save lives of cells
...at would be performed by two enzymes, are the most efficient of any known DNA polymerase. While a mispaired bas...ters a lesion at the DNA replication fork. It's an efficient strategy in a crisis," he added. Further study will be required to determine how POL-Q's less-than-...Clues to improving TB treatment
...d a way that may make some tuberculosis drugs more efficient at lower doses, according to a report in the 22 October issue of the journal Molecular Cell. Details gleaned from an in-depth look at a protein found in tuberculosis bacteria suggest that the protein can be disabled when it binds to certain other mo...Cars, not crops, should be chief targets in reducing greenhouse gases
... Reducing carbon dioxide emissions through more efficient vehicles makes more sense strategically, said Schlesinger. "It's as if you have marbles leaking out of a bag," he said. "It's easier to figure out a way to stitch up the bag than to attempt to gather up the marbles after they have escaped. "...Mayo researchers define celecoxib pathways and mechanisms for tumor reduction
...e clinical trials in order to enable us to develop efficient therapeutic strategies with targeted molecular therapies." Contributing to this report along with Mukherjee were Mayo Clinic cancer researchers Gargi Basu, Ph.D., the lead author on the paper; as well as Sandra Gendler, Ph.D.; Latha Pathangey; ...Genetic variant linked to weakened heart pumping
...ing metabolism, might make heart muscle cells less efficient when stressed by disease." The researchers collected clinical data and DNA samples from 973 patients treated in the Duke system to document any correlations between the PPAR-I7 polymorphism and ejection fraction. The polymorphism is caused by a sing...Sperm enzyme is essential for male fertility, study shows
...ut GAPDS," O'Brien said. "Glycolysis may not be as efficient as mitochondria for producing energy, but the enzymes are abundant and in the right place for quick, localized energy production along the sperm tail. This paper provides proof of principle that GAPDS may be an effective target for a contraceptive ag...HIV, diagnostic health care tools top of list for UH researchers
...ystems that could eventually lead to cleaner, more efficient energy supplies, reducing both costs and environmental consequences. Full details of these focus groups and research presentations will be available online, following the conclusion of the conference. ...U. Va. Health System to develop new approaches to treat type 1 diabetics with islet cell transplants
...ng to improve results and make this procedure more efficient and durable. This consortium allows us to move islet cell transplantation forward much faster and in a more meaningful way." The U. Va. Health System was invited to participate in the NIH islet cell consortium because of translational research b...Rare immunodeficiency provides new insight into immune system function
...gue that a SAP/Fyn pathway may be required for the efficient recruitment of PKC-q and Bcl-10, as well as proper patterns of activation of NF-kB, and suggest a potentially novel pathway of T helper cell cytokine activation," offers Dr. Schwartzberg. A separate study led by Dr. Andre Veillette from the Institut ......t like springs, foot and toe structure that allows efficient use of the feet to push off, shoulders that rotate independently of the head and neck to allow better balance, and skeletal and muscle features that make the human body stronger, more stable and able to run more efficiently without overheating. "We...