Seeking better cancer treatments
...Germany) and IBET. "Schering has had an extremely fruitful collaboration with Professor Carrondo and her group for many years. It is this exchange of expertise and ideas between two organisations which leads to such positive results," says Professor Dr Peter Donner, Head of Protein Chemistry at Schering. In ...Novel asthma study shows multiple genetic input required; single-gene solution shot down
...these regions using association analysis may prove fruitful for uncovering additional loci that contribute to" human asthma. Since both mouse lines had a lesser degree of AHR than the parental strain, this "suggests the maximally severe phenotype depends on inheritance of more than the two interacting loci ...UAlbany CNSE enters NanoBio alliance with Albert Einstein College of Medicine
...n New York State and we look forward to a long and fruitful collaborative partnership," said Ira M. Millstein, Chairman of the Board of Overseers of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. "As nanotechnology and medicine become ever more entwined, we believe that partnerships such as ours with the impressiv...Nobel Laureate Sydney Brenner receives 2005 UCSD/Merck Life Science Achievement Award
...s that Brenner has been responsible for during his fruitful scientific career. Brenner received his Nobel Prize for his contributions involving the discoveries about how genes regulate organ growth and the process of programmed cell death. He also showed that the tiny transparent worm C. elegans was useful fo...UB conference to gather leaders in 'computational anatomy'
...available biomedical data in ways that also can be fruitful in leading to new clinical discoveries?" he asks. "One answer is in terms of spatial relations. Everything that takes place in the body takes place at some spatial location, but our understanding of the spatial structure of the human body is still in...Satellite maps will ease plight of endangered mountain gorillas
...ngered mountain gorillas with satellites came to a fruitful finish in Paris, with end-users receiving final ma...ntal organisations working in these places. "This fruitful partnership is an example of the potential of space technology to support the implementation of the ...Meditation skills of Buddhist monks yield clues to brain's regulation of attention
In an unusual but fruitful collaboration between Tibetan Buddhist monks and neuroscientists, researchers have uncovered clues to how mental states--and their underlying neural mechanisms--can impact conscious visual experience. In their study, reported in the June 7 issue ofCu...Researchers make 'embryonic-like' stem cells from umbilical cord blood
...ward to the next phase of what was proving to be a fruitful collaboration. "We plan to use this technology to engineer pancreatic tissue as we work towards our goal of developing a cure for type 1 diabetes," he added. The team's report will be published in the Cell Proliferation Journal on 18 August....Pinpointing the cause of a neurodegenerative disorder
...gator at Baylor, set the researchers off in a more fruitful direction. Bellen's team was doing experiments designed to identify proteins that interact with the Drosophila protein, Senseless. His group discovered serendipitously that Senseless interacts with the Ataxin-1 domain and is important for nervous sys...Transporters for the brain chemical serotonin provide
...ernal serotonin targets represents an exciting and fruitful area for basic biology and drug development. Michael Levin, Ph.D. is Associate Member of the Staff, is an Associate Member of the Staff in The Forsyth Institute Department of Cytokine Biology. Through experimental approaches and mathematical modeling...Sahara's edge studied from ground, air and space to improve water management
... Netherlands. "AquiferEx is a good example of the fruitful interplay between satellite remote sensing, air-borne campaigns and ground-truthing," added Saradeth. "It demonstrates the complementary nature of each and emphasises their individual importance. AquiferEx and Aquifer stand also for successful cooper...Grant allows ASU archaeologist to study how environment influences evolution
...believes a team-based approach will result in more fruitful research than the typically exclusive work done by specialists. "This really is a transdisciplinary research project," Marean said. "Breaking down the boundaries between disciplines is very hard, but when you bring everyone together to interpret the ...How the brain learns to become addicted
...naling pathways for orexin and CRF may prove to be fruitful targets in the search for addiction medications." Bonci and his colleagues based their experiments on past studies by other researchers showing that orexins are important regulatory peptides released by a brain center called the lateral hypothalamus....A rare alliance forged to protect Wisconsin waters
...of legislators and regulators, the WBI process was fruitful in creating a new dialogue between UW-Madison scientists and the rest of Wisconsin, Nowak says. "Our scientists came in as equals and were able to learn the concerns of citizens, while citizens had a chance to learn how difficult it can be to do good...No-mow grass may be coming to your yard soon
...ould also enable the development of sturdier, more fruitful crop plants such as rice, wheat, soybeans, and corn. In a paper published in the May 4, 2006, issue of the journal Nature, Howard Hughes Medical Institute scientists report they have deciphered the signaling pathway for a key class of steroid hor...Personality and parents' alcoholism interact to influence a person's risk of becoming an alcoholic
...' has been largely rejected," he said, "it remains fruitful to identify personality traits that predict addiction to substances, as identification of certain maladaptive personality traits may inform etiology, prevention and intervention." "Some rethinking of the relation between personality and addiction ma...Dragon Symposium highlights success of projects
...ntific results achieved so far, after two years of fruitful cooperation. The Dragon Programme a joint undertaking between ESA, MOST and the National Remote Sensing Centre of China (NRSCC) is a wide-ranging research initiative designed to encourage increased exploitation of ESA Earth Observation (EO) satelli...Good times ahead for dinosaur hunters, according to U of Penn scientist's dinosaur census
...fe bet that a child born today could expect a very fruitful career in dinosaur paleontology," said Dodson, professor of anatomy in Penn's School of Veterinary Medicine and professor in Penn's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. "Unfortunately, there is a finite limit to what can be discovered, so...Caterpillars tell us how bacteria cause disease
...rs survive immune attack. "This work has several fruitful outcomes," according to Dr Waterfield. "Not only does using this approach reveal 'cryptic' virulence genes, which ordinarily might be masked by more potent factors (when dealing with the whole bacterium), but by using insects instead it will also hel...... place to do science. Both sides will benefit from fruitful cooperation," concludes Roland Lohkamp, the German Ambassador to Romania. German-Romanian research cooperation has a long tradition, with an emphasis in mathematics, physics and chemistry. The DFG has been collaborating with both of Romania's main...