Highlights of chemical society national meeting in San Diego, March 13-17
...killing protein (enkephalin) into the virus in the hope that these genes will help cure brain cancer and c... capable of producing clinical-grade vectors, they hope to begin human clinical trials within the next year, they say. ( BIOT 119 , Tuesday, March 15, 10:40...Chemists identify key gene in development of type 1 diabetes
...ble to produce insulin. Al-Abed and his associates hope that the experimental compound can one day be developed into a long-acting oral drug that could be taken by prediabetic people to achieve lasting protection, perhaps a lifetime. But such a drug would take years to develop and test, the researchers ca...Key target for Foot and Mouth drug revealed
...has probed the specificity of the 3C enzyme in the hope of developing peptide-like inhibitors, similar to those successful in tackling HIV. Professor Leatherbarrow is mapping out the key amino acid sequences that the protease snips in-between, a process called 'peptide cleavage analysis'. "We've determine...Mitsubishi offsets carbon footprint through investment in Madagascar's rain forest
...he planet is environmentally responsible. I truly hope that carbon offsets like these become customary. The project in Madagascar contributes not only to the protection of the rain forest, but also to the sustainable development of the local community. I feel projects like these are worthy of support by ...TEL2 gene cooperates with MYC gene to provoke B-cell lymphomas
...e lymphoblastic leukemia. "These results offer new hope for improved diagnosis," said Monica Cardone, Ph.D., a postdoctoral student in Grosveld's laboratory who did much of the work on this project. "TEL2 should be considered a new diagnostic marker, especially in patients who don't have the classic genet...Breath may help diagnose infection
... to infection vary based on infectious agent, they hope to create cytokine profiles that will help identify specific diseases. They are also working on redesigning the breath collector with an eye towards getting it approved by the Food and Drug Administration....Tiny scaffolding allows stem cells to become working fat cells
...ls require to do their work. This discovery offers hope of a new approach to growing fat tissue for use in...he cells alive and thriving for several months and hope to maintain them for up to a year. "We know that the environment in which a community of cells finds...Harvard, Texas A&M scientists develop new laser
...and improving the device's design, the researchers hope their work will lead to a new generation of "tunable" compact lasers that can operate at almost any wavelength of the invisible light spectrum, including the Terahertz range. Because Terahertz radiation can easily penetrate through packages and cloth...Trio of leukemias share a single mutation
...malfunction that causes these disorders raises the hope that researchers may be able to devise a targeted therapy, just as they have done for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), which is presently treated with Gleevec. The three leukemias that share a common genetic cause are polycythemia vera (PV), essen...Where's Waldo's DNA? New NIST SRM joins search
...uclear DNA from a population of individuals in the hope of identifying specific mutations responsible for genetic diseases. To help the research community develop and test more sensitive techniques for detecting low-frequency mutations in heteroplasmic DNA, NIST researchers have developed a new Standard R...UT Southwestern researchers uncover gene variant that appears to predict type 2 diabetes
...er examine the specific protein involved, with the hope of eventually identifying people at risk for type 2 diabetes and developing drug therapies that could be used to prevent its onset. "Dr. Abate's previous studies showed that abnormalities in the gene ENPP1 contributed to insulin resistance. Now, Dr. ...Gene variations explain drug dose required to control seizures
...tic drugs for patients with epilepsy. "In time, we hope to have a number of such gene variants that together can explain and predict more and more of the variation among patients in drug response, allowing better informed treatment decisions," he continued. Control of epilepsy with phenytoin can be a diff...'You can't buy conservation,' suggests survey of Africa's rain forest parks
...ors that contribute to park success," he said. "We hope these initial findings will generate more studies and highlight the complex issues facing these parks." According to Thomas Struhsaker, many of the findings were expected. "It was not surprising that the parks that tended to be most successful were t...Ecologist plays critical role in first global ecosystem study
...lecting on the work. "I personally attach greatest hope in ongoing changes in personal values so that people live good lives that tread more lightly on the environment."...Europe faces brain drain and declining patient care unless cancer research funding is doubled
... and collaboration across the whole of Europe. "We hope the data from this report will be used to improve the support of cancer research across Europe through practical approaches to a wide range of issues."...Drezek wins Beckman Young Investigator Award
...s like biopsies, to gather the information that we hope to collect and analyze in a single optical measurement," Drezek said. "We want to make this technology compact and inexpensive enough for use in hospitals, clinics and practioners' offices." Drezek is the third Rice faculty member to receive the Beck...Social stress boosts immune system's flu-fighting abilities
...e attacks against these intruders. The researchers hope to learn more about the mechanisms behind the memo...gnize other, related strains." The researchers now hope to figure out how the stressors affect memory response functions in people, particularly the elderly...SERPINE2 identified as novel candidate gene for COPD, especially with smoking
... genetically modified animals," Srisuma noted. "We hope this line of investigation will show how SERPINE2 ...ional Institutes of Health. Scope of the problem, hope for behavior change About 16 million Americans suffer from COPD, a chronic inflammatory disorder ch...15 generations of untrained jocks, couch potatoes show big physiological adaptations
...elivery. Further in the future the physiologists hope that identifying these genes and underlying processes could provide insight into human attitudes toward exercise and lead to therapies to improve oxygen delivery in patients with muscular, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. *Paper presentations...Chronic inflammation caused by too little stomach acid leads to gastric cancer
... stimulates apoptosis or programmed cell death. We hope to learn how the inflammatory process suppresses this critical gene, and subsequently suppresses apoptosis, as well." Merchant and Zavros believe that suppression of RUNX3's apoptosis-stimulating signal may be key to the development of gastric cancer...