The long road to a promising malaria vaccine started at NYU School of Medicine
...ancet, a medical journal. "This is really fantastic news," says Dr. Victor Nussenzweig. "It is the first time that a vaccine has been shown to protect against severe malaria, which is a major cause of death in children in Africa. It is not yet an ideal vaccine because it is expensive, requires three d...To save dolphin's dorsal fin experts combine medical technology and teamwork
...y lucky young dolphin." "Liko's progress has been fantastic and he's well on his way to healing completely," said Stephen Badylak, D.V.M., M.D., Ph.D., the University of Pittsburgh tissue engineering expert enlisted by Dolphin Quest. "The things we've learned working together to save Liko's dorsal fin will he...Seeking better cancer treatments
...onal co operation." "EUREKA has provided us with a fantastic opportunity. It has enabled us to build up an excellent partnership with a leading company and to be involved from a very early stage of the research."...New fossil may be closest yet to ancestor of all great apes
...ower and middle Miocene in Africa, we have found a fantastic diversity of primitive hominoids with monkey-like body structures. In Eurasia, apes appeared suddenly in middle Miocene -- before then primates there were nearly unknown. For that reason, the source area in my opinion is Africa," he said. Th...Zebrafish study yields observation of muscle formation
...w fast muscle fibers form in zebrafish, which is a fantastic model system for development in general and muscular dystrophy in particular," says Henry....Queen's biologist awarded Canada's top science prize
... receive the NSERC Award of Excellence. "This is fantastic news," says Vice-Principal (Research) Kerry Rowe. "John and his colleagues have done some truly outstanding work in demonstrating how paleolimnological techniques can better inform our understanding of long term environmental change. NSERC has recog...ASU researchers finds novel chemistry at work to provide parrot's vibrant red colors
...rds, in that they almost without exception display fantastic colors but exhibit very little variation in color within a species at least in colors visible to us. Parrots in general may not be using color in the classic cases of mate choice or competitive ability," he said. "Exactly why they are so uniformly c...Solutions that reduce death of marine life reeled in by International Smart Gear Competition
... we looked for real-world solutions to protect the fantastic variety of marine life, increase efficiency and profitability for fishermen, and preserve the bounty of the sea for future generations. Today, I'm happy to announce our competition reeled in three promising innovations." These three practical solutio...DOE JGI announces 2006 Community Sequencing Program portfolio
...n-chief of The Plant Cell. "The genus Mimulus is a fantastic model system for this problem, exhibiting two different types of speciation, one being the evolution of pollinator specificity and the other being the evolution of mating systems." M. guttatus is also quite tolerant of soil conditions that would be t...Scientists journey to southern Africa to unravel the secret world of elephant communication
...ll is scanning the horizon for elephants. "It's so fantastic here," she says. "We're constantly seeing elephants, rhinos, zebras, ostriches--it's the Garden of Eden." A research associate in the Stanford University School of Medicine, O'Connell-Rodwell has come to one of Africa's premiere wildlife sanctuaries ...First frozen egg baby born in Canada
...a to achieve this success," says Dr. Tan. "This is fantastic news for both the family and for fertility health research and we would like to congratulate the parents on the birth of their first child." The mother, a 26-year-old patient of the McGill Reproductive Centre, had suffered from infertility for two ye...Deadly infectious entity of prions discovered
... the prions from humans and other mammals. "It's a fantastic system to study the structural components of prions and measure infectivity," Riek said. "This discovery is very interesting from a basic scientific point of view because it shows that a specific conformation of the prion protein is the infectious en......ere the real problem is, we can use the model as a fantastic tool for drug discovery. We can tell drug developers precisely where the anomaly is and where they should focus drug discovery efforts."...CryoSat arrives safely at launch site in Russia
...not the first time that ESA has used an Antonov, a fantastic plane indeed, to transport satellites to their launch site. Loading the plane was just a routine operation. The train transport between Archangel and Plesetsk was also uneventful, thanks to the wide experience gained by Eurockot and Khrunichev during...UQ researcher awarded top international honour
...award. "Receiving the Eisenhower Fellowship was a fantastic opportunity for me and allowed me to meet and talk with very important and influential people in my field. Now, Melissa has the opportunity to experience this priceless opportunity," he said. Professor Little's research is focused on developing new ...GSA should stand for 'going strong again' for the UC Department of Geology as always
...unbeatable setting for the exchange of ideas and a fantastic opportunity for students to test their presenting skills. "As the newest member of the faculty, it is really encouraging to see so many of my colleagues and our students actively involved in this important meeting. This is particularly impressive g...Amazing nanotech in Boston: Weighing DNA, digital heat flow, electromechanical butterfly images
... temperature. This, says Bockrath, underscores the fantastic potential of nanotubes as thermal conduits....Non-drug hypertension treatment device effectively reduces blood pressure in hypertensive diabetics
...f systolic blood pressure (p<0.005). "This is fantastic news for the diabetes community and for InterCure" said Erez Gavish, President & CEO of InterCure, the developer of RESPeRATE. "Diabetes treatment is all about self-care and empowerment and the RESPeRATE fits right in. The device is already used by m...Scientists move forward understanding of schizophrenia
...e root causes of mental disorder. "This has been a fantastic combined effort. The collaboration between the Universities of Edinburgh and of Glasgow, jointly with our research colleagues at Merck Sharpe and Dohme has really made this happen. "It is now clear that the DISC1 gene plays an important role in the r...Thousands of Scots families to help scientists improve nation's health
...Genome Project, completed in 2003, would give us a fantastic opportunity to understand how the genes we inherit influence our health. Now we want to apply this knowledge to the benefit of all. Generation Scotland brings together research experts across Scotland in a ground breaking and hugely ambitious collabo...