Making plant cells work like miniature factories
...mes Laboratory is a DOE Office of Science research facility operated by Iowa State University. The Lab conducts research into various areas of national concern, including energy resources, high-speed computer design, environmental cleanup and restoration, and the synthesis and study of new materials....Cancer gene MYC shown to activate gene involved in metastasis
... and lymphomas. With the help of Wistar's genomics facility headed by associate professor Louise C. Showe, Ph.D., McMahon and his colleagues sifted through nearly 10,000 genes before identifying MTA1 as a MYC target. Among the pressing issues still to be resolved is understanding precisely why MYC's activatio...$25 million NIH grant funds new technologies for rapid mass screening of radiation exposure
...re in the event of a terrorist attack on a nuclear facility or the detonation of a radiological "dirty bomb". Over five years, the team will develop new devices that can assess, within a few days of a potentially catastrophic radiological incident, the radiation doses received by hundreds of thousands of indi...A world-class research facility investigating diseases such as osteoarthritis, cardiovascular disease and cancer has been awarded a further 3 million to continue its groundbreaking work. The University of Manchester's Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research has had its core ...UTSA researchers awarded $6.4 million to study tularemia
...ratory (BSL3) at UTSA, a secure, access controlled facility requiring CDC certification and government security personnel clearances. Another larger BSL3 laboratory will soon open on campus allowing more researchers to collaborate on future grants....Scientists discover scaramanga gene's bond with breast cancer
... Cancer Research Centre. The centre, Europe's only facility dedicated to breast cancer research, has been producing pioneering research for just over five years. It is based in the Mary-Jean Mitchell Green Building at The Institute of Cancer Research. In less than five years, the centre has launched The Brea...The Future of Chemical Plant Security one-day symposium, Monday, Aug. 29
...ion to give DHS regulatory authority over chemical facility security and other recommendations to secure and protect the U.S. chemical infrastructure. ( PRES 15 , 1:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29) The American Chemical Society is a nonprofit organization, chartered by the U.S. Congress, with a multidisciplinary memb...'Australian-first' cancer research facility opens at UQ
A 'state-of-the-art' cancer facility funded by a $1.2 million grant from the Australian...in Brisbane today. "The work underway at this new facility is laying the groundwork for the kind of major advances in cancer research that the Australian Cance...A step closer to a malaria vaccine
...aven's National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS), a facility that produces x-ray, ultraviolet, and infrared light for research. The x-ray analysis showed that the segment consists of two distinct regions, called domains, and further revealed unusual features: long molecular loops extending outward from the cen...Major advance in the treatment of severe malaria in our region
...ies School of Health Research has a joint research facility in Timika in Papua province, eastern Indonesia. Hospitals in Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), and India also participated in the study, which was coordinated by the Wellcome Trust Unit in Bangkok, Thailand. The results of the trial are reported in the la...A powerful new tool for decoding gene functions in mammals and Man
...rity of mouse genes at a state-of-the-art research facility in China to systematically understand the functions of the mammalian genes. Xu expects the technique to be particularly useful for identifying genes and drug targets for diseases such as cancers and diabetes....New technique could alter field of mouse genetics
...rity of mouse genes at a state-of-the-art research facility in China. Xu expects the technique to be particularly useful for animal models of genetically complex diseases, such as diabetes, where many genes contribute to the disease process....The AIUM releases new statement regarding keepsake imaging
...videos"; and, 3. As added cost visits to a medical facility (office or hospital) outside the coverage of contractual arrangements between the provider and the patient's insurance carrier. The AIUM recommends that licensed medical professionals (either physicians or registered or registry-eligible sonographer...Mount Sinai receives NIH funding for stem cell research
...three year research initiative to establish a core facility to support and train scientists and to define the growth conditions and molecular characteristics required for maintaining human embryonic stem cells in an undifferentiated state. Scientists at the centers also will work on specific pilot projects to...NIGMS funds new stem cell centers
...e center grants. Each center will establish a core facility to support and train scientists and to define the growth conditions and molecular characteristics required for maintaining human embryonic stem cells in an undifferentiated state. Scientists at the centers also will work on specific pilot projects to...National Academies news: DOE should consider enhancing cleanup and stabilization
...t of Energy Savannah River Site, a nuclear weapons facility in South Carolina, should not necessarily be sealed as soon as the bulk of the waste has been removed, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies' National Research Council. Postponing closure of tanks with difficult-to-r...Medical leaders meet to commemorate National Biocontainment Lab construction start
...nstitute for Human Infections and Immunity. "This facility will make it possible to accelerate important scientific work to develop new vaccines, diagnostics and treatments for diseases like anthrax, plague, hemorrhagic fevers, typhus, West Nile fever, SARS, influenza and drug-resistant tuberculosis," he sai...First intensive marine finfish larviculture research & training workshop underway
Hampton, Va. -- At a Virginia Tech facility in Hampton, a group of visiting scholars from around the world are hard at work learning all about marine larviculture. In conjunction with the newly formed International Initiative for Sustainable and Biosecure Aquafarming (IISBA), Virginia Tech fac...Ossur acquires US orthotics company Royce Medical
...ing will be available in a revolving and guarantee facility but undrawn....Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology
... 1996 an outbreak of disease at a captive breeding facility in Idaho exhibiting anorexia, dehydration, diarrhea and sudden death claimed the lives of 68 falcons between two different species. Extensive testing on all the birds that died resulted in the identification of a new adenovirus species, distantly re...