National microbial risk center will help scientists get a handle on infectious diseases
...MSU, was named co-director of CAMRA a project she hopes will provide the tools needed to combat bioterrorism and ward off global outbreaks of infectious diseases. "We've done a good job of developing the framework for chemical risks, but microbial risk assessment has received much less attention," she sai...NC State researchers redesign life for Mars and beyond
...earchers are working to insert associated genes in hopes of providing evenmore extreme-temperature protection to plants. And, they're involving more great minds tocome up with more answers they've team-taught an honors undergraduate class called"Redesigning Living Organisms to Survive on Mars: Development...Combination therapy for mouse model of human inherited blindness
...e range of patients, suggest the authors. The team hopes that if the treatments are used together, treatment with oral retinoids could begin in infancy to avoid early sight loss and the difficulties associated with surgery in very young patients. And when patients are older, long-lasting drug-free treatmen...... early as possible is urgently needed. Meyer-Baese hopes to utilize magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) -- which holds promise in better detection of hard-to-find cases of breast cancer -- to provide doctors with the more critical eyes of a computer. Despite the incredible potential of MRI technology, which c...New U. of Colorado at Boulder flu chip may help combat future epidemics, pandemics
...ing of respiratory illness." Kuchta said the team hopes to cut down on the 11-hour virus identification process. "We are now looking at ways to amplify the fluorescent signal after we capture the RNA on the microarray, which could shorten the identification time to just a couple of hours," he said. Rowle...Stanford scientists' discovery of hormone offers hope for obesity drug
...tite-boosting hormone ghrelin in 1999 offered high hopes of more effective drugs. And in the past few years, the influence of melanocortin hormones on regulating leptin has become clearer. But these insights have yet to yield a treatment for obesity. "There are several known pathways that regulate body wei...New microscope allows scientists to track a functioning protein with atomic-level precision
...rying to solve the mystery of how proteins fold in hopes of some day curing these and other diseases. In the experiment published in Physical Review Letters, the Block group addressed certain aspects of the general folding problem on a simpler scale by focusing on single DNA hairpins--folded structures th...Battle to beat the bugs wins bio-firm top honour
...o prevent eye infections. Longer-term, the company hopes the compounds can be developed into antiviral drugs that could treat diseases like HIV and hepatitis. "In the lab, apolipovirs have been shown to attack the HIV virus before it can attach itself to the cell and so, in theory, could kill off the virus...AGI announces winners of Earth Science Week 2005 contests
...scribed his love of paleontology and the career he hopes to pursue in this field. Students in grades 5-9 were asked to submit essays of up to 500 words answering the question: "What kind of geoscientist would you like to be, and why?" All submissions were judged by a panel of geoscientists on creativity,...Give thanks for the cranberry, say dental researchers
...dvocating mass consumption of cranberry juice, Koo hopes to isolate the compounds within the juice that pack an anti-cavity punch. The substances could then be added to toothpaste or mouth rinse directly. He is working closely with Nicholi Vorsa, Ph.D., a plant pathologist and director of the Blueberry and......ts can identify them, many scientists pinned their hopes on DNA barcoding, a recently proposed strategy that treats a short fragment of DNA as a sort of universal product code to identify species. But this approach generated controversy from the start, with skeptics bristling at the notion that a single ge...From intelligent cars to the prevention of heart attacks
...laborative Research Centre "Cognitive automobiles" hopes to make possible. Engineers and computer scientists in Karlsruhe and Munich will study methods in the area of machine perception, which could serve as the basis for intelligent automatic action. For example, vehicles could be made capable of correctl...Genetic key to growth of new arteries is identified
...es taken from patients at the time of surgery." He hopes that eventually, his research will lead to new clinical treatments for arterial blockage in patients. "As a vascular surgeon, I take care of people who have problems with poor blood flow to different parts of their bodies," he notes. "One thing we kn...Atherosclerosis studied at the cellular level
...egies to block this cellular stress pathway in the hopes of inhibiting cell dysfunction and death, which can ultimately lead to the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Austin also presented this work at a recent international meeting in Japan in which he was the only Canadian res...NJIT mathematician receives Fulbright to study thin film science in Argentina
...g silicon surface with a thin film polymer. Kondic hopes his work in Argentina will shed more light. To achieve results, Kondic will use large scale numerical simulations to analyze the problems and find solutions. These simulations will be performed on a large computer located at NJIT, purchased with f...Biodesign Institute awarded $3.2 million to develop vaccine to thwart biothreat
...he case of an effective AIDS vaccine, researchers' hopes have been repeatedly dashed by subunit approaches. The Biodesign group is mounting a two-pronged effort to identify the best subunits for a vaccine. Under Sykes' direction, they are taking advantage of the center's high-throughput gene building techn...Hearing loss from chemotherapy underestimated
...e damage has been done to his own hearing, Johnson hopes drugs, such as STS and NAC, can help prevent the hearing loss in other cancer survivors. He also hopes to use his law degree and his experience as a law librarian and paralegal to advocate for others who...Breast cancer drugs may slow growth of lung cancer
...er of time before someone did," said Weinberg, who hopes the publication will launch her planned career as a pathologist. "I always wanted to work with cancer, and I also wanted to learn about pathology. The HHMI fellowship let me do both for a year." HHMI awards medical student research fellowships to en...HHMI awards international research grants to 28 scientists
... compound naturally produced in the human body. He hopes the research will lead to new drugs to treat anxiety and new ways to combat drug dependence. The new grants underscore HHMI's ongoing commitment to fostering scientific research excellence in the Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe, and Russia. The 2...Smithsonian guide to the biodiverse marine environment of Panama's Bocas del Toro
...m that STRI has participated in since 1999. Collin hopes that people will take advantage of the free, online guide: "Many of the same animals also live in other parts of the Caribbean. The online guide provides a service for the entire region." STRI Director, Dr. Ira Rubinoff, placed conservation of marine...