Insects, viruses could hold key for better human teamwork in disasters
...cutting-edge research in information technology to enable the rapid assembly and deployment of ad hoc, flexible networks of responders who act largely on the basis of local information. Such a strategy would be enormously helpful in helping us cope with disasters such as the recent tsunami in the Indian Oce...DFG awards 2004 Bernd Rendel Prize
...2002. The awards, worth 2000 each, are designed to enable young scientists who have not yet received their doctorate to take part in international conferences and symposia. The prizewinners: Raik Bachmann , GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam During his studies, Raik Bachmann focussed on the quality of ores and s...DOE JGI launches IMG public online microbial genome data clearinghouse
...g centers. It is our hope that the IMG system will enable our scientists to tap the rich diversity of microbial environments and harness the possibilities that they hold for addressing challenges in environmental cleanup, medicine, agriculture, industrial processes, and alternative energy production." The D...Study finds Seroquel effective and well tolerated
...al Impression of Change (CGI-C) scale, designed to enable clinicians to rate the level of improvement in symptoms. Cognitive decline was assessed using the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE). The trial results showed1: AD patients receiving SEROQUEL 200mg/day experienced significantly reduced symptoms...UCLA scientists store materials in cells' natural vaults
... like viruses. IMPACT: The UCLA discovery will enable many potential applications, including: Therapeutic delivery, such as homing cancer drugs directly to a tumor cell without harming healthy tissue Enzyme delivery to replace missing or defective enzymes, such as those that cause Tay Sachs disease ...Florida Tech scientist earns $1.7 million NSF grant
... Tech of nearly $1.7 million over three years will enable the university to work with Brevard County high school science teachers to develop new learning modules. "This award will have a significant impact on our graduate program and will help foster a vital partnership with K-12 schools throughout the co...Robot-based system developed at Carnegie Mellon detects life in Chile's Atacama desert
...ed very well, and something like it ultimately may enable robots to look for life on Mars," said Alan Waggoner, Atacama team member and director of the Molecular Biosensor and Imaging Center at the university's Mellon College of Science. The "Life in the Atacama" 2004 field season from August to mid-Octob...Consortium to create comprehensive tools for uncovering the functions of human, mouse genes
...in RNAs or shRNAs) that target specific genes will enable the systematic investigation of most human and mouse genes. A powerful feature of this library is that it can be efficiently transformed into a viral mode that is easily introduced into many cell lines and primary cells used in biomedical research. ...UCLA launches $20 million stem cell institute to investigate HIV, cancer and neurological disorders
... Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine will enable us to continue fostering such interdisciplinary co...ars to launch the campuswide institute, which will enable teams of researchers to compete for state grants created by the passage of Proposition 71. The money...Harnessing microbes, one by one, to build a better nanoworld
... one. Built into a sensor, such a capability would enable real-time detection of dangerous biological agents, including anthrax and other microbial pathogens. "The results here are significant because while there has been much attention paid to the ability to manipulate nanoscale objects such as nanotubes a...Nanotechnology's progress and challenges addressed during ACS meeting
...chemistry are uniquely compatible. Nanoscience can enable the discovery of greener products and processes. At the same time, the tools of green chemistry can guide nano developments. A University of Oregon chemist, who last year received a patent for a greener method of synthesizing gold nanoparticles, ex...Carnegie Mellon scientists develop tool that uses MRI to visualize gene expression in living animals
...g off-the-shelf molecular biology tools we can now enable living cells to change their MRI contrast via genetic instructions." "The new imaging method is a platform technology that can be adapted for many tissue types and for a range of preclinical uses in conjunction with emerging molecular therapeutic str...Antibodies from plants protect against anthrax
...ffective, highly stable medical countermeasures to enable authorities to treat individuals exposed to bioterror agents such as anthrax," says Les Baillie of the Naval Medical Research Center. Dr. Baillie, who is also associated with the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, conducted his research ...Trio of leukemias share a single mutation
... the researchers sent the patients kits that would enable collection of blood and mouth-swab samples by mail, said Gilliland. The patients were instructed to have their blood drawn at their local clinic, and the researchers obtained clinical records from the patients' physicians. Gilliland concluded that th...Wine, music and schizophrenia genes
...cz will now investigate. The new funding also will enable Brzustowicz's research into a recently described class of genes that functions differently from the standard model. Generally, a gene serves as a template for the production of RNA, which then carries genetic information to manufacture a protein that...In the sea slug's defense against lobsters, confusion is key
...ffects, in distracting the lobster sufficiently to enable the slug's successful evasion. Because the set of behaviors stimulated by the slug's secretions resemble activation of a feeding pathway, the researchers named this novel chemical defense "phagomimicry." The stickiness of the slug's secretions appear...Gene variations explain drug dose required to control seizures
...articular genes patients with epilepsy carry might enable doctors to better predict the dose of drugs necessary to control their seizures, suggest basic findings by researchers at the Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (IGSP) and the University College London. Patients often undergo a le...Autism linked to mirror neuron dysfunction
... of California, San Diego, the brain circuits that enable people to perceive and understand the actions of others do not behave in the usual way. According to the new study, currently in press at the journal Cognitive Brain Research, electroencephalograph (EEG) recordings of 10 individuals with autism show...Scientists seek answers on what activates deadly anthrax spores
...e regulatory signals that promote germination will enable discoveries leading to drugs that block the process." The research is being paid for by a $152,687 grant from the Southeast Regional Center of Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infections, based at Duke University, one of eight such regional cent......tead. Treating their sleep disorder, we think, can enable their brain to have some control over unwanted behavior." Seventy-three percent of the children studied -- 22 of the 30 -- met clinical criteria for inattention or hyperactivity, according to Carney, who conducted the research with Eileen Fennell, a ...