Inefficient immune killer cells abet HIV infection
...his assumption, current HIV vaccine strategies are focusing on the CTL response. But it has proven difficult to study how much ultimate control the CTL response exerts over the virus in humans. In a new study published on-line in the open-access journal PLoS Biology , Becca Asquith, Angela McLean, and their...Biggest physics meeting of the year
...idify a region in the bulk of superfluid helium by focusing an even more powerful pulse of sound without the need for any nearby solid wall. Sebastien Balibar ( balibar@lps.ens.fr ), who will report the new results obtained with R. Ishiguro and F. Caupin, says that this work should not only help understanding...UCSB Neuroscience Research Institute: $1.25-million grant by Keck Foundation for Biomedical Research
...a pioneering multidisciplinary research initiative focusing on tiny RNA molecules-microRNAs-and their impact on the regulation of gene function. "The scientific knowledge that is likely to emerge from the proposed work will be fundamental for a comprehensive and deep understanding of the biological pathway to...Innovative technology for production of new pharmaceuticals forms basis of new company
...echnology platform onto the market. The company is focusing on (bio)pharma firms that are involved in the discovery, development, production, and commercialization of pharmaceuticals from plants. However, SoluCel-technology is generic and can also be applied to other sectors which utilizes plant-derived compo...Microbiology meeting focuses on myriad of topics
...tic mix of colloquia, symposia and poster sessions focusing on all aspects of microbiology and how it affects our lives. Approximately 3,000 individual presentations will be given during the course of the meeting and 10,000 people are expected to attend. Of special note: The opening session of the 106th Gen...Even fish don't swim well when they're young!
... previous theories of poor hatchling swimming, one focusing on the burst phase and the other on the coast.The former of the two explanations suggests that because the larvae are not very heavy they may not gain much momentum in the burst phase to carry over into the coast phase, while the latter theory states...Cancerous vs. healthy cells: Researchers identify the road to success
...they also may kill healthy cells. Researchers are focusing their efforts now on treatments that can target just the cancerous cells, without harming healthy tissue in their midst. These new types of drugs are known as targeted therapies, and physicians are studying their effectiveness and possible side effe...From Alzheimer's to schizophrenia: SNM reveals latest MI/NM research at annual meeting
...MTS present about 100 continuing education courses focusing on PET/CT, cardiovascular nuclear medicine, brain imaging, pediatrics, oncology and therapy, thyroid cancer and radiation safety. "Medical practitioners, technologists, scientists, physicists and pharmacists from around the world come to this premie...Upcoming NJIT conference focuses on Hurricane Katrina, technology, more
...NJIT) will host the event May 14-17, 2006. A panel focusing on Hurricane Katrina and how information technology did not work is expected to draw the largest crowd. "Researchers will detail how information management problems and information technology problems were significant factors in a failed response," ...Help for bleeding hearts: New research links a third protein to blood-clotting disorders
... and the university's physician-in-chief, has been focusing on a rare disorder known as Glanzmann thrombasthenia, in which platelets lack one of two proteins. Together, the two proteins -- ?IIb and ?3 -- create a cellular receptor that's involved in aggregating blood cells for coagulation; analyzing patients ...A broken stress response system can contribute to Gleevec resistance
...isease. Sherr's team is studying why that is true, focusing especially on a way to "re-sensitize" the tumor cells to Gleevec treatments. Chromosomes are the long, coiled molecules on which genes life's blueprints reside. So when chromosomes and genes are disrupted, the damage can lead to diseases, includin...HHMI's experiment in changing scientific culture
...c culture of historically successful laboratories, focusing in particular on what were the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology (MRC LMB) in Cambridge, England, and AT&T's Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey -- generally considered to have been the most successful institutions of ...Tyler Environmental Prize winners announced
... effects of external factors on freshwater bodies, focusing on climate change, alien fish species and cumulative effects of human activities. While Schindler studied global pressures on small ecosystems, Shiklomanov researched small pressures on global water supplies. He is best known for describing the conn...Potential vaccine developed for deadly leishmaniasis disease
...titute in Basel and Pevion Inc., a biotech company focusing on virosomal delivery systems. The group reported their findings in ACS Chemical Biology , one of 34 peer-reviewed journals published by the American Chemical Society, the worlds largest scientific society. Several leishmaniasis candidate vaccines a...Clues to breast cancer hidden inside stem cells
...er progression." The Icelandic researchers are now focusing their efforts on how endothelial cells convey signals to stem cells in normal breast formation and in cancer. In collaboration with another Icelandic research team, the Gudjonsson lab is now unraveling the role of tyrosine kinase receptors and their ...Whole-genome study at Johns Hopkins reveals a new gene associated with abnormal heart rhythm
...that we never would have imagined." So instead of focusing on so-called candidate genes with known functions that are highly suspect in heart beat rhythm, the team first focused on people who have extremely long or short QT intervals. The researchers used subjects from two population-based studies, about 180...Highlights from the May 2006 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...ute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, focusing on children in the United States who have diabetes. Participants in the study had either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes for at least 12 months. The researchers found that less than half the participants met current dietary recommendations for total fat, v...Children's Hospital Boston presents at the 2006 Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting
...s. Their zip-code map should be a useful guide for focusing scant injury-prevention resources. [5550.290] Million Dollar Zip Codes: A Spatial Analysis of Pediatric Injury Care Poster Session: Poster Session IV (12:00 PM - 1:30 PM), Board Number: 290...Research shows how visual stimulation turns up genes to shape the brain
... is only beginning to be understood. A new study focusing on the molecular roots of plasticity has found that visual stimulus turns up the expression of some genes and turns down the expression of others, somewhat like a conductor cueing the members of an orchestra. The study also found that during differen...SNM's 53rd Annual Meeting: Research brings new world of diagnosing, treating illness
...MTS present about 100 continuing education courses focusing on PET/CT, cardiovascular nuclear medicine, brain imaging, pediatrics, oncology and therapy, thyroid cancer and radiation safety. Members of SNM's Radiopharmaceutical Sciences and Computer and Instrumentation councils will present two 90-minute basic...