NIH awards nearly $11.5 million to support science education programs
... In the initial three-year phase, partnerships are formed among biomedical and clinical researchers, educators, community groups, and other interested organizations to create programs that provide a better understanding of scientific research. In a second, two-year phase these SEPA-generated curricula are b...JDRF forms partnership with MacroGenics
... diabetes research, announced today that they have formed a partnership with MacroGenics, Inc., a Maryland-based biotechnology company that specializes in developing therapeutics for autoimmune diseases, cancer and infectious diseases. Through this new partnership, JDRF is providing up to $2 million in ...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
... receptors to downstream signaling cascades. DISC1 formed a ternary complex joining Grb2 to Kinesin-1, an association required for Grb2 transport to distal axon segments. The complex containing Grb2 participated in axonal elongation mediated by NT-3 (neurotrophin 3). 3. Sweet and Sweetener Units Stuart ...How many genes does it take to learn? Lessons from sea slugs
... work using Aplysia as a model of how memories are formed in the human brain. Despite its simple nervous system - Aplysia has about 10,000 large neurons that can be easily identified, compared with about one hundred billion neurons in humans - the animal is capable of learning and its brain cells communic...HYMS researchers focus on human evolution
...gy and Evolutionary Origins, while at Hull we have formed a partnership with colleagues in Engineering and Computer Science in establishing the Centre for Medical Engineering and Technology," he added. "Through the grant support we have raised we have been able to pick the best students and post doctoral ...Cellular cues identified for stroke recovery
...itotic, genetic, and viral labeling, tracked newly formed neuroblasts (immature brain cells from which mature adult neurons form) as they traveled through healthy brain tissue to the stroke area. Once there, these immature neurons wrapped themselves around the immature vascular cells that were in the proces...New ergonomic backpack lightens the load
...cal work against each other," says Rome. Rome has formed a company called Lightning Packs LLC to further develop and commercialize the backpack. He and his colleagues will be focusing on reducing the backpack's weight and making a smaller daypack version. Lightning Packs has already received funding throug...Dinosaurs -- stones did not help with digestion
...sts conclude, the intestines of the sauropods were formed in such a way that the food was retained there for a very long time, in order to improve the digestive process. There is another group of dinosaurs, however, whose remains of gastric stones can be linked up with a birdlike gastric mill, according t...Researchers find stem-cell therapy effective in targeting metastatic cancer
...hat had been given neuroblastoma cells, which then formed tumors. After waiting a few days to allow the stem cells to migrate to the tumors, researchers administered a precursor-drug. When it reached the stem cells, the drug interacted with an enzyme the stem cells expressed, and was converted into an acti......d describe gibbon songs as a 'crescendo of notes', formed by combining up to seven notes including 'wa', 'hoo', 'sharp wow' and 'waoo' into more complex structures or 'phrases'. The researchers wanted to establish whether there were any differences between the typical duetting morning song and that del...Professors to develop hand-held pathogen testing device
... of Michigan's Department of Chemical Engineering, formed a cross-disciplinary team to develop this technolo...e device. AquaBioChip LLC, a Lansing-based company formed by the same team through a previous grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corp., will test th...Underground air might cause DNA damage
... underground system largely comprise iron, and are formed by the abrasion of the train wheels against the rails. The damage is caused when these particles enter the body and form free radicals in the bodys cells. Free radicals are highly reactive molecules that can prove harmful to the cells DNA; although s...Researchers barcode DNA of Venice museum's vast fungi collection
...t a kick start when the Venice Society of Mycology formed in the late 1980s to monitor the mycological flora...amples represented over 1,200 species of fungi and formed the foundation of the museum's present collection. Garbelotto noted that the relatively young age ...JCI table of contents: December 14, 2006
... of the mouse gene encoding FoxM1 after tumors had formed but while tumors were still growing, caused a substantial decrease in the number of tumors in the liver. A similar decrease was observed when mice with pre-existing tumors were treated with a cell-penetrating peptide inhibitor of FoxM1, ARF2644. Furt...UCSF stem cell study reveals cells' capability in mouse brain tissue repair
...y and biochemistry at UCSF. "The holes that had formed in the brain ventricular wall had largely been repaired. These adolescent mice looked quite good. The finding shows that the brain has the ability to repair itself and that it is more plastic than previously appreciated." The model Kuo devised, say...News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
...e produced by the vasculature, the number of newly formed neurons increased. 3. Localizing Vocal Emotions Jane E. Warren, Disa A. Sauter, Frank Eisner, Jade Wiland, M. Alexander Dresner, Richard J. S. Wise, Stuart Rosen, and Sophie K. Scott The sound of laughter or cheering typically makes us smile or...Squid-inspired design could mean better handling of underwater vehicles
...ing the formation of vortex rings, much like those formed by squid and jellyfish to move themselves underwater. Vortex rings are formed when a burst of fluid shoots out of an opening, moving in one direction and spreading out as it curl...A fisheye view of the deadliest breast cancer
... confocal microscopy. While the parental MDA cells formed tightly packed aggregates, RhoC-overexpressing cells scattered within the fish tissue. RhoC overexpression also increased tumor cell membrane dynamics leading to continuous shedding of small cellular fragments. The transparent fish also let the re...A new approach to growing heart muscle
...s. The measurement showed that the BEHM that had formed in just four days after a million cells were layered on fibrin gel could contract with an active force of more than 800 micro-Newtons. That's still only about half the force generated within the tissue of an actual beating heart, but it's much higher...STAR*D study examines effect of genetic variation in treatment resistant depression
... in the brain through which neural connections are formed and lost. Patients who carried all 3 response-associated polymorphisms were 40% more likely to respond to treatment than those who carried none of them. Other investigators have knocked down genes involved with neurogenesis or blocked neurogenesi...