Researchers make elusive discovery and capture prestigious AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize
An elusive discovery by a group of researchers earned them the coveted 2004-2005 AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize, the oldest award conferred by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), publisher of the journal Science. In a paper published ...UCI to study mitochondrial role in diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease
...ers and dementias -- clinical problems that remain elusive to traditional biomedical concepts and approaches. With the Doris Duke Clinical Interfaces Award -- which will provide funding for five years -- Wallace will lead a multidisciplinary team of UCI researchers, which include physicians Dr. Ping Wang, Dr...Scientists spot solitary stem cells in living bone marrow
...t know exactly where to find these extremely rare, elusive adult stem cells the only cells capable of forming all the different types of blood and immune cells found in mammals. Previous research suggested, and most scientists believed, that hematopoietic stem cells were clustered together somewhere in bone...Mark Estelle of Indiana University awarded Kumho International Science Prize
... searches by laboratories across the globe forthis elusive finding. Upon being notified that Dr. Estelle had won the award, ASPB President Michael Thomashow said "This is wonderful news about Mark. He is a superb scientist who has made seminal contributions to our understanding of hormone signaling. He is ...JCI table of contents: January 4, 2006
... marker proteins expressed on the surface of these elusive cells that can be used in future research to aid in their identification. They go on to note important differences between mouse and human stem cell markers. In an accompanying commentary, George Cotsarelis from University of Pennsylvania School of ...Searchers key in on ivory-billed woodpecker habitat
... "Elvis is the rock star," said Mallard about the elusive woodpecker. "It's one thing to have endangered species. It's another thing to have a species that's been gone for 60 years that reappeared." But he fully appreciates that the bird has brought attention, and could bring money, to the area in an era wh...Finally, male water fleas exposed
...iding biologists with their first glimpse of these elusive organisms. The UB research, published last month in Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, opens a new window on the biological diversity of several species of water fleas, including those in the genus Daphnia and the genus Bosmina, t...Winners of 2005 AAAS Science Journalism Awards
...s of fish farms to the search by physicists for an elusive force that shapes the universe and accelerates its expansion. "Monastersky's work stands out for its meticulous explanatory reporting of a remarkably broad range of scientific controversies," said Robert Lee Hotz of the Los Angeles Times. "I am deepl...Housecat-sized Siberian tiger cubs get collared
...n about the needs of Siberian tigers, an animal so elusive that few field researchers have seen them in their natural habitat. Researchers are particularly interested in understanding more about the mortality of tiger cubs, only half of which survive their first year. "By tracking these cubs, if we can som...Study finds protein is required for human chromosome production
... Chapel Hill School of Medicine have identified an elusive protein that performs a necessary step in the production of human chromosomes. The new study appears in the most recent issue (Oct. 7) of the journal Cell. The study found that a protein called CPSF73 acts like scissors to cut strands of histone me...Research shows where brain interprets 'pitch'
...imal auditory systems, yet its source has remained elusive to researchers for decades," says Xiaoqin Wang, Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical engineering and neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences. "The discovery of a pitch-processing area in the brain solves an age-...New tool to study elusive DNA structure could help reveal better understanding of cancer, diabetes
...oped a new tool to help unravel the function of an elusive DNA structure. The findings, which were presented today at the 230th national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Washington, D.C., could lead to a better understanding of diseases such as cancer and diabetes. The standard version of th...More proof of woodpecker revealed in audio recordings
...ce paper failed to provide definitive proof of the elusive woodpecker. In response to this ongoing scientific debate, Fitzpatrick and colleagues submitted their comments to PloS. They also provided sound recordings from Arkansas as further proof of the bird's survival. The audio files proved so convincing ...Small worm yields big clue on muscle receptor action
...iversity of Illinois at Chicago have identified an elusive subunit of a neurotransmitter receptor found in both humans and the much-studied laboratory nematode C. elegans which may open new pathways of research on muscle function. The neurotransmitter acetylcholine binds to two different nicotinic receptors ...DNA from feathers tells tale of eagle fidelity
...ool to help conservation biologists study rare and elusive birds of prey. The researchers used a technique called DNA fingerprinting to help them genetically "tag" individuals in the population without capture, said Jamie Rudnick, the paper's first author and a graduate student who conducted the study as par...LSU scientists develop new theory about human genome evolution by tracking 'stealth' DNA elements
...rigin and sequence composition. What has remained elusive to scientists, however, is how these elements persist and propagate over time and influence human evolution. In an attempt to understand this process, Batzer and his colleagues examined a sub-family of Alu elements in the human genome known as the A...Whole genome promoter mapping - Human Genome Project v2.0?
...he human genome, their control sequences have been elusive until now. "Promoters are a type of genetic switch that turn gene expression on or off. If we know where the promoters are, we can study how the genetic switches work in a cell, and investigate their connection to human diseases," said Dr. Ren, who i...Research zeros in on bipolar disorder genes, link with thyroid condition
...s, bringing researchers much closer to finding the elusive gene or genes. Another study finds an association between an abnormal thyroid condition and bipolar disorder, pointing to the possibility that a simple blood test could help identify those at risk. To further investigate more specific genetic linkag...