Study reveals developing countries with recipe for thriving health biotech industries
...uccess, the study found. Cuba has applied for or holds at least 400 patents in the biotechnology field. Although Cuba has had success, limited access to foreign investment in the capitalistic world of biotechnology, the U.S. trade embargo and the inability of Cuban scientists to enter the U...INEEL honors five scientists as Laboratory Fellows
...lows in the revitalized program. William Apel holds a Ph.D. in microbiology from Ohio State University...and bioremediation journals. James Delmore holds a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Missouri at Columbia. In 38 years at INEEL, he ...Scientists solve the mystery of how Botox attacks nerves and eliminates wrinkles
...a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator who holds professorships in three Stanford departments-molecular and cellular physiology, neurology and neurological sciences, and the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL). "The seven botulinum neurotoxins cut SNARE proteins at different sites alon...MIT team engineers new approaches to understanding malaria, more
...uresh, the Ford Professor of Engineering, who also holds appointments in MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering and Biological Engineering Division. In the Acta Biomaterialia paper, the researchers report doing just that. "We provide the first quantitative force versus displacement results on how the d...New model of rare childhood blindness holds promise for testing preventive therapies
...tory model for a rare, inherited form of blindness holds promise that scientists might one day be able to test new treatments to prevent or cure this devastating disease of the retina. This finding, from investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Columbia University, will be published in th...VA patients get better chronic, preventive care than similar US adults
...m, the VA uses a quality measurement approach that holds regional managers accountable for several processes in preventive care and in the management of common chronic conditions. Acting VA Under Secretary for Health Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, FACP, said: "This study confirms that using ele...Loyola sets another world record for smallest baby at 8.6 ounces
...-216-9000. LOYOLA'S HIGH-RISK PROGRAM: Loyola now holds the record of delivering and caring for the two smallest babies in the world. In addition, Loyola has cared for more than 1,700 newborns weighing less than two pounds in the past two decades. From 1936 to December of 2004, there were 62 newborns worl...Inexpensive, mass-produced genes at core of synthetic biology advances at UH
...sciences research. Atactic Technologies currently holds the license to this breakthrough technology, called picoarray gene synthesis. UH and the University of Michigan are co-holders of the patents to these DNA microchip technologies. Prior to coming to UH in 1992, Gao was a senior investigator at Glax...'Jumping gene' helps explain immune system's abilities
...nding how Hermes and other jumping genes work also holds clues to fighting bacterial infections, improving gene therapies and tackling disease-carrying insects, Craig notes. Bacterial jumping genes can protect bacteria from certain antibiotics. Scientists also are studying jumping genes as vectors to carry...Needling chromosomes yields insights into cell division
...vealed when the "glue" protein called cohesin that holds chromatids was degraded during cell division. Also, microscopic studies had shown that there appeared to be two separate chromatids during an early stage of cell division, so it was believed that they had detached from one another at that time. "What...Stem cell therapy for ailing hearts
...ocardial infarction with stem cell transplantation holds great promise for treating heart failure," writes David Stern, MD, dean of the Medical College of Georgia, and colleagues in the Cell Transplantation editorial accompanying the USF study. "Additional preclinical animal studies are warranted and shoul...Stowers researcher answers fundamental question of cell death
..." Dr. Du joined the Stowers Institute in 2001. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from Beijing Normal Universi... Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She currently holds a secondary appointment as an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Unive...Key molecule in plant photo-protection identified
...fessor with UC Berkeley, and Kris Niyogi, who also holds joint appointments with Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley. Its results are reported in the January 21, 2005 issue of the journal Science. Co-authoring the paper with Fleming and Niyogi were Nancy Holt, plus Donatas Zigmantas, Leonas Valkunas and Xiao-Pin...University of Arizona receives IBM grant for massive virtual storage system for life sciences data
...e are excited about the possibilities this project holds for our ability to carry out biomedical and life-science research. Developing more advanced, integrated storage capabilities will significantly improve research processes and simplify our infrastructure," said Cusanovich. "Working with IBM on this pr...Man and mouse share genome structures
...y to take global views of chromatin in human cells holds tremendous promise for unraveling this mystery."...How many comparative genomes are enough?
...n factors), 3 to 15 genomes are needed. The model holds up well when applied to simulations of realistic nucleotide evolution patterns. It also accurately predicts results derived from existing genome comparisons. "No one had actually written out the case for why we are proposing to sequence the koala an...Key mechanism in genetic inheritance during cell division identified
...es bundling," says Eva Nogales, a biophysicist who holds joint appointments with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), the University of California at Berkeley, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). "If ring formation takes place in vivo, it could be the mechanism by which ch...Biodiversity hotspots identify conservation priorities
...as a measure of endemism, and each of the hotspots holds at least half a percent of the total diversity of vascular plants as endemics; this translates to 1,500 species of vascular plants found exclusively within its boundaries. Degree of threat is determined by the percentage of remaining habitat, with ea...Fourth Stowers researcher awarded Basil O'Connor Award
...imary appointment at the Stowers Institute, Dr. Li holds an academic appointment as assistant professor in the Department of Pathology at The University of Kansas School of Medicine....Ingestion of afterbirth appears to promote maternal behavior in mammals
...vioral neuroscientist at the University at Buffalo holds that the ingestion of afterbirth by a mother, a feature of pregnancy in nearly all non-human mammals, not only relieves postpartum pain, but optimizes the onset of maternal behavior by mediating the activity of specific opioid activity circuits in th...