Awards celebrating women and biotech brilliance
...Chief Executive Officer, Mario Pennisi, said it is important to acknowledge the achievements ofQueenslands wome...the Queensland biotech industry is advancing it is important to celebrate, recognise and reward candidatesfor their ability to make significant contributions to ...Alternative farming cleans up water
...vironmental Quality. Nitrogen is one of the most important elements required in agricultural systems for plant and animal production. While treatment with the correct amount of nitrogen-based fertilizer optimizes crop yield and minimizes environmental damage, too much nitrogen can lead to nitrate loss. Ni...First genome-wide study of infectious disease opens new avenues for HIV treatment, vaccines
...ture of this work. It demonstrates that answers to important questions, requiring analysis of large amounts of clinical specimens, can be obtained quickly, says Peggy Johnston, Ph.D., director of NIAIDs Vaccine Research Program....New role for protein in fat cells may improve understanding of obesity and diabetes
...crine organ. CETP deficiency disrupts storage of important fats in fat cells, which can lead to insulin resistance a major contributor to diabetes and the abnormal release of cytokines, proteins that stimulate the immune system, Morton says. This unexpected contribution of CETP provides a new understanding...Elsevier partners with National Natural Science Foundation of China
...grant-giving institution of Chinese science, it is important for NSFC to have a voice in the world, in order to showcase the achievements of the researchers that we fund. We are happy to have found in Elsevier an international partner that is willing to support us fully in making our ambitions a reality." Ma...Obesity found to be a risk factor for multiple myeloma
...ons for this disease are improving, but it is also important to identify risk factors that could be modified. We would like to learn how to prevent its occurrence. The Brigham and Womens Hospital-based Nurses Health Study has followed the health of female registered nurses since 1976, and the Health Professi...A new report, 'Where Does the Nano Go? End-of-Life Regulation of Nanotechnologies'
...y into the air, soil and water. As a result, it is important to consider how various forms of nanomaterials will be disposed of and treated at the end of their use, and how the regulatory system will treat such materials at the various stages of their lifecycle. A new report from the Project on Emerging Nano...Save our reef, save our heritage
...week (July 19-21). People often dont realise how important heritage is to them. We reference ourselves against it and from it we develop the values that define us, says conference convenor, Dr Susan McIntyre-Tamwoy of CoECRS. These sites should be appreciated, researched and documented while we have them -...Scientists a step closer to understanding how anaesthetics work in the brain
An important clue to how anaesthetics work on the human body ha...these potassium channels in the human brain may be important anaesthetic targets. However, until now, weve had no direct way to test this idea. Because a single ...New proteomics research promises to revolutionize biomedical discovery
... another cellular protein it regulates. Many other important proteins have been uncovered in this analysis and ...lti-disciplinary team of scientists. What is most important is to develop a highly reliable and efficient discovery pipeline that generates interaction maps tha...Charting ever-changing genomes
...der strong negative selection because they perform important housekeeping functions, while genes that vary widely such as disease resistance genes are under strong positive selection. We covered both ends of the spectrum and ended up with a top list of no changes and a top list of a lot of changes, explains Bo...Measuring the unseeable: Penn researchers probe proteins' dark energy
...t a time. These binding partners included proteins important in smooth muscle contraction and a variety of brai...t changes in the entropy of the protein are indeed important to the process of calmodulin binding its partners. Before these unexpected results, most researche...UC Santa Barbara scientists clarify molecular basis of interferon action
...ves in human cells, and showed that this enzyme is important for the antiviral effect of interferon against som...n mammalian cells. The interferon system is an important host defense against viral and microbial pathogens, said Samuel. In addition to inhibiting virus mul...Purdue-IU researchers explore new method for early disease diagnosis
...chemical reaction to improve the ability to detect important molecules in complex fluids like blood and urine. ...orn errors of metabolism, because it is especially important that they be treated early in a child's life in order to prevent tragic effects such as brain damage...Gene identified for Crohn's disease in children
...ith each other and with environmental factors, its important to sort out specific genes and to replicate previo...licated in the current research, ATG16L1, plays an important role in the autophagosome pathway, a sequence of biological events involved in processing bacteria w...Synthetic adhesive mimics sticking powers of gecko and mussel
...ing power underwater: the mussel. Combining the important elements of gecko and mussel adhesion, the new adhesive material, called geckel, functions like a sticky note and exhibits strong yet reversible adhesion in both air and water. The findings, which could lead to applications in medical, industrial,...UK scientists lift lid on genetics of coronary artery disease
...urnal New England Journal of Medicine. The first important clues to the identities of these variants came fro...quarters of white Europeans. They are clearly very important and explain a significant proportion of the heart attacks that occur." Genetic information is inhe...Gene variant increases risk of blindness
...vision. Degeneration of the macula interferes with important tasks such as reading and driving. Age-related ...ch provide strong evidence that inflammation is an important part of the disease process in AMD. The goal of this type of research is to achieve a full unders...Study explains how pathogens evolve to escape detection
... varieties have more durable disease resistance is important to the development of more sustainable agricultural practices, he said. The study by Cornell and BTI scientists describes how a single bacterial protein, AvrPtoB, which is injected by P. syringae into plant cells through a kind of molecular syringe......t of water, said Messersmith. So I think the most important thing with this adhesive is the added value of resisting immersion in water. I should add that the essential component of the wet adhesive polymer on the pillars contains a chemical that we have discovered last year adheres well to mucosal surfaces...