AAAS analysis finds Congress would add billions to FY 2008 R&D investment
...osed new R&D spending. Critics say that earmarking encourages spending for pet projects in lawmakers home districts, and Congress placed a moratorium on them last year. The AAAS R&D Budget Program has been tracking federal R&D funding trends since 1976 as a service to the science, engineering and policymaking...ASBMB taps 8 scientists and 1 politician for top awards
...Development Committee, is given to a scientist who encourages effective teaching and learning of biochemistry and molecular biology through his or her own teaching, leadership in education, writing, educational research, mentoring or public enlightenment. ...Nottingham biosciences million pound injection
...al forms a highly porous scaffold structure, which encourages new tissues to form. The unique scaffold mechanism also assists the delivery of stem cells and drugs without compromising their effectiveness. This offers a substantial opportunity to deliver a cure to patients with bone, liver, heart or nerve tiss...Complementary therapy for infertile women may reduce chances of pregnancy
...it may simply be that persistent treatment failure encourages women to seek out CATs because they are more willing to try anything to get pregnant. The next step for the researchers is to study the same group over a five year period and see how many become pregnant in the longer term. It is important to ...New approaches to endometriosis treatment -- mouse experiments point the way
...esis the formation of new blood vessels which is encourages endometriosis by providing a rich blood supply. Dr. Edurne Novella-Maestre and colleagues from the Valencia Infertility Institute (IVI), Spain, studied Vascular Endometrial Growth Factor (VEGF), which is known to be particularly involved in the ang...New $1.16 million study investigates how dietary iron is used by cells
...ed Metals In Medicine, he noted. This announcement encourages studies that lead to the identification and characterization of the macromolecular players and vesicular compartments involved in metal ion homeostasis and metal trafficking. ...MU researchers to study the status of black bears in Missouri
... a fantastic learning experience for me. MU really encourages undergraduate participation in research, and I have been fortunate to receive support from the College of Arts and Science, as well as the Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program to conduct this research, Faries said. ...Threats to wild tigers growing
...hreat, the authors argue. Any trade in tiger parts encourages poaching, because products made from animals farmed at great expense cannot be distinguished from products made from wild tigers. Because tigers must be able to roam over large areas, long-term conservation of the species will need planning that inv...Natural immune-control system may aid treatment of autoimmune disease and tissue rejection
... natural system for regulating the immune response encourages us that it can be the basis of an effective therapy for a variety of immunological conditions." Autoimmune disease and tissue rejection pose a complex challenge to scientists. Both problems result from an attack by immune system cells -- which are ...UCLA AIDS Institute researchers find a peptide that encourages HIV infection
...foreign invaders is reversed, the peptide actually encourages infection with HIV. The findings, published in the April issue of AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, could pave the way for the use of such peptides in gene therapy using HIV-based vectors as the delivery method. "Although it may seem counteri...Drylands are not the same as badlands
...ted cookers in a remote village. The report also encourages tapping the knowledge and memory of people who live on drylands. And it urges local and outside people and groups with vested interests to work together on maintenance issues. "There have been a lot of misconceptions that people who live there are ...Survival of the rarest: Fruit flies shed light on the evolution of behavior
...n nature. "In the case of fruit flies, one variant encourages the survival of the other. In essence, there is not one best type of fly," he says. If this process is common in nature, it may offer one explanation for why individuals, in general, vary so much from one to another in almost all species. The rese...Enhanced environment restores memory in mice with neurodegeneration
...treated the mice with a specific type of drug that encourages neuronal growth. The new studies suggest two promising avenues for treatment that might alleviate learning deficits and memory loss in humans with Alzheimer's disease or other neurodegenerative diseases. The results of the experiments suggest that ...Scientists unravel clue in cortisol production
...r production of cyclic AMP (cAMP), a chemical that encourages proteins to interact. So they began by causing the cells to make more cAMP. Then as the proteins assembled on the DNA, they tested the cells at different intervals in order to get a snapshot of which proteins were interacting, both with each other an...Similar brain chemicals influence aggression in fruit flies and humans
...titute is dedicated to a research environment that encourages creativity and innovation in a collaborative atmosphere with true freedom of scientific inquiry, in the expectation that such an environment provides the best chance for making vital advances for the benefit of mankind....Massive coral death atrributed to earthquake
...covery process will be enhanced by management that encourages sustainable uses of these ecosystems and the protection of critical habitats and species to help this process". ...Massive coral death attributed to earthquake
...covery process will be enhanced by management that encourages sustainable uses of these ecosystems and the protection of critical habitats and species to help this process."...AIBS honors outstanding contributions to the biological sciences
... the National Ecological Observatory Network. She encourages collaboration between scientists and educators, trains teachers to use their schoolyards for ecological investigations with students, and practices new assessment strategies to clearly connect teaching and learning. Niles Eldredge will recei...Leanest teens are biggest energy users and consumers
...This allows your child to eat more calories, which encourages more healthy eating habits while remaining in energy balance." Unfortunately, even the leanest of the 661 healthy black and white Augusta teens didn't have great eating habits, researchers note. In fact, researchers couldn't compare the diet qua......fessor Stratton, Dr Futreal and colleagues further encourages the conclusion that a full assault on the cancer genome will yield many opportunities to revolutionize diagnosis and treatment."...